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fjimp wrote:I had a feeling that might be the case. I have one 8' high cabinet built into my shop. I can place a box on top of it so figured you may be surprised at the garage height. Hey look at all of that extra storage space you have. Jim

If Dusty is anything like myself, nothing exists above eye level!:D

Stuff hides in the grocery store all the time. Clerks seem to have no trouble finding stuff on the top shelf that I 'missed'!:rolleyes:

Hey Ed I know you have more invested in tools then I do in tool boxes, here is why. The collection of tool boxes where they are 2 to a shelf cost me between earlier ones a $2.50 or later $3.00 at the Plano outlet store about 30 min. from where I live. The larger boxes were more but still they work out so well for me it was worth it. Have to say $7 to $11 is still not to bad.

I store stuff any way I can. Boxes, drawers, coffee cans. What you see is only the tip of the iceberg. I like to keep things in boxes and with extra things included. Like my Porter Cable jig saw case has the tool, extra blades, screw driver, and anything else I find useful when I use the tool. It is just how I like to do things.

I have the option of grabbing the tool box or I can do as you do and collect many tools in a bucket. You will have to admit you can do that so easy when things are in a drawer.

Remember the "tackle box" is a "tool box", Plano makes them both and they are different.

I took a few minutes at the end of the day to pull a few random tool boxes and shot some pictures. I think this will give you at least a sample of the storage contents.

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Ed

Ed in Tampa wrote:I'm not sure but I think you got more invested in tool boxes than I do in tools.

Seriously I often buy tools that come in a molded plastic box that I usually throw away. I tend to store stuff in drawers keeping like tools and accessories together.

When I do a job outside the shop I place everything I will need in a five gallon bucket and take that to the job site.

How do you store your things? What exactly do you have in these tackle boxes and how do you use them? What about offsite jobs?

Just curious.

Just a couple more pictures of contents

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dusty wrote:I don't store my things. I keep them with me at all times. I certainly do not put them in tackle boxes.:)

Ed Reible: Great job. But I am curious. Do those go in your garage. They look to be way too tall - 7' or greater.

If you go back and check the sketch up drawing I believe that they are 83-1/2 or so, to be honest I would have to go check too.

Height was based on me being able to have tool boxes on top and still clear the lights. It will even clear when the garage door is open/up all for about the last couple of feet where the door frame opening is.

I'm tall enough to reach all the boxes which was also accounted for in the build. Wheel height was kept very low as well, load rated at 360 pounds.

Ed

So Ed,

Do you have labels on each tool box or do you know what is in each box from memory:rolleyes: I like your system.

Fred

fredsheldon wrote:So Ed,

Do you have labels on each tool box or do you know what is in each box from memory:rolleyes: I like your system.

Fred

They all looked 'labeled' to me!

reible wrote:If you go back and check the sketch up drawing I believe that they are 83-1/2 or so, to be honest I would have to go check too.

Height was based on me being able to have tool boxes on top and still clear the lights. It will even clear when the garage door is open/up all for about the last couple of feet where the door frame opening is.

I'm tall enough to reach all the boxes which was also accounted for in the build. Wheel height was kept very low as well, load rated at 360 pounds.

Ed

I never doubted for a moment that these would fit in your specific application. You are too meticulous to let that happen.

In about 1/2 of my garage I lose about 2' of overhead space because of the garage door. I have gotten so that I treat the entire area as if it were low.

Besides, I am a shorty.

dusty wrote:In about 1/2 of my garage I lose about 2' of overhead space because of the garage door. I have gotten so that I treat the entire area as if it were low.
Besides, I am a shorty.

In my basement shop I have a 10" x 10" beam running the full 40' of the length of the center of the shop. I keep reminding myself to not plan anything taller than the height of the bottom of that beam.


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Height of shelves is not always that bad. How about looking above the closed garage door. There is always room for a long shelf of 12" to 14" wide. Good place to put battery charger, paint brush storage and more. Just install the shelf brackets upside down.

charlese wrote:Height of shelves is not always that bad. How about looking above the closed garage door. There is always room for a long shelf of 12" to 14" wide. Good place to put battery charger, paint brush storage and more. Just install the shelf brackets upside down.

I have this terrible habit of keeping track of how often given items are used. Sometimes this means discarding stuff, other times it means installing shelves in out of the way places like above garage doors. The only negative being my planning backfires when the bride decides something is more important than I thought. Sometimes I think I spend more time finding storage ideas than building treasures. Oh regarding buying tools in plastic boxes then discarding the box. In my humble opinion, BAD IDEA. Over the last few months I have been assisting a family in disposing of a house full of tools. The young man that owned them tossed every case from every tool he ever bought. All of his tools were either broken or otherwise trashed. Even the batteries were toast. I keep all boxes and have my tools and batteries stored in them. When the new shop was finished I bought two really nice double door, steel shelving cabinets. In one I store paint and staining supplies and abrasives along with some miscellaneous parts I refuse to part with. The other is filled with my battery powered hand tools and batteries. Every time the kids borrow one they look at me like I'm nuts. Recently a friend was helping in the shop. He didn't say anything until days later when he said I am the only guy he knows who is still using ten year old power tools. Jim