What's on your walls? Neat storage ideas!

[z28toz06]

Haven't posted for a while, but I made this the other day. Wheel dollys are great except when you are not using them. This solved the problem.

what brand are they? Im scared to buy them because everyone says they collapse.

 

[rmousir]

what brand are they? Im scared to buy them because everyone says they collapse.

I have the HarborFreight ones. Been using them for over 3 years. No problems what so ever. They work great.

 

[hdv32]

Have been to trying to organize the garage and had seen a number of variations of this before. My only change was to make each pvc tube independent of each other and able to be removed. Used up some otherwise wasted space.

 

[awebb]

Figured I'd bump this thread and finally contribute to the forum. Here are some things that this forum has inspired me to do around my garage.

Sourced a white board from CL and decided to turn it into the front face of a motorcycle helmet cabinet. Figured if I hung it high enough I'd have room to hang my jackets under it. Worked out pretty well. I decided to keep all my bike oil changing gear (don't worry oils in a plastic pan), car wash supplies, and bike specific tools on the top half of the cabinet.

Had a spare corner in the garage that didn't have much going on in it so I decided to store my cordless drills there. I grabbed a piece of 2X8 and cut out two gun holster holes. I figured if I notched the end I could hang my sawz-all off the end, then I decided to throw a hook on the bottom to hang my circular saw on. Throw in some screws for extension chords, a wal-mart rack for my weedeater, and a small stand for my car battery charger and I'm happy with the outcome.

 

[biker]

Figured I'd bump this thread and finally contribute to the forum. Here are some things that this forum has inspired me to do around my garage.

Sourced a white board from CL and decided to turn it into the front face of a motorcycle helmet cabinet. Figured if I hung it high enough I'd have room to hang my jackets under it. Worked out pretty well. I decided to keep all my bike oil changing gear (don't worry oils in a plastic pan), car wash supplies, and bike specific tools on the top half of the cabinet.

Had a spare corner in the garage that didn't have much going on in it so I decided to store my cordless drills there. I grabbed a piece of 2X8 and cut out two gun holster holes. I figured if I notched the end I could hang my sawz-all off the end, then I decided to throw a hook on the bottom to hang my circular saw on. Throw in some screws for extension chords, a wal-mart rack for my weedeater, and a small stand for my car battery charger and I'm happy with the outcome.

Hey Man,

Thats nice. How thick of plywood is the cabinet from?

 

[JC23]

Well, it's not on my walls - it's on my ceiling. I made these racks out of thick wall, square tubing and quickly found out I could have made them out of thin wall. They are mitre cut and MIG welded. On the one side, it holds things like plastic tubing, wood trim and a few studs while the other side holds sheets of paneling and bigger flat items.

I drilled through the trusses and OSB ceiling, spreading the load out as far as I could to reduce the weight per fastener. Then, I drilled the racks and used fender washers liberally to further distrubute the loads. That hood is from one of Ken Schrader's NASCAR trucks and covers up the wood on the big side. I would do this again in a minute!

 

[slickgt1]

I'm in the process of planning my garage renovation. You guys ****. There are way too many ideas for a person to consider. You guys are great, I love it.

 

[meissen]

 

[larry_g]

I have a storage wall. This wall seperated the main shop from the machine shop and holds up the loft. I made it from 2x10's so that I could do the shelves in it. Eventually it will be closed on one side or the other so that the shelves are accessable from only one side but 1/2 the will open to the main shop and 1/2 will open to the machine shop, The bay with the e-panel will be closed on both sides.

lg
no neat sig line

 

[type550]

Just fitted this pegboard to my jar shelf

 

[mdbeck1]

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I think I'd drop that shelf just enough so that I could open the breaker box without removing the tools.

 

[regguy1]

I started this thread about a storage idea, I think it's appropriate for this discussion, several photos:

http://www.garagejournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=65557

 

[CrashTestDummy]

Hmmm, I see a clean up on aisle 1 when you inadvertently, or more likely some family member inadvertently jambs the shovel into those lights. You might want to invest in some baskets for those lights.

Gene Beaird,
Pearland, Texas

Here are some better pics of one of the shelves:
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The shelf is basically a pc of plywood (about 14"x24", I think) on 2 13" shelf brackets. You can just see the angle iron that is screwed to the shelf part that also hooks into the rails to hold it up. Since the bottom of the brackets don't have much to "brace" against, you have to build up something to screw to the bottom of those. on these braces, there was one hole already, but I drilled another one and screwed a second screw in to keep it from twisting. That pc of wood is the same thickness as the rails (3/4" + 1/4"). I have a LOT of weight on there (probably 50 lbs or so) and have no issue at all.

Here are the pics of the high rail with all the brooms, shovels, weed eater, etc hung up:

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I also have one of those weed eaters with all the attachments. TO hang the attachments, I cut some pcs of PVC that had a close inside diameter to the OD of the attachment shaft. Then I drilles a 3/8" hole for the "button" (that you push to detach the attachment) to fit in. Then I drilled a hole all the way through at the top that was offset 90degrees and run a pc of wire through that and make a loop. I then hang that on the hook.

 

[padstack]

Meh. Trust me. The wife isn't doing anything with anything on that wall... LOL!

 

[z28toz06]

Top side holds spray bottles and shop towels

Bottom has the Funnel holder and drain system for my drain pan.

 

[whowutwut]

z28toz06, pretty neat! Did you build the drain pan and shelves yourself? Is that made out of wood?

 

[z28toz06]

z28toz06, pretty neat! Did you build the drain pan and shelves yourself? Is that made out of wood?

Yes, I built them. I used poplar and spray painted it. The funnel holder has white pipe behind it that all leads down to the down spout.

The shelf I used a piece of 1/2" galvanized pipe with a couple of end flanges for the bottle holder and the paper towel rack.

 

[z28toz06]

here's a couple shots of the spray bottle holder shelf going together.

 

[jbs]

Top side holds spray bottles and shop towels

Bottom has the Funnel holder and drain system for my drain pan.

I like both of these a lot! Definitely going to copy. Thanks for posting

 

[Mattlt]

Top side holds spray bottles and shop towels

Bottom has the Funnel holder and drain system for my drain pan.

Finally a good use for PVC pipe in the shop!

 

[BlindViper]

Thats some fancy funnel storage. I just have one of those 5 gallon water jugs I have 4 of the same funnels with the ends trimmed to different sizes. The oil and what not just drips in the jug.

 

[gojrracing]

Ok, I did a search for air tool storage several different ways, but all I came up with was a bunch of cabinets and shelving. I would like to see those trick solutions you came up with. Simple and cheap are always better. Those really troublesome items are great, too.

Here are a few of mine...

I have gotten attached to these rafter hooks. They are about $3 each at most any hardware store.


I use them all over to hang hoses and cords or lumber and framing materials...



But the best use yet has been holding up my air tool hanger...


I had this box of couplers laying around with some reduce bushings, so I grabbed a piece of square tubing and put a hole on the bottom large enough for the stem of the coupler and a hole on the top large enough for the bushing. Now I can plug all my air tools into the hanger with no wory that they may fall and be damaged and the big drawer of my roll cab was freed up for other stuff.


Then there's the angle iron screwdriver rack. I decided to do this after realizing that my screwdrivers were always out anyways, so now I put them back in the rack instead of laying them down on the bench.


I searched all over for reasonably priced socket organizers. There is no such thing and what is out there is not really tailored to my set, so I made my own with a 3/4" slab of particle board and a bunch of spade bits. Total cost: $45 including all the drill bits.



Probably the first thing ever put on my walls was my weed-eater rack. Simple enough...


A commercial piece that I consider mandatory for anything with a long handle, these are the Rubbermaid Pro series....


They can be track mounted, but I just use screw-in drywall anchors...


There's mine, where's yours?

Those are very useful. I don't have my own yet and I want to buy. Could you help me, please?

 

[DigitalFusion]

Top side holds spray bottles and shop towels

Bottom has the Funnel holder and drain system for my drain pan.

In addition to many other ideas in this thread, I am going to be stealing this one, including teh Adams products!

 

[thomfr]

Always hated the tie wraps being everywhere.
Combined the car and other (modest) hobby:

(can be changed to any brand, as long as the bottle comes packed this way).

Thom

 

[slowtwitch]

In the old garage, I had open stud walls. I had some 1x3 and a roll of wire.

 

[28HopUp]

Here's a shot of how I got the lawn spreader, weedwacker, and snow shovels outa the way -

The spreader is seldom used, so I put it up high on a large nail in that dead space. The weedwacker, garden hose, and lawn mower are positioned for easy access. During the winter, the snow blower will sit in place of the lawn mower, so having the shovels handy will be a plus.

 

[A1an]

Here's a shot of how I got the lawn spreader, weedwacker, and snow shovels outa the way -

The spreader is seldom used, so I put it up high on a large nail in that dead space. The weedwacker, garden hose, and lawn mower are positioned for easy access. During the winter, the snow blower will sit in place of the lawn mower, so having the shovels handy will be a plus.

Very nice. You just cured my issues of trying to figure out where to put my mower, edger, etc without taking up a rediculous amount of space.

 

[rmousir]

so many great ideas.

 

[Brad G]

Just wanted to bump this back to the front... So many awesome ideas here! What else is out there?

 

[243]

Here's a shot of how I got the lawn spreader, weedwacker, and snow shovels outa the way -

The spreader is seldom used, so I put it up high on a large nail in that dead space. The weedwacker, garden hose, and lawn mower are positioned for easy access. During the winter, the snow blower will sit in place of the lawn mower, so having the shovels handy will be a plus.

And "balls to the wall"

 

[tomstin]

Not much more can fit on my walls!

 

[jmh21586]

Yeah.... you're organized.

 

[slowtwitch]

Here's a simple battery charger rack I made.

 

[PassnThru]

I have posted these before - they are in the house and have been great for charging things and storing batteries. With 3 small ones we go through a lot of batteries and we never have to hunt for them or a charger.

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[usmc_noma]

Those are good ideas on the charger racks.

 

[ctfortner]

Like that! Think I will have to borrow that idea.

Here's a simple battery charger rack I made.

 

[strnge]

Old Oil and antifreeze jugs work well as storage bins. They don't get all moldy if it's damp in the garage. They are easy to pick up and take with you, More convienant than the boxes that screws and nails come in, and after your oil change, they are free. I have an old card file cabinet that these fit great in. It works well for me anyways.

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I am so stealing your idea!

 

[kgorman]

Here's a simple battery charger rack I made.

Love it!!!

 

[Call me the Breeze]

Have at it Strnge!

 

[cwolfley]

here whats going on in my garage, not much but should work.