I was a manufacturing engineer at the Justrite Plant in Mattoon, IL for a couple of years. I was mostly concerned with the safety cans division, not the safety cabinets (although I did some projects for them, from time to time). I own several of these cabinets and have them in my garage. Great storage, no matter what you put in them!
It's crazy to see the evolution of the Cave. It's an ever changing space that has been a joy to watch since the beginning of this channel. Inspiration has been recieved and always gives me ideas on how to further improve my place of happiness as well.
actually have a space to put things is the only thing that helps for me, there are A FEW things in my life that "live on the tabletop" i have decided that i use them SO OFTEN they should just be on the tabletop 24/7, but most things have a place in a drawer or a closet or something. So whenever i need more space then i readily have availible i just put on some music and put shit in their space... Cleaning your work space and organising shit is a part of the work you do. Its not as fuck as making the mess but whenever i am storing shit i am also thinking "does it still belong in that shelf over there, i have found myself putting it away there a few times, maybe it should be on a shelf closer to hand? Or one of the drawers under the work table?" and then suddenly the shit you use most often is closer to hand and your next project is more fun!
My husband was excited watching this. "We have those same cabinets at work!" (He's a CNC operator.) Me? I got anxiety. I could totally relate to the situation. I wish I had half of Adam's energy to tackle my tile puzzle.
Nice safety addition to the shop!!! Should knock a few dollars off the insurance bill too! My workspace gets cluttered like this also, it takes that for me to get motivated to cleaning it up and organizing it. But, with each of those cycles the organization gets more efficient. Great Video Adam!
Now all you need is a stain free or stain resistant sink that you drop in. I've seen a few different companies that sell them for maker's spaces specifically resistant to paint, oils, chemicals and solvents, but I'll let you do your own research if you considered it. I just think a new sink in that freshly cleaned area would tie in perfectly to your new chemical cabinets. Just a thought, nicely done Adam/Tested as usual.
I can relate so much. I have very livery flavor of ADHD, and I am watching this while sorting the last 15 years of accumulated stuff in my office / workshop (about to finish this weekend after 6 weeks). I had some idea of how it will look, but there is just so much stuff that I planned as I went, i think it will be great!
A nice step for any shop to have these cabinets. Heads up work for an industrial site and have worked for many tool cribs most of the time fire inspectors,understandably, don’t like anything particularly combustible stored above your flammable cabinets.
Have a furniture supplier friend. She always say if you put an empty table in the middle of a large empty room and lock the doors. Come back next day and there will be some random box sitting on the table. People will walk all across a room to put something down on a nice empty flat surface. Impossible to leave it anywhere else.
I made a similar modification to my garage a year or so ago. Previously, all my paints, etc, were mostly stored out in the open, on top of the garage fridge. I found a used Sandusky metal cabinet on-line in my area for pretty cheap ($20!). Fixed the handle, and works as it should. MUCH better solution. Doesn't take up all that much floor space, either - and after all, it IS a safety necessity.
I asked about all of your HAZMAT several years ago. I questioned how you were able to store all the flammables like you did in a building that homes attached. Good to see that you've made the Cave safe now. I'm sure it will also be beneficial for insurance reasons.
I am not sure why those cabinets are fireproof. In a former life I had fireproof file cabinets for documents, and they were made of heavier metal and had linings, maybe made of asbestos, but I don't really know. It seems to me that a fire could penetrate those cabinets and set off the paints and solvents. I'm by no means an expert at how this works.
Depends on how much of what is in it. The limits are (off the top of my head) 50 litres of high flashpoint and 200 litres of low flashpoint. And just flammables, obviously. That's the same flammables cabinet used in most high school settings. Top tip Adam: The bottom "shelf" is usually intended as a sump to catch any leaks, and shouldn't be used for storage as you use up the "catch" volume, double check the instructions for that particular cabinet.
I acquired a free set of industrial quality steel gym lockers that I use in my lawn care shed to store oils and Fuels. In my wood shop I have a cabinet with a steel front door and frame, and of course a fire extinguisher nearby.
The timelapse music sounds a lot like an instrumental of Christy Moore's excellent "Welcome To The Cabaret", which is now in my head as "Welcome To The Cabinet". Good move, I saw the thumbnail and thought "Erk, with that much you probably want a cabinet for insurance purposes at least"!
Great build! I'm glad all of the flammable are now stored safely. May I suggest a dedicated camera network to record Adam dro multiple angles , with all cameras mounted on the ceiling. Adam would then not have to struggle to find viewing angles to film. Also, how was the ILM reunion?
It made me wonder how you deal with shelf life and stuff aging out. Paint, resins, etc. Especially the partially used stuff. I have a MUCH smaller selection of paints and sealants in my shop but I find if it sits too long some of it is trash by the time I get back to it. Your shop probably has some sort of temperature control (mine doesn't and I live up north) so I'm sure that helps.
You talk about the way you analysis your work/work flow, design process. Well You should look at your movement in the shop when your working on a project (1.25 - 1.5x on the time lapse) give enough of speed effect to see the flow and its very interesting
You should make perforated or expanded steel pull out slips so you can get to the cans in the rear. Also you shouldn’t have any combustible material on top either.
Question: With the depth of the fire cabinets, do you feel like you'll have a harder time accessing some of the paints/solvents, and thereby not using as much as previously, with your first-order-retrievability style?
The erroneous usage of the word “inflammable” to mean “non-flammable” is actually why they’ve put “flammable” forward as the new standard. Now you mostly see “flammable” and “non-flammable” to minimize confusion.
Adam, fyi, you are not allowed to put anything on the bottom of a fire cabinet per code. It serves as secondary containment. Just order another shelf and put it as low as you can.
maybe build a little box/shelf for the whole thing to sit on? seems like accessing the bottom shelves of the cabinets is going to be a pain; and the whole thing is all a lot lower than it was before.
You should make an excel document to keep track of your solvents and paint. It would make it easier to know where they are on the shelves and expiration dates without looking guy them. Unless you already did that.
I still don't understand how you can be using high-precision machines in a shop with a plywood floor. You move your feet around and the camera changes position. It's about the least desirable space to have a lathe in.
How soon after finishing this build did you look at the "new" space and "new" storage and start planning another storage solution for the freed-up space?
I , like you, like to have all the supplies I could need, in every size, color and variety, stocked and at my fingertips. How much waste does that cause for you? I'm constantly pulling something from the shelves only to find that it is old and no longer usable.
Pretty sure a fire-safe cabinet also requires a fire-safe space. This is completely pointless. That plywood floor and the roof will collapse in a fire and the cabinet will fall over.
13:10 - Can anyone tell me whats the name of the song ... i see the artist name in description ... jinglepunks ... just wanna know the specific song... sounds amazing!
I look at my man cave and worry about the huge problem it'd cause to my family if I died. I then look at your man cave and realise that I've got nothing to worry about lol
😂 It's ALL or Nothing as it's a legal issue and pain in the arse...As well as Safety. Yes, it will be interesting as the labeling and organizing can be daunting. But, for Organization Freaks, Geeks, and Nerds the stuff of Wet Dreams.... I hope you have created a Have File with a complete inventory of all your materials and locations of. I can't imagine trying to rely on memory alone.
Being in California, you SHOULD anchor your shelving units, that are on top of something else, to a joist. And put a dowel across the front, about 1/3 the way up.
Would it make sense to put the freshly unpacked cabinet(s) on wheels before all other work, THEN unpack solvents etc to the 1st one, demob the original shelf & roll the solvent cab into place, then repeat with spray paint?
