Shop Organization - Part 2: Tool Storage 

Your lack of storage space has put you in a unique position to be able to help the rest of us store tools more efficiently. Thanks for the work!

I like the "I don't want to waste your time with French cleats". Much appreciated!

I thought the magnets thing was a bit hokey, until he took the whole set of wrenches off the wall in one move. Mind officially blown.🤯

The power tool box on french cleats is genius!

I got a warm fuzzy seeing all those hand tools on the magnet strips. What a nice, clean, organized way to keep them. 👍🏻

Thank you for making this tutorial/tour. I am a new widow. I sat down and cried the day I realized I didn't know where any of the wrenches were when I needed one right away. Now, I'm on a mission to get the tools organized. The French cleat idea will make a handy storage solution in the mechanical closet where we have much underutilized wall space.

You sir. Speak to my heart. So many of your ideas here will be implemented in my shop! Thank you.

You know how to make a video. Concise to the point and easy to listen to. Keep up the good work. You are on track to be a RU-vid star.

Sir,, You organized your tools more than my life 👍🏻

Genius! I watched this video with My son for school. Amazing editing as well.

This brings back some memories! I ran my furniture making business out of a one car garage back in the late 80's and 90's. I had stuff mounted everywhere! I had a panel saw that took up an entire wall, and even had pegboard behind that! I built some massive furniture in there, but it was definitely a dance 😉The very first iteration was an unheated 2-car that I had to share with a car so I feel your pain. Everything on wheels and stowed away when not needed! I and finally getting my dream shop now, but it's been many years!

Great cadence to the video - lots of content without too much talking. You solved the circular saw blade storage problem for me and loved seeing the copious use of magnetic mounts. Thanks for sharing the results of all of the thought and work you've put into your shop!

Really appreciate the pragmatic no nonsense approach you bring to all of your projects👍 No fluff, logical & concise. Appreciate you sharing with all of us on RU-vid.

I was completely on the fence regarding french cleats yet in total agreement about peg boards. Now I'm convinced the cleat system is the way to go. The grab-n-go mag tool storage is perfection.

Best videos. After losing my house in august 2020 to hurricane Laura, my wife, 4 kids, and I moved into a camper parked in my shop. Needless to say, space is limited, things are tight, and with 3 young boys and endless projects. What tools I have left are scattered everywhere. Wasn’t sure how to organize or even where to start but I came across these videos and they’ve made life easier. I Appreciate it.

Hadn’t seen the saw blade storage like that before! A+++

"I hate pegboard!" Instantly subscribed!

Color coding your box/open ended wrenches is genius!

THANK YOU! I don't have a shop yet, just piles of crap on my garage floor. I'll enjoy this much more.

Space is always a problem in a garage. Your ideas are super helpful. Thanks.

Best storage solutions I've seen, clamps and the hand held power tools, 10 out 10.

This is the best garage storage, workbench video. Thanks for making and sharing. I'm probably going to watch it several times.

Now that is an amazingly organized shop. Thanks for sharing.

I love your creativeness in utilizing every inch of available space, especially since the vast majority of us will never have a full size dedicated shop! Lots of great ideas with a good combination of creativity and practicality. Thanks. This earned a subscription from me.

I got some great ideas for my tiny shop. Thanks! I appreciate that you explain your decisions and priorities. You got a new subscriber!

I really appreciate how you break down the categories and goals of your projects. Seeing how you think of these things is really helping me think about how to design my own workshop.

came for the magnetic holders on french cleats. was not disappointed. thank you for the idea!

Love your approach. I’ve been watching a lot of these shop organization videos and like your simple and efficient solutions. Too many people fall into the trap of bespoke solutions for every tool. You hit the right balance.

In love with the saw blade and dado stack holder!!! A lot better than just hanging them on a nail.

After watching this it's clear what I'm doing wrong in my own small shop. Thank you.

Love the kitty!

Great video and amazing storage. Love how you have the magnetic strips on movable french cleat. Amazing

I really like your magnetic French cleats modules for each like type tools; wrenches etc.

My brain exploded when you picked up the whole cleat with the wrenches off the wall. I need this.

Thank you for a well presented video with some great ideas for small-shop woodworkers like me.

That's a huge amount of really useful, not to say inspiring, information in one well-presented video. Thank you!

I love how rigorous your approach is!

I love pegboard. Love it. Much smaller location unit, and fully flexible in two dimensions. You get more in a smaller space, so they are closed. Hand tools only! - but you can group by use, not size. For bigger stuff, you need ply (or OSB) walls. Putting a couple of screws in is fast, and you save all the time making cleats. Moving is simple, and you can locate them more accurately (not limited by cleat spacing). Totally agree with cubbies (moving divider shelves). Also consider duplication- I keep three sets of most popular drill sizes, one by the lathe, one by the drill press, and one by the hand drills. Saves a lot of walking and takes very little space.

Really nice video. Glad to see the Coors Lite in the corner. I was beginning to get worried.

"8 clamps per size was enough for me" I don't EVER want to hear this kind of negativity in a video again. I am shocked and shaken by these words ever coming out of a workshop video.

I watch workshop organization video for some time as I'm looking for inspiration for my own shop. Your video is the best thing I found so far! The way of organization is nothing but impressive 👌

I like the idea of the magnets for the hand tools. I think I'll be getting rid of a tool box and freeing up some space in the shop.

I should be finished constructing my "dream" workshop in another month or so. I'm following this closely in order to "get it right the first time" when unpacking all the stuff I've collected over the last 40 or so years. Thanks!

Upvote for magnet strips... LOVE those things!

Magnets!!!! Genius!!!! Great video - thanks for your efforts to share. :)

I've met my match... Thankfully. I've been known to be a bit CDO., OCD alphabetically correct. I love your forward thinking, planning and execution. No details over looked. Taking the extra time to go beyond "todays thinking" saves you a ton of time for the tomorrow's to come. ( I just made that up, feel free to use it) lol. Again thank you for saving me a TON of brain cells. Job well done! 👍

Thank you for all the great ideas!

Love the miter saw cabinet. Future build video?

Lots of great ideas. I like that you display the finished products without useless filler like showing how to cut plywood and screw and glue a joint. We can figure that out for ourselves. I definitely will finally try the magnets, and also I am inspired to attach some French cleat cubbies to my pegboard.

I'm busy setting up my small shop at home, in a small space in South Africa, initially as a hobbyist 'after hours' space where I can indulge in my passion, but the hope as I think many of us have is to permanently do what I love whether its woodworking, metalworking etc etc but working with our hands, stimulating our brains and doing something that gives us peace and joy! Your series of videos are by far the most helpful and structured that I've come across, and you offer great advice (through trial and error I'm sure 😂). Thanks for sharing your expertise some of your ideas in your Shop Organization vids have resulted in that 'the coin just dropped' moment for me and been a huge help! Also what you've learnt doesnt work is a huge help, crosses out all the Don'ts and explains the Do's so that I don't have to go through that, keep that up man! And magnets...I'm getting some asap

I have a small shop….my wife thinks it’s too big….is there such a thing? Your videos are right to the point, that even large shops can adopt. I appreciate your creativity. My shop is small,but I have added storage in the air as you recommend. Please keep them coming.

Great work. Love the critical thinking with the difference between “easy to make” vs “easy to use “..... Geez, would you care to travel overseas and sort out my schamozzle? Making me reassess things therefore EXCELLENT!! Thanks.

Excellent presentation of thoroughly helpful content.

Great sensible approach to maximizing wall space. Thank you for that, appreciate your strong work.

This one is so full of brilliant ideas, I had to bookmark it. It's a shame you get only 1 view from me even though I get to rewatch it multiple times for the pure purpose of stealing/copying your ideas. AWESOME!

Thank you for this video, please make more content

You are a genius! I love these storage solutions. Not too difficult to make, don't take up any more room than absolutely necessary, and fast, convenient too grab and put back away. You just earned a new sub, can't wait to dive into more of your videos! Thankyou.

Love the clamp rack I don’t have much space myself, interesting idea to have them stacked outwards.

nice job making your space efficent

No better holster than the HF 18" mag strip! Especially when it's on sale for $1.99!!!

This series is right on time. I am in process of trying to reorganize my garage. I like your logical approach to planning out storage solutions. Look forward to seeing how you manage scrap wood as mine is all over the garage in random piles.

Lots of great ideas in this video thanks!

This is easily the best shop organization video I’ve seen. I am just getting started in my new house with a 20x20 shop. So I will be borrowing your ideas! Thanks a million!

Thanks for your excellent videos on setting up your work space. I am new to woodworking and I am in the process of setting up my garage so these videos will be very helpful!

These videos are great. My “workshop” is a small closet with nails/tools everywhere. I used these organization principles to come up with something that works for me.

I have to get a ton of magnets now - this system looks so convenient

Nice job. Planning for expansion extends the value of your investment of time.

Nice....You change my mind to build the clamp storage from left / right to in/out

Thanks for sharing. The best shop org video I've seen. Well executed, well explained including the rare instances of what not to do.

Thanks for sharing your mistakes Love the clamp rake

Beautiful shop ideas.

Great video. And I got some good ideas. Thank you.

Fantastic storage solutions! I've watched a lot of videos as I try to organise my shop, but I think I'll be borrowing most the ideas from you! Many thanks!

Most useful shop org video I’ve watched Thanks!

This channel should be called the OCD network! Love it! Im very organized also and when I see shops that are a mess I get a little tick...I cant function in a mess. sometimes I feel like "Monk" lol. Anyway you got a new sub keep up the good work.

Hello from the UK, just wanted to say great couple of videos really going to help me set up my new work shop 👍

Holy moly, you are one smart guy

My wife is going to love/hate the fact I watched your video. LOL! Really good ideas!

Nice work with the dust collection. I did the same Wilkerson thein baffle mod to the same central machines DC unit, and did the same external venting. Works great, and surprisingly little dust actually gets outside. Awesome video. I really like how well thought out this plan is.

I’m glad someone finally made a more definitive video about optimizing space. Ive written down lists categorizing my tools too. I always end up with a surprising amount of tools on carts. You have not paid the pet tax in your video outros. Expect an audit if we don’t see some shop dogs soon. :)

Very nice video, I intend to utilize some of your ideas. again, very nice.

Man you out the work in!

Another excellent video, many thanks for sharing your ideas. In your first video you mention how organisation isn’t something to show off but seeing all of these items impeccably organised is very satisfying. 👌

Love the French cleats.

AWESOME! FREAKING AWESOME.

thorough, seriously lol. it was well thought out. and helpful. my garage size is nearly identical from what i can tell from your drawing. a touch over a double car size......?? so this vid is really a big help. it said PT2 so i guess i need to look for the other PT. thx! oh, some pretty funny stuff too

Cracking videos about optimizing work space. Thank you. This has come in very handy as I'm about to renovate my workshop now the leaking roof has been replaced.

Thanks for this. I plan on adopting some ideas.

the video was nicely presented and well thought out … enjoy the video… pls make more videos re ur shop

awesome job, thank you for sharing.

You're small RU-vid now but man you have great ideas and such sound logical choices. You'll blow up, if that's what you want, just keep it up. I remember seeing your workbench in a magazine years ago and writing them for plans because the design was so genius. The only thing you don't have going for you is being smoking hot like AW.

Dude. This is amazing. Subscribed for sure.

Great Video. Thanks very much

Great video, thank you. I just finished making a smaller workbench and I picked up some great ideas.

Best space saving storage vid yet 👍🏽

I'm currently in the process of getting my shop started. Your video is simply beautiful and inspiring. Provides the right ideas to get things "right" the first time - and with style :) Thanks a lot for sharing!

The best part of this whole series is the thought process. Thank you for that. One other comment is your dust collection system. You are taking expensively warmed-up air and exhausting it outside creating negative air pressure in the shop which is then equalized by cold outside air. I was actually shocked when I had my dust collection system in an unheated part of the building.

Never thought to use magnetic strips! I can always make something pretty later on if I get bored..but in my new space, I need to get stuff up and off the tables and floor! Shops can quickly turn into a mess if there's not a place for things

Good food for thoughts... thanks from Germany!

ive done the magnet thing , but i found the magnetism was creating issues when working, some tools would hold onto tiny screws or any ferrous scraps. Otherwise is great.