Tool board or tool boxes?

[mrvideosawyer]

Hello,
I just remodeled my shop - new car lift YAHOOOOOO. So does anyone have any ideas on what is the best layout for tools. I have tool boxes everywhere and at times I forget what I have (I can't remember what I had for breakfast). Does someone have a tool board layout that they have or picture so I can at least get an idea? I have tried pegboard in the past but it seemed like when I got a tool the holder fell out of pegboard - not to mention that the little metal things are expensive.

Thanks, Jim

I will be posting pictures of new shop (I am kind of proud of it).

1. wall lights
2. car lift
3. 14' ceilings
4. 14" of work bench
5. oak cabinets
6. 4 speaker sound system

 

[oldtinsmith]

mrvideosawyer,
Jim, welcome to GJ.

Doug

 

[rsanter]

If you have a work bench or work center that you stand or sit at then the tool board can't be beat for the common used tools
If you move around a lot and want the box where you are then the toolbox is better
If you want to mix the two you could use a bottom box and make a tool board that stands on the back side of it for the most common used tools.
This is largely the reason that the hutch to go on bottom boxes is so popular with some guys that work mobile in the shop

Bob

 

[jrherald420]

Depends, woodworking i like to have most tools hanging up. Working on cars and equipment tool box all the way.

 

[crewchief888]

i personally hate pegboard.

perviou owner of my house had some in the garage, it lasted till the day we moved in.

i do have 2 small area in my reloading/work room with pegboard (again from the PO)
it serves a purpose there for hanging hand saws and some woodworking tools.

 

[JWILL]

My garage is too small and I have no box for it currently so all my tools will be on tool boards for the current time. Im not a big pegboard fan really so chances are it will be pretty hillbilly with nails or screws evenly spaced. lol

 

[jrherald420]

I've seen a couple guys use the screw and shadow method on plywood and it didn't look half bad. Just use a level to make a line for the screws and evenly space them out then use a marker to outline the tool. Take a little bit of time and it will turn out nice.

 

[lilredex]

Tool boards are my preference...stuff like this:

http://vintagemachinery.org/photoindex/detail.aspx?id=8810

http://woodgears.ca/workshop/basement.html

 

[venturesomerite]

Alot of it depends on what you do with it. I personally have a few tool boxes, side by side in my shop, neat that a large work bench with peg board, and I also built a rolly tool cart that is somewhere in the shop at a given time (where ever I last used it)

I like to keep the commonly used things in the tool cart and peg, and keep the less used stuff in the boxes.

 

[Brian_B_]

I agree with the others. A lot of it depends on your use.

I am in the long drawn out process of remodeling my garage (no budget). Most of my tools are in tool boxes. I am completing my 500 pound steel workbench currently. Above it will be some pegboard for the most common items I will need (there is a window in the middle so not a lot of pegboard). I also have a rolling cart (harbor freight one) that gets rolled around to wherever I am working. What is on it...depends on what I am working on.

 

[machine_punk]

I personally prefer to have most of my frequently-used tools out in the open, where I can see them. I don't like pegboard, so I have created a 'custom pegboard system' for my metalworking studio. I call the main rack the Reconfigurable Tool Rack and it holds various different Custom Tool Boards, which can be rearranged at will, by unscrewing the tool board and moving it to another place on the rack.

Building the Custom Tool Boards has been a slow process. I only have three of them so far, a power strip board, a board for the tooling for my pneumatic rivet squeezers, and my clock board. Eventually, most of my frequently-used tools will have their own Custom Tool Board...
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About 15 years ago, I just put up a piece of plywood on the wall and made custom holders for tools as I went. I just put each tool where it fit best. I'll have to try to find a photo of that and get it scanned into the computer.

M_P

 

[Brian_B_]

On a side note to my above post. I love having my air tools out where I can just grab them now. Home made air tool racks.