How to Organize Tool Storage Drawers

How to Organize Tool Storage Drawers | Ask This Old House

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Ай бұрын

In this video, This Old House host Kevin O’Connor and general contractors Tom Silva and Zack Dettmore meet at the shop to discuss toolbox organization.
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Host Kevin O'Connor and general contractor Tom Silva enlist the help of carpenter Zack Dettmore to better organize a tool storage cabinet.
Where to find it?
To create custom drawer foam inserts, start by laying out tools on the foam board [www.kaizensource.com/]. Once you’ve arranged the tools, neatly trace around them to create a form guide. Follow the tool outlines with a utility knife and scoop out the foam innards until the tool fits snug in the opening.
Use aluminum u-channels [homedepot.sjv.io/21v76A] and custom cut them to the perfect dimension to divide different drill bits.
To create a U-channel drawer storage
1. Use the miter saw [homedepot.sjv.io/75vKN5] with a metal cutting blade [homedepot.sjv.io/rQmWPD] installed, measure, mark and cut the u-channel to each desired dimension.
2. Smooth the cut edges of the u-channel with a metal file [homedepot.sjv.io/JzMZNv].
3. Apply the magnetic tape [homedepot.sjv.io/zNoOVG] to the back of the u-channel. The tape is peel-and-stick, so there’s nothing particularly difficult about this step to keep in mind.
4. Place the u-channels in the drawer in the desired orientations.
5. Place the drill bits [homedepot.sjv.io/eKQ2vg] in each compartment.
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@charlesjarmanii Ай бұрын

Please more organization videos. these topics are easily relatable and needed in many of our lives. Keep up the good work!

@Bdbrad71 Ай бұрын

I agree

@garyeverdeen15 Ай бұрын

Most definitely, it seems like I'll spend as much time looking for the tool than it takes to actually build whatever I'm working on.

@jessehummer 24 күн бұрын

I am there too. I've picked my weekend project now!

@JBassB1 Ай бұрын

From TV to the Internet been watching you guys for at least 28 years

@gabevilla8578 Ай бұрын

Bring back Zach dettmore! 🎉 great presence and great chemistry with the team

@DapperMKVI Ай бұрын

Check out more of his content on Build show network

@JerritPruyn Ай бұрын

Zach is the man🎉

@eagl3ye Ай бұрын

Wow that is a profound lesson that you can apply to any diy project. When it comes to the struggle against chaos, when it’s possible, think like a lazy person; pick the path of least resistance and don’t always depend on willpower.

@masontejera506 Ай бұрын

Wahoo! Great seeing Zach in good company! Well earned.

@ClevelandDanny 20 күн бұрын

BRING HIM BACK!!! We want more!!!

@bailey5542 Ай бұрын

Zach is made for TV. Well done!

@susanmei9980 Ай бұрын

Perfect timing! I’m just trying to organize my tools right this very minute!!! Thank you ! 🌷

@j.mccarthy3008 Ай бұрын

Nice!! The real key is having a spot for everything and putting it BACK!!! Good luck 🍀

@V8SKULLS Ай бұрын

Need a video on Zachs van/truck

@sirhamalot8651 Ай бұрын

Zack is great!

@fredburban8219 Ай бұрын

Years ago before I built my shop I had home projects. I found some bins I could hang on T brackets under my work bench. One bin had drills & bits, another had sanders & paper another hays a circular saw & tape measure. I could grab one bin, go to the work site of my house & have everything ready to go.

@mitchf1508 Ай бұрын

I recently got 2-9 drawer cabinet/work top tool carts and have all my tools sorted now and it's so true that when you know where your tool is and it's easy to find, it's also easy to put them back!! I never put my tools away before.. Now, I know which drawer has what in it and can grab it and when done, it goes back just as easy.

@davidwells9342 Ай бұрын

I’m glad that you did this I would like for you to have each member of the show doing an organization project for tools, gardening, plumbing, electrical, masonry, etc. for both Shop and mobile. Also some manufactures that sell foam inserts will laser cut to your desire the foam for whatever tools you may have just send a picture.

@Anchor9Studios Ай бұрын

That aluminium U channel is a clever idea

@Popcorncedar Ай бұрын

Super great. That aluminum and tape deal is cool.

@chriswilson9230 Ай бұрын

I’m right there with Zach. My OCD tells that an item goes back where it came from, no procrastinating. Someone else in my house borrows things out of the shop and either doesn’t return it and I have to go searching for it, or puts it back in the wrong place (yes,I know where everything goes, I don’t have that big of a shop). And I do keep multiples of some items in different places…pencils, tape measures, etc.

@peterk7931 Ай бұрын

This seemed like a good audition.

@tonychan9752 Ай бұрын

Love these ideas, myself I am thinking about efficiency improvements all the time.

@benjaminkoval3807 Ай бұрын

Great job guys with the organization. Would like to see for different styles of tool boxes.

@rbtdoster Ай бұрын

Crazy how Dettmore went from IG fame to a fan favorite on This Old House! Way to go, Zac!

@Jositoooo Ай бұрын

I’ve been waiting my whole life for this video.

@Tien1million Ай бұрын

I'm still trying to organize my tools for the last ten years.

@kenmore01 Ай бұрын

Same. Trying to organize my apartment since 2015. Basically I have too much stuff.

@michaelbaumgardner2530 Ай бұрын

Most interesting,im totally satisfied and I was just watching.

@benjaminkoval3807 Ай бұрын

You guys are doing a great job, I've learned quite a lot for the last 16 years of watching you. It's helped in the jobs I've had and have. Keep it up.

@txshah78 Ай бұрын

Good collaboration on tool project.

@Acemobilesuit Ай бұрын

More mechanics tools and mobile tool storage thank you!

@bustamante549 Ай бұрын

I made easy assemble to box for my manual tire breakdown for the tools I use.

@PurposeSpeaker Ай бұрын

Zack Dettmore needs to be more of a regular host.

@louisel.sinniger2057 Ай бұрын

Hey, this is great. I am organized in my kitchen and with some of my smaller tools. Now I will get working on my larger tools! Thanks

@lyndabuchholz1216 Ай бұрын

Some of these ideas will work for me. Thanks.

@durangodave Ай бұрын

should have covered one of the biggest issues, used nuts bolts and screws. I have 5 coffee cans full of them.

@anon.cashpoorloser5285 Ай бұрын

Zach is the man!

@yaosio Ай бұрын

Is there a new Tommy Silva coming to TOH?

@andrewyoung8703 Ай бұрын

Thanks guys. Where I live it is hot and humid. I rub all my bare steel tools with a light oil regularly but surface rust remains a problem. The best things I have tried so far are anodizing or blueing but that isn't always a good option. Some other suggestions would be helpful.

@johnh9962 Ай бұрын

I usually use a paste wax on my cast iron tops. I just keep a few cans in the shop near the tools. I used to buff the top when I was younger. I just apply it and leave it now. I have not had an issue with hand tools. If you are looking to try something else, paste wax may help with those.

@LienNguyen-jz7xk Ай бұрын

Little Tommy tinker sat upon a boxer and he began to open,but please more videos coming sooooooon

@silvermine2033 Ай бұрын

I just finished organizing my ammo reloading tools. This will be next!

@hotelmario Ай бұрын

Can you guys do a video on making media shelves like for DVDs.

@evildead1791 Ай бұрын

Good deal

@andubyanduby2604 Ай бұрын

But what if you keep buying more tools? How do you make room on the precut foam

@kenmore01 Ай бұрын

Freeze spending!

@TJsVette Ай бұрын

After getting a newer toolbox I have realize you can never have enough space. Ive already outgrew my toolbox and its less than 6 months old.

@edrcozonoking Ай бұрын

That is just not "foam" . It is Kaisen foam wich has layers you can peel. Dont even try with regular foam.

@davidhepp1903 Ай бұрын

I've used Ethafoam®since the 1970s.

@gregmgm06 Ай бұрын

I like my tools neat and organized, but I have more tools than space in the tool box, so they've overflowed onto my work bench. Time for a larger tool box!

@tycox8704 25 күн бұрын

That might help for a workshop, but not for site projects. I don’t organize tools. I prepare kits (toolboxes/tool bags/tool belts) for types of home repairs.

@leonardhandzlik6008 Ай бұрын

But, if I organized all my tools and stuff, how would I get my 10,000 steps a day if I eliminate the minimum of five extra round trips between my current project and my workshop in the back of my 1.5 acre property to get the tools I should have gotten the first time, but forgot?

@Ryanwolson12 Ай бұрын

Thats the cleanest mess ive ever seen

@antonomaseapophasis5142 Ай бұрын

5:54 Notice the way he just casually drops “cut to 9 3/8ths” There is no way he is going to accept 9 5/16ths!

@kenmore01 Ай бұрын

Yeah, what an odd dimension.

@jamescollet4420 Ай бұрын

Zack should replace Tommy when he retires.

@laser170323 Ай бұрын

I think they're preparing for that. Looks like they're grooming Zach to take over.

@PhlegmBrulee Ай бұрын

Whoever cleans up the saw wishes Tommy didn’t cut the mag-tape with it.

@rds9872 Ай бұрын

These tools don’t look like ever been used lol

@rfehr613 Ай бұрын

The foam and aluminum tracks are dumb af. Nobody who regularly works with their hands would ever waste their time with those.

@biggiedickson Ай бұрын

Yes that was a horrible idea.

@williamlouis5011 28 күн бұрын

Keep Zach, get rid of Kevin.! He can’t even identify tools!

@bobjones9727 Ай бұрын

I love everything about This old House except the red headed ex banker. Where TF did he come from???

@tacojohnhg8181 Ай бұрын

well he's been on the show for 20 years, so you clearly don't like it very much if you're just now noticing him.

@bobjones9727 Ай бұрын

@@tacojohnhg8181 Tolerated

@snicks50 Ай бұрын

That was a waste of time lol