Thread: The Cupboard Where Everything IS

Just broaden your categories eg, all kind's of tapes..............polishes and stains.................tooling, etc. However, there is allways that majority of miscellaneous homeless item's that just dont fit!

Solution= build more cabinets! works for me

I was thinking of chest of drawers for miscellaneous stuff. Perhaps something like this...

Gumby,
I've got a house/shed/garage where everything is (multiples of quite a few of them) like you I know I've got things but can't find them. I couldn't find my belt sander for 18 months at one stage :eek: . My shed needs to be much bigger as I've pretty much run out of room. I've got a bit of space high up on the walls for some storage shelving (from about 2.4 metres upwards) that I'll be making soon. Other than that though, there really is no space left at all. As it is I need to shift stuff around as I work, it's going to get even worse when the new saw arrives as the sliding table is about 3M long (= 6m from front to back - tight) My best effort to date has been with thread tape. Everytime I did any plumbing or bought another air tool I'd buy thread tape because I couldn't find the last roll I bought. When we moved house three years ago I found over 20 rolls :eek: . At least I won't need to buy any for some time to come.

Mick the thread tape magnate

Originally Posted by journeyman Mick

At least I won't need to buy any for some time to come.

Mick the thread tape magnate

If you can find it.................
I know where you put it but I'm not telling you

Sounds like a good title for a Children's book actually.

The Cupoboard Where Everything Is

It's got a ring to it.......nope, hang on, that's the phone. bye.

Originally Posted by journeyman Mick

When we moved house three years ago I found over 20 rolls :eek: . At least I won't need to buy any for some time to come.

Mick the thread tape magnate

So YOU'VE got all my missing thread tape!! I bet you've got all my missing biros too. And my nail punches

Originally Posted by Gumby

Do you guys have one of these ?

I have one - my shed. Everything is in there. Somewhere.

Originally Posted by Gumby

Oh well, thats my story. Anyone got plans for a cupboard where everything is? It would save me heaps of time.

I think of building something similar to this or this

If you've got a bench of reasonable height build yourself a really nice set of drawers to fit underneath. Do a good job, one that you can be proud of. Figure out how many drawers you need and then when you sit down to design and make a cutting list double the amount of drawers. And don't forget to make some deep drawers in it at the bottom. If you don't have a bench for this to go under make it on wheels/castors(lockable) so it can be maoved out of the way. If you do a good job it can be a feature and will last for years to come.
Woody

Originally Posted by Gumby

Do you guys have one of these ?

Sorry Gumby but I don't have one.

Don't need it either as I've got drawers and shelving where needed so that everything has its own place and everything is stored in its own place.

BTW I also know where they are.


Peter.

Originally Posted by Woodworker101

If you've got a bench of reasonable height build yourself a really nice set of drawers to fit underneath. Do a good job, one that you can be proud of. Figure out how many drawers you need and then when you sit down to design and make a cutting list double the amount of drawers. And don't forget to make some deep drawers in it at the bottom. If you don't have a bench for this to go under make it on wheels/castors(lockable) so it can be maoved out of the way. If you do a good job it can be a feature and will last for years to come.
Woody

Woody, thanks for the ideas but the problem with drawers is that everything wouldn't be in there. Things would be separate and harder to find because I wouldn't know which drawer had what in it. That's the problem I have now.

However if I built one HUGE drawer......... :eek: we could be onto something.

Gumby.

Give our kind friend Sturdee a call on the telephone and ask for an invitation and if he could spare the time to put you straight

I made a 24000 mile round trip for my lesson.

And well worth the effort of making that trip, if I may say so myself.

John, the other day Gumby came down from the mountains to Ringwood, a mere hop, step and jump from my place, and he didn't even call in to find the answers to his storage problems.


Peter.

My cupboard is called Bunnings, when I want stuff I go there and get it.
They are like you, multiples of everything except, its them that pays for it and not meeeeeeee.
Al

Originally Posted by ozwinner

My cupboard is called Bunnings, when I want stuff I go there and get it.
They are like you, multiples of everything except, its them that pays for it and not meeeeeeee.
Al

So are you saying that you steal all your stuff from bunnies? :eek:

see what go around comes around

Ian