Earlier this year I showed you 18 ways how I organize the tools in my workshop shed.
Well here's a few more I've been working on! First let's create a proper home for my glues,
tapes and fillers that were either scattered on shelves or in boxes. And I knew I wasn't
using this section of wall as effectively as I could. I planned on making some cabinets from
offcuts because wood is very expensive right now but acquired some metal lockers instead.
Although I needed to create some sort of shelf inserts to maximize on space.
Really basic - I used some off cuts and although awkwardly screwed some legs inside because it
wasn't possible to build something and then push it in. And I even managed to get my
paints and stains in there. The stuff that I'd less frequently use. New surface for offcuts!
Next with the tool wall that I changed in my last video - it meant I had to sacrifice
an offcut drill bit holder. I'd temporarily labeled them in food bags and stored them in
a bucket which was not fun when I wanted to grab one. I found this draw system in b&q.
An impulse purchase - just with the intention of mounting it between my shed studs. I cut a
nogging to support it. Because I've got double glazing either side, I went for pocket holes and
screwed it in between the stud work using a spirit level. And this nogging is the same depth as the
rest of it because I plan on later insulating and ply-lining the whole shed. Screwed an OSB shelf on
top and more protruding bits around. And another nogging with a shelf screwed from underneath.
Now while filling these I wasn't totally happy with the movement of the bottom shelf
so I later changed it for one around the studs and screwed some more supports in
front of the first nogging and a lip as a precaution. But once the shed is insulated
I'll be adding gallows brackets there. Now for the fun part - adding some dividers to maximize
some space in the compartments. I cut up some double glazing packers to slot into the grooves
but added some blu-tac around to prevent any of my really small drill bits from getting mixed up.
And named each drawer using my first ever dymo label maker. This was quite fun.
Much better! With the new blank space I had on my tool wall, I rejigged a corner to mount some
new magnetic tool holders that I bought. This then allowed me to get my screwdrivers out of the other
bucket. I found these really cheap. I'll leave a link below. And they come in a set of three.
And I'm gonna fast forward to the longer one that I've mounted upright to store
some spanners that were also in a bag. So what do you do with all your paint rags?
Well you store them in a large sack that's really difficult to lug around. I started making a basic
box cart with a mix of structural off cuts and anything that I could use to clad around it,
but made it a certain height to allow me to add caster wheels once it arrived.
Luckily the height also didn't interfere with the next thing I'll show you.... oh nice! My workbench
under mount drawers. A handy IKEA Trofast drawer hack. To suspend them, I found these
oak offcuts in our wood burning pile and they had a lip which was perfect to trap the drawer.
If you can't find these you could screw two pieces of wood together or use a rebate router bit. I
used a framing square to draw a straight line and pre-drilled and screwed a first rail underneath.
And worked out the position of my next one, but allowing a bit of room so it wouldn't be
too tight. And a stopper piece at the back so I didn't accidentally push it too far out of reach.
And I had enough to create two drawers. Perfect for the knick-knacks that I can't really find
a proper home for yet. To jot down measurements, designs or lists, I was going to make a blackboard
for my workshop, but I had some old laminated sheets that I found perfect with a whiteboard pen.
Another thing I wanted to organize were drills and batteries cluttering up my shelves. I had this old
CD rack that I found in a skip yonks ago, but after moving a house I never found a purpose for
it until.... hang on!! I can mark and cut slots for my drills using a 35mm flatwood drill bit.
And cut out sections with a jigsaw before pre-drilling supports in between.
This is something else that I'll be moving later, but to mount it for now, I screwed an
offcut to an existing stud which then allowed me to screw an l-shaped bracket to it and the shelf.
I'm happy with that! And the other compartments were perfect for storing
batteries or perhaps screws. It's nice to create space for new tools!