Organization? Storage? Ideas?

[cowgirlup]

I often find my work bench to be a maze of tools scattered everywhere. I have a rather large table so this shouldn't be happening! I've mastered storage for gravers and the like but do you folks have any good ideas for easily-accessible storage for your tools? I thought some of you may have some clever ideas I could benefit from. Thanks!

 

[tonytigerhk45]

yeah, if you want a clean table, don't do any work on it. but for storage i use glass jars or mugs, plastic jars, jar lids also.

 

[Andrew Biggs]

Sheena, Sheena, Sheena

That is why we have large bench tops..............so you can store your tools all over the top of them in one disorganized mess

Packaging Styrofoam works well for pointy sharp objects. I use the round bases that GRS sells because they are great for QC holders.

And as Tony said.......jars, tins or anything else lying around the place. Even then they seem to gravitate towards the bench top like magnets

Cheers
Andrew

 

[Darren]

yeah, if you want a clean table, don't do any work on it. but for storage i use glass jars or mugs, plastic jars, jar lids also.

Yep, What Tony says......

 

[diandwill]

From GRS, you can put a lot of QC gravers in one of these. Just got one, and STILL have to make myself put them there when taken out of the handpiece. For some of us, knowing where in the pile the tool is, is half the battle. LOL

 

[monk]

go to the section showing member workbenches. few can become proficient at this art without having a junky, cluttered workbench. for those fotos showing clean, pristine, uncluttered benches-- phooey ! these people hired a cleaning firm & a professional organizer to come in whilst they were on vacation. this can be checked on snoaps.

 

[mitch]

http://www.usplastic.com/catalog/item.aspx?itemid=82988&catid=802

and a labelmaker- unless you like playing hide-n-seek with your stuff!

 

[Marrinan]

Mitch, Thanks for the link. They have several things I have been looking for.Fred

 

[Sam]

Mine is probably closer to Paul Lantuch's. This is Paul's bench:

 

[cowgirlup]

I feel so much better after seeing that photo! Thank you! LoL. I do wish I had that many tools though.

 

[mitch]

that's what my bench looks like at the end of a big, complex project! i have a very bad habit of bringing tools out of their many hiding places and not putting anything away until the entire project is finished (or usually some significant passage of time after that...)

 

[Marrinan]

Now now Sam, Abigail posted a picture a year or two ago of your bench. It seems to me that there were a couple of missed placed appliances in there and you said you were going to clean or move. Aren't you now in a new house?-Fred

 

[monk]

pauls' bench looks just about right, a bit organized, but not ahead of the curve. that vise is just beyond cool.

 

[rayf24]

I would agree with MONK every thing looks to be in the right place but is a bit ott with the mugs and jars how can you find what your looking for when its in one of them ??
ray

 

[jr hoot gibson]

Sheena
You CAN have that many tools, but maybe not much else!!!LOL