Tool Organization for People Who Can't Be Organized

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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

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@billybike57 23 сағат бұрын

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”😊

@damarucases 11 күн бұрын

yes brother, i feel you

@cosamuel7182 Жыл бұрын

Thank you for leaving the chisel/file thing in and not re-recording it. This man is a human like I am.

@NicPottier 11 ай бұрын

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.

@BywaysnoHighways 5 ай бұрын

Tool storage is one thing. Material storage is killing me!! LOL

@tedpreston4155 Жыл бұрын

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.)

@vikkirountoit497 10 ай бұрын

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!

@emmaslow Жыл бұрын

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!

@gregbenwell6173 3 ай бұрын

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!!

@frostieone 5 ай бұрын

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!🤓

@devinquince5335 3 ай бұрын

Yes, videos or designs for your racks would be amazing

@tedpreston4155 Жыл бұрын

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. Your problem is less serious than mine, because you actually HAVE a "place for everything" even if things are sometimes out of place temporarily. I've never managed to create a "place for everything" so cleaning my bench tops usually involves moving tools from the bench top, and "storing" them on a nearby bench top, adding to the disarray there. Maybe your video will inspire me to create more permanent storage spaces! I found this video instructive as well, and maybe you will too, if only for creating quick, temporary storage while you wait to built something more permanent: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/oLxdfdKolafenps.html

@lexkoot3491 8 ай бұрын

Looking at these comments, and your vid, I don't feel so bad anymore. Thanks. Some of your ideas will be utilised by me.

@hammerheadhandyman 4 ай бұрын

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.

@therach7841 Ай бұрын

I also have ADHD. I'm trying to get my shop organized right now and hopefully these ideal help. I just hope my distractibility doesn't make me lose my fingers.

@CheekyMonkey1776 11 ай бұрын

Newest subscriber. What a great channel! You have skills, sir.

@EngineerMikeF Жыл бұрын

FYI, that angle rule will fit neatly in the gap between the square rules & the markout measures, maybe need a shim to close the gap a bit

@rizzidepizzi Жыл бұрын

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.

@anthonyseiver7000 Жыл бұрын

I picked up a few hints from your video, esp the ruler storage. Thanks for the video.

@fritz4345 16 күн бұрын

It's your shop you can do whatever you want with it.

@G5trance 2 күн бұрын

CAFE BUSTELO !!!!

@stuartkorte1642 10 ай бұрын

Fine tooth bandsaw blade mounted below or above the sandpaper rolls works great to cut the paper. I really like hanging speed squares perpendicular to squares.

@FearsomeWarrior 11 ай бұрын

Amazing tour and shop. Thank you for sharing. Ed Stiles has amazing tool wall if you’re looking for some ideas. He has two videos from a decade go. Is that a crawl space access on the left? For a moment I imagined it was a convenient spot to sand projects if it had a furnace fan sucking air in. Dust collector in corner looks great.

@alexisrivera7650 5 ай бұрын

Oh man. You got issues But you’re not alone. I have the same issue but never would admit it. Thanks for your honesty.

@tedpreston4155 Жыл бұрын

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.

@mannmadeinarkansas5857 7 ай бұрын

I see a place for the woodpecker holders on the sides of your tape measure box. Good video & great ideas. Thanks

@tladoux Ай бұрын

You should mount your paper towel holder under your pocket hole box but rotate it 90 degrees. You could even then mount something to bottom that leans against the role to add friction for one handed operation. I use a weighted hinge for mine.

@ee222 7 ай бұрын

great video. about your towel rack situation. something that hit me is with your current setup, your could just remove the towel rack holder and mount a hinge between the holder and the wall such that the towel rack could rotate outwards to your right for replacing the empty roll. in order to keep the towel rack in place, maybe have a magnet on the wall to keep the hinge in the closed position.

@samholborn 4 ай бұрын

Yep bit like my house, I'm the same,

@mr.b.4048 7 ай бұрын

My bench is only 4’ x 2’ and has a an engineer’s vice, and drill stand on top, so space is limited with definitely no space to leave anything on it.

@mr.b.4048 7 ай бұрын

Something of an oxymoron… tool organisation by someone who can’t put things away 🥴🤣 Liked and subscribed.

@michaelkey3915 5 ай бұрын

I'm currently looking at building a new shop. I was considering one of those buildings like you are in. How did you go about attaching that foam board insulation to the building? is there anything under that insulation board that we can see?

@projectofscience 5 ай бұрын

Ha, it came with the property and i would not recommend it if you can go new construction with square walls. I did try some adhesive methods, but now the foam is held on with furring strips. The foam allows for condensation behind, so when it is cold outside it will freeze, and in the daytime I'll get sporadic drips around the shop. I remember reading a forum where someone said "the easiest way to insulate and use a quonset is to build a structure inside it" and they were probably close to the truth. Eventually I'll do a shop tour, but between the walls and platform I've built it is getting closer to being a structure inside the quonset. everytime you think "hey, I could use another shelf, or hang a white board, you have to build that wall to do that. For storage and parking, I'd say they are good and cheap, but I hope one day to have a shop with square walls.