Tooling organization

[lilscorpion]

Re: Tool Organization

I've let the shop cabinet project take years and am just now attempting to draw it to a close. I have three counter tops to make and I got the bigger of the three fabricated today. My existing countertop was gifted to me by a friend that upgraded his laundry room and no longer needed it. It worked great but was short by 8 or so inches which let stuff fall between the bench and my tooling boxes. PITA. From this

To this.

The counter now goes all the way to the box.

The old counter had a pointer corner that has left many a mark going around it. This one now has a less dramatic one like maybe 2 1/2-inch radius.

Tomorrow I plan on laminating it and giving it the first coat of poly. Hopefully I'll have time to at least get the fabrication done on the other two.

 

[mikeburris]

Re: Tool Organization

Or I could just start keeping the small stuff on the floor.

Yes and as my grandpa would say, "if you drop something up to the table, someone could hand them back down"

 

[s2kattracks]

I'm only on page 5, but holy cow, I love your shop. The french cleat work is very nice. I will have to look into!

 

[Strouty]

One question I always wanted to ask, do you weld or cut with an oxy acetylene torch? In my shop, I do quite a bit (or I will after it is organized), and I have always worried about having wood cabinets and drawers. I love how you have done things, but I am always worried that I will end up with kindling for a fire.

What are your thoughts?

 

[Lassen Forge]

...do you weld or cut with an oxy acetylene torch?

What are your thoughts?

If that was an open question, yes, both... but I have welding tables and a covered concrete pad outside my shop to weld on, because I just am paranoid as hell about starting a fire in my shop... but doing old car/bike work, there is a lot of call for gas welding and brazing that gives me a lot more control than a buzzbox. Plus you can heat and shrink sheetmetal

I can thank my high school shop teacher (#1) and our ag shop teacher (shop teacher #3) for that - The metalshop guy was an old welder and bodyman, and taught us tricks that he used back in the 40's & 50's... before Bondo was king. And the ag teacher wisely knew - out in the middle of BFE, when all you got are tanks and torches on your truck, you better know how to make something go back together and work.

 

[Sonny2010]

Everything set up in order!

 

[paranoid56]

so i needed a holder for some 12pt sockets as my hanson holders are all for my 6pt sockets. and i had this piece of plastic laying around. turned out quite nice

 

[rockinacummins]

What is the spacing and depth of the slots on this super-neat organization tool? BTW, this is hands-down one of my most favoritest threads!

 

[Dick in Wisconsin]

so i needed a holder for some 12pt sockets as my hanson holders are all for my 6pt sockets. and i had this piece of plastic laying around. turned out quite nice

What kind of plastic did you use? Did you do that with a mill or router?

 

[jeepinerdeep]

I'm late to the party, better late than never. This is gorgeous workmanship. Subbed

 

[paranoid56]

What kind of plastic did you use? Did you do that with a mill or router?

that is some HDPE that comes with the dual color. this was made with a CNC router and a 1/4" roundover bit

 

[rartuin270]

This thread is giving me an OCDgasm.


The door and drawer hardware must have cost a small fortune. The lumber too!


I will be implementing some of these ideas in my shop.

 

[SSonnier]

Wow. Glad I joined this community and this was the first thread I came across. Probably one of the best reads I've seen in a while on ANY forum. Great work and keep it up. I'm planning on using the French cleat idea in my portable building/workshop when I get home.

 

[Grinder Bill]

My hammers were getting out of control, so I killed a shopping cart and created some space...

 

[Strouty]

It has been almost two months, we need to know what you are making now……..

 

[sideroad]

Re: Tool Organization

I prefer not be called OCD, I use the alphabetically correct CDO.


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[ckadams00]

So for two years I've been reading and in awe of the plastic bit holders etc and I gotta wonder at this point: you have to have a lot of this stuff saved in milling memory. Are you ever going to take orders for duplicates?

 

[lilscorpion]

One question I always wanted to ask, do you weld or cut with an oxy acetylene torch? In my shop, I do quite a bit (or I will after it is organized), and I have always worried about having wood cabinets and drawers. I love how you have done things, but I am always worried that I will end up with kindling for a fire.

What are your thoughts?

Been a while and I've found myself wicked far behind..

Yes, torch, plasma cutting, and welding but none of it on the bench. When I move out of the shop I brought along a sheet of 1/4-inch plate that I lay over my steel (metal working cart) and that's where the "fab occurs". Haven't really done anything big in quite some time so the huge benched I used to have haven't been needed or I move it to the floor which works great if you only have to do it every blue moon.

I did used to weld on my old laminate counter though because I didn't care about it (aka knew it was going to be replaced). Lots of burn spots.

 

[Strouty]

Been a while and I've found myself wicked far behind..

Yes, torch, plasma cutting, and welding but none of it on the bench. When I move out of the shop I brought along a sheet of 1/4-inch plate that I lay over my steel (metal working cart) and that's where the "fab occurs". Haven't really done anything big in quite some time so the huge benched I used to have haven't been needed or I move it to the floor which works great if you only have to do it every blue moon.

I did used to weld on my old laminate counter though because I didn't care about it (aka knew it was going to be replaced). Lots of burn spots.

Thanks for the info. I look forward to future updates!

 

[lilscorpion]

so i needed a holder for some 12pt sockets as my hanson holders are all for my 6pt sockets. and i had this piece of plastic laying around. turned out quite nice

Now that is freakin' SWEET!!! I've not been able to find the multi-color stuff like that for a reasonable price. Big time jealous. The slots look perfect too. Fantastic job...wow.

 

[lilscorpion]

What is the spacing and depth of the slots on this super-neat organization tool? BTW, this is hands-down one of my most favoritest threads!

Thanks for the compliment. The slots are 1 1/2-inches wide by 3 3/4-inches deep. The slot is perfect for everything but the Dewalt hammer drill which has a slightly longer body.

 

[lilscorpion]

This thread is giving me an OCDgasm.





The door and drawer hardware must have cost a small fortune. The lumber too!





I will be implementing some of these ideas in my shop.

I wish I was a little less OCD because if get things done faster. I admit I tend to get paralyzed from time to time by caring way too much about things most never notice.

Think I'm in maybe $700 in plywood? Couple hundred in laminate and materials. Damn Polyurethane is what killed me. Think it was $50 a gallon and I've gone through 5 or 6? Can't remember. Thing is the garage is a work in progress that started 6 months after we bought the house a little over 4 years ago...cost a lot but spread out over three years it's not so bad. Had the cabinets for a year without drawer fronts and doors and 6 months before I purchased the hardware. Shouldn't need to do it again I hope (my wife would kill me).

 

[shocker998md]

Lots of good ideas on here. Ill be checking on this thread on a computer instead of my phone

 

[lilscorpion]

It has been almost two months, we need to know what you are making now……..

I know, I got the counters done and worked towards finishing the kitchen. It was then that my computer crashed and i nearly lost all of my pictures back to forever. I've spent a great deal of the last month spending my weekends recovering what I could and building a redundant network storage device to keep my stuff on. I was mostly done in the first two weeks but my OCD kicked in and I started weeding through my files and pictures cleaning out the junk and then I found myself backing up my DVDs I keep forgetting to back up. So easy to get lost doing such a thing.

I will have shop updates soon. I'm itchin' to get back out there and wrap things up before the winter and I still need to do the heater (maybe this winter? Lol).

 

[lilscorpion]

So for two years I've been reading and in awe of the plastic bit holders etc and I gotta wonder at this point: you have to have a lot of this stuff saved in milling memory. Are you ever going to take orders for duplicates?

I've considered selling the ones I have to make new ones but don't really want to go into the plastic business and get into production runs like some have done on GJ. At this point my time in the garage is stollen and I'd hate to turn it into business. One problem I know I'd have is getting materials in quantity for reasonable prices. I tend to wait until I see good deals in eBay but the pieces I end up getting are fairly small.

I'd be lying if I said it hasn't crossed my mind though.

 

[Contract_Pilot]

I Like this post...

 

[wyo george]

Re: Tool Organization

Subscribed for further reading


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[paranoid56]

Now that is freakin' SWEET!!! I've not been able to find the multi-color stuff like that for a reasonable price. Big time jealous. The slots look perfect too. Fantastic job...wow.

thanks. the only part i dont like is the rounding at the ends, i would need to use something like a 1/8" round over bit and i didnt have one laying around. I am super spoiled to have a great plastic company that always gives me random scraps to mess with. I think it helps that i always BS with the inside sales staff and random ****.

after building this one, i need to do more for my drawers lol

 

[FOCUS.FREAK]

Re: Tool Organization

Just a helpful tip I figure I would share. If your looking to getting for room from your box and you have chargers and other plug in devices. I may have a solution. Like many tool boxes most have an add on section on the side where two bolts would go. You can take those two holes and line up a 2x4 and mark it up and install it to the box. Allowing you to attach things to the side like chargers for impacts and hanging things. Also I have my streamlight attached onto the side. I will get pictures first thing Monday morning.

Jordan.

-Jordan

 

[xyster101]

Was visiting my dad and he has done a great job in his garage. Made this from some old plumbing parts:





Then made this from. . .well. . something has to hold those pencils.

 

[jonski]

The hose holder is a good idea...the jeans pockets are just silly.

 

[kruegdr]

Here's a T-handle hex key holder I made for work. I've got two small tool rooms to keep up on two different rail cars and the hex keys were eating up precious drawer space. I designed it to have the keys angled against the wall where their footprint is minimized. To reduce rattling, I added the grommets. For a flourish, I added the logos of the rail cars predecessors. These are made from 1/16 inch aluminum and bent up on a simple brake. The keys shown are not the set I designed them around. The ones that will go in are some Snap On keys with the narrower T-handle that is seemingly made from some bar stock.

 

[rice rocket]

Very nice!

 

[laser3kw]

pl 20252 oil filter?
is is for a Volkswagen?

 

[davejurek]

Very cool!! How about some overall garage shots to put this in perspective?

 

[wkearney99]

pl 20252 oil filter?
is is for a Volkswagen?

Jeebus, Bug nuts will go to any lengths...

 

[lilscorpion]

Finally throwing up the pic I took just before the computer took a ****. The last of the counter tops are set in place. Nice finishing touch.

Today I got out some of the Really thick HDPE I win in eBay a few months ago and started measuring pliers.

The sheet is 1 1/2-inches thick so I cut slots almost that deep for the pliers.

And got the first one done. This one has all of the bigger pliers in it. The next one will have everything less than 8-inches.

 

[jeffmoss26]

I like it!

 

[Lassen Forge]

Was visiting my dad and he has done a great job in his garage. Made this from some old plumbing parts:

You (or your pa) get out to my part of the left coast, I owe you a cold frosty one for that. I've been playing with ideas for hose storage from old wheels to wood contraptions, but that is simplicity and brilliance, and is exactly what I was looking for.

 

[kruegdr]

Finally throwing up the pic I took just before the computer took a ****. The last of the counter tops are set in place. Nice finishing touch.

Today I got out some of the Really thick HDPE I win in eBay a few months ago and started measuring pliers.

The sheet is 1 1/2-inches thick so I cut slots almost that deep for the pliers.

And got the first one done. This one has all of the bigger pliers in it. The next one will have everything less than 8-inches.

Nice job! I've considered going the HDPE route. How much did the slab cost?