What's on your walls? Neat storage ideas!

[Dennis Leigh Henry]

This is something that I really need to do. I have literally thousands of zip ties. In bags, in drawers, in plastic containers. This just might be my weekend project

As a matter of fact, I'm making out a list of weekend projects and this is #1 on the list.

That idea just went up to the top of my projects list today. Thanks to all.. This is an excellent thread.

Dennis

 

[dittle fart around]

Here are a few of mine, space savers..

These are child equipment centric..
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As an ex-little league coach and soccer dad, I can relate. I just got rid of 3- 5 gallon buckets of baseballs. The 12 extra soccer balls occupy the shed floor, half are used as chew toys for the dog.

 

[peelman]

Mike, Excellent idea for long stock.. Fortunately, I have basement rafters to store my materials like that. The ones that don't fit, go into a repurposed library card file.

You may have taken care of your CO2 fire extinguisher in those pictures already, but if not I took care of my smaller one as follows in the pictures. Not fancy, but effective.

Cheers

Nice Boilermaker poster there

 

[Dennis Leigh Henry]

Had an extra decal of the older Purdue Pete (for making corn hole boards) and put it on a mirror...

Found a statue of the new Boilermaker (by Ross Aide) statue at the Bargersville flea market... for $5.. missing the item he is "hammering" on the anvil...that's all that was wrong with it. Trying to find a small IU item to put in its place....

Cheers..

 

[LS6 Tommy]

Lol great post a picture of yours?

It's still in the box. I'm a classic "I gotta do that in my garage" guy that buys stuff for future use, so as soon as I rearrange things to allow enough wallspace to put it up, I'll post pics.

Tommy

 

[Mattlt]

Mike, Excellent idea for long stock.. Fortunately, I have basement rafters to store my materials like that. The ones that don't fit, go into a repurposed library card file.

You may have taken care of your CO2 fire extinguisher in those pictures already, but if not I took care of my smaller one as follows in the pictures. Not fancy, but effective.

Cheers

Love the axes! Great idea!

 

[Dennis Leigh Henry]

Love the axes! Great idea!

I have a couple of hydrant wrenches (one adjustable, one solid/old fashion) and a standpipe wrench/utility tool to hang with them, along with a fireman's helmet (out of frame). My wife's family are firefighters in South Bend.. as was my great great grandfather..

Dennis

 

[BearsFan315]

Tons of Ideas . . . Acquiring some for my new build, or clean up my garage

 

[Dennis Leigh Henry]

That idea just went up to the top of my projects list today. Thanks to all.. This is an excellent thread.

Dennis

Finally got around to doing it. Flattened the plug end on my vertical mill so I didn't need to use washers and made key holes to hang them, in the event I need to grab a tube and go on a mobile work place journey..

This is the garage version. Still working on the basement workshop version..

Thanks go out to Kevin54, Muidaq, and the original poster for the idea..

Dennis

 

[peelman]

Oh man, I like the keyhole idea...mine are clamped in at a 45º angle. great for using some otherwise unused space; but terrible for portability.

The one thing that has begun to bug me (almost 2.5 years after doing this) is that some of the ties that have been in there the longest are beginning to show their exposure to UV light (cheaper ties especially tend to get brittle after prolonged exposure, just the nature of the particular plastic). Eventually I'd like to put a similar solution inside an enclosed cabinet; would eliminate the first-order retrievability concept of it, but might help them last a little longer.

 

[Dennis Leigh Henry]

Oh man, I like the keyhole idea...mine are clamped in at a 45º angle. great for using some otherwise unused space; but terrible for portability.

The one thing that has begun to bug me (almost 2.5 years after doing this) is that some of the ties that have been in there the longest are beginning to show their exposure to UV light (cheaper ties especially tend to get brittle after prolonged exposure, just the nature of the particular plastic). Eventually I'd like to put a similar solution inside an enclosed cabinet; would eliminate the first-order retrievability concept of it, but might help them last a little longer.

I've heard that somewhere along the line, Velcro has been used for these too, presumably for portability.. so that may be a little easier..

 

[Labradorian]

Finally got around to doing it. Flattened the plug end on my vertical mill so I didn't need to use washers and made key holes to hang them, in the event I need to grab a tube and go on a mobile work place journey..

This is the garage version. Still working on the basement workshop version..

Thanks go out to Kevin54, Muidaq, and the original poster for the idea..

Dennis

Sweet..........I love this topic I feel guilty when someone looks at something I installed based on an idea in here and says great job.......

 

[Labradorian]

Here's a bigger version of that in Adam Savage's workshop mancave



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I have some of these Stanley storage cases.... What is the cabinet you are using? homemade?

cheers

 

[dittle fart around]

The one thing that has begun to bug me (almost 2.5 years after doing this) is that some of the ties that have been in there the longest are beginning to show their exposure to UV light (cheaper ties especially tend to get brittle after prolonged exposure, just the nature of the particular plastic).

Black tie wraps are UV resistant, white ties are not. Used to work at the Navy shipyard and we had white ties delivered by mistake. We used them to hold up everything from 500mcm cable (about 6 lbs per foot) to 24" diameter vent tubing. When the vent tubing fell 60 feet into the drydock, all work was shut down and a safety audit from Navsea found the white tie wraps. Luckly purchasing got blamed for the failure.

Please note the use of smiley face things

 

[Kevin54]

Black tie wraps are UV resistant, white ties are not. Used to work at the Navy shipyard and we had white ties delivered by mistake. We used them to hold up everything from 500mcm cable (about 6 lbs per foot) to 24" diameter vent tubing. When the vent tubing fell 60 feet into the drydock, all work was shut down and a safety audit from Navsea found the white tie wraps. Luckly purchasing got blamed for the failure.

Please note the use of smiley face things

That's great to know. We use the **** out of tiewraps around the house for everything. The wife uses them to tie small trees back to a piece of rebar until they are big enough to grow on their own, to holding plants back, and sometimes to actually use on wire

I wonder about the colored wraps that you get in the large tubes that have a half a dozen different colors, as to whether they are UV resistant or not? I'm thinking possibly not, because they are most likely made overseas, and a 1000 tube bundle is only a few bucks.

 

[Kevin54]

This pic reminded me, and I was going back a few pages......instead of buying some of this stuff new, even though $20 isn't a bad price at all for storage......if you have a ReStore around your area, be sure to check it out.

They will negotiate on things, you can get PVC fittings, things like this shoe rack, and all other sorts of stuff, for close to nothing at times. All of the proceeds go to Habitat for Humanity.

We were over there at ours a couple of weeks ago, and I bought a like new office desk for the garage, with the top that has double doors for storage, for the grand price of $10 as they were trying to get rid of some of their larger items to make room for more items coming in.

The desk I had before was long enough but just not deep enough. The one I bought is a 3' x 6' desk, 5 drawers, computer cable holes, and it has a 4' long top section with (2) 2' doors, 16" deep and 16" tall and stand 32" tall. All gray laminate with no scratches. Not a bad score for $10. So make sure you check out your ReStores on a regular basis. It may save you quite a few buck for something else.

 

[Dennis Leigh Henry]

This pic reminded me, and I was going back a few pages......instead of buying some of this stuff new, even though $20 isn't a bad price at all for storage......if you have a ReStore around your area, be sure to check it out.

They will negotiate on things, you can get PVC fittings, things like this shoe rack, and all other sorts of stuff, for close to nothing at times. All of the proceeds go to Habitat for Humanity.

We were over there at ours a couple of weeks ago, and I bought a like new office desk for the garage, with the top that has double doors for storage, for the grand price of $10 as they were trying to get rid of some of their larger items to make room for more items coming in.

The desk I had before was long enough but just not deep enough. The one I bought is a 3' x 6' desk, 5 drawers, computer cable holes, and it has a 4' long top section with (2) 2' doors, 16" deep and 16" tall and stand 32" tall. All gray laminate with no scratches. Not a bad score for $10. So make sure you check out your ReStores on a regular basis. It may save you quite a few buck for something else.

Good lead...ReStore.. I need to do that for my spray bombs.. I have them in a roll around cart now.. but having them like this makes it so much easier to use.

Cheers..

 

[LS6 Tommy]

Doing my shoe rack spray can storage today once I get the freebie wall cabinets up & relocate some things. I finally broke out of my unemployment funk & I'm getting some stuff done.

Tommy

 

[Dennis Leigh Henry]

Good lead...ReStore.. I need to do that for my spray bombs.. I have them in a roll around cart now.. but having them like this makes it so much easier to use.

Cheers..

I hit the ReStore in South Bend over the weekend.. Really neat concept. Lots of good old "barn" wood, weathered, etc. Looked like some walnut in there too. Didn't pick anything up (nothing I could not leave without). I'll have to check out the ones in Central Indiana next..

Dennis

 

[Radio Ron w4ron]

Good lead...ReStore.. I need to do that for my spray bombs.. I have them in a roll around cart now.. but having them like this makes it so much easier to use. Cheers..

Habitat Restores are great, I hit our local one at least twice a week and
one in another nearby town every week or so, I've lost track of all the
great stuff I've bought there. Donated a truck load of uneeded furniture
a couple weeks ago, it was great to get it outa the house


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[Dennis Leigh Henry]

Finally got the one for my basement done, used Velcro this time..

 

[xyster101]

Oh my! I just love the work bench dresser on wheels idea. Love the zip tie holder, I need to make that for gifts for Christmas.

 

[Dennis Leigh Henry]

Oh my! I just love the work bench dresser on wheels idea. Love the zip tie holder, I need to make that for gifts for Christmas.

That old dresser was $20 from a second hand shop in the late '70s... and has stayed with me in "work bench mode" ever since... The legs are way to weak to drag it around the workshop.. but on wheels, no sweat (top heavy / tip risk, so being careful is still paramount). The picture below shows the front view, and what's on top of it. Painting tools, rags, containers, and other misc. are in the drawers of the dresser.

 

[xJoey Dubsx]

Getting there. See me thread I started for more info and pics.

 

[kingnba6]

air tool holder.

 

[AP514]

those HF impacts ? how do you like them ?

 

[kingnba6]

those HF impacts ? how do you like them ?

one is a husky, the other is some low brand company; probably the same as HF. they both work "well". i only used them so far to rotate tires and what not. im also running them at around 110 psi instead of the recommended 90.

i actually bought the impact, the ratchet, die grinder and impact hammer as a set for around 60 bucks. these are my first air tools and just wanted a starter kit.

 

[DarrellG]

I like the slat walls. I've looked at those panels before but they were rather pricey.

 

[BellyUpFish]

air tool holder.

You make that one or buy it?

I really need to get around to making/buying one..

 

[jimgood]

THIS should be the Thread of Awesome!

I just started a new folder on my computer for pictures of all the storage ideas I like from this thread. Thanks to everyone for sharing.

I found that I really like having things mobile so every new tool stand I've built has to have casters on it. I'm planning on doing that to most of my storage cabinets too.

Anyway, whoever posted the pic of the Tee Nut and referenced McMaster led me to look them up. And that led me to Weld Nuts! All this time, I've been welding actual nuts where I want something threaded (like a caster). Weld Nuts keep the heat further away from the threads so there's less likelihood of distortion ruining the threads. Plus, nuts are galvanized so welding it causes fumes that are mildly dangerous or deadly, depending on who you believe. Regardless, that's one of the great things about looking through threads like this. You never know where it will lead.

 

[kingnba6]

i bought the air tool holder.
Heres the eBay link
http://www.ebay.com/itm/181487531238?_trksid=p2059210.m2749.l2649&ssPageName=STRK:MEBIDX:IT

 

[BellyUpFish]

Thanks

 

[PanelDeland]

I've spent the day reading thru this thread. Some creative Ideas here. I'll have to take some pics of a couple things in my garage and post. I used file cabinets to store power tools. Drilled a hole on the back of one, put a grommet in and ran a six outlet powerstrip mounted to the top.Then I used the little tie wrap hangers with sticky tape on them and ******* the wires from my chargers for battery tools. I used the bottom draw for sandpaper,used regular file folders and have different grades, grits,and types of paper in each. Another has manuals in the top draw. The second has corded tools and the third has test equipment, test lights, tach/dwell meter, timing light, and multi meter. They're closed to keep out dust and prying eyes and opened up a lot of room in my tool cab.

 

[over40pirate]

air tool holder.

Ever notice how dust settles on horizontal surfaces? It also goes into upward facing openings.
Plug the air inlets!

 

[MScott]

Ever notice how dust settles on horizontal surfaces? It also goes into upward facing openings.
Plug the air inlets!

I also have a problem with those damned wasps that plug any open hole with mud after depositing a grub and egg in the hole. Another reason for keeping them plugged.

 

[fr0mastaj]

Not really on the wall, but IN the wall!

Purchased a bunch of Durham parts drawers/cabinet from Zoro: http://www.zoro.com/g/Sliding Drawer Parts Cabinets/00054215/None

The drawers are entirely removable so you can take it to the car/project area with you. The width of the cabinet was 15.5", which fit perfectly between two studs. The entire was also Made in USA to boot.

I am using it to store all of my assorted car fasteners, parts, light bulbs, fuses, etc. Much more organized than those small flip lid organizers which I already have a few of.

 

[BBChevro]

I really like that, but I have to ask "what's on the other side of the wall?"

 

[fr0mastaj]

Sorry, I should have probably mentioned. It is an empty crawlspace (under a set of stairs) behind that wall. So this setup might be a bit harder to implement in a regular garage. I plan on cutting another opening to the right of it sometime soon to store my RhinoRamps.

 

[BBChevro]

 

[machine_punk]

Not really on the wall, but IN the wall!

Purchased a bunch of Durham parts drawers/cabinet from Zoro: http://www.zoro.com/g/Sliding Drawer Parts Cabinets/00054215/None

The drawers are entirely removable so you can take it to the car/project area with you. The width of the cabinet was 15.5", which fit perfectly between two studs. The entire was also Made in USA to boot.

I am using it to store all of my assorted car fasteners, parts, light bulbs, fuses, etc. Much more organized than those small flip lid organizers which I already have a few of.

Fabulous idea!

I love those small parts drawers. What made you think, "I need to mount these flush in the wall?" Very cool.

Kev