Just a quick money saving tip. If you want free paper on those big roles. If you have a newspaper company near by they have end rolls that the can't use that they just give away. That what I use in my shop
Glad to see you're an Adam Savage fan. His big thing is organizing his stuff with what he calls "first order retrievability", meaning all his tools can be seen in one passing glance - nothing is hidden by anything else. I think you've achieved that with your shop upgrades.
I am a 77 year old guy......high on energy, pretty impatient, fast working and definitely a belt and suspenders advocate. If most people would use 4 screws, you can count on me using 8 or 9, maybe 10. A friend of mine sat in one of my deer blinds, hunting was slow so he thought he would count the screws I used.....soon he gave up. I have been obsessing over a deer blind that is becoming unsafe and going thru a million iterations for an approach to building a new one. My introduction to Wranglerstar videos was the series about building a tree house. Since then, I have watched dozens of videos. .The videos entertained me for many hours, learned a lot. But mostly, I want to say: Thank you for what you do! Keep it up ! Good luck !
With the shelf that you displayed your planes on, if you put a piano hinge on the top of it you can lift the planes up and have a small storage space in behind them.
Bench grinder on a French hanger- best tool tip I've seen in a long time. I've been clamping them and then throwing em under the bench- they already had plywood bases. Thank you!
The wood shop is quite lovely. Wish I could blink my eyes and produce one like it for Wendell. All the organizers are amazing and I am sure it is a joy to work in the space you have created. A kitchen utensil drawer is much the same as for tools, ugh, I very much dislike them!!!!!!!! I have all my most used kitchen utensils at the ready in canisters or crocks by each "work station". Enjoyed the tour of new stuff.
A tip for the roll of paper: if you get a wood plank or a metal rod in front of it, than it can be used as a guide to cut it more square. If it is sharpened, than you should be able to sheer of the paper without the need of cutting it with a knife.
Workshop on Wheels i use an old bandsaw blade screwed to a piece of wood, the paper pulls down between blade and wood and when you pull up it cuts the paper, perfect straight cuts every time.
... or an offcut of ply cut lengthways with a 45 angle fixed with the bevel towards the roll! Pull down the roll end and tear off by pulling strait out!
Here in Kentucky its really cold, I can't wait to plant my vegetable garden it will be my 16 month olds first garden. I can't wait to teach him how did to grow vegetables. +Wranglerstar
This is why I love perusing old videos. I just watched the glue up, and now I randomly saw its finally level. I love several of the ideas there, but the bench grinder idea is brilliant. I think I'm going to copy that one when I get to that point. Heh, i'm still at the 'looking at chisels' phase, so it's a ways out.
Agreed with Adam Savage.... I've watched that Tested video twice. Not only do my tools disappear in drawers, but in my several tool boxes, coffee cans etc... I like his rule of first order retrievability That is my goal. Not too unlike your shop. The French cleat system turns out nice!.
Great tips Wranglerstar! I installed several magnetic knife holders from IKEA along the back wall of my bench and it holds all my files and screwdrivers for easy visibility and access. One of my top 5 improvements to my shop!
I have a WEN on my Amazon "Wish List". Glad to see someone has it and is pleased. It'll make the knife shop more pleasurable. Still impressed with how the shop finished up... great job! 👍🏼
Good to hear. I picked up a small WEN drill press last year off Facebook market Place for $20. Never heard of WEN until then and the little press is working out great.
Yeah, not a bad way to find things. Not as organized with categories though but I've bought and sold via Market Place several times in 2016. You can set a search area by miles from your zip code. Just another avenue to find deals. ;)
Cody! I just ran across a channel named "Rings workshop" and he has some fantastic shop organization ideas you may find to be useful. I'm implementing several myself when I can splurge on plywood.
A woodworking gun guy. Me too! My wife doesn't like me cleaning my guns in the house either. I got interested in woodworking from restoring a Mauser rifle. Thank you for all your interesting videos and ideas that you share.
Once those drawers have 'settled in' (likely somewhere next winter), you should probably make a couple of drawer dividers (like the things you also have in the kitchen drawers) fit to size for the items that 'settled' in those drawers. These things help prevent them to becoming a mess, and also prevent you from tossing other things in (as there be not designated room for them). Sounds like a fun winter woodshop project, that will help you keep the shop (and especially those places that are great for hiding a mess) organized.
Wow, that system is so flexible and easy and reliable, impressive. I have to comment on how you make such good use of your time, and the grinder solution is just that, a great solution to problem that so useful in freeing up space.
Your shop is looking great, Wranglerstar!!! I'm sure you already have these on the docket but it would be nice to see some videos for status updates on the beaver pond along with all the trees you planted last year.
It's not that I don't like the backdrops it's that the wall you are covering is pretty enough to be in a living room. Appreciate you always trying new things.
Great ideas. I was always losing my drill chuck for my drill press, so I drill a small hole in the chuck and attached a very small chain to it. Then attached the other end to a spot on the drill press. Never lost it again. Thanks for the vid.
You have just made a compartment where saw dust will be collected. Move your gun cleaning stuff. Have a nice plastic case for those with a lid that with locking mechanism, só no dust will get inside.
Drawers combined with the use of shadow boards are a great way to account for all of your tools in a workspace. For example, aircraft manufacturers and mechanics must be able to locate every single tool in their set after a shift or project to confirm that they did not leave a tool inside an engine or aircraft. Second, CNC Manufacturers or manufacturers using expensive tooling also tend to store in drawers to avoid dust collection or fall damage. In maintenance departments, drawers are an excellent method to account for inventory of small parts or hardware.
Additionally, shelves tend to have "dead space" within a cubby above the product you're storing in the cubby. For example, the shelf system you made for your sanders and supplies has almost more "dead space" within the cubby than occupied space. Typically drawers are better fits for larger companies with stock of inventory, rather than homeowners or tinkerers. Shelf and drawer systems both have their purpose in the organizational world.
Really cool video, all your work trying to get things organized is paying off. May God grant you and your neighbors his mercy in regards to the prowler situation. I'm looking forward to the next tool kit video, Thanks and God Bless
glad to hear you still like your bench. I have one set of legs all glued up and drying downstairs! hope to get it all together this weekend. also good to hear about the air filters. I've been on the fence with them but with a relatively cheap the unit you use is, I may just get it.
If you sit a bit farther away from the white background it will get darker the further away you are from it. love the channel. been watching from day one. Thank you for all the time you put in.
My tools are all organized in my rolling tool box drawers and the drawers are all labeled with the types of tools that are in them. Best thing I ever did. My tools are all organized and protected. Projects have become much easier since I did that.
Great timing with this shop makeover, I am redoing my shop as well and really like the French cleats but my favorite idea from you is using the woodworkers vice to hold a machinist vice or other tools. I can swap my stuff from my shop to the garage bench easily, what a great idea AND I am going to gather up all my sharpening stones etc and put that in one place as well. 10 thumbs up......thanks for sharing your ideas.
You could build a cleat that clamps into the vice and then fits into the cleats on the grinder, which will hold the grinder on the bench and keep the clamps out of the way all together.
Nice shop upgrade ideas. Enjoyed seeing your workspace in more detail. I'd love to hear more about your air filters, I'm thinking about something similar.
those drawers under the work bench are great. I was thinking that you should have made yourself a dentist type ceiling mount to attach lights, cameras, and be able to pivot them around in your shop.
Love the drawers! Knape and Vogt drawer slides are THE best, and I believe the only slides that are still made in America. My family started that company back in the 1890s and I’ve worked there for about 5 years. Would love to see more projects with KV drawer slides on your channel. We also make them for Snapon.
Mr W.......Your Workshop design and improvement videos are awesome...consider adding a special "workshop" category to combine all those relevant video files into.
