What's on your walls? Neat storage ideas!

[lilredex]

Wow. I was thinking about looking for this book 'til I saw your post with the $145 price tag. Quit thinking about it, but now I think I will look into it.

Another book by TAB that may be interesting is Making & Using Your Own Tools and Workshop Accessories. Again, this is a $6-8 book, so shop around.


https://books.google.ca/books/about...AACAAJ&source=kp_book_description&redir_esc=y

 

[apollard]

This all day. I get four or five mows out of my one battery. Lawn's roughly 30' x 40'. I really like the idea of the hooks for hanging it up off the floor though!

-Brian

Had a rider for the last house (an acre of grass), but new house has ~2,000 sq ft of grass. So, thinking about electric, but most I've heard of say batteries don't last through a mowing. So:

What mower?

 

[vette-kid]

Had a rider for the last house (an acre of grass), but new house has ~2,000 sq ft of grass. So, thinking about electric, but most I've heard of say batteries don't last through a mowing. So:



What mower?

Kobalt 80v. The 6ah battery will do my ~1/2 acre easily, nearly twice. The smaller ones I go through two of, but they charge fast. Literally takes less than a minute to swap batteries. So even if you only have two of the 2ah batteries, it's a non issue. They charge faster than you can deplete them. You NEVER need to wait for it.

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[penright]

Kobalt 80v. The 6ah battery will do my ~1/2 acre easily, nearly twice. The smaller ones I go through two of, but they charge fast. Literally takes less than a minute to swap batteries. So even if you only have two of the 2ah batteries, it's a non issue. They charge faster than you can deplete them. You NEVER need to wait for it.

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I went from an acre to about 1/2 acre and after subtracting the concrete for drives and building, there are about 9000 sq feet of grass. I sold the zero turn and bought a self-propelled walk behind. I did buy electric edger and grass blower. 56 Volt system with two batteries gives me enough time. This will be the third summer. I may have to replace one of the batteries next summer. Right now I am trying to limp through this summer. A single battery is $100 to $120. I paid $285 for the kit which includes the charger, two batteries, and tools.

My questions ...
1) Have you priced a battery yet?
2) How long have you had them?
3) Do you do anything over the winter to store the batteries?
4) Do they make an electric self-propelled walk behind
5) Does it mulch and if so how well?

 

[vette-kid]

I went from an acre to about 1/2 acre and after subtracting the concrete for drives and building, there are about 9000 sq feet of grass. I sold the zero turn and bought a self-propelled walk behind. I did buy electric edger and grass blower. 56 Volt system with two batteries gives me enough time. This will be the third summer. I may have to replace one of the batteries next summer. Right now I am trying to limp through this summer. A single battery is $100 to $120. I paid $285 for the kit which includes the charger, two batteries, and tools.



My questions ...

1) Have you priced a battery yet?

2) How long have you had them?

3) Do you do anything over the winter to store the batteries?

4) Do they make an electric self-propelled walk behind

5) Does it mulch and if so how well?

1) yes,I was able to get a 6ah battery new on eBay for $230. 2ah go around $100. My original batteries are still working just fine.

2) 2 years

3) what is this winter you speak of? I mow every month of the year.

4) yes

5) yes, and ok. Mulching in my opinion is more about the blade. My old mower want very good at it until I out a mulching blade on it. Need to get one for this but I haven't gotten to it yet. It really does pretty well.

They also have blower, trimmer, chain saw, hedge trimmer, etc. I mow, edge, weed whack, trim bushes, cut a few limbs (tree, not mine) and blow clean without waiting on a battery. I'll wear out first. I have three 2ah batteries (mower came with two). I got the 6ah for grins and I can work the yard till I pass out before I'll get ahead of the batteries.

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[Captain]

Found these kitchen wall cabinets for a bargain price at a builders clearance.
They were probably installed in a display home.
Neat and tidy now!

 

[mcdye]

^^^ Nice found for sure. I need to come up with something, I would have more work bench space

 

[Matias]

Kitchen cabinets work well in a garage, nice find!

 

[Bob Heine]

Found these kitchen wall cabinets for a bargain price at a builders clearance.
They were probably installed in a display home.
Neat and tidy now!

Captain, very nice cabinets. The shallow depth means you don't have to pull things off the shelf to see what's behind them. Is there space to have things plugged in to the power points behind the doors?

 

[Bob Heine]

This thread reminded me I hadn't posted my new 32-ounce spray bottle racks. Attached to the doors of cabinets built of 1"x8" pine they allow easy access to the spray bottles as well as a second layer of stuff.

The racks come with spray bottles, which is handy if the ones you have don't fit. Requires a little labeling if you are forgetful.

I picked these up from an eBay seller: https://www.ebay.com/itm/233176067008

 

[Captain]

Captain, very nice cabinets. The shallow depth means you don't have to pull things off the shelf to see what's behind them. Is there space to have things plugged in to the power points behind the doors?

Originally I planned a battery charging station on a bench below that, but as the powerpoint actually stuck out 5mm once the cabinets were in place, I had to relocate the powerpoint to the end and set up the chargers on my shelving.
I could have trimmed the bottom of the cabinet doors to suit their carcases, but I think this looks better, hides the conduit, and means I don't have to have external handles.

 

[Matias]

This thread reminded me I hadn't posted my new 32-ounce spray bottle racks. Attached to the doors of cabinets built of 1"x8" pine they allow easy access to the spray bottles as well as a second layer of stuff.

That's parctical. Thanks for the link, will probably search for something similar in the uk ebay. As you said, having two layers is key. I already have some spray bottles, but they used to hang on a tool wall, so they take a lot of wall space. I always have water, soapy water and degreaser at least available in spray bottles.

 

[nkachur]

A pull out sheet goods storage rack. Still needs dividers but has allowed me to get the stuff stored in a way that I don't need to move stuff everytime I need 1 item.

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[Slednut]

My friend got some free base cabinets, we took them apart and I made four uppers out of them. We were going to only use the doors but they turned out stronger than we thought they wood.

A couple were built good enough that we were able to cut them down and bookend them on the other four. We will be installing drawers in the vacant spaces on each end. My friends tall so the drawers will work out great.

 

[laser3kw]

I went from an acre to about 1/2 acre ....
My questions ...
3) Do you do anything over the winter to store the batteries?

store battery in a warm area. Winter will kill a battery, or at least, shorten the life dramatically.

 

[bileshake]

I'm building that! The scrap plywood rack...

 

[James E]

Found these kitchen wall cabinets for a bargain price at a builders clearance.

The plugs behind the doors is an interesting idea. Any reason you did it that way?

 

[fartymarty]

I've got too much stuff on my walls already. I've been forced to use the ceiling as a wall. Long ago I put up a couple of 2X4s going across half of the garage at about the same height as the garage door when it's open. In addition to a couple of light weight LED light fixtures mounted underneath, I store a couple of hollow core doors and some peg board and thin plywood up on top of the 2X4s between the wall support and the ceiling joist fastened support. The 2X4s continue on a bit past the joist supports and I keep long thin stuff on top of them like PVC pipe and a pole saw and various pieces of left over trim.

I was looking around for a spot to hang my electric weed wacker and electric pole chain saw vertically, and I wasn't finding any place to do so. Since I'm only 5'6" tall it occurred to me that I could go lower still and hang them horizontally. So I made a couple of cradles out of 1.5" PVC with 2" Ts at the top and painted them yellow (a visibility favor to those taller than 6'3" should they enter) and slid them over a piece of PVC already being stored there. I added the 1/4" thru bolts on the vertical fittings just in case my glue joints aren't that good.

 

[Captain]

The plugs behind the doors is an interesting idea. Any reason you did it that way?

The power points were put in place before I got the cabinets.
Unfortunately they did not fit with the cabinets in place.
As I posted above;

Originally I planned a battery charging station on a bench below that, but as the powerpoint actually stuck out 5mm once the cabinets were in place, I had to relocate the powerpoint to the end and set up the chargers on my shelving.
I could have trimmed the bottom of the cabinet doors to suit their carcases, but I think this looks better, hides the conduit, and means I don't have to have external handles.

 

[drivesitfar]

Sled: great looking workbench under those new cabinets too. WELL DONE!!

Marty: I can't say I've ever seen that PVC method of making a rack to hold weedwhacker or long items. is the white PVC above just laying on 2by's or do you have a strap or some sort of thing holding it in place. nice idea.

ALL: I've used these Rubbermaid (or Closet maid) or I think there is another maker or two that really do work well. when I parked my car in my 9x15 portion of our 2 car garage there was very little room for anything but pegboard and a few things hanging on the walls, but now that its my shop i need to get a few more things in there. I have about 20 old locker room baskets that I'm thinking of setting on the plywood shelving and a few of my smaller vises are going on some shelves on the back wall to help with my vintage look instead of just being functional.

I also mounted my little Reed 4c on my steel bench that might need another coat of BLO after I knock off the surface rust a bit, but it will be my user and I forgot to take pics of the Wilton copper jaws I have on it's smooth face jaws.

 

[fartymarty]

Marty: ...is the white PVC above just laying on 2by's or do you have a strap or some sort of thing holding it in place.

In the photos it's just laying there on the 2bys as I was making sure that it was going to work well the way it was configured and I wanted a little flexibility. I've since put crisscrossed cable tie wraps around the supporting 2bys and the upper piece of PVC that keeps it in place well enough for now. I'm not going with anything more permanent than that at the moment as future plans call for some unistrut reinforcement for the 2bys and I want to be able to unload it all easily. The painted yellow racks will remain loose and adjustable along the supporting PVC unless a problem that I haven't discovered yet presents itself.

 

[drivesitfar]

Marty: thanks and i've always had an issue where to put my Honda Weedwhacker and I think you might have solved it. THANK YOU!!'

ALL: believe it or not my garage door fits in between those shelves where i put some 18 inch brackets above the door. not super easy to get stuff from up there, but a lot easier than having a paid storage unit which i'm trying to eliminate where some of my stuff is now.

 

[acer66]

Great idea Marty, I will use that.

 

[fartymarty]

Great idea Marty, I will use that.

Just a thought to consider if you try this: If you decide to leave the cradles loose on a support tube for ease of future adjust-ability, they will tilt one way or the other when one item is removed from them. If your two items have a large difference in weight you may want to consider either a more secure attachment at the top, or putting 90 degree fittings on the end instead of the 45s that I used.

I'm using mine for a cordless line trimmer with battery removed and a HF corded electric pole chain saw, so the weights are fairly light and equal.

 

[dodge610]

Not on the wall yet but with be this week got it at a craft show while on vacation. Never thought when I went with my wife that I would find something like this. Guy hand builds the cabinets for $24 ea gonna get a few more for the shop.


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[cpttuna]

I have 2 of the cabinets that were around in the nineties that contained sewing patterns
stacked one atop the other. I cut empty 2 liter pop bottles to size depending on what goes in them and the pop delivery guy gave me several of the 2 liter storage containers for free at the store.

 

[Narddog]

I made these for the kid's bikes. When I asked them what they wanted for a design in the middle they both immediately yelled "Ghost Rider!" That gave me the idea for the skulls to hold the helmets. As a bonus, because it's almost Halloween I was able to score the skulls at Home Depot for $9 for a 3 pack! I used a cricut to make the stencils then used krylon paint + primer for the orange and white. In an attempt to save a few bucks I used a large sheet of vinyl for the stencil instead of clear transfer paper. I did not get them centered quite like I thought I did. Another reminder not to ruin a project by pinching pennies!

 

[larry4406]

Narddog - very clever bike rack for the kids!

 

[gerryw]

Marty: thanks and i've always had an issue where to put my Honda Weedwhacker and I think you might have solved it. THANK YOU!!'

ALL: believe it or not my garage door fits in between those shelves where i put some 18 inch brackets above the door. not super easy to get stuff from up there, but a lot easier than having a paid storage unit which i'm trying to eliminate where some of my stuff is now.

Totally stealing this idea!!
Gerry

 

[lilscorpion]

I made these for the kid's bikes. When I asked them what they wanted for a design in the middle they both immediately yelled "Ghost Rider!" That gave me the idea for the skulls to hold the helmets. As a bonus, because it's almost Halloween I was able to score the skulls at Home Depot for $9 for a 3 pack! I used a cricut to make the stencils then used krylon paint + primer for the orange and white. In an attempt to save a few bucks I used a large sheet of vinyl for the stencil instead of clear transfer paper. I did not get them centered quite like I thought I did. Another reminder not to ruin a project by pinching pennies!

Slick, very slick. Skulls should help the kids be excited about wearing the helmets (and putting them away) too.

 

[FTWingRiders]

I made these for the kid's bikes. When I asked them what they wanted for a design in the middle they both immediately yelled "Ghost Rider!" That gave me the idea for the skulls to hold the helmets. As a bonus, because it's almost Halloween I was able to score the skulls at Home Depot for $9 for a 3 pack! I used a cricut to make the stencils then used krylon paint + primer for the orange and white. In an attempt to save a few bucks I used a large sheet of vinyl for the stencil instead of clear transfer paper. I did not get them centered quite like I thought I did. Another reminder not to ruin a project by pinching pennies!

That is just super cool! They must love it!

 

[WagonHo!]

I made these for the kid's bikes. When I asked them what they wanted for a design in the middle they both immediately yelled "Ghost Rider!" That gave me the idea for the skulls to hold the helmets. As a bonus, because it's almost Halloween I was able to score the skulls at Home Depot for $9 for a 3 pack! I used a cricut to make the stencils then used krylon paint + primer for the orange and white. In an attempt to save a few bucks I used a large sheet of vinyl for the stencil instead of clear transfer paper. I did not get them centered quite like I thought I did. Another reminder not to ruin a project by pinching pennies!

Very creative! Like the repurpose pipes and kid friendly design.

 

[theundermount]

haha love this! going to show my kids.. bet I'll be making one shortly

 

[ckucia]

This is really cool.

I don't want to be "that guy" but since kids are involved, I'll comment on the side of caution.

Are you sure those screws have enough engagement with the pipe flange countersink holes? It appears from the pic like you need something with a larger head to get better engagement or you'll have the thinnest part of the head engaging the thinnest part of the countersink and not much real metal doing any holding.


I don't mean to take away anything from your project as it is awesome.

 

[soloz2]

I made these for the kid's bikes. When I asked them what they wanted for a design in the middle they both immediately yelled "Ghost Rider!" That gave me the idea for the skulls to hold the helmets. As a bonus, because it's almost Halloween I was able to score the skulls at Home Depot for $9 for a 3 pack! I used a cricut to make the stencils then used krylon paint + primer for the orange and white. In an attempt to save a few bucks I used a large sheet of vinyl for the stencil instead of clear transfer paper. I did not get them centered quite like I thought I did. Another reminder not to ruin a project by pinching pennies!

Curious if you used any type of thread sealer when you put the pipe together. I made paper towel and toilet paper holders out of black pipe and tightened them really well, but every once and awhile they move so I was thinking about using some glue or thread locker.


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[lilredex]

Pipe threads are tapered, so when tightened properly they stay tight....get a bigger pipe wrench. You don't see anyone coming back to periodically retighten your gas pipes in your basement?

 

[archy99]

Wanted to get a pair of downriggers off the boat/garage floor. Used some scrap trim board to make a pair of slide-in mounts for the wall. Flange on the base fits into a narrow rabbet. Mounted both of them onto a bit of plywood, so I could screw into the studs.


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[nkachur]

The latest project in the shop, organizing my wooden drawer unit. Had a bunch of sanded spruce plywood, cheap stuff but great for a project like this.

Ripped a bunch of strips,cut short lengths and glue in place. No more sliding pile of junk in the drawer.

First drawer is mostly power tool accessories. Still a little finishing to do there.

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[nkachur]

Second drawer,starting with sheet metal working tools. Quite a few Mor organizers to go there.

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[nkachur]

Third drawer staples and staplers. Might add Brad nails, as well.

I know this is not the greatest use of space, but things are going to have a true home. That is more important to me.