Instant Access Tool Center
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 8 มี.ค. 2019
- Designing and building a case that provides instant access for most of the small tools that you use regularly. This portable fixture is set up so that you can easily access the tools you need, and also replace them the second you are finished with them, keeping your workplace organized. It protects small tools from damage or loss, and increases efficiency by ensuring that they will not get lost in workbench clutter.
Plans: this fixture needs to be customized to each woodworker’s personal needs and tools, so it makes little sense to exactly duplicate my layout. However, I will post photos of the case on my website, with dimensions, to help you get started with your own layout. Here is the link to my website:
psullivancarmel.wixsite.com/t...
I will list below links where you can buy some of the tools I show in the video.
iGaging adjustable squares: amzn.to/2XIrm0G
Woodstock machinist square set: amzn.to/2UydUux
iGaging IP54 electronic digital caliper: amzn.to/2IZmqB7
Gyokucho dozuki saw: amzn.to/2HtfTfZ
Suizan 6" dozuki saw: amzn.to/2NPT8no
Gemred digital protractor: amzn.to/2NSRSQh
Starrett rigid 6" ruler: amzn.to/2H5XCG1
DeWalt tapered drills w countersinks: amzn.to/2VKB0ht
Woodcraft socket awl: amzn.to/2tVtGnd
Diamond grit file set: amzn.to/2XITNeR
For the Veritas marking gauge and miniature planes, see the Lee Valley site at:
www.leevalley.com/us/Wood/Inde...
For links to earlier videos where I make some of the tools shown, see the following links:
• Making Detail Carving ...
or go to my channel. - แนวปฏิบัติและการใช้ชีวิต
Four years later TH-cam decided to recommend this video to me. I want to know how TH-cam knew that today was one of those days. Several times today I "lost" a tool or part that had been in my hands just ten seconds earlier. Coincidence? I think not. ;)
Great video best of many I've seen NO musak, good camera work, NO big EGO just education of the best kind. Thank you!
I'm studying to be a teacher, and you've unintentionally created the best example of accessible design I've ever seen. You took hundreds of tools with diverse needs, and gave each of them a comfortable home. We often talk about accessibility in abstract terms when it comes up, but this is what it looks like, and I can't thank you enough for giving me such a perfect example to show people.
This video HAS to be the most useful video I have seen here on TH-cam. It is so much better that the bucket I currently use and so bleedingly oblivious.
I have to say, your tutorials are actually enjoyable to watch. Everything explained in detail, but not excessively so. Build process well documented and supported by the design. Nicely done, Sir.
Thank you Sir for sharing! I learned a few things and plan to build something similar later this year.
PS: when the tape measure was hung I cheered out loud in satisfaction of the elegant simplicity!
You are everything I aspire to be as a woodworker one day. I am only 21 and only have a small basement in my apartment with a tiny workbench a jigsaw and a drill but I am learning
I forgot to return to tell you my son and I built a tool center like this for an electronics lab bench as a gift. Our woodworking skills aren't anywhere as good as yours but we decided to call it a first version, and I think it's being used and serving the purpose. We miggt refine it in future. Small tools are now in a known location and being returned, hopefully no scrambling for a tool just set down a few moments ago. And I have noticed when a tool leaves the lab, it gets returned. Very pleased, thank you for sharing the concept!
Many many thanks for adding metrics measurements for overseas viewers...
I think I will build something similar and slap a french cleat on the back so it isn't taking up my table space too. Thank you, Mr. Sullivan!
the VERY RARE actual process of Design. lay it out, think it through. good show Patrick.
I thought I was the only fella with a bench top that looks like a plane crashed on it. Great video and I’ve already started on my own small tool organiser
Actually,it looks like the English Master Dart champion took all the pieces and threw them in one shot and turned out looking good!
Молодец! Круто четко получается! Так держать. Поможем Добру стать сильнее!
@@andrewdarnley4608 My standard Dad-joke for first time visitors is similar (and I can slide in an humble-brag about being a lapsed pilot). *Don't worry, the haz-mat team has removed all body parts*
Great project....I am redoing my workshop and this is a must build. I also had less tools and a bigger brain when I was younger. Now that I am semi retired, I find myself in the workshop more and this will make my life easier.
Less tools and more. Rain ha ha 👍
I’ve been looking for inspiration for storing my own quick access tools and this is exactly the concept I wanted but couldn’t articulate. Your attention to smallest details and functionality is a joy to watch.
Excellent idea. And when I remove all those items from the tool wall above my bench, I'll have to buy more tool to fill the void!
it doesnt matter where in the world we are , THAT TOOL WAS RIGHT THERE 5 MINUTES AGO rings true for me too, nice tool tray
Sometimes I find my hand is still holding on to a tool that is no longer there
I’ve watched 10s if not hundreds of videos on tool storage - “easy access” type design tool centers and this is by far and away THE BEST ONE; hands down. Thank you for this excellent design and presentation.
I really appreciate the use of Both metric and imperial measures. Being that both are functional in their own way, we should all be fluent in both "languages of measure" I notice that I also watched this about 4 years ago.... well, it is just as relevant today as it was then...
This is awesome. This will help a whole lot in my shop. No more asking myself where I put it. No more walking across the room to get bits. Thank you sir.
How many strokes of genius can one video hold! Harvest the indexes from a HFT drill set, use a spatula, and come up with that modular build, genius I say!
Patrick! I saw my life when you said how could it disappear! My response to lost objects is "It has to be within arms length since I haven't moved, right? Nevr seems to happen though.That policy of once used then it returns home is hard to get used to, but I have about a 50% success rate. Your solution is as my friend from the UK would say is "spot on!". Thanks for posting this.
This is SO awesome. I was in my shop designing a what I call a sharps, marks, and cuts tray. Then I said to myself, I can't be the only person with this problem. Surely someone smarter has solved it before. Lo and behold! I LOVE IT! I am totally stealing this design strategy. Thank you Patrick.
I loved how detail oriented your video was. I even went as far as book marking your website.
I’m going to show your video to my husband....he has stuff all over the place. Great video!
Mr. Sullivan, I watched thousands of woodworking videos, you're the best teacher, presenter and professional woodworker on youtube period. Glad I found you, however, it's really very very sad that I found just a few posted videos of yours. Please try to share your experience with us more often. Thank you.
Patrick, this is a great demonstration of workmanship, creativity and design to solve a basic problem. I will rise to the challenge and replace my cobbled together holey stand that I made several years ago. Then spray painted it bright green so I could locate it in my peripheral vision. Guess that was a throwback to my early days in surgery when we wore green gowns. New one will be light blue
I built one to hold all the tools from a Chinese tool collection my mother-in-law bought me. It all came in a blow molded plastic case and at first I sort've sneered at it, but then noticed that when I needed a tool, that was the box I went to. Patrick's tool center idea fit the collection perfectly once the blow molded case died. I added a bunch of other stuff I use and it is crammed with the tools I once spent hours looking for. I just built a second one to hold all the metal files and rasps I use in my knife making. The third one will be to hold all my leather working tools. Patrick, this is a simple idea but so apt for the way I work that I have bought several of your designs now, based on how well this one worked.
I made one two years ago after a saw your video. Today I watched this video again before making my 2.0. I get rid of some tools I don't use often and make space for extra tools. Thanks!
Of course I'm standing here looking at my tools now.
It's not bad but it's not great.
Thanks for getting my wheels turning.
I'm definitely going to
Not only a great video, something I really need, but I love the steps you laid out before you started cutting wood. One of the best diy videos I watched.
Patrick, you are a voice of calm and sanity from what seems like a social and political maelstrom. Thank you. I hadn't seen a video for a while and I was anxious that you had stopped production. This was worth waiting for. With much appreciation from Christchurch, NZ.
Patrick, I know what you say about forgetting where tools are laying ,because at 79 I forget alot and thsi plan is very helpful thanks. Long live us old woodworkers.
Wow, this is such an inspirational video. I've got to build me one and spare myself the time and agony from searching for "lost" tools in the waste basket. Thank you so much for sharing.
I recently downsized to a condo and now work at a local makerspace that has the stationary tools but I found myself forever searching for the basic marking and measuring tools, bits, glues, etc. I love this concept and will adjust the dimensions to drop into a toolbox that I can keep on my car. I LOVE THIS!
I started watching thinking “why would I need one of these I have little places for all my things...” but I am 100% sold I definitely need to get onto one of these ASAP!!!
Excellent video! Thank you for posting, Patrick!
Just EXCELLENT Patrick.
That's a great tool storage mini center. I added a tool 'crib' to the back of my main workbench. It's basically a long,but narrow rectangular box with storage slots and holes. It holds the tools being used and keeps the working area free from tool clutter. I guess I have OCD in my shop. I want all tools and their siblings in their designated area. LOL.
The TH-cam algorithm really came through here. I've just started the process of dealing with the chaotic clutter of my small shop, and this is absolutely perfect. I'm going to add a French cleat to the back, and I expect this to spend around 50% of the time on the cleat wall near my bench, and 50% on the bench itself, depending on what I'm doing. Thank you so much for this!
This is on par with the feeling I would get watching old episodes of Yankee Workshop. Thanks.
New actual favorite woodworking channel. Incredibly efficient, practical, elegant, and economical solutions! So many other channels are all about how many woodpecker tools they can smash into each shot.
Cheers Patrick, showing your design process is as useful as the tool storage itself.
I love your videos. Thanks for making them so informative and relaxing at the same time.
Brilliant Patrick, well done and thank you for sharing 👍🏼😊
And You know what? You are talking to us. That's kind of unique skill atm. We have full support of what You do. No stupid loud music or noices comes from drill or hammer. Patrik - THANK YOU! Greetings form Poland.
THIS IS AN OUTSTANDING VID! I can't wait to get started on mine. I thank you for sharing.
When this man posts, you watch. What an elegant solution.
Very cool project and a brilliant presentation, thank you for sharing it!
Very nice job. Great design, workmanship.
This video was a joy to watch. I now have some hope of managing my tools AND art supplies. Thank you.
Patrick
I stumbled across your video just as I was on the hunt for tool organizing ideas. I watched the video several times and decided to build my version. I took your comments to heart about not just drilling a bunch holes in a piece of wood. So for me that process was as fun as the construction. I probably took two weeks of just selecting the tools to go in the mix as well as where to put them. So the project was quite simple to build but it’s made my time in the shop so much more enjoyable. I use it everyday. Excellent idea thank you so much
Oh my goodness! It's beautiful! I'm doing this today. Thank you.
What a lovely, well thought out project. I'm definitely going to make myself one - once I find all my tools. 😉
You had me hooked with the “where could it have gotten to? I just had it? Thanks for sharing the cure
God bless ya with this logic and practicality you provide us with.
I am definitely making one of these. Thank you for taking the time to share your build. It was inspiring 👍🙏
This is a genius solution to a problem I've never been able to escape. Thanks Patrick!
You are a master craftsman! Thank you for sharing.
I have most of these tools on my pegboard which is setup on the wall. The work table is in front of me with me facing the back on the wall. That is because I have space constraints and I need to film while I am working. I turn to the wall to pick any tool I need. It never occurred to me to put the stuff i regularly in front of me. This is a great solution. It would save a lot of time (and space on the memory card of the card too)
Love it! That spatula hack is genius! I like that this can easily be built with scrap wood laying around.
15:14 looks so good, every tool easy to reach and store, perfect !
Great design with a well narrated what to include and why intro. The how to build segment is equally excellent.
Awesome idea Patrick, will be building one shortly
In 10th grade in 1970 my shop teacher had a favorite saying, everything has a place and in every place has a thing. So I learned a basic principle in life. I build model cars and trucks and have always kept things organized. My.wife long ago tried to label everything. I told her I didn't need it. I now can almost grab tools without looking.
Talk about labeling things, years ago when our first child was around six months old my wife and I made labels for various parts of our baby's body. Like, the nose, cheek, ear, forehead, hand, finger, thumb. Nothing too personal. Then I took a photo of the baby, blew it up and hung it on the wall. We did it for the other two kids and they have done it for our grandchildren.
Thank you for a very well done video, I am getting tired of watching videos of just music in the background. I love your channel and I know what I will be making this weekend.
Mr. Sullivan, I am an organization nut. It drives me crazy if a tool is not in it's proper place. And I love this small tool organizer. Gonna build one right away. Thanks for the idea!
I am always looking for small tools in drawers, tool bags, apron pockets. Drives me crazy! Definitely building one. Thanks!
Found your channel last night. Instant subscription. Really appreciate the meticulous and thoughtful approach to making these projects, as well as the non-focus on products from Brand X or Y. Keep making videos and I'll keep watching.
Inspired! I am making one of theses. I am building my small 11 X 20 and am always in the "poof... disappeared" situation. Great video
I just built one and am loving my uncluttered bench with regular tools to hand. Many thanks Patrick 👍
Great idea! I have a tool wall behind me when at the bench but this idea brings everything to hand and avoids the inevitable cluster of tools on the bench 👍
Great idea and appreciate the details in the video and links to tools. Thank you!
Always a pleasure to watch your videos. Thanks for the effort you put into making them!
A nice, entertaining, and informative presentation. Well done, Patrick.
And I thought I was was organized, you Patrick take the lead by far! Many good tips & ideas in this great video! Thank You!
This tool organizer saved my marriage, thank you.
Great content here, very much appreciate you sharing your, "here's what works . . . " perspective, Sir! I cannot tell you how badly my bench needs this level of attention. Thank you.
How do I love this. Let me count the ways. A wonderfully useful organiser that every toolshop can use. The sense of humour, the beautifully modulated voice and the proffesional way this video is produced and I am hitting "subscribe". Thank you sir. I am heading to my workshop to make one of these for myself, my father and brother.
As usual you never ever disappoint. Always on point. I really love your videos. I have started Leatherworks and this is heaven sent. I needed something like this to organize mauls, stamp tools and cutting tools. Tandy leather sells something similar for about 70 bucks. Thank you very much for saving me
A very nice presentation - I will have to check out your other videos. For me, I have enough tools that I built an Adam Savage inspired shop cart to roll over to where I'm working. But I ran into the same issue, tools cluttering up the work area during actual use.
So I modified an old mechanic's rolling tool tray to the height I work at, and have gotten into the habit of using it like a surgeons tray, returning all tools to it during the project. It doesn't take up a lot of room and has really helped my workflow.
This is awesome! I think something like this would do well on my cleat wall to position wherever needed in my tiny workshop. Thanks so much for uploading this :)
Nice project! great way to organize small tools, thanks for sharing.
Thanks Patrick. I really appreciate your videos!
An excellent idea. I’m going to go with the basic concept, but I think I’ll add a magnetic strip to the front for tools that don’t quite work I. The slot idea.
Thanks for posting!
Love watching a craftsman at work. This man adds true value to our world
Thank you for this. I had no idea that such a simple concept could make such a difference. I made one several days ago with your design and my bench tools in mind. I love it already... I can find things! After 50 years working wood you reminded me that the journey is never over.
Always good to know another woodworker has that same problem “ I just put that down where could’ve gone “ lol. Really awesome idea definitely need to build one ASAP thank you for sharing.
Best video I've seen in years. Thanks Patrick.
Good one, Pat. I just reorganized the garage shop to improve access for my big power tools, your project will do the trick for my frequently used small stuff.
What a great video! I have similar problems with organizing most needed tools. Last year I buckled down and learned Fusion 360 to design similar tool holders that could be built with a 3D printer. It is very nice to have the CAD files because I have changed my mind many times over the past year and making a new carrier is as simple as modifying the CAD file and sending a new concept to the printer.
Pat, you had me busting my gut laughing. The only difference between your rants and mine are the four letter expletives I like to garnish my frustrated rants with. I have a few years of ripening on the vine over you, so my shop's chaos quotient is equally elevated. I like to think of dealing with my dilemma as being illustrative of some classic truths....
(1) Futility defined: Shoveling sh!t against an incoming tide.
(2) Ya can't fit (See #1) 10 pounds of sh!t in a 1 pound bag.
(3) There's always room for another tool (See #2) or machine.
(4) The wife doesn't really need that space (See #3) but I sure do!
Thank you for the enjoyable video.
Chris of S. Florida
What an inspired build and inspiring build video! The pace is perfect and you show just enough of your problem solving process to enable a viewer to replicate it for an entirely different set of tools, while not dwelling so much on details that it gets boring even for a moment. I will definitely build one or two of these!
I need one for my desk, my welding area and the work bench. Awesome idea.
This is brilliant. Good work Patrick 👍
I will be copping this tool center Patrick, awesome project enjoyed watching this one all come together.
Thanks for taking the time to share this one with us.
Play Safe From Elliot Lake Ontario Canada.
This is going to be my first proper build..... Brilliant design to build format!!!.... Thank you
Great piece. Been using a small bag for my active tools, but your design is brilliant. Building my own version 1.0 now!
Thank you Patrick for an inspirational video. I like the way you emphasized the planning phase.
I think making something like this may well keep relationships together. I won’t be so grumpy and frustrated and I guess a better person to be with.
That was most interesting and has inspired me to make a mini version. Subscribed and look forward to watching your next video.
Thanks for taking the time to use metric measurements too.
Thank you. a great design. I am setting up a new shop and just completed my workbench. This is exactly what I needed. I have subscribed.
I have watched a few of your videos and they are excellent! Im making my version of this right now. Being organized is super important to me. Thanks for the video!
Super smart! Especially like the drill bit holder part. Simple & very practical.