I tried asking a couple of the guys I work with if I could kinda get sorting ideas and they wouldn’t give me the time of day. Told me to “go ask my daddy”…who’s passed away. Thanks for taking the time to add in some tips, they’re much appreciated!!

@indy2867

Жыл бұрын

Oh man, I'm sorry you had that experience. I worked in a motorcycle shop for a bit. The guys were pretty gruff, but they'd help me out when I needed. Makes for an efficient shop when everyones on, at least semi-friendly terms with each other. This is a great method but more so, brwaking the idea down into "storage" vs "organisation" and seeing how a drawer can have both is perfect. I never thought about it in those terms.

I've had the chance to use this table a couple of times now. It's fun to whip out in front of people:) I can see what people are talking about when they say the legs are delicate, but they're design to support a "mostly" vertical load, not be torqued from the side or pushed back into place. If you just let the table open or close on it's own and don't force anything, it works great kzread.infoUgkxyFZUPFEey-PuqsPMxqaykBhgA1LWxFHh Once it's set up, it's pretty solid. My only gripe would probably be related to the clamps provided. They're not the highest quality. They do the job, so no big deal, but they could be better. All in all, pretty cool gadget.

Bucket mentality = organized chaos... that's how I roll. Great video! Thank you for showing us around.

This is the most reasonable approach I have found. Other videos are like “go spend $500 on plastic organizers so everything is “prefect”

Fresh ideas, that’s what we’re looking for!

Thank you for the no-nonsense, and informative insight on tool storage. Very helpful.

Watched from start to end. I think you explained yourself very well. Well done!

@r.j.sworkshop7883

6 жыл бұрын

Thank you I appreciate the comments. R.J.

This was the best video I've seen to date about toolbox organization. You make an excellent point about the current foam craze. Just bought my first rolling toolbox for my home workspace, and I need this kind of no-nonsense, practical information. Thank you!

Thanks for making me reconsider this foam organizational infatuation I have. It's neat, but not exactly necessary. Simple and Efficient. I dig it.

That's how my dad had his box set up since I was a kid. I've tried over organizing and just throwing everything in pile in my toolbox. Now that he's disabled and 76 years old I'm doing his repairs now and I find myself going to his toolbox just cause of that layout he has.

Good combination between “storage” and accessibility! Prior to having my huge toolbox, I used 2 boxes - one for metric which get used most times and the other is for SAE

Thanks for a tour of your tools boxes and for a very good discussion on the pros and cons of the different ways of organising tools. Much food for thought.

@r.j.sworkshop7883

7 жыл бұрын

Thanks for checking out my channel. I love the box, and it is good to look at it from time to time to see if you can improve it. I have a few changes in mind. Stay tuned. R.J.

Well done! New sub here. I used to work in the aircraft modification business and we had to have 100% accountability for tools so we had felt cutouts for each tool and a ID in the missing holes so at the end of the shift we knew who had taken the tool. The idea was we never wanted to leave a tool on an aircraft where it could damage things. I like the idea of a tool in every spot, but agree with you on the balance of things. Thanks for giving me some ideas on organizing my shop in my retired years. Have a great summer.

@r.j.sworkshop7883

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you for the comments. It is nice to hear from people with different experiences.

I’m thankful I found your page. It was perfectly explained to a new man like myself. I really like the beginning when you said how you look up to your Workshop. I’m grateful for your inspired words and video.

I was planning to organize my tools loooong time ago, but have never gotten to it, simply because I just don't know where/how to start... Watching your video gives me great motivation. Now I know where to start.... Thank you so much for the idea.

That last drawer on the lower right was NOT what I thought it was when he first opened it! Glad he mentioned PPE...

Love the explanations and logic. You mentioned a lot of things that SEEM obvious but really aren’t.

Very well presented. You've given me a lot of ideas and I appreciate the time and thought you put into this video. Thanks.

Your thinking is spot on. Its easy to find a ratchet. Not easy to find a socket.

Great ideas here for organizing tools. Also, I applaud you for stressing that there are many ways to organizing tools and we should explore the possibilities until we come to one that we agree with. Thanks for sharing.

@r.j.sworkshop7883

6 жыл бұрын

Thanks Adam for watching and the comments. There are allot of ways to do the same thing out there, you just have to find the one that is best for you.

Thanks for showing this, it is very much like how I have my boxes set up.

@r.j.sworkshop7883

7 жыл бұрын

Shows that great minds think alike. Thanks!

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7 жыл бұрын

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7 жыл бұрын

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7 жыл бұрын

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I’ve been searching “how to organize tool chest” videos and this is one of the best ive seen. Of course everyones most used tools are different but this gave me some a good ways to structure my tool chest. Thanks for sharing!

A very good approach. i have a ton of tools, for different trades. The stuff I use constantly is up front and organized. The stuff not used often, is in the back. Thank you.

I have a pretty extensive home shop as well and I am always looking for ways to be more organized. Thanks for sharing some of your shop tools storage.

Nice job. Well organized presentation about tool organization.

Good video. I've watched a lot on on the other extreme of OCD, but this is a good mix and more likely the way I will go.

Nice video. Very helpful. The philosophy behind tool organization and storage helps no matter what kind of tools or storage you have.

Your video motivated me to buy a bigger tool chest and organize it the RIGHT way. Thanks for posting.

@r.j.sworkshop7883

7 жыл бұрын

Great to hear. Good luck with the new box. And good luck keeping it organized! Thanks for watching.R.J.

Great tips and organization ideas. Much appreciated!

Nicely explained logic - appreciate the suggestions👍🏾

I just got the 56" General box and was looking to organize tools this video helped me out greatly just ordered the Hanson socket trays. Thanks alot!!!

@aliciacaldera3175

4 жыл бұрын

David KEMENESI Where can I buy the Hanson socket trays.

@kylesonsalla7620

3 жыл бұрын

@@aliciacaldera3175 Pretty much everywhere

Great ideas man! Awesome set-up you have.

Yeo, good logical advice. Thank you.

Great video. Obviously it’s a matter of preference, but sometimes U even need what some would consider obvious ideas, but when u are overwhelmed with an entire shop cleanup, or reorganization, videos like this are awesome. I found myself shaking my head in agreement, then laughing at myself thinking “duh, why didn’t I think of this?” Lol thanks again!!!

I had the similar craftsman boxes. I ended up buying a matching set. So two 24 drawer boxes. 48 drawers , however at least 7 drawers were empty and others weren't being used efficiently. I did separate my metric and sae wrenches into two drawers. I had a lot of redundant tools. So, I got the brainwave to downsize and become more efficient. Doing more with less. I sold my two 24 drawer set ups and a 60x31 steel work bench. I bought a husky 72x24 15 drawer roller box. Not exactly the drawer set up that I wanted, but it's what I could find locally. I went through all my tools edited out all the doubles, triples, quadruples. I sold off some other tools. Now, I'm going to make it all fit in the new box. I'm adding the stand up socket trays. I have the old bar type. A pain to find what you need. Anyway, you gave me some great ideas for sorting things out in a more efficient manner. Thanks.

Best video I've seen on this topic!

Your layout logic is excellent. Your explanation of the balance of your wrenches and sockets makes very good sense..

I like that you talk about the concept and necessities and not specifics so much

Great video. This has been my life's goal this year to get better organized with my tool boxes. I bought some cheap multi size interlocking toolbox organizer trays and it has helped me tremendously.

Love your balance between what gets used the most gets the most organization and what gets rarely used goes into more so a pile.

Huge thanks mate. I'm not a tradesman but inherited a lot of tools. I been trying to organise the garage & this has been a great help. Thanks for letting me peek into your workshed! This will help me group things together. Big thanks from Melbourne.

@r.j.sworkshop7883

7 жыл бұрын

Glad I could help. I never have mine completely organized. Since I made this video I have changed two complete drawers. Someday it will be perfect. Thanks.

@RossOlsen

7 жыл бұрын

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Thank you. Give me a great starting point.

Wonderful video sir. I really appreciate you taking the time and explaining so well.

Very logical and practical thinking. I agree with you and am glad I watched.

My husband needs you!!, but I am the organized one.Thank you

Most frequently used to front of drawer. Great advice.

Great ideas RJ. I like the 70% mentality.

I feel real late to this party but I just finished watching this video. I understand the aircraft mechanics accountability, but otherwise if you detailed space for each tool you would likely have two of the harbor freight boxes full of tools, and have yet another for the misc stuff you have in the craftsman box. As a former business owner in a metal fab industry, I like things organized. I had my tool room, and entire shop including my tool chest organized to where you could nearly find anything blindfolded. Now my office, well that was another story. After I had to close my shop I went into a depressive state in which I still used my tools a lot, but organization was terrible and I lived out of multiple toolboxes of which never seemed to have what I was needing at the time. I have finally got to point I am tired of things being this way and I am organizing again. Thank you for your enlightenment

A lot of thought put into it. Nice.

Thanks for sharing your ideas. As you said a particular job will dictate the tools you''ll use but it's nice to see how someone else organizes theirs and the reasons behind it. Good tips.

@r.j.sworkshop7883

6 жыл бұрын

Thanks for checking it out. I have spent allot of time working with the box this summer, and hopefully soon I will be organizing some more of the drawers soon.

When you’re first opened up the last drawer in the HF box my thought was “underwear drawer.”

@randallland2582

3 жыл бұрын

My first thought was sock drawer !

@jeffreynash5236

2 жыл бұрын

The Underwear Drawer was probably that drawer that he skipped.

Awesome video! I’m starting school for auto tech soon and I need to invest in tools/tool box and this gave me ideas! Thanks a lot !

My dad owns a company and he mainly hauls gravel and rents out dozers but we have our fair share of tools in the shop for when something breaks and my dads workers are absolute pigs and just leave stuff laying around everywhere and I wanna gather up all the stuff and put it away properly. Thank you for the advice

I need to take care of my hair 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 thank you for making this video !!!! ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️ I'm just starting out my tool collection

Loved the video, ty. Certain Aircraft Mechanic places require you to have silhouetted drawers, so that's one thing to consider.

Love the video. I have my tools organized very similarly.

I've just started out. The amount of times I go from the car back to the garage every time I need something! Then at my tool box everything is everywhere and I'm looking around for a 13mm socket, the one I find doesn't fit the 3/8 ratchet then I'm looking for 1/4 and a new extender!! Totally disorganised. This video has helped me straighten out my tool chest. Thanks man 👍

Thanks! Great video!

I like and believe in the common sense approach rather than the Instagram worthy approach. Well done.

Great video, can never have enough storage. I just can't keep screw drivers in a drawer, need to have them on a wall for easy access and easy identification. Thanks for sharing.

@r.j.sworkshop7883

7 жыл бұрын

I get that. In some ways I want to have a tool board, but right now with my shop I am working in too many locations not to have all of my tools mobile. Once I get a more permanent workbench set up I may put some items hanging at it. Thanks for watching.

Really appreciate this video. I'm about to purchase a similar chest and have been thinking about layout. Good points on what things deserve to be highly organized vs. things you rarely use, like crow's feet and torque wrenches...

@r.j.sworkshop7883

7 жыл бұрын

If I had unlimited space I would certainly do things different, but I am happy with my compromise. And it is ever evolving. Thanks for watching!

Great help~~ Thanks~~ I just got my first roller box~~

@r.j.sworkshop7883

7 жыл бұрын

Good luck with the new box. You will be surprised how quick it fills up. Thanks for watching.

Thanks I appreciate your video. I am 74 and never had a tool cabinet. Most of the time it in old dresser cabinets or buckets or sitting on a shelf. I have moved and my shop stuff is in boxes in the garage. So my daughter is after me to clean it up. I tell her when she went through house boxes she put it in the house. When I go through shop boxes were do I put it? I have bad enough time with work bench (i like woodworking/woodturning), drill press, bandsaw and compressor much less hand tools and DYI tools. Tool cabinet seems like a place to put all this stuff. so instead of dumping into the drawer of a cabinet you gave me some ideas on how to to lay stuff out. The next catch 22 task is making room for a rolling tool chest. I now understand the saying "which came first the chicken or the egg" or in my case how to put away tools to make room for a tool cabinet that you need to put tools in ha ha.

Awesome video! The effort put in is very inspirational.

Damn --that Craftsman combo is exactly I what---and now that I finally have a home with a garage they don't seem to make it anymore!

@PrettyWitty08

3 жыл бұрын

I got one for my husband at Lowe’s

Nice setup!

good job, nice organization for your needs. I'mma aviation mechanic so I am one of those that has my box shadowed for every tool. Its more of a safety thing than an OCD thing. I can pull every drawer at the end of my day and survey in a moment if there's something missing, or left in a compartment or on someone else's box. I'm not as particular with my home tool boxes though pretty close. Thanks for the videos!

@r.j.sworkshop7883

6 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the comments. I am so pleased that I don't have to work in a large shop any longer. If something is missing it is just me being a dope. I hope to get some more of the drawers in better shape soon.

@markpaul7887

6 жыл бұрын

Absolutely correct. Lol what's the joke, albeit true, about the flight line being stopped because someone can't find a wrench , socket , scraper....Yes everything shadowed. Though I will never pay Snap-on to do that laser cutting.

@brentjohnson6654

5 жыл бұрын

Yes, I used to work in the aircraft modification business and we too had to have 100% accountability for tools. So each tool had its own cutout in the foam and if you picked out a tool, your ID would be in its place. At the end of the shift all those tools had to be brought back.

LOL I love keeping in the blooper at the beginning

Excellent video ... I really liked your common sense simple analysis ... FYI, I have mine in a similar way !!! Thank you

Super helpful! Thanks

Awesome video!

Great video. A well organised tool box is more important than people think. If I go somewhere to have work done and I see a disorganised shop with tools all over the place then I will go somewhere else. This place is probably going to charge me around $100/hour and I am not going to pay that much money for them to look for their tools. When I was an employer the maths was simple. If you have 10 staff and each one wastes 6 minutes a day looking for a tool that is not where it is supposed to be then that costs me at least $100 per day ($500 per week) in lost profit. It may not make you a better tradesman but it will give your customers better value for money.

Excellent video Great presentation An organized box is necessary. The pretty boy toolbox organization is nice when you're showing off. Being in the trade so long, I would run out of garage space to organize the tools that percisly. Retirement has been a curse. I want everything to be neat, but I don't need all the extra tools. Thanks again

i desperately need some of those socket organizers, thats the biggest problem i have right now is just a drawer full of loose sockets, i spend more time searching than i do fixing. great video, cant wait to start putting things in order...then the next hurdle is organizing the garage...that might take a miracle or two

Highly recommend a tool roll for your files. Keeps em sharp and organized

I'm a carpenter/cabinetmaker and keep all my mechanics tools in boxes to keep them from getting covered with sawdust. I just bought a 200pcs husky mechanics set in metal box. All the tools inside come organized in flimsy plastic trays but it works well. Some hand tools just go in drawers of other tool boxes. Power tools go on metal shelving. Also hang a lot of hand tools on large board on wall-it's really easy to reorganize the wall tools by just moving screws around to hang stuff.

@r.j.sworkshop7883

7 жыл бұрын

I do have some large shelving for larger power tools etc. I mostly work with metal, but I am with you on everything needs to be in a box or covered. There is nothing worse than having stuff covered in grit. Thanks for watching.

@darrylday30

4 жыл бұрын

Try spray foam on the bottom side of the flimsy trays. It'll firm them up and make them last. Just turn them over spray and trim with a hack saw.

Great video.....I've bought a new 46" stack and had an idea or 2, and have been building up some drawer organizers, but too busy to do it.. This helps.... thanks!

It's always interesting to see how other people organise their tools! It looks like you have a similar approach to me - sockets in strict order (I use the metal rails and clips), ratchets and extensions in a pile. My pliers drawer is a mess too, they are all different shapes and sizes. But if someone came up with a flexible, generic, non-brand specific way to organise screwdrivers in tool chest drawers, they would make a fortune! I'm always having one rolling over the back of the drawer, or riding up and stopping the drawer from opening.

@kylesonsalla7620

3 жыл бұрын

Toolbox Widget

Great Video!

Thanks I loved this video. I’m looking for an intelligent system for my home garage system.

Pliers! Go to the 99 cent store and get a small plate dryer/holder.

@r.j.sworkshop7883

7 жыл бұрын

Thanks. I am going to start with something like that and see how it goes from there.

@jaredg8854

3 жыл бұрын

Good idea

Cool video. Maybe for the files, place them on their sides, using a sort of comb(s) setup. I like your rationale in keeping the most accessed tools most organized. Don't even get me started on silly foam inserts.

Back in the 70s, my dad was a mechanic at a dealership in Chicago, he said his bottom drawer was a pee drawer, it was the only rusted drawer, and mounted on his side box was a 2 gallon bucket he took a dump in,he said the men's room there was worse than a truck stop in Alabama

@mikejackman4416

4 жыл бұрын

Wow

@handymanhoney-do6881

3 жыл бұрын

Why you gotta bring Alabama into this? Mississippi is much nastier.

@brianglade848

3 жыл бұрын

@@handymanhoney-do6881 never been to Mississippi.....Alabama though yes, and can attest to the truck stop bathrooms yuck

Thanks dude!!

Where did you find the socket holders and wrench racks? Thank you.

nice,just did a tool box tour on my new box. lots of ideas

@r.j.sworkshop7883

6 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching Dave.

Thanks for this. Im Badly in need of an organized tool box.

Great video, I would also consider sharp tools that can cut you being mixed in, i.e. picks with the screwdrivers. Sometimes when we are in a rush we just grab in without looking and it's an easy way to get a nasty cut.

Hello rj . This is KZread BTW thanks for mentioning us on KZread

I like your philosophy on that top drawer. Do you have a link to that socket organizer?

Ive been looking for ideas to better organise my box and something just dawned on me. All the videos about this are from Americans (or perhaps Canadians). It took me ages to realise why but now its so obvious. You guys have to buy twice or three times as many tools as the rest of the world as you have to have various imperial units. It must suck for my mechanic/engineering colleges across the ocean. Still enjoyed the video, interesting to see a 'good enough is enough' approach

Very Good!

really useful and practical common sense

Good Stuff!

Great video with great ideas! Why would anyone (438 at this time) give it a thumbs down?!

Great video

I work on heavy duty diesel equipment and yes my box it organized since that box makes me my bread and butter. Yet at home my box is a similar set up as yours i don’t use them often.

I need more boxes.

@r.j.sworkshop7883

7 жыл бұрын

Doesn't everyone? I think between Paula and I we are at 4. Thanks for watch Randy.

@WoodNMetalWorkshop

7 жыл бұрын

LOL, I have 2 HF 44's, 2 craftsman uppers, 2 smaller craftsman lowers, 1 large craftsman lower, 2 kennedy lowers and a side box, and 1 Gestner 11 drawer. only the 2 Kennedy's are not full or close to it.

@swoopers4588

7 жыл бұрын

Randy Richard In The Shop yep I could use a couple more lol

i used foam cutouts for my wrenches, its so nice, im hoping to do the same for my ratchets but i still have to plan out how is best.

@r.j.sworkshop7883

6 жыл бұрын

Nice. The foam cutouts are really nice if you have enough room for everything laid out that way. Good luck on the ratchets and thanks for watching.

Love this!I just bought my husband the same size tool box(craftsman) . I love the hand&socket organizers, first time seeing these. Can you tell me where I can find them? Looks like you get a lot more room with the sockets standing up👍Tfs Never mind I found them online at Home Depot..😊

@r.j.sworkshop7883

3 жыл бұрын

Glad to hear you got some ideas from the video. I really like these socket organizers. Thanks for watching.