Building an adjustable drawer organizer so everything has it's own storage space. Workshop organization project. ~-~~-~~~-~~-~ Check out: "Jack and Jill Bathroom Remodel (part 5)" • Jack and Jill Bathroom... ~-~~-~~~-~~-~
I like your comment about Functionality and I completely agree. In my workshop I find that if something has a dedicated home, I have a tendency to make sure it finds it way back to its home after I use it, otherwise it ends up wherever I lay it down. I love shop organization projects and so that is what I am focusing on right now in my shop and will be uploading some of those projects to my channel soon.
Greetings from Atllantic Canada! Seriously, a great build! Being real-world and practical can sometimes be lost on us amateurs. No two work spaces are ever alike... even the same bench on different days! Cheers!
Love the organizing! Will definitely be adding to my shop. I am fairly new to woodworking...real woodworking. My shop is small, but very cozy lol Its a prebuilt storage shed 12x20. I love spending as much time out here as possible! I have waited for YEARS to get my shop setup. Anyway...wanted to tell you it is encouraging to see other women enjoying woodworking!
+Tammye S I wish I could spend more time in my shop. One day I'll finish remodeling my house and then I can just focus on building small, fun projects in my shop. That'll be the day! :-)
@Sandra Powell, GF, you need to do a lot more videos! I love to watch creators create! This is amazing! Especially as another woman you inspire me. I have no such talents, but i will be sending this to the hubby to help inspire him to do a cleanout of our large kitchen junk drawer! TFS "Blessings of Bounty and May Your Gardens and your Life always Bring You Joy, Inspiration and Abundance!" - Hope( & Mark)!
That looks very useful - I also like to use scraps and not being too nerdy about precision in shop projects. Since my shop time is often limited as a hobbyist, some things have to get finished quickly in order to get finished at all. Thanks for sharing!
I waste sooo much time looking for tools. So I’m in the process of making a heavy duty drawer cabinet. This idea will be going into my top drawers to accommodate the small stuff.
Well bloody done Sandra, Looks great and will be definately doing the same to my draws, SOOOOO much easier when organized like you have, Thanks for the upload, Cheers Teddy
I LOVE seeing women doing "mans work"...consyruction, wood/metal work, etc. just as much as I LOVE seeing men doing "women's work"...cooking, baking, etc. We're all talented in different ways and no one fits in any particular box or frame. You do lovely work. You have a new fan.
Thanks Maria. My husband is our family Chef. When we have people over for dinner and they thank him, he always spreads the thanks around by pointing out who made the salad or brought the dessert...and then I say, "I built the kitchen". That is my contribution to all of our meals. LOL
Really like this. I am not organized naturally, but I force myself to be that way because I HATE wasting time looking for that one thing I need but can't find. Very nice project and it looks very handy!
+Sandra Powell aka {Sawdust Girl} Don't get me wrong, I like being organized. Much easier to find things. I am not ambitious enough to get too picky. As long as I get related items in the same area, I'm good. Wish I could be more like you, but I just don't have it in me. Your stuff always turns out great and is very functional. Thanks for sharing. Take care
Wow! I am impressed by your ingenuity, attention to details, and to your craftsmanship. Thank you for taking the time and effort to share your design with the DIY community, Ciao, L
I LOVE IT!! I live in a semi truck and just got a new one. I am creating drawers within the original ABS cabinets. Different categories. Food, clothes and office. I have been wondering about the office section. This video helped a lot.
Excellent video! I need to add dividers to my metal tool box/cabinet drawers. So, I'm going to use the stick-on perimeter dividers sold by Rockler and then customize it further with wood dividers like you did here. Thank you for sharing your ideas.
Well, it was sure looking like a lot of fuss to go to but by the end, it looked like a dream to have a place for every little thing...and for years to come.
I know this is an old post and I understand your plight about needing or having a place for things. I am troubled with a problem of not enough storage and but when I do store a thing I forget where it was stored.
I have been trying to figure out how to organize all my odds and ends. Without building a jig that will more than likely take me 3 weeks to build lol. This and your driver bit videos are just awesome. Thanks for sharing your ideas. Please keep up the good work...
most people have a drawer that's basically a black hole where stuff goes to hide I like the fact the drawer can change shape to accommodate new things plus you open the drawer and you can see the tape or pen or countersink excellent
Excellent, I've just stumpled upon your channel, I like your way of organising drawer. Then I was a child, I made similar system for the drawers of my desk, only using a thin plywood and a cardboard (because at the time I had very few tools, all of them were hand tools). Also I have to say that I like then women doing woodworking. I believe that there is no such thing as men or women-only crafts, like «knitting for women and woodworking for men». Such women as you, Darbin Orvar and so on are helping to destroy theese stereotypes. I'm russian and it's a pity that in russian youtube (I mean the channels on youtube runned by russian-speaking users) there are no women who doing woodworking. I wish you good luck and sorry for my english, I can easily read english and understand spoken english, but have not enough opportunites for training my speaking and writing skills.
Really good and easy to follow you could make a 1/2 or 1/3rd width tray to fit in that could slide from back to front or side to side so you could get to things underneath and this would give you more storage space, Rich.
Not ok only did you do an amazing job but I think it's awesome to see more women working in the shop. It just sucks that your tools are better then mine. lol I'm actually going to use this organizer in some of my drawers. Saves me the problem of trying to design one. Great job, keep it up! Rick, Athens Tx
Stumbled across you tonight Sandra and everything you've built is great. I'm about to kit out my studio and will incorporate so much of this. Thanks so much for sharing your knowledge and skills! :)
This is the best drawer divider video I have seen, and I have been looking at what I thought was all of them. Somehow I missed yours. Will subscribe so I don't miss anything further. Nice job on the drawer.
Okay Sandra, you're making us feel guilty about our drawers being just a big pile of junk... :D I'm getting lots of great ideas from your organizer vid so please keep'em coming!
I agree with functional .I've been going crazy trying to arrange my garage to be functional. It's not that big so k oss can easily happen. Great keep them coming.
I really liked your adjustable storage organizer. For the small compartments you could make a little box without a lid and a nail coming up from the bottom. Use the nail as a way to pull the box out of the compartment, then put it back when you are finished.
Love that you love being organised :). It's made such a difference to me too since I started making specific places for each thing. Just finished a tool wall. now I'm inspired to tackle that big drawer I've got full of junk.
I am new to woodworking and I am always so impressed with how creative you are and you do excellent work. You really inspire me to reach for the sky, thanks for the motivation.
As a senior I have built many drawers so here is some serior wisdom. 1. All screws come loose in normal use so if it moves use epoxy on the screws. 2. Nails (see screws) 3. When there is a metal option take it metal leg sets hold up better. But look for failure points metal will bend if you stress it. Reinforce any failure points. 5. Roll away tool boxes are great but they all come with cheap casters replace them and reinforce the bottom these bend & flex use 3/4 to 1" plywood minimum. This includes the real expensive ones 6. Reinforce anything that needs it before you put it in service, it so much easier to fix them when they are empty and before they get damaged. 7. Look at scrap wire racks, displays from retail stores some items are gems some are dogs. 8. Cheap kitchen cabinets make poor shop cabinets, see nails and screws. 9. Get a system to manage hardware, I like a diy sortimo system, but this should one of your first projects 10. Buying tool look at piece count the lower the cost per piece the better. Garage sales good, I find tools show up in the last two weeks of the month. Again the more you buy the more you save, bundle, buy bags, bulk pays, old power tools and hand tools are great deals look at under loved tools.
Looks great Sandra. In my shop I ended up doing something of a hybrid where I made interlocking slats (like yours) for some of my drawers..but I eventually switched to making boxes that tessellated into the drawer. I think the advantage to the box system is that I can take out an entire drawer of (for example) pocket hole screws and bring them to the work area, then bring them back when I'm done. I've found it cuts way down on the wasted time of running back and forth to the drawers. A friend of mine saw my system and designed his drawers to fit the plastic boxes found in (cheap) Harbor Freight tool cases. He was able to cover an entire drawer with 2 plastic parts cases for under $20, whereas if he bought the material to make boxes (or slats) it would have cost him about the same. Wish I could post a picture for you but..youtube.
+wxfield Great job coming up with a system that works perfectly for how you work. I always design for function -- which is why my shop is still not finished. I don't yet know how I want to use the other areas that I have not built out yet. I keep thinking at some point I'll see a need that is not satisfied by what I've already done and then I'll know what to do...it just hasn't happened yet. Any day now! LOL
Justo estaba pensando como tenía que hacer unos cajones para mis herramientas y este vídeo es el indicado ...congratulations for the vídeo from Argentina.
Nice project, especially since it performs two functions - gives you more organization, and puts a lot of small scraps to good use. To bump up the floor of your small compartments, though, I'd recommend gluing the spacers to the bottom of the square block and just dropping it into place. That way you don't need to break the calk free if you want to move the spacer, and you won't leave calk residue on the bottom of the drawer.
Hello Sandra just going through the inter-web thingy and was directed to your RU-vid channel and I have just watched this video, I must say that I really enjoyed watching it. Tell you something else I also noticed you are the best looking (beautiful) female who is in to woodworking.
I feel the same way .Functional over perfect in the shop. Looks great I'm still going through organization in my garage due to the tight space but it will get there . Or close to it lol
Very nice work! But I realize, that you have serval tiny stuff such as pencils, washers, bolts, drills etc. in your drawer. Therefor use another suggestion from me: a flat drawer in a high drawer. The dividers on the left and right only half or 2/3 the hight. This will be the runningsurface für the inner drawer. The inner drawer ist aprox. 1/3 of the hight of the dividers and half the depth of the high drawer. Have a look in your other drawers: you store more air than hardware in there. The reason: the drawers are usually too high (because drawers are expensive). But flat drawers (1 to 1 1/2 inches) are extremely useful for all the tiny stuff.
Very well done! I plan to use your ideas, but maybe space some of the side slots at 2-1/2, 3, and 3-1/2" for more versatility (I saw that some of your common items didn't quite fit). I will cut the sides from one piece so I don't get confused by the spacing changes.
1:00 Drilling holes to allow bolts to poke thru gives the drawer more room and the bolts are still accessible. 4:00 glue the block to the new floor. Then no need to stick to the drawer floor. The false floor can be easily removed by sticking some tape to the bottom and pulling it out.. Sure caulk can be scraped loose but no reason for having to do that and all the surrounding parts would have to be removed too.
