13 Easy Ways to Organize a Messy Woodworking Shop
13 Easy Ways to Organize a Messy Woodworking Shop
Use these 13 shop organization tips in your woodworking shop or garage to get organized!
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Shop organization is a must for an efficient shop. Having a place for everything and everything in its place will help you get more done with less stress. Wood storage is the first item to tackle and you can use wall mount racks or a mobile lumber storage cart. But most importantly have a rule what scrap wood you will keep. Small parts storage is the next biggest item and you need to have good small parts organizers with great labeling so you can know where everything is at. Cordless power tool storage is next and having a dedicated place for your tools is going to save you a lot of hassle and searching. But the biggest thing you can do to organize your shop is have customized or custom built shop cabinets. This is the game changer and will make your shop storage what you always wanted it to be!
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I use the rafters ha!
Whenever I need ideas or help…this is where I go. He is so helpful, specific, and always provides safety tips and extra hints based on experience level. Thanks!
Feel free to toss those items to me! So much of what I do is small work or little repairs, so I could so use those!
Great content though, thank you.
I can’t help but to wonder how those tools stay so pristine. Are the tools purchased for collection or are they really being used? Also, if one does build stuff, does he build stuff other than stuff to store organize his tools only? My tools are so beat up, I wouldn’t display it like that.
Nice shop though.
Great solutions! Thank you for the inspiration ❤️🔥
the three bears got me, nice work!
Love watching all your videos. Git some of yourplans but want them all. Can you tell me are your cabinets are they 12" deep
Nice ideas. Looks like you have about $1000 worth of Baltic birch plywood in all those cabinets, drawers, holders, trays, guides, etc. Sure wish we could get that stuff around here.
I also like the sliding tray cabinets, so easy to use, been slowly updating my shop as well.
French chefs have an actual phrase for a place for everything, and everything in it’s place… Mise en place (pronounced – meez in plaz). During culinary school, before starting a recipe if we didn’t have mise en place we lost points.
Hello! Just found your channel this weekend and I’ve been binging your vids. Really awesome content!. I’m just getting in to DIY and I’m interested in trying out some woodworking. If you ever have any offcuts or other useful waste that you’re planning to throw out, I would gladly take them off your hands. I would happily pay for shipping. I understand if you can’t accommodate my request, but I thought it couldn’t hurt to ask! =)
Thanks for the great content btw!!
Nice but it is so easy when you have a lot of space like you do. Try a 16×24 shed.
Wow!! Never thought of those ideas. LOL
You must ACQUIT. i’ll see myself out…
Thanks as always for a great video. Halfway through I almost purchased the Kreg boxes. Nope! They are $8-$10 each. I have more of a Dollar Store budget. Food storage tubs (bargain Tupperware) work fine for my shop.
Some awesome tips thanks mate.
Maybe you been asked before, How you keep your shop so clean
if the wood dont fit
get rid of that…
Getting off the ‘save everything’ addiction is something I am working on right now. I was doing as you did in the past and saving way too much because I thought I would use it someday in a future project. But in the mean time I was tripping over all these small pieces that rarely got utilized and were more of a pain than they were useful. So, I gave a couple 30-gallon trash cans worth of scrap to a friend who has a wood stove and he was able to give it one last chance to do some good by heating his shop.
All my really small pieces of wood go in my burn pile for my outdoor fireplace.
I love this, I never seen such a well organized space
Who’s the guy in the blue shirt by the fast-grab driver bits? What’s in the "assembly" drawer? thx!
Wow this video is amazing! Subbed for sure!
that workshop is more organized than my life…
You got Norm Abram watching over you- don’t screw up! Is that picture autographed?
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I use the 2-car part of a 3-car garage. I separated the two parts with some metal shelving. But, with the miter saw station on the side wall and storage and mechanical closets as the back wall, I had no walls at wall. So, I connected the metal shelving units with nuts, washers and bolts so they would move. On the side facing my shop area I attached plywood to make a wall. I attached the plywood to the shelves by using the holes on the holes on metal shelves. Put some trim to hide the tiny gaps between the sheets of plywood. On one section (there are 3) of the "wall" I put some really nice, glossy red metal pegboard for clamps. My air filter is currently on top but, I’m probably going to hang it from the ceiling.
It’s not yet complete. I’m making a cut-offs box to attach to the bottom of the center shelf, extend the top of the shelves for storage on the top for hand tools, and attach some cleats.
If you’re drowning in off-cuts, it’s time to plan a project that requires them specifically!
I like your cubbies; what about putting other on the outside of the doors as well?
AWESOME video dude! I love your custom cabinets, but on the drawers… did you use 1/4" ply for the drawer bottoms or did you beef them up slightly? Just curious if the 1/4" will hold much weight. Ive never built workshop cabinets before and just had that thought. I’m making notes galore as I’m in the middle of transforming my home garage into a shop. Thanks homie
Great video once again! I’m a bit close to the ground and I imagine I will have to put pull downs on the upper cabinets😂
If the wood don’t fit, I won’t keep it! 😂
No way I’m getting rid of a perfectly good tiny piece of hard maple…. I gotta get a bigger shop
My life goal is to be half as organized as Brad!! 🔥🔥
if i doesn;t fit, in my shop it wont sit
“Creepy Shop Monthly” 😂
Love the rolling carts ideas
“Creepy Shop Monthly” 😅
Nice one.
These are amazing tips Brad! I’m cleaning out my single car garage for my first humble but well organized (thanks to your tips) workshop. Thanks and I’ve learned so much from your channel. Super inspiring!
I love your workshop! Thanks for sharing 🙏
If the wood don’t fit lol
Ok I had to just skip that first tip… I’m not throwing it away.
Rock Star!!
If the wood don’t fit I acquit
I only have one electric drill. It’s worked fine for 18 years, but should I go out and buy eight more? If you had a lawn hobby, would you have 9 lawnmowers?
I don’t have rafters in my basement. I have joists.
Great ideas for sure, Brad. Tell me, How deep did you make your miter saw counters? I have a small shop ( around 300 sq ft), so every inch makes a difference.
Thanks for sharing! Felix
Depending on your situation if you heat with wood or have an outdoor fire pit then disposing of small offcuts is a no brainer! Always need fire starter. Also you can add wax to sawdust and shavings for great waterproof fire starters.
you can also put some masking tape on the drawers (white if you can), then epoxy one part to the drawer front so you can see the actual part…love doing that
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Thanks for sharing! I definitely need to create a space for my cordless tools and their batteries. I’m always getting them in and out of the bags. Also, that cleat system is NICE! I’m going to try that. For your pull-out trays, what kind of sliders do you recommend?