Bounce's Basic Tool Wall

[mrbounce]

I always found I have an issue where I sling my spanners in my tool box drawer, mainly because when I want a specific size, I have to rifle through them to find what I need. I also have various other assorted tools which won't quite fit in the tool box I have so they end up left on shelves, on the floor or hung on the occasional nail in the rafters - far from ideal. What I needed was to put them somewhere accessible and ideally not take up any more space. 

My friend has put "mirror boards" (I think that's what they're called) up in his garage. He drew round each tool with a black marker and if it's not there, it's easy to see. This in turn makes a messy bar steward with OCD like me tidy up after himself.

So, I armed myself with two plywood pallet tops (freebie), a can of paint left over from when the decorator was here (freebie), a paint roller (already had one) and a bucket load of screws. Total cost: Not much at all. It's also had the added bonus of covering the unused (and boarded up - and broken) garage window - there's a chicken coop on the other side so it ain't getting used...

This needed covering and I needed somewhere to put my tools.



One and two-thirds' pallet tops later...



A spoonful of English Trifle...



...do a little mock up....



... and chuck it on the wall. I still need to draw round each tool and do some colouring in, but for now I think it'll do! I already have plans for another one to the left for screwdrivers and other bits.

[bstardchild]

Nice job

I have a roll cab for "vehicle tools" best thing I have ever bought as I can roll it out of the garage if working on the drive.

I have a tough box for powertools for home use (drills, sanders and circular saws etc) handy because it's one box that can be carried into the house and has every thing I need.

But for hand saws, clamps, spirit levels and all those large long items I stuck a shadow board on the wall just like yours - really helps me put stuff back where I can find it next time I need it!!!

[welshpug]

its a "shadow board" i.e there's a shadow where each tool should go.

here's my one at work, mine are all in a toolbox at home as I sometimes take them with me to help friends.


20160913_105703 by WELSHPUG, on Flickr

I did recently move it to another side of the workshop though, this was in the middle of sorting curse word out!

20161121_120207 by WELSHPUG, on Flickr

[colnerov]

Hi, Yes it's all similar to the Japanese 5S and 6S methodology in business practices.

Colin

[smithysshed]

I absolutely love this method of organisation, it keeps your tools so much cleaner than if you put them back into a grotty roller cabinet and you can apply 'Prison rules'- At the end of every session, the wall has to be full.

[fr€$h&m1nt¥]

Jan 28, 2017 12:05:16 GMT @automatik said:

Hah, reminds me of my job at Ford Cologne, where I was assisting in implemtation of FPS = Ford Production System, commonly know as lean production.
There was that slogan like: Everything has its place and everything is in its place.
We used shadow boards, too.

Jan 28, 2017 12:34:36 GMT colnerov said:

Hi, Yes it's all similar to the Japanese 5S and 6S methodology in business practices.

Colin

There's a similar process at unipart too except they extended it out to office-based positions so on each desk we had to have a plan of what our desk should look like. Phone here / monitor there / etc.

Wasn't quite as relevant, I know i lose a 10mm socket at home much more than my monitor at work!

[fr€$h&m1nt¥]

PS sorry for going off-course I do like your tool board - I keep meaning to finish my peg tool board.

[mrbounce]

Aaaand I have drawn an outline around everything (except the grabber - which will be done tomorrow). I have yet to colour everything in. I expect to be doing that on a day when I am feeling particularly brain dead. The sharp-eyed among you will note the spanner next to the longer 14mm only has "1" written there. This is because I wrote 15 when it was in fact a 17mm spanner. Out with the paint again! Also the ratchet spanners make the bottom corner a bit crowded so I had to write the sizes next to the last 2, which was a little bit annoying. Still, I like it 



Now all I need to do is to have a good ol' tidy up in the rest of the garage and its shelves and cupboards so I will know where everything is... 

[j4mes]

Great idea! I'm definately doing this tomorrow night!

Cheers!

[mrbounce]

J4mes, I have one bit of advice - DO IT! 

Had a friend over tonight and did some more work on the car - the tool wall was a godsend! "Get me a 1/2" spanner Andy" I shout from under the car. Got one back in less than 5 seconds. Perfect!

[bstardchild]

Feb 2, 2017 23:14:47 GMT mrbounce said:

J4mes, I have one bit of advice - DO IT! 

Had a friend over tonight and did some more work on the car - the tool wall was a godsend! "Get me a 1/2" spanner Andy" I shout from under the car. Got one back in less than 5 seconds. Perfect!

Try asking a cat that......

That's my company in the garage and for passing spanners they are useless

[mrbounce]

Got the second part up tonight - this one's for sockets, ratchets & screwdrivers plus other assorted gubbins. 



Oh, and bstardchild, both my cats and Fred from next door "help" occasionally. See below:

Moneypenny absolutely refusing to help strip the seats




Fred from next door claiming the trolley as his own.

[Fraser]

I would need over ten boards for all of the tools that I have. I have at least doubles of every spanner, socket and wrench, going from quarter inch to three quarters inch. I have them in 2 tool chests and various manufacturers boxes.

[igor]

I'm nowhere near that organised. Just keep metric and imperial spanners seperate. I think it is fairly important to have double ups of at least the sizes you use most often for all those times when it is necessary to hold both the bolt and the nut.

[dikkehemaworst]

Same here , but I mainly use 10
- 13 - 17 mm sockets or spanners. My complete car is made of those 3. Except for bearing locknut that's 21

[georgeb]

Mar 12, 2017 4:44:34 GMT dikkehemaworst said:

Same here , but I mainly use 10
- 13 - 17 mm sockets or spanners. My complete car is made of those 3. Except for bearing locknut that's 21

Your lucky. Mines got a real good mix of Imperial and Metric. Luckily I came across a guy selling off his Imperial spanners after working overseas, so I grabbed 'em quick. You just can't get them here.

[waveman1500]

5S labelling can get silly. I have previously been required to put tape lines and labels on my desk to denote designated areas for "Mouse", "Phone", "Keyboard" etc.
The idea was that the engineers were complying with the same rules as Production.
I think the line was drawn at putting a tape line around the coffee cup?

[mrbounce]

Almost finished - just need to get the Sharpie out and mark what's what. Not bad for a few evenings' work and total cost of about a fiver.  

[mrbounce]

Spent a while this weekend doing that most tedious of tasks: Marking up the socket sizes as well as doing some of the outlines. Can't do the valve spring compressor as it's in the boot and going to my friend's garage next week. Still a bit more of the tedious stuff left to do plus I need to find somewhere to put my new grease gun!

[SamJ]

Looking good

Apr 9, 2017 19:44:58 GMT mrbounce said:

plus I need to find somewhere to put my new grease gun!

That was my problem with a tool wall, I kept buying tools and had to keep finding space for them!