What's on your walls? Neat storage ideas!
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jmh21586
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I'm really thinking about putting pegboard into the doors of my nut and bolt cabinet. I already have everything including the pegboard. Right now I'm just using sheetrock screws in there to hang stuff on.
sideways
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Just caught this...great thread!! Like several others, I'm working on completing my shop space and see so many great ideas here. I'm throwing a couple pics of a shop build belonging to 65Stang (a senior member) he posted back in December...so want to give credit where its due...I loved the idea of a sliding pegboard and white board combo that covered tool storage....I'm putting one of these in my shop.
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Virago9577
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Ok guys, Seen all the great ideas and Like Jack I'm kind of tight with the pesos so here's my bin solution. Bought me two of the HF single sided bin racks for $79.00 less the 20% coupon you'll find in the back of any car or bike magazine...good for one item per day. So this worked out to $120.00 for the two. Then bought 1 HF's blue plastic mover dolly for $15.00...just for the wheels. So here's what I did - built up both bin racks then drilled a couple of holes through the backs near the top and same at the bottom... so they're now a double sided heavy duty unit. the footprint for the two is now 37" x 22 1/4" - So I then go down to Lowes and buy a half sheet (yes they sell em that way" of 5/8 marine grade plywood $12.00, picked up 16 x 1" x think? #12 metal screws, 16 carriage bolts and locking nuts, and two 22" Good earth florescent 13W T5/8 low profile lights - linkable. then off to Ollies for a rattle can of black paint $1.75. Got home took the movers dolly apart for the four wheels, placed each wheel 1/2 inch in at each corner and marked the hole locations. drilled out the 4 holes at each corner using approx 3/8" bit....to accept the carriage bolts. Then mounted the wheels to the plywood. Turned the racks on their end and laid the plywood in place on the bottom. predilled holes around the circumference of the plywood approx 1/4" in and then drilled the metal screws in. Painted the plywood black. Then affixed a florescent light as far out on the inside top of each rack. Now I've got a rolling, solid as a rock, 2 sided parts bin that has built in lighting so I can easily locate the bits and pieces I'm looking for. Turned out really well if I do say so myself. I will amend this post to include a few pics tomorrow.
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wickedsled
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I like the fold up out of the way ideas, nice...
Screws work, too.
Pegboards are nice, but not perfect. You have lots of flexibility with where stuff goes and can change your mind. Then again, they do require you to buy pegs and sometimes folks talk about being frustrated when their pegs fall out.
Another option is to make some tool hangers out of 1"x2" firring strips. If you space them off the wall about 1" you can slide stuff between the wall and the board. You can also put nails in the front of the 1"x2" boards to hang stuff from, too.
Make em look sorta like horizontal shelves and you can drill holes so they securely hold screwdrivers and things.
peelman
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A lot of good ideas coming out of this thread, keep it up guys! 
I'm not sure how much more my checking account can take, but there's only one way to find out!
I'm not sure how much more my checking account can take, but there's only one way to find out!Grinder Bill
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My shop has 12' walls, so the top 4' was "wasted space". Bought 4 boxes of wire shelving from Costco and built custom brackets with 1" square tubing and flat bar.
milner351
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Kewl idea - so you cut the tube uprights from the shelving units, and used those as the "locating pins" in your shelf brackets? I'm not sure if it's the flash or what - but it's hard to see what the "round pegs" are on the horizontal portion of your brackets.
I've been thinking about overhead storage allot lately - but will need more distance off the wall - those brackets are giving me all kinds of ideas.
I've been thinking about overhead storage allot lately - but will need more distance off the wall - those brackets are giving me all kinds of ideas.
peelman
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Wow, nice!
Grinder Bill
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Yes; the pegs are sliced up posts that came with the shelves. Kept the spacing a bit loose to accomodate any slopiness, and started installation from the middle out to make sure 'total error' didn't make me miss a stud. The shelves are a bit under 48" so it worked out well. Cheap too, if you count free labor...
milner351
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Nice work!
I have a pole barn, so I'm limited on support between posts. I'd have to put some lumber horizontal between posts to lag these type of brackets into.
I picked up the same welder - syncro 200 - recently, still getting used to it, but I sure like the precision of the TIG, over the "caulking with metal" approach of MIG.
I have a pole barn, so I'm limited on support between posts. I'd have to put some lumber horizontal between posts to lag these type of brackets into.
I picked up the same welder - syncro 200 - recently, still getting used to it, but I sure like the precision of the TIG, over the "caulking with metal" approach of MIG.
peelman
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I'll stick with Arc (no pun intended). MIG is fine for quick and dirty jobs, but my dad was a union boilermaker for 30-odd years; I've seen him accomplish seemingly impossible **** with an arc welder. That said, he's one of the few people i know with the patience to sit and TIG aluminum. Better him than me.
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I hear ya on the TIG; I'm still learning it so most job's start off TIG and switch to MIG after the 6th tungsten regrind...
I built a 32'x48' pole barn to store stuff in so I could finish my shop interior. The pole spacing is 8', so I built brackets to lag bolt to the 6x6 poles out of angle iron and flat bar, and made shelves with full sheets of plywood. So there's 64' of 4' deep shelves... I'll take some pictures when I get a few moments.
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milner351
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That would be GREAT! Thanks.
My building was a kit from wicks lumber installed by the previous owner of the property in the cheapest possible way. The trusses are 10ft on center as are the posts.
I put 2" foam board on top of the purlins, then screwed white steel barn siding over the foam board between posts. So - whatever I want to put on the walls has to span 10ft horizontally between posts in front of the corrugated steel.
Steevo
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I guess this may classify for this thread...I have a small closet in the shop that just collected my garden tools (until I talk the wife into a shed). So I saw plans for a freestanding garden tool rack and thought heck I will just build one inside the closet. So I did. Cost FREE with scraps laying around. Lets see, its made of some MDF, some OSB, so cherry cabinet pieces, some 1x2 scrap, and trim nails
Trim nailed some scrap trim to the walls
Cut the boards to fit, clamped together, drilled all the holes
Added some tools
The long slot on the right I am just going to use for some pvc and small pipe I have laying around. Ignore the cabinets there, they are just sitting on the floor, need to hang them in the shop
I am working on a pair of metal kitchen cabinets identical to those stacked in your pic., even with the same handles. Made in Ohio!
Mine are 30"x30" and I have them half sanded, after which I'll prime and paint them a nice machine gray.
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Steevo
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My shop has 12' walls, so the top 4' was "wasted space". Bought 4 boxes of wire shelving from Costco and built custom brackets with 1" square tubing and flat bar.
Ingenious!
I'll be stealing that idea!
nkachur
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Well I have gotten the walls in my sheds sorted out better.
Garden tools
The begining of my tool board
I will post some more pictures of my walls later
Garden tools
The begining of my tool board
I will post some more pictures of my walls later
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peelman
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I just put this up Monday night (crappy Blackberry photo, apologies in advance)
I really like the Gladiator GarageWorks stuff, but I decided that $14 for 4' of track just doesn't do it for me. So I picked up a 6' 1x3 at Menards for like $6 and using the rip fence on my cordless circsaw cut about a 3/16" channel in the top of it. Works perfect.
For the towel holder, since it has both upper and lower hooks, I cut a scrap piece of 1x4 and used it for the lower piece. That also allowed me a place to run a short construction screw in, which "locks" the thing to the tracks, so it can't jump off, no matter how you screw with it. I've got 4' of my "track" left to hang up to hang snow shovels from now...will try to snag pictures of the finished product...
I really like the Gladiator GarageWorks stuff, but I decided that $14 for 4' of track just doesn't do it for me. So I picked up a 6' 1x3 at Menards for like $6 and using the rip fence on my cordless circsaw cut about a 3/16" channel in the top of it. Works perfect.
For the towel holder, since it has both upper and lower hooks, I cut a scrap piece of 1x4 and used it for the lower piece. That also allowed me a place to run a short construction screw in, which "locks" the thing to the tracks, so it can't jump off, no matter how you screw with it. I've got 4' of my "track" left to hang up to hang snow shovels from now...will try to snag pictures of the finished product...
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e-tek
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Grinder Bill - you've got a beatiful metal shop there. Been doing it a long time I'll bet. Do you build bikes just for yourself or is it business?
e-tek
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Great ideas all. My best idea is pretty simple, wire shelves with tubs for storage, works great. Of course, they need to be color coordinated
Those bottles tied to the wall?
kams1973
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I made it about half way through this thread, and I didn't see the old screw the lid of a jar under a cabinet to hang the jar. Somebody out there is still doing this surely.
This was one of my girlfriends "let me help you in the shop" projects. She used the drill press to pilot the holes, ran the screws in, then painted it the next day.
I've read every post in the thread and yes, it's in there!
Defender Chassis
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Those bottles tied to the wall?
Whats is the problem? They are capped.
peelman
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+1. That's why those caps exist.
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Thanks for the pic jonny o
csp
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Osha requires lots of **** that doesn't apply to personal use. My bottles aren't chained, but I can guarantee you that nobody is going to get hurt because of it because noone outside of me has access to them.
jmh21586
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OSHA has a lot of rules that were pulled out of someones *** and have no reason to exist.
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3classics
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haahahahahahaha
while some of the rules osha sets may seem ridiculous, many are in place due to past accidents. i try to follow the same safety guidelines that are driven into my head at work in my home.
as a side note, it continues to amaze me the mexican smell joke is still being commented on on page 16.
ben
as a side note, it continues to amaze me the mexican smell joke is still being commented on on page 16.
ben
Grinder Bill
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Thanks tek. Personal shop to hold all the stuff that missed the dump for the past 30 years.
Milner; here's that photo showing the shelving I put up in the pole barn. Used 1/2" plywood laminated to 3 1"x6"s. The bracket are 1.5" angle and flat bar welded and lag bolted to the posts. Used the natural warp in the plywood to preload the shelves.
milner351
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Nice work on those shelves - thanks much for the picture - I had something like that in mind - but I thought I'd have to use angle or tube between the supports to give the shelves some more strength - which requires a lot of steel... I'll have to see what I can get cheap, or - run 2x4 box frames between the angle iron supports.
Thanks again - great spaces you have there!
Thanks again - great spaces you have there!
I put my storage system up 2 years ago and they are still working perfectly, I haven't had much time or money to work on the garage itself over the past 2 years but I'm getting re-energized after lurking on this site again for the past 3 weeks!
http://www.garagejournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=32304
Overhead storage
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Wall rail system
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Having 4 kids with bikes, scooter and skateboards makes my 2 car garage into a 1 car garage.
http://www.garagejournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=32304
Overhead storage
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Wall rail system
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Having 4 kids with bikes, scooter and skateboards makes my 2 car garage into a 1 car garage.
e-tek
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My Dad and I used to own a parts store. One day an OSHA official wandered in and asked Dad where his hard hat was. Why? Dad had to wear a hard hat(according to the osha guy) because he had parts on shelves above his head!! Dad told the guy to float-because it was a one man store and not under osha rules. He actually left --and never came back. Syl