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"We have a criminal in the area, we know who he is! Anyway, drawer number 1 is where I keep all my gun cleaning supplies..."

Glad to see you're an Adam Savage fan. His big thing is organizing his stuff with what he calls "first order retrievability", meaning all his tools can be seen in one passing glance - nothing is hidden by anything else. I think you've achieved that with your shop upgrades.

A tip for the roll of paper: if you get a wood plank or a metal rod in front of it, than it can be used as a guide to cut it more square. If it is sharpened, than you should be able to sheer of the paper without the need of cutting it with a knife.

Very nice shop Cody. Thank you for sharing a part of your day with us.

Damn that shop is looking good. Time really well spent.

I am a 77 year old guy......high on energy, pretty impatient, fast working and definitely a belt and suspenders advocate. If most people would use 4 screws, you can count on me using 8 or 9, maybe 10. A friend of mine sat in one of my deer blinds, hunting was slow so he thought he would count the screws I used.....soon he gave up. I have been obsessing over a deer blind that is becoming unsafe and going thru a million iterations for an approach to building a new one. My introduction to Wranglerstar videos was the series about building a tree house. Since then, I have watched dozens of videos. .The videos entertained me for many hours, learned a lot. But mostly, I want to say: Thank you for what you do! Keep it up ! Good luck !

I was thinking about the bat house you made a few years back. When the weather warms up perhaps you could do a short update. I dig the shop upgrades.

Adam Savage's rule of First Order Accessibility. It's changed the way I organize my shop.

Cool! I love the “gun cleaning” drawer! AND the paper roll holders! I love “French Cleats” - they are #2 to my peg-boards! 😉

Thank you for posting both parts to a video in one go!

The trick to making drawers work is they have to be shallow, if they are too deep, stuff gets buried and you have to dig. Well done!

I like the lookk of the wood for the back drop. Much more soothing.

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Believe it or not these are the videos that give me the fizz…. I love just having a evening filled with watching any video I can find of yours!!

Thank you for striving to make the channel better. Keep up the great work! We really appreciate it!

I love shop upgrade videos. Nice to see how you solve common shop problems, especially with the over full extension drawers.

Agreed with Adam Savage.... I've watched that Tested video twice. Not only do my tools disappear in drawers, but in my several tool boxes, coffee cans etc... I like his rule of first order retrievability That is my goal. Not too unlike your shop. The French cleat system turns out nice!.

Regarding that bench grinder - another idea. Use the vise on your table. Fasten a 2-3 inch strip on the front of your grinder base or the bottom with a lip that sticks down. Then put the lip in the vise and clamp it.

mr. w show us the whole shop. its been a while since we have see then whole thing with everything hanging.

God bless you. You have combined my 2 favorite channels 'tested' and 'wranglestar'. It's great that separate creators can acknowledge each other.

That French cleat wall is just amazing. When I have a shop I'm definitely going to do the same thing.

Bench grinder on a French hanger- best tool tip I've seen in a long time. I've been clamping them and then throwing em under the bench- they already had plywood bases. Thank you!

Once those drawers have 'settled in' (likely somewhere next winter), you should probably make a couple of drawer dividers (like the things you also have in the kitchen drawers) fit to size for the items that 'settled' in those drawers. These things help prevent them to becoming a mess, and also prevent you from tossing other things in (as there be not designated room for them). Sounds like a fun winter woodshop project, that will help you keep the shop (and especially those places that are great for hiding a mess) organized.

This is why I love perusing old videos. I just watched the glue up, and now I randomly saw its finally level. I love several of the ideas there, but the bench grinder idea is brilliant. I think I'm going to copy that one when I get to that point. Heh, i'm still at the 'looking at chisels' phase, so it's a ways out.

I really enjoy watching all of your videos, thanks for all the ideas!

Cody, think about rotating the air cleaner 90 degrees to blow air across the front of the shop and help with circulation (rather than having both blow against each other)

Thank you for turning me on to the French Cleat!! Exactly what I've been looking for, already planning upgrades around the house with it!

A woodworking gun guy. Me too! My wife doesn't like me cleaning my guns in the house either. I got interested in woodworking from restoring a Mauser rifle. Thank you for all your interesting videos and ideas that you share.

Great ideas. I was always losing my drill chuck for my drill press, so I drill a small hole in the chuck and attached a very small chain to it. Then attached the other end to a spot on the drill press. Never lost it again. Thanks for the vid.

I’ve been watching your videos any chance I’ve had over the last 3 days , you have inspired me to get my shop more organised , keep it up Cheers from Australia

Great tips Wranglerstar! I installed several magnetic knife holders from IKEA along the back wall of my bench and it holds all my files and screwdrivers for easy visibility and access. One of my top 5 improvements to my shop!

Those upgrades are amazing I love how your shop is so organised!

Great shop. Plugs are on the end of cords, outlets are on the wall to receive the plugs. Those cleats are the bomb.

You have just made a compartment where saw dust will be collected. Move your gun cleaning stuff. Have a nice plastic case for those with a lid that with locking mechanism, só no dust will get inside.

Good info, thanks! Will you send the link for where you bought those drawer sliders?

I was going to build that workbench, but I walked into HomeDepot and they had accidentally put cabinet grade plywood in the wrong section, so I got that for $29 a sheet, so I built the Fine Woodworking plywood bench. Next one is the one you built and it will contain miter, drill press and bandsaw stations. Love the channel.

Hey buddy, the more I watch your videos , the more I really enjoy them!

Those are 5 Upgrades that made Your Shop more AMAZING Cody. Looks great !! thanks for the videos. God Bless.

Just want to let ya know, I enjoy your videos so much I miss it when you don't post one everyday! Keep up the great work. Cant wait to see some more outdoor chainsaw videos :)

nice seeing your wall fill up with all your tools. It's super pleasing.

Love those French cleats for organizing! And the ball bearing drawers make a lot of sense.👍

The wood shop is quite lovely. Wish I could blink my eyes and produce one like it for Wendell. All the organizers are amazing and I am sure it is a joy to work in the space you have created. A kitchen utensil drawer is much the same as for tools, ugh, I very much dislike them!!!!!!!! I have all my most used kitchen utensils at the ready in canisters or crocks by each "work station". Enjoyed the tour of new stuff.

It's not that I don't like the backdrops it's that the wall you are covering is pretty enough to be in a living room. Appreciate you always trying new things.

That wall is mighty full. How wonderful.

Nice. The shop is really coming together.

With the shelf that you displayed your planes on, if you put a piano hinge on the top of it you can lift the planes up and have a small storage space in behind them.

I may be in the minority, but as a serious woodworker with dust on everything, cleaning the guns in the shop was like peeing into the wind. Even with a good shop cleaning, I'd still get dust all over everything I was doing and the oil just makes it worse. Maybe a cover for that drawer would reduce it a bit, but dust goes everywhere it seems. Just my two pennies.

I see you put a flex light over by the sharpening cabinet, great idea. I LOVE the new shop, I could spend all day just building things there!

Hi, I was thinking that you could have a similar setup as the "french cleat" but on your bench for your grinder, so you just slide in your grinder and secure it with a pin or dowel, it could still be compatible with the french cleat on the wall and you put a blank panel instead of your grinder when it's not in use to level the bench. I am thinking of doing this to be able save space and change from a router to a band saw fast and easily in my limited space. So my bench for the power tools would be configurable and movable without any tools required. What do you think ?

I really like all the work you put into your shop. Kudos to you. Thanks for sharing.

The drawer idea was fantastic! Love the updates, keep them coming!

saw the DD = Daniels Defense .... very nice

Can you post a link for the drawer sliders? Those look great.

Your shop is looking great, Wranglerstar!!! I'm sure you already have these on the docket but it would be nice to see some videos for status updates on the beaver pond along with all the trees you planted last year.

I like the backdrop your professionality is what makes you stand out

Enjoyed all the add'ons to your shop, the drawers are fantastic addition to utilize that space

I'm glad your weather is getting better, we are getting 18"+ of snow right now here in Maine.

When you put that air filter up I didn't think it would last there. Looking good!

Another nice video. I hope these stay on youtube for a long time so that when I am building out my shop I can use these for reference.

Love the Adam Savage reference. Since he said that I have tried to get rid of all of my draws in my office/workspace

so in love with your woodshop I hope to someday have one like it... Nice upgrades Cody keep up the good work.

Cody the shop is looking GREAT, Thank you for sharing. I see Garth.

I love seeing an armorers wrench in your left hand drawer!

I have a WEN on my Amazon "Wish List". Glad to see someone has it and is pleased. It'll make the knife shop more pleasurable. Still impressed with how the shop finished up... great job! 👍🏼

Absolutly brilliant designs and craftmanship on the shop. You've got some awesome skills.

This shop just keeps getting better.

That plane rack gives me the fizz every time I see it. Very nice.

Love the drawers, I'm just starting a gun bench for my office and I like the idea on the gun cleaning kit in it Thanks. (please don't paint them)... Great Idea on the grinder.

Really cool video, all your work trying to get things organized is paying off. May God grant you and your neighbors his mercy in regards to the prowler situation. I'm looking forward to the next tool kit video, Thanks and God Bless

Here in Kentucky its really cold, I can't wait to plant my vegetable garden it will be my 16 month olds first garden. I can't wait to teach him how did to grow vegetables. +Wranglerstar

glad to hear you still like your bench. I have one set of legs all glued up and drying downstairs! hope to get it all together this weekend. also good to hear about the air filters. I've been on the fence with them but with a relatively cheap the unit you use is, I may just get it.

You have created a wonderful shop. Hopefully you will be able to share many more projects there with us.

Wow, that system is so flexible and easy and reliable, impressive. I have to comment on how you make such good use of your time, and the grinder solution is just that, a great solution to problem that so useful in freeing up space.

Thank you for considering me. I love your work and hope I could ever do the quality pieces you make. Thank you.

I agree with the drawers and tools. I love Montezuma tool boxes. Everything has a home and you can see where things are.

would like to see the whole shop since you've been getting it all set up its coming along really well i hope to have a shop like that someday great job.

very cool! exited for spring videos

Nice shop upgrade ideas. Enjoyed seeing your workspace in more detail. I'd love to hear more about your air filters, I'm thinking about something similar.

Great workshop. I’ve been extremely envious of your spaces, open and enclosed, since I happened on your channel. I have a couple of thoughts for you to maybe consider. First, if you have multiple tools, such as your grinder, that you hang out of way on your cleats and you don’t mind a specific spot or a couple of specific spots for working, you could carve some channels into your benches to match the cleat layout so you can drop them in without clamping. It would simplify and speed up your process just that little bit extra if all you have to do is drop it in place and it’s already secured and won’t slide around on you. Second, an advantage of a white paper backdrop, as a photographer, is that, by adjusting your lighting setup and subject positioning, you can have it be anywhere between full white and full black. There have been times I haven’t had the option of setting up a backdrop at all, so, by way of creative lighting, I just took everything in the background down to full black. The key limitation is space. If you don’t have enough room for subject/background separation, the backdrop will get more exposure. You can deal with that though, to a certain extent, with using flag techniques for lights. A white seamless is my #1 go to for studio work because it’s so versatile in its tonal range, including being able to use lights with gels and have it cleanly accept color. For what I’ve seen from your channel, if it were me, if I had one, it would be white. A second would be green for flexibility of making it anything you want in post production. A third would be black. The reason for black is that by adding more light you bring it up into the greys, so, between a full black and full white, you can cover, quite easily, the entire greyscale range.

Love your workshop specially the French cleats. Alot of time & effort great quality

I was about to type my question about the wood stove when you explained its new position.

looking good. so organized and modular; glad you went with the french cleat.

I need to do this in my shop, thanks man, great ideas!

My tools are all organized in my rolling tool box drawers and the drawers are all labeled with the types of tools that are in them. Best thing I ever did. My tools are all organized and protected. Projects have become much easier since I did that.

shop is looking great !

Shop is coming along nicely.

LOL "Mrs. W has a very special set of skills" makes it seem like that movie with Liam Nielson called "Taken" where his daughter is kidnapped and he says that exact line to the kidnapper on the phone. But - great video to be able to see the shop coming along. And clearly - that french cleat system is really working out great for you! excellent!

Thought: after seeing the camera tri-pod taking up floor space...have you thought about installing a ceiling mount flex arm camera mount? think along the lines of a drafting light...that might allow freedom of floor space, move camera around easy, and when not in use, push up out of the way. Just a thought.

The tool kit is shaping up nicely.

Great timing with this shop makeover, I am redoing my shop as well and really like the French cleats but my favorite idea from you is using the woodworkers vice to hold a machinist vice or other tools. I can swap my stuff from my shop to the garage bench easily, what a great idea AND I am going to gather up all my sharpening stones etc and put that in one place as well. 10 thumbs up......thanks for sharing your ideas.

I like the additions, I also agree about drawers, especially for sharps.

I like everything you've done with your wood working shop. Are you planning on doing the same with your metal working shop? I think that would be a good video series as well.

If you sit a bit farther away from the white background it will get darker the further away you are from it. love the channel. been watching from day one. Thank you for all the time you put in.

Great stuff as always! Will you send me the link of where you bought those drawer slides? I need some good ones but the ones at my local hardware store are junk! Thanks!

When you flatten the bottom of a chisel or plane iron, move the tool sideways or perpendicular to the stone so you can use its entire length. You'll help keep the stone flatter and you'll need fewer strokes. You only need to flatten the first couple of inches at most, of the steel.

Model workshop! You got me thinking about drawers for organization.

Hey Cody, I like that nice wood wall you made as your back drop. Fits your style of videos better than a white back drop. The wood gives your videos a more rustic feel.

I really like the idea with the bench grinder. Space saver.

Your videos are enjoyable to watch. Your shop is cleaner than some surgical rooms. I'm a fan of french cleats. I really like how wide and beefy you made the cleats for your shop.