Talk to me about wall storage systems.

[Shedendman]

Walls definitely make good storage for tools etc, Most useful things right in front of you, I recon that you will be aiming for something a"little" tidier than mine.

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That art mate,pure art

 

[Olderisbetter]

This is my ex shop display peg board, You can only see about 2 feet of the upright on it now as i built the bench against it and added trunking for cables and power.

 

[slim_boy_fat]

That art mate,pure art

In the style of Ms Emin? [although I have no room to speak......]

 

[8ob]

Do the hooks for the spanner’s lift when removing them, just weld them on.
Is wood good for a metal shop.
At least there’s somewhere to store your tennis balls behind the vice.

If only you knew

Bob

 

[anto44]

I picked up a load of this square hole peg board from the tool room of a garage that shut down. It's much heavier duty than the shop display stuff, I have some of the standard shop stuff and this is much heavier. The fittings are much heavier duty too, the hooks are proper welded construction.

 

[Ton-up]

Ford V8 Windsor Bob?

Gathering parts for a 289 build at the moment, that would look and perform great on it!

 

[8ob]

Ford V8 Windsor Bob?

Gathering parts for a 289 build at the moment, that would look and perform great on it!

Have a fair bit of SBF gear Mr Up, will be thinning it out in the next few months so PM me if there is anything in particular you need.

Bob

 

[Slowcoach]

If only you knew

Bob

Hemi?

 

[DAPPH]

As per title I am looking at hanging tools on the wall in the mancave extension rather than the conventional roll cab/draws etc. Dont need the full house tool kit but would like to get a decent collection on the wall as a space saving idea.. I got four sheets of steel peg board and not unhappy with the pegs for spanners although they do pop off the board if you are not careful. I am looking for more ways of hanging the pliers, hammers, hacksaws etc.. what’s good and what’s rubbish in the ready made hanging systems? Ed thinks we we can 3D print all this gear but I would sooner save that for the things that can’t be bought.

Bob

Edit, I need pictures

Use graph paper or CAD to draw roughly where you plan for things to go to get it looking balanced & useful .

Use" Rrivinut ?) inserts to pop a thread in ( ? ) enlarged holes ( if needed )
and stud lock Allen key headed bolts in as pins ?
You can then also pop on the cheap "U " shaped holders as needed without having to hammer or dismount the board fixed to the wall .

Use chemical anchor studs to hold the panels to the brick work as there is no stress in the joint unlike expanding anchor bolts which often crack bricks if you hit a frog in brick work that's not been set & filled facing upwards

 

[Rickt]

I've seen these [picture below] years ago and though it was a good spacesaving idea. Easy to make but using angle iron for the frames . I'm sure Aldi or Lidl had something similar for sale many moons ago.

 

[MetalMonkey]

Never been wildly keen on pegboard, but I've made up plenty of shadow boards - just with ply and nails, and a few well placed bits of wood. Its not ideal for tool "storage" unless you have a lot of wall space, but great for tool management, especially if they are being used by other people as well.

 

[cr500dom]

I've seen these [picture below] years ago and though it was a good spacesaving idea. Easy to make but using angle iron for the frames . I'm sure Aldi or Lidl had something similar for sale many moons ago.

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Probably one drawers worth across all those panels though ?
Roll-cab properly organised for me

 

[Maker]

Roll-cab properly organised for me

Yep, roll cabs and Bisley drawers is the way for me too.

 

[cr500dom]

Note triple stacked spanners, smallest on top, if you need more torque take the next one down and so on

 

[cr500dom]

^ this works in a vertical application too if you are dead set on wall storage, if you use foam

 

[OJCar]

Hemi?

No, @8ob is just pleased to see you ...


BTW Walls are best stored between the floor and the roof , often at the outside edge of the building.




Sheet of ply on the wall, coat of paint,
then nails, cup screws, Terry Spring Clips

small shelves, wood strips with holes in, Binn Boxes, whatever it takes,
rather than my current FAV method !

(First Available Surface)

 

[Rickt]

I've seen these [picture below] years ago and though it was a good spacesaving idea. Easy to make but using angle iron for the frames . I'm sure Aldi or Lidl had something similar for sale many moons ago.

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I would have used both sides of the board to place spanners , screwdrivers and the like. The gap between the boards would have to be wider unlike the dowl/tubing in the picture above. Carefully placed , I'm sure you could get quite abit of kit on them.

 

[GRW]

I've got tools hung on the back of one of my shed doors, and bikes hung off the other. It's otherwise dead space, and if I need more room I can swing open the door the bikes are on to instantly gain some more covered work area.

 

[DAPPH]

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Note triple stacked spanners, smallest on top, if you need more torque take the next one down and so on

Kin'ell are you guys CDO or what ,

I've just got a big ex USAF aircraft servicing trolley on 100 mm lockable castors with 6 off 3o-inch by 24-inch drawers, 3 off 2 " deep, 2x off 4 " deep and 1 off 12" deep all have perforated bottoms.
I made up some dividers for the second drawer down where all short sockets are hole up at the front divider, long socket laid on their side in the next division with 1/4 sq. drive ratchet & extensions etc , then in the next section all spanners DEOJ .RoJ & OJR'sare 1.5 mm to 17 mm in the middle and bigger stuff to 32 mm and 1/2 " square drive ratchet kit in the rear section.
I don't have the luxury of a lot of wall space as the three 5 drawer filing cabinets on castored frames take up most of the free space, they are well packed with welding things,fasteners & fixing etc plus my hobby kit . To organize things better I made a lot of 75mm x 65mm x 30 0r 60 mm deep wooden boxes with glued & screwed on 5 mm ply bottoms out of scrap materials, they contain most of the fasteners. The various nuts that fit into ae1/2 litre Lidl iced tea drink bottle neck are stored in them, you can see at a glance the size (marked on the screw top caps) and what sort of nut or washer range are in them . There is very little hanging around to get spilt/scattered accidently.


One thing that might be useful to some of you is as a NACRO support worker /Nacro youth trainer I used work with and knew even more young ex offender & a fair few adult ex-offenders. Many still offending, just waiting to be caught and dealt with yet again . )

A common comment amongst them was that they hated places like mine as there were no tools in handy quick to steal carry cases that can be rapidly stuffed into the stolen get away car & no handy buckets to put a few grabbed hands full of tools in.
Boxed tools & sets of tools sell quicker than non-boxed or mixed drawers, plus selling quick means no evidence in their possession. I arranged the training workshops specifically with this in mind.
Having all your power tools in carrying boxes , tools sockets on walls in sets or on the wall tools, or so easy to see on display boards is according to them an invite to have them nicked .

Showing them on the internet is perhaps not the wisest of things for Google earth is a crook's best friend apparently.

 

[Onoff]

The solution for someone who was only allowed one cupboard.

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Colin

Someone's after your crown @Kram !