tool room

[jam]

after 20 years it's time to hang up the tools so I can find what I am looking 4 it only a start got 2 to 3 hundred to go

 

[chuckorlando]

Looks good. I have used peg board for years for hand tools storage. Keeps it easy to find and easy to tell when a tool is not where it should be

 

[righto88]

Looking great. I try to sort and organize my tools at least twice a year and continue to lose them and find out I need more room.
:lmao:

 

[davidh]

nice job. I should do the same but if I would drop a tool it would go behind whatever else is against the wall and I'd probably never find it again. maybe with a little care . . . . . hummm good idea however.

last fall it took the better part of a afternoon to sort out just my allen keys

 

[wlburton]

I've built four (musical instrument repair) shops over the years, and I prefer to use 1/4" pegboard mounted on 1x2 as the basic finished wall for the entire shop (as much as possible). It gives you a lot of storage options. Some people like to have as many tools as possible in drawers or boxes, but for me it works better to have as many things visible on the walls as possible. I do always paint the pegboard with a light colored semi-gloss paint to brighten up the shop and make it easier to clean the pegboard if necessary.

Bill

 

[ronzo]

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I Prefer my method. I keep my tools in barrels. When I'm looking for something I stir the most likely barrel with a paddle. When the tool I'm looking for comes to the top I grab it .
Ron

 

[John Hasler]

I Prefer my method. I keep my tools in barrels. When I'm looking for something I stir the most likely barrel with a paddle. When the tool I'm looking for comes to the top I grab it .
Ron

I use a similar system for hardware. I have hundreds of drawers, cans, bins, and jars containing every possible (and many impossible) kind of fastener. If I search for long enough I will always find what I need (or at least something interesting that will distract me from my search). Of course, when I actually need to get something done like fixing a tractor I give up after an hour or so and go to the hardware store...

 

[Walltoddj]

I made the fatal mistake of trying to organize the shop, not one of my smarter moves. I have to stop buying tools or find a better way to set them up.

Todd

 

[Walt]

Good start.

You do realize that a shop is never finished, but you are much farther along than I am.

 

[jam]

Good start.

You do realize that a shop is never finished, but you are much farther along than I am.

yes I do I

today I took out my 1/4 '' to 1'' wrenches to get a start
and I got part put up but as I was doing it I had 15 to 20 9/16'' and 1/2 '' 7/16'' 3/8'' 7/8'' and so on
and all I have is two hands one 4 each hand is all I need ho do we get so much 4 me I see a tool I got to have it if I have 1 I need 2
hell I got tool that I don't know what they are 4
I did get all the sockets put up today and I had a 12 quart oil box that I put all the copy sockets in and I have 40 + lb of extra that ill
need a place to put o well I may need em one day
got home and what do I do I get on ebay looking 4 tools like I need to but I cant help it
I am a tool addict some one help me It like being on drugs

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I use a similar system for hardware. I have hundreds of drawers, cans, bins, and jars containing every possible (and many impossible) kind of fastener. If I search for long enough I will always find what I need (or at least something interesting that will distract me from my search). Of course, when I actually need to get something done like fixing a tractor I give up after an hour or so and go to the hardware store...

I had that system 4 a long time it was good but it was time consuming but it did work but it took 2 times as long to do

hell with the cans bins and the jars system it may take me all day to change a spark plug in the lawn mower.