13 Easy Ways to Organize a Messy Woodworking Shop
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- Use these 13 shop organization tips in your woodworking shop or garage to get organized!
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Shop organization is a must for an efficient shop. Having a place for everything and everything in its place will help you get more done with less stress. Wood storage is the first item to tackle and you can use wall mount racks or a mobile lumber storage cart. But most importantly have a rule what scrap wood you will keep. Small parts storage is the next biggest item and you need to have good small parts organizers with great labeling so you can know where everything is at. Cordless power tool storage is next and having a dedicated place for your tools is going to save you a lot of hassle and searching. But the biggest thing you can do to organize your shop is have customized or custom built shop cabinets. This is the game changer and will make your shop storage what you always wanted it to be!
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I see the miter stop T track. I want to do that with mine too but I didn’t see it in the plans. Can I add it as built or do I need to add extra material to the top?
When you're ready to get rid of your wood send it to me!
Waiting to give these a build til after lumber prices become cheaper than gold again
Hi! Are these plans available in metric sizes?
Bought the plans, but unfortunately my garage is not the best set up. I'm having trouble figuring out how to set up my 18' miter station. I have a crawl space access door and water supply line on one side, and an outside door on the other, leaving me with limited configuration options. Do you have plans for a rolling table/work bench that could substituted in place of a 60" run of base cabinets to maintain the base cabinet height? That would be ideal.
My shop is not disorganized, tools are 'strategically' laid out on every horizontal surface for accessibility and streamlining
I too use the horizontal surface storage technique. Though I made it more efficient by stacking some tools to make space for others, just be careful grabbing stuff by the hand saws...
@@williamwalters3796 I to employ these methods but I also stack things in front of stacks so if I need to get something from the far bottom I have the luxury of reliving my childhood and playing Tetris as I move things around.
Pro Tip: Lay a generous coating of sawdust on top of all horizontal surfaces in your shop before you lay your tools out. The sawdust creates just enough friction to keep the piles - I mean, um, stacks of tools from falling onto the floor. Periodically re-apply sawdust on top of the tools as needed.
Lol same
Horizontal stacking is great. And naturally, the floor is the biggest shelf in your garage.
Personally, my #1 rule is to not share your workshop space with your significant other. 75% of the stuff in my workshop is my wife's-stuff-that-she-does-no-know-what-to-do-with.
I like organizing my tools, but the Toddler Relocation Service that is employed at my house makes it difficult to locate small tools most days.
hahaha, I remember those days well!
lmao😂😂😂
a lock on the shop door tends to slow that process down a lot.
TIME STAMPS!
0:33 Have a scrap wood rule
1:49 Have a dedicated space for offcuts
2:25 Use all of your available space
3:31 Use bench top organizers for small parts
5:32 Use portable organizers for small parts
6:50 Add tray to drawers for extra storage
7:20 Use stackable containers in drawers
8:08 Create a space for cordless tool storage / keep frequently used items accessible, not hidden away
9:50 Think about your needs today and in the future
10:30 Use pegboard storage
11:57 Use a french cleat system
12:45 Customize your cabinets (i.e. cabinet drawers, door cubbies, etc.)
14:09 Build your own custom cabinets
I tend to refer back to this video to remind myself of best practices lol
Thanks for the timestamps. Very helpful
I don’t have heat in my shop, so I was thinking about building a wood stove to put in there, and only using scrap wood to keep ‘er heated. I figured it would be a lot easier to let go of that scrap wood if I was freezing my bottom off. 😏
I know I have a huge wood hoarding problem 🤦🏻♀️. I keep cutoffs of my cutoffs 😭. I literally tell myself I will use the cutoff and "picture" what project I may use it on 🤣. The first step to recovery is knowing you have a problem. The 2nd step, I may never get there 🤣🤣🤦🏻♀️🤷🏻♀️.
Me too. 🤣
I’m 75 and getting back to furniture flipping for myself, family and friends. My son and dil are having a creative cottage built for my 75th birthday. I’m still trying to decide how to organize my tools and paint. Thanks for sharing. I got some great ideas👍👍👍
Your storage is nothing short of amazing (Respect) So I have only one thing to say "please" come and sort my shop out.
thanks! and my family has me loaded out on storage jobs already, lol
@@Fixthisbuildthat 😂
off cuts are one thing you will never run out of.
“I have safety equipment up top” right next to the safety glasses is the bottle opener :) my kind of safety equipment :) great video
I keep my bottle opener on the fridge door with an RE magnet.
Inherited a nice 2 1/2 car detached garage when we bought our house. The original owner had a wood working shop in it. He took the time to insulate it and I have shelves on one side and the back wall as well as a corner desk and a shelf above that. He also left the speakers for a radio but I haven't found where he had the Radio yet. Since the back wall is a mix of everything from basic plywood shelves to an old counter section I might take those down and mount a French cleet system as I think it might be more useful for my electronics work which will be more frequent than my wood working.
The "French Cleat Rail" is a great idea!! I need that versatility to build different sized storage boxes as my tool collection gets bigger. The storage unit for extra project wood is great too. I have so many buckets of wood in my shop hogging up all that valuable floor space. THANKS!
I too keep my bottle opener among my “safety equipment”. Well played.
My life goal is to be half as organized as Brad!! 🔥🔥
😂 😂 I'll trade you some design skills for some organization, Mike
Love the horor music with the 1st bench 😂 Great organisation! Picked up many things from u! Thank you!
Must be nice! I’d make a huge mess in 2 hours. Good job!
I noticed your sandpaper drawer. One helpful change I've made in the last few years is adding a filing cabinet to organize sandpaper by grit and type. Plus, most sheets are 8-1/2 x 11, so they fit nicely in hanging folders. And over time, it's been a useful way to organize saw blades, manuals, reciepts, etc. It's been a game changer. Great job, and thanks for sharing!
I made a kind of folder book for my sandpaper.
Different rule for offcuts- save everything until dedicated space is full. Then replace pieces with better pieces as they happen. So the parts you keep are the best you could keep. Optimum.
Little drawers means that, even if they are labelled, you need to check exactly what they are (e.g. brass, domed countersunk, slot head, 25mm, dual thread, full length thread, no 8 screw is a long label...)
Having trays in a drawer means you can see them all at once. And still lift out the tray. You want slim drawers as wide as possible- nothing stacked in drawers!
Agree that open storage and pegboard is the best primary storage.
“Creepy Shop Monthly” 😅
Nice one.
Lots of good ideas here. Instead of labels I fasten a sample of the contents to the small parts drawers. Much quicker to find than reading labels. I can recognize sizes of screws and nuts by sight.
Big shop organization guy here, nice job 👍🏼
You might even say Brad achieved shop greatness.
Great video!. Don't know if you have already done it yet but you should do a shop tour showing how and where things are located and stored. This will be helpful for those of use who are building a shop.Thanks
Love that the bottle opener is with the safety gear. :)
I love love love that this video has 8k likes and not a single dislike. Fu*king love you guys. So pumped for the new projects!
Possibly the most organized man on UA-cam!
Excellent tips. Brad nailed it! I totally agree with "A place for everything and everything in its place", and "Use labels". A labeler is the first tool you should get for your shop. Well first after the bottle opener, that is.
Bottle opener - Fridge for the beer - labeler
By far the best "Organize your shop" video I've seen. Most are very Basic and dont have anything amazing. 5his has so many little tips that make a huge difference. Thanks for sharing.
Have you guys tried the floordrobe method of storing clothes in the house?Works a treat!It can impact the atmospheric conditions indoors though.Can cause thunder and lightning.😂
10:51 That beer bottle opener is definitely part of the safety equipment 🍻
In case of emergency 🍺
Beer has saved me more than once.
I'm looking to buy my first home and I am totally doing the sander storage idea once we move in. Love that! I do have to be that guy and note... Everything in ITS place, not it's. OK, I'll show myself out.
Another thing that can be helpful for small pieces. Get a wood smoker and use it in your cooking if it's an appropriate wood.
I’m the same way with my shop. My daughter taught me a French word, you quoted it in your video, it’s called “Mise en place”
I also like the sliding tray cabinets, so easy to use, been slowly updating my shop as well.
I'm in the process of organising my tools and equipment at the moment. This video could not have come out at a better and more convenient time. Thanks for the tips, Brad!
Whenever I need ideas or help…this is where I go. He is so helpful, specific, and always provides safety tips and extra hints based on experience level. Thanks!
I don't really do woodworking, but with slight adjustments most, if not all these tips are great for me as a hobby mechanic too
I've got some serious workshop envy . I need to up my game!
10:52 Ah yes! The best shop safety tool on the market, bottle opener!
Please start a donation pile to take to a local maker space or something similar. Your scrap is gold to newbies
Very organised Brad. Like yr miter station
What a dream!! Love love love the organization and labels! Thanks for some great ideas and for sharing!
I glad i found this video. Im going to be opening my own Gunsmith shop and ice been trying to think ahead on how im gonna set up my tools and all the other things that come with owning a business.
These are amazing tips Brad! I'm cleaning out my single car garage for my first humble but well organized (thanks to your tips) workshop. Thanks and I've learned so much from your channel. Super inspiring!
I get to set up my very first garage shop next month! Big upgrade from the current 30th floor balcony shop. I like your set up and I already have a not so subtle obsession with labeling things.
KILLER shop! As organized as any ever. Great vid Brad. 😊
One miniscule glitch -- "everything in ITS place." Not it's. Yikes, sorry to have noticed that.
Pretty fantastic tips, Brad! Thanks a lot! 😃
I'm definitely going to use some of them!
Stay safe there with your family! 🖖😊
Dude, you're tickling the memories from my old Aircraft maintenance days with labels and container stacking!! Good times lol. That slide out magnetic bit holder is gunius and I can't wait to add one to my shop!
Papa Bear, Mama Bear and Baby Bear?
😂👍
😜
Brad, you are the man! I hope I get to your skill level someday! I just sold my house in New England leaving my basement workshop behind and relocated to Florida where I will be building a whole new workshop in my garage. I will certainly be using a lot of the ideas I watched in this video. Great job man! ...truly!
Your custom drawers and cabinets are beautiful.
Appreciate all you do for Do-It-Yourselfers. 😁😁😁😁
I’m so impressed and jealous of your amazing organization:). Way to go!
Thanks to Brother...I appreciate you supporting this channel.
Brad, i am inspired to organize my shop.
My wife just bought a new Ptouch from Brother so I am set!
Hey Brad- Thank you so much for this video!!! So many great ideas.
I have my drills on the wall on aluminium stand offs? Whatever they’re called. You see them on the wall like its presented to you, it really makes you wanna grab it and handle it.
Thank You Sir! 😊 Awesome ideas! G
Thanks, I really need this. My shop is a mess, but not for long!
Absolutely awesome tips! Definitely guilty of keeping some worthless scrap wood around that I need to toss. Bookmarking this for when I get around to more shop organization
Love the bottle opener as part of the safety equipment!
Man I thought I need to organise my garage a little, what you have is level 100+, what a inspiration.
Rock on Brad! Love the magnetic drill bit holder. Thanks for posting.
Thanks, Jeff!
I love this, I never seen such a well organized space
Wow!! Never thought of those ideas. LOL
I finally organized all my plastic ties (I just had bags of them laying on a shelf). I cut various lengths of 1" PVC pipe to hold different sized ties; drilled about 8 holes every 2" in a piece of wood and glued the PVC pipes vertically, into each hole (the holes don't go all the way thru). Kinda looks like a church pipe organ. Panted the whole thing black and fastened it to the wall. Now it's just grab-n-go with them.
super inspiring shop!
Incredible order! I'm impressed!
this is amazing, thank you for sharing your tips! i really need this in my shop
I love your workshop! Thanks for sharing 🙏
I'm admiring the cabinets
I love that there’s a picture of Norm Abrams on the wall. I want one. Love me some Norm.
That piece of wood was still usable, make friends with some pen turners.
I'm on my second Brother P-Touch in 25 years, I love them. Had a P-touch-PC until they quit supporting it so had to replace it when I went to Win10. Replaced it with a P-Touch 700. They aren't as portable as yours but they use all of the fonts and sizes on my computer. For all of the little plastic drawers I prefer White on Clear tape. It seems less garish and is still easy to read with the natural dark background.
Please keep bringing the GREAT videos !!! Thanks, Rickster
Great tips, Thank you!
I see some useful shop additions.
9:30 putting the drill bit hex key under the pocket hole jig slot is so clever!!!!!!!!
Getting off the 'save everything' addiction is something I am working on right now. I was doing as you did in the past and saving way too much because I thought I would use it someday in a future project. But in the mean time I was tripping over all these small pieces that rarely got utilized and were more of a pain than they were useful. So, I gave a couple 30-gallon trash cans worth of scrap to a friend who has a wood stove and he was able to give it one last chance to do some good by heating his shop.
drawing a pencil outline of tools on the pegboard is also a great way to know which tools go where... also a little more motivating for kids to put things in the right place... a kid will see a label and not care if it is in the right place... but something about putting a tool that is a wrong shape for the drawing disturbs most people.
yep, they call that shadow boarding. I talked about it on camera but that part hit the cutting room floor in exchange for brevity :)
That’s the old school way for sure
you know... I wonder if that now ubiquitous early development toy of the box with the different shaped holes wasn't actually first invented by some woodworker who was trying to make sure their kids always put stuff back in the right place.
Excellent video Brad! I use the small pieces of wood for the fireplace. Very nice when starting a fire! Really enjoy your videos. Keep up the great work....... 👍👍😉😉
Nice job! Nice shop.
Awesome shop and video! Thanks for making it!!
I have a bucket for to collect cut offs. If they are big enough, I measure and write widths on the wood with a sharpie. Sometimes needed for spacers and save in the bucket. When the bucket gets full, I go through and throw out what's not usable. If I threw out stuff smaller than my hand, I wouldn't have any wood to do small projects. Love your organizational ideas. Trying to get my house back in order after it flooded in 2020, so all the wood in my garage got flooded and thrown out and I've had to start fresh.
A lot of good ideas here. Thank you for sharing. Have a great day and stay safe.🙂🙂
Excellent tips, Brad! Keep up the awesome videos man!
I’ve already started ditching small pieces of wood after watching this. Thanks!
One tip on the Brother label printer. To avoid the extra inch of waste on every label, just gang print a bunch of labels in one strip and cut them. Awesome tips here!
yep, Chain Print is great! 11:43
This is a thing of beauty!
I think it would be a great video on the basics of how to use the pocket holes. Also, I can't wait to move into my new house so I can start adding these to my garage shop
Love the rolling carts ideas
Great solutions! Thank you for the inspiration ❤️🔥
Hey Brad....I’ve deployed everything similar to your workshop but on a single small garage. Right down to the P-Touch labels. Took me 10 years but I pinched a lot of ideas from UA-cam. I use super magnets 🧲 in steel cupboards and just adore them. French cleats for clamps and so on. Great minds think alike. I’m envious of your cupboards though. All the best from Sydney, Australia. 👍🇦🇺
Dude! Great video. I have a one car garage shop with one and a half wall. Storage is my biggest challenge. You had just a few ideas applicable to me but they were very good ideas. Thanks.
Some awesome tips thanks mate.
Nice crisp video! I did all of the above except the drawer inserts (added to my to-do list) and the tool wall (no available wall space). #5 Portable Organizers for small parts works in the shop AND in my office for electronics, office supplies, phones/accessories, etc. I have more than 20 of them with labels!
Another tip -> add labels to your cabinet doors, not just your drawers. I have 2 label-makers and I use them often.
Label your power supplies. This has saved me big time.
Awesome ideas, great builds and thanks for sharing!!!
Some excellent ideas there, Thank you very much
Wow Beautiful setup...nice job
wasn't mentioned but love the placement of allen wrenches with the adjustable cordless tool holder
Excellent (and expensive looking) shop organization system, and especially the use of the p-Touch labeling system. I have been using them for maybe 30 years, after it got hard to get Dymo tapes. I can't see the little LCD screens easily, nor use the tiny keyboards, so I use one of Brother's printers that connects to my PC.
My shop is never disorganized. However it is haunted by a force that randomly relocates tools and materials immediately after I put them down. Even if I accidentally put on in it's correct location!
This space is awesome!
Amazing presentation
My #1 tip... while I hate the idea of typical pegboard storage, I purposely built my shop walls with pegboard. 1/4" inch, not the flimsy 1/8".
It was mainly for permitting ventilation in my basement shop (allows the insulation in the stud cavities to breathe), but also permitted me to temporarily locate anything I wanted to mount to the walls before I committed. I'd use standard pegboard accessories to put things up and if I liked it after a month or two of use, I could make permanent mounts. A side benefit is since I screwed the panels it to the studs, they can be removed or replaced easily to get at wiring and/or the insulation, vapor barrier & concrete walls behind.