Creating a Workshop & Home

[EddieWalker]

Then I cut and installed most of the shelves. I decided to put the shelves in before the front braces because of the way it all ties together. And also I thought it would square up tighter and easier if I put the shelves in and screwd the sides to the shelf first.

Eddie

 

[Bird]

</font><font color="blue" class="small">( I need to get the workshop cleaned up and organized before Christmas Eve. We're having dinner here in the workshop then )</font>

That sounds familiar. We had a family reunion the end of October; 30 people for dinner. For Thanksgiving, we only had 14, but in our little house, the shop was the only place with enough room to set up tables and chairs for that many. /forums/images/graemlins/laugh.gif

 

[EddieWalker]

This picture is about a month old. I've been neglecting this thread until I actually finished my workbench.

Here are the finished shelves.

Eddie

 

[EddieWalker]

This picture shows what it looks like today.

I still have a fair amount of empty shelves and there's still more stuff in my storage area that will go there, but for now, I'm happy with what's done.

The ladder is to reach the taller shelves. They have things that I rarely need, but now I can look and see exactly what I have at a glance.

The 5 gallon buckets are marked to tell me what's in them along with coffee cans and boxes.

Eddie

 

[EddieWalker]

This is the same view, but different side. It gives you a good idea of how easy it is to find things.

Eddie

 

[EddieWalker]

Staying with my theme of having everything out in the open that I need, here's a close up of my wrenches and pliers.

After digging through my tool boxes, I found more odd ball double sizes in wrenches and sockets than I have a clue what to do with. Most have ended up in tool boxes in the tractors. Others are in a bucket on the top shelf for all eternity. /forums/images/graemlins/crazy.gif

Now my tool boxes only hold specialty, rarely used, but must have tools.

Eddie

 

[EddieWalker]

This picture is of todays little project. I had piles of screws, nails and bolts laying on my workbench since I built it. They were also in buckets in my storage area, and spread over the floor.

Getting them organized in one location that I could find what I needed and know what I had was my goal.

Being able to put them away and acess them easily was the problem that I've been working over in my brain the last few weeks while running the dozer.

Here's my solution. It's open on both ends and mounted on casters. It fits under the workbench out of the way, but pulls out easily when I need them, or I can just look and see what I have at a glance.

Eddie

 

[Bird]

</font><font color="blue" class="small">( piles of screws, nails and bolts )</font>

And nuts, washers, and staples? And if you're like me, every time I need one, I find that I have every size imaginable except the size I need today. /forums/images/graemlins/mad.gif

 

[Holzster]

Eddie

Looking at all your tools I might have to start calling you Norm (as in this old house) He has all the tools also!!

 

[EddieWalker]

<font color="blue">( And nuts, washers, and staples? And if you're like me, every time I need one, I find that I have every size imaginable except the size I need today.</font>

Bird,

I'm the same way, except I find I already have them and didn't know it. I've compbined as many as three different packages of the same sized screw into one. I had two boxes of 5/16 washers. Three unopened packages of 1/4 washers, plus a box!!!!! All the duplicates I found were just amazing.

When I start a project, I just buy a box of what I need, then put them on a shelf with all the others. It seems the only time I really went through the pile was on repair projects, or spur of the moment ones.

For bolts, I organize them into small, med and large, then go through them when I need them. Same with nuts, washers and lock washers. Bins would be allot better, but so far I'm avoiding getting too orgainized. /forums/images/graemlins/wink.gif

Staples are with the staplers on the shelf. Same with nailers. Their nails are next to those guns.



Holzter,

Instead of tools for Christmas, I ask for blades!! /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif

Eddie