This reminds me so much of my grandfather's tool boxes. He would handmake all his cases for his woodworking tools. They were all custom-made to the tool, with everything right there. I have an old router and an ancient circular saw that still runs perfectly even after 60+ years. Well used, but great condition, likely because of the care he took to build special cases for them. He made my mom a custom sewing desk with her sewing machine on a little hinged trap door that popped up whenever she wanted to use it and she put it down when she needed the desk space. He saw it in a store once and just thought, "I bet I can do that." Even I get that feeling every time I look at something now.
Very neat solution that could be adapted for other items. Just one thought: replace the ratchet wrench with a fixed t-bar; it gets tedious having to reverse the ratchet frequently when making minor adjustments.
I feel this video so much. I have laser cutters, a cnc mill, table saw, drill presses, bench sanders, welder, over a dozen 3d printers of different types, soldering stations, multiple bench saws, table saw, woodworking tools, and a large army of various hand tools, bits, etc. I keep snagging tools, hardware, etc from sales, Amazon Vine (free), and yard sales. I have no clue where to put them all. I am drowning in tools. Both my wife and I tinker on cars and various other projects, so we're both on board with having as many tools as we can fit, but we are stumbling over tools so much lately. Being a generalist is a blessing and a curse. I need a proper big shop like you have. Right now I have a 12x14 workshop inside the house for mini painting, electronics modding, etc but it has low vaulted ceilings because it was built in the attic space, and my only other spaces are the Garage (which has a giant project truck in it to work around), and a small 10x10 shed for the 3d Printers. Stumbling over the tools has made my interest in actually going out into any of the spaces low. I need to take some time to tackle some of these problems like you did.
For storing the wheel on the front of the box, four simple "J" hooks, two at the bottom on the box-base, and two closer together at the top to straddle the center hub would work.
Idea for wheel storage. There is void space in the upper corners of the box. If you had some extendable/retractable tabs, possibly hinge in and out with a push to store and push again to release type mechanism, the tabs could be shaped to hold the spokes of the wheel against the side. When you don’t want to store the wheel on the side of the box the tabs could store away flush with the face of the box. Hope that makes sense.
Have you thought about modifying the shaft of the slip roller to accept the wheel from the tube roller? Save having to make yet another thing to store, just use the same wheel to turn both maybe
2:54 glad I'm not the only one who has this issue with their CNC robot 😂 Although better doing nothing in air than when it decides it's going to abruptly go a random direction even when stocks or clamps are in the path it's trying to go. 😬 (Of course not that I've ever had THAT happen... 😉)
Make the arm that holds the handle on the slip roller removable, then just slide it off the shaft and slide it back on facing the other way so the handle nests against the roller
I plan to make the handle long enough that it will hang a fair distance below the bottom of the roller. I have a plan for something that slips on and stays put with one knob. 👍
On the roller box, if you made a slot from the bottom edge of the upper cover up enough, you could keep the roller axle in and the wheel attached. This would add some weight, but you have dual handles so it might be manageable
I use 2 wheel carts (dolly’s) for my equipment. Makes everything portable and easily “parked “out of the way. I have one for my chop saw,disc sander/grinder, tubing bender, and roller.
Thanks for sharing. My tool to shop space ratio is WAY out of line... my shop is ~360 sq. ft. & too many tools. I have the exact same tubing roller, save for the mods I bought from Swag Off Road (outriggers for the support rollers, bottle jack up top and power drive upgrade). I'm thinking just having a wooden base on mine with a hanging hole on one end to hang it on the wall will be the way I go.... an old hoodie will work fine for keeping the dust off of it. 😃
For your slip roll handle, so that you don't have to take the whole machine apart, how about an extension to the existing handle? It could bolt to the end and overlap with the existing handle. It could have some wings that overlap the existing handle to secure them together so they rotate/crank as one long handle. Sort of like joining two combination wrenches for more length & leverage.
Could you take advantage of the top two corners of the tube roller box that are empty space because the roller is triangular? Maybe add an opening there to store the other dies? It might make it too heavy though.
A nice video as always! I feel like a future goal for the tubing roller could be converting it to require only one size of Allen key; I'm personally a fan of simplifying service and use of things.
You could have a dowel or a metal rod that sticks out of the side of the tubing roller case, for the wheel to hang on. It's already made to attach to something cylindrical, so don't work too hard.
Hey, nerd. These are some extremely satisfying cases. Everything fits just right, no wasted space, highly efficient. Makes me want to build a road case for something. Thanks for sharing!
I wonder if you could make recessed rod to hold into the wheel? Recessed so it dont have a rod outside the box surface, but large enough to fit wheel on it.
Shop organization is great, but balance is key. Organize so you can work faster and better, but beware: you are your own non-paying customer (not even working on spec!) for all the time you’re taking yourself away from paying jobs. You are the very embodiment of “I’ll tell all my fans on RUclips about the great work you do, if you just make this thing for me!”
Also, I'm trying to figure out if I'm the one asking someone to make something in exchange for my mentioning THEM on RUclips, or if I'm the one making something for someone else and they're mentioning ME on RUclips. Because neither makes sense.
There is a way to use a portable electric pipe threader to drive the tubing roller. So you could get rid of the wheel and make rolling tubing soooo much easier on yourself.
Maybe there's a way to make the too short lever on the Slip Roll detachable and the shaft or axle than compatible with the big wheel from the Tubing Roller? Anyway, I absolutely love your videos and I'm in the process of binge watching all of them. Love your work and your dedication for the little details!
not sure how big they are or if it would workbut you could utilize the space on the tubing bender's top corners for the other dies. create a compartment that swings open or has a door on top
You really need to immediately upgrade your tubing roller to use the plumbing pipe threader tool. I never once used that stupid steering wheel. Get the little $45 die from Swag Off Road to make that thing electric! When I first got my HF Tubing Roller, I swapped out all the cheap components for the ones that he offers, and bought most of the dies he sells too!
I think you mean put the big part on the lid and the little catch on the bottom? Problem is, they'd hang down below the lid and get in the way when I try to set the lid down.
Have you considered using some type of grid system to decide how big your boxes are so that they store easier? For example you could make each external side a multiple of 10cm (or maybe 3 attoparsecs for you imperial types) including hardware. Or would you say that's overengineering?
Generalist that’s funny. Some of us creatives just love all things creative and love the tools to make things. I’m a collector and connoisseur of all things art or creative.
Hmm. Do you need the wheel of the tubing roller to be a wheel? Could you replace it with a single lever arm like the slip roll has? Far easeir to store, and could even fit diagonally on the front of the box without hanging over
I'm probably over-engineering a solution to your wheel, but maybe you could make 4 wheel quarters that can be rejoined to form a full wheel when needed, and disassembled for easy stowage when not needed?
Also, I'm assuming you store these on shelves. Are you keeping your box dimensions standardized at all? I've always hated when cases were different sizes so there was no one ideal height or depth for shelves. One case is always shorter or taller so it leaves a void and wastes space
I meant to comment on one of your past videos that you need a "suicide knob" for the big slip roller wheel. Watching you go hand over hand spinning the big wheel and it looks like a pain in the butt.
Also, if you weld the 2 fixturing bolts together with a strap they will hold themselves while you tighten the nuts on top. Add a magnet and it's self adhesive to the table bottom. Love your videos
Fair enough. Maybe make a hanging ufo to pair with the sputnik that hides the wheel inside/underneath. Then you have another cool display item & the wheel has a home out of the way🤷🏼♂️ Now im just throwing & seeing what sticks haha
I noticed you actually had to go back to harbor freight to buy the metric T-handles as well because your tubing roller has both metric and standard hardware on it. That's pretty annoying and happens too often. In this case it seems really weird since there's not a lot of complexity to the tool. I'm guessing one part is manufactured for the company that makes the roller and the other one was an off the shelf part where they couldn't control what type of hardware was used, or maybe you had to replace a part with an off the shelf equivalent at some point.
This reminds me so much of my grandfather's tool boxes. He would handmake all his cases for his woodworking tools. They were all custom-made to the tool, with everything right there. I have an old router and an ancient circular saw that still runs perfectly even after 60+ years. Well used, but great condition, likely because of the care he took to build special cases for them. He made my mom a custom sewing desk with her sewing machine on a little hinged trap door that popped up whenever she wanted to use it and she put it down when she needed the desk space. He saw it in a store once and just thought, "I bet I can do that." Even I get that feeling every time I look at something now.
Murphy's Law of Evolving System Dynamics: To re-can an open can of worms, you will need a larger can. This is true for toolboxes as well.
This is the kind thing where you take some time and you will value that time taken for YEARS to come.
Very neat solution that could be adapted for other items.
Just one thought: replace the ratchet wrench with a fixed t-bar; it gets tedious having to reverse the ratchet frequently when making minor adjustments.
I feel this video so much. I have laser cutters, a cnc mill, table saw, drill presses, bench sanders, welder, over a dozen 3d printers of different types, soldering stations, multiple bench saws, table saw, woodworking tools, and a large army of various hand tools, bits, etc. I keep snagging tools, hardware, etc from sales, Amazon Vine (free), and yard sales. I have no clue where to put them all. I am drowning in tools. Both my wife and I tinker on cars and various other projects, so we're both on board with having as many tools as we can fit, but we are stumbling over tools so much lately.
Being a generalist is a blessing and a curse. I need a proper big shop like you have. Right now I have a 12x14 workshop inside the house for mini painting, electronics modding, etc but it has low vaulted ceilings because it was built in the attic space, and my only other spaces are the Garage (which has a giant project truck in it to work around), and a small 10x10 shed for the 3d Printers.
Stumbling over the tools has made my interest in actually going out into any of the spaces low. I need to take some time to tackle some of these problems like you did.
For storing the wheel on the front of the box, four simple "J" hooks, two at the bottom on the box-base, and two closer together at the top to straddle the center hub would work.
@7:45
Those clippy-clamps are adorable!
Idea for wheel storage. There is void space in the upper corners of the box. If you had some extendable/retractable tabs, possibly hinge in and out with a push to store and push again to release type mechanism, the tabs could be shaped to hold the spokes of the wheel against the side. When you don’t want to store the wheel on the side of the box the tabs could store away flush with the face of the box. Hope that makes sense.
just recommended this same thing then I ran across your comment, definitely like the henge idea using the voids
I would definitely watch more of these
Have you thought about modifying the shaft of the slip roller to accept the wheel from the tube roller? Save having to make yet another thing to store, just use the same wheel to turn both maybe
But now how do you store the boxes? I love these. It hits all the spots and does all the things to give me all the feels.
You are like a way cooler (and non-annoying) Adam Savage. Awesome video.
I thought I was the only one that found him annoying. 😂
@@seanobrien7169 No one can stand Adam Savage.
I have a double chin clamp! Very useful for larger projects like this, where a single one is barely enough!
2:54 glad I'm not the only one who has this issue with their CNC robot 😂
Although better doing nothing in air than when it decides it's going to abruptly go a random direction even when stocks or clamps are in the path it's trying to go. 😬 (Of course not that I've ever had THAT happen... 😉)
I discovered it though it was leaving a tiny, tiny sliver of material in the middle. The solution was to change the stepover from 40% to 39%. 😆
@WesleyTreat 🤣 dang robots
Make the arm that holds the handle on the slip roller removable, then just slide it off the shaft and slide it back on facing the other way so the handle nests against the roller
Was about to come and comment the same, have some interaction on your comment for ✨the algorithm✨
Yep, was about to write the same thing. 🤣🤣 Great minds are deluded the same or something like that.
I plan to make the handle long enough that it will hang a fair distance below the bottom of the roller. I have a plan for something that slips on and stays put with one knob. 👍
You're videos are wonderfully edited
On the roller box, if you made a slot from the bottom edge of the upper cover up enough, you could keep the roller axle in and the wheel attached. This would add some weight, but you have dual handles so it might be manageable
Problem is, the wheel extends far below the bottom of the case. Then, I couldn't set it on the floor underneath my sheet metal brake.
@@WesleyTreat That's why you're building the stuff, and I'm thinking up stupid ideas :)
I use 2 wheel carts (dolly’s) for my equipment. Makes everything portable and easily “parked “out of the way. I have one for my chop saw,disc sander/grinder, tubing bender, and roller.
My goal is to make everything work like this: ruclips.net/video/_dGNyc1kHAw/видео.html
For the wheel, maybe just a peg/post extending from the lid to act as a "storage axle." Use a cotter pin to hold it on?
@3:24 - This is the perfect work for your 3D-Printer.
New Wesley Treat video?!
Perfect time for my lunch break!
Thanks for sharing. My tool to shop space ratio is WAY out of line... my shop is ~360 sq. ft. & too many tools. I have the exact same tubing roller, save for the mods I bought from Swag Off Road (outriggers for the support rollers, bottle jack up top and power drive upgrade). I'm thinking just having a wooden base on mine with a hanging hole on one end to hang it on the wall will be the way I go.... an old hoodie will work fine for keeping the dust off of it. 😃
That magnet on the tool for holding the mounting bolts is shear (sic) genius.
For your slip roll handle, so that you don't have to take the whole machine apart, how about an extension to the existing handle? It could bolt to the end and overlap with the existing handle. It could have some wings that overlap the existing handle to secure them together so they rotate/crank as one long handle. Sort of like joining two combination wrenches for more length & leverage.
I wonder if you can modify the slip roller shaft to accept the tube roller's wheel...
5:04 then just make an extender, and something to hold the extender to your costum base!
I actually had something like that in mind, but didn't have the material I needed.
Could you take advantage of the top two corners of the tube roller box that are empty space because the roller is triangular? Maybe add an opening there to store the other dies? It might make it too heavy though.
A nice video as always!
I feel like a future goal for the tubing roller could be converting it to require only one size of Allen key; I'm personally a fan of simplifying service and use of things.
You could have a dowel or a metal rod that sticks out of the side of the tubing roller case, for the wheel to hang on. It's already made to attach to something cylindrical, so don't work too hard.
Hey, nerd. These are some extremely satisfying cases. Everything fits just right, no wasted space, highly efficient. Makes me want to build a road case for something. Thanks for sharing!
I wonder if you could make recessed rod to hold into the wheel? Recessed so it dont have a rod outside the box surface, but large enough to fit wheel on it.
Smashing good stuff - as usual! Thanks for sharing your expertise and your inspiration with us! Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!
Shop organization is great, but balance is key. Organize so you can work faster and better, but beware: you are your own non-paying customer (not even working on spec!) for all the time you’re taking yourself away from paying jobs. You are the very embodiment of “I’ll tell all my fans on RUclips about the great work you do, if you just make this thing for me!”
You realize I get paid for this, right?
Not everyone works in their shop for pay. Building organization projects can be just as satisfying for hobbyists as building a piece of furniture.
Also, I'm trying to figure out if I'm the one asking someone to make something in exchange for my mentioning THEM on RUclips, or if I'm the one making something for someone else and they're mentioning ME on RUclips. Because neither makes sense.
Great film and build. Organization improves the making experience. Mahalo for sharing! ❤
There is a way to use a portable electric pipe threader to drive the tubing roller. So you could get rid of the wheel and make rolling tubing soooo much easier on yourself.
If I ever need to roll something hefty, I may do that. But, I mostly work with smaller stuff.
My day is always brighter with one of you videos
I thought you said your Dad was brighter. I was excited for his learning journey.
Maybe there's a way to make the too short lever on the Slip Roll detachable and the shaft or axle than compatible with the big wheel from the Tubing Roller?
Anyway, I absolutely love your videos and I'm in the process of binge watching all of them. Love your work and your dedication for the little details!
Bet you could make that roller wheel collapsible and foldable or assemblable allowing it to be stored in the box as well?
Those are fa fantastic looking cases. I would love to see more special storage case builds.
Thanks!
Love the Lazered labels
Sand paper holder for 5,6” disk. All sheet sizes would be nice too.
Please bring back the Jetsons sound for the table saw, I loved it!
not sure how big they are or if it would workbut you could utilize the space on the tubing bender's top corners for the other dies. create a compartment that swings open or has a door on top
Make a big slim box that's only slightly larger than that crank wheel so it's not a pain to store, but decorate it to look like a pizza box :P
To the right side front of the Box put in a big bolt, hang the wheel and then put a nut
Nothing but the rain!
“A Jack of all trades but master of none,
Is always better than a master of one.”
(Although you seem to master most)
You really need to immediately upgrade your tubing roller to use the plumbing pipe threader tool. I never once used that stupid steering wheel. Get the little $45 die from Swag Off Road to make that thing electric! When I first got my HF Tubing Roller, I swapped out all the cheap components for the ones that he offers, and bought most of the dies he sells too!
On your tube roller I think I'd reverse them latches for when being used on the table
I think you mean put the big part on the lid and the little catch on the bottom? Problem is, they'd hang down below the lid and get in the way when I try to set the lid down.
@WesleyTreat I was thinking about it being in the way when you're using it on the table
15:17 Nothing but the rain.
Make the wheel part of a piece of art that you can hang somewhere. And when you need the wheel you just take it off the art piece.
Your organizational talent brings out my inner nerd
The Suckless Workshop sounds like a perfect answer to Matthias Wandel's Enshitification.
12:54 Woah there Wesley! I did not agree to this type of content! 😂
Have you considered using some type of grid system to decide how big your boxes are so that they store easier? For example you could make each external side a multiple of 10cm (or maybe 3 attoparsecs for you imperial types) including hardware. Or would you say that's overengineering?
I just learned to be very good at Tetris.
That handle will come off easy with a gear puller.
The robot was clearly doing BEEZZZ BOOZZZ DOOBEE DOOBEE DOOBEE DOOBEE in repeat. Funny you didn't notice.
Add metal corners on the... um... corners. They should be in the same aisle that you found the latches.
Could store the other dies in the upper part of the case?
I can barely lift it as it is. 😂
This was a genius idea. Love the content. More sign builds please.
Your butterfly latches and collapsible handle are the *exact* same as the ones I bought for a portable cabinet that mounts on a cargo bike.
Woaahh, easy with the feet pics! 😅
Episode suggestion: case for your sonic screwdriver. That then probably fits the rest of your tools as well.
Very cool~! Thanks for sharing~!
There is plenty of room inside the tubing roller box for all the other dies.
Maybe the wheel handle could have been integrated into the case as the cases handle?
That wheel is begging to be used in some elaborate mechanical thing in the workshop, like an easier way to open the roller door.
Generalist that’s funny. Some of us creatives just love all things creative and love the tools to make things. I’m a collector and connoisseur of all things art or creative.
So @lechatbotte - you're a hoarder like me, eh? ✌
@ we don’t say hoarder lol a collector and yes guilty as charged but I use the stuff lol
You didn't appreciate the CNC's little happy dance?!
"...nothing but the rain." "Grab your gun and bring in the cat."
The case comes off the roller?
Reminds me of old sewing machines.
Nothing but the rain.
I wonder could the slip roll case been made such that the tool would not have needed to come out of it either...Jus' a thought
Robot: "I'm doing exactly what you told fr plddddmm eerreerreerreerr."
i love it, i would have put the hinge in so you don't see it so much
Pretty soon you will need tools for your tools of tools 😂
Hmm. Do you need the wheel of the tubing roller to be a wheel?
Could you replace it with a single lever arm like the slip roll has? Far easeir to store, and could even fit diagonally on the front of the box without hanging over
PAINT the BOXES, because they may be will get some dirty))) best regards!!!
Most stuff like this gets a couple coats of TotalBoat Halcyon to keep them from getting grungy. 👍
Suggestion: build a working mechanical gramophone from scratch 😊
Make a slip over extension for the handle
That's basically the plan. 👍
I'm probably over-engineering a solution to your wheel, but maybe you could make 4 wheel quarters that can be rejoined to form a full wheel when needed, and disassembled for easy stowage when not needed?
excellent
Also, I'm assuming you store these on shelves. Are you keeping your box dimensions standardized at all? I've always hated when cases were different sizes so there was no one ideal height or depth for shelves. One case is always shorter or taller so it leaves a void and wastes space
I meant to comment on one of your past videos that you need a "suicide knob" for the big slip roller wheel. Watching you go hand over hand spinning the big wheel and it looks like a pain in the butt.
Heat. Get that handle hot and it might pop off with a pry bar.
Also, if you weld the 2 fixturing bolts together with a strap they will hold themselves while you tighten the nuts on top. Add a magnet and it's self adhesive to the table bottom. Love your videos
How do you get the wheel into the box? 😁
I use most of my tools to make storage solutions for those tools. If I didn’t have the tools, I might not need the tools.
I'll give 'm to the toolless. 😆
Just like that rap song "Slot for my knob" or something like that
2:35 make the tool, tool-less?
I can help with that! Give it to me! 😁 (Or someone else.) Then your tool is now tool less 😉
well that didn't suck 😀
6:53 I’ve nailed my fingers more than once shooting them in like this. But do I change? Nope
Been there. I try to make sure the fingies aren't near the entry point.
Sweet
Could you make a 4 piece wheel? Kinda like a 4 slice pizza
I considered that. Something I could assemble. But, it's probably far more work than what it's worth for something I don't use that often.
Fair enough.
Maybe make a hanging ufo to pair with the sputnik that hides the wheel inside/underneath.
Then you have another cool display item & the wheel has a home out of the way🤷🏼♂️
Now im just throwing & seeing what sticks haha
I noticed you actually had to go back to harbor freight to buy the metric T-handles as well because your tubing roller has both metric and standard hardware on it. That's pretty annoying and happens too often. In this case it seems really weird since there's not a lot of complexity to the tool. I'm guessing one part is manufactured for the company that makes the roller and the other one was an off the shelf part where they couldn't control what type of hardware was used, or maybe you had to replace a part with an off the shelf equivalent at some point.
The dies are a separate purchase from SWAG Off Road. 👍
I am very glad you’re posting some content again. I know you have to make a living so I will forgive you for the emptiness 😢
The wheel for your slip roller can go on the door to your shop so it makes the door look like you operate it with the wheel!
GIVE THEM TO THE TOOL LESS!!!!!!!😂😂😂😂
Custom boxes AND labels... I just slipped off my chair
fellow generalist here... and yes, I'm addicted to collecting tools.