I made a thing 

"AestheticsInMotion" (aestheticsinmotion) 07/02/2018 at 19:31 • Filed to: None

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Ugly, but functional. 

I like having a place for everything. Besides, those drivers were somehow always in my way, no matter where I was working. Anybody have any more good shop hacks?

I feel like the pegboard real estate is being wasted, and I would love a better way to organize the huge number of power tools under the workbench.

farscythe - makin da cawfee! > AestheticsInMotion 07/02/2018 at 19:49

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me finks you need a cork board

endleslly customizable to fit nearly everyones needs

might wanna watch it with the heavy stuff tho.... cork is prone to sudden failure

AestheticsInMotion > farscythe - makin da cawfee! 07/02/2018 at 19:52

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I don't like how loose all the connections are. We've got pegboard already and I'm kinda thinking about shelves... 

Bman76 (hates WS6 hoods, is on his phone and has 4 burners now) > AestheticsInMotion 07/02/2018 at 19:54

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Nothing some a lot of sandpaper can’t fix.

farscythe - makin da cawfee! > AestheticsInMotion 07/02/2018 at 19:57

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shelves might be the way to go...

got idiot proof shelving at work... all the tools go in to their neatly machined out and colour coded holes..

people still fuck it up

AestheticsInMotion > Bman76 (hates WS6 hoods, is on his phone and has 4 burners now) 07/02/2018 at 20:03

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Woah, hold on there. My functionality to cost/time ratio is currently fantastic, throwing sanding into the mix would screw that up royally 

AestheticsInMotion > farscythe - makin da cawfee! 07/02/2018 at 20:06

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That is beautiful.

And isn’t it amazing how that happens? People screw up this system, somehow...

farscythe - makin da cawfee! > AestheticsInMotion 07/02/2018 at 20:10

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its impressive.... and its people you trust to do a job well

it boggles the mind

that said... my brother is the smartest person i know and he wouldnt know where to return the phone if it didnt have a cable attached to it

some peoples brains just dont seem to work for putting shit where it lives

MoCamino > AestheticsInMotion 07/02/2018 at 20:16

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It’s not ugly. Functional + finished without wasting time better used elsewhere = beauty. It’s the calculus of efficiency.

MM54 > AestheticsInMotion 07/02/2018 at 20:16

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I really like that

AdverseMartyr > AestheticsInMotion 07/02/2018 at 20:26

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It will now. If you’d done it before you put everything together it would be like 2 minutes with a palm sander to at least have some rounding.

shop-teacher > AestheticsInMotion 07/02/2018 at 20:34

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Consider that Shop Teacher approved!

Steve in Manhattan > AestheticsInMotion 07/02/2018 at 20:37

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A place for everything, and everything in its place ... you did what you had to do.

MasterMario - Keeper of the V8s > farscythe - makin da cawfee! 07/02/2018 at 20:41

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That would be me, I always have tools laying all over the place. Mostly for me though I’m like, “the job isn’t done yet so might as well keep the tools out”. Doesn’t help that I always seem to have four or five jobs going on. I always know where everything is though unless my wife “organized” for me lol

farscythe - makin da cawfee! > MasterMario - Keeper of the V8s 07/02/2018 at 20:46

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im the other end of the spectrum... my tools are always exactly where they supposed to be...

car/bike parts are wherever i got pissed off at them...

That Bastard Kurtis - An Attempt to Standardize My Username Across Platforms > AestheticsInMotion 07/02/2018 at 21:18

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I also felt like power tools take up a lot of space on my pegboard, and I solved it like this. Hammer hooks are just wide enough to firmly hold the handles of my Bosch equipment...I don’t know about DeWalt but I’d imagine they’re similar. 

BaconSandwich is tasty. > AestheticsInMotion 07/02/2018 at 21:25

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Funny you mention this. I’ve been working on trying out some french cleats for hanging my tools this weekend:

I haven’t really ever had the space (or organizational skills) to have my tools this organized.  So far I’m liking it.  Since the picture was taken, I made hooks for my saws, pliers, and a few other things.  Still a few more that need to go up, though.

AestheticsInMotion > AdverseMartyr 07/02/2018 at 21:34

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I still need to go through the power tools to see what I have. The list is never ending... 

AestheticsInMotion > That Bastard Kurtis - An Attempt to Standardize My Username Across Platforms 07/02/2018 at 21:36

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Ohhhh. I like this

AestheticsInMotion > MoCamino 07/02/2018 at 21:37

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YOU UNDERSTAND

AestheticsInMotion > shop-teacher 07/02/2018 at 21:37

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Yes! 

AestheticsInMotion > MM54 07/02/2018 at 21:37

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Pretty nifty for something made out of scraps in ten minutes with no measuring beyond eyeballing.