I'm a Scrounger. Have been for 65 years and see no end to my scrounging in the foreseeable future. I've turned my wife into a Scrounger as well, whenever she goes for a walk Ann always brings home nuts bolts or washers that she picks up along the road. Sometimes she even brings back tools like a 50-psi diaphragm air compressor, "Is this any good dear?" "You betcha honey!" I have a lot of boxes and cans full to the brim of stuff that I continually "mine for gold" whenever I do a project. I would love to figure out how much money in time and materials I have saved over the years. Great video Doug amazing organizational skills, thumbs up.
I can relate. I’ve built from chicken coops, to fix, fabricate, brackets, for washing machines, truck alternators… for friends that don’t have spendable income out of free hardware, that I’ve managed to get for free. I had a Porsche shop, where I restored vintage Porsche cars, I built custom kit cars. I’ve built off road race cars, I was a fabricator for Carol Shelby. You have to love what you do.
Thanks Doug. How I want to go down to my garage which is a workshop disaster and organize everything. Here I was sitting peacefully watching videos on a Sunday morning and now I'm going to work on it. My wife thanks you. LOL Great video.
The drone gave it all away. You got a ton of grass to mow! Now, I wished I had your problem with left-overs. If only I had your welding skills. Enjoyed your videos. Dave
I have 2 of those in Orange. One for the garage and one for the Woodworking shop. If you ever get another one, take out the drawers, makes it a lot easier to unload :) Great content keep up the great work!
For the longer pipes & flat bar material I would attach a small lip-shelf to the side of the toolbox and store them vertically. That way you still have them handy and they're too short to be stored with the long/full length stuff. Thanks for the vid this was great!!
Dude. Yes. Thank you for posting this! My wife thinks I'm crazy about organizing, but it's not crazy. It's sane. A disorganized shop is what's crazy! I did this same thing about a decade ago with my sheetmetal (aluminum, stainless, titanium, and copper), rubber, lexan, and HDPE stock. I didn't use HF cabinets, but it's the same idea. I also got some small cube-shaped flex-a-top containers from LAContainer and sorted and labeled all of my hardware (rivets, screws, bolts, nuts, washers, nutplates, etc) and filled the drawers of another cabinet with them. It took me six tool cabinets for everything, but it cleaned up the shop, opened up bench space, and has greatly reduced the amount of time I used to spend looking for stock and hardware. My cabinets aren't on wheels. I arranged them side-side (3 boxes/side) and back-back, but left a space of maybe 12"-18" (I'd have to measure because I don't remember exactly right now) between the back-backs so they are basically two rows of three boxes, parallel, and back to back to each other. Then I covered the top of both cabinets and the space between with two layers of 3/4 inch plywood, and covered that with a sacrificial 1/4 inch fiberboard that gets replaced when it starts to look too worn and beat up. Since the top covers everything, it looks cohesive, like it's one piece of shop furniture. I also made a long narrow cart on wheels that holds my large and long pieces of sheetmetal. That sheetmetal is stored vertically in the cart. That cart is stored in the open area between the backs of the tool cabinets. It's easy to pull out when I need more material than what I have in the drawers. Anyhow, cool video! You are an excellent communicator and your camera shots are always perfect. I enjoyed watching this.
Love your organization and 6S videos! Visual management at it's best. Coming from a machining background we had 3 storage methods. A steel rack that held from 20'+ to 10', then a vertical rack(half an A frame) that held 10' to 3' sticks, on the back of the vertical rack were shelves that held 3' to 1', then a flat shelf system similar to what you are doing with the tool box that held 1' and under. As the pieces got shorter we moved the location of that stick accordingly.
Doug, great job with that! I work in wood and have a similar compulsion, like you, around organization. I established, one, organized space for cut offs/shorts. I also have one bin for scrap. Then I established a firm rule for myself. When I finish a job, I put my cut offs in the shorts rack. If it won’t fit, something has to go into the scrap bin. When the scrap bin is full, it gets purged for kindling. In the end, I have controlled, limited space for shorts and scrap that doesn’t grow and I stay organized. There is a clip on it in my workshop tour video. Another thought would be to replace the doors under that counter with drawers. Make them sturdy and use full extension drawer glides. 100 pound per drawer may do, or you could go with file cabinet glides that will surely do. I REALLY enjoy you videos. Your skills, workflow and organization habits are great. But equally, I like how your creative, problem solving brain works!
Wow! You & I are two peas in a pod. First off I applaud your choice of Harbor Freight boxes. I worked 45 years in parts at Cummins. I saw every conceivable tool storage options you could imagine. I will say this truck boxes are way over priced. Our shop foreman wanted a P.O. For a bunch of Matco tool carts. They were over a grand a piece. I told him you need to go to HF and look at the 5 drawer tool carts. Then the were about 150.00 each. He went and came back with 6 of them for the shop. He laughed and said I got these 6 for the price of 1 Matco cart. I also like the fact that all HF boxes have drawers that are hemmed on the top, or rolled over. No sharp edges like my MAC box or a Craftsman. I have a HF side box I hung on the side of my tool cart. The large bottom drawer has two slides on each side. You’d think my MAC box would, nope. So needless to say I am totally sold on HF boxes. When I unloaded my HF box, I did the same thing you did. Since I’m a bit OCD, I took the other corner protectors, cut them to fit and slid one piece under the front & back edges between the wheels. I taped them up to hold them in place, then I ran my ratchet straps around them. I placed the straps right next to the wheels on both ends so there was no interference with the tail gate. I’m not sure if you solved the rest of your storage for you metal? I think HF has 15% off this weekend on tool boxes. You could snag a top box and put all you light weight tubing in it, key stock, marking tool or small cutoff tools for metal whether hack saws, rotor cut off wheels, supplies etc. the nice thin is it’s all mobile now, at least in that part of the shop. It looks like you’ve really freed up some room in that corner. Maybe you could do a video on what you might do with that space now. Will you store your never roller cabinet over by the garage door? Also what type of brand if your labeler? See you in the next installment. Have a super week friend! Jim (Iowa)
Yes it will be stored next to the garage door for a very good reason. The label maker is a “Brother P-touch” Bet I’ve had it for 20 years. Always take the batteries out of it when I’m done.
Regarding battery removal, me too. Anything that takes a battery that could leak. I also put a piece of masking tape on whatever has the battery in it. I take a sharpie and write the date I put the batteries in. It’s good for a gray haired guy like me. I’m going to get a labeler from Amazon. Thanks for the heads up!
You are a master at organization! I struggle with organization on a daily basis. My clutter and lack of organization create stress and makes my workflow very inefficient.
Sweet! I don't have near the amount, nor the depth of skill, machinery, nor ability you have, but I do invent, fabricate, and otherwise build much of what I need, here on our little homestead. I was so glad to see your piles of pieces, scraps, and doodads. I have a similar collection; although smaller. The best part is, I ended up with a few steel, rolling tool carts, and I now know how I'm going to use them. Great video! Like I saw someone else say... I was relaxing with a Sunday morning cup of coffee, and now I've got today's "rainy day" project to get to. I try to have an outside and an inside project for everyday, in case of rain. Here I go.
U hav some Awesome & VERY inspiring ideas for getting organized! I am struggling big time w/organization. It is very overwhelming for me. Thank u for this vid and for ur vid w/Hometown Acres where u showed us some of ur Awesome storage ideas. I luv how u organized ur tool boxes. U should make a quick short vid on how u determined the best location to put things in ur tool box and why? I look forward to more vids! Thank u!🍻🍻👍👍
Mine's not disorganized, but it's not optimally organized. I look at it and can't decide what would be ideal. And while I don't mind spending the money the first time to get it right, I don't want to spend that money twice.
I think this channel is overdue for a vehicle fleet review. Including ATV's, tractors, mud racing beaters etc. But Autumn has to be in that one for us to watch it.
These are much better made than people would think from the price. A friend has a lot of Snap-On cabinets. Really, at several times the price, they’re not that much better. And if you want something better, HF has more expensive choices that are still a lot less expensive, and strangely, better than Snap-On.
Good job. Nice plan on unloading the tool box. I bought the next size bigger and it was a tough job getting it on the floor. Getting the cutoff pieces organized makes them useful otherwise they are just a pile of junk taking up space. Thanks for the video
These USG toolboxes are surprisingly well made. While I don't use as a professional, I do use them most everyday. I have several different sizes. They have one that is an open bin at the bottom and lift top that is one of my favorites and it held up well traveling a lot of times to the track. These all have HD wheels, the door slides operate pretty smoothly, and the drawers hold a lot of weight. Some of the snobs will grimace as they must have Snap-On, but you can put a lot of tools in the boxes with the money you saved. I bought a Craftsman Professional toolbox about 20 years ago (when they actually had some nice tools) for about $2300 that is the size of a refrigerator. HF didn't exist then. I think the USGs are about on par with those at less than half the cost. I have four of the USGs now, five if you include two that are stacked. They are a very good value. Keep your eyes peeled for sales and coupons, They do them enough that you can almost never pay their normal full price.
i just got myself a credit card just for buying one in the coming weeks (sure i could save up but i needed one anyways for a home repair), just gonna mod it a little with better casters but other than that i love all the stuff USG offers at harbor frieght (i have a lot of the magnetic accesories and the fold out shelf already)
A very nice solution to a known problem. For everyone who builds things and wants to make things as they think of it themselves. But also see that the prices of the materials rise faster than your income. See you in three years with the next yellow box. Good luck.
That was a fun video to watch. I have more ideas swirling in my head now for my US Generals. I just may dedicate one for organizing non tool misc. Nice job and I like the yellow
Great Idea! I have trouble letting go of steel also. A ball bearing tool box is a must have for this project. You have put me to looking for a used box I can use for this. Thanks for sharing! Ed H.
Great idea and execution, Doug! I am going to do something similar when I get around to building my welding cart. A thought for you concerning what to do with the pieces too long for the drawers - I thought about mounting 2 separate pieces of 4" pvc pipe 16-24 inches long (depending on how long my scrap is) to the side of the roll around cabinet. That way, I would have all the scrap together on one cart/toolbox. Thanks for the video!! Floyd
I'll check my harbor freight to see if they have any deals on unpopular colors. I bought a 72 in bright green in color. Did not get a $100 off sale. Thanks for the great ideas. Bob
I've used shallow metal drawer cabinets similar to 4" tall filing cabinet drawers with rollers for scraps for many years. Long stock went into storage racks that sorted it all out into 2'-4+' pieces and the other was 5'-8' with longer stock in a ceiling mounted rack. I also split up aluminum and steel as well as having another drawer for brass & copper exclusively. In my wood shop, I only save small pieces of hardwoods and separate them by species but they're in a bucket. Long stock goes into PVC pipes of varying lengths all around the ceiling. The automotive shop has parts in boxes or loose sitting on shelves or on hangers in the loft space while consumable materials are in an old toolbox much like how you.ve set up your yellow one. The automotive electronics consumables and supplies are in their own toolbox at the electronics workstation. The other tradesman tools and materials are in one room/bay combining Electrician, Plumber and Masonry on different walls as well as ceiling storage for the long pieces. Likewise for drywall, painting and staining tools and materials in their own climate-controlled bay. Good luck with you lifelong endeavor to maintain organization of your own. It never ends until you throw things away.
@@OneEyeCustoms I've learned through a lifetime of experience. When the house renovations are complete, the multi trade bays will be a new home for the backhoe, skid steer and a couple of trailers. When they're not needed, The space will probably become an indoor pool space. There are too many predators in the woods for a lot of exposed outdoor facilities. I keep the outdoor kitchen behind a sliding glass wall to keep out the bears etc.
Great video, the last video I saw of yours is when your neighbour filmed your workshop. That inspired me enough to suspend all projects in my workshop until it was organised. That was four weeks ago and we’re still going but I can see the light at the end of the tunnel now. Im lucky to have my wife to help me as she is a born declutterer but that can be a double edged sword as anything that doesn’t have a home is destined for the bin so I have to keep my eyes pealed. Steel prices are crazy in Australia too so I’m reluctant to throw any away. I built some undercover racks out the back of my workshop for long lengths, I have a set of 4’ deep racks for shorter pieces and 5 gallon square plastic tubs cut in half length ways for the smaller stuff. Im thinking a set of metal map or plan draws might work, they’re normally about 6’ x 4’ but the draws are only 2” tall. You could sit another toolbox on top of your yellow one for the even more metal storage. Cheers mate, and thanks for the inspiration. Stuart 🇦🇺
That tool box worked out great . I won't throw away any metal either no matter how small . I have a shelf in my shop with totes with all my small stuff and they are labeled then I have a rack in another building with my longer stuff . My stuff is somewhat organized but not as good as it should be . Maybe someday I'll make it better. Anyway I enjoyed the video see you on the next one.
Well, they are safety glasses with readers. I wouldn’t be able to read the label maker without them on. And, haven’t you heard how dangerous label makers are…😜 serious eye injury is possible. 😆
I bought a 56” Yukon box at harbor freight to keep camping gear & tools , the tools that were scattered around the house , the ones that couldn’t be found when needed , it’s in my den where I spend most of my time
My grandfather has some scraps that are older than me quickly approaching 30, we often joke about the hardware store his garage is and how often he still needs new stuff despite having all the selection.
I had faith you could get it out alone until I saw you standing on that piece of cardboard. THAT was dangerous and you are very lucky it remained under your feet! I have 4 of those toolboxes. I made a modification to 3 of them because they hold a LOT of tools. What I did was, got a piece of angle iron long enough to run completely front to back and wide enough to cover the rivnuts the casters bolt to but not tall enough to interfere with the bottom drawers. Something like 2"×4"×the length. I drilled out where the rivnuts are, used washers to equal the rivnut height then ran a nut onto every castor bolt. That makes a HUGE difference. Those 3 also have the top box. With several drawers fully open and loaded (a LOT of weight) it has never hinted at tipping forward. If you don’t beef up the suspension but you do fill it full with heavy stuff you're asking an awful lot of the bottom sheet metal. Good luck.
Great ideas. I've been lucky to find a few tall commercial file cabinets at the local Habitat restore for $15 a piece. Actually, two of them were $5 a piece because they had a couple of broken handles. I don't need anyting pretty (that said, the Rust-Oleum spray paint cost more than the file cabinets) 😁 I just need something that will hold stuff They're fairly deep, and the rollers on these are good. Instead of keeping all my tools in my van, or carport, I put them into the file cabinets. Routers are in one, angle grinders are in another, etc. I got my pile of scrap metal too and I think since I don't use that kind of stuff very often the lower drawers would work good for that kind of storage. I've been searching the internet for ideas like yours, great stuff. 👍
Hi Doug, maybe if you put some hooks or on the outside ends. Then you can add some appropriate PBC Tubing (Capped at One End) or baskets, then you can store your flat metal pieces or you could hang them on the hooks or in the tubes without having to cut them.
i’m a retired Professinal Woodworker and we often have the same issues with CutOffs from our Exotic Lumbers , there are always tons of little projects I can find with all those CutOffs i do admit the discount on the Yellow Boxes is a nice deal but IMO that is a ButtvUglybColor i do think i personally would Respray one if i did take advantage of buying one at the reduced price FYI. i do own the Painting Equipment to do so and i have sprayed Automobiles etc oh BTW Harbor Freight does sellS ratch and Dented ToolBoxes they are listed on a Website simply called Harbor Freight Scratch and Dent , as far as Tool Boxes they do see to have decent discounted Icon brand Tool Boxes more than the US General lines for some reasons IDK Why ? those. you can have shipped to your address or store of your choice
Now you have a mobile winch point to use in your parking lot. I do something similar. It's important to periodically go through and recycle some of it like you are doing as well. Good work!
( I bought another Craftsman tool box recently....I've started buying 20 and 30 year old boxes. I was wondering if I should use it or try to preserve its great condition. Your video made me realize I have some tools I actually want to pass along to others, they can go into a mint condition box. (Less use, and a space organizer idea)). tHanks for the video!
I buy tabs and brackets for fabrication in bulk and keep them in a toolbox, along with heim joints and hardware, (rock crawler/offroad truck fabrication stuff)
Sure has made it worth the money I spent on the tool box. Now I have a designated place for cut offs and an easy way to find small stuff when I need something!
I’ve got three of their toolboxes, two the 26” size - in YELLOW. I happen to really like the yellow. I don’t know why it’s less popular. My ESAB welder is yellow. My DeWalt tools are yellow. My dock lights are yellow (I use them to help light my big lathe and mill). Caterpillar is yellow as are a number of other heavy equipment machines. It helps brighten up the shops. Ever since the tariffs were raised by 25% several years ago, metal has been constantly rising. I’m paying more than twice what I was paying in 2016, sometimes even more. It seems as though manufactures here, who were whining about foreign metal being less that what they were charging, and so taking market share, immediately raised prices by more than the tariffs as soon as they were raised. Bigger executive bonuses, I expect. Never cut metal down just to store it. Never do that. You will always need a piece an inch longer than you cut it.
dam i bought one of these a month ago. i would actually like the yellow . if i had known they were 80 bucks less i would have bought that instead of red
Doug, still alot cheaper then using a vitmar cabinet. As a welder fabricator its hard throwing away any metal! I have buckets that I use but like the tool box idea 👍
Your scrap steel/aluminium storage prior to the toolbox is at least an order of magnitude better organised than mine. Mine just gets tossed into a spread out pile outside my shed door and I rat through it when I need a bit of steel.
I have 6 top & bottom boxes, the largest Snap On box has all Snap On tools in it, the others have Craftsman, Mac, Icon, and new & used hardware… otherwise I’d have 22 five gallon pails of stuff.
I'm a Scrounger. Have been for 65 years and see no end to my scrounging in the foreseeable future. I've turned my wife into a Scrounger as well, whenever she goes for a walk Ann always brings home nuts bolts or washers that she picks up along the road. Sometimes she even brings back tools like a 50-psi diaphragm air compressor, "Is this any good dear?" "You betcha honey!" I have a lot of boxes and cans full to the brim of stuff that I continually "mine for gold" whenever I do a project. I would love to figure out how much money in time and materials I have saved over the years. Great video Doug amazing organizational skills, thumbs up.
Thank you!
I can relate. I’ve built from chicken coops, to fix, fabricate, brackets, for washing machines, truck alternators… for friends that don’t have spendable income out of free hardware, that I’ve managed to get for free.
I had a Porsche shop, where I restored vintage Porsche cars, I built custom kit cars. I’ve built off road race cars, I was a fabricator for Carol Shelby. You have to love what you do.
I'm with you 100 % on getting rid of any cutoffs. Throwing it away is like throwing money in the trash.
Thanks Doug. How I want to go down to my garage which is a workshop disaster and organize everything. Here I was sitting peacefully watching videos on a Sunday morning and now I'm going to work on it. My wife thanks you. LOL Great video.
Another benefit is now when you cut off scrap pieces of new projects you have a place to put them instead of throwing them on the counter
But did you notice there was still some bar stock setting on the ledge behind the counter? Looks like some 1/2" size stuff.
There's only one thing missing!! Your Logo!!!! Awesome job Doug!!!! ENJOY YOUR WEEKEND!! Thanks!!
Doug, your unloading skills are only surpassed by your ingenuity. Stay safe and healthy. Bill H from Cranberry Township
The drone gave it all away. You got a ton of grass to mow! Now, I wished I had your problem with left-overs. If only I had your welding skills. Enjoyed your videos. Dave
I frikin love the yellow. On line photos or the sticker on the box doesn't show how awesome that color is when you see it in person.
A man after my own heart!! I can’t throw anything away because I know I will use it
I have 2 of those in Orange. One for the garage and one for the Woodworking shop. If you ever get another one, take out the drawers, makes it a lot easier to unload :) Great content keep up the great work!
Thanks for the tip!
For the longer pipes & flat bar material I would attach a small lip-shelf to the side of the toolbox and store them vertically. That way you still have them handy and they're too short to be stored with the long/full length stuff. Thanks for the vid this was great!!
I like it!
Dude. Yes. Thank you for posting this! My wife thinks I'm crazy about organizing, but it's not crazy. It's sane. A disorganized shop is what's crazy!
I did this same thing about a decade ago with my sheetmetal (aluminum, stainless, titanium, and copper), rubber, lexan, and HDPE stock. I didn't use HF cabinets, but it's the same idea.
I also got some small cube-shaped flex-a-top containers from LAContainer and sorted and labeled all of my hardware (rivets, screws, bolts, nuts, washers, nutplates, etc) and filled the drawers of another cabinet with them.
It took me six tool cabinets for everything, but it cleaned up the shop, opened up bench space, and has greatly reduced the amount of time I used to spend looking for stock and hardware.
My cabinets aren't on wheels. I arranged them side-side (3 boxes/side) and back-back, but left a space of maybe 12"-18" (I'd have to measure because I don't remember exactly right now) between the back-backs so they are basically two rows of three boxes, parallel, and back to back to each other. Then I covered the top of both cabinets and the space between with two layers of 3/4 inch plywood, and covered that with a sacrificial 1/4 inch fiberboard that gets replaced when it starts to look too worn and beat up. Since the top covers everything, it looks cohesive, like it's one piece of shop furniture.
I also made a long narrow cart on wheels that holds my large and long pieces of sheetmetal. That sheetmetal is stored vertically in the cart. That cart is stored in the open area between the backs of the tool cabinets. It's easy to pull out when I need more material than what I have in the drawers.
Anyhow, cool video! You are an excellent communicator and your camera shots are always perfect. I enjoyed watching this.
Awesome, and thank you!
Love your organization and 6S videos! Visual management at it's best.
Coming from a machining background we had 3 storage methods. A steel rack that held from 20'+ to 10', then a vertical rack(half an A frame) that held 10' to 3' sticks, on the back of the vertical rack were shelves that held 3' to 1', then a flat shelf system similar to what you are doing with the tool box that held 1' and under. As the pieces got shorter we moved the location of that stick accordingly.
Good organization ideas! Tim in northern TN
Right from the start I was betting there would be labels on the drawers. Awesome solution again , Uno Oc!
i was waiting for the label maker... that marks the end of a satisfying project... JOB WELL DONE
Never cease to inspire Doug. Get the job done no matter what you have or need.
Doug, great job with that! I work in wood and have a similar compulsion, like you, around organization. I established, one, organized space for cut offs/shorts. I also have one bin for scrap. Then I established a firm rule for myself. When I finish a job, I put my cut offs in the shorts rack. If it won’t fit, something has to go into the scrap bin. When the scrap bin is full, it gets purged for kindling. In the end, I have controlled, limited space for shorts and scrap that doesn’t grow and I stay organized. There is a clip on it in my workshop tour video.
Another thought would be to replace the doors under that counter with drawers. Make them sturdy and use full extension drawer glides. 100 pound per drawer may do, or you could go with file cabinet glides that will surely do.
I REALLY enjoy you videos. Your skills, workflow and organization habits are great. But equally, I like how your creative, problem solving brain works!
Thank you!!
That was a great job, never thought of a tool box used for that.
Now you just need to find a place for the tool box 🙂
I got that all figured out.
I love my US General toolbox. For my work, the drawers are perfect for my needs.
Good to see you started your own UA-cam channel. Love your organization ideas.
From a fellow monocular - CyPops
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That box in yellow looks SO good!! Thanks for the video.
Thanks!
You are welcome!
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Subscribed. Quick question: at the begining of the video, is that turfgrass Kentucky Bluegrass ?
@@x-man4702 pennstate full sun blend.
Wow! You & I are two peas in a pod. First off I applaud your choice of Harbor Freight boxes. I worked 45 years in parts at Cummins. I saw every conceivable tool storage options you could imagine. I will say this truck boxes are way over priced. Our shop foreman wanted a P.O. For a bunch of Matco tool carts. They were over a grand a piece. I told him you need to go to HF and look at the 5 drawer tool carts. Then the were about 150.00 each. He went and came back with 6 of them for the shop. He laughed and said I got these 6 for the price of 1 Matco cart. I also like the fact that all HF boxes have drawers that are hemmed on the top, or rolled over. No sharp edges like my MAC box or a Craftsman. I have a HF side box I hung on the side of my tool cart. The large bottom drawer has two slides on each side. You’d think my MAC box would, nope. So needless to say I am totally sold on HF boxes. When I unloaded my HF box, I did the same thing you did. Since I’m a bit OCD, I took the other corner protectors, cut them to fit and slid one piece under the front & back edges between the wheels. I taped them up to hold them in place, then I ran my ratchet straps around them. I placed the straps right next to the wheels on both ends so there was no interference with the tail gate. I’m not sure if you solved the rest of your storage for you metal? I think HF has 15% off this weekend on tool boxes. You could snag a top box and put all you light weight tubing in it, key stock, marking tool or small cutoff tools for metal whether hack saws, rotor cut off wheels, supplies etc. the nice thin is it’s all mobile now, at least in that part of the shop. It looks like you’ve really freed up some room in that corner. Maybe you could do a video on what you might do with that space now. Will you store your never roller cabinet over by the garage door? Also what type of brand if your labeler? See you in the next installment. Have a super week friend! Jim (Iowa)
Yes it will be stored next to the garage door for a very good reason.
The label maker is a “Brother P-touch”
Bet I’ve had it for 20 years. Always take the batteries out of it when I’m done.
Regarding battery removal, me too. Anything that takes a battery that could leak. I also put a piece of masking tape on whatever has the battery in it. I take a sharpie and write the date I put the batteries in. It’s good for a gray haired guy like me. I’m going to get a labeler from Amazon. Thanks for the heads up!
@@OneEyeCustoms Please get the rechargeable Panasonic Enelop Ni-MH batteries and a charger. This will save you $$$ on batteries.
You are a master at organization! I struggle with organization on a daily basis. My clutter and lack of organization create stress and makes my workflow very inefficient.
It’s a good time to start.
Stress destroys motivation and then makes projects no fun.
Sweet! I don't have near the amount, nor the depth of skill, machinery, nor ability you have, but I do invent, fabricate, and otherwise build much of what I need, here on our little homestead. I was so glad to see your piles of pieces, scraps, and doodads. I have a similar collection; although smaller. The best part is, I ended up with a few steel, rolling tool carts, and I now know how I'm going to use them. Great video!
Like I saw someone else say... I was relaxing with a Sunday morning cup of coffee, and now I've got today's "rainy day" project to get to. I try to have an outside and an inside project for everyday, in case of rain.
Here I go.
Awesome, have fun!
U hav some Awesome & VERY inspiring ideas for getting organized! I am struggling big time w/organization. It is very overwhelming for me. Thank u for this vid and for ur vid w/Hometown Acres where u showed us some of ur Awesome storage ideas. I luv how u organized ur tool boxes. U should make a quick short vid on how u determined the best location to put things in ur tool box and why? I look forward to more vids! Thank u!🍻🍻👍👍
I’ll see what I can do!!
The lie I tell myself every week...yes I will organize the garage this week! Great video!
Mine's not disorganized, but it's not optimally organized. I look at it and can't decide what would be ideal. And while I don't mind spending the money the first time to get it right, I don't want to spend that money twice.
Just do it man! It's only yourself stopping you 👍🏻😎
@@espensund2878 I mean I start with good intentions and then....hahaha! You're right thought...
@@JCWren Define disorganized...I know in which pile most things are! :)
You stunned me on this one. I never would of guessed. Great idea, great video, great job!
Thank you
I think this channel is overdue for a vehicle fleet review. Including ATV's, tractors, mud racing beaters etc. But Autumn has to be in that one for us to watch it.
I agree!
Another great project. Your organization is inspiring!
Thank you
Your ingenuity always makes me smile, Doug! 👍
First, the yellow looks awesome!
And, thank you for the yellows-are-cheaper info.
No problem!
Heads up on casters. I’ve have built portable storage cabinets but used cheap casters. The fail with weight.
Thanks for the tip!
Great job Doug.
I just bought the same 44" chest and top cabinet last week to get more organized. I was surprised how heavy they were.
I was as well!
These are much better made than people would think from the price. A friend has a lot of Snap-On cabinets. Really, at several times the price, they’re not that much better. And if you want something better, HF has more expensive choices that are still a lot less expensive, and strangely, better than Snap-On.
Good idea. I would have never thought to use a toolbox
Good job. Nice plan on unloading the tool box. I bought the next size bigger and it was a tough job getting it on the floor. Getting the cutoff pieces organized makes them useful otherwise they are just a pile of junk taking up space.
Thanks for the video
These USG toolboxes are surprisingly well made. While I don't use as a professional, I do use them most everyday. I have several different sizes. They have one that is an open bin at the bottom and lift top that is one of my favorites and it held up well traveling a lot of times to the track. These all have HD wheels, the door slides operate pretty smoothly, and the drawers hold a lot of weight. Some of the snobs will grimace as they must have Snap-On, but you can put a lot of tools in the boxes with the money you saved. I bought a Craftsman Professional toolbox about 20 years ago (when they actually had some nice tools) for about $2300 that is the size of a refrigerator. HF didn't exist then. I think the USGs are about on par with those at less than half the cost. I have four of the USGs now, five if you include two that are stacked. They are a very good value. Keep your eyes peeled for sales and coupons, They do them enough that you can almost never pay their normal full price.
i just got myself a credit card just for buying one in the coming weeks (sure i could save up but i needed one anyways for a home repair), just gonna mod it a little with better casters but other than that i love all the stuff USG offers at harbor frieght (i have a lot of the magnetic accesories and the fold out shelf already)
The first revolving door toolbox. Love it!
A very nice solution to a known problem. For everyone who builds things and wants to make things as they think of it themselves. But also see that the prices of the materials rise faster than your income. See you in three years with the next yellow box. Good luck.
That was a fun video to watch. I have more ideas swirling in my head now for my US Generals. I just may dedicate one for organizing non tool misc. Nice job and I like the yellow
I wanted to see you move that cart after it was full! hahahaha
I love me some good organization! Nifty use of a tool box for sure.
Great Idea! I have trouble letting go of steel also. A ball bearing tool box is a must have for this project. You have put me to looking for a used box I can use for this. Thanks for sharing! Ed H.
Great idea!! I've learned a lot from you!
Awesome! Thank you!
I'm anticipating two more installments of the tool box storage project before you're done! Love the chanel and the projects!
Love the fly on the fly swatter, great video Doug
Great idea and execution, Doug! I am going to do something similar when I get around to building my welding cart. A thought for you concerning what to do with the pieces too long for the drawers - I thought about mounting 2 separate pieces of 4" pvc pipe 16-24 inches long (depending on how long my scrap is) to the side of the roll around cabinet. That way, I would have all the scrap together on one cart/toolbox. Thanks for the video!!
Floyd
I'll check my harbor freight to see if they have any deals on unpopular colors. I bought a 72 in bright green in color. Did not get a $100 off sale.
Thanks for the great ideas.
Bob
Just a idea label the cabinets!! Boom! Just a thought!
What is funny is I had the same issue , don't have Harbour freight in Barbados. So a used filing cabinet on casters wukking for now.Great content
Thank you! And thanks for watching.
I've used shallow metal drawer cabinets similar to 4" tall filing cabinet drawers with rollers for scraps for many years. Long stock went into storage racks that sorted it all out into 2'-4+' pieces and the other was 5'-8' with longer stock in a ceiling mounted rack. I also split up aluminum and steel as well as having another drawer for brass & copper exclusively. In my wood shop, I only save small pieces of hardwoods and separate them by species but they're in a bucket. Long stock goes into PVC pipes of varying lengths all around the ceiling. The automotive shop has parts in boxes or loose sitting on shelves or on hangers in the loft space while consumable materials are in an old toolbox much like how you.ve set up your yellow one. The automotive electronics consumables and supplies are in their own toolbox at the electronics workstation. The other tradesman tools and materials are in one room/bay combining Electrician, Plumber and Masonry on different walls as well as ceiling storage for the long pieces. Likewise for drywall, painting and staining tools and materials in their own climate-controlled bay.
Good luck with you lifelong endeavor to maintain organization of your own. It never ends until you throw things away.
Great comment, thanks for watching!
@@OneEyeCustoms I've learned through a lifetime of experience. When the house renovations are complete, the multi trade bays will be a new home for the backhoe, skid steer and a couple of trailers. When they're not needed, The space will probably become an indoor pool space. There are too many predators in the woods for a lot of exposed outdoor facilities. I keep the outdoor kitchen behind a sliding glass wall to keep out the bears etc.
Nice house and garage and shop you lucky bastard. Swiss Trac floor in the garage 👍
Another great video 😊
Great video, the last video I saw of yours is when your neighbour filmed your workshop. That inspired me enough to suspend all projects in my workshop until it was organised. That was four weeks ago and we’re still going but I can see the light at the end of the tunnel now. Im lucky to have my wife to help me as she is a born declutterer but that can be a double edged sword as anything that doesn’t have a home is destined for the bin so I have to keep my eyes pealed.
Steel prices are crazy in Australia too so I’m reluctant to throw any away. I built some undercover racks out the back of my workshop for long lengths, I have a set of 4’ deep racks for shorter pieces and 5 gallon square plastic tubs cut in half length ways for the smaller stuff.
Im thinking a set of metal map or plan draws might work, they’re normally about 6’ x 4’ but the draws are only 2” tall.
You could sit another toolbox on top of your yellow one for the even more metal storage.
Cheers mate, and thanks for the inspiration. Stuart 🇦🇺
Thank you and thanks for watching!
Hi Doug, This is a very smart use of space and time. Love the verity in your video's. Best Regards 🤠
Glad you like them!
That tool box worked out great . I won't throw away any metal either no matter how small . I have a shelf in my shop with totes with all my small stuff and they are labeled then I have a rack in another building with my longer stuff . My stuff is somewhat organized but not as good as it should be . Maybe someday I'll make it better. Anyway I enjoyed the video see you on the next one.
Box for storing metal, 👍🏼 Organized shop,👍🏼👍🏼 Wearing safety glasses for putting labels on the drawers 🤔. 😂.
Well, they are safety glasses with readers. I wouldn’t be able to read the label maker without them on. And, haven’t you heard how dangerous label makers are…😜 serious eye injury is possible. 😆
I bought a 56” Yukon box at harbor freight to keep camping gear & tools , the tools that were scattered around the house , the ones that couldn’t be found when needed , it’s in my den where I spend most of my time
My grandfather has some scraps that are older than me quickly approaching 30, we often joke about the hardware store his garage is and how often he still needs new stuff despite having all the selection.
I had faith you could get it out alone until I saw you standing on that piece of cardboard. THAT was dangerous and you are very lucky it remained under your feet!
I have 4 of those toolboxes. I made a modification to 3 of them because they hold a LOT of tools. What I did was, got a piece of angle iron long enough to run completely front to back and wide enough to cover the rivnuts the casters bolt to but not tall enough to interfere with the bottom drawers. Something like 2"×4"×the length. I drilled out where the rivnuts are, used washers to equal the rivnut height then ran a nut onto every castor bolt. That makes a HUGE difference. Those 3 also have the top box. With several drawers fully open and loaded (a LOT of weight) it has never hinted at tipping forward. If you don’t beef up the suspension but you do fill it full with heavy stuff you're asking an awful lot of the bottom sheet metal. Good luck.
Thanks for the tip!
This is an awesome idea for organizing steel. Enjoyed watching this video.
Glad you enjoyed it!
Great ideas. I've been lucky to find a few tall commercial file cabinets at the local Habitat restore for $15 a piece. Actually, two of them were $5 a piece because they had a couple of broken handles. I don't need anyting pretty (that said, the Rust-Oleum spray paint cost more than the file cabinets) 😁 I just need something that will hold stuff
They're fairly deep, and the rollers on these are good.
Instead of keeping all my tools in my van, or carport, I put them into the file cabinets. Routers are in one, angle grinders are in another, etc.
I got my pile of scrap metal too and I think since I don't use that kind of stuff very often the lower drawers would work good for that kind of storage. I've been searching the internet for ideas like yours, great stuff. 👍
Thank you!
Hi Doug, maybe if you put some hooks or on the outside ends. Then you can add some appropriate PBC Tubing (Capped at One End) or baskets, then you can store your flat metal pieces or you could hang them on the hooks or in the tubes without having to cut them.
i’m a retired Professinal Woodworker and we often have the same issues with CutOffs from our Exotic Lumbers , there are always tons of little projects I can find with all those CutOffs i do admit the discount on the Yellow Boxes is a nice deal but IMO that is a ButtvUglybColor i do think i personally would Respray one if i did take advantage of buying one at the reduced price FYI. i do own the Painting Equipment to do so and i have sprayed Automobiles etc oh BTW Harbor Freight does sellS ratch and Dented ToolBoxes they are listed on a Website simply called Harbor Freight Scratch and Dent , as far as Tool Boxes they do see to have decent discounted Icon brand Tool Boxes more than the US General lines for some reasons IDK Why ? those. you can have shipped to your address or store of your choice
When I moved a box I pulled the drawers out and it was so much lighter.
Now you have a mobile winch point to use in your parking lot. I do something similar. It's important to periodically go through and recycle some of it like you are doing as well. Good work!
Thank you
Great video. Love your shop.
Thank you!
Now I know where I can get a piece of material if I need some. Very good idea.
Love it! Was wondering too where you were going to put new cart. I personally love the yellow colour
It sits next to the garage door now. I will explain in a later video why and what I add to it to make it more practical.
Tip: Removing the drawers lightens the box up considerably.
I love your garage floor
Thank you,
I did a video a ways back on all the flooring options I have used or tried. Check it out if you have time.
Nice ideas Doug now you can make some sliding shelves in that cabinetfor more usefull storage makes for more videos
( I bought another Craftsman tool box recently....I've started buying 20 and 30 year old boxes. I was wondering if I should use it or try to preserve its great condition. Your video made me realize I have some tools I actually want to pass along to others, they can go into a mint condition box. (Less use, and a space organizer idea)). tHanks for the video!
Fabulous idea by thinking out of the box
Lol, but in the box they go!!
I have a lot small pcs on my shop 👍 and you are doing very nice job to keep
Thanks for the tip on getting yellow to save money.
You bet!
I buy tabs and brackets for fabrication in bulk and keep them in a toolbox, along with heim joints and hardware, (rock crawler/offroad truck fabrication stuff)
Great video! Working on getting my shop organized, these videos are very helpful
Great to hear!
Looks great Doug! My question is where is the toolbox going to go??
Beside the garage door, I’ll show it in another video.
Great video Doug!!
Thank you
My back hurts watching you unload that toolbox 🤣😂
Looks Great !!
Thanks!
This is something i need to do. I have a lot of scrap steel and no designated place for it. Major pain in the a$$
Sure has made it worth the money I spent on the tool box. Now I have a designated place for cut offs and an easy way to find small stuff when I need something!
Nice video. My goal was to get my hand tools down to that 44” roller cabinet, but in hindsight, I need to buy the 12” extension cabinet.
I’ve got three of their toolboxes, two the 26” size - in YELLOW. I happen to really like the yellow. I don’t know why it’s less popular. My ESAB welder is yellow. My DeWalt tools are yellow. My dock lights are yellow (I use them to help light my big lathe and mill). Caterpillar is yellow as are a number of other heavy equipment machines. It helps brighten up the shops.
Ever since the tariffs were raised by 25% several years ago, metal has been constantly rising. I’m paying more than twice what I was paying in 2016, sometimes even more. It seems as though manufactures here, who were whining about foreign metal being less that what they were charging, and so taking market share, immediately raised prices by more than the tariffs as soon as they were raised. Bigger executive bonuses, I expect.
Never cut metal down just to store it. Never do that. You will always need a piece an inch longer than you cut it.
Nicely done!
Thanks!
Did something similar a few years back. Very useful
Harbor Freight also sells (un)loading ramps. 🙂
Great idea❤❤
Doug,another great job 👏 done ✅ and great video ❤😊😮
Thank you kindly
dam i bought one of these a month ago. i would actually like the yellow . if i had known they were 80 bucks less i would have bought that instead of red
I am glad to to you have THE most important tool in your shop too! Flyswatter!😂
I hate them freaking flies!!!
It turns into a game some days.
That’s beautiful piece of property you have.
Doug, still alot cheaper then using a vitmar cabinet. As a welder fabricator its hard throwing away any metal! I have buckets that I use but like the tool box idea 👍
Vidmar cabinets are awesome. And as you say, very pricey.
Yellow Tool ox is nice especially when you get it $100 cheaper Doug😊
It sure is
Your scrap steel/aluminium storage prior to the toolbox is at least an order of magnitude better organised than mine. Mine just gets tossed into a spread out pile outside my shed door and I rat through it when I need a bit of steel.
I have 6 top & bottom boxes, the largest Snap On box has all Snap On tools in it, the others have Craftsman, Mac, Icon, and new & used hardware… otherwise I’d have 22 five gallon pails of stuff.
Great use of a toolbox, only thing better would have been to get a deal off " market place " and save a couple bucks. Maybe one for your wood scraps?
Absolutely!
For an inexpensive drawer label system that I use is a 36-48" ×1" Magnetic Roll from a Craft Supply Srore for about $8.00.
Drill a hole on the end of the flat ones and get a s-hook and hang them up somewhere.
You know youve made it when the fake One Eye Custom accounts start commenting on every comment. Great work, keep it up!
Lol, and now I have to follow up on that SOB and report it on all the comments.
Really? That Telegram crap? I can't wait to see if they reply to my comment!! 🤞
@@PatrickWagz I’ve been reporting every one of them.