Simple Hacks For A More Organized Shop/Garage 

Doug started his own RU-vid Channel One Eye Customs ru-vid.com

The best part is when he said “I don’t waste time going to bars, and I don’t waste time watching sports. This is what I do with my time.” Amen to that brother! Thought I was the only one that felt that way.

I clicked on this video thinking that there was no way I'm going to watch an hour long youtube video no matter the subject matter. i was wrong... Very much enjoyed this video. Thank You

This will help me so much. My husband died three weeks ago, and I am trying to figure out how to organize everything in his shop. He was a master mechanic, and the amount of tools is mind-boggling. This will give me a place to start and is so helpful. I really appreciate all the great ideas, because by God, I am going to learn to use all those tools.

Hands down the fold away grinders under the table. Excellent way to save space. Also the removable table vise!

This video has been the best hour I've ever spent on RU-vid. Thank your neighbor from the community!

The ceiling mounted Vacuum and Bench grinder on a barn hinge blew me away! GENIUS!

Paraphrasing - If you have time to look for it in the disorganised shop, you have time time to organise the shop. That’s pure gold! I’m inspired. Thanks, guys.

I like the shop vacs and air hose placements.

A big thank you for making this video and special thanks to the friendly host/owner Doug who took the time to take us on this journey. I for one learned a great deal ! 👍 For me, the vaccuum hack and the cutting the foam trick is what i liked most. Oh, and i also keep repeating " put stuff back where it belongs so you won't have to waste time looking for it " here in my household. Probably done it a million times, my wife and kids just won't learn ... 😬

Doug seems like a good guy ... the kind of guy who deserves a microphone of his own, so we can hear what he's saying.

I didn't get 30 minutes into this video before I had to go out to my garage and start cleaning and reorganizing. This is chock full of brilliant ideas.

The hinged bench grinders are gold! Also that crazy hack for shaking spray paint cans using a reciprocating saw and old blade, WTF?!?? AWESOME!

My favourite hack was the stainless steel bench with the bench grinders and vices cheers Graham

Have this saved to my Playlist. Some great ideas! Simple yet effective. Thanks for sharing.

I could watch Doug all day, he is such a great communicator and always makes what ever he is doing sound interesting. Adam you are so lucky to have such a generous neighbour. 90% of Dougs ideas and tweaks are so simple once seen, but it takes a genius like Doug to enlighten us.

OMG, I hate this guy!!. I want to be half the man this guy is!! The paint shaker & sliding table top alone is worth the whole video. And he doesn't make me feel bad for having 3 brooms and dust pans in my garage. And that floor dust pan sales just went up 600% at amazon. The mobile work cart is from my mechanicing days. Keep them coming.

I was glued to this video for the whole hour.! Doug has an excellent approach to problem solving and efficient working. What impressed me the most about Doug’s workshop is the fact that he came up with a lot of cost effective solutions instead of just choosing to spend big money on over priced systems that rarely cater for your exact need. Also great work Adam on putting this content together.

My wife sent this video to me and preparation and working on our garage she has some similar challenges. 100% this video was worth watching. My favorite part is the fact that everything has has a home, Whether it's used every day or periodically period the foam cut out who's by far one at the top, Installing the shop, vac in the ceiling was a great idea. I could go on and on. Thanks again

Great organization ideas! Much appreciation from a fellow monocular person, CyPops.

Showing this video in all school vocational classes, wood shop, metal, mechanics, painting art, etc, etc. Thank you all for this.

the biggest take away… don’t waste time watching tv, especially overpaid sports for hours on end. The organization is awesome, It really inspired me to do more in my garage. The sliding table surface is great

I have a confession to make. I have gone back and watched this video multiple times. There are so many great ideas and things to see in this video that you just can't absorb it all in one or two "watchings". I am 60 years old and I can figure out how to organize things on my own, but seeing what Doug has done has shown me ways to organize that I would never have thought of. I share Doug's thoughts on being clean, neat and organized in my garage and seeing what he has done is very inspiring to see it all in completed form. This video should be required to be viewed by all us garage guys on You Tube. I have shared this video with all my friends and we have all discussed it amongst ourselves. And then your other video "Garage Makeover - The Hardest Part Is Getting Started" is the next logical step in implementing some of the ideas from this video. Adam your workbench makeover turned out great. Thank you for sharing this great information.

Thank you for solving my vice/grinder issue! I've been trying for 40 years to convince my coworkers and management that routine work should look like a Nascar pitstop. Unfortunately the standard answer is "that's a good idea" and that is as far as it gets. Being organized and prepared is a culture.

The vises and grinders on a hinge are the best!

For the foam shadow boards, make the bottom layer a different color. When it's missing, it's obvious.

The spray paint can shaker is amazing. It may be a bit excessive for the average person but I love it.

This is what I call, "Internet Gold". Great video Adam and Doug. Makes me wish I had a garage to set up like that. My favorite thing is seeing the "One Eye Customs" sticker and then later finding out Doug has one good eye. Also, the sticky note for lent tools is a great idea. Now you won't be able to get away with "borrowing" one of Doug's tools and keeping it. ha

I spend so much time looking for tools that 1/2 the time I abort the project . Im going to use a lot of this guys ideas

that remote and the pool hose on the vacuum is pretty cool. Taking it one step further, I have a mate who has smart switches for all his static tools and lighting so its a simple matter of saying "alexa turn on compressor " etc etc

Hinged grinders is my favourite hack. Grinders take up a lot of room (annoyingly at the front of the bench) and the hinge system is a great idea to keep the front of the bench clear and also make cleaning easy. My second fav would be the trailer hitch vices because of the same space-saving reasons (although the grinders win for the added ease of being able to clean under them).

I don’t ever comment on videos. But Neighbor Doug’s workshop is awesome! It’s hard to pick one hack as I say they’re all useful. But putting the air hoses and shop vac up and out of the way are my favorite. I’ll be figuring on how to make that happen in my workshop.

This guy has the best organizational skills I have ever seen. An inspiration for sure.

This was such an awesome tour. Thanks so much guys. Cheers from 🇨🇦

Awesome, genius, set up for the handy man’s garage!! awesome at the very least! Thanks a million for the great ideas!!!!

Great ideas. To expand upon the toolbox drawer shadowing, use a contrasting color underneath the cutout layer to add more visualization to the missing tool.

I have a magic garage. Anything that gets put in there, you will never find again until you buy another item just like it. Then presto-chango the missing item appears.

OH MY GOD. If you had any Idea how many hours I have spent on google looking for this exact kind of video, it would baffle your minds! This man is 100% genuis. Thank you both for taking the time to make and share this. (sorry If I'm "gushing",) but damn... I picked up so many ideas for my shop project (newly enclosed back patio) all from one video. (I got a lot of stuff) Thanks again guys!

Most favorite hack is the bench grinder hideaway. Thanks for your insight

My favorite "hack" was Doug himself. That guy is absolutely amazing to listen to and to see what he's done with his abilities and crafts! I agree with everything he said. I once was a scrambled mess, then learned about "lean" strategies and love what lean has done for me. Great vid, I loved that it was long! Thank you guys.

I'm off from work for the next 5 days. I'm going into my shop and I'm not coming out until I've got a working Sawzall paint can shaker, a sliding workbench top w/ storage underneath, safety glasses storage, a trailer hitch mounted bench vise, PVC cordless tool organizer, hideable hinge-mounted bench grinder, garage door rail-attached vacuum & air hose reel. Thanks to your neighbor Doug for the great ideas!

I was so impressed by this man that I showed this video to my wife, who is obsessed with organizing. His hack for grinders and the bench vise were my favorites. Thank you for the video.

My dad taught me to put his tools right back where I found them and to make sure their clean or I'll never use them again. That was a great life lesson a very long time ago that I still practice today.

Harhar... @36:16 as my grandpa used to say: "You don't need to be the smartest, but you gotta know how to help yourself!" Great shop with some unique solutions I will be stealing away for mine... Thanks for sharing!

Brilliant! If I was 10% as organized as this guy I'd be more productive. 😃👍

So satisfying to watch. I think Doug and I share the same brain. He just has more time in the shop...

I wouldn't call these hacks. These are ingenious/clever and well thought out. This was awesome.

I’m stealing the flip up bench grinder hack!

bench grinder and vice mounting under the bench itself, that is a very good idea! Both of those in my shop are ALWAYS in the way, so now guess where there going! thank you for for the vid and thank your friend for sharing his hacks. 🤘😁🤘

This is one of those videos that if you did not finish, you go back to your history the next morning to catch up. I enjoyed all of the hacks. Makes since and solve all my problems. I watched every second of it. Thank you both for taking the time and sharing knowledge.

Other than all of them. I liked the two layers of foam for the screwdrivers. I have an overabundance of tools. I inherited from my dad, my father in law and people will just give me tools. No where near the amount that Doug has, but. Thanks for this RU-vid gold. Bob

Ok, this guy is FANTASTIC. I've been a fan of shop organization for many years and I still found several new ideas in this shop. Thanks so much to you and Doug for taking the time to make this video.

The brush idea is great. I'm cheap and have one brush. Most times I spend as much time looking for the brush as I do cutting and in turn, I leave a mess. So for 2023, I'm getting more brushes.

Love the video , my favorite was the vacuum on the ceiling and bluetooth accessories. So kool

I have lost count of how many shop organisation/hack videos I've watched. This is one of the best ones I've seen!! I'm in the process of overhauling mine and I'll be implementing almost all of these ideas... I just went out to look how I can fit my vac on the ceiling!!!

I do tons of spray paint jobs....how have I never seen that shaker setup!?...The longest video I have watched on RU-vid DYI.....Im a place for everything guy with to much everything ..what a help....thanks guys....pretty sure this raises you up to at least a C lister....:)

Okay. The hair on the back of my neck stood up when I saw the trailer hitch receiver and vise hack at the bench. Dude! This is not brain surgery, but it surely is ingenious, outside the box, power thinking. And of course I'm stealing it. Well done, Doug and Hometown has a new subscriber.

The flip up grinders are the coolest, and the removeable vises are right there with them.

All the ceiling mounted hosing (vaccum, air hose reel). Genius, why didnt i think of that

Doug's repurposing cabinets & treestands freed up budget for more power tools and vacuums. Be like Doug. Reuse, repurpose, recycle. Keep it out of the landfill and go farther!

Today I had set aside for some clean-up work in the garage. I accidently came across this video and ended up watching the whole thing. There are several of "my favorite" hacks, but the one I am actually going to use today is getting my vacuum up and out of the way, even though my vac is not remote controlled. I do have a floor dust pan and broom, and a bench brush, but Doug just showed me that it's OK to have more than one. The cheap paint brush located at the equipment is a great idea. Thanks for the great video. Now it's time to get off my butt and get busy out into the garage!

Love the fact that Doug obviously has disposable income, but very grounded to the idea that neat solutions don't always have to be the most expensive ones. This is a busy workshop that's extremely organized. "There's a place for everything" indeed!

I LOVE this Video! Planning on cleaning garage tomorrow and found you! Got a new used bigger tool chest and a new used table saw and drill press!!!! and I have a lot of work to do….I was born before the internet, microwaves and color tv! I don’t have 30 years to clean my garage! Ha ha. But I’m starting tomorrow!!!!

love the movable vice and pivoting grinders on the work bench... ingenious !!!

I love the steel tables with the fold away grinders and vices

The stainless steel workbench is essentially what commercial kitchens are outfitted with. So check out a kitchen supply store or look for restaurant salvage. If you can catch a retail store being demolished, they will have heavy duty shelving and maybe carts too. Old discarded shopping carts have a ton of potential. Remove the basket but keep the handle and you have a sturdy dolly that could probably hold up anything short of a car engine. It's certainly capable of hauling around heavy bags of concrete and buckets.

Doug's personality is a treat. Hitch and foldable mounts for vises or other heavy tools are excellent ideas.

The Bench hack is the best! That is awesome I'm using that for my bench grinder and vises.

My favorite was the bench grinders and the vise. I'm going to do mine today.

Having everything on wheels has been our shop standard for many years. It works well. Suggestion: Put the garbage cans on wheels too. Nice shop organization. The amount of time saved is well worth the effort.

40:17 with the screw driver cutout foam gave me that “awwww” reaction. Never would’ve thought of this. Also I watched the whole video and didn’t even realize you had me hooked for AN HOUR AND 6 MINUTES!!!

Tip: cut the foam in smaller modular sizes. Allows you reorganize a drawer, swap out if screwdrivers change, or move to a totally different drawer or toolbox.

Wow. Love so much; I don't think I could pick a favorite. Absolutely going to be using my garage door frames for air & vacuums. Genius level!

Putting stuff on trailer hitches also opens the potential to rotate them 90 degress. Neat!

Thought I was going to skim through this and watched every second in awe. The best tip is having a place for everything and knowing when it is missing. My dad used to flip out when he only knew a tool was missing when he needed it. With 8 boys in the family, we were always borrowing his tools and forgetting to return them! Love the vac and air hoses on the ceiling out of the way. Thanks for sharing.

"for every minute spent organizing, an hour is earned" - Benjamin Franklin

Dam, That was fantastic. Someone who thinks like I think! I have been doing these types of improvements in my shop for years, but no where near this level. Doug, you are so right, It takes time, years and decades to get there! It's an evolution, it's a journey, its a process and it's a way of conduct in the shop. At 50, I am starting to realize, the older I get, the more important these organization hacks become. Wasted movement, bending, reaching, remembering where things go, losing tools, searching for tools is a drag! My favorite hack is the centrally located vacuum up on the ceiling!

Wow. This is a treasure trove of ideas. Loved everything, especially tray to catch mess under band saw, floating table top with storage for long items inside, trailer hitch and door hinge mounted bench equipment, vacuum and air hose equipment mounted on ceiling, and so much more. Thanks for sharing!

Impossible to pick a favorite, they r all amazing

You could do the vacuum idea with your standard shop vac and a remote outlet or Wi-Fi/Alexa enabled outlet. Great video thanks for all the tips.

Bench grinder and vice ideas are “OFF THE CHARTS”. Thx for your great content Adam!!!

I liked the trailer hitch hacks, I was in Quality Assurance for 30 years and we always wanted standardization of processes and was involved with many 5S projects from the Office environment to the Shop Floor. There were many doubters at the beginning but a lot of true believers in the end. One rule of thumb, people are like water and more often than not will take the “Path of Least Resistance” make it easier for them to correctly and consistently perform a task and you will have happier employees doing Top Shelf Performance Consistently. 😊.

Thanks for showing-us all of the shop hacks to organized-it. on my bench drill press, i found a round magnet with a hook with a retractable cable to hook my drill chuck key to-it. that way i always know where the chuck key is..

What an amazing guy and cleverty 👌

The vacuum hanging from the ceiling and the way he rain his air line around the garage door. I of cource bought a new US General 72” rolling cabinet and can’t weight to get in in. I have another rolling tool box and going to use for woodworking tools. I love a lot of he’s ideas and Thanks to him for letting you in to show us his garage and for you doing the video. My first time seeing what you do on You Tube

Trailer hitch vice mounts, single stainless top bent to cover two other benches, the sides and covers on the SWAG band saw and the tray to catch the trash, repurposed white cabinet for bulk battery tools, large lay-up table. All great ideas that I am certainly going to repurpose in my own garage we are building. Great video.

I don’t think Doug actually builds things other than storage ideas for his stuff. Some great ideas.

Ceiling shop vac, cut out tool storage, specialty tool pvc holder (the 2 pipe ones for 1 tool), sliding work surface, bench grinders folding storage. and all the other stuff. Thanks!

Have to say I loved the vacuum where it is defiantly something I will be doing

Love how passionate this guy is about the organization. So functional. I will be using most of his ideas

I have the same broom and dustpan on a stick !😂 And I also use clean paint brushes to keep my tools and areas clean. ❤️

Wow, I’m glad i found this channel. I just built a 24’ by 30’ home shop which I will incorporate some of Doug’s ideas. I like the way the bench grinder swings down out of the way. Great idea, thanks.

The pvc for electric tools..! That will be the first one i implement. So many good ideas. Already looking for snap on tool boxes ! Loved this video....

Wow, absolutely JAM packed with great info, with detail, detail, detail . I know the fella making the video made the comment about how it’s a longer video than usual, but it was WAY WORTH IT. There’s so many great video’s out there but this is exceptional because of the speaker’s ability (and WILLINGNESS) to explain in great detail (such as the specifics about the ‘swing away grinder’). (I know this is going to sound silly but he said things I said a hundred times in my previous business, which I wasn’t able to implement, and was considered a ‘pain in the …’ because I wanted to know where everything was … those $10 and $100 tools and expendables x 100 can make or break a business). Very thankful to have seen this. PS: A demonstration of the ‘tool box foam cutting’ would be appreciated. (My uncle, from early 1920’s did something similar but with what was available … paint … He laid the tools on a wood board and painted over everything to show when a tool was missing … I inherited a lot of those green painted tools and cherish them to this day).

Doug has his STUFF together !! Thanks Doug for allowing Adam to show your being organized. Thanks Adam for sharing this video. Fred. 🙏🏻🙏🏻👍🏻👍🏻✋🏻✋🏻👏🏻👏🏻

I love the creativity, the resourcefulness, the care, the detail and the pride. I hate long videos but this one was worth it.

Awesome video, awesome shop. I work with a fellow that is as organized if not more. Problem is, It carries over to every aspect of his life. OCD to the max, to the point where as he's talking to you he's brushing lint off of your shoulder. If he happens to stop at your house or shop, as you're talking to him he's picking things off the floor and setting them in the trash, constantly looking around and getting more tense as he eyeballs your messy workbench. It's a running joke, however it is absolutely true, that he drives his wife and family absolutely nuts because it carries over into the house. He has a "better way" for everything, and don't you forget it. It is an absolute awesome trait if you can keep it under control and keep it to yourself. Once you start crossing the line of critiquing your co-workers, it's time for therapy

My favorite I think is the receiver hitch under bench top. Love that

My favorite part that I will be using thank you was how he had the vice mounted with the Reese hitch, and the bench grinders that were hinged to fold out of the way.

SUGGESTION : Have a bright coloured base layer of foam in the drawers. Then you'll more easily seen an empty cut out space where the tool should be :-)