About your latest video on "workshop organisation"

[titiritero]

Hi again! Since you prefer comments here rather than YouTube, a couple of points on how I organise my tiny workshop, in case it can help someone.

-instead of plastic tubs, I keep my stuff in cardboard boxes. I have them already from online purchases, so no need to buy more plastic. I put a name outside of what's inside (brakes, shifters, pedals, etc) so I don't need to see what's inside. Best of all, zero cost.

-although a tool wall would be nice, I don't have the space and I don't work on bikes that often to justify it. Instead, I have 3 toolboxes: cycling specific tools, non cycling big tools, and non cycling small tools. Then I have a magnetic strip screwed to the shelf. I notice that when I fix a bike, I always need a set of 5-6 tools and that's it, so I put them on the strip as I need them so they're handy while I work, and put them back in the boxes when finished. Less pretty, but economical and space saving.

I still need to get a proper working table and better lighting. My room is about 10sqm so yours is pretty good, even with the low ceiling!

 

[BikeGremlin]

Hi again! Since you prefer comments here rather than YouTube, a couple of points on how I organise my tiny workshop, in case it can help someone.

-instead of plastic tubs, I keep my stuff in cardboard boxes. I have them already from online purchases, so no need to buy more plastic. I put a name outside of what's inside (brakes, shifters, pedals, etc) so I don't need to see what's inside. Best of all, zero cost.

-although a tool wall would be nice, I don't have the space and I don't work on bikes that often to justify it. Instead, I have 3 toolboxes: cycling specific tools, non cycling big tools, and non cycling small tools. Then I have a magnetic strip screwed to the shelf. I notice that when I fix a bike, I always need a set of 5-6 tools and that's it, so I put them on the strip as I need them so they're handy while I work, and put them back in the boxes when finished. Less pretty, but economical and space saving.

I still need to get a proper working table and better lighting. My room is about 10sqm so yours is pretty good, even with the low ceiling!

Those are some awesome tips. Thank you very much for taking the time to share.

Here are some of my thoughts (and plans) - hoping to give and get ideas and corrections:

My workshop is rather narrow and long (less than 3 metres in width). And I make video tutorials in it. So, I could not afford to make both side walls filled with drawers - as that would provide very little room to move, and place a wide-shot camera.

That is one of the reasons why on one wall I only use wall-mounted tools. Worse space usage, but less width.

Another reason is that I got the wooden boards for free, using scrap wood.

I plan to reorganize the wall-mounted sections too, probably in the following month or two - if I can get some decent quality (and decent-looking) wood at a reasonable price.

Regarding the plastic boxes - the lower storage section gets some drips of water when there is heavy rain and strong wind (long story, but it's a jurisdiction deadlock between the building my workshop is at, tennants' egos, and local legislation - so I can't 100% waterproof it even with my own 100% payment for the work and the parts). So, I decided to use closed plastic boxes, just to be on the safe side.

Likewise, since the workshop is a bit below the street level, in 2014 there was about 10 cm of water in the front section, and about 30+10 cm of water in the lower section. So, using plastic boxes on a shelf keeps most stuff away from the potential flood level (2014 was the highest flood ever, ever recorded so I hope we won't see worse than that).

With a bit of luck and good health, I'll make a few follow-up workshop reorganization videos as I get more work done.

Relja

EDIT:
The video referred to here:
https://www.bikegremlin.com/3092/workshop-overhaul-and-sorting/

 

[VlPo]

I don't have my own workshop. Unfortunately
Nevertheless, there is an apartment in which, in addition to me, my wife, and the cat, two bicycles also "live"
I love working with bicycles...
And I love a decent tool, at least. That is, I have it, and I have quite a lot of it
Therefore, all power tools (electric drills and screwdrivers, heat gun, electric jigsaws, grinders, circular saws) "live" in their plastic cases. And they are located where they do not interfere, but they are always easy to reach if necessary.
A specialized bicycle tool is located in a plastic tool box next to the bicycles. And the "ordinary" tool is located in another, larger tool box, which is removed so that it does not interfere.
All kinds of accessories are laid out in cardboard boxes.
One bike is "hanging" on the service counter, the second is on a stand next to the first.
Despite the fact that all this is in a residential area, it does not cause any inconvenience, because it occupies an area that is inconvenient to use for other purposes (hello architects)
And my wife doesn't mind, because she knows that after all the work, perfect cleanliness remains

 

[BikeGremlin]

I don't have my own workshop. Unfortunately
Nevertheless, there is an apartment in which, in addition to me, my wife, and the cat, two bicycles also "live"
I love working with bicycles...
And I love a decent tool, at least. That is, I have it, and I have quite a lot of it
Therefore, all power tools (electric drills and screwdrivers, heat gun, electric jigsaws, grinders, circular saws) "live" in their plastic cases. And they are located where they do not interfere, but they are always easy to reach if necessary.
A specialized bicycle tool is located in a plastic tool box next to the bicycles. And the "ordinary" tool is located in another, larger tool box, which is removed so that it does not interfere.
All kinds of accessories are laid out in cardboard boxes.
One bike is "hanging" on the service counter, the second is on a stand next to the first.
Despite the fact that all this is in a residential area, it does not cause any inconvenience, because it occupies an area that is inconvenient to use for other purposes (hello architects)
And my wife doesn't mind, because she knows that after all the work, perfect cleanliness remains

I used to work a lot from my apartment, for decades. It is possible, even in a relatively small apartment - with good organization.

Only when I started fixing many, many bikes from other people did I decide to make a workshop.

However, the workshop is very practical and more convenient for doing more work, and more easily doing dirty work (sanding wood, for example, or spray painting).

I would really miss having a workshop nowadays, now that I've gotten used to it.

 

[VlPo]

However, the workshop is very practical and more convenient for doing more work, and more easily doing dirty work (sanding wood, for example, or spray painting).

There is a workshop. But she's in another city, and my son started his own business there