Pictures Please? How do you store your hardware?

[bikermutt07]

I may have to incorporate a little bit of everything. My leather room is only about 8x9 feet.

The ceiling is an interesting option I hadn't thought of.

I also have a 206rb1 and a cb 3200 in this small room, with plans for a spray booth at the window. I also have a 3x5 steel desk that I may have to get rid of. But, I keep trying to figure out how to keep that giant thing. I just love it.

Edited September 30, 2018 by bikermutt07

[Mattsbagger]

Just remember don’t get to set on one way. My room keeps evolving and changing as it needs to. Things that worked last year don’t work this year as I add things. Since been doing leather only 2 years it has changed multiple times. 

[Jack1970]

There's some good ideas in here! That parts organizer looks pretty good to me, bikermutt07.

[battlemunky]

Yeah, @Mattsbagger may have hit the nail on the head. Keep things modular, which that organizer does, because my shop too has changed a lot. Fluid.

Be like water. -Bruce Lee

[JerseyFirefighter]

Ive posted this before.. but this one is awesome. Dual sided on casters. This setup has 192 bins total. It cost about $350-400 at globalindustrial.com. Shipping was atrocious but luckily one of their warehouses was about 45 mins from me. They let me pick it up. They offer different size bins and the mounting system leads me to believe you can mix and match bins on the cart. As soon as we find a new space I will be getting at least one more. 

 

Edit: Heres the link https://www.globalindustrial.com/g/storage/bins-totes-containers/pick-racks-wall-panels/mobile-double-sided-pick-racks?trackType=null

Edited September 30, 2018 by JerseyFirefighter

[bikermutt07]

@JerseyFirefighter that thing is huge. I'm sure you will get a lot of good use out of that monster. It's way too big for my tiny shop room though.

I think I am going to get three of those bins and put them on a French cleat system. 

I also have an idea for a narrow side cutting bench. Stay tuned for that one in the future. 

Now, I just have to give up my giant steel teacher's desk. I hate to lose it. It was one of my best ever 20 dollar purchases.

[Scoutmom103]

Can you put casters on the steal desk to move it around the workroom, or raise it up for cutting out things on?

[bikermutt07]

8 hours ago, Scoutmom103 said:

Can you put casters on the steal desk to move it around the workroom, or raise it up for cutting out things on?

It's just taking up to big of a foot print. I installed a cabinet bank and plan to use that as myain work station.

 

 

[Scoutmom103]

It looks like a nice desk, but I see how close it is to one of your machines.    We love desks at out house.  I use a wooden one my husband had refinished as a changing table holder and cloths storage for both my daughter and son.  I now use the desk in my craft room for domestic sewing and crafting.   

Both my son's room and my daughters room have desks in them as well now.  

[billybopp]

I don't see a teacher's desk.  I see a big ol' solid work-surface with five storage drawers.  Maybe get a big ol' piece of HDPE that's a little longer than the top and there you have a good solid cutting surface for your leather - it's sometimes easier to use a slightly shorter table to cut on so that you are above your work.  A nice wooden sliding till in the file drawers would help make better use of the space there - I suspect there are already file hanging rails that the till could ride on.  

As for storage, I use these and organize items in a grid with size going horizontally and color vertically.  So, for example I have a row of Line 24 snaps with the setting dies in the first column then silver, gold, black, brass, antique brass, etc - and the same for rivets and such with the last few rows for miscellaneous small items.   I also use one of these for larger items like rings, buckles, etc.    The drawers have a divider in them, so I sort snap / rivet parts within the drawer too. Fortunately, I found these containers on sale and paid about half the price you see listed in the links. Currently they sit on the floor since I don't have a work room, but when I do have one they will be wall mountable which will keep them isolated from work surfaces to help keep from bouncing them around when pounding / tooling.  I'll probably do the same for tools and hang them on the wall as well.

What you do, though, has to suit you and the way that you work.  Since we each work differently, we'll all have different solutions.  

Just food for thought

- Bill