13 Easy Ways to Organize a Messy Woodworking Shop

Summary by Krater

The presenter shares 13 practical tips and systems for organizing a woodworking shop, covering materials storage, small parts organization, tool storage, and custom cabinetry.

From the video

Answers: How do I organize my woodworking shop?

• Wood shop organization
• Lumber and offcut storage
• Small parts and hardware organization
• Cordless tool storage
• Pegboard tool storage
• French cleat system
• Custom shop cabinets

What it concludes

• Throw out scrap wood smaller than your hand or less than 12 inches long and 1.5 inches wide.
• Have a dedicated rolling wood cart or space for offcuts and discard anything that does not fit.
• Utilize unused wall and rafter space to store longer boards and lumber out of the way.
• Use benchtop organizers and transparent drawers for small parts, and label every drawer or box.
• Use portable, stackable small parts organizers with dividers for job-site hardware and specific tasks.
• Add custom wooden trays to drawers to maximize vertical storage space for pneumatic nails and staples or screws in containers with locking features.