Great idea with the magnets. You can also superglue a 12 inch piece of dental floss to the magnet, and then crimp a small lead split shot weight to the end of the floss. It ends up acting like a short plumb bob.

It's easy to get hung up on tool storage. You've got the solution pegged.

I ❤ the rare earth magnet stud finder idea. No need to draw lines all over a nice paint job.

@darylthomas4522

Ай бұрын

I keep a magnet with a few screw driver bits etc ( eg sq drive ,hex,philips,9 10 mmsocket drivers)in my pocket,so handy to pick up and sort metal,find studs,never lose those bits and above all CHEAP

Coming together nicely, planning a re-vamp of my workshop shelves so providing much inspiration!

A window! Light? Naaahh, I’ll stick some clamps there! 😂

@WoodByWrightHowTo

Ай бұрын

day light is the Bain of any videographer. it always messes up the shots.

The Louvre, the Met, the Vatican….. I’ve never been to any of them, but I did walk into the original Wood by Wright shop and I’m afraid those other places wouldn’t measure up.

I like the shot that shows your workshop connected to the living space. It means you're easily accessible for your kids, which is great.

@WoodByWrightHowTo

Ай бұрын

They are often in the shop with me. It's a lot of fun to have them around

Love the rest wall.

Good, Luke can still do his shots where he progressively gets farther away. Luke to the moon!

I would love some wall space to hang some more stuff!

For years, I had a clamp rack sort of like yours. I found that if the clamps got accidentally put in with a slight overlap - easy to do with pipe clamps - I would get a shower of clamps. I have been told I have a hard head, but those clamps hurt! I also found it took up too much wall space, so I went to a holders with a pair o parallel arms to slide the clamps between. No more falling clamps and I put over 100 clamps in a 3 foot by 4 foot space. Yes, it is possible to have too many clamps, but I keep buying more when I get a good deal.

I am going through the same process in my new shop.🙂🙂

Living in an earthquake prone area, it's important to slope, angle and fiddle my shelves and things help prevent any nasty tumbles. Knock on wood 🤞

OMG James, power tools? just kidding ya, still following!! Great vid!!!

Tool storage is never boring. Well, except when it's a bit boring. Still, nothing to get hung up about. 😉

Thanks for sharing that, good progress!

I've seen enough from Adam Savage to know the best plans wind up changed completely after a few months' use. It's looking good, though! The peg for the saws makes me a bit anxious, but that's because I would walk into it, probably on a daily basis 😅

One rack to hold them all.

Excellent work 🌷💎🌷

If you have clamps falling off you could add a slight back bevel to the top of the rack and apply some stair tread grip tape or sand paper to the top.

Thanks for sharing.

Uggggggggg.. so many idea's ticking in my brain... Thank you

The challenge you have that I do not is your tool storage is not just functional but must also be a display of sorts. A backdrop to your videos.

@WoodByWrightHowTo

Ай бұрын

I think even if I did not have a channel I would do this. it makes it all easy to get to and very efficient

@upsidedowndog1256

Ай бұрын

@@WoodByWrightHowTo But I can utilize all 4 walls to their fullest!

@WoodByWrightHowTo

Ай бұрын

I do the same. I have tools hanging on all my walls around the shop. But the ones I use all the time at the bench I have right within reach. The ones that gets used less and less are farther away from the vice.

When I worked as one of the woodworkers at Conner Prairie, I got used to having the chisels and jointery saws in a little cabinet with the bigger saws in the same sort of rack yours are in. I liked that set up, but that's really the extent of how I liked organization

Love the NASA capsule tent in the one shot..... I did make a bunch of dowel hanger up things for my house and shop. I did make a bunch of wood spheres for the ends of them, mostly for the coat rack in my pantry room. I did angle all of them up a bit so things wouldn't wander off the ends. Only change I would make on what you have done here.

More tools = more storage. 🙂

Your work bench is looking a little too small for your new shop there James, can't wait for the workbench build video

@WoodByWrightHowTo

Ай бұрын

you and me both. hopefully come July or Aug!

That Rockler pouch thing reminds of something I won in an auction, a Defiance by Stanley Tool Caddy. Only one I've ever seen or heard of. Holy cow that was a lot of holes also... have you ever considered a career making Swiss Cheese ???

Great video. Thanks! For my clamp holder, I made a rabbet on the top back side so all of the pipe clamps with feet (Bessey) had a place to sit. I've never had one fall off.

My clamp rack isn't much fancier than yours. I stick them on a stud, although it's turned perpendicular to the wall and has some stand offs so there is a little more room for the clamp heads to just fall over the top of the stud.

Thanks for all your time and effort.

"all" of your "awls" that sounds like a new shirt

@WoodByWrightHowTo

Ай бұрын

enough people asked for it so I started making a monthly Dad joke shirt. If you want to get in one the first one here is the link. www.woodbywright.com/shop

Loved the video

What's that weird noisy thing you are often using? It looks like it might need electricity 😂 Enjoyed the video, especially the dust blowing

My garage walls were never covered n sheetrock which makes finding the studs convenient. I organize my tools n a similar way❗

Nice!!! ❤

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Dad said your wasn't good! 😂❤

Looking good, James😊

Looking great James

1 rack to rule them all and in the darkness bind them! LOL.

Can’t believe you just leave them saws hanging.

Brilliant work, James! Really well done! 😃 The shop is looking fantastic already! Stay safe there with your family! 🖖😊

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Just be careful you don't poke an eye out reaching for something near your bow saws! There's a fair amount of reverb. If you haven't already thought about sound baffling, you might want to consider it.

@WoodByWrightHowTo

Ай бұрын

Yep. We will be installing sound dampening as soon as I have a spot for all the tools and nowhere I can put it.

Right at the end: what the big black bar thing hanging over your head? Still futzing with lighting?

@WoodByWrightHowTo

Ай бұрын

that s one of the soft boxes. I have two of them setup.

wahoo!

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You mentioned not liking to use magnet bars for chisels. Can someone let me know why? I haven't tried it, but was thinking about doing it and would like to know if I'm going to have an issue.

@WoodByWrightHowTo

Ай бұрын

I do not want to magnetize the sharp objects as they will attract other metal objects and possibly dull them. I may be over thinking it though.

@thoughtstream9591

Ай бұрын

@@WoodByWrightHowTo thanks for the reply, I hadn't thought about the residual magnetism in the chisels.

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