Since I had the camera out in the garage today, I snapped an updated picture.
Any one use pegboard instead of tool boxes?
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FTWingRiders
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Sol.. Thats a good looking use of space. A place for everything. I'm jealous. My Dad was 86, and still insisted on going out to the shop at least once a day.. claimed it kept him sane..LOL!
Question.. did you paint that John Deere tool box, or did you purchase it? I've just bought my second JD Garden tractor, and starting to feel the addiction..
nadogail
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Pegboard instead of a tool box?
In an industrial plant, I have used pegboard to display and organize the few tools the machine operators used to clean and adjust their assigned machines. The tools hung in spots that were painted so that any missing or misplaced tools were immediatly obvious.
This served to keep the work area clean, well organized, and the tools from mysteriously disappearing.
On the other hand, the mechanics who were charged with general machine and facility maintenance and repair throughout the entire plant were much happier with their full compliment of tools at thier fingertips, not on a pegboard on the far side of the plant.
In an industrial plant, I have used pegboard to display and organize the few tools the machine operators used to clean and adjust their assigned machines. The tools hung in spots that were painted so that any missing or misplaced tools were immediatly obvious.
This served to keep the work area clean, well organized, and the tools from mysteriously disappearing.
On the other hand, the mechanics who were charged with general machine and facility maintenance and repair throughout the entire plant were much happier with their full compliment of tools at thier fingertips, not on a pegboard on the far side of the plant.
rick carpenter
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In my limited workspace in our garage more toolboxes would take up space I like for my benches so I put up slatboard and shelves also. The slatboard is less customizable than pegboard would be though and I do spend a lot of time looking for my lesser used hanging tools... but they're lesser used, so oh well.
I've seen pics of nice pegboard organization in GJ including this thread where they have a lot more self-control than I do. Go for it.
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I use both, the peg hook, falling, is an easy fix with wire ties, or not being a cheap ******* and buying the correct hooks, they now call them the heavy duty hooks, that just barely fit the holes, unlike the cheap ones made out of coat hanger wire..
I find it odd, the thinking of worry'n about if it can be seen from the street, so I put it in a tool box..
really, instead of a thug having to make tons of metal clanking noise, they now just roll your box out the door.. with a h/f moving blanket around it, to stop any noise. and bye bye.. all on one fast shot, unlike having to bring a container to put them in and the time to take it all down off the wall..
a buddy, lives in a shady area, and has it all on peg board, and is on a high traffic road, so he blasted most of the stuff in red oxide primer, from the road it looks like old rusted junk..
I find it odd, the thinking of worry'n about if it can be seen from the street, so I put it in a tool box..
really, instead of a thug having to make tons of metal clanking noise, they now just roll your box out the door.. with a h/f moving blanket around it, to stop any noise. and bye bye.. all on one fast shot, unlike having to bring a container to put them in and the time to take it all down off the wall..
a buddy, lives in a shady area, and has it all on peg board, and is on a high traffic road, so he blasted most of the stuff in red oxide primer, from the road it looks like old rusted junk..
Solpainter
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Ft,
I bought the toolbox at Menards in green a few years ago and added the JD stickers and 3m tape. I wanted a new box in green and this worked out. Waited for a sale and got it for a good price. I am very pleased with the quality of it. It replaced my almost 50 year old Craftsmen set that I bought in high school. That set went to my son who will have it for another fifty years.
I bought the toolbox at Menards in green a few years ago and added the JD stickers and 3m tape. I wanted a new box in green and this worked out. Waited for a sale and got it for a good price. I am very pleased with the quality of it. It replaced my almost 50 year old Craftsmen set that I bought in high school. That set went to my son who will have it for another fifty years.
Jon_E
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The garage at my old house had one wall covered in pegboard. Since I am a woodworker I have a lot of odd-shaped and sized tools and jigs. They fit well on pegboard. In my current house, my shop has been in the basement in anticipation of building a garage, which is now under construction. There is NOTHING hung on the walls, it's all in bins, on shelves or in rolling cabinets. I hate it, for the most part, I can never find anything I am looking for. My new garage is going to have a few sections of pegboard over the workbenches where I can hang frequently used tools and items that don't conveniently fit in a toolbox. The challenge will be to find high-quality tempered 1/4" pegboard, not the cheap 3/16" junk that is at the local Borg.
I have thought about doing a youtube series as everyone seems to ask me about how I am doing my house. However so far we have only completed the master bedroom and bathroom(and we are redoing that as changes were needed for the final home plans). We are building the place when we have cash as I own a outdoor power equipment store on the first level and debt can put me in trouble if I have a bad growing season. It seems people are interested in my idea of building everything myself for my house.
Sort of.
I have a plank of wood (could be plywood) and put long deck screws into it to hang things.
Pegboard hooks cost money and can slip out of the hole. Stuck with the standard grid pattern.
With plywood and deck screws I can nest smaller items together real close. I have all my combination and double box wrenches hung up this way. The long deck screw allows multiple wrenches of the same size to hang on the same screw.
Metric on the left, English on the right. The smallest toward the center. They all hang thru the closed end (box end) of the wrench.
For the very smallest box ends I had to grind down the diameter of the screw head.
I have a plank of wood (could be plywood) and put long deck screws into it to hang things.
Pegboard hooks cost money and can slip out of the hole. Stuck with the standard grid pattern.
With plywood and deck screws I can nest smaller items together real close. I have all my combination and double box wrenches hung up this way. The long deck screw allows multiple wrenches of the same size to hang on the same screw.
Metric on the left, English on the right. The smallest toward the center. They all hang thru the closed end (box end) of the wrench.
For the very smallest box ends I had to grind down the diameter of the screw head.
When I had my 2 car garage shop I had one wall with 16 linear feet 8ft high loaded to the gills. I really liked it as everything was a glance away. I still had my 42 proto box, but it was loaded with higher end items that couldn't be safely hung. With my shop now I've moved away from wood peg board and gone with Aluminum diamond plate 22" X 42" panels for the few areas I need it at.
My only gripe about peg board is if you outline your tools ya've gone toooooo far!.
My only gripe about peg board is if you outline your tools ya've gone toooooo far!.
amngstfrndsdom
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Yes, This is NOT a big place!
Thanks, he's up there instructing me to turn on the lights in the back of the shop.Thanks amngstfrndsdom, it's longer on the left(metric) side than the right(SAE), that's why there are rulers hanging on the right, both sides start in the middle.
Excellent! clean, organized, and visually appealing.
OP
66354dream
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You guys all have really good ideas, I've gotten pretty good at " playing Tetris" with the stuff I have stored away to make the most of my small garage but as I'm sure we all know there is no such thing as too much space and hate feeling claustrophobic in the one place I'm supposed to find my sanity
orca8589
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I totally understand your point. We have a lot of "hit & runs" here - people drive by, see a garage door open, run in, swipe something, and are gone in 20-30 seconds. Sometimes it happens in the time it takes to go to the bathroom. A neighbor two doors up from us had most of his Snap-on drivers & wrenches taken off of his tool board, and he was out of his garage for maybe three minutes. A neighbor next to him had a chop saw taken one day, while he was inside installing a strip of molding. Thieves drove by, saw it, ran in & grabbed it, and were two blocks away with his dog chasing them before he knew what had happened.
My toolbox is bolted down to my workbench, and it's nice to have all the wall space for my longer tools. I grab the large 1/4" hooks & pegs whenever I can find them.
~Chris
I have at least 4 pieces of 2 x3 I think metal pegboard hanging on one side of my shop. I've been trying to organize lately and since I've had it for years without getting the hang of it I am using it for rarely used tools.
On the other side of the shop I have 5 windows that provide almost no light. Instead of flooding my neighbors yards down the hill when I work at night in the shop, (my shops so bright it lights up at least 3 yards down) I decided to put up plywood with the back painted black over the windows. From the outside it looks nice and as an added bonus it helps keep the heat in. I've set one up for screwdrivers, one for measuring tools, drywall tools, wrenches, and charges. I've been building shelves or brackets as needed and really like how they work so far. Another bonus is that I used all scraps when making them.
On the other side of the shop I have 5 windows that provide almost no light. Instead of flooding my neighbors yards down the hill when I work at night in the shop, (my shops so bright it lights up at least 3 yards down) I decided to put up plywood with the back painted black over the windows. From the outside it looks nice and as an added bonus it helps keep the heat in. I've set one up for screwdrivers, one for measuring tools, drywall tools, wrenches, and charges. I've been building shelves or brackets as needed and really like how they work so far. Another bonus is that I used all scraps when making them.
54FordPanel
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I like plywood, but I don't like pegboard. Those little hanger things are always falling out. Brad nails and screws and angled 2x4 'shelves' for the socket trays.
I know when I put stuff away if somethings missing.
It doesn't take the place of toolboxes but it's good for some stuff.
I know when I put stuff away if somethings missing.
It doesn't take the place of toolboxes but it's good for some stuff.
akdiesel
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I like plywood, but I don't like pegboard. Those little hanger things are always falling out. Brad nails and screws and angled 2x4 'shelves' for the socket trays.
I know when I put stuff away if somethings missing.
It doesn't take the place of toolboxes but it's good for some stuff.
Your missing four deep sockets.
54FordPanel
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Lol....no I'm not. All present and accounted for
Drives me nuts when I'm missing one.
Drives me nuts when I'm missing one.
Nice looking setup. Would be nice if you could patent it and sell it.
KnightFire
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Like most of the fellas here, I think a combination of using both works well.
Responder
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I don't use it a whole lot but I think it has a place. For frequently used items over a work area but only if you use a system that prevents the hooks from coming out. As mentioned, quality hooks or plywood.
boomer12831
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Does anyone know of some places that sell good quality pegboard hooks? I use both a tool box and pegboard. I plan on changing some things and putting shelves up and downsizing some of the pegboard. Its to easy to just put a hook up and put something there when I don't have a place to store it. Ed.
54FordPanel
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I agree it is nice but the best part is anyone can do it and it would be custom for their needs. I don't think a patent would allow that.
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Dammit, Nine, if I want to patent it, I can patent it. Consider it patented.
The 2x4s that the socket trays and rails sit on were ripped at something like a 45* angle. If you do something like this, make the socket trays and rails removable so you can carry them over to the car. That's a nice thing.
I agree that everybody's layout will be different according to what they want/need.
kaymccampbell
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Last shop I had 60 lineal feet of pegboard over the bench and one 26 inch wide three box stack. I discovered it was handy as long as I didn't have some goop drooling carcass laying in a pan waiting on repairs. Never failed that the tools I wanted were behind the mess.
This shop the bench is significanly smaller (only work on my own stuff and what I feel like) and I have 5 boxes, lots of overheads and no pegboard.
In the commercial environment it paid to have several task dedicated toolsets on the wall for fast, easy access and a few expensive or rarely used tools in the box. I now enjoy the pleasure of being able to complete one project at a time and practice my ability to remember exactly where each tool is in which box and get it back there when my task is complete.
This shop the bench is significanly smaller (only work on my own stuff and what I feel like) and I have 5 boxes, lots of overheads and no pegboard.
In the commercial environment it paid to have several task dedicated toolsets on the wall for fast, easy access and a few expensive or rarely used tools in the box. I now enjoy the pleasure of being able to complete one project at a time and practice my ability to remember exactly where each tool is in which box and get it back there when my task is complete.
timdp
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I like having commonly used tools immediately available and find pegboard too fiddly so I built a couple of tool cribs on top of work benches using 2x6s from our torn down deck. Used lots of HF magnetic tool holders, HF screw in hooks, screws and nails to hang tools.
Woodworking tools
Mechanic's tools crib before moving woodworking tools to the other crib. Combo wrenches and screwdriver are on the right wall. Still working on tool organization on this one.
Instant access ratchets and sockets on the side of the 26" stack.
Woodworking tools
Mechanic's tools crib before moving woodworking tools to the other crib. Combo wrenches and screwdriver are on the right wall. Still working on tool organization on this one.
Instant access ratchets and sockets on the side of the 26" stack.
Dennis Leigh Henry
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I use both, the peg hook, falling, is an easy fix with wire ties, or not being a cheap ******* and buying the correct hooks, they now call them the heavy duty hooks, that just barely fit the holes, unlike the cheap ones made out of coat hanger wire..
I find it odd, the thinking of worry'n about if it can be seen from the street, so I put it in a tool box..
really, instead of a thug having to make tons of metal clanking noise, they now just roll your box out the door.. with a h/f moving blanket around it, to stop any noise. and bye bye.. all on one fast shot, unlike having to bring a container to put them in and the time to take it all down off the wall..
a buddy, lives in a shady area, and has it all on peg board, and is on a high traffic road, so he blasted most of the stuff in red oxide primer, from the road it looks like old rusted junk..
Yeah I totally get this.. I went through high school in a pretty tough neighborhood and even the tool boxes I had were locked inside a locker or cable locked to a building post, etc. The more apparent to the thief its not going to be easy, the more likely they'll pass on to the next one. I never really considered pegboards in that strategy.. but it makes complete sense.
Now in my current location / home, I still cable lock the items in my garage, that are on wheels like the hand carts (could be used to haul off heavier items), the welder cart, Kennedy tool chest, etc.. This prevents the causal thief, as even a determined thief will take the time to defeat the cable/locks..
Dennis Leigh Henry
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Lol....no I'm not. All present and accounted for
Drives me nuts when I'm missing one.
Yeah... lol.. that made my day...
I'm not sure if that was an honest observation of the 4 open pegs on the socket organizers or an editorial comment about the thoroughness of your socket collection...
Still have a smile on my face...
tac
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Tool boxes are great for someone who breaks in to steal your tools. Saves them a lot of time not having to take them off the wall.
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I have 4x10 feet of peg board in the garage.
Its not going to help you in improving floor space because generally you will want a bench under the peg board. Otherwise you run the risk of stabbing your eye out on the pegs unless you only have things hanging on it above face height
If you were going to put it above an existing bench it might take up a small tool box worth of tools
Mine has a bunch of random things on it that i couldnt figure out how to organize, or wouldnt fit in tool boxes such as hand saws, tapes, welding items
wrenches, screw drivers, sockets, etc all go into the tool chest in a organized fashion
Its not going to help you in improving floor space because generally you will want a bench under the peg board. Otherwise you run the risk of stabbing your eye out on the pegs unless you only have things hanging on it above face height
If you were going to put it above an existing bench it might take up a small tool box worth of tools
Mine has a bunch of random things on it that i couldnt figure out how to organize, or wouldnt fit in tool boxes such as hand saws, tapes, welding items
wrenches, screw drivers, sockets, etc all go into the tool chest in a organized fashion
Dennis Leigh Henry
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Jealous of the BLUES Dennis!
Thanks nine4gmc.. I don't know how many times I've done peg board Tetris to get them all in the same place...
Dennis Leigh Henry
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I like a combination of both. I like organization and like to keep track of my tools. Thus the Socket Trays and Wrench Racks. Since I could not find anything I like so I custom made these in our Sheet Metal Shop.
I use Peg Board on Task Specific areas in my Shop like my Welding Bench or Gun Cleaning Station. My big Tool Box will be located in the middle of the front wall of the Car Shop and the Smaller one will be in the Machine Shop/Assembly area. I don't like wood Peg Board so I am converting everything to .100 Aluminum Peg Board. I just write a program and drop it in the Laser and come back later and take it out or the machine.
I am in the process of moving from a building I have been in for 17 years to the new Shop behind the house adding a little more flexibility to my life.
I have lots of plans for the new building. Just need to find the time to get it all done.
I use Peg Board on Task Specific areas in my Shop like my Welding Bench or Gun Cleaning Station. My big Tool Box will be located in the middle of the front wall of the Car Shop and the Smaller one will be in the Machine Shop/Assembly area. I don't like wood Peg Board so I am converting everything to .100 Aluminum Peg Board. I just write a program and drop it in the Laser and come back later and take it out or the machine.
I am in the process of moving from a building I have been in for 17 years to the new Shop behind the house adding a little more flexibility to my life.
I have lots of plans for the new building. Just need to find the time to get it all done.
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pepi
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NOPE!
No I always found it a bit tuff to carry tools to the job sight.
No I always found it a bit tuff to carry tools to the job sight.
Alexbn921
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I use both. And I think that you need both. Every tool has its place and the most used get prime space.
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CSRPenFab
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I used to love pegboard, but then I got married and had kids! At that point, all the tools went into locked up roll away chests!