larry4406
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I need to do this! I have near the some collection of yard tools and they piss me off falling over and stacked in a corner like sticks!Some French Cleats to keep the garden tools and such off of the floor.
What's on your walls? Neat storage ideas!
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PhantomEB
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Couple weeks ago I came home with a shitload of more sockets I had at my moms, all on Hansen trays to boot. worked with the carpenter at work who ripped up some maple for me. Now I got two dedicated places to grab sockets. Plan Is to fill every slot regardless!
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astrohip
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Here's something I put together a few years back, to store garden tools, etc...
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atch
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While cleaning the shop I kept finding distributors, mostly small block Chevy (SBC). So I whipped up a couple of shelves to hold them. Just 2x4's and plywood with 1 3/8" holes. They are attached to my wheel racks which hold mostly mags but some early Ford. And above the wheels are seven pairs of SBC valve covers. Please ignore the 1966 BSA gas tank with the ugly lace paint job.
PhantomEB
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Not really on my walls but a combination of the wall/floor. Needed better storage of my scrap steel….so cut and screwed plywood into the back corner.
EngineerNate
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I reclaimed a bunch of lumber that was being used to make storage in the unfinished part of our basement when we had our radon system put in. Didn't have anywhere good to put it. So I used some of it to store the rest of it.
The house doesn't have a detached garage so part of the finished basement is my shop. Now I have storage for long boards that's out of the way.
The brackets are from Lowes, lagged into the studs with fastenmaster headlok screws. To make sure it doesn't sag and to increase the capacity, I ran some big eyes into the ceiling joists and made up some chain/turnbuckles to support the outer edge. They double as a stop to prevent boards from jumping off the shelf.
I mounted the brackets next to the crosswise supports to get that 1.5" of space back.
The house doesn't have a detached garage so part of the finished basement is my shop. Now I have storage for long boards that's out of the way.
The brackets are from Lowes, lagged into the studs with fastenmaster headlok screws. To make sure it doesn't sag and to increase the capacity, I ran some big eyes into the ceiling joists and made up some chain/turnbuckles to support the outer edge. They double as a stop to prevent boards from jumping off the shelf.
I mounted the brackets next to the crosswise supports to get that 1.5" of space back.
Blackbird sighting. Nicely done
Notgrownup
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You must be a Distributor.While cleaning the shop I kept finding distributors, mostly small block Chevy (SBC). So I whipped up a couple of shelves to hold them. Just 2x4's and plywood with 1 3/8" holes. They are attached to my wheel racks which hold mostly mags but some early Ford. And above the wheels are seven pairs of SBC valve covers. Please ignore the 1966 BSA gas tank with the ugly lace paint job.
zippyslug31
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I've seen this thread a number of times, but it occurred to me that I don't think I ever described my storage solution. When I built my miter saw cart it required a fairly deep tabletop, which resulted in the adjoining benches to have an equally deep area which results in a lot of empty space underneath. I ended up building several pullout 'walls' that allowing me to mount tools vertically. I still love this solution even to this day. I posted this on imgur a while back...
rayra
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That is a stylish and effective dust collection system, zippy 
Finally got around to making some simple melamine-coated doors for my hanging cabinets in my garage workshop. About to add some underslung craft paper and wiring rods to them, using plywood end brackets and PVC pipe. Stuff will hang above my big work table when it is docked to the wall under those cabinets.
Finally got around to making some simple melamine-coated doors for my hanging cabinets in my garage workshop. About to add some underslung craft paper and wiring rods to them, using plywood end brackets and PVC pipe. Stuff will hang above my big work table when it is docked to the wall under those cabinets.
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driftpin
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If you gotta store your car, and you want to preserve floor space, this Miami FL idea may be of-use. Yes it's what it appears to be, complete with its Cosworth DFV. Photo by the author.
harley jim
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And I got a pedal car!If you gotta store your car, and you want to preserve floor space, this Miami FL idea may be of-use. Yes it's what it appears to be, complete with its Cosworth DFV. Photo by the author.
Fantastic wall
javyLSU
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I remember the first time I saw two guys pull one of those cars out of a trailer before a race... My mind was blown.
harley jim
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I have a 1966 super V body. I should build a model and hang ot on the wall like that
PhantomEB
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Conversations with the Carpenter at work got him to cut out some rounded slots in some 1.5” thick board so I could hang my pipe clamps up in the back corner.
impala4speed
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Conversations with the Carpenter at work got him to cut out some rounded slots in some 1.5” thick board so I could hang my pipe clamps up in the back corner.
Great idea; been wondering what to do with mine. Now I know!
nkachur
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Upgrading my hole saw storage. Don't have a complete set and am a little **** retentive... Everything needs to be in order.... Moving from this
To this
It is a little more modular and expandable.
To this
It is a little more modular and expandable.
nkachur
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I am also working on a modular storage idea for fornister bits. The current solution.
Moving to
Still a work in progress but might work the way I want... Will need blocking.
Moving to
Still a work in progress but might work the way I want... Will need blocking.
nkachur
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Or we could go something like this.I am also working on a modular storage idea for fornister bits. The current solution.
Moving to
Still a work in progress but might work the way I want... Will need blocking.
nkachur
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And a last idea for tonight... I have some drilling charts next to my drill press and wanted them easily accessible.
rick carpenter
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Or we could go something like this.
Nice. You could create more storage space in that drawer by setting the two larger bits end to end and return the shorter bits to vertical storage among/alongside the larger bits.
Dan in Pasadena
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Good because the crooked labels on the 2-3/8" and 3" ones were pinging the hell out of my OCD! LolI am also working on a modular storage idea for fornister bits. The current solution.
Moving to
Still a work in progress but might work the way I want... Will need blocking.
nkachur
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Agreed
nkachur
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The big issue with the vertical storage is I need to remake it everytime I add a bit. I really like the vertical storage but will try this, at least for now.
nkachur
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Yes, the crooked labels are more than cause to replace the shelf.
nkachur
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Almost completed a tool box drawer organizer for my tool box at work
nkachur
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Decided I didn't like the storage I developed for my smaller fornister bits, also discovered I was likely only missing the 5/16... Revamped rack... Need to mount in the drawer. 
nkachur
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Oil disposal tray... Still needs an expanded metal grate. 
cpttuna
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When I had my garage built, I reinforced the walls where I was going to hang things like ladders and put heavy stuff. i measured to make sure where it was beefed up so after the drywall was installed, I had things like I wanted
67CarGuy
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Do you mean you added blocking between the studs? How did you you reinforce the walls? I agree that just hanging stuff on drywall is a gamble.
cpttuna
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I added blocking between the studs
nkachur
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Another idea for storing things like these drill bit stops. I had my son design and 3d print a organizer out of pla. Mounted on a block of angled lumber in a drawer. I think it works great. 
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larry4406
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Any idea how the mechanism works? We can hear it but it is not shown. Pretty clever.
nkachur
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Looks like an electric winch with a series of pullies.
FullRaceMerc
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Pretty cool. Just gotta make sure you keep the fuses in the bottom row.
rslaback
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Correct.
Control switch is in conduit on the wall now. Cable runs from the winch mounted at the ceiling, down the wall to a pulley to change direction and around a pulley on the panel and back to an anchor point on the wall.
larry4406
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Any chance you can take a picture of the backside showing the cable and pulley routing?
NDJ
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That neat. But I wonder how long before he gets sick of the wait and noise and just grabs a ladder to grab a bolt.