The Wall of Storage: a Backlit Hardware Store at Home

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Ай бұрын

I have a lot of hardware in organizer boxes. Yes, I know I don't need to be a hardware store unto myself; McMaster-Carr ships almost overnight. But when you need 5 of some speciality fastener that comes in a box of 100, what are you going to do? Throw the rest away? Of course not.
Watch as I hang those organizers on the wall, using a custom aluminum frame equipped with LED backlighting! Inspired by / @maxmakerchannel .
#workshop #organization #maker #DIY #hardware #engineering
Visit vabadesign.com and follow me on Instagram to see my works-in-progress: / eikimart
Paid Amazon links to products used in this project:
Novostella LED strip: amzn.to/3QKGXd5
Interior corner connectors: amzn.to/3QOwBZU
8020 extrusion: amzn.to/4aoanov
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@computersales Ай бұрын

Now you just need to make one with addressable zones so you can light up just the area with the parts you are looking for. 😊

@EikiMartinson Ай бұрын

As long as I can play tetris on it too! Thanks!

@FearsomeWarrior Ай бұрын

Light up the zones of the stuff you have not touched in years. It’d be fun for sure. But the rot scares me. My one or two units have the rot really bad.

@EikiMartinson Ай бұрын

@@FearsomeWarrior LOL, I don't need THAT much accountability! As far as the rot goes, yeah, these are pretty cheaply made, but ubiquitous also, so possibly they can be replaced? It's also possible to fix or reinforce them. I've glued some of the seams back together already.

@FearsomeWarrior Ай бұрын

@@EikiMartinson I mean the things I forget about or never have applicable use. I think you store a much more active collection of parts.

@EikiMartinson 29 күн бұрын

@@FearsomeWarrior Ah, don't give me too much credit! I've got plenty of parts I can't bear to, um, part with myself. But what a joy it is when you finally get to use one of them, right?

@thewatsonian8111 21 күн бұрын

FYI: Those rubber bumpers will most likely leave a black residue mark on the paint. You may want to put something like packing tape as a buffer.

@EikiMartinson 21 күн бұрын

Thank you for the tip! After I take this down I'll have to patch the screw holes and touch up the paint anyway, so I think it's okay.

@ckeppa 22 күн бұрын

First vid I've seen of yours, About half way through I thought "This dude is crushing it he must have 100k subs" Keep up the killer work, subbed.

@EikiMartinson 22 күн бұрын

Hey, thank you so much! Just invite 99,400 of your closest friends and we'll be there! Seriously though this video has changed things for my channel, it's taking off a bit as a result. I have to make more!

@flippnorge7105 20 күн бұрын

Great idea and I like your humour and editing a lot! Keep up the good work, you deserve a lot more subs

@EikiMartinson 20 күн бұрын

Thank you! I will certainly make more.

@tomashubelbauer Ай бұрын

This is awesome, I definitely need to do the same thing with my drawer racks.

@EikiMartinson Ай бұрын

The lighting is SO worth it!

@chrisgenovese8188 23 күн бұрын

looks awesome! i love the idea.

@EikiMartinson 23 күн бұрын

Thanks!

@RodriFlo32 Ай бұрын

Hey man, great idea, simple execution, amazing results! The video editing was on point too. Congrats! Keep it up, I'm already excited to see what you'll do next.

@EikiMartinson Ай бұрын

Hey, thanks so much! Check out Max as well, he has some great videos.

@aedankerr1358 Ай бұрын

Love the setup, V2 should have dedicated lights per tray and a app to assist with finding something. im sure it will come in handy when you have a dedicated wall

@EikiMartinson Ай бұрын

Good idea but I think I need an intern to maintain the database in that case! Getting this done already triggered a reorganization and consolidation effort. Lots of overlap and inefficiency at the moment. Thank you for your comment!

@evanbarnes9984 28 күн бұрын

Zack Freedman did this! Check out his video on it, it's awesome

@KB-qh2jt Ай бұрын

That took a lot of work Boss, and it looks like it paid off. Well Done!

@EikiMartinson Ай бұрын

Thank you! I'm very pleased to finally have it all together like this.

@nidavis 19 күн бұрын

Nice job. I often use extrusion as a hanging rail similar to a cleat by making a 6mm wedge for the slot, then the frame can sit on the hanging rail

@EikiMartinson 19 күн бұрын

Thanks! That sounds like an easier way with less fiddling for sure.

@HDBoyWonder Ай бұрын

Beautiful, but since you went to so much trouble, you also should have painted them all the same color.

@EikiMartinson Ай бұрын

Thank you but that's a step too far! I acquired them over years of course, but if I were building out a new system I'd get them all at once at the same place and they'd be the same color. By the way, one of them glows significantly warmer than the others because it's the oldest one and the bins are yellowing!

@Dragonited 28 күн бұрын

That looks awesome. Maybe the use of a light dispersion layer behind the sorting boxes might help getting even more light through. Now a lot of the light are just illuminating the lights on the other side.

@EikiMartinson 28 күн бұрын

Good idea! Thank you.

@senjams3412 26 күн бұрын

Congratulations on reaching 500 subscribers, this channel is a great one, helping so many people with great ideas hidden in its single every video. Deserves millions of subscribers, views, etc.

@EikiMartinson 26 күн бұрын

Thank you so much! And may your hopes come true!

@giosanfilippo 26 күн бұрын

Great content and great dynamics on camera!! I hope you get lot of subs, here's one more!

@EikiMartinson 26 күн бұрын

Thank you so much! I'll keep at it!

@Laveylovell 28 күн бұрын

yooo beautiful work eiki!

@EikiMartinson 28 күн бұрын

Thank you!

@michaellim3768 Ай бұрын

This was awesome. Very well done and the camera work made me laugh

@EikiMartinson Ай бұрын

Thanks! It's really good to hear that.

@Skoshche 22 күн бұрын

Great video!! Do you happen to have a de-interlacing filter or some sort of motion smoothing on by chance? The motion seems a bit off, and if you slow it down about every other frame has interlacing artifacts

@EikiMartinson 22 күн бұрын

Thank you for your comment, this is just the sort of feedback I need. I shoot everything with my Pixel phone. I import it into a Davinci Resolve project set to 30 fps. But looking at my source files in windows they're reported as 30.08 fps, 30.09 fps, etc. What to do?

@ericheft6184 25 күн бұрын

Interesting project. Does the lighting actually help you see whats in the boxes, or is it purely decorative ?

@EikiMartinson 25 күн бұрын

I've been reorganizing everything between the three types of organizers you see in the video, and actually it really does help. For instance: some of those drawers can be subdivided once (with a little sliding plastic piece) and other can be subdivided three times; these latter are useful in situations like "4-40 x 1/4" machine screws, of which I may have 4 different types that could all live in one drawer. The lighting helped me quickly scan through the stack looking for that type of drawer so I could allocate them most usefully.

@Nun_ChuckNorris 13 күн бұрын

Great ideas! Who makes the dividers that are on the French cleats for the removable plastic trays with lids? Been trying to find something for my stack of those forever.

@EikiMartinson 13 күн бұрын

The steel cases with removable plastic organizers have dividers molded in; those can't be adjusted. They came from McMaster-Carr. Check out my short video about the crimp terminal organizer for an alternative way of increasing the resolution though. For that one I 3D printed some cups to subdivide the spaces in a fixed tackle box. Thanks for the comment!

@coryfoster401 16 күн бұрын

What organizer is that he grabs at 15:26? That thing is neat!

@EikiMartinson 16 күн бұрын

They ARE neat, aren't they? @SteveRobillard and I were discussing those in the comments here. Unfortunately neither of us could find more of them. I can say that the black and orange ones are Black & Decker, and the gray ones are "WorkForce" branded, but molded into the back it says "Rimax" and "Made in Columbia". Good luck and post a comment if you find them anywhere!

@SteveRobillard Ай бұрын

Where did you get the storage container boxes above the bookcase I have some I purchased from HomeDepot but can no longer find them?

@EikiMartinson Ай бұрын

I also got those from Home Depot but I think possibly from another store as well. They're obviously all made by the same company but they're branded differently; the black and orange ones are Black and Decker for instance. It's been a long time since I bought one though. Good luck!

@SteveRobillard Ай бұрын

@@EikiMartinson Thanks for the quick response. I fear that it may take luck or a lucky find on craigslist/facebook marketplace at this point. Since like you it was years ago that I got them.

@EikiMartinson Ай бұрын

@@SteveRobillard It's a convenient thing for sure. I'm reorganizing now a bit to put the sorts of things I need in the field into those boxes, since they're easy to take with you.

@SteveRobillard Ай бұрын

@@EikiMartinson Great minds, that is exactly why I am looking for more I can put together a kit in each box and they are easy to bring to the library where I teach.

@EikiMartinson Ай бұрын

@@SteveRobillard Ah, we should connect. I've done some teaching at a makerspace as well.