Storing leather bits.

[dikman]

My little leatherwork/reloading shed is a bit, umm, messy, I had about 7 boxes of various sizes holding various off-cuts, pieces, belts etc and at least two were permanently sitting on the table in the photo - the table that I use to cut leather on. Very annoying, moving stuff around. So, in the top of our wardrobe were three sets of Ikea plastic drawers, most of which had been empty for a while. Time to re-purpose them. They are 4-drawer units and can be stacked, so a bit of rudimentary woodwork to make a top and bottom, four casters on the bottom and Bob's yer uncle. Pretty much most of the bits and pieces fitted (didn't realise what I had in the boxes) with the exception of several pieces that are too long for the drawers, still trying to figure out where to put them.

Part of what drove this is I've ordered a Vevor Leather cutting Machine, basically a small manual clicker press, and it will have to go on the table, which it couldn't do before.

[kgg]

4 hours ago, dikman said:

Time to re-purpose them.

Nicely done.

kgg

[toxo]

5 hours ago, dikman said:

My little leatherwork/reloading shed is a bit, umm, messy, I had about 7 boxes of various sizes holding various off-cuts, pieces, belts etc and at least two were permanently sitting on the table in the photo - the table that I use to cut leather on. Very annoying, moving stuff around. So, in the top of our wardrobe were three sets of Ikea plastic drawers, most of which had been empty for a while. Time to re-purpose them. They are 4-drawer units and can be stacked, so a bit of rudimentary woodwork to make a top and bottom, four casters on the bottom and Bob's yer uncle. Pretty much most of the bits and pieces fitted (didn't realise what I had in the boxes) with the exception of several pieces that are too long for the drawers, still trying to figure out where to put them.

Part of what drove this is I've ordered a Vevor Leather cutting Machine, basically a small manual clicker press, and it will have to go on the table, which it couldn't do before.

HaHa dikman, your "shop" looks smaller than mine. I have similar boxes along a top shelf. Here's a quick idea, don't know how high your ceiling is or the new press but you seem to have a convenient height at 4 boxes down. Break there, lift the upper 4 boxes up and fix to the wall. A bit more rudimentary woodwork gives you somewhere to put the press and maybe even a bit more workspace.

[chuck123wapati]

very nice !! i need that too. 

[dikman]

Toxo, no room on the walls! Behind the drawers are a couple of whiteboards, above head-height (which you can't see here) is a long shelf, virtually every bit of wall space is already in use. Where I put the drawers is (was) the last bit of open space available. Rolls of leather are stored under the table as well as a couple of rolls on top of another cupboard. If I didn't have the reloading gear in there too it would help, but there's nowhere else for that to go.

And before you ask, I'm not allowed to build another shed.

[dikman]

Toxo, this is what I'm working with. The shed is 15' x 9', the largest I could build without involving the council. In hindsight I should have gone a bit bigger but I had no idea how this would evolve, originally it was only meant to house a few sewing machines as I was blissfully unaware of just what else leatherwork could involve.

The blue tool chest holds most of my leatherwork tools with the lockable lower section for storing gunpowder and primers. The two-drawer filing cabinet is full of reloading stuff, assorted dies, several hundred empty cases, loading blocks etc. Next to the cabinet are three more sewing machines stored out of the way. The shelf to the right is more reloading gear. The bench on the right has a Dillon press permanently sitting there, underneath are four more reloading presses that get bolted to the bench when needed, there are two electric pots for casting boolits, on the floor underneath are 17 boolit molds and a box of spare parts for the presses. Various knives are attached to the back of the bench.

Looking to the other end the table on the left was originally for lead casting but that was soon needed for other things. First was a 3D printer, then came a laser engraver (enclosed in a wooden box with exhaust going up to the roof vent) and more recently a little CNC engraver (sitting on top). The 3-tonne arbor press only just fits on the edge of the table! Underneath are boxes of buckles that were given to me, a locked container for my shotgun shells, a small air-fryer (I kid you not!) for drying washed cartridge shells, a metal box for 3D filament, a floor heater and fan - it gets hot in Summer and cold in Winter. Not clear on a corner shelf are a radio/cd player and the PID units for the casting pots, assorted hammers and tools on the wall and various cutting boards on the floor. The cupboard on the right has dyes, chemicals, including the stuff for coating the cast boolits, more assorted tools, paperwork/manuals for things and misc. stuff. on the wall to the right is storage for sewing stuff - needles, rivets, buckles, spare feet, all that sort of gear. My Pfaff edge binder is up in the main garage 'cos I ran out of room!!!!!

If I put anything else in there I won't have room to actually do anything.

[toxo]

12 hours ago, dikman said:

Toxo, this is what I'm working with. The shed is 15' x 9', the largest I could build without involving the council. In hindsight I should have gone a bit bigger but I had no idea how this would evolve, originally it was only meant to house a few sewing machines as I was blissfully unaware of just what else leatherwork could involve.

The blue tool chest holds most of my leatherwork tools with the lockable lower section for storing gunpowder and primers. The two-drawer filing cabinet is full of reloading stuff, assorted dies, several hundred empty cases, loading blocks etc. Next to the cabinet are three more sewing machines stored out of the way. The shelf to the right is more reloading gear. The bench on the right has a Dillon press permanently sitting there, underneath are four more reloading presses that get bolted to the bench when needed, there are two electric pots for casting boolits, on the floor underneath are 17 boolit molds and a box of spare parts for the presses. Various knives are attached to the back of the bench.

Looking to the other end the table on the left was originally for lead casting but that was soon needed for other things. First was a 3D printer, then came a laser engraver (enclosed in a wooden box with exhaust going up to the roof vent) and more recently a little CNC engraver (sitting on top). The 3-tonne arbor press only just fits on the edge of the table! Underneath are boxes of buckles that were given to me, a locked container for my shotgun shells, a small air-fryer (I kid you not!) for drying washed cartridge shells, a metal box for 3D filament, a floor heater and fan - it gets hot in Summer and cold in Winter. Not clear on a corner shelf are a radio/cd player and the PID units for the casting pots, assorted hammers and tools on the wall and various cutting boards on the floor. The cupboard on the right has dyes, chemicals, including the stuff for coating the cast boolits, more assorted tools, paperwork/manuals for things and misc. stuff. on the wall to the right is storage for sewing stuff - needles, rivets, buckles, spare feet, all that sort of gear. My Pfaff edge binder is up in the main garage 'cos I ran out of room!!!!!

If I put anything else in there I won't have room to actually do anything.

There's always UP.

[kgg]

12 hours ago, dikman said:

If I put anything else in there I won't have room to actually do anything.

I see a lot of wasted overhead space. I'm sure you could figure out how to hang stuff from the ceiling.

12 hours ago, dikman said:

The bench on the right has a Dillon press permanently sitting there

I see you have what appears to be a Dillon RL-550C. Dillon makes really decent presses, you should get excellent results. I have 5 Dillon presses for my other addiction 1-RL 550c, 1-XL 750, 3- Super 1050.   

kgg