BB, in the boatshop we call that a moaning chair.
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I am so not going to show a photo of my shop! Too many things going on there at once....
Very little use of pegboard for me. Most of my tools are in cabinets or drawers. Next to my table saw is a rolling cabinet with two drawers and a bin at the bottom. Top drawer is mostly for measuring and marking tools. Bottom drawer is for "sharps" - hand tools with blades, files, and scrapers. The bin holds my most commonly used power hand tools. That single cabinet holds the bulk of hand tools that I use the most. Another rolling cabinet holds finishes on one side, and categories of tools in drawers on the other. One drawer for hot glue gun, woodburner, exacto knife and Dremel stuff. Another drawer for hand-powered drills, braces, and bits. And another for router related stuff. Another rolling cabinet has the bulk of my mechanic tools, similarly arranged. Overhead cabinets hold fasteners (bulk), adhesives, and abrasives in one. Books, plans, brushes and dust masks in another. Clamps are clamped or hanging all over the long work bench, wherever they fit by size.
I need to build a copy of Cruiser's clamp caddy. Mine will have to be taller....
Very little use of pegboard for me. Most of my tools are in cabinets or drawers. Next to my table saw is a rolling cabinet with two drawers and a bin at the bottom. Top drawer is mostly for measuring and marking tools. Bottom drawer is for "sharps" - hand tools with blades, files, and scrapers. The bin holds my most commonly used power hand tools. That single cabinet holds the bulk of hand tools that I use the most. Another rolling cabinet holds finishes on one side, and categories of tools in drawers on the other. One drawer for hot glue gun, woodburner, exacto knife and Dremel stuff. Another drawer for hand-powered drills, braces, and bits. And another for router related stuff. Another rolling cabinet has the bulk of my mechanic tools, similarly arranged. Overhead cabinets hold fasteners (bulk), adhesives, and abrasives in one. Books, plans, brushes and dust masks in another. Clamps are clamped or hanging all over the long work bench, wherever they fit by size.
I need to build a copy of Cruiser's clamp caddy. Mine will have to be taller....
My shop is very small for what I do! i have a finished basement so my shop is relegated to a 1 car garage. I've got shelving down one wall for chemicals, car parts, and camping gear, past it is my sheet goods area and stationary tools (on casters)- band saw, jig saw, buffing wheels, wire wheel, with storage underneath for blades, wheels, dremel tools, etc, and a power tool rack above. there are 2x3' shelves for bins in the corner
across the back I've got my main bench with a drill press and wood vise with paint and home repair supplies under, and cabinets above with peg board doors and bench back-back with (in order) small auto parts and tools, various tapes and adhesives, safety stuff, (gloves, dust masks, goggles) soldering /brazing stuff, antique hardware, and the last is books and cable ties.
the side bench is my "metalworking bench" with a heavy vice, light-duty vice, grinder. Compressor, and spot and mig welder underneath, with a cabinet to the side for plumbing and electrical, and more cabinets above for sandpaper, grinding and sanding discs, drill bits, rivets, etc. then there are my planes scrapers and drawknives and finally my "delicate" tools- meters, calipers, taps and dies, letter punches, and drawing tools, with oilcans, contact and PVA adhesives, and chalk lines. under the cabinets are bins with various types of hardware. screwdrivers are in holes drilled in the bench-back ledge, and files, large drill bits and drill press tools are in racks behind the drill press and grinder.
the side wall has ladders, automotive tools, gardening tools, and the usual salt, sand, fertilizers etc.
finally the ceiling is for my flat stock (both wood and metal) clamps, and various lights and lamps.
I also have a large 220v tablesaw on casters in the middle of the floor that gets pushed around to access the various benches, etc
everything has it's place, but every time I add a tool, it's a 2- hour ordeal to find a home!
across the back I've got my main bench with a drill press and wood vise with paint and home repair supplies under, and cabinets above with peg board doors and bench back-back with (in order) small auto parts and tools, various tapes and adhesives, safety stuff, (gloves, dust masks, goggles) soldering /brazing stuff, antique hardware, and the last is books and cable ties.
the side bench is my "metalworking bench" with a heavy vice, light-duty vice, grinder. Compressor, and spot and mig welder underneath, with a cabinet to the side for plumbing and electrical, and more cabinets above for sandpaper, grinding and sanding discs, drill bits, rivets, etc. then there are my planes scrapers and drawknives and finally my "delicate" tools- meters, calipers, taps and dies, letter punches, and drawing tools, with oilcans, contact and PVA adhesives, and chalk lines. under the cabinets are bins with various types of hardware. screwdrivers are in holes drilled in the bench-back ledge, and files, large drill bits and drill press tools are in racks behind the drill press and grinder.
the side wall has ladders, automotive tools, gardening tools, and the usual salt, sand, fertilizers etc.
finally the ceiling is for my flat stock (both wood and metal) clamps, and various lights and lamps.
I also have a large 220v tablesaw on casters in the middle of the floor that gets pushed around to access the various benches, etc
everything has it's place, but every time I add a tool, it's a 2- hour ordeal to find a home!
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This thread hurts so much. I am a full time woodworker, with 4000 sq ft shop and 3 employees. Everything is all over the place, all the time. I am the worst offender.
Mike that's another reason I keep my shop so clean. I work part time in a shop about your size. When I work there I have to clear a place to work and then collect the tools I need from all over the shop. In the pic of my Ryobi tools there a tool bag that I fill hoping to take most of the tools that I'll need and is no home for tools despite a huge peg board. My coworkers know I have drill bits which are the worst things to find. And my boss is the worst also offender.
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I recommend having at least 3 tape measures, using a different one every time you measure something, and putting it down in some random place. Maybe carry it into the office, or even the bathroom, and leave it there. Repeat until you can no longer find a single tape measure.
I have become a fan of the ubiquitous 13 oz coffee cans, mostly because they fit perfectly in the sturdy holed plastic trays that hold 8 two liter soda bottles. I just hot glued a sample of the containers screw or bolt onto the lid so I can pick out or open the desired can at a glance.
Or carry the entire tray with eight different sized screws when working distant from the shop. Those trays have balanced holes perfectly sized for a 1 inch rope handle.
There are of course the miscellaneous screw and misc nut and bolt containers, sturdy plastic trays 8 x 22 x 5 inches tall, filled with random screws or oddball nuts and bolts. Those trays are absurdly heavy, and hard to sort through, but when I need a peculiar bolt or weirdo screw it is almost guaranteed to be in that bin.
I like the small tuna cans for the hardware that I'm using on a build. They are larger enough with short walls that you don't have to reach into like a dog food can.
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I do the same, using little 3 x 5 x 1 inch tall clear plastic bins, pipette tip boxes from the lab actually.
If I am installing a seat or thwart I pull out the hardware I need, machine screws, flange washers, flat washers, nylocks, thread protectors, and put them in the box on the workbench, or put the box inside the canoe so all the needed parts are zero steps away.
A seat installation using the above parts equals 20 little parts and keeping them all together pays off, even when finishing an install and finding, Oh crap, I have a flat washer left over, wonder where that one shoulda gone. . . . .
Same when taking anything apart that I plan to reassemble, all the parts go in a little bin.
Now if there was just a better way to pick stainless flat washers out of a plastic box with short fingernails.
Canoe work is easy when you're working on the interior. All parts, tools, and fasteners get strewn on the floor of the canoe. Even better than a bench because they can't roll off the edge!
Alan
Since I earned my LEAN yellow belt last year Christy is anxiously waiting for me to further apply it in our boat/mechanic shop. Too much stuff and too little space, almost all wall space is used up. I had some new ideas last night just need to get around to it.
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Yeah, well. I work in the aviation industry and all of our tools are on shadow boards and are checked at the end of the shift. At home I have been shadow boarding my tools also. I have been doing this for the past 40 years. I find it quite difficult to work in disarray as I am used to a certain level of professionalism.
I love shadow board, but they haven't worked well with my daughters and wife over the years! THey would see a tool they thought they needed, use it, and then just leave it on the tool bench (hopefully) for me to put in the proper slot or hook since they "didn't want to put it in the wrong place". I now use a 6' tall stacked rolling chest. All of the drawers are marked with what type of tool goes in each drawer. The tools get returned to the right drawer, it is neat and tools are where I can find them.
Hanging on the outside of the chest is a fire extinguisher, some quick clamps and small level with magnets.
Hanging on the outside of the chest is a fire extinguisher, some quick clamps and small level with magnets.
Just added the fire extinguisher to the shop yesterday. I was working with a heat gun the other day and realized if things went south the fire extinguisher is up in the kitchen.
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I think a fire extinguisher is an important accoutrement in any shop. Heat guns, solvents, sparks, oily rags, etc.
And not just in the shop, we have a fire extinguisher in the kitchen pantry, one in the upstairs closet and even one in the basement for drier fire possibilities.
I have only needed to use a fire extinguisher twice, once at work and once on the highway. Yes, I have an automotive and marine fire extinguisher mounted in the backseat of the truck.
https://www.walmart.com/ip/Kidde-Auto-Marine-Fire-Extinguisher-10-B-C-Rated/737567556
I'm uptight when it comes to fires. Don't know why, I've never experienced any, thank goodness. I have multiple CO and smoke detectors in my home, but see that according to some literature, times have changed. Now I should have one in each bedroom? The smokie in the hall of our small home is very touchy. It goes off whenever she burns the toast or sears the steaks. It's become a habit to pull out the stepstool we keep in the kitchen (we're short people with tallish cupboards), to remove the detector before supper. I'm uneasy all evening until I replace it. I'm glad it's a touchy thing. I have an extinguisher in the hall closet, right around the corner from the kitchen. (For my cooking, ha!) We picked up two others we keep in the basement. They were spare from a commercial reno; they'd expired, and so weren't fit for use there. I brought them home and have them handy in the basement. Hope I never have to test them. Maybe it's a blessing in disguise that I do all my workshop stuff outdoors on the patio or driveway.
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I take back that I have only needed a fire extinguisher twice. I forgot about the one fire in the shop.
The shop was being used as party central, and I had the shop benches cleared and covered with cheap plastic tablecloths. Christmas party, so I had a two burner Coleman stove going and a gallon of hot buttered rum mix at the ready.
The first guest arrived and I walked out to greet them. Come in see the shop, all clean and partycentric.
We walked in to find the shop bench ablaze. The open door wind had blown the plastic tablecloth up into the burners. Helluva way to start a party. We saved the hot buttered rum mix first.
The shop was being used as party central, and I had the shop benches cleared and covered with cheap plastic tablecloths. Christmas party, so I had a two burner Coleman stove going and a gallon of hot buttered rum mix at the ready.
The first guest arrived and I walked out to greet them. Come in see the shop, all clean and partycentric.
We walked in to find the shop bench ablaze. The open door wind had blown the plastic tablecloth up into the burners. Helluva way to start a party. We saved the hot buttered rum mix first.
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Cruiser, I ordered a three pack of magnetic tool hangers, ETA Monday and they will go up ASAP. While I like the rudimentary organization of these things
https://www.myhardwaresupply.com/st...MIwIqg57KK2QIVA0GGCh1yugg3EAQYAyABEgJLuvD_BwE
They are a PITA for several reasons. The shop pegboard is conveniently located at the back of the bench, but that pegboard position is not so convenient when I have to lean way over or stand up just to extract a screwdriver from that two circle holder design.
Even worse is putting them back. Toss it in there at a 45 and missed the bottom circle? Meh, fix it later. The screwdrivers end up arrayed /|\\/ and are even harder to extract.
There are some of those multi tool holder peg board circles positioned up higher and further way holding lesser used tools. Those are really a tippy toe PITA.
Thanks, a three pack of magnetic tool bars may not be enough.
https://www.myhardwaresupply.com/st...MIwIqg57KK2QIVA0GGCh1yugg3EAQYAyABEgJLuvD_BwE
They are a PITA for several reasons. The shop pegboard is conveniently located at the back of the bench, but that pegboard position is not so convenient when I have to lean way over or stand up just to extract a screwdriver from that two circle holder design.
Even worse is putting them back. Toss it in there at a 45 and missed the bottom circle? Meh, fix it later. The screwdrivers end up arrayed /|\\/ and are even harder to extract.
There are some of those multi tool holder peg board circles positioned up higher and further way holding lesser used tools. Those are really a tippy toe PITA.
Thanks, a three pack of magnetic tool bars may not be enough.
I like those Pegboard Multitool Holders. I use them mostly for my round and triangular files at the base of my pegboard
