Parts Storage and workbench oragnization
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Parts Storage and workbench oragnization
Hey folks! What type of bins /shelves / tubs / toolboxes do you use to organize your parts? I'm starting to rebuild a few pans, and have alot of boxes of parts and stuff, and am in desperate need of some organization! I was wondering what everyone does to keep there workbenches organized. Pics are welcome too!
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Re: Parts Storage and workbench oragnization
I'm a big believer in a place for everything . . . And everything all over the place!
You just have to find boxes that suit your needs and space. Clear plastic shoebox sized containers work well for most things. If you're building shelves, build them to hold the boxes 2 deep. Oh, and label everything so that you can find what you need quickly.
If you really want to get anal about it, alphabetize the boxes and create a card catalog of every part, it's location, condition, and exact placement in it's storage compartment.
You just have to find boxes that suit your needs and space. Clear plastic shoebox sized containers work well for most things. If you're building shelves, build them to hold the boxes 2 deep. Oh, and label everything so that you can find what you need quickly.
If you really want to get anal about it, alphabetize the boxes and create a card catalog of every part, it's location, condition, and exact placement in it's storage compartment.
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Re: Parts Storage and workbench oragnization
I did something like that with my NIP Schumacher parts bags a few years ago...... got a list on the computer, divided them up into part number groups (U13XX, U16XX, U7XXX, etc.), catalogued which ones and how many, then stored all the parts bag groups together with a tie wrap holding them together.Halgar wrote:If you really want to get anal about it, alphabetize the boxes and create a card catalog of every part, it's location, condition, and exact placement in it's storage compartment.
Great idea..... I would go and get something (which I knew exactly the location of), and use it, no faffing around looking for things. Worked well for a few weeks.... then more parts would use come in and I was too slack to catalogue and / or store them properly, or I would sell or use bags of parts and not remove them from the list..... now it's pretty much back to how it was, with Schuey parts all over the place!
Wish I had the space to do peg board like some people have been able to do... would be great, and very quick to access, as long as you stay on top of it.
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Re: Parts Storage and workbench oragnization
Ive posted this elsewhere but this is my setup. My benches are a shelf system from lowes that can be built side by side. The countertops are pre manufactured and fairly cheap. Dropped right in place forming a perfect workbench that is easy to move if needed. The large storage boxes are great for random junk like bodies. I use plastic organizers built to about 6' tall in a couple different sizes. The rack system for the cars is just linen closet shelves and dowels. Pegboard for common parts. Small workbench for drill press, grinder, and ultrasonic cleaner to keep the main bench clean.
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Yes, Mr PegBoard, very nice...... damn you....
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Eye spy - A T2 battery brace.
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Re: Parts Storage and workbench oragnization
very nice jeff. where do you get your peg board from? and why no love for the purple tub rc10t???
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I was teasing, of course, but with organization you're really only limited by your needs, wants, and abilities. I tend to be very organized because I hate not being able to find what I need when I need it, or worse, be out of something I shouldn't be.Incredible_Serious wrote:I did something like that with my NIP Schumacher parts bags a few years ago...... got a list on the computer, divided them up into part number groups (U13XX, U16XX, U7XXX, etc.), catalogued which ones and how many, then stored all the parts bag groups together with a tie wrap holding them together.Halgar wrote:If you really want to get anal about it, alphabetize the boxes and create a card catalog of every part, it's location, condition, and exact placement in it's storage compartment.
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Love my pegboard too, hate that the J-hooks are so expensive and none of the holes in any factory AE packaging fit over them without a larger hole punchIncredible_Serious wrote:Yes, Mr PegBoard, very nice...... damn you....
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Re: Parts Storage and workbench oragnization
Yes, the peg hooks suck! Expensive and never the right size.
I just got mine at Lowes but most any home improvement store has it.
There was love for the purple 10t but I was still building it at the time- and now it's done and gone away if I was to take a more recent pic there is a purple team car and a black short arm in its place
I just got mine at Lowes but most any home improvement store has it.
There was love for the purple 10t but I was still building it at the time- and now it's done and gone away if I was to take a more recent pic there is a purple team car and a black short arm in its place
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