What did you do in your garage today..?

[Jayell]

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More garage tinkering!

The factory hard bags on the Guzzi do not come equipped with hardware to attach a strap, though they ought to. I'll have to fashion something myself.

I'd rather not drill new holes into the lid, preferring to use existing holes. A number of solutions I considered were practical, but very ugly. I decided on a homemade soft loop. It remains to be seen how robust they are, but they've passed the test in the garage.

Some scrap material found in the garage, I'm not sure what it is, but it should work. Cut to length, then attach a grommet. Install with a plastic cable clip on the inside, to be used for a small cargo net (which I do not have) of some sort?

These are intended for light loads only, to be used with the smallest ROK straps.

Shown with a lightweight sleeping bag, as an example only.

Some new longer bolts are required, cut to a suitable length, because nobody likes a bolt that's unnecessarily long, amirite?

Grommets of various sizes are available at Fabricland.

What's next? I'm running out of silly little projects!

 

[GreyGhost]

Then you don't want to see my garage.

I have yet found a good way to organize ALL of the tools. I've got ammo boxes, plastic boxes, shelves, and rolling tool boxes. I just can't figure out a way to BEST organize it all. Hint hint...looking for suggestions.

@Jayell great solution on the map front. That's what I want to do also. I have an older map around the house which I plan on yanking the pages out of, and then laminating them so I have a nice and clean / waterproof map available at all times. Where does one even laminate maps at nowadays.

Costco has a set of six garage cabinets for $1000 (or maybe $900?) In store.

 

[Scuba Steve]

Costco has a set of six garage cabinets for $1000 (or maybe $900?) In store.

Where

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[mimico_polak]

Costco has a set of six garage cabinets for $1000 (or maybe $900?) In store.

$1000? Seems awful cheap. Where?

I'm not in need of space...I'm in need of HOW to organize the junk I have in the space I have!

Bonus if it's in a way I can find it afterwards.

 

[Lightcycle]

Bonus if it's in a way I can find it afterwards.

Meh. Overrated.

Much better if you can't find the tool, then question whether you ever owned it, then go to Home Depot, buy a new one and come home, use it, then store it and find that the old one is exactly where you were going to store the new tool.

Textbook definition of "winning".

 

[mimico_polak]

Meh. Overrated.

Much better if you can't find the tool, then question whether you ever owned it, then go to Home Depot, buy a new one and come home, use it, then store it and find that the old one is exactly where you were going to store the new tool.

Textbook definition of "winning".

Are you me? Or did you hack into my WYZE cams?

 

[GreyGhost]

Something like this. I didn't pay much attention. I saw them in Barrie.

https://www.costco.ca/proslat-6-piece-cabinet-set.product.100746863.html

 

[mimico_polak]

Something like this. I didn't pay much attention. I saw them in Barrie.

https://www.costco.ca/proslat-6-piece-cabinet-set.product.100746863.html

It was GTAM that talked me out of these before due to their flimsiness....so I built the whole thing out of wood.

 

[mimico_polak]

I have a small laminator I got off Amazon so depending on the size you want I can do it for you.

I think it will do letter size iirc


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Perfect thanks! It'll be smaller than letter size.

 

[SVeezy]

More garage tinkering!

The factory hard bags on the Guzzi do not come equipped with hardware to attach a strap, though they ought to. I'll have to fashion something myself.

I'd rather not drill new holes into the lid, preferring to use existing holes. A number of solutions I considered were practical, but very ugly. I decided on a homemade soft loop. It remains to be seen how robust they are, but they've passed the test in the garage.

Some scrap material found in the garage, I'm not sure what it is, but it should work. Cut to length, then attach a grommet. Install with a plastic cable clip on the inside, to be used for a small cargo net (which I do not have) of some sort?

These are intended for light loads only, to be used with the smallest ROK straps.

Shown with a lightweight sleeping bag, as an example only.

Some new longer bolts are required, cut to a suitable length, because nobody likes a bolt that's unnecessarily long, amirite?

Grommets of various sizes are available at Fabricland.

What's next? I'm running out of silly little projects!

Looks good Jayell, let us know how it holds up


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[matthew]

Then you don't want to see my garage.

I have yet found a good way to organize ALL of the tools. I've got ammo boxes, plastic boxes, shelves, and rolling tool boxes. I just can't figure out a way to BEST organize it all. Hint hint...looking for suggestions.

@Jayell great solution on the map front. That's what I want to do also. I have an older map around the house which I plan on yanking the pages out of, and then laminating them so I have a nice and clean / waterproof map available at all times. Where does one even laminate maps at nowadays.

Firstly get rid of anything you dont need. That's the best way to organize.

I put up a French cleat system in my garage for my commonly used tools but nothing that would get greasy since they would get covered in sawdust when I run my saws.

It might sound silly but a label maker from Amazon is a big help. Organize your tool drawers into sockets, ratchets, screwdrivers, electrical (soldering iron, extra wire....), pliers and whatever else you have. Label each drawer accordingly and it makes the workflow much easier.

 

[Baggsy]

More garage tinkering!

The factory hard bags on the Guzzi do not come equipped with hardware to attach a strap, though they ought to. I'll have to fashion something myself.

I'd rather not drill new holes into the lid, preferring to use existing holes. A number of solutions I considered were practical, but very ugly. I decided on a homemade soft loop. It remains to be seen how robust they are, but they've passed the test in the garage.

Some scrap material found in the garage, I'm not sure what it is, but it should work. Cut to length, then attach a grommet. Install with a plastic cable clip on the inside, to be used for a small cargo net (which I do not have) of some sort?

These are intended for light loads only, to be used with the smallest ROK straps.

Shown with a lightweight sleeping bag, as an example only.

Some new longer bolts are required, cut to a suitable length, because nobody likes a bolt that's unnecessarily long, amirite?

Grommets of various sizes are available at Fabricland.

What's next? I'm running out of silly little projects!

If you're drilling, Givi has a kit for their Trekker series: Givi Trekker Net Hooks

 

[GreyGhost]

Back to bleeping skis now that I can stand for a bit. One set fully tuned and storage wax applied. Eight sets to go.

 

[Ash]

I have something:

Need new license plates. Have the old White and Blue ones that disintegrate and peel over time.
Just ripped the head off of one rear bolt, that was being stubborn. All other bolts go on/off easy.
Will have to look at it in the morning, before I go and pick up the new plates for the minivan.

Am I the only one that uses a bit driver with 1/4" bits instead of a whole drawer full of screwdrivers? I have a few really long screwdrivers for specialty jobs, but the bit driver does everything else and takes way less storage space.

 

[Baggsy]

Am I the only one that uses a bit driver with 1/4" bits instead of a whole drawer full of screwdrivers? I have a few really long screwdrivers for specialty jobs, but the bit driver does everything else and takes way less storage space.

There are probably two or three of them in the drawer. The problem I have is that the bits are small, don't always get put away, fall out of the holder etc. I go through phillips bits like a kid through candy. Also if I need a red robertson, I can pick it out quickly.

 

[GreyGhost]

Am I the only one that uses a bit driver with 1/4" bits instead of a whole drawer full of screwdrivers? I have a few really long screwdrivers for specialty jobs, but the bit driver does everything else and takes way less storage space.

You have a good point. I normally use a bit driver if I have to do many screws. For just a couple, I'll grab a screwdriver. Purging the screwdriver drawer may make sense. Move 80% of it to less valuable storage (nut drivers, #4 screwdrivers, etc). That frees up some room for a better system to organize bits.

 

[Gary]

There are probably two or three of them in the drawer. The problem I have is that the bits are small, don't always get put away, fall out of the holder etc. I go through phillips bits like a kid through candy. Also if I need a red robertson, I can pick it out quickly.

Small bits fit nicely in an old Altoids can.
The princess sells red robbys that are crimson coloured......easy to pluck out of that Altoids can.

 

[GreyGhost]

Small bits fit nicely in an old Altoids can.
The princess sells red robbys that are crimson coloured......easy to pluck out of that Altoids can.

I was thinking more like this. Phillips 2 and robertson 2 get their own bins. Most others would get one bin per style.

 

[Relax]

There are probably two or three of them in the drawer. The problem I have is that the bits are small, don't always get put away, fall out of the holder etc. I go through phillips bits like a kid through candy. Also if I need a red robertson, I can pick it out quickly.

Yup. Plus, many of us probably have a bunch of "legacy" tools that we got along the way. I started off with a swiss-army style hex key set, then got a T-handle set, then a better T-handle set, then a ratchet set and 1/2" hex sockets, then 3/8" hex sockets, then long hex sockets with ball ends... All my sockets go in the socket drawer, and all the other ones go in my "wrench" drawer. And when I forget where I put my most-used 4 or 5 mm hex sockets, I can usually find another that will do the job in one of those drawers.

 

[Ash]

I just use those little rubber bit holder strip things to keep them organized. I've settled on using bits for everything because they work with the bit driver, the impact driver, the little tiny ratchet thingy, and the full sized ratchet with the bit adapter.

I've organized my tools by frequency of use, rather than by type. So the top drawer contains only the tools I use 90% of the time. Less frequently used tools live in other drawers. The Allen keys in this pic probably don't even need to live in the top drawer since I tend to use the hex bits with the ratchet more often:

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