Today we're gonna be talking about tool organization
to a wall organization where to put things, why you put them there,
Priorities and shared tools, your buddies stealing your tools all kinds of stuff stay tuned
Hey, I'm Truman with Park Tool
I've been organizing this bench over the last couple days
To kind of give it to my own spin, put the tools where I think they should be
So this is gonna be a video about my opinions on where things should go and the reasons why I put them there
How I kind of started was I laid everything out on a piece of cardboard that was the size of this wall
and I put down the piece of cardboard
I started laying things out and put them in priority categories, your first order tools, second order, third order tools
First order is gonna be kind of like the tools that you're gonna use a lot of the time
They're gonna be kind of your primary tools. You're gonna put I'll put a lot of miles on them
Second order tools are ones that you need on hand
They're not quite as important as the first order, and then third order, kind of some proprietary tools
that you still need quick access to but not quite as important as the first order tools
And my first order category came out
mostly things that would look good in the tool caddy, so I put them in the tool caddy
And I really liked using the tool caddy because you don't even have to turn around to grab things off of the wall
It's quick access
You don't have to be running around looking for tools. It's right there at hand
Second I started looking at
what I use a frequent amount and then also what comes into place
I'm gonna be using it a lot, but where am I gonna be using it?
Truing stand is over here, so I'm gonna put all the wheel tools over here that makes a lot of sense to me
Headsets on the front of the bike, so I'm gonna put headset tool like you're adjusting
wrenches your crown race set or your race removal your headset press all over on
this side because it's easy to go from working on it here to grabbing the tool
In the center is kind of centralized stuff, bottom bracket, chain
crank tools stuff along those lines, so you'll see the chain tools there right here
gonna see some more bottom bracket tools all along here because those are right in the middle
Torx is gonna be in the middle
I didn't have space for it on the priority, but I wanted to have it in a easy to reach location
over here on this side
We've got
You know your hammers
hacksaw, your cone wrenches
These are a lot of tools that go along with the vise and I have the vise on this side of the bench
So it makes sense to have those over here, same with your derailleur alignment gauge, derailleur is on the back of the bike
DAGs toward the back, and then also having a key that shows you kind of where the tools
go is really important
so
This key is gonna help not only for you to put things back
Cuz you're gonna remember where to put them and you're gonna always put things back, right?
But your buddies are gonna take things your coworkers are gonna take things. They're not gonna put them back, right
This is going to help you put them back and then put them back
There's also tools that you might think about
sharing or putting in a area where you can kind of like show them off
so that would be kind of separate from this wall. It could even be a drawer system.
One thing I didn't get up here that I would like up here would have been a bottom bracket press
Cuz I do a fair amount of bottom bracket pressing and that woulda been a tool that I would have liked to fit up here
Not a lot of space so it forced me to
prioritize the tools. The board on the back
This is pegboard, pegboard is pretty versatile, lots of people use pegboard. This is white I'm not
super, I'm not a big fan of the white pegboard
Thing about pegboard is you can modify it, you can paint it, you can draw on it
If you want to do outlines you can do outlines
At home I have mine, and I use like a raw wood finish, and then I use nails and screws and
give them a good bend to put tools exactly where I want them, and I like that rustic look
So there's a lot of different ways
Pegboards not the only way, but it's a great way
I hope this video helps you guys
organize your benches the way that is most efficient for you
This is an example of how I started and then as you work on the bench you might adjust some things
So thanks for joining us. Have a good day
Thanks for joining us on this Tech Tuesday. I hope you guys learn some stuff
I hope you guys can gain a little bit of knowledge on where you want to put your tools for your personal situation
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