What's on your walls? Neat storage ideas!

[diver14_98]

Agree with Larry... nice setup and fabrication. I'm not tall enough to use those effectively... they seem HIGH on the wall.

They are. But that's so I can put the welder cart under them. The top of it is 6'10".

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[Muggzy]

Not sure I even belong in the same garage as some of you guys. Lol I got all the cases for free so I made the rack and mounted to the wall with 3/8 lag bolts

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Nice work.

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[PAToyota]

I've found these cabinets on craigslist. They're overhead storage cabinets from office cubicle systems that are similar to the old "barrister" bookcases. I particularly like that the doors slide back into the unit so that you can leave them open without having the door there where you can run into it.

These were the first ones I found. Due to the way they mounted to the cubicle walls, I welded together a frame so that i could mount them to the wall.

Recently, I found some more. The guy had bought dozens of them through a government auction and then was selling the ones he didn't need for himself. They were able to be mounted to the wall studs directly with lag bolts.

Now I just have to work on getting the stuff INTO the cabinets so I have room to work!

 

[Muggzy]

I've found these cabinets on craigslist. They're overhead storage cabinets from office cubicle systems that are similar to the old "barrister" bookcases. I particularly like that the doors slide back into the unit so that you can leave them open without having the door there where you can run into it.

These were the first ones I found. Due to the way they mounted to the cubicle walls, I welded together a frame so that i could mount them to the wall.

Recently, I found some more. The guy had bought dozens of them through a government auction and then was selling the ones he didn't need for himself. They were able to be mounted to the wall studs directly with lag bolts.

Now I just have to work on getting the stuff INTO the cabinets so I have room to work!

Nice way to use that office furniture. Too bad Craig's list by me is choked with commercial adds for a used furniture dealer. Makes it really hard for me to find any.

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[Project_shadow]

Nice way to use that office furniture. Too bad Craig's list by me is choked with commercial adds for a used furniture dealer. Makes it really hard for me to find any.

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Mine is the same, even worse with auto dealers, posting the same thing 6 times for 20 cars with 100 tags

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[PAToyota]

It is the downside of craigslist - well, that and some of the idiots (buyers or sellers) you have to deal with. I mostly find stuff by searches than by going through the categories themselves. The downside of that is you don't see things that you weren't exactly searching for - although my SO would argue that's actually a benefit.

I found the cabinets just doing regular searches for "metal cabinets" until I saw what I wanted. SearchTempest.com is also a good option when you want to search beyond your immediate area. That's how I found this CUDA automatic parts washer about an hour and a half away from me for a pretty unbelievable price.

 

[Nivekdodge]

Actually slightly off the wall but may be of interest to any woodworkers out there. Pipe clamps are a pain to store. I had an unused space between my garage doors so I took a piece of L shaped steel and bolted it to the flag brackets between the doors. Karma said it would be a good idea because I actually had a piece the exact width laying around - and the holes lined up. I added a few strips of electrical tape across the top to add a little cushion and friction. The top clamp has enough play against the pipe to cause it to kick back against the wall.
View media item 3372View media item 3373The nice part is it isn't mounted to the wall - if I need to move it later there are no holes to patch.

1) I did something similar but tighten the clamps.
2) Leftover paint- I've been putting in 20 oz plastic soda bottles and label with marker on which room. Still haven't used them but a lot less room. Buy in Qts instead?
3) Water in Basement issue forced me to buy a 14 gallon Vac. Decided on the way home, I'll hang the actual Vac above and use the tank for a trash can while not in use

 

[Farleyfan]

Hey Bessy, is that a suburban in in your avatar ?
Nice vintage mower !

 

[Narddog]

Harley Davidson quick detach windshield storage!

 

[onething]

Details please.

 

[ksucatz]

Harley Davidson quick detach windshield storage!

Great idea. I need to do that for mine.

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[evercl92]

We had some amazingly useful (cough cough) 8 inch deep shelves made by the previous master craftsman on our walls. Pretty useless.

Tore those out and made my own.
I wanted a design to not use any actual floor space, as to theoretically be able to get a vehicle in there and be able to open doors. Also wanted it high enough to park bicycles under so the kids could have easy access.

I've moved stuff around since these pics, but that the general idea. I plan to continue with more of the same on the wall to the left this year.

1x4's as a mounting board on the wall.
3/4 plywood at 15 3/4in deep for the shelves themselves
2x3's for the 45 degree supports

https://drive.google.com/open?id=1duE-15T7XEnDArQU-cyYr4GwoVxanVoh

https://drive.google.com/open?id=1gop5wNphTJ5mmMcHe2UU933rSznDul7W

 

[sbosecker]

This was today's project.






These are Steelcase Cubicle Overhead Bins.

The process I used to mount them is documented in The Lone Beech Garage Build Thread - Page 125.

Scott

 

[dittle fart around]

This was today's project.






These are Steelcase Cubicle Overhead Bins.

The process I used to mount them is documented in The Lone Beech Garage Build Thread - Page 125.

Scott

Nice looks like a unistrut project!

 

[dittle fart around]

Nice looks like a unistrut project!

Sorry dude guessed wrong again Cubicle framing, good job

 

[LS6 Tommy]

This was today's project.






These are Steelcase Cubicle Overhead Bins.


Scott

Nice install! Those things are so useful. I have a similar cabinet system I got free a few years ago:



There are two more over my workbench.


Tommy

 

[sbosecker]

Nice install! Those things are so useful. I have a similar cabinet system I got free a few years ago:

There are two more over my workbench.


Tommy

Tommy,

Thanks!

How did you mount yours on the wall?

Best regards,

Scott

 

[sbosecker]

Sorry dude guessed wrong again Cubicle framing, good job

dittle fart around,

Thanks! I need to paint the wooden support system and then I'll be able to start using it. I picked up more of these cabinets today.

I'm going to be busy for a while. Ha!

Best regards,

Scott

 

[Fyrme]

The cabinet is an old fire hose cabinet, like you used to see in stairwells and hallways. The slatwall came from old T-Mobile displays.

I've been looking for the cubicle cabinets for a couple years now, and can't ever seem to find any for sale around here.

 

[driftpin]

I like the re-purposing of the fire hose/standpipe cabinet. Not too-deep, so it saves space, but deep-enough to hold parts jars/fastener containers.

The pipe clamp rack makes good use of space. I found some maybe 12" long cast-iron loops that are made as storage brackets, they have plates on the end for a pair of screws. I placed them in the floor joist bays of my garage loft floor and set the pipe clamps on them (pic #5).

I also use the HFT plastic bins approx. 6" W X 12" deep for misc. parts, two fit side by side in the same floor joist bays of the garage loft (pic #4). Labelled to make searching easier, though they're grouped by use, i.e., electrical, fasteners, plumbing, straps, etc. I fastened a piece of masonite to the bottoms of the garage loft floor joists to make a 'floor' for the HFT translucent bins to rest-upon. Since there isn't any real heavy weight, the masonite is fine. Originally I was going to use plywood to replace the masonite, but there isn't any need to. I had a lot of the masonite, and this allowed me to make-use of it. I ripped it 2 ft wide by 8 ft long, and positioned it with one foot of the width on either side of the floor joist blocking, so I have space for bins on either side of the floor joist blocking.

Here's what I did with the wasted space between the garage doors. From the top, I have one of my Liftmaster remote control luminaires hung-from the garage door strut at the top of the stack, the light from it washes out the fixture in the pic, but that's what's there. The Liftmaster luminaires I have on motion detectors at either point of entry into the garage, from the house, or from a raised garage door (pic #1).

Below that, I made a simple plywood bracket set for the legs of my cherry-picker, as that's not something I need to use often, and this keeps it off the floor where it won't be victim to the winter snow slush and salt-encrusted wheelwell 'boogers' of snow that fall-off the car in the garage (kidding! I live in south Florida) if the legs were just lying on the floor. There's a re-purposed manual fire bell from an old Miami-Dade County FL public school hanging from the top wood steel pipe retaining piece. It's what my 5 y.o. grandson gleefully-refers to as the "Pizza Bell." When he comes-over to visit, he reaches-up and pulls the lever to ring-it, announcing his wishes for the next meal to be a pizza pie.

I threw a 2x4 block below that to hang whatever on it, currently it's holding a chain and a junction box, with a double-duplex 120 V outlet array by it.

You can also see at the top of the column, I have a 4 ft. shop light hung-off the garage door struts, which provides me some decent light for the floor drill press beneath it.

I also used the garage door struts to support some 1X4's mounted as beams to provide mounting points for an array of 4 ft LED shop lamps, below the garage doors, when the doors are raised. This provides good lighting whether the garage doors are open or closed. They're switched on the between-garage doors narrow wall where the cherry picker arms live (pics #2, 3).

My shop space is a small 2-car, so I've tried to use otherwise unused space for storage.

 

[fartymarty]

I also used the garage door struts to support some 1X4's mounted as beams to provide mounting points for an array of 4 ft LED shop lamps, below the garage doors, when the doors are raised. This provides good lighting whether the garage doors are open or closed.

What a great idea!

I wonder, if I use some steel channel instead of wood, maybe I could try that across a double wide door. I just love new ideas on how to get another 5 lbs of stuff in my 20 lb garage that is already holding 25 lbs of sh...very important stuff.

 

[nkachur]

I will add my some new photos of my new pipe clamp. Storage solution.

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[38 Dodge Coupe]

That's a clever idea.

 

[Bob Heine]

Discovered that a 3" ID exhaust coupler is the right size for a MAPP gas cylinder. Had to make it because the bottom of the tank is buggered and I don't want to hammer it flat.

Cut and bent the strap to fit.

A little welding, grinding, painting and drilling and the torch is in plain sight. It was normally lying on its side buried on a workbench.

Now I need to make a second one for the Propane torch (might even buy some matching blue paint).

 

[LXCam]

I will add my some new photos of my new pipe clamp. Storage solution.

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That's a great idea, I'm always cussing my set up. I might just have to do something like that.

Discovered that a 3" ID exhaust coupler is the right size for a MAPP gas cylinder. Had to make it because the bottom of the tank is buggered and I don't want to hammer it flat.

A little welding, grinding, painting and drilling and the torch is in plain sight. It was normally lying on its side buried on a workbench.

Now I need to make a second one for the Propane torch (might even buy some matching blue paint).

That's an awesome idea. Definitely getting borrowed.

 

[xyster101]

I will add my some new photos of my new pipe clamp. Storage solution.

I like the idea, but I don't like how much space it takes up. You essentially need twice the space of the clamps because the second half is used to take them out of the rack. Am I right on this? Slots cut into the wood to allow them to be removed from the front instead of the side would remedy this.

 

[larry4406]

I like the idea, but I don't like how much space it takes up. You essentially need twice the space of the clamps because the second half is used to take them out of the rack. Am I right on this? Slots cut into the wood to allow them to be removed from the front instead of the side would remedy this.

My thoughts as well. Or store vertically.

 

[nkachur]

My thoughts as well. Or store vertically.

You guys are correct. It does take twice the space. But with the current configuration I have, I am unlikely to use the space beside where the clamps are.
These clamps are normally a pain to store. I will be adding a shelf in front of the clamp storage to continue utilizing the space better.
Not all solutions work for everybody, but the more ideas that are presented the more likely people are going to find something for them.

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[nkachur]

I never posted this one. Though only partially on the wall, here is my extention ladder storage. I put the cable through a pull to speed up the lift. It takes about 20 cranks to put it right out of the way.


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[larry4406]

Nkachur - I like that ladder storage. I assume fixed ceiling hooks on the non-cable end?

 

[nkachur]

Nkachur - I like that ladder storage. I assume fixed ceiling hooks on the non-cable end?

Yes the fixed hook is on the non-cable end. Walk up and lift the ladder into the hook.
The hook the cable to the bottom rung.
Crank the handle until the ladder is out of the way.

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[thomfr]

Got sick of searching for water connectors. Looked for a usefull wardrobe/coathanger without succes so Used a piece of board and Some Parker screws. Btw the board is hanging level but the whole garden shed is not ��

 

[Tundra]

I never posted this one. Though only partially on the wall, here is my extention ladder storage. I put the cable through a pull to speed up the lift. It takes about 20 cranks to put it right out of the way.


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Great idea.

 

[Debriefer]

Namecips, I don't know if this is the best cord storage device but I have three at the moment. A 100-foot 12/3 extension cord (shown) fills it, a 50-foot 10/3 extension and a 100-foot 14/3 extension leave room to spare. You can connect the female end of the cord into the reel and you have 4 grounded outlets in the reel. Handy if you are doing a job in the yard that doesn't need the full length of the extension.

I haven't found a spot to hang them but plan to use these 3/4" rigid pipe straps (cutting off some of the open side to allow removal of the reel).

They may be available elsewhere but I found them at Lowe's for less than $15:

https://www.lowes.com/pd/Bayco-100-ft-4-Outlet-Plastic-Cord-Organizer/1214695

I used a 1x3" rectangle tube and cut it to form a hook shape:

https://i.imgur.com/0QOvIKA.jpg

 

[ckucia]

Discovered that a 3" ID exhaust coupler is the right size for a MAPP gas cylinder. Had to make it because the bottom of the tank is buggered and I don't want to hammer it flat.

Cut and bent the strap to fit.

A little welding, grinding, painting and drilling and the torch is in plain sight. It was normally lying on its side buried on a workbench.

Now I need to make a second one for the Propane torch (might even buy some matching blue paint).

Thank you for this.

I have one of those dual cylinder Mapp/o2 torches. The bottles are always flopping around and falling over. With this info I can make a little rack that will make my life a lot easier. Maybe I'll slit the pipe lengthwise, weld in some tabs and a bolt with a wingnut to clamp the bottle...

 

[LS6 Tommy]

Discovered that a 3" ID exhaust coupler is the right size for a MAPP gas cylinder. Had to make it because the bottom of the tank is buggered and I don't want to hammer it flat.

Cut and bent the strap to fit.

A little welding, grinding, painting and drilling and the torch is in plain sight. It was normally lying on its side buried on a workbench.

Now I need to make a second one for the Propane torch (might even buy some matching blue paint).

That's really nice. I don't weld, so I wimped out and bought a prefab version:



I used to have it mounted on my bench leg, but it kind if got in the way so I attached two heavy duty magnets to it and now I stick it on the side of my storage cabinet when the torch is not in use and then bring it out and stick it on the floor cabinets when I'm using it.

Tommy

 

[Bob Heine]

That's really nice. I don't weld, so I wimped out and bout a prefab version:



I used to have it mounted on my bench leg, but it kind if got in the way so I attached two heavy duty magnets to it and now I stick it on the side of my storage cabinet when the torch is not in use and then bring it out and stick it on the floor cabinets when I'm using it.

Tommy

Tommy, thanks for that. Wish I had known about those because I would have wimped out as well. Walmart sells them for $5 each (https://www.walmart.com/ip/Komelon-...uVt1TorVBRYHH31XLF9fYCTO_gDjmHNRoCcfwQAvD_BwE). Wait, what am I saying; I need to weld simple stuff that won't hurt me if it fails. It's a good thing you didn't post sooner or I wouldn't have made the second one. I don't always put stuff away but it helps if I have a place to put it.

 

[DRP6833]

Been meaning to post this and finally got around to taking a pic this weekend. Storage for my car ramps, a $10 towel bar from Home Depot. They're next to the overhead door utilizing space that was kinda wasted anyway.

 

[johno]

Been meaning to post this and finally got around to taking a pic this weekend. Storage for my car ramps, a $10 towel bar from Home Depot. They're next to the overhead door utilizing space that was kinda wasted anyway.

I like it simple, does the job.

 

[JonnyC]

Been meaning to post this and finally got around to taking a pic this weekend. Storage for my car ramps, a $10 towel bar from Home Depot. They're next to the overhead door utilizing space that was kinda wasted anyway.

Perfect! I've been meaning to get mine up off of the floor, and this is a great idea. Thanks for sharing!