I love this laid-back style of video. Keep em coming! Also glad I'm not the only one who spends an inordinate amount of time and energy making my small shop as organized as possible!
@tommyfeaster39
4 жыл бұрын
Love the modular organizers I have one for nails, screws, electrical and plumbing. As a former selfemployed handyman, they were a lifesaver!!!
@johanvandeputte846
Жыл бұрын
Could you be so kind to drop me à link where to buy these modular organizers?
@michaelcassidy1356
4 жыл бұрын
This is a fantastic video that I wish this channel had more of. Please keep it up. Thanks!
@junulock
3 ай бұрын
Here’s an idea which I did in the family garage. My Dad had a wood bench where he welded up a steel hanger system that fits a bunch of good size steel metal drawers underneath the top. Filled with tools and the usual but there was one with the usual assortment of nuts bolts. What I did for $0 cost containers is take our spent qt. oil bottles (a nice rectangular size) and cut the tops off to a even height to fit the drawers. Then went and sorted various nut sizes out. Fine threads into one container. Various lengths of bolt sizes into short, med or long lengths into separate bins. Washers & lock washers. Much easier to find what you’re looking for. They happened to be yellow Penzoil bottles so just mark the 3/8”, 5/16” or 1/2” in permanent marker. Nice as each is removable, cheap and easily replaced.
@CharlesKiblinger
4 жыл бұрын
I just "finished" a bunch of Oregon-izing myself! The first thing I did was to yes, eliminate many things (craigslist, free, pick it up in my driveway, works great), but then, the keepers (like: motorb! gonna make a Wandel-y thing! with! it!) got putted into boxes. That I made! That used up scrap wood! That I was keeping! To make... turns out boxes for junque. AND! Those (labeled!) boxes went on a tall rack (scrap wood, again) on casters(!!) that rolled right out of the shop into a space that was precisely the same size as the rack (a cunning plan) in the cramped unpleasant closet where the water heater is. When needed, there it is. Otherwise, not underfoot. Then I replaced two crappy overflowing plastic cracked trash cans of scrap wood with a rolling (did I mention casters?) crate that can hold scrap wood. That I made from the scrap wood. So meta. Also, OK, I threw away some scrap wood too. A real pleasure though to use things up for something useful, and also to give away some actually useful tools that I no longer needed to people who are starting out. Yay.
@JSCRocketScientist
4 жыл бұрын
This made a huge difference to me. Especially the part on getting started. I live in Texas (got a good laugh over the idea of a snowblower in the garage). We don’t have basements because the water table is 6 inches below ground. So my shop is the garage, shared with the washer/dryer. We haven’t had a car in there since 1985. After raising 6 children (just TRY storing 11 bicycles purchased at garage sales waiting for the next kid to grow into them) our garage has NEVER been organized. Now that they are grown I hardly knew where to start. My garage should be a TV show on how to organize thus mess. Ancient huge cast iron tablesaw (naturally in the opening of the garage in the way of everything), chop saw, band saw, a huge rack of canning supplies, an old water damaged cabinet full of plumbing and electrical supplies, 3 bicycles, drill press and a rolling cart with a set of bits and a hand held router, rollers for outfeed tables, 4 saw horses and a big compressor, TWO workbenches (one just a table, one a former laundry table with a tail vise screwed onto the end). Lots of old coffee cans of screws, nuts and bolts. I’m rubbing my hands together now thinking of how I can improve this mess!!
@trongod2000
4 жыл бұрын
Harbor Freight is the answer. You can go slow... use coupons that knock down prices and get you a whole lot of bins like those in this video.
@JSCRocketScientist
4 жыл бұрын
trongod2000 I’ve never been there because some of their tools are not the best long-lasting quality. But you are right. They have more than just tools. I’ll visit.
@214rwoz
Жыл бұрын
Thanks for all your time and effort.
@michaelready
4 жыл бұрын
My golden rule is, "DO NOT PUT ANYTHING ON THE FLOOR." You are doomed once you start doing that. Clear boxes are the key for me so I can see at a glance what's inside. Like you, I put general items in a common bin. For example, one for Vespa parts, one for BMW motorcycle parts, several for plumbing, several for electrical stuff, etc. Screws get more organized in boxes with bins like you show. Dewalt, Husky, others make a variety of sizes with $20 (box sores and online). You don't need to spend $60+. Most tools get hung on pegboards (I like being able to see and reach for a tools vs searching around in drawers). But somethings demand drawers. You can build or buy them. I've done both. Most recently, pretty good quality metal drawers sets on wheels with ball-bearing slide are very affordable (box stores) and less expensive than the wood necessary to build them. Lee Valley also has some relatively inexpensive metal drawers that you build a cabinet for. I've built several. They contain table saw blades, a spare saw stop cartridge, drill bits, specialty tooling, .... I've also built a couple that I attached under the extension table of my table saw. One thing that always goes into drawers or cabinets with plexiglass fronts are tools that rust. Putting them in a cabinet really slows the rusting process and I often put a low wattage bulb in the cabinet to reduce the moisture in the cabinet. I use large clear bins to store cutoff wood pieces I want to keep. I put like-colored woods in the same bin. Unfortunately, the bins are on the floor but, fortunately, are stackable. I have always struggled with wood storage because the stock and sizes are always changing tho I've realized that I have enough wood to last me for the rest of my life so its become less of a problem. I've always bought unique lumber when I find it with absolutely no idea what it will be used for. I've had some for more than 30 years. Another golden rule I employ is to put everything away at the end of the day to make sure you can find it next time you are in the shop. And demand that others the use the shop to do the same. Lastly, I appreciate the idea of throwing things away. I've started putting some small pieces of of commodity wood (cherry, maple, etc) in the BBQ. I've often wondered what to do with tools I bought, used once in decades, and don't see using in the future. Its a constant battle. Cheers. Michael (my 50th year of woodworking and furniture making).
@catfishcave379
4 жыл бұрын
Excellent explanation of the basic elements and layout of organization.
@oldcodger4672
4 жыл бұрын
My wife says “don’t put down - put away”. “Cosmos out of chaos”. “A place for everything and everything in its place”. And if I toss something out after not needing it for at least 10 years, it is guaranteed that it will be essential within the next few weeks. Sod’s Law.
@teddougherty6963
4 жыл бұрын
Great ideas sir! Thanks for the work you do and keep it up!
@georgebutler3rd
4 жыл бұрын
Downstairs in the cellar, I have several large cardboard boxes. In these boxes are the leftovers of projects: screws for metal, washers, and nuts of all kinds; wood screws; bolts; brackets, shelf standards, hooks, and other metal bits, all haphazardly dumped. I have managed for years to avoid doing something about this mess. Having no system, I spend way too much time searching for what I need. This is time that is gone forever. The idea of tossing it all into a the dumpster and starting over from scratch with a system... Ah, how liberating! The cost of replacing the goods in the future would be offset by the time saved. (Not that my time is worth anything, but, hey, let's imagine for a moment that it is. Ha, ha!) I'd want to keep the most commonly-used items on hand, of course. The rest? I'll treat a run to the hardware store as the equivalent of a trip to the library for a needed book. I'm gonna try letting the local stores handle warehousing, organizing, and display. They're better at those tasks than I am! Thanks, Ben!
@ErikArneson
4 жыл бұрын
Great video, Ben. Thanks!
@protect.your.digits.creations
4 жыл бұрын
Harbor Freight storage boxes , the come in 20 bins and 8 bins .Great video
@josephkrug8579
4 жыл бұрын
Maybe if you have metal recycling, recycle them vs throwing them out. ;) But I agree tossing things away when you do not need it.
@danpatch4751
4 жыл бұрын
Inspirational video. My garage is so bad I can barely walk through it. I know I need to organize it so maybe I'll start today.
@jdubbz3223
3 жыл бұрын
Ct all the way! Lol i see the plates and reminds me of my fathers old shop before he passed away
@davidmatke248
4 жыл бұрын
Adam Savage also inspired my screw organization with his video on Tested. I bought Bosch i-BOXXs.
@EarlBritt
4 жыл бұрын
I bought Harbor Freight storage boxes. 2 styles. one for small amounts and one for big amounts of hardware. Pretty cool. check them out less and $20 per box.
@guitarchitectural
3 жыл бұрын
I use Plano tackle boxes. Crazy cheap and flexible but strong enough to be totally filled with hardware
@UnbeltedSundew
4 жыл бұрын
Yes I use similar little cases based also off of Adam's video, and the little cups are almost the best thing about them.
@LouAdzima
4 жыл бұрын
Very Good video, good ideas.
@hernancoronel
4 жыл бұрын
If those boxes are USD 60+ in USA then they are AT LEAST double where I live in Buenos Aires, Argentina, IF they are available at all because high price items may not even get imported here! Just FYI in the US you probably have the cheaper prices in the world other than China possibly.
@tnbspotter5360
4 ай бұрын
Now I need storage bins for all the storage bins I no longer use.
@gregory596
4 жыл бұрын
Thanks for the tips. I'm gonna throw away some old ceiling fan parts right now.
@espnmk
4 жыл бұрын
Ben, yes my father kept everything also, because you never knew when you might need it, and ill say never. we lived next to and auto parts store growing up and just like any store they threw away there rack shelving circular rotating racks ect ect... well yes you guessed it, my dad would bring out of the big garbage bin and put it to some use. know to keep hes memory alive i cant get rid of stuff fast enough i chalk it up to like father like son. well for my screws and nuts and other things small i keep mayonaise and peanut butter plastic jars and yes there's a dedicated shelf for them.
@TheSMEAC
Жыл бұрын
I have the bins for homeowner stuff too and also a bunch for smaller things I use in making projects but don’t need everyday (much like your category 2) the hardware storage is a moduler like yours too. I have flip lid sort bin boxes (2) that sit under a rolling workbench then 4 more that are stacked conveniently under the stairs to the loft of my barn/shop. Yes, I’m dealing with set sized cups,/bins just like yours but there are different sized cups that arrange however I want. (Stay sorted and I payed about $22 dollars for them at that blue box store back in the electrician tool storage area; it what they carry in their trucks for consumablesI think) But then again, anything larger goes into, you guessed it bins. Here’s the difference and secret all those ‘bins’ I speak of in the three categories you covered: those bins are all snap lid shoe boxes that are clear and all identical! That’s it… they all match, stack like champs, and I have a clean strip of painters tape on the front of every single one that has medium sharpie written telling me what is in it. I still have 6-7 that are empty. But leather scrap ends, rivets, trash bags, epoxy powders/dyes, respirator canisters, glue up needs, assorted clean tapes in their own ziploc bags, etc, etc… it’s actually amazing. I’d just buy 10-20 boxes every 6 months over the span of a year and a half. They all are made by a company that I knew had a common style “sterilite” I think. But they’re not over stuffed because I use very specific constraints on what breadth of category they house. It makes things simple, I know how to find anything, and I just feel better about things. I probably have 50 of them in total and they’re worth it to me. So I do all that you do exactly, except that I also use the same shoe box in each category in addition to the stacking flip top sorting bins for hardware. Need a full new toilet valve? I can go get it right this very moment and be back in the house or handling it over the fence to a neighbor in under a minute. (So you know, a shoe bin holds two toilet valves and still has space for two sets of toilet bolts/ rubber tank washers, everything thing you need to rebuild a whole toilet for example). Takes commitment up front, but with the little investment in discipline and not going overboard combing things just because they are like categories (I sort by specific limited task to avoid ‘junk boxes’. Again, worth it all in time, money, and for sanities sake. So being the professional homeowner one must be in a 125 year old home now plays well with my woodworking and all share the same space (though even there, they have their own spaces). It’s not nutso, I sort sort and sort. The reduction in stress and how pleasing visually the whole thing is, is great! If anyone wants pics, let me know; great storage is borderline shop porn; I know.
@hernancoronel
4 жыл бұрын
This is awesome Ben. I hate you, I will have to work a lot to get to where you are LOL!
@fryreartechnology7611
4 жыл бұрын
I am the same way organization is important and I have toolboxes and file cabinets
@johnbigdaddyross2158
4 жыл бұрын
Take a look at "Lean Manufacturing" concepts such as 5S and the Seven Wastes
@mururoa7024
4 жыл бұрын
Two words: French Cleat. I stopped drilling more holes in my walls even though I had to reorganized my shop 4 times due to machine changes.
@moonwolf7135
4 жыл бұрын
Did you look on harbor freight they have organizers like that
@MrBrewzr
4 жыл бұрын
Dude, I just found you! You’re awesome, can’t wait to watch more of your videos. I have a question for you, I’m a new woodworker, and don’t have much to organize when it comes to hardware. If you had zero hardware right now and wanted to start a small stash so you don’t have to run to the hardware store for every project. I live a good 20 miles from a place to buy screws, nuts, bolts, what have you. So I would really like to get a little stash started. Thanks.
@FineWoodworking
4 жыл бұрын
That's a good question. For wood screws I'd go with, #6-5/8, 1,1-1/4 and #8-1,1-1/2, 2.
@charlesthomas1142
4 жыл бұрын
MrBrewzr re: starting a screw assortment I would suggest a Spax (name brand ) screw assortment . I got mine from HighlandsHardware. The larger assortment comes with one of the best screwdrivers I’ve used.
@mitchellkasdin1899
4 жыл бұрын
A year of hoarding nuts and bolts? Try 20-25 years of retaining every nut, bolt and screw....
@pilgrim33
4 жыл бұрын
Oh, so deeply wrong. I have used items that were stored in THE SHED for decades.| But when no-one else had a wooden turnscrew for a 1920's photo viewer...guess what.
@RichColvin
4 жыл бұрын
Reminds me of 5S we use in manufacturing. Here's a good tutorial (www.5stoday.com/what-is-5s/). By the way, a 6th S has been added: Safety. And everything you've done greatly enhances safety also.
@makermark67
4 жыл бұрын
You mentioned you buy your wood screws in bulk..... mind if I ask where from? Thanks for the info and the ideas. I'm working on organization now to help with productivity and relaxation.
@BenStrano
4 жыл бұрын
I pickup a full box from the hillman aisle anytime I’m in the hardware store. Don’t do it all at once otherwise it’ll be crazy expensive. I usually buy one box which just adds on $5 to my tab.
@RichColvin
4 жыл бұрын
I get them from McMaster-Carr
@googlesbitch
4 жыл бұрын
O.C.D. Organize Compartmentalize Detalization
@andybrook-dobson726
3 жыл бұрын
Thanks Ben, here in the UK the Allit cases are about half the price of the Sortimos. Granted they are a bit smaller and thinner, however I really like what you've done with your unit where the draws and the Allit cases are interchangeable - very clever and doesn't look to be possible with the Sortimos as they don't seem to have any lip running front to back. Going to copy this. Thanks again and any progress re some plans / sketchup drawings?
@FineWoodworking
3 жыл бұрын
That fell off my radar, I'll put it back on my radar!
@andybrook-dobson726
3 жыл бұрын
@@FineWoodworking Good man! Just opened up and reading my copy of Tools and Shops. I must get round to making myself a Chris Schwarz style Anarchist tool chest!
@andrewgifford8706
4 жыл бұрын
Harbor Freight parts storage cases are have similar removable bins and are $9 for the same size case. They also have a smaller size case for $6. The bins are interchangeable. They are great for the price. www.harborfreight.com/tool-storage-organization/parts-storage/20-bin-medium-portable-parts-storage-case-93928.html
@maratala
4 жыл бұрын
My mom beat Adam, I learned from her 🤣
@JSCRocketScientist
4 жыл бұрын
YES!
@JSCRocketScientist
4 жыл бұрын
I like your chest of drawers and space for bins with a work surface on top. Did you design it yourself or is there a design we can see? I’d love more detail.
@FineWoodworking
4 жыл бұрын
That one was kind of improvised. We are working on something that will go into more detail on the cabinet though.
@JSCRocketScientist
4 жыл бұрын
FineWoodworking Thanks!! It’s a TERRIFIC idea to house the bins.
@eagleonone
4 жыл бұрын
I hear you. My wife has long observed I am more invested in keeping my shop area clean and tidy than any other area of the house. /?? I am wondering what camera you used for this video.
@BenStrano
4 жыл бұрын
For simplicity sake, this was done on my DJI Osmo Action
@eagleonone
4 жыл бұрын
Ben Strano works fine. Sometimes less is more. I’m thinking about a GoPro and the result you got added pro points to my decision. BTW many thanks for getting me hooked on Blackwing 602’s :-)
@carpentryfirst3048
Жыл бұрын
You lost me at "purge what you don't need". NO! You save absolutly every single nut, washer, screw, ECT that you find! Only if something is rusty can you toss it but you toss it directly into your scrap steel pile for the scrap yard. 😊
@killiemon
2 жыл бұрын
Booo! Haha it's a great video, but I can't with any sort of good conscience throw away hardware! I just keep a large container with all the randoms so if I need something obscure or can use old used hardware for something that doesn't matter, like shop fixtures maybe, I have an easy place to keep it all and sort through it.
@howiwatchvideos
4 жыл бұрын
Vietnam
@dpmeyer4867
4 жыл бұрын
recycle recycle recycle
@wb_finewoodworking
4 жыл бұрын
Ben, I’m just like your dad partly because my dad was the same when it came to shop organization. I have four sets of those storage drawer sets with no labels. That’s been slowly changing in the past few years. I really like the Allit cases. I know that you have mentioned them several times on Shop Talk Live but this video, and a lot of research on similar products, has convinced me to give them a try. They seem to offer the best storage solution to my wood screw storage and organization and may be helpful for other hardware as well. As soon as Lee Valley posts their next free shipping dates I’m going to pick up at least two of the economy model cases. That storage cabinet that you store your Allit cases in is fantastic. I need something just like it. Are the plans for that cabinet available anywhere? I’d sure like to make one and having some plans would help greatly. Thanks. Don Bullock - WB Fine Woodworking
@BenStrano
4 жыл бұрын
I made it shooting for the hip. I think I did a sketchup as I was making it. I’ll look.
@wb_finewoodworking
4 жыл бұрын
Ben Strano the Sketchup file would help if you can find it otherwise I did get a good photo from the video so that will help. Thanks again for making the video.
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