Watch This Before You Organize Your Shop 2 

Smart! mrsw

I also have a 50' air hose on a retracting reel overhead just inside the main door to the shop. So handy for airing up tires and blowing out tractor radiators and such right outside the shop or basically within 50' of the door without making a mess in the shop and having to deal with the hose.. Just a tug and it reels right up completely out of the way..

GOOD IDEA, I HAVE TWO IN MY SHOP THAT I GOT AT THE DEPOT.

the only time I go back to a non retractable air hose is when it fails and I pull it apart haha, they are a great thing if you find a quality built one. I have 3 reels, one for air, one for 240v power extension lead(yes I'm one of those aussie blokes :D) and one for a water line for running pressure washers and washing things with out having to deal with hose everywhere. cheers.

I found the best reel that I could find but it came with a cheap chinese hose on it that failed pretty quickly and I replaced it with good hose. Kinda the way it goes these days I guess.

Thank you Tim,

Both my grandfather's died, by time I was 5.

Years and years and years. If you think about it a lot of Wranglerstars inventory is inherited, "granpops old..." it's beyond decades of tool acquisition, it's generations at that point and some of us just don't have that legacy to receive from our progenitors.

People may not have the duplicates nor the space. I suggest making checklists of the things you need starting with the more common tasks for you, so that you can go in order/sequence and pick and place things in the tool box, that way you will not forget things!

Tools are a wise investment of youth. I started with bicycle tools, then put those in my car. I always had tools in the home. When I retired from the Navy and went into manufacturing, I used what I had and budgeted $25 per pay check for tool shopping. My third employer announced that in order to compete they were going metric and assemblers like me had to buy metric tools, so I bought a big roll-around tool box. They later had a slow down, I got laid off and had to store my roll-around, and buy tools to keep in my car. I wish I had a garage and a shop. Oh well end rant.

I will add this thought as well. I was in a situation where nothing came down to me from a father, etc. so I have built from scratch. As Cody has mentioned often, yard sales are such a great resource. Probably half of my tools are from yard sale finds at really cheap prices. This can really help building your collection quicker rather than buying it all new.

I started at 16 for Christmas asking for craftsman tools. I'm 45. it takes a while to get where you have a well equipped shop with good quality tools. I'm about there now.

John J. Baranski - yes, ME too!

Same

Ditto!

glenn anderson - me too on THIS one too!

Kris Gasteiger that was very nice of him to leave those to you. I'm sure he had found memories with some of those tools.

Can I say it? Yes, I miss my Father and Mother in law. They accepted me into their family as a son. The memories are sharp and fresh. Thankfully, I still have the presence, and love of their beautiful daughter. Don't tell her I posted this, she'd be embarrassed, and probably punch me in the arm or some junk!

we are starting up a company and when we are looking through the garage. We have some axe heads. if you want we could do them up for you with a nice handle and a sharp and polished finish.

Hmmm moving a lot is actually a great way to get and stay organized, you just need to find the right storage options that will let you keep your stuff together 'thematically' and would move as one unit when you do. I am sure that if you go through your tools and index what you have and organize it logically for yourself. You can then go to a DIY or tool store to find one or two smaller trollies that can be easily lifted by two people, and would hold your tool by theme (say one for power tools, one for hand tools). Also visit the 'dollar store' (or equivalent) as they tend to have these plastic boxes that seal well and have all these sections in them, those are great for say nails and screws. Or other types of odd and ends that benefit from having their separate section, but would also like to stick together (i have all my Dremel bobs and bits, odds and ends in one of them, works marvelous) Heck, and if you move that often, i would probably have a bucket or a smaller lightweight tool thing, with specific 'moving tools', a putty knife with putty, phillips and regular screw driver, ductape, a hammer with nail puller, stanley knife. (basically see what you use the next time you move, and keep that separate (or buy it double). That way you can keep your moving stuff separate when you move all your actual tools, and access them without having your tools already out and about. As one of the annoying things of moving is already having packed something you need, or not yet unpacked it. I have also seen people using wooded boxes to move their books, and use the boxes on their sides stacked to make a bookcase. There are also these cloth (with metal frame) clothing racks or 'closets' with wheels and all to keep clothing mobile and easy to move. So yeah, next time you are about to move, maybe organize your stuff well in advance, then take the time to shop around for sensible storage options to keep these things in, which are also easy to move. Instead of going for the card board box solution...

Thank you Mae