Binge watching anyone?

[capncarl]

With the infinite mind numbing network series and sitcoms to suck the last neutron of brain matter I trippped over another show that has capability of alienation of the rest of the family! I don’t recall how I tripped over a UTube of a Tour of Adam Savage shop. After a little research on U Tube of Adam I found numerous shows of his workshop. And I thought my shop was cluttered and confused! Lots of very interesting and thought prevoking shop discussion! No drama here, so if you have this on tv with wife, daughters and Dil present there will be a rebellion and a fight for the tv remote!

[twistsol]

My wife has given up. I grew up watching the Lawrence Welk Show every Saturday night with my grandma. It is on our local PBS station from time to time and whenever I turn it on my wife simply says, "I hate you and your grandma" and then goes upstairs.

[dbhost]

Were you forced to watch The Lawrence Welk Show as a child? You may be entitled to compensation!

[Jim Frye]

We have so many streaming services I have to scroll through the list of apps to see what's there. I don't though as the TV is SWMBO's realm. I really don't care what's on the "tube" anymore. I do watch local news though. We have five TVs in the house, all with Firesticks, so if there's something on I really want to watch, I have plenty of options to see it. Binge watching is another thing all together. SWMBO is an avid British fan and there are lots of crime/drama series on Acorn and BritBox, so there's a lot of binging going on.

[capncarl]

What I was trying to say was that Adam Savage’s shop has some very interesting parts storage solutions. And with as much stuff that he has packed into that small footprint it was interesting to see.

[Jim Frye]

One of the streaming services we subscribe to is YouTube TV. However, we don't watch YouTube videos with it. YouTube videos are reserved for the iPhones and iPads.

[capncarl]

When watching Adam Savages shop tour an iPad is ok, a phone is like trying to read a book while looking through a drinking straw, but a larger size screen is much better to see the magnitude of this shops various storage! Like comparing watching a movie made for big screen to watching it on an iPad,
After watching this utube you will say, WOW, my shop is not cluttered at all!

[Jim Frye]

Like this?

[capncarl]

I’d say your shop is definitely not cluttered at all! It looks nice and well organized. You may think in your mind it is cluttered but consider trying to place all of your tools and equipment in another room with exactly the same dimensions as yours…. It would look the same. Cluttered would be if you have some of your kids old furniture and mattresses propped up on your table saw and maybe several junk suitcases in the middle of the floor, maybe even your wife’s old exercise bike in the corner. Stuff that doesn’t belong. It’s not cluttered but it looks like you spend too much time cleaning it. Me thinks you need to take on more projects!

[Jim Frye]

My last shop was 12'x12' and nearly all of the larger power tools sat outside the shop and had to be carried in and out to be used. I had that shop for thirty years and learned the habit of keeping the shop as neat and tidy as possible. The new shop is big enough to hold everything, but keeping it cleaned up after each project is still essential.

[capncarl]

I keep the shop reasonable clean, put up some tools and sweep up. My projects overlap so cleanup after a project is finished can’t happen. Right now I have 3 projects going at the same time where I am building 3 different styles Tiny Tables out of 3 different kinds of wood. This requires the planer, tablesaw, jointer, Festool domino and Kapex and a glue up area happening all at one time. It’s like a 3 ring circus happening in one ring. I have most of the wood in the back of my truck backed up to the shop door because there just isn’t enough room inside to lay it all out. The wood is covered with cardboard to keep it out of direct sunlight because it’s probably 100+ in the back of the truck. I hope a pup up thunderstorm doesn’t catch me off guard and wet my wood!

[capncarl]

One thing I noticed about Adam Savage’s shop, as space confined as it is, with all the various storage methods used there were no cardboard boxes used for storage. Cardboard boxes are to be used to ship items in, not for storage, I’ve heard this statement before about shop storage.
Also, there were no signs of pegboard used for tool storage. I didn’t see any place to hang a piece of pegboard anyhow.

[Jim Frye]

One thing I noticed about Adam Savage’s shop, as space confined as it is, with all the various storage methods used there were no cardboard boxes used for storage. Cardboard boxes are to be used to ship items in, not for storage, I’ve heard this statement before about shop storage.
Also, there were no signs of pegboard used for tool storage. I didn’t see any place to hang a piece of pegboard anyhow.

Different strokes for different folks. I like the pegboard as it keeps often used hand tools in view for me to locate easier and only extends into the room a few inches above the stored large tools. The pegboard in my shop only covers the top half of the wall as the bottom half is blocked by the rolling tool cabinets. The cardboard "hoppers" were a cost effective solution for like items back when the woodworking budget required inexpensive, and dual usage solutions. Just like the bandsaw cabinet also stores my OSS, and the planer cabinet stores my scrollsaw. The drill press stand also holds all of the drill press accessories. The longer tool cabinet that has the jointer and grinder mounted stores smaller power tools. Thus, the entire wall of the shop is tool storage, as is most of the opposite wall. The space under the fixed workbench at the end of the shop has two old chest of drawers that hold seldom used hand tools, abrasives, and one junk drawer. The middle space is for the clamp storage cart and the air compressor.

[capncarl]

I think that the no pegboard rule only applys to a shop that has floor to ceiling systainers, small plastic boxes and other nice organizers.  I use to have a bunch of the small bin storage boxes stacked everywhere. Each bin would hold a palm size of each item, when I changed to the 3600 & 3700 clear plano boxes I found that each Plano box would almost hold the entire contents of each small storage cabinet. The Plano boxes make so much more sense because if I’m working with a particular size bolt, say 1/4 20 hex head, that Plano box would have everything I needed from 1/2” long to 3” long and nuts and washers. No need to pull out every little bin and take the chance of spilling them.  Olds Photo of my hardware storage. Each side pulls out and there is top to bottom bin storage for larger items, and the walls behind the left stack has another floor  to ceiling stack of Plano boxes while the wall behind the right stack has standup storage for sheet metal, threaded rod sticks etc. I was able to completely clean a 12 foot wall off every small storage bin, and store much more. 

***Note** just imagine a closet with floor to ceiling triple stack of Plano boxes!!! I give up trying to insert a photo only to have a pop up message saying to insert url #. no wonder there are only 5 membI think that the no pegboard rule only applys to a shop that has floor to ceiling systainers, small plastic boxes and other nice organizers.  I use to have a bunch of the small bin storage boxes stacked everywhere. Each bin would hold a palm size of each item, when I changed to the 3600 & 3700 clear plano boxes I found that each Plano box would almost hold the entire contents of each small storage cabinet. The Plano boxes make so much more sense because if I’m working with a particular size bolt, say 1/4 20 hex head, that Plano box would have everything I needed from 1/2” long to 3” long and nuts and washers. No need to pull out every little bin and take the chance of spilling them.  Olds Photo of my hardware storage. Each side pulls out and there is top to bottom bin storage for larger items, and the walls behind the left stack has another floor  to ceiling stack of Plano boxes while the wall behind the right stack has standup storage for sheet metal, threaded rod sticks etc. I was able to completely clean a 12 foot wall off every small storage bin, and store much more. 

oh well, photo self deleted, so just imagine something nice in this spot!

[Jim Frye]

Oh yes, I have a storage system for threaded fasteners, but I use them so infrequently (and almost never in woodworking) they require a somewhat more simplified approach. I also have a sorting tray to help find what I need from a given jar. Nails, brads, & deck screws reside in their store packaging in a separate bin on a storage shelf since they are also seldom used.

[capncarl]

Your storage system reminds me of sports car buddy’s nut, bolt, washers, nail, screws, beer tabs, mason jar ring etc, storage system. He used several 50 caliber machine gun ammo cans. If he needed a bolt ore whatever he would sweep a 4’x4’ section of his shop floor and dump the entire 75 pound contents of the ammo can on the cleqn floor and stir until you find what you are looking for! Then he used a flat snow shovel to scoop it all up and dump it back into the ammo can. That’s organized!

[dbhost]

I have a 5 gallon bucket of whatsits, knee gnaws and gee gaws by my shop door. Need to figure out a better system.

[capncarl]

The subject of this post, Adam Savage’s shop, has such a depth of storage that I bet that his split lock washer collection is organized by the angle of the cut in split. My background in industrial maintenance taught me that parts organization is essential to completing a task. I carried that into my own shop. For example, 5/16 bolts, I have cad plated and stainless. They are in Plano boxes sorted by length, 2 boxes of cad plated and 1 box of ss. Then there is 1 Plano box with nuts, lock, nylon, regular, and lock washer attached and rod coupler. Then there is fender washers thick washers. I keep 1/4, 5/16 and 3/8 and most metric sizes in Plano boxes this way with some small sizes sharing a box. The back sides of my organizer has bins that hold bulk nuts and bolts and washer. Screws are a different beast and there are about a dozen of the larger depth Plano boxes holding them, they are organized by number, length and drive type. When I buy a box of screws I use what I need for the job then put the remaining screws in the Plano box and throw away that aggravating plastic box they come in. I do have 2 boxes of mixed junk, stuff that gets left out, rolls under the counter. Maybe ill get some time to put it in its proper home someday. I’ll usually dig through this collection of junk whenever I can and I know what i need is there.
I feel like I save time having my hardware organized and not have to dig through boxes looking for just the perfect connector.

[pearson]

i will check it out. thanks. Lately I’ve been winding down in the evenings with acorn tv, and it’s quickly become my favorite streaming platform. If you enjoy British dramas, crime thrillers, and quirky comedies, this service is a must. I found a few hidden gems I’d never seen on the major platforms, and the quality of the programming is top-notch. Plus, it’s a refreshing break from the mainstream stuff — Acorn TV really brings something unique to the table.