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What is everyone using for organization/storage of all your supplies?
For example: Pen makers,bushings/kits/blanks...
Flatworkers, sandpaper, glue...etc?


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I think I have "haphazard organization". My wife claims I have NO organization. But on cleaning days I usually put the sandpaper in a drawer and all the chemicals and glues on a set of shelves. (if they happen to fit)
 
Boxes, jars, cabinets, drawers, cubbies, countertops, corners, walls, shelves, toolchests, etc. I'd like to think I stay organized, and I do for the most part, but it's a constant challenge. There's never enough time & space to become OCD about organization. I do have plans to build some dedicated mobile carts to store tool/supplies that relate to specific equipment/functions, like sanding. Chuck
 
Nature Man said:
Boxes, jars, cabinets, drawers, cubbies, countertops, corners, walls, shelves, toolchests, etc. I'd like to think I stay organized, and I do for the most part, but it's a constant challenge. There's never enough time & space to become OCD about organization. I do have plans to build some dedicated mobile carts to store tool/supplies that relate to specific equipment/functions, like sanding. Chuck
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Oh i did the mobile cart think- Old desks with wheels on them. This means I can move stacks of stuff easier....
 
I think I've shown enough of my Shop for y'all to know I have precious little organization. I do however have a large bank of drawers that I store screws nails, hardware etc. that keeps all those small things from getting lost in the Back Hole of my Shop. Tony
 
Mike1950 said:
About 10 yrs ago- Daughter needed some extra money so she cleaned shop- I still cannot find stuff....
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When we first were married Nikki would come out and clean the Shop for me when I wasn't home. I couldn't find a dam thing for weeks, and finally had to say while it was very kind of her to do that, she needed to stop.
 
Depends on which shop you're asking about. My 10' x 6' turning area in the basement is fairly well organized. Totes/bins for pen blanks and other small blanks. Those plastic parts drawers for pen kits and blanks that are tubed, squared, and ready to turn. Another plastic drawer set for sandpaper. I use round screw top beads containers for bushings (and they have a tray they came with that they sit in.) Just outside of the 10 x 6 area I have a wire shelf rack with other turning stock, a few pieces that are drying, and a few other things - that area is fairly well organized, but could use a little going through. A couple tool racks are mounted on the wall - one for turning tools, the other for various tools. Have a small rolling toolbox for other tooling.

The garage, well, I'm working on that. There is virtually no storage space out there so I'm trying to figure out how I want to best approach that while I'm working on getting the shop put back together out there. Am planning on a french cleat setup in one corner. Have the cleats on the wall, just need to build fixtures to hand on the cleats to store stuff.

I don't keep a stockpile of unpacked flat rate boxes sitting around - Katy would get suspicious real quick. I generally unpack them all right away and put stuff away somewhere. I do, however, use some boxes to help organize some of the wood on the shelves.
 
Sprung said:
Depends on which shop you're asking about. My 10' x 6' turning area in the basement is fairly well organized. Totes/bins for pen blanks and other small blanks. Those plastic parts drawers for pen kits and blanks that are tubed, squared, and ready to turn. Another plastic drawer set for sandpaper. I use round screw top beads containers for bushings (and they have a tray they came with that they sit in.) Just outside of the 10 x 6 area I have a wire shelf rack with other turning stock, a few pieces that are drying, and a few other things - that area is fairly well organized, but could use a little going through. A couple tool racks are mounted on the wall - one for turning tools, the other for various tools. Have a small rolling toolbox for other tooling.

The garage, well, I'm working on that. There is virtually no storage space out there so I'm trying to figure out how I want to best approach that while I'm working on getting the shop put back together out there. Am planning on a french cleat setup in one corner. Have the cleats on the wall, just need to build fixtures to hand on the cleats to store stuff.

I don't keep a stockpile of unpacked flat rate boxes sitting around - Katy would get suspicious real quick. I generally unpack them all right away and put stuff away somewhere. I do, however, use some boxes to help organize some of the wood on the shelves.
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You disgust me Matt, with your bins and organizational skills!!!!!
 
Tony said:
You disgust me Matt, with your bins and organizational skills!!!!!
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6' x 10'!!!!!! I don't have the space in the basement shop to be overly disorganized down there!!!!!! There's barely enough room to move around in there when it's clean!!!!
 
I like to keep things in buckets, old snake wood old cool door wood from when I was a kid and know exactly where it is when I'm making play knives for calendars....
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Oh wait, that's not me... I use a precision piling system...
 
Organization? Really? lol. I don't think that is ever really attained unless your name is @Kenbo But here are some pics of what I have and some of what I would like to do. it's taking forever it seems because working 2 jobs just sucks!!! I'm still trying to get the shop set up and complete after moving what 3 years ago? so here is where I am at with trying to get the shop organized.

An assortment of turning tools and stuff that still needs a home because it needs to get cleared off the saw.
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Lots of space on the wall above the lathe yet, turning tools will probably go up there.
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Hand plane collection? where to put it? Can't stay on the saw out feed table, I really need to get it cleared off so I can finish leveling it and setting it up. I need to use the saw.
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I'm thinking this small closet that was in the shop when I moved in will work. it was built to hide a gas pipe. Now it houses a small compressor and helps to quiet it down. The space above could be used for shelving for the hand planes?
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Miscellaneous hand tools that need to find homes still.
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Some stuff went on the wall above the miter saw station, more hand tools need to go there and in the drawers of the cabinets below.
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This is a closet that is under the stairs. I use it for power tool and miscellaneous storage. anything that's in a case goes in there.
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The inside of the closet. I added a light with a switch for the power tool storage area. I can get a lot of stuff in there.
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Found a place for a bunch of hand files and rasp.
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I made this out of scrap wood. it's removable bins for storage of hardware and stuff, nails, screws, etc.
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Some lumber storage on one end of the shop.
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And turning stock storage on the other end.
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I'm still working on the metal shop side at the same time, and the garage/kiln/wood storage/mechanical stuff thingy is a whole nother story. :sarcastic:
 
@woodtickgreg I see you use the same Precision piling system that I use. Very nicely done sir! When you finally realize you have no room for all the stuff there i will be happy to store the extra items in my shop for you...

That is a nice parts bin you have built, I will be stealing that idea from you for sure.
 
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