I’ve reorganized my garage entirely 3 times now, so it’s definitely an interesting topic for me. Just a thought, since I don’t know your whole situation. Plus, I’d be interested in seeing a shed build as a project. I’m not sure what your property situation is like, but if you can build a shed dedicated to test samples that you won’t keep, that may help give them a landing spot that isn’t your garage or shop and help you see what’s on hand to be tested and what your personal tools are. Lots of labeling, as well as dedicating a day per month or 2 to scanning and seeing if there’s an obvious duplicate you can let go of, can help too. If you limit the spaces that have to be maintained, it’s easier to clean them more frequently. Obviously there’s use cases for both, but the cart opens up a lot more chance for things to collect on top. Tall drawer towers vs a mechanic cart or something. My suggestion is that you limit flat surfaces as much as is reasonable. Since the garage is a shared space for me, I can see how others work in the space as well. I use a “store and core technique” as well. Got any tips for someone that does a little bit of everything, such as woodworking, metalworking, electronics, and more? Take a look at your tool box, workshop, storage spaces, vans, or other tool holding areas. Once I get through everything that I haven’t been using and can part with, I’ll focus on asking two questions about almost everything remaining – “do I need this?” and “where will it go?” This might be the first year I fully organize everything and keep just what I need – with some duplicates and favorite mementos allowed. My L-Rack looks like this Tekton tower, but taller, and with organizers with bins instead of open trays. I also have a stack of Bosch L-Racks and pull-out organizers, and don’t have a better replacement storage solution for those yet. I have 3-4 L-Boxxes with tools that are best transferred to… I don’t know yet, maybe Packout organizers or some of my empty Systainers. One or two are fine, but stacking a couple together is a test of my patience every single time. I stacked the L-Boxxes in the corner so that I can donate them this weekend, and I almost took a sledge hammer to them. The Packout drawer tool boxes – and Packout tool boxes in general – are so much better than L-Boxxes. I also dumped out 12 of my last remaining Bosch L-Boxx tool boxes, and transferred the contents to new Packout drawered tool boxes on rolling dollies. Then, maybe I’ll talk more about purchases that I’m keeping. You might see posts about all kinds of tools in coming days and weeks, because that helps me part with them a little easier. Will getting rid of 2 pipe clamps and a bunch of other things help me find my retrieval tool and other supplies? Yes, or at least that’s what I hope. I didn’t even know I had this retrieval tool, but upon seeing it I remember buying it when Craftsman launched their first new hand tools at Lowe’s. Since I have limited space, this means getting rid of tools, equipment, and supplies that are no longer earning the space they take up. The ultimate goal is to know exactly what I have, be able to retrieve anything in a moment’s notice, and be able to perform different tool operations with minimal cleaning or setup. Thanks to this year’s deals, I’m moving to Packout drawers, which suit my needs a lot better, and I’ll find other uses for my Packout organizers. I bought too many Packout organizers, because they were on sale in previous years, but they’re not the best for my needs. It’s deep cleaning time, and decisions are going to have to be made. That’s part of what led to ToolGuyd’s creation – I wanted to make the right purchase the first time, to stretch limited funds as much as possible. I don’t want to have to buy the same tool twice. Isn’t that the reason we buy certain tools on occasion, or why we buy sets?Ī lot of tool users are packrats – we hold onto things we don’t want to have to buy again, or might need for some impromptu task or project need. But I haven’t used those clamps ever since I started building a collection of Bessey parallel clamps.īack when my workshop was a spare bedroom in a 2-bedroom apartment, I stored the clamps under my bed.
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