Workshop Tool Storage and organization ideas
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- Опубликовано: 28 сен 2024
- Some simple storage ideas for around the shop. It really tough to find places to put everything in a small shop, hopefully some of these ideas will work
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Man, there's nothing more satisfying than seeing someone's shop that's been well settled into over time. Every part tells a story, and likely reminds us of our parent's or grandparent's shops when we were growing up. Thanks for sharing that with us!
If we all just had a good place for that tool we had 5 minutes ago! Hardest one to find in the shop.
My friend...I look at iron tools like a child looks at candy bars. So.. seeing your workshop is like "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory" for me. Thanks for that encouragement!
The never ending tool and tool storage pursuit. 🤣 thank you for sharing yours. 👏👏👏
Great video John! Me and my son in law have been debating different storage methods in our shop. This video gave us lots to do! You’ve answered some questions we didn’t even know how to ask! Thanks for the great videos and the lessons on blacksmithing that don’t talk down to those of us that finally realized our dream of having a forge and anvil. But like a dog chasing a car, we really didn’t know what to do now that we got them…
John... Give this a read. THANK YOU for all of your teachings, lessons, encouragement, safety education expressed, forging ideas, business insights, and banjo stummins.
I am closing shop after something like 4-5 years. Everything has been packed away and I am finding it just so difficult to make myself do the final move of things into storage. It feels like a death to me really, but it just has to be done to better provide for my son and I, and to accommodate the necessity of time and dedication thereof for a boy barely over one years old of whom does not have a mom.
I wanted to tack on my insights for tool storage though. My most common hardy tools and punches and chisels are on my anvil in pipes and a "veranda" style tray around my anvil stand; just as your's.
For my other hardy tools, i notched the furthest point of the shanks to resemble a gut hook from a skinning knife. And i hang them way above my head but just barely in reach on a thin braided steel cable attached from Wall to wall.
My tongs and spring swages have always been on an old, multi-tier newspaper rack that I reinforced with some small round stock under the rails. It was a great find, very sturdy... Its like the ones you'd find in a library where they have articles archived from long ago. I found it in the basement of a building I remodeled years back as a charity job converting it to a battered women's and children's shelter.
Punches and drifts and chisels i have hung on the wall in the slots of the base portion of one of those shelf systems that are connected by vertical pipes. The cheapo ones. The one i have is 4' x 2.5' and has 13 rows of 8 holes measuring 1.25" x 1.75" + smaller gap holes between those basically over 140 holes in rigid plastic to wedge hand tools of all kinds.
My hammers hang under my gas forge I built myself upon a rack i made for hammers and it spans 3 sides.
God bless you all, have a blast with the art, I love you all and wish you the best.
Always a pleasure to see your shop, John. Thank you for the inspiration and knowledge you share with us.
I want this dudes workshop plus his hat and flannel. What a boss 😎
Can you say I love tongs without saying I love tongs? Lol
I like your Ideas, thanks for sharing!
I'm a new guy starting out, so this is quite helpful for me in getting started on the right foot with good organization.
I try my hardest to stay organized in my shop. Forge On. God bless.
Looks a bit like my shop/garage stuff everywhere, except your tool collection has mine beat by a long shot!
Hello John
Tools everywere and that is the same in every Shop in World.
Thank you for your little overview .
Yours Frank Galetzka
Well done John. Almost brought tears to my eyes.Wishing my place look half as organise as you're. Proof taking time save time.Thanks for the wake up call 😉
Came from the shorts and I subbed. Shorts are powerful
I have ADHD, so honestly the 5-gallon bucket is a great system for me (actually several buckets). When I'm done with a tool I can toss it in the general direction of the bucket and it's put away, otherwise I'll never find it (I once spent 10 minutes looking for a pair of tongs that I was actually holding at the time so this is important for me). If I can't find a thing, it's easy to dump the bucket, find the tool, and then refill the bucket. If I have to put a tool in a specific place then the only thing that I can guarantee is that I'll never actually put that tool in that place. It took me the better part of a decade to realize this about myself, but if you have ADHD then efficiency trumps literally everything else and this system works for me so I use it.
What great ideas. I have made some hangers that I have tacked into my anvil stump where I keep my tongs that I am using on a particular project. Alas the hammers are in 5 gallon buckets. Going to have to up my game now and really work at it to get organized. Thanks for posting.
You have a great system. Stick with it. Mine is similar. Thanks for sharing your great ideas.
I'm feeling called out on my bucket storage habit.
You are my adoptive dad/grandad, and you cant stop me
I starting laughing.....I have probably forty 5 gallon buckets of tool 😂. I like tools of all kinds, specialty, homemade, antique, & unusual tool. Your tool storage setup is great. Thanks for the suggestions
Very informative, thank you.
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Thanks a ton for your wisdom i just started to have this issue with my forge and the 5gal. Bucket and the crate i will definitely take your advice godbless forge safe.
I enjoyed seeing how you set up your shop. What are the dimensions of your shop? Learning from your own experience, what size shop would you want (keeping in mind heating it during your cold winters).
@5:00😂Dang disappearing tools. They always get lost to the aether when you need 'em again.
What do you do for larger files and rasps? I am thinking of those horizontal magnetic strips with wood over them to protect the teeth.
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Hi John, so recognisable. You can never find the tool you were just holding. B.t.w what is the size of the dies for your smithing magician?
What about different size anvils of post anvil or tinners anvils ??
If only you had some paste wax you could wax those drawer slides and make them work so much better
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Thanks.
I have two sisters, one inherited the organizational gene, the other did not. I fall somewhere in-between. I need all the help I can get. Thanks.
Mr John where can I get Cole from for my forga
I don't have 1 tenth of the tools you have John, And Im all ways looking for better ideas for storage . 🤔⚒📐🤠
As far as the tool you had 5 minutes ago, I've actually caught myself changing it from one hand to the other whilst looking for it!
(It was just one of those days)
LOL! Like my wife looking for her glasses which were on top of her head the whole time. ;) Of course, _I've_ never forgotten why I was headed to a certain room or what I was saying.... ;)
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John, You have some great ideas for tool storage. Another great video. In my shop, I have a concrete floor and the moisture wicks up through it. I noticed that you have sledge hammers set on your floor with the heads down. That is how I used to keep mine as well. The problem I ran into is that the moisture wicking up from the floor causes the wood in the eye of the hammer head to slowly dry rot and one day as you are using the sledge, the head flies off. I have a portable post vise that is mounted on an old flywheel, so now I set the hammers on their heads on the flywheel base to keep them off the floor. Maybe in Colorado the floor moisture is not as big of a problem.
Thanks, glad you enjoyed it
Sounds like there's no waterproof barrier installed underneath your concrete floor or it has failed. You could seal the whole floor in an epoxy resin sealer or tanking slurry which should solve your issues with rising damp if it's really bothering you that much.
@@HoeDizzleFoShizzle How long do those sealers/slurries last? I have the same problem that Paul has, but in my garage. (My Blacksmith "shop" is in the backyard, mostly under a roof that is over an old, huge BBQ that the previous owners built. There is no concrete under my "shop," just dirt, so all tooling stays inside my "workshop.")
All I can say is after I have completely year 1 of my Bladesmithing career and now in November will hit 2 years I’m starting to get more into blacksmithing also because of this channel I’m going to need a bigger shop!
I love your swing-out tool holder and against your anvil block, an ingenious tube holder. Think I'll get welding to make a similar one myself! In some of your other videos, I love seeing your old cabinets. They are so reminiscent of my grandfather's which are still in use to this day.
During my naval days I used a Peli mobile tool chest whose price today is an eye-watering price! I bought mine 20 years ago for about £600 + VAT to store my surgical instruments. Waterproof, dust-proof and virtually unbreakable, years later it's used to hold all our hand forged tools we use for gold prospecting. John, thank you for this excellent video. ~Wendi 🌻
I laughed out loud when you said except the tool you had 5 minutes ago.... Sunday is my cleaning day. There is always something that needs organizing or cleaning.
I like your shop organization. A well organized but not rigid system. Thanks for the history of the pull out drawers. I've been wondering about those pulls.
Neatly dividing up space to find things is great! But in order to find the tool I had 5 minutes ago it seems I'd have to neatly divide up space-time itself. Someone tell me please when they find out how to do that!
Really had to laugh at your comment about the 5 minute thing!
John, my dad did some wheelwrighting in the 50's on the farm but our working place was outside, under a tree. I often helped him, joining outer rims for oxwagon wheels, him leading with a 2 pound hammer, showing me where to hit with the 12 pounder. We however only had a 10th of the tools you have! No electricity, so everthing was done with handtools. Brings back great memories!
Oh i love your shop. Tools everywhere hammers here chisels there power machines . Lot of tools but very well organised. 👍👍👍🔥🔥🔥🔥
Fantastic video. I’m just starting to put my own shop together around an old forge I plan on restoring, and videos like this are filled with useful information, much appreciated sir!
Tool Storage is indeed a problem! I must confess I have tried the 5 Gallon Bucket method to my frustration and aggravation! Lik John, I have had to poor things out and pick them up to find what I need. Practical Blacksmithing by M. T. Richardson has some very good Ideas like a little square Tool Bench that I intend to build one say soon!
When I have a Hot pie of metal the last thing, I need to be doing is fumbling through Kaos to find what I need
Morning John. Funny I have an old work vest that have the same burn hole in it only on the left side I’m left handed. I bet it’s from the angle grinder. Mine is. Another fun video…..paul 🇺🇸⚒🔥
Yup. 5 gallon bucket has its uses. Currently I can't keep my tools in the shop(outdoors) so I have a huge tool bag. It works for now.
You might not have eccess to it outside the netherlands, but in our orge we used to use clogs (wooden shoes) with the heel cut of nailed to the anvil block to store all of the punches, chisels and drifts.
I'm currently getting started on setting up my shop and this was video very helpful. Thank you.
Tool storage is always tricky and personal.
Why do you need so many tongs? Are they all different? Greetings from Germany :)
All for different sizes and shapes.
@@BlackBearForge Okay, thanks, wouldn't expect sooo many, but I'm not the blacksmith.. definitely looks quite impressive having them all lined up so neatly
I love seeing the handle I made for you.
Thats a nice bunch of tools love it👌
You can never have enough tools
A well organized system is a big help around the shop
Always like seeing shop tools and your video didn’t disappoint. Enjoy your day John.
Boy howdy! So organized! ( Good thing that one guy came looking you up unanounced! He's keeping the place really shipshape. Good choice to keep him in the dungeon as a forge minion!)
That swing out shelf/tray is THE SCHIZNITS! In the future I will get mine mounted to my block n Anvil!
Loved it Mr John , and some more tongs, thanks and many blessings!
Crawford out🙏🏻🔥⚒️🧙🏼♂️
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Thanks for the walk around John, plenty of different options to adapt, I did make a swivel shelf a couple of yeas ago after seeing yours, just fits my brush though, also did a frame for tools round the sides of my anvil. Keep up the great work. All the best from North Yorkshire, UK.
Every time I can't find a tool I tell myself this is unacceptable & then eventually I find it or a substitute & do the job & things get more & more mixed till I have to stop & attempt organisation & this ugly business repeats & slowly I build wooden boxes about 12x18x4 inches or bigger if needed & put tools for a particular job within & this has helped me cope with jobs that in my case often happen in different places so that things have to be portable. The joy that comes from wanting something & finding it in a box where I expected it to be is almost overwhelming set against the misery that comes when I have forgotten to put a tool back. Strange how I let tool finding take me on such an emotional roller coaster, but I am slowly getting better & that encourages me to keep working at it. Thanks for sharing!
I was wondering if you could make a video about making a simple hammer and axe/hatchet drift video?
I have done a few. But I’m experimenting with some different steel and may do another
@@BlackBearForge i would really enjoy another ive done a few drifts but struggling to get a good handle to fit
Great video on organizing. I built a rack for the tool I had in my hand 5 minutes ago, and it just kept overflowing! 🤣
I have several old paint cans that hold various different tools. Chisels in one, punches in another, pliers have a coffee can with some rocks in the bottom so I can hang them on the rim.
I adore around looking at Black Bear Forge’s shop in these videos.
I don't have a shop yet, so my tools are laid out on a tray and I work on another. I've got trays. Good channel for picking up tips that would otherwise take half a lifetime.
Hello love your videos awesome work I was wondering I’m about to purchase a forge and I wanted to know what tools will I need to for an I beam shape into steel thank you!
Ah the old 5 gal bucket full of crap, and my current tool storage. What I would give for an actual shop.
Great video John, there's always a need for shop organization ideas!
Great video mate. Everyone likes a bit of “tool porn” 🤣
Your little giant was made right by where I live, I never knew they were made around here...
That adjustable wrench looked real out of place, lol!
Would love to see a more in depth view of that anvil stand. Looks really handy.
An organized work shop makes fot eazy organized working . Great video.
I find your videos to be a delight. Thanks!
Great video! A lot of good ideas! Thanks!
I thought I was the only one using buckets!
i bet this generation wld love to scrap yr iron an metal id keep it for life
Ohh I love that song it sheriff on the Anvil base!
what is the sqaure footage of your shop?
Why is it that the one tool you are using can runaway so fast.
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Can’t believe I’m just finding this channel now, absolutely love it!