You create very smart ideas that you don't usually see in a woodshop. Most people would have just built a shelf to put it on compare that to what you have done and it's amazing. I really enjoy watching you build. Great job!
@@shawnr771 That works extremely well on thinner plastic type materials. The thicker, and sometimes larger the sheet they become the more problematic that method also becomes.
I’m always blown away with your designs. Not every thing you build I will but I always find something you’ve done I’ll adapt to one of my projects. Well done 👍🏼
Hey I love the idea. I believe that a neat and organized shop showcases the level of craftsmanship a professional has. Quick advise on the plexiglass you can also use an straight edge and a sharp utility knife, once you have a decent grove you can easily snap it. Would save a lot on your saw blade and debris everywhere. Keep up the good work.
Saw something similar a few years ago in an unfinished garage wall, but instead of the entire mechanism with hinged shelves requiring moving the entire system to get out one item, adding plexiglass windows, etc., this solution simply installed 3 1/2" x 14 1/2" (" = 'inches') shelves for each item to sit on between the open studs, then a small furring strip across the front near the bottom of each item to retain it. The bottom of the item just needed to be lifted clear of the furring strip as the top tilted out, and that top clearance defined the location of the next shelf above it. In this way, each item had its own custom-height pocket, and the wall was fully utilized, for the cost of some 3 1/2" and 1 1/2" stock, plus some scrap for small cleats on which to rest the ends of the shelves. There were a couple items wider than 14 1/2" or deeper than 3 1/2", but these simply sat in a deeper pocket along the bottom that bridged across multiple studs, with deeper shelf stock notched out for the studs, so that smaller items could still go between the studs behind the larger items. And I suppose if space limitations had prevented doing the deeper pockets, there could always have been a header and jack studs, removing a middle stud section as if for a window framing. But that space was not so limited, and the deeper spanning pocket was fine.
I could use that for storing all my big boxes of tech screws and long wood screws , I have big boxes of them because I use them a lot on my farm. They always seem to take up valuable shelf space
My friend I have been watching you videos all morning and I’m quite impressed. I would like to offer a small amount of advice, you should never use those composite cut off wheels on non-Ferris metals like aluminum or brass they can fill up with the metal and when it gets hot the metal expands ruining the structure of the disc and they explode at max rpm and can cause severe injury or even death. One exploded on my uncle and cut his femoral artery he almost bled out. Anyway, be safe great videos!
I think you have it already on the stand you put together for your drill, but if not, I would recommend adding an open strip to the front for drill bits or sockets (with a magnet, if possible).
Wow, what a clever idea! I really like the slim design. I can see something like this fitting into my garage / shop! Thank you for posting, always great content !
I like this design. It saves a lot of floor space but makes all of those items easily accessible; it's something that Adam Savage refers to as "first order retrievability". That's really important in a small shop. Well, in any shop, honestly. I carry an aluminum wallet that does the same thing for all of my credit, debit, and ID cards. 🙂 The aluminum bars around the windows and the edges give it a great look. If I were making this for myself, though, I'd have done two things a little differently: 1) I wouldn't have linked all four shelves to open together. When loaded out, these shelves will be pretty heavy, and even in the video you have to use two hands to open them; the full weight will also put a lot of stress on the two chains you used as retainers. Opening one at a time would be a one-handed operation; you can open the shelf with one hand and grab something from it with the other, then close it, all in one quick move. Each shelf would need its own pair of retainers, but the stress on them would be reduced to the weight of one shelf, not all four. 2) I would have cut the slots for the windows before assembling the drawers. Cut one, and you could use it as a router template for the other three, reducing your setup time because you wouldn't have to align and clamp a straight edge 16 times for 16 cuts, only for the first four. I'm curious - what kind of glue did you use? I don't recognize the brand, so it may be something we don't have in the US.
I think the issue in not linking the 4 shelves is there is no top edge on the bottom 3 since that is where the shelf above open through, you would have been force to do some sort of side latching to separate the shelves.
I like all your content you do very good ideas and like what you come up with so keep up the great work and ideas very interesting thanks for that enjoy what you put on your blogs
Great little project again Jean thank you! Maybe a coincidence but I like the wildlife 'soundtrack', mother nature always wins and proves you are making the best of what you have! Keep it up and good luck for the 250k! 👍🤞💪👏
Great concept, I'm in a rental home so can't attach things to garage walls, but am imagining it as a double sided affair to hold my spray paints on one side and small tools or boxes of bits like yours on the other side, and then, of course, put casters on it so I can move it around to wherever I need access to it! Thanks again for all your interesting items, good luck going full time and with your restorations, looking forward to more content!
Another great storage solution you give me so many great ideas because I can't come up with ideas for myself I made your lumber storage racks a couple of years ago a much bigger size and I have a lot of weight on them and they haven't failed
This would be great for a workshop that has a lot of spray paint cans. The widows would make finding the right color very quick. Flat cans of wood finishing liquids would also fit (tung oil, boiled linseed oil, acetone, etc.
How's it. Another fantastic idea and video. Love the concept and the design. Personally I wouldn't change anything as it does what it's designed to do. Thanks again for an amazing idea.
👍good idea. I would extend the aluminium so that when open, it would sit on the floor allowing the storage to be parallel to the ground making a mini work surface while sorting through the boxes.
Great build Jean. Got a tiny workshop too so every inch is so valuable. No dust collection going on though? The outer makes the biggest mess for me so always have it connected to the hose
We have one of those for storing shoes. It’s quite a popular design in Europe. Nice to see you scaling it up for larger items. You got lucky that many of the boxes had the same thickness. Looking around my shop, I’m not sure there’s such a degree of uniformity, sadly.
" Yes, another innate; from birth a true genius. That is a incredible; for every thing he builds. Thank you kind Sir, for sharing your talents with us. And thanks to your parents for having such an awesome son. For it was from Jesus through your parents. Wow! I am going to build those "racks". Because I have untold packages over many years. Now I will have a nice place to put them, when not in use. Thanks kind Sir. Can't wait for each video you make. NONE Finer!
myself, I would probably have done full plastic faces so that I could see all of what was on the shelf. That being said, the design is excellent! And I "may" be looking to use it (or something like it) in my future.
Great idea. 1. As others mentioned, personally I'd like the shelves to work independently. 2. Before adding the nice aluminum trim, id paint the facing. 3. Now that you've made this and used it, do you think the facing could be a tiny bit thinner? (reducing weight) 4. The limiting chains could allow for 90° opening to create temp shelf (as someone mentioned) but then I'd add a peg on frame. One link in the middle of chain could be set on this peg... Normally stopping the shelf at 45° but with a finger flick on both chains would allow for full open to 90°. Rarely needed, but now the shelf has two open positions. Id mark that link with a bit of tape to identify which to reset on the peg.
Hello from the states! I think your suggestion of building something similar for spray paint cans is a great idea. I have spray paint in a few different places in my small shop as I have nowhere that will hold all of them in one place. It would be even shallower than your storage unit. Thanks for sharing. I love woodworking, but I just can’t come up with ideas, and can’t afford the cost of hardwood, so it becomes a challenge of what I can make.
I love this! Excellent idea! During the video I kept thinking and now this needs to happen/be done and you started doing it like we were working together. Great minds think alike my friend. 😁👏👏
This guy is on another level ! I mean that in a good way. We want to see you build a house and maximize these ideas all through the house, you will be a billionaire.
I like the idea of mounting the hinges on the bottom I had a similar build with drawers that flip out. I definitely over complicated it by making 3D printed hardware and all kinds of crazy holes. This is simpler and a lot more fool proof I like it!
Very interesting storage system for small organisers varying in dimensions... Like it! My first impression is that , as it is a case with many constructions in Your shop, this storage system is both simple as idea, and in way how it is assembled. Very straightforward! Only thing that I would change if it is in my shop, is that I would make two pairs of hinges, for two upper shelves, as I would do for two bottom shelves. Great project witch can be finished with a basic set of tools.
Great design again Jean! I have always contended with a solution for this very problem and no one else has covered the subject. At least what I could find. I love the look of the aluminum and with the added plexiglass, you have solved the dreaded dust all over everything. I would like to see you challenge your skills more. Encorporating different joinery methods like bridle joints, dovetails, thru-tenons, etcetera. You are a technical thinker which is one of the reason I watch you, but perhaps once your shop is set up we will see some of that joinery.
You create very smart ideas that you don't usually see in a woodshop. Most people would have just built a shelf to put it on compare that to what you have done and it's amazing. I really enjoy watching you build. Great job!
Great design. You could even recess this in between studs and have a less protruding profile with a built in look.
U make me proud to be south African, great stuff junkies
You are AMAZING , Everytime i look at your video you always have some new idea for my work shop ...
To help prevent chipping on plexiglass when using any circular saw install the blade backwards. It significantly reduces chip-out.
One of my friends is a glass guy he scores plexiglass with a razor knife and snaps it.
Very clean edges.
@@shawnr771 That works extremely well on thinner plastic type materials. The thicker, and sometimes larger the sheet they become the more problematic that method also becomes.
I’m always blown away with your designs. Not every thing you build I will but I always find something you’ve done I’ll adapt to one of my projects. Well done 👍🏼
Hey I love the idea. I believe that a neat and organized shop showcases the level of craftsmanship a professional has. Quick advise on the plexiglass you can also use an straight edge and a sharp utility knife, once you have a decent grove you can easily snap it. Would save a lot on your saw blade and debris everywhere. Keep up the good work.
Always amazed by the simplicity that an electrical engineer finds in carpentry.
I love how many of your shop projects involve clever movement, getting something off a shelf becomes so much more exciting!
This is a great idea. Compact, low profile, and versatile. Well done!
Thank you!
Thats super cool, and yes, for spray cans, it would be very handy :)
Saw something similar a few years ago in an unfinished garage wall, but instead of the entire mechanism with hinged shelves requiring moving the entire system to get out one item, adding plexiglass windows, etc., this solution simply installed 3 1/2" x 14 1/2" (" = 'inches') shelves for each item to sit on between the open studs, then a small furring strip across the front near the bottom of each item to retain it. The bottom of the item just needed to be lifted clear of the furring strip as the top tilted out, and that top clearance defined the location of the next shelf above it. In this way, each item had its own custom-height pocket, and the wall was fully utilized, for the cost of some 3 1/2" and 1 1/2" stock, plus some scrap for small cleats on which to rest the ends of the shelves. There were a couple items wider than 14 1/2" or deeper than 3 1/2", but these simply sat in a deeper pocket along the bottom that bridged across multiple studs, with deeper shelf stock notched out for the studs, so that smaller items could still go between the studs behind the larger items. And I suppose if space limitations had prevented doing the deeper pockets, there could always have been a header and jack studs, removing a middle stud section as if for a window framing. But that space was not so limited, and the deeper spanning pocket was fine.
Great idea. Like the spice rack, you could scale this down and use it for boxes of screws and nails.
If those pivot bolts spin loose U can add a drop of blue thread locker to the nuts. Nice project & clever use of the aluminum angle
Your ideas are awesome and unique I love watching your videos.
Brilliant
A scale for drill bits,screw drivers even all small hand tools 🔧
Could be a fun project!
Weereens 'n goeie plan, goeie uitvoering en jou vermoe om dit op video te sit is uitstekend.
Dankie!
I could use that for storing all my big boxes of tech screws and long wood screws , I have big boxes of them because I use them a lot on my farm.
They always seem to take up valuable shelf space
You could scale it down for drill/router bit storage. Awesome design!
My friend I have been watching you videos all morning and I’m quite impressed. I would like to offer a small amount of advice, you should never use those composite cut off wheels on non-Ferris metals like aluminum or brass they can fill up with the metal and when it gets hot the metal expands ruining the structure of the disc and they explode at max rpm and can cause severe injury or even death. One exploded on my uncle and cut his femoral artery he almost bled out. Anyway, be safe great videos!
Jean. Awesome idea! This would be great for a screw/nail/ small parts system!
Brilliant idea. Great to see your videos again.
Top job. and that's saying something from me. Keep well and stay safe.
How on earth do you think of these amazing ideas, amazing,brilliant,💘💘💘
That is a fantastic storage idea indeed.
I like it very much 👍🏽👌👏
Incredibly cool! Definitely useful. I'd love to do this and steal your spray paint can idea!
Very nice, gonna have to consider this for my shop. I think I would put sticky labels on the stored boxes that would be visible through the windows.
Nice to know that you are recovered... as always, FANTASTIC idea an design, CONGRATULARIONS
Bloody marvelous! Now to find some wall space.
I think you have it already on the stand you put together for your drill, but if not, I would recommend adding an open strip to the front for drill bits or sockets (with a magnet, if possible).
I love all your shop organization videos! You do such an excellent job of creating accesible and high-utility designs!
Excellent idea and I will build it for my small workshop.
Wow, what a clever idea! I really like the slim design. I can see something like this fitting into my garage / shop! Thank you for posting, always great content !
Genius! Absolutely amazing workmanship
I like this design. It saves a lot of floor space but makes all of those items easily accessible; it's something that Adam Savage refers to as "first order retrievability". That's really important in a small shop. Well, in any shop, honestly. I carry an aluminum wallet that does the same thing for all of my credit, debit, and ID cards. 🙂
The aluminum bars around the windows and the edges give it a great look.
If I were making this for myself, though, I'd have done two things a little differently:
1) I wouldn't have linked all four shelves to open together. When loaded out, these shelves will be pretty heavy, and even in the video you have to use two hands to open them; the full weight will also put a lot of stress on the two chains you used as retainers. Opening one at a time would be a one-handed operation; you can open the shelf with one hand and grab something from it with the other, then close it, all in one quick move. Each shelf would need its own pair of retainers, but the stress on them would be reduced to the weight of one shelf, not all four.
2) I would have cut the slots for the windows before assembling the drawers. Cut one, and you could use it as a router template for the other three, reducing your setup time because you wouldn't have to align and clamp a straight edge 16 times for 16 cuts, only for the first four.
I'm curious - what kind of glue did you use? I don't recognize the brand, so it may be something we don't have in the US.
Genkem is actually a South African original if I'm not mistaken. Very strong contact adhesive.
I think the issue in not linking the 4 shelves is there is no top edge on the bottom 3 since that is where the shelf above open through, you would have been force to do some sort of side latching to separate the shelves.
I like the shelves being linked together. I think I will add an electric linear actuator when I build it.
I like the mix of restoration and shop infrastructure,
I like all your content you do very good ideas and like what you come up with so keep up the great work and ideas very interesting thanks for that enjoy what you put on your blogs
It's great to be first to find more great storage ideas!
Great little project again Jean thank you!
Maybe a coincidence but I like the wildlife 'soundtrack', mother nature always wins and proves you are making the best of what you have!
Keep it up and good luck for the 250k! 👍🤞💪👏
Absolutely fabulous design, thanks for sharing.
Great concept, I'm in a rental home so can't attach things to garage walls, but am imagining it as a double sided affair to hold my spray paints on one side and small tools or boxes of bits like yours on the other side, and then, of course, put casters on it so I can move it around to wherever I need access to it! Thanks again for all your interesting items, good luck going full time and with your restorations, looking forward to more content!
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Another great storage solution you give me so many great ideas because I can't come up with ideas for myself I made your lumber storage racks a couple of years ago a much bigger size and I have a lot of weight on them and they haven't failed
Another nice concept especially for limited space. I really like the idea of spray can storage.
I'm subbed with all notifications on. First video of you're I've been served for months .
Great stuff as always 👍
This would be great for a workshop that has a lot of spray paint cans. The widows would make finding the right color very quick. Flat cans of wood finishing liquids would also fit (tung oil, boiled linseed oil, acetone, etc.
How's it. Another fantastic idea and video. Love the concept and the design. Personally I wouldn't change anything as it does what it's designed to do. Thanks again for an amazing idea.
This is genius. Thanks for the content, I really learn so much from your videos
Hi Joe, great project as always. You have very clever ideas and best of all , you can make them. Best wishes from Scotland 🌿🌿🌿
Great job! Personally I’d have made them open individually, but you made it look and work awesome!
Another great idea from your shop. Well done!!
👍good idea. I would extend the aluminium so that when open, it would sit on the floor allowing the storage to be parallel to the ground making a mini work surface while sorting through the boxes.
Great idea, I immediately thought the same thing, eliminate the chains and make the side brackets legs to stand on.
Awesome design! Love the unique ideas to make the most of a small shop,
Very nice. Second another commenter who talked about possibly legs going to floor to add additional support if scaled to heavier items...
great video, wall space is as critical as floor space. this could replace some shelf space though.
I love the idea. Saved it as something to build ( as soon as major home reno is over...!)
Really like this. I have a small shop in my yard and space is premium. I truly hope you reach your goal to go full time. I know you can do it
Thanks Steve. I hope so too.
Excellent video. A very innovative and original storage solution for the small shop. Thank you.
Just what i needed for my garage, thanks!
It looks really practical with the small glass. Much better than french cleat holders 😂
Great build Jean. Got a tiny workshop too so every inch is so valuable. No dust collection going on though? The outer makes the biggest mess for me so always have it connected to the hose
I absolutely can ust this idea. Super job
We have one of those for storing shoes. It’s quite a popular design in Europe. Nice to see you scaling it up for larger items. You got lucky that many of the boxes had the same thickness. Looking around my shop, I’m not sure there’s such a degree of uniformity, sadly.
" Yes, another innate; from birth a true genius. That is a incredible; for every thing he builds. Thank you kind Sir, for sharing your talents with us. And thanks to your parents for having such an awesome son. For it was from Jesus through your parents. Wow!
I am going to build those "racks". Because I have untold packages over many years. Now I will have a nice place to put them, when not in use.
Thanks kind Sir. Can't wait for each video you make. NONE Finer!
Good idea, lots of ways to use this.
myself, I would probably have done full plastic faces so that I could see all of what was on the shelf.
That being said, the design is excellent! And I "may" be looking to use it (or something like it) in my future.
I think it is a neat idea with a lot of uses. You have some great ideas for the small woodshop. Thanks for sharing this.
Brilliant, Jean! Fantastic work! 😃
Works and looks great!
Stay safe there with your family! 🖖😊
This is such a clever and we'll designed storage unit especially considering floorspace limitations. Very impressed!!!
Great idea.
1. As others mentioned, personally I'd like the shelves to work independently.
2. Before adding the nice aluminum trim, id paint the facing.
3. Now that you've made this and used it, do you think the facing could be a tiny bit thinner? (reducing weight)
4. The limiting chains could allow for 90° opening to create temp shelf (as someone mentioned) but then I'd add a peg on frame. One link in the middle of chain could be set on this peg... Normally stopping the shelf at 45° but with a finger flick on both chains would allow for full open to 90°. Rarely needed, but now the shelf has two open positions. Id mark that link with a bit of tape to identify which to reset on the peg.
Amazing design!
Great Craftsmanship!
Well done!
Hello from the states! I think your suggestion of building something similar for spray paint cans is a great idea. I have spray paint in a few different places in my small shop as I have nowhere that will hold all of them in one place. It would be even shallower than your storage unit. Thanks for sharing. I love woodworking, but I just can’t come up with ideas, and can’t afford the cost of hardwood, so it becomes a challenge of what I can make.
Looks like it works great.
Brilliant execution 👌
So well thought out and able to hold so many different items.
Nicely done great idea find your channel to have cool ideas for a shop
The last unit was brilliant
You make the coolest 😎 stuff. Thank you
Very clever idea - makes me think of where I could put something similar... Thanks for posting!
Great idea. For me, I’d omit the window and the unified open/close as others have said.
I love this! Excellent idea!
During the video I kept thinking and now this needs to happen/be done and you started doing it like we were working together. Great minds think alike my friend. 😁👏👏
This is a clever storage solution. Thank you for the interesting content 🙏
Another awesome custom build. Very nice.
looking to convert all storage to wall storage and your concepts are amazing.
This guy is on another level !
I mean that in a good way.
We want to see you build a house and maximize these ideas all through the house, you will be a billionaire.
Genius. I love it. Great job. Keep them coming.
Always so creative
très bien penser beau travaille
I like the idea of mounting the hinges on the bottom I had a similar build with drawers that flip out. I definitely over complicated it by making 3D printed hardware and all kinds of crazy holes. This is simpler and a lot more fool proof I like it!
What a great piece! I have drawers full of cases of stuff - this would make it so much easier to find things.
Really nice build! Congrats.
Tak!
Very interesting storage system for small organisers varying in dimensions...
Like it!
My first impression is that , as it is a case with many constructions in Your shop, this storage system is both simple as idea, and in way how it is assembled.
Very straightforward!
Only thing that I would change if it is in my shop, is that I would make two pairs of hinges, for two upper shelves, as I would do for two bottom shelves.
Great project witch can be finished with a basic set of tools.
Sweet coming along nicely, as a Jozi based Maker, would be nice to meet and greet in the coming future,( West Rand Based)
Great design again Jean! I have always contended with a solution for this very problem and no one else has covered the subject. At least what I could find. I love the look of the aluminum and with the added plexiglass, you have solved the dreaded dust all over everything.
I would like to see you challenge your skills more. Encorporating different joinery methods like bridle joints, dovetails, thru-tenons, etcetera. You are a technical thinker which is one of the reason I watch you, but perhaps once your shop is set up we will see some of that joinery.
Very Nice, and intuitive, good job
Great ideas.
Thanks for your videos.
As usually, clever engineering from the small garage master!
as a spice cabinet that's great thanks for the tip Jean.
i will make it out of walnut and white oak. what do you think?
Excellent work as usual.
Excellent idea. well done.