I suspect that the majority of us here share our "shop" with our garage and lawn tools.
Three years ago, my wife and I moved into our home. When we bought our home, we bought it as somewhat of a fixer-upper. Our old house had a shed for storing the lawn tools, our current house doesn't have a shed (but I hope to build one later this year).
Anyway, over the past three years I've done a number of substantial home improvements, but there have always been higher priorities than the shed and lawn tool organization. I've looked at a number of the options available at the home centers, catalogs, etc. but I couldn't find anything that was large enough, flexible enough, strong enough or inexpensive enough for me.
I had a brain-storm for a simple, inexpensive, flexible lawn tool storage solution and thought that I'd share it - as well as give some tips for what I'd do differently if I were to do it again.
I took some 2x4 scraps and used my drill press with a 9/16" spade bit to drill angled holes every 2 inches 1.5 inches down from the top edge of the 2x4 (the exact angle isn't important - I used a scrap of 1/2" plywood under the top edge of the 2x4 for my angle).
I then cut some 1/2 in. rebar into 8 inch lenghts (the rebar is a little over 1/2 in., which is why I drilled the 9/16" holes). I drilled holes in the handles of lawn tools where needed for a loop of 1/8" nylon rope for the tool to hang from.
If I were to do it again, I think that I'd use 1/2 in. hardwood dowel instead of the rebar - the rebar was cheap, but I tore up a few recip. saw blades and a fair amount of time. I was initially concerned that dowel wouldn't be strong enough, but in hindsight I think that the 6-8 inch lengths of dowel would be plenty strong enough.
I should have taken a before pic - it was a pile of lawn tools that took up a corner of my garage. Here's a pic of the after. I think it was a rainy Saturday morning well spent. Thanks for reading.
Three years ago, my wife and I moved into our home. When we bought our home, we bought it as somewhat of a fixer-upper. Our old house had a shed for storing the lawn tools, our current house doesn't have a shed (but I hope to build one later this year).
Anyway, over the past three years I've done a number of substantial home improvements, but there have always been higher priorities than the shed and lawn tool organization. I've looked at a number of the options available at the home centers, catalogs, etc. but I couldn't find anything that was large enough, flexible enough, strong enough or inexpensive enough for me.
I had a brain-storm for a simple, inexpensive, flexible lawn tool storage solution and thought that I'd share it - as well as give some tips for what I'd do differently if I were to do it again.
I took some 2x4 scraps and used my drill press with a 9/16" spade bit to drill angled holes every 2 inches 1.5 inches down from the top edge of the 2x4 (the exact angle isn't important - I used a scrap of 1/2" plywood under the top edge of the 2x4 for my angle).
I then cut some 1/2 in. rebar into 8 inch lenghts (the rebar is a little over 1/2 in., which is why I drilled the 9/16" holes). I drilled holes in the handles of lawn tools where needed for a loop of 1/8" nylon rope for the tool to hang from.
If I were to do it again, I think that I'd use 1/2 in. hardwood dowel instead of the rebar - the rebar was cheap, but I tore up a few recip. saw blades and a fair amount of time. I was initially concerned that dowel wouldn't be strong enough, but in hindsight I think that the 6-8 inch lengths of dowel would be plenty strong enough.
I should have taken a before pic - it was a pile of lawn tools that took up a corner of my garage. Here's a pic of the after. I think it was a rainy Saturday morning well spent. Thanks for reading.
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