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Organizing a Workshop

Smart Solutions : Episode SSL-834 -- More Projects »
Home expert Ana Teran shares handy tips for organizing your workshop.
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  • Organize tools in your garage or workshop with a peg board (figure A). They typically come in brown or white. Teran recommends brown because it camouflages dust and dirt.

  • Use a variety of hook sizes for hanging tools (figure B) and getting them out of the way.

  • Store hammers on a peg board in a wire dish rack. Be sure to place in an easy-to-reach place.

  • Keep a caulking tube from drying out with a wire cap (figure C). Store the gun in an empty paint can (figure D) with the cap down.

  • Use a small film canister to store nails. Write the size of the nail right on the container with a marker (figure E).

  • Store safety goggles in an old pair of socks, and hang on a nail on your peg board (figure F).

  • Store bungee cords on a PVC pipe. Just cut the plastic pipe into three different segments--three four-foot lengths. Drill holes about three inches apart (or buy a drainage pipe that comes predrilled). Attach the bungee cords to the holes (figure G). Put in a bucket in an out-of-the-way corner of the garage.

  • Mount an empty tissue-paper holder on the wall for storing tape (figure H). Tie a string around scissors and attach to the rack end or next to it to keep them handy for cutting the tape.

  • Cut out a hole in a milk carton (large enough for your hand to go in) to store nuts and bolts. Be sure to label the carton.

  • Easily pick up stray metal objects such as washers by placing a magnet in a plastic bag and picking those items up with your hand (figure I). Just turn the bag inside out and everything's already stored in the bag.

  • Mount a magnetic strip to the side of your workbench to hold knives, scrapers and screwdrivers.

  • Store screwdrivers and other tools in packing foam blocks. Just mount along the corner of a counter or workbench with hook-and-loop tape (figure J).

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