Tool Organization for People Who Can't Be Organized
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- Опубліковано 18 тра 2023
- Everyday I’m working in the shop two things are true: I’m trying to be efficient, and I am excellent at creating a mess. This is an overview of my tool wall which helps me be organized and avoid frustration.
If you’ve somehow avoided Adam Savage’s First Order Retrievability videos I highly recommend you look them up. His ideas and iterations are very helpful to anyone laying out a shop, and I think about them a lot when I set up my work space.
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Here are links to a few tools I highlighted in this video. If anything caught your eye that isn’t listed please just mention it in the comments and I’ll find a link. Amazon links help me out, Thank you!
PEC Double Square amzn.to/45aeG5h
Wood Peckers Double Square amzn.to/3pLZewa
Incra T-Rules:
3” amzn.to/3oap7p2
6” amzn.to/3o4HjR0
12” amzn.to/3oimWQ9
Fastcap Tape Measures:
Lefty Righty and FlatBack Combo: amzn.to/42IY6bh
Square Tip www.fastcap.com/product/proca...
3M Adhesive Remover amzn.to/3BxkYyq
CA Glue amzn.to/3WarCUR
Cranked Neck Chisels amzn.to/3OeLZyg
Sand Paper Rolls
60 grit amzn.to/3OfEhE9
80 grit amzn.to/3MylToG
100 grit amzn.to/41KGTwI
120 grit amzn.to/431SMPY
150 grit amzn.to/3BwXb1I
180 grit amzn.to/3Ma6DwV
220 grit amzn.to/42J1cfp
320 grit amzn.to/3Mg5gN0
Cabinet Scraper www.leevalley.com/en-us/shop/...
1.3mm Pencils amzn.to/3BAAb1D
18ga Brad Nailer amzn.to/3OjKr5X
The "shop" I have is tiny at just 8 feet by 8 feet with another 8 foot by 8 foot storage area behind it!!!! WORKING in a shop this small, DEMANDS I put things away as I use them OR ELSE! You see there isn't a lot of "work space" to start with, and if I don't put things back as I use them, then I literally have ZERO PLACE TO WORK to begin with!! BUT also having a shop this small means everything is basically in arms reach more or less too!! So putting things away isn't hard at all!! It is the one nice thing about owning a small workspace, because "everything has a home, everything has its place"!! And if you get just one tool or item out....suddenly the whole place looks cluttered and disorganized!!
Thank you for leaving the chisel/file thing in and not re-recording it. This man is a human like I am.
Not so much organization, more of a guy bragging about all the fancy tools he has, lol.
You may have just inspired me past the crippling indifference that’s been killing me in the shop lately!
Start by reducing the quantity of tools. It is amazing what has been built in the past, with relatively few tools.
You have ADHD my friend. Great video and great ideas. Good to see someone who can make it a positive experience. This is the first lesson to Lear before you start anything.
Looking forward to seeing you reorganize your shop. It’s kinda my thing. Benjamin Franklin said “A place for everything and everything in its place”😊
Fix your paper towel holder easily: simply mount it on the underside of the shelf above. You should be able to move it to a place where it is easy to replace the towel roll.
Another idea: hang the masking tape rolls on the wall above where they live now. Then set a shallow box where the tape is now. You can use the shallow box to hold the small scraps of abrasives that aren't yet used up. (I keep a box of abrasive scraps for that reason too.)
My man I have been trying to organize my garage for 8 years now.. I have the exact same problem!
I’m really bad about putting my tools away too. I hear ya. I thought about spray painting or painting a red square or something on my workbench to remind me to put stuff away. I subbed for more. 😊
If you build another of those cubby storage racks, do a video on it, would be curious to see. Love your system and how it's just all a plywood wall.
It seems you share my disorganized bench tops: a result of adult ADD. My brain focuses on a task, and the tools I use in the process get left where they are, while my brain quickly shifts focus to the next step in the project (or to the squirrel running past!). My bench tops look even worse than yours do. When I need a tool, I go to the place where I last used it, and find it laying where I put it down.
I thought that I was the only one who had a problem returning things! There must be an answer ,some sort of therapy perhaps? I know it would eventually speed things up but I just can’t do it! Great video by the way!🤓
Tool storage is one thing. Material storage is killing me!! LOL
Paper towel rail - looks like you could just turn it upside down so it can be refilled from the right hand side, which has more clearance? I absolutely have the same inability to keep things organised, but I also don't have the ability to figure out how to organise things in the first place so I love this video full of ideas!
I picked up a few hints from your video, esp the ruler storage. Thanks for the video.
OK only into video 1 min and somehow you are describing me perfectly? I envy the size of your shop though - mine's quite a bit smaller. Gave me some ideas, thanks!
Yes, videos or designs for your racks would be amazing
Very relatable! And at the same time I work more efficiently in a clean shop. Always do a million projects at the same time.. My shop is maybe 1/3 of yours with an added separate room for long term storage, but everything looks the same. I eventually stettled for drawer storage for everything, as this is, for me at least, quieter.