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   JohnT8 | Nov 17, 2004 12:21am | #1

   I like clear totes better.  Don't have to open it to see what's in it. 

   jt8
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   brownbagg | Nov 17, 2004 03:07am | #2

   I did the tote thing, but I had to build a shed outside as a warehouse just for the totes.

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   harrisdog43 | Nov 17, 2004 05:45am | #3

   I use the pipe in the 2x4 for wood storage...why are you thinking of changing that or, or you just surfing for new ideas? Go to woodmagazine.com and check out their shop ideas. Google on shop storage also.<?xml:namespace /><o:p />

   Here is a link to a list of ideas, take your pick.<o:p />

    http://www.diynet.com/diy/wk_storage_organization/0,2036,DIY_14428,00.html

    

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   JDRHI | Nov 17, 2004 06:32am | #4

   I`m jumpin` in lookin` for the same.....I`m in the process of creating a shop within my garage. I`ve got a supply of metal cabinets waiting to be hung and I`m planning a mobile partition wall (I`m thinking mobile to accomodate and seperate the shop area from the garage) which I plan to cover with pegboard and hang lightweight hand tools.....the ones ones so often tossed in a drawer or into a bucket and not found until after they`re needed.

   BTW, Great name!

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   CapnMac | Nov 18, 2004 01:36am | #11

   hang lightweight hand tools.....the ones ones so often tossed in a drawer or into a bucket

   Make a spot for the tool belt(s), and buckets while you are at it.  Doing that has a risk in that something "from" the belt will get "borrowed, just for a moment, away," sure enogh.  But, with a dedicated place, the belt(s) are not in a pile on the floor, or trying to dump contents various places.

   A couple of stout dowels (I've used wooden closet rod, for example) set on a bit of 2X horizontally works for waist-only.  If the belt has suspenders, then a bit of closet rod run through a vertical 2X gives good support.  I stole part of this from a neighbor--he uses a lag screw to organize his buckets.  His logic is that if the bucket is starting to make the hook sag, it's got too much stuff in it.Occupational hazard of my occupation not being around (sorry Bubba)

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   Senna | Nov 17, 2004 10:37am | #5

   I don't have any room at all for my growing numbers of tools and supplies. I started out with a couple of clear bins with folding tops from HD. Now I have 15 and growing. I just have then just stacked up down stairs. Keeps everthing nice and neat.

   I have them labled drywall, electrical, finishing, 3X painting, tile, hardware, misc, etc.

   Very Martha Stewart.

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   skyecore | Nov 17, 2004 10:49am | #6

   one thing i like to do is mount my mitre saw's table flush with the tabletop that it sits on so I can lay a board all the way across the table(when im not using the saw but i want tablespace). Another Idea that would work, If i ever get around to doing it, Is to mount a pull out table extention, right where a drawer might be, to give a little bit more space for somthing like a door. The fence for the mitre saw works nicely to keep the workpiece in place.

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   JTBelcher | Nov 17, 2004 04:55pm | #8

   Got to agree with the miter saw idea - I was thinking the same thing - place the saw so it's table is flush with the adjacent workbench - a time saver for cutting the long stock

   Also thought about creating a fold-up outfeed table for the table saw

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   JerBear | Nov 17, 2004 03:24pm | #7

   My latest issue of Fine Woodworking just arrived last night and low and behold it was the Tool & Shops annual issue.  There is an article in there on space saving tricks for the small shop.  Also Jim Tolpin did a book on creating a shop in small spaces, it's put out by Taunton. I have it, and it's worth getting.  Space, or the lack of it, is a common problem when it comes to the shop.

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   JTBelcher | Nov 17, 2004 05:27pm | #9

   Thanks for the tip - I'll plan on picking up that magazine - and I'll check in to the book

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   andybuildz | Nov 17, 2004 10:00pm | #10

   I'm just starting to put my shop together.
   I like the clear containers for my nails screws tools etc....I like using standards on the walls for shelving because I raise and lower them any time I need to.
   I like using Melamine boards to cut into shelves cause its cheap and easy to keep clean.

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