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@GreyBeard3D

2 жыл бұрын

I see the miter stop T track. I want to do that with mine too but I didn’t see it in the plans. Can I add it as built or do I need to add extra material to the top?

@NewBeginningNewCreation

2 жыл бұрын

When you're ready to get rid of your wood send it to me!

@TOXICSHARK35

2 жыл бұрын

Waiting to give these a build til after lumber prices become cheaper than gold again

@Syberz

2 жыл бұрын

Hi! Are these plans available in metric sizes?

@austinc124

2 жыл бұрын

Bought the plans, but unfortunately my garage is not the best set up. I'm having trouble figuring out how to set up my 18' miter station. I have a crawl space access door and water supply line on one side, and an outside door on the other, leaving me with limited configuration options. Do you have plans for a rolling table/work bench that could substituted in place of a 60" run of base cabinets to maintain the base cabinet height? That would be ideal.

“I have safety equipment up top” right next to the safety glasses is the bottle opener :) my kind of safety equipment :) great video

@blakedozier1131

2 жыл бұрын

I keep my bottle opener on the fridge door with an RE magnet.

I like organizing my tools, but the Toddler Relocation Service that is employed at my house makes it difficult to locate small tools most days.

@Fixthisbuildthat

2 жыл бұрын

hahaha, I remember those days well!

@olivertan6271

2 жыл бұрын

lmao😂😂😂

@makeitpay8241

2 жыл бұрын

a lock on the shop door tends to slow that process down a lot.

My life goal is to be half as organized as Brad!! 🔥🔥

@Fixthisbuildthat

2 жыл бұрын

😂 😂 I'll trade you some design skills for some organization, Mike

My shop is not disorganized, tools are 'strategically' laid out on every horizontal surface for accessibility and streamlining

@williamwalters3796

2 жыл бұрын

I too use the horizontal surface storage technique. Though I made it more efficient by stacking some tools to make space for others, just be careful grabbing stuff by the hand saws...

@abelcasillas1853

2 жыл бұрын

@@williamwalters3796 I to employ these methods but I also stack things in front of stacks so if I need to get something from the far bottom I have the luxury of reliving my childhood and playing Tetris as I move things around.

@tbc210

2 жыл бұрын

Pro Tip: Lay a generous coating of sawdust on top of all horizontal surfaces in your shop before you lay your tools out. The sawdust creates just enough friction to keep the piles - I mean, um, stacks of tools from falling onto the floor. Periodically re-apply sawdust on top of the tools as needed.

@wyattcorreia7396

2 жыл бұрын

Lol same

@hudsoncraftworks

2 жыл бұрын

Horizontal stacking is great. And naturally, the floor is the biggest shelf in your garage.

Big shop organization guy here, nice job 👍🏼

@williammoore4101

2 жыл бұрын

You might even say Brad achieved shop greatness.

I don’t have heat in my shop, so I was thinking about building a wood stove to put in there, and only using scrap wood to keep ‘er heated. I figured it would be a lot easier to let go of that scrap wood if I was freezing my bottom off. 😏

I know I have a huge wood hoarding problem 🤦🏻‍♀️. I keep cutoffs of my cutoffs 😭. I literally tell myself I will use the cutoff and "picture" what project I may use it on 🤣. The first step to recovery is knowing you have a problem. The 2nd step, I may never get there 🤣🤣🤦🏻‍♀️🤷🏻‍♀️.

@corydriver7634

Жыл бұрын

Me too. 🤣

TIME STAMPS! 0:33 Have a scrap wood rule 1:49 Have a dedicated space for offcuts 2:25 Use all of your available space 3:31 Use bench top organizers for small parts 5:32 Use portable organizers for small parts 6:50 Add tray to drawers for extra storage 7:20 Use stackable containers in drawers 8:08 Create a space for cordless tool storage / keep frequently used items accessible, not hidden away 9:50 Think about your needs today and in the future 10:30 Use pegboard storage 11:57 Use a french cleat system 12:45 Customize your cabinets (i.e. cabinet drawers, door cubbies, etc.) 14:09 Build your own custom cabinets I tend to refer back to this video to remind myself of best practices lol

@nickferrence8593

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the timestamps. Very helpful

Excellent tips. Brad nailed it! I totally agree with "A place for everything and everything in its place", and "Use labels". A labeler is the first tool you should get for your shop. Well first after the bottle opener, that is.

@MartinPaulsen87

2 жыл бұрын

Bottle opener - Fridge for the beer - labeler

I noticed your sandpaper drawer. One helpful change I've made in the last few years is adding a filing cabinet to organize sandpaper by grit and type. Plus, most sheets are 8-1/2 x 11, so they fit nicely in hanging folders. And over time, it's been a useful way to organize saw blades, manuals, reciepts, etc. It's been a game changer. Great job, and thanks for sharing!

@suecollins3246

Жыл бұрын

I made a kind of folder book for my sandpaper.

The "French Cleat Rail" is a great idea!! I need that versatility to build different sized storage boxes as my tool collection gets bigger. The storage unit for extra project wood is great too. I have so many buckets of wood in my shop hogging up all that valuable floor space. THANKS!

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!

Your storage is nothing short of amazing (Respect) So I have only one thing to say "please" come and sort my shop out.

@Fixthisbuildthat

2 жыл бұрын

thanks! and my family has me loaded out on storage jobs already, lol

@GeorgeCooper_LoneWolf

2 жыл бұрын

@@Fixthisbuildthat 😂

I’m 75 and getting back to furniture flipping for myself, family and friends. My son and dil are having a creative cottage built for my 75th birthday. I’m still trying to decide how to organize my tools and paint. Thanks for sharing. I got some great ideas👍👍👍

Brad, you are the man! I hope I get to your skill level someday! I just sold my house in New England leaving my basement workshop behind and relocated to Florida where I will be building a whole new workshop in my garage. I will certainly be using a lot of the ideas I watched in this video. Great job man! ...truly!

I also like the sliding tray cabinets, so easy to use, been slowly updating my shop as well.

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!

I'm in the process of organising my tools and equipment at the moment. This video could not have come out at a better and more convenient time. Thanks for the tips, Brad!

Different rule for offcuts- save everything until dedicated space is full. Then replace pieces with better pieces as they happen. So the parts you keep are the best you could keep. Optimum. Little drawers means that, even if they are labelled, you need to check exactly what they are (e.g. brass, domed countersunk, slot head, 25mm, dual thread, full length thread, no 8 screw is a long label...) Having trays in a drawer means you can see them all at once. And still lift out the tray. You want slim drawers as wide as possible- nothing stacked in drawers! Agree that open storage and pegboard is the best primary storage.

I get to set up my very first garage shop next month! Big upgrade from the current 30th floor balcony shop. I like your set up and I already have a not so subtle obsession with labeling things.

I too keep my bottle opener among my “safety equipment”. Well played.

Love the horor music with the 1st bench 😂 Great organisation! Picked up many things from u! Thank you!

Nice crisp video! I did all of the above except the drawer inserts (added to my to-do list) and the tool wall (no available wall space). #5 Portable Organizers for small parts works in the shop AND in my office for electronics, office supplies, phones/accessories, etc. I have more than 20 of them with labels! Another tip -> add labels to your cabinet doors, not just your drawers. I have 2 label-makers and I use them often. Label your power supplies. This has saved me big time.

Thanks to Brother...I appreciate you supporting this channel. Brad, i am inspired to organize my shop. My wife just bought a new Ptouch from Brother so I am set!

Hey Brad....I’ve deployed everything similar to your workshop but on a single small garage. Right down to the P-Touch labels. Took me 10 years but I pinched a lot of ideas from KZread. I use super magnets 🧲 in steel cupboards and just adore them. French cleats for clamps and so on. Great minds think alike. I’m envious of your cupboards though. All the best from Sydney, Australia. 👍🇦🇺

What a dream!! Love love love the organization and labels! Thanks for some great ideas and for sharing!

By far the best "Organize your shop" video I've seen. Most are very Basic and dont have anything amazing. 5his has so many little tips that make a huge difference. Thanks for sharing.

Excellent (and expensive looking) shop organization system, and especially the use of the p-Touch labeling system. I have been using them for maybe 30 years, after it got hard to get Dymo tapes. I can't see the little LCD screens easily, nor use the tiny keyboards, so I use one of Brother's printers that connects to my PC. My shop is never disorganized. However it is haunted by a force that randomly relocates tools and materials immediately after I put them down. Even if I accidentally put on in it's correct location!

Pretty fantastic tips, Brad! Thanks a lot! 😃 I'm definitely going to use some of them! Stay safe there with your family! 🖖😊

Dude, you're tickling the memories from my old Aircraft maintenance days with labels and container stacking!! Good times lol. That slide out magnetic bit holder is gunius and I can't wait to add one to my shop!

Lots of good ideas here. Instead of labels I fasten a sample of the contents to the small parts drawers. Much quicker to find than reading labels. I can recognize sizes of screws and nuts by sight.

Appreciate all you do for Do-It-Yourselfers. 😁😁😁😁

Love the bottle opener as part of the safety equipment!

Hey Brad- Thank you so much for this video!!! So many great ideas.

Absolutely awesome tips! Definitely guilty of keeping some worthless scrap wood around that I need to toss. Bookmarking this for when I get around to more shop organization

Rock on Brad! Love the magnetic drill bit holder. Thanks for posting.

@Fixthisbuildthat

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks, Jeff!

I’m so impressed and jealous of your amazing organization:). Way to go!

I purchased my house 4 years ago now and it has 2 detached garages. The 1 stall already had cabinets in it and that's what I've turned into my shop but I've often questioned it I should remodel the entire thing. All the floor cabinets are stationary and take up a good 1/2 of the garage. I've customized it to my liking for now but your ideas have really gotten me thinking about making some new adjustments. Great video and thanks for the inspiration.

Man I thought I need to organise my garage a little, what you have is level 100+, what a inspiration.

Excellent tips, Brad! Keep up the awesome videos man!

Excellent video Brad! I use the small pieces of wood for the fireplace. Very nice when starting a fire! Really enjoy your videos. Keep up the great work....... 👍👍😉😉

10:51 That beer bottle opener is definitely part of the safety equipment 🍻

@Fixthisbuildthat

2 жыл бұрын

In case of emergency 🍺

@nico8587d

2 жыл бұрын

Beer has saved me more than once.

French cleats for clamps... dang... great idea. Wish I had thought of that (or watched this video before I made the clamp board I currently use). Thanks!

Great video!. Don't know if you have already done it yet but you should do a shop tour showing how and where things are located and stored. This will be helpful for those of use who are building a shop.Thanks

I glad i found this video. Im going to be opening my own Gunsmith shop and ice been trying to think ahead on how im gonna set up my tools and all the other things that come with owning a business.

Great tips, Thank you! I see some useful shop additions.

My shop layout needs to change before I can implement some of these tips. I mainly need some better storage for my cordless and hand held tools. I made a version of Jay Bates miter saw station. I basically need to move it from the step on my garage floor to the side wall of my garage so I can build some adjustable cubbies above the upper drawers. But since I'm in a middle of renovating our entire first floor as well as getting ready to install a new egress well and window, those will have to wait. I'm curious working out my Ridgid rolling 3 piece tool box that I picked up. So instead of carrying all my small tools back out to the shop and setting them down on my bench, I put them in the tool boxes when I'm finished for the day.

That piece of wood was still usable, make friends with some pen turners. I'm on my second Brother P-Touch in 25 years, I love them. Had a P-touch-PC until they quit supporting it so had to replace it when I went to Win10. Replaced it with a P-Touch 700. They aren't as portable as yours but they use all of the fonts and sizes on my computer. For all of the little plastic drawers I prefer White on Clear tape. It seems less garish and is still easy to read with the natural dark background. Please keep bringing the GREAT videos !!! Thanks, Rickster

I love this, I never seen such a well organized space

I'm admiring the cabinets

Awesome shop and video! Thanks for making it!!

Great video! It points out something I need to do. My garage hits 100°F in the summer. I need to build a tray for my lithium batteries to keep them in the house when not in use but easily haul them to where I need them.

Incredible order! I'm impressed!

Great tips. I bought your plans and have 2 of the 3 drawer done and the 2 five drawer cut out. I’m going to be using the 4 cabinets as part of my Bosch (GCM12SD) dual bevel sliding compound miter saw station.Once that is done I’ll be building 3 upper cabinets. I’ll send you pictures of the finished stuff. Thanks for the plans.

@Fixthisbuildthat

Жыл бұрын

Awesome! Can't wait to see it 💪

I think it would be a great video on the basics of how to use the pocket holes. Also, I can't wait to move into my new house so I can start adding these to my garage shop

this is amazing, thank you for sharing your tips! i really need this in my shop

I'm looking to buy my first home and I am totally doing the sander storage idea once we move in. Love that! I do have to be that guy and note... Everything in ITS place, not it's. OK, I'll show myself out.

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.

well done, I'm pleased that I have done some of the things you suggested. Labels, Labels, Labels the only way to go. I do think I will update my out dated brother label maker to the one you used. thanks again for making sense

Hey Brad, I like that slide out tray with magnetic bars. I may have to make myself one.

Great solutions! Thank you for the inspiration ❤️‍🔥

I don't really do woodworking, but with slight adjustments most, if not all these tips are great for me as a hobby mechanic too

I love your workshop! Thanks for sharing 🙏

Gracias amigo por compartir los conocimientos de carpintería maestro saludos desde México y recibe un fuerte abrazo y gracias por todo.

Wow Beautiful setup...nice job

wasn't mentioned but love the placement of allen wrenches with the adjustable cordless tool holder

Thank you! Exactly what I needed!

@Fixthisbuildthat

2 жыл бұрын

You're welcome!

Love the rolling carts ideas

Amazing presentation

Thanks for sharing those tips and the make!

@Fixthisbuildthat

2 жыл бұрын

You bet!

Bought the label maker, looked great.

Awesome ideas, great builds and thanks for sharing!!!

Nice work, thanks 🙏🏻

really enjoyed your video thanks for sharing

Thank you; this is an excellent and useful video. I have been needing a solution for my various brad nails, and I will probably adapt your idea.

@Fixthisbuildthat

2 жыл бұрын

That little tray is one of my favorite easy projects

@ObsessiveAboutCats

2 жыл бұрын

@@Fixthisbuildthat I built it! It works great. I actually built 4 of these that run on drawer slides; I had a nice little spot beneath one of my workbenches where this worked perfectly. I'm using one for long bolts, one for staples, and the other two are TBD. THANK YOU for this idea!!!

This is a thing of beauty!

Some excellent ideas there, Thank you very much

Your custom drawers and cabinets are beautiful.

Love that the bottle opener is with the safety gear. :)

This space is awesome!

Great video as always!

Very organised Brad. Like yr miter station

drawing a pencil outline of tools on the pegboard is also a great way to know which tools go where... also a little more motivating for kids to put things in the right place... a kid will see a label and not care if it is in the right place... but something about putting a tool that is a wrong shape for the drawing disturbs most people.

@Fixthisbuildthat

2 жыл бұрын

yep, they call that shadow boarding. I talked about it on camera but that part hit the cutting room floor in exchange for brevity :)

@pawpawsprojects8376

2 жыл бұрын

That’s the old school way for sure

@xiggywiggs

2 жыл бұрын

you know... I wonder if that now ubiquitous early development toy of the box with the different shaped holes wasn't actually first invented by some woodworker who was trying to make sure their kids always put stuff back in the right place.

One tip on the Brother label printer. To avoid the extra inch of waste on every label, just gang print a bunch of labels in one strip and cut them. Awesome tips here!

@Fixthisbuildthat

2 жыл бұрын

yep, Chain Print is great! 11:43

Must be nice! I’d make a huge mess in 2 hours. Good job!

I also look up to Norm. Nice addition to the shop!

super inspiring shop!

Really nice cabinets

Thank You Sir! 😊 Awesome ideas! G

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?

One quick tip is for the hardware and fastener items if too busy leave a small container beside the collection and discipline yourself to returning things to stock instead of random hardware lurking everywhere. Working pretty well so far for me. Thanks for the tips.

@furyfantoo

Жыл бұрын

Yes, leave a small bin for extras to return. Much more time efficient to do a batch at a time. I have a large divider tray where I semi-sort them by category, and I find that it is very useful for taking to a work location when the job details might be unknown.

Love this man Great ideas

Great ideas and handy tidbits, thank you! 👍 I love videos like this. ❤️

@Fixthisbuildthat

2 жыл бұрын

You are welcome!

Fab!!!! In my bookmarks for my new man shed in November

Great ideas!

I love that there’s a picture of Norm Abrams on the wall. I want one. Love me some Norm.

Thanks, I really need this. My shop is a mess, but not for long!

A lot of good ideas here. Thank you for sharing. Have a great day and stay safe.🙂🙂

Some awesome tips thanks mate.