What's on your walls? Neat storage ideas!

NitroPress · Sep 12, 2011

I have a large Thule cartopper that I bought for our cross-country jaunt last spring. As anyone who has one knows, they are big, awkward space hogs.

With 11-foot garage walls though, putting in a couple of big screw-in bike hooks and clamping a 2-inch dowel through the front clamps lets me hang it on the wall like a fat picture. The hooks need to be about 2-6 inches wider apart than the topper, and the bar needs to be 4-6 inches longer than that for a safe, easy hang.

PECVD2 · Sep 12, 2011

kochevnik, I used the lazy man's version, Graffiti Asset software that I bought for $9 off flea bay (I think) 10 years ago. Basically a asset file program but I liked the ability to add photos and notes.

Bob Heine · Sep 12, 2011

jmh21586 said:
Anybody got a source for CHEAP quick connects for air tools to use as air tool holders?

I wanna do something like post 351.

My local Harbor Freight was running a clearance sale a couple of months back. The $3.99 brass female couplers were tagged $0.57 so I bought almost all of them. The regular price is still lower than anyplace else but if you watch for sales, they might be just what you are looking for.

Conor · Sep 12, 2011

I really like the air tool quick disconnect tool storage but i would prob fill in the top side of the connector with some silicone or something to keep stuff from accumilating there and falling into the tools.

A**holes Garage · Sep 12, 2011

I'll be using the Uni-Strut product this fall

kochevnik · Sep 12, 2011

PECVD2 said:
kochevnik, I used the lazy man's version, Graffiti Asset software that I bought for $9 off flea bay (I think) 10 years ago. Basically a asset file program but I liked the ability to add photos and notes.

Which is a very good idea - I think there is probably quite a few programs that would do the trick.

For me to use software for something specialized like this that someone ELSE wrote - I just couldnt bring myself to handle the shame LOL And this inventory window is actually part of a larger program that I am using to run everything (security sytems energy systems etc.)

glsmaverick · Sep 13, 2011

JD in DFW said:

What type of walling is this? Some kind of slat plywood or something? I like it!

NitroPress · Sep 13, 2011

Looks like commercial store walling - pricey stuff but it turns all your walls into adjustable storage racks. Very cool.

Sometimes you can get it cheap on a store remodel or closing. There are a billion different things that hook into it.

csp · Sep 13, 2011

It's called slatwall.

NitroPress · Sep 13, 2011

csp said:
It's called slatwall.

That's right - could not bring the word to mind although I was responsible for product display in four retail locations with miles of it, back when...

sachapan · Sep 13, 2011

Found some manufactured brackets for hanging the ole Blue bins. Don't think this particular manufacturer sells these exact brackets anymore but similar ones could be made up easily enough.

fitz11 · Sep 28, 2011

Here is my fastener/ small part storage cabinet I just built.
It is one sheet of 1/2" mdf and 1/4" hardboard for the back.
The handle was a spare just laying around, now i'm on the lookout for a matching one for the other door. lol
The grey and small blue bins are from Harbor Freight and the rest are individual ones from menards.
Now its time for a fastener shopping spree, and lots of time with the label maker lol

peelman · Sep 28, 2011

Very nice Fitz! I need to build something similar for all my small parts stuff. My current "wherever they were last used" system is getting old, and it causes everything to collect way too much sawdust. I just need a router so i can properly mortise the shelves like it appears you did.

fitz11 · Sep 28, 2011

peelman said:
Very nice Fitz! I need to build something similar for all my small parts stuff. My current "wherever they were last used" system is getting old, and it causes everything to collect way too much sawdust. I just need a router so i can properly mortise the shelves like it appears you did.

Thanks! I had the same system and finally got so sick of it I had to do something lol. Yes i did mortise the shelves, i just used a small HF trim router and it worked out great!
Forgot to mention the paint was a brand new quart I got from the Habitat For Humanity ReStore for $.50 :thumbup:

I love that place!

dittle fart around · Sep 29, 2011

glsmaverick said:
What type of walling is this? Some kind of slat plywood or something? I like it!

Slat wall is pretty expensive at about $5 a square foot. It's more durable than drywall and you can hose it down. Plus you can mount anything any where including wall cabinets. Check it out.

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Not my Jag.

47p2 · Sep 29, 2011

My air tools are mounted under a shelf using several methods

Adrien · Oct 2, 2011

Here's one of the first things I've hung from my walls--I wanted a way to store the bicycles in my steel building. My first attempt, albeit worked--wasn't the best execution.

I used a beam clamp and attached a Husky 'Secure Lock' bike hanger to it.

Tomorrow I'm going to try and find some 3" wide 3/8" thick (and roughly 24" long) flat bar stock and make a bracket with two beam clamps. I'll then attach the Husky bike hanger on both ends so I can hang two bikes next to each other.

I did manage to attach two brackets staggered on the beam and hang my bike and my sons Trail-A-Bike, but that was after I took the pictures.

Adrien

mmarvinn · Oct 2, 2011

All great ideas !!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Jvvmusme · Oct 4, 2011

mmarvinn said:
All great ideas !!!!!!!!!!!!!!

My workshop, because this cannont be called a garage, is located in Bogota, Colombia. I like to have most of my tools at sight so I can see if any is missing. At the rear you cannot see (lousy photographer) a work bench, a big compressor, a standing drill, plus more tools. In this place I completely rebuild the Austin healey from scratch and also do mantainance to my cars: an MG TD, an Austin Healey 100M and an Alfa Romeo Duetto.
The cement pads you see in the floor is for the incoming MaxJax
More pictures to come

csp · Oct 4, 2011

dittle fart around said:
Slat wall is pretty expensive at about $5 a square foot. It's more durable than drywall and you can hose it down.

I don't know about hosing it down. The slatwall I have is made of MDF, which is not water friendly.

dittle fart around · Oct 4, 2011

csp said:
I don't know about hosing it down. The slatwall I have is made of MDF, which is not water friendly.

The slat wall I was referring to that is on my site is PVC

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Marshall2u · Oct 31, 2011

kochevnik said:
A screenshot from the computer program.

I LOVE the idea....I just don't have the discipline to record everything. I think I'm destined to be a unorganized slob, buying things I already own, for the rest of my life!

Marshall2u · Oct 31, 2011

I subscribed to this thread because I have an intense desire to be organized. I never have been, but REALLY, REALLY want to be. I'm skeptical about my ability to change, but I never want to give up hope.

Since I'm setting up a new shop, I want to try something different. I want (most) everything on the floor to be "modular," or reconfigurable. One of the focus points of this will be to have many things on casters. I recently bought a bunch of shopping cart casters off of Craigslist. I got a good deal: 37 casters for $50. They have a capacity of 250 pounds each. The problem is, they all rotate 360 degrees. Does anyone have a good idea as to how I can make simple chocks for these wheels? Wood? Rubber? Cheap? Easy to make? Easy to put into action?

omr · Oct 31, 2011

Marshall2u said:
I subscribed to this thread because I have an intense desire to be organized. I never have been, but REALLY, REALLY want to be. I'm skeptical about my ability to change, but I never want to give up hope.

Since I'm setting up a new shop, I want to try something different. I want (most) everything on the floor to be "modular," or reconfigurable. One of the focus points of this will be to have many things on casters. I recently bought a bunch of shopping cart casters off of Craigslist. I got a good deal: 37 casters for $50. They have a capacity of 250 pounds each. The problem is, they all rotate 360 degrees. Does anyone have a good idea as to how I can make simple chocks for these wheels? Wood? Rubber? Cheap? Easy to make? Easy to put into action?

i would weld 2 of the 4 casters so only 2 rotate ..

Zeppe807 · Oct 31, 2011

Marshall2u said:
I subscribed to this thread because I have an intense desire to be organized. I never have been, but REALLY, REALLY want to be. I'm skeptical about my ability to change, but I never want to give up hope.

Since I'm setting up a new shop, I want to try something different. I want (most) everything on the floor to be "modular," or reconfigurable. One of the focus points of this will be to have many things on casters. I recently bought a bunch of shopping cart casters off of Craigslist. I got a good deal: 37 casters for $50. They have a capacity of 250 pounds each. The problem is, they all rotate 360 degrees. Does anyone have a good idea as to how I can make simple chocks for these wheels? Wood? Rubber? Cheap? Easy to make? Easy to put into action?

Get some 1.5 inch flat washers and roll the caster into the center of them. It will be as solid as you need, I think.

Joe

smedly · Oct 31, 2011

My take on the french cleat. There are two other versions in this thread. I wanted to be sure that the blocks didn't pop off easily when the kids are grabbing things. They can come off, but it takes just the right wriggling to release them.

Stuff just thrown on the wall at the end of the weekend project. Will actually get to organizing it later.

Hook and bottom block to keep it on.

Cost was a box of screws and a some hooks. I had an extremely large cabinet from a tradeshow display given to me. It wasn't strong enough to hang, so I cut up the nice plywood into this.

Richard D · Nov 1, 2011

reinhardt said:
not finished yet, still need to paint the stand cleat and make a cover plate for the winch. i can lower the tablesaw and bolt it to the stand ready to go in less than 15 minutes. dont use it often enough to waste the floor space.

ben

I realize this was nearly two years ago, but could you elaborate? I have a small table saw I seldom use but can't retrieve it from where it hangs up on the wall by myself.

bad_idea · Nov 1, 2011

the winch is mounted to a stud. the cable for the winch is routed through a hole in the wall plate, through a pulley on top of the wall plate, across to another pulley mounted to a board spanning two of the rafters, then down through the ceiling. hook the winch hook to the table saw and lower/ raise it. the shelf/ bracket the saw is sitting on is held to the wall with a french cleat. raise the saw off of the bracket, lift the bracket out of the way, lower the saw. btw.... a cheap winch rated for 2000lbs can be had at hf for less than $20.

Richard D · Nov 1, 2011

Genius.

AndysMBgarage · Nov 2, 2011

3 Surfboards a boogieboard and a snowboard

Cheap5.0 · Nov 2, 2011

tomstin said:
Not much more can fit on my walls!

Stealing that idea! Great use of dead space!

formek · Nov 2, 2011

evintho said:
My funnel drip recovery system.................

I have to say I love the Idea of this

formek · Nov 2, 2011

T56 Impala said:
My only, semi unique, storage ideas.

BMW wheel used to store the air hose.

Wow another great idea

formek · Nov 2, 2011

great thread!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

baldredhead · Nov 3, 2011

Displaced Hokie said:

where do these brackets come from?

AndysMBgarage said:
3 Surfboards a boogieboard and a snowboard

did you make this rack? any more detail?

paranoid56 · Nov 3, 2011

baldredhead said:
where do these brackets come from?

did you make this rack? any more detail?

Home depot sells that rack

mtne · Nov 3, 2011

Now that I've been through the whole thread there's several ideas I hope to remember to incoporate whenever I manage to get back in the garage.

I'm curious though, I'm not seeing many flammables storage boxes? Getting one was a priority as between the oils, paint and compressed cans I could see bad things happening.............

Jack Olsen · Nov 3, 2011

I keep mine in an outside shed.

bhclark · Nov 3, 2011

Store your paint cans upside down to keep the air out and the paint the right consistency.

Of course, you need to make sure you seal them tight, but if you don't, they'll be useless anyway.

baldredhead · Nov 3, 2011

paranoid56 said:
Home depot sells that rack

thanks!

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