I see the miter stop T track. I want to do that with mine too but I didn’t see it in the plans. Can I add it as built or do I need to add extra material to the top?
Bought the plans, but unfortunately my garage is not the best set up. I'm having trouble figuring out how to set up my 18' miter station. I have a crawl space access door and water supply line on one side, and an outside door on the other, leaving me with limited configuration options. Do you have plans for a rolling table/work bench that could substituted in place of a 60" run of base cabinets to maintain the base cabinet height? That would be ideal.
Personally, my #1 rule is to not share your workshop space with your significant other. 75% of the stuff in my workshop is my wife's-stuff-that-she-does-no-know-what-to-do-with.
I too use the horizontal surface storage technique. Though I made it more efficient by stacking some tools to make space for others, just be careful grabbing stuff by the hand saws...
@@williamwalters3796 I to employ these methods but I also stack things in front of stacks so if I need to get something from the far bottom I have the luxury of reliving my childhood and playing Tetris as I move things around.
Pro Tip: Lay a generous coating of sawdust on top of all horizontal surfaces in your shop before you lay your tools out. The sawdust creates just enough friction to keep the piles - I mean, um, stacks of tools from falling onto the floor. Periodically re-apply sawdust on top of the tools as needed.
I don’t have heat in my shop, so I was thinking about building a wood stove to put in there, and only using scrap wood to keep ‘er heated. I figured it would be a lot easier to let go of that scrap wood if I was freezing my bottom off. 😏
TIME STAMPS! 0:33 Have a scrap wood rule 1:49 Have a dedicated space for offcuts 2:25 Use all of your available space 3:31 Use bench top organizers for small parts 5:32 Use portable organizers for small parts 6:50 Add tray to drawers for extra storage 7:20 Use stackable containers in drawers 8:08 Create a space for cordless tool storage / keep frequently used items accessible, not hidden away 9:50 Think about your needs today and in the future 10:30 Use pegboard storage 11:57 Use a french cleat system 12:45 Customize your cabinets (i.e. cabinet drawers, door cubbies, etc.) 14:09 Build your own custom cabinets I tend to refer back to this video to remind myself of best practices lol
I know I have a huge wood hoarding problem 🤦🏻♀️. I keep cutoffs of my cutoffs 😭. I literally tell myself I will use the cutoff and "picture" what project I may use it on 🤣. The first step to recovery is knowing you have a problem. The 2nd step, I may never get there 🤣🤣🤦🏻♀️🤷🏻♀️.
Different rule for offcuts- save everything until dedicated space is full. Then replace pieces with better pieces as they happen. So the parts you keep are the best you could keep. Optimum. Little drawers means that, even if they are labelled, you need to check exactly what they are (e.g. brass, domed countersunk, slot head, 25mm, dual thread, full length thread, no 8 screw is a long label...) Having trays in a drawer means you can see them all at once. And still lift out the tray. You want slim drawers as wide as possible- nothing stacked in drawers! Agree that open storage and pegboard is the best primary storage.
I second the labeling idea, but I take it one step further. I have a program on my iPad that has OCR: optical character recognition. A quick snapshot of my labels is uploaded. Then I can search and the picture shows up.
I've always watched your videos because I enjoy the way you present them. But I must say, as I'm a bit of a "hoarder", I started shaking when I watched this one and I was almost in pain when you started throwing away valuable pieces of wood. Sacrilege. I'm sorry.... I couldn't watch the rest. It was too painful.
I noticed your sandpaper drawer. One helpful change I've made in the last few years is adding a filing cabinet to organize sandpaper by grit and type. Plus, most sheets are 8-1/2 x 11, so they fit nicely in hanging folders. And over time, it's been a useful way to organize saw blades, manuals, reciepts, etc. It's been a game changer. Great job, and thanks for sharing!
drawing a pencil outline of tools on the pegboard is also a great way to know which tools go where... also a little more motivating for kids to put things in the right place... a kid will see a label and not care if it is in the right place... but something about putting a tool that is a wrong shape for the drawing disturbs most people.
you know... I wonder if that now ubiquitous early development toy of the box with the different shaped holes wasn't actually first invented by some woodworker who was trying to make sure their kids always put stuff back in the right place.
AWESOME video dude! I love your custom cabinets, but on the drawers... did you use 1/4" ply for the drawer bottoms or did you beef them up slightly? Just curious if the 1/4" will hold much weight. Ive never built workshop cabinets before and just had that thought. I'm making notes galore as I'm in the middle of transforming my home garage into a shop. Thanks homie
These are amazing tips Brad! I'm cleaning out my single car garage for my first humble but well organized (thanks to your tips) workshop. Thanks and I've learned so much from your channel. Super inspiring!
Keeping off-cuts depends on the type of projects I do. Wood is far too expensive to throw out. Pass your unneeded cuts to a woodworker that can use those sizes.
I gave this a thumbs up BEFORE I even watched it! There was a time I made Shop Nation look messy, since March 2020 mine looks like a gang of Orangutans partied in my garage.
Amazing. Damn, you are truly 'well-organized', possibly a little OCD, but nevertheless, it all looks great & certainly has a good 'feel' to it. Great job! You are truly a great presenter as well - you speak so clearly (somewhat quick) & you explain details (which many don't), so I find all your videos a real pleasure to watch. Keep on, keeping on - I've made some of your projects & your plans are very professional/ easy to follow as well!
Excellent tips. Brad nailed it! I totally agree with "A place for everything and everything in its place", and "Use labels". A labeler is the first tool you should get for your shop. Well first after the bottle opener, that is.
The "French Cleat Rail" is a great idea!! I need that versatility to build different sized storage boxes as my tool collection gets bigger. The storage unit for extra project wood is great too. I have so many buckets of wood in my shop hogging up all that valuable floor space. THANKS!
Excellent video Brad! I use the small pieces of wood for the fireplace. Very nice when starting a fire! Really enjoy your videos. Keep up the great work....... 👍👍😉😉
Excellent (and expensive looking) shop organization system, and especially the use of the p-Touch labeling system. I have been using them for maybe 30 years, after it got hard to get Dymo tapes. I can't see the little LCD screens easily, nor use the tiny keyboards, so I use one of Brother's printers that connects to my PC. My shop is never disorganized. However it is haunted by a force that randomly relocates tools and materials immediately after I put them down. Even if I accidentally put on in it's correct location!
By far the best "Organize your shop" video I've seen. Most are very Basic and dont have anything amazing. 5his has so many little tips that make a huge difference. Thanks for sharing.
Great video!. Don't know if you have already done it yet but you should do a shop tour showing how and where things are located and stored. This will be helpful for those of use who are building a shop.Thanks
I think most of us woodworkers have that issue with saving small cutoffs! Haha, If i have space i'll keep it. But eventually those pieces get tossed or used for fire
Lots of good ideas here. Instead of labels I fasten a sample of the contents to the small parts drawers. Much quicker to find than reading labels. I can recognize sizes of screws and nuts by sight.
I’m 75 and getting back to furniture flipping for myself, family and friends. My son and dil are having a creative cottage built for my 75th birthday. I’m still trying to decide how to organize my tools and paint. Thanks for sharing. I got some great ideas👍👍👍
I definitely needed this... Just finished up in a construction job and had to clear out my site container. 20ft shipping container FULL of screws, bolts, tools, fixtures.. It was a long process clearing tons of it out but i still ended up with a garage in shambles and an unusable woodworking space over it.
@@GrantOakes ..or maybe the original video suggestion is the best. For me it would be.. cause I right short check lists in my phone and add pics when adequate and the issue with that is that my memory has started to fade since long and I usually don’t remember making the list at the specific occasion. 🤥😵💫 To avoid doing stupid mistakes I think the workflows through and make a written work description in my phone. Then when the day has come to do the work (presently renovating a log house from 1901 ..) I go ahead and do the work. Including all the mistakes!! 😵💫 cause I don’t remember having a plan until I’m halfway in into that particular task.. Being a skilled, well organised and experienced craftsman doesn’t show so much any more.. 🫤 Good that I can laugh at myself 😅 ..and yes, it’s my own house so no one is suffering 😆
If you're drowning in off-cuts, it's time to plan a project that requires them specifically! I like your cubbies; what about putting other on the outside of the doors as well?
I'm looking to buy my first home and I am totally doing the sander storage idea once we move in. Love that! I do have to be that guy and note... Everything in ITS place, not it's. OK, I'll show myself out.
Nothing wrong keeping some small pieced of wood, you never know when you might need one... however, there is no reason to keep 20000 pieces of tiny pieces. Just keep 5-10 and throw away the rest
Getting off the 'save everything' addiction is something I am working on right now. I was doing as you did in the past and saving way too much because I thought I would use it someday in a future project. But in the mean time I was tripping over all these small pieces that rarely got utilized and were more of a pain than they were useful. So, I gave a couple 30-gallon trash cans worth of scrap to a friend who has a wood stove and he was able to give it one last chance to do some good by heating his shop.
@@Fixthisbuildthat I built it! It works great. I actually built 4 of these that run on drawer slides; I had a nice little spot beneath one of my workbenches where this worked perfectly. I'm using one for long bolts, one for staples, and the other two are TBD. THANK YOU for this idea!!!
The clear labels on the drawer handles is such a great idea. It is so simple it almost seems obvious. I literally hit my forehead with my palm and said "duh" at that point of the video. Do you put anything under the labels you stuck to the end of the plywood on the sanding disc organizer to help them stick?
yes, same with me on the handle labels. Just hit me while I was thinking of labeling the organizers. And I didn't put anything special on the tape, it stuck well to the plywood
Hello! Just found your channel this weekend and I've been binging your vids. Really awesome content!. I'm just getting in to DIY and I'm interested in trying out some woodworking. If you ever have any offcuts or other useful waste that you're planning to throw out, I would gladly take them off your hands. I would happily pay for shipping. I understand if you can't accommodate my request, but I thought it couldn't hurt to ask! =) Thanks for the great content btw!!
I'm in the process of organising my tools and equipment at the moment. This video could not have come out at a better and more convenient time. Thanks for the tips, Brad!
Thanks for the video and tips. Do you have specific reasons and uses for multiple drills/drivers of different voltages, or are they pretty interchangeable and redundant? I’ve seen a lot of you tubers have multiple drills but don’t understand why.
I like 12v for their light weight, but need 20v for big jobs that need the power. And a hammer drill for drilling concrete. So that's 5 drills right there, but you could get it all done with one 20v hammer drill. You'd just be carrying all the extra weight and size for everything else. It's just a "nice to have" situation.
I just have one of those directional poles that you see at the tourist areas (Chicago --> 1,428 miles , Paris --> 6,732 miles Miami ->> 2,419 miles...... but my pole says " Stuff that changes the color of things, Stuff that makes things shorter, Stuff that changes the shape of things".... It's color coded, so I can immediately know when it's beer time.
KILLER shop! As organized as any ever. Great vid Brad. 😊 One miniscule glitch -- "everything in ITS place." Not it's. Yikes, sorry to have noticed that.
Man... I have a nice label maker that has a lot of different options for tapes and such. It belongs to work, but lives in my "work" tool kit which its mostly mine. I just have to buy my own tape. It even prints on heat shrink with is super nice for cables and such. The other option I use for cabling is make a standard label. Put it on there and cover with clear heat shrink. I actually really don't use this in the garage very much. Just kind of know where things are. Good for me unless my wife re-organizes it or someone is working with me. Maybe I will do this when I set up the new place (in the process of trying to find a new place now).
French chefs have an actual phrase for a place for everything, and everything in it's place... Mise en place (pronounced - meez in plaz). During culinary school, before starting a recipe if we didn't have mise en place we lost points.
Brad, you are the man! I hope I get to your skill level someday! I just sold my house in New England leaving my basement workshop behind and relocated to Florida where I will be building a whole new workshop in my garage. I will certainly be using a lot of the ideas I watched in this video. Great job man! ...truly!
Have you guys tried the floordrobe method of storing clothes in the house?Works a treat!It can impact the atmospheric conditions indoors though.Can cause thunder and lightning.😂
Rule 1. No. That small piece of maple is a coaster just waiting for love. And that plywood can go over whoever’s car is leaking oil. Done. Or make wedges from all of it.
Just an observation, but having a prv on your water heater only is limiting the true function. If you have high pressure, i.e. anything over 75psi, it should be on your main water supply to your house. Check pressure at your hosebib. If 75 psi or less get it off of there.
I didn't see a tool tall floor cabinet in your shop , do you have one ? I'm looking for one . Hey I made your Garage Shop Workbench . When the guys stop , they all like it and so do I, it gives me a place to think ! Thank for your plans T/C
Whenever I have a spurt of housekeeping in my workshop, I take hours putting all my tools away and eventually leave feeling satisfied that it’s as tidy as I can make it. However by morning those damned gremlins have been working through the night bringing everything out again and putting it all back on the bench where it was
I only have one electric drill. It's worked fine for 18 years, but should I go out and buy eight more? If you had a lawn hobby, would you have 9 lawnmowers?
In order to build an organization like you showed, first of all we need an organized workshop 😉. It is like a chicken/egg kind of a situation. Good tips though.
Being a scroll saw guy, the stuff you chunk is the stuff we use all the time (from your video 2 years ago)! Do you still chunk your smaller stuff or has that changed with this economy?
I can't help but to wonder how those tools stay so pristine. Are the tools purchased for collection or are they really being used? Also, if one does build stuff, does he build stuff other than stuff to store organize his tools only? My tools are so beat up, I wouldn't display it like that. Nice shop though.
My tools are not accessible, at least not close to this, although I have a small one car garage that we park cars in. I make due, and hang everything I can. The next big project is a shed to get anything out that's not for working on cars or woodworking.
One tip on the Brother label printer. To avoid the extra inch of waste on every label, just gang print a bunch of labels in one strip and cut them. Awesome tips here!
Not exactly organization, but if you put the weight of your fastener on those labels, at least the bulk containers, a scale, and simple math can tell you how many you have left.
I have my drills on the wall on aluminium stand offs? Whatever they’re called. You see them on the wall like its presented to you, it really makes you wanna grab it and handle it.
I get to set up my very first garage shop next month! Big upgrade from the current 30th floor balcony shop. I like your set up and I already have a not so subtle obsession with labeling things.
I hate to be the one to tell you but you sir dont have nearly enough clamps. But dont worry, youll get there some day. The correct amount is ALL of the clamps😂
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I see the miter stop T track. I want to do that with mine too but I didn’t see it in the plans. Can I add it as built or do I need to add extra material to the top?
When you're ready to get rid of your wood send it to me!
Waiting to give these a build til after lumber prices become cheaper than gold again
Hi! Are these plans available in metric sizes?
Bought the plans, but unfortunately my garage is not the best set up. I'm having trouble figuring out how to set up my 18' miter station. I have a crawl space access door and water supply line on one side, and an outside door on the other, leaving me with limited configuration options. Do you have plans for a rolling table/work bench that could substituted in place of a 60" run of base cabinets to maintain the base cabinet height? That would be ideal.
Personally, my #1 rule is to not share your workshop space with your significant other. 75% of the stuff in my workshop is my wife's-stuff-that-she-does-no-know-what-to-do-with.
My shop is not disorganized, tools are 'strategically' laid out on every horizontal surface for accessibility and streamlining
I too use the horizontal surface storage technique. Though I made it more efficient by stacking some tools to make space for others, just be careful grabbing stuff by the hand saws...
@@williamwalters3796 I to employ these methods but I also stack things in front of stacks so if I need to get something from the far bottom I have the luxury of reliving my childhood and playing Tetris as I move things around.
Pro Tip: Lay a generous coating of sawdust on top of all horizontal surfaces in your shop before you lay your tools out. The sawdust creates just enough friction to keep the piles - I mean, um, stacks of tools from falling onto the floor. Periodically re-apply sawdust on top of the tools as needed.
Lol same
Horizontal stacking is great. And naturally, the floor is the biggest shelf in your garage.
I like organizing my tools, but the Toddler Relocation Service that is employed at my house makes it difficult to locate small tools most days.
hahaha, I remember those days well!
lmao😂😂😂
a lock on the shop door tends to slow that process down a lot.
I don’t have heat in my shop, so I was thinking about building a wood stove to put in there, and only using scrap wood to keep ‘er heated. I figured it would be a lot easier to let go of that scrap wood if I was freezing my bottom off. 😏
TIME STAMPS!
0:33 Have a scrap wood rule
1:49 Have a dedicated space for offcuts
2:25 Use all of your available space
3:31 Use bench top organizers for small parts
5:32 Use portable organizers for small parts
6:50 Add tray to drawers for extra storage
7:20 Use stackable containers in drawers
8:08 Create a space for cordless tool storage / keep frequently used items accessible, not hidden away
9:50 Think about your needs today and in the future
10:30 Use pegboard storage
11:57 Use a french cleat system
12:45 Customize your cabinets (i.e. cabinet drawers, door cubbies, etc.)
14:09 Build your own custom cabinets
I tend to refer back to this video to remind myself of best practices lol
Thanks for the timestamps. Very helpful
I know I have a huge wood hoarding problem 🤦🏻♀️. I keep cutoffs of my cutoffs 😭. I literally tell myself I will use the cutoff and "picture" what project I may use it on 🤣. The first step to recovery is knowing you have a problem. The 2nd step, I may never get there 🤣🤣🤦🏻♀️🤷🏻♀️.
Me too. 🤣
My life goal is to be half as organized as Brad!! 🔥🔥
😂 😂 I'll trade you some design skills for some organization, Mike
Big shop organization guy here, nice job 👍🏼
You might even say Brad achieved shop greatness.
I too keep my bottle opener among my “safety equipment”. Well played.
If the wood don't fit to the fire pit
where were you when I was recording????
@@Fixthisbuildthat want me to do a voice recording and you can just dub over. Lol
Offcuts for burnin'. Love my small hardwood pieces for that
Best one yet.
Not one speck of saw dust in that entire workshop?
A diy cyclone dust collector and sweeping at the end of the day keeps a shop clean for me.
Different rule for offcuts- save everything until dedicated space is full. Then replace pieces with better pieces as they happen. So the parts you keep are the best you could keep. Optimum.
Little drawers means that, even if they are labelled, you need to check exactly what they are (e.g. brass, domed countersunk, slot head, 25mm, dual thread, full length thread, no 8 screw is a long label...)
Having trays in a drawer means you can see them all at once. And still lift out the tray. You want slim drawers as wide as possible- nothing stacked in drawers!
Agree that open storage and pegboard is the best primary storage.
I second the labeling idea, but I take it one step further. I have a program on my iPad that has OCR: optical character recognition. A quick snapshot of my labels is uploaded. Then I can search and the picture shows up.
ohhhh, that sounds awesome
Woah!
“I have safety equipment up top” right next to the safety glasses is the bottle opener :) my kind of safety equipment :) great video
I keep my bottle opener on the fridge door with an RE magnet.
I've always watched your videos because I enjoy the way you present them. But I must say, as I'm a bit of a "hoarder", I started shaking when I watched this one and I was almost in pain when you started throwing away valuable pieces of wood. Sacrilege. I'm sorry.... I couldn't watch the rest. It was too painful.
8:42
Its is the possessive pronoun. It's is a contraction for it is.
His garage has more cabinets than my kitchen. And his are nicer as well 😂
I noticed your sandpaper drawer. One helpful change I've made in the last few years is adding a filing cabinet to organize sandpaper by grit and type. Plus, most sheets are 8-1/2 x 11, so they fit nicely in hanging folders. And over time, it's been a useful way to organize saw blades, manuals, reciepts, etc. It's been a game changer. Great job, and thanks for sharing!
I made a kind of folder book for my sandpaper.
drawing a pencil outline of tools on the pegboard is also a great way to know which tools go where... also a little more motivating for kids to put things in the right place... a kid will see a label and not care if it is in the right place... but something about putting a tool that is a wrong shape for the drawing disturbs most people.
yep, they call that shadow boarding. I talked about it on camera but that part hit the cutting room floor in exchange for brevity :)
That’s the old school way for sure
you know... I wonder if that now ubiquitous early development toy of the box with the different shaped holes wasn't actually first invented by some woodworker who was trying to make sure their kids always put stuff back in the right place.
AWESOME video dude! I love your custom cabinets, but on the drawers... did you use 1/4" ply for the drawer bottoms or did you beef them up slightly? Just curious if the 1/4" will hold much weight. Ive never built workshop cabinets before and just had that thought. I'm making notes galore as I'm in the middle of transforming my home garage into a shop. Thanks homie
Went with just 1/4" glued and stapled. Have had zero issues with separation through the years. Good luck, dude! 💪
Hey...tell us the story about the framed picture of Norm on the wall?!?!
These are amazing tips Brad! I'm cleaning out my single car garage for my first humble but well organized (thanks to your tips) workshop. Thanks and I've learned so much from your channel. Super inspiring!
whenever i am doing a project, 40% of the time i spend is looking for parts/tools in both my sheds. lol
Keeping off-cuts depends on the type of projects I do. Wood is far too expensive to throw out. Pass your unneeded cuts to a woodworker that can use those sizes.
yup, that's why I say "give away" as my first alternative. Always better to put into the hands of someone who can use it
Your storage is nothing short of amazing (Respect) So I have only one thing to say "please" come and sort my shop out.
thanks! and my family has me loaded out on storage jobs already, lol
@@Fixthisbuildthat 😂
I gave this a thumbs up BEFORE I even watched it! There was a time I made Shop Nation look messy, since March 2020 mine looks like a gang of Orangutans partied in my garage.
Amazing. Damn, you are truly 'well-organized', possibly a little OCD, but nevertheless, it all looks great & certainly has a good 'feel' to it. Great job! You are truly a great presenter as well - you speak so clearly (somewhat quick) & you explain details (which many don't), so I find all your videos a real pleasure to watch. Keep on, keeping on - I've made some of your projects & your plans are very professional/ easy to follow as well!
Excellent tips. Brad nailed it! I totally agree with "A place for everything and everything in its place", and "Use labels". A labeler is the first tool you should get for your shop. Well first after the bottle opener, that is.
Bottle opener - Fridge for the beer - labeler
Expandability is a must. I have definitely fallen victim to making the "perfect " organizer then buying a new tool and ..well...yeah..
I'm thinking how can I use it for my computer applications 🧐
Can I organize my Visual Studio using the same principles 🤔
Pretty fantastic tips, Brad! Thanks a lot! 😃
I'm definitely going to use some of them!
Stay safe there with your family! 🖖😊
The "French Cleat Rail" is a great idea!! I need that versatility to build different sized storage boxes as my tool collection gets bigger. The storage unit for extra project wood is great too. I have so many buckets of wood in my shop hogging up all that valuable floor space. THANKS!
Instead of throwing away the maple, or other hardwood, offer it to a wood turner.
"if the wood don't fit, get rid of it" yeeeeeeeeeeeee
Excellent video Brad! I use the small pieces of wood for the fireplace. Very nice when starting a fire! Really enjoy your videos. Keep up the great work....... 👍👍😉😉
Excellent (and expensive looking) shop organization system, and especially the use of the p-Touch labeling system. I have been using them for maybe 30 years, after it got hard to get Dymo tapes. I can't see the little LCD screens easily, nor use the tiny keyboards, so I use one of Brother's printers that connects to my PC.
My shop is never disorganized. However it is haunted by a force that randomly relocates tools and materials immediately after I put them down. Even if I accidentally put on in it's correct location!
Papa Bear, Mama Bear and Baby Bear?
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Must be nice! I’d make a huge mess in 2 hours. Good job!
By far the best "Organize your shop" video I've seen. Most are very Basic and dont have anything amazing. 5his has so many little tips that make a huge difference. Thanks for sharing.
Why not use those tiny pieces for wood plugs
I also like the sliding tray cabinets, so easy to use, been slowly updating my shop as well.
10:51 That beer bottle opener is definitely part of the safety equipment 🍻
In case of emergency 🍺
Beer has saved me more than once.
Great video!. Don't know if you have already done it yet but you should do a shop tour showing how and where things are located and stored. This will be helpful for those of use who are building a shop.Thanks
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I think most of us woodworkers have that issue with saving small cutoffs! Haha, If i have space i'll keep it. But eventually those pieces get tossed or used for fire
Lots of good ideas here. Instead of labels I fasten a sample of the contents to the small parts drawers. Much quicker to find than reading labels. I can recognize sizes of screws and nuts by sight.
I’m 75 and getting back to furniture flipping for myself, family and friends. My son and dil are having a creative cottage built for my 75th birthday. I’m still trying to decide how to organize my tools and paint. Thanks for sharing. I got some great ideas👍👍👍
I definitely needed this... Just finished up in a construction job and had to clear out my site container.
20ft shipping container FULL of screws, bolts, tools, fixtures.. It was a long process clearing tons of it out but i still ended up with a garage in shambles and an unusable woodworking space over it.
Better idea is to take a pic with your phone of the tool board.
Tag the photo “Workshop” or put it in your workshop album.
I was thinking the same thing and you could put a printed version near the peg board wall so at a glance you can see where everything goes.
@@GrantOakes ..or maybe the original video suggestion is the best. For me it would be.. cause I right short check lists in my phone and add pics when adequate and the issue with that is that my memory has started to fade since long and I usually don’t remember making the list at the specific occasion. 🤥😵💫
To avoid doing stupid mistakes I think the workflows through and make a written work description in my phone. Then when the day has come to do the work (presently renovating a log house from 1901 ..) I go ahead and do the work. Including all the mistakes!! 😵💫 cause I don’t remember having a plan until I’m halfway in into that particular task..
Being a skilled, well organised and experienced craftsman doesn’t show so much any more.. 🫤
Good that I can laugh at myself 😅
..and yes, it’s my own house so no one is suffering 😆
Rock on Brad! Love the magnetic drill bit holder. Thanks for posting.
Thanks, Jeff!
I put small offcuts into a bucket. Stays until the next bonfire.
same
If you're drowning in off-cuts, it's time to plan a project that requires them specifically!
I like your cubbies; what about putting other on the outside of the doors as well?
Love the horor music with the 1st bench 😂 Great organisation! Picked up many things from u! Thank you!
I'm looking to buy my first home and I am totally doing the sander storage idea once we move in. Love that! I do have to be that guy and note... Everything in ITS place, not it's. OK, I'll show myself out.
Nothing wrong keeping some small pieced of wood, you never know when you might need one... however, there is no reason to keep 20000 pieces of tiny pieces. Just keep 5-10 and throw away the rest
exactly! Just make a rule and stick to it
Instead of throwing away give them to a wood turner.
Getting off the 'save everything' addiction is something I am working on right now. I was doing as you did in the past and saving way too much because I thought I would use it someday in a future project. But in the mean time I was tripping over all these small pieces that rarely got utilized and were more of a pain than they were useful. So, I gave a couple 30-gallon trash cans worth of scrap to a friend who has a wood stove and he was able to give it one last chance to do some good by heating his shop.
Thank you; this is an excellent and useful video. I have been needing a solution for my various brad nails, and I will probably adapt your idea.
That little tray is one of my favorite easy projects
@@Fixthisbuildthat I built it! It works great. I actually built 4 of these that run on drawer slides; I had a nice little spot beneath one of my workbenches where this worked perfectly. I'm using one for long bolts, one for staples, and the other two are TBD. THANK YOU for this idea!!!
The clear labels on the drawer handles is such a great idea. It is so simple it almost seems obvious. I literally hit my forehead with my palm and said "duh" at that point of the video.
Do you put anything under the labels you stuck to the end of the plywood on the sanding disc organizer to help them stick?
yes, same with me on the handle labels. Just hit me while I was thinking of labeling the organizers. And I didn't put anything special on the tape, it stuck well to the plywood
If the wood don't fit, get rid of it!
if the wood don't fit, it don't sit 😭, great video, thanks for the tips!
Excellent tips, Brad! Keep up the awesome videos man!
Hello! Just found your channel this weekend and I've been binging your vids. Really awesome content!. I'm just getting in to DIY and I'm interested in trying out some woodworking. If you ever have any offcuts or other useful waste that you're planning to throw out, I would gladly take them off your hands. I would happily pay for shipping. I understand if you can't accommodate my request, but I thought it couldn't hurt to ask! =)
Thanks for the great content btw!!
Welcome to the channel!
I'm in the process of organising my tools and equipment at the moment. This video could not have come out at a better and more convenient time. Thanks for the tips, Brad!
Thanks for the video and tips. Do you have specific reasons and uses for multiple drills/drivers of different voltages, or are they pretty interchangeable and redundant? I’ve seen a lot of you tubers have multiple drills but don’t understand why.
Some specific cordless tools just work better. There are battery adapters for almost every brand pair, so you're not stuck with using just one brand.
I like 12v for their light weight, but need 20v for big jobs that need the power. And a hammer drill for drilling concrete. So that's 5 drills right there, but you could get it all done with one 20v hammer drill. You'd just be carrying all the extra weight and size for everything else. It's just a "nice to have" situation.
I just noticed your Dremel storage, I don't remember a video about that. Any chance we could get a better look at it?
It was a promotional item that came with the Dremel, I didn't build it. Not very efficient storage...but looks cool :)
@@Fixthisbuildthat bummer, I've been trying to figure out a dremel storage solution for years that isn't "throw everything into a tackle box."
I just have one of those directional poles that you see at the tourist areas (Chicago --> 1,428 miles , Paris --> 6,732 miles
Miami ->> 2,419 miles...... but my pole says " Stuff that changes the color of things, Stuff that makes things shorter, Stuff that changes the shape of things".... It's color coded, so I can immediately know when it's beer time.
Great ideas and handy tidbits, thank you! 👍
I love videos like this. ❤️
You are welcome!
KILLER shop! As organized as any ever. Great vid Brad. 😊
One miniscule glitch -- "everything in ITS place." Not it's. Yikes, sorry to have noticed that.
This may have been asked allready bit are the 3d printed pieces you made available for folks to print? If so can I get the the stl files.
Man... I have a nice label maker that has a lot of different options for tapes and such. It belongs to work, but lives in my "work" tool kit which its mostly mine. I just have to buy my own tape. It even prints on heat shrink with is super nice for cables and such. The other option I use for cabling is make a standard label. Put it on there and cover with clear heat shrink. I actually really don't use this in the garage very much. Just kind of know where things are. Good for me unless my wife re-organizes it or someone is working with me. Maybe I will do this when I set up the new place (in the process of trying to find a new place now).
I can never remember what's in all those organizer drawers, so the labels help so much
Why did the label make waste so much tape it looks like you cut off as much as was used on the actual label?
@@Belg1970 Likely built in margins.
@@Danman1972 I'm sure just seems way too big.
Organize a Messy Woodworking Shop.... Maybe don't have 8 cordless drills?! Lol but seriously, lots of great ideas here, than you
French chefs have an actual phrase for a place for everything, and everything in it's place... Mise en place (pronounced - meez in plaz). During culinary school, before starting a recipe if we didn't have mise en place we lost points.
Feel free to toss those items to me! So much of what I do is small work or little repairs, so I could so use those!
Great content though, thank you.
Hey Brad- Thank you so much for this video!!! So many great ideas.
Brad, you are the man! I hope I get to your skill level someday! I just sold my house in New England leaving my basement workshop behind and relocated to Florida where I will be building a whole new workshop in my garage. I will certainly be using a lot of the ideas I watched in this video. Great job man! ...truly!
Have you guys tried the floordrobe method of storing clothes in the house?Works a treat!It can impact the atmospheric conditions indoors though.Can cause thunder and lightning.😂
How do you keep your shop so clean?
Rule 1. No. That small piece of maple is a coaster just waiting for love. And that plywood can go over whoever’s car is leaking oil. Done. Or make wedges from all of it.
Just an observation, but having a prv on your water heater only is limiting the true function. If you have high pressure, i.e. anything over 75psi, it should be on your main water supply to your house. Check pressure at your hosebib. If 75 psi or less get it off of there.
I didn't see a tool tall floor cabinet in your shop , do you have one ? I'm looking for one . Hey I made your Garage Shop Workbench . When the guys stop , they all like it and so do I, it gives me a place to think ! Thank for your plans T/C
Whenever I have a spurt of housekeeping in my workshop, I take hours putting all my tools away and eventually leave feeling satisfied that it’s as tidy as I can make it. However by morning those damned gremlins have been working through the night bringing everything out again and putting it all back on the bench where it was
I only have one electric drill. It's worked fine for 18 years, but should I go out and buy eight more? If you had a lawn hobby, would you have 9 lawnmowers?
OCD not working? The labels on the bins aren’t parallel to the ground!! How can you live with yourself?
In order to build an organization like you showed, first of all we need an organized workshop 😉. It is like a chicken/egg kind of a situation. Good tips though.
Being a scroll saw guy, the stuff you chunk is the stuff we use all the time (from your video 2 years ago)! Do you still chunk your smaller stuff or has that changed with this economy?
I can't help but to wonder how those tools stay so pristine. Are the tools purchased for collection or are they really being used? Also, if one does build stuff, does he build stuff other than stuff to store organize his tools only? My tools are so beat up, I wouldn't display it like that.
Nice shop though.
"If the wood don't fit..."
1) Get rid of it.
2) It ain't worth sh*t
3) I don't keep it
4) Let's call it quits
5) I'm not into it.
Side note… my work has a P-Touch and it’s perfect for prancing coworkers. You can use your imagination to figure out what I mean.
Bottle opener? Safety Equipment? very informative video. Thanks
My tools are not accessible, at least not close to this, although I have a small one car garage that we park cars in. I make due, and hang everything I can. The next big project is a shed to get anything out that's not for working on cars or woodworking.
One tip on the Brother label printer. To avoid the extra inch of waste on every label, just gang print a bunch of labels in one strip and cut them. Awesome tips here!
yep, Chain Print is great! 11:43
Love watching all your videos. Git some of yourplans but want them all. Can you tell me are your cabinets are they 12" deep
Not exactly organization, but if you put the weight of your fastener on those labels, at least the bulk containers, a scale, and simple math can tell you how many you have left.
I have my drills on the wall on aluminium stand offs? Whatever they’re called. You see them on the wall like its presented to you, it really makes you wanna grab it and handle it.
I made a "Me Point Drill Bit" joke in the comments on a Wood Whisperer video last week and had to explain it. Brad's Unite!
Wonderful. I would like to know where you got those cool plastic containers that locked together. Also, what labeler do you use?
Paul
I get to set up my very first garage shop next month! Big upgrade from the current 30th floor balcony shop. I like your set up and I already have a not so subtle obsession with labeling things.
You got Norm Abram watching over you- don't screw up! Is that picture autographed?
I hate to be the one to tell you but you sir dont have nearly enough clamps. But dont worry, youll get there some day. The correct amount is ALL of the clamps😂