I Hated Pegboard Until I Tried This

[@craftedworkshop]

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[@balancedben]

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[@craftedworkshop]

@@balancedben that's great! I'm really loving it so far as well.

[@andrewwylie9259]

I've a similar unlevel floor and gap issue...not as wide. I took one of those soft rubber mats people use in their kitchen (at the sink) and cut it to fit. Works amazingly well.

[@craftedworkshop]

Good idea!

[@larrydurkee5741]

We were taught that propeller fans are not suitable for ducted applications especially flex duct. You need a blower fan, even an old furnace blower would be better than that fan. See if a local HVAC contractor would be willing to give or sell you a cheap an old furnace with a multi speed direct drive blower in 120 volts, assuming that’s what you have upstairs. Build a small plywood enclosure for it, discharge out the existing hole. Then cut an 8 or 10” hole in the plywood plenum and pick up some galvanized pipe and elbows to drop down into the shop. The multi speed motor would give the option of various CFM.

[@wrenchdoozer]

On the positive side, the fog test revealed which type of fog machine you need to distract super-villans as you make your escape. That is one good fog machine. 😀

[@craftedworkshop]

Hah, no kidding! Going to be great for Halloween!

[@MrKnotWright]

Talk to your local HVAC contractor, or local scrap man and get an old HVAC blower fan, squirrel cage fan to use as your extraction fan, most of the time you can get it free or really cheap. They move a lotta air and you can hook up a variable speed to em .

[@christianp3388]

Key to tapcon install is blow out the dust from drilling and don't impact drive the screws all the way in. The impact will turn the hole into rubble. Either hand drive them the last few turns or set the clutch on a drill.

[@SkiB84]

Ok I made some estimates on room dimensions using the ceiling grid (14’x25’) and also guessed the ceilings are 8’ using the typical 6’8” door as reference. So you have 2800 cubic feet. 2-3 mins to clear means you have a 933 to 1400 cfm exhaust fan. It looks like you have a pair of 8” flew ducts that is for sure your biggest problem. When we size ducts for commercial spaces we allow 250 cfm for an 8” flex. Yes you can pull more than that thru but not what you are trying to do haha. Start with that.

[@zacharybyrne9723]

I’d consider moving the belt grinder or placing outlet covers on the power strip for the unused spots so that you’re not shooting metal dust into those outlets constantly

[@diamondperidot]

I agree about the outlet covers. Maybe use them throughout the shop.😊

[@HowP88]

Belt grinder will shoot sparks downward, don't see how the power points are at risk...

[@craftedworkshop]

Yup, most of the debris ends up in a bucket I keep below the grinding area.

[@zacharybyrne9723]

@@HowP88 mine tends to shoot some backwards as well as down, I’m not saying it’s shooting it all back, but just as a safety measure I don’t want grinding dust in there and I know behind my grinder there’s always dust

[@Stillworks]

One of the most fun and satisfying processes you can do is figuring out how to hang all your tools on the wall. I’m jealous, so I might have to take my tool wall down and start over. Looks pretty sweet dude

[@chrisdukes6409]

LOVE this formatting for the video between the cuts and the humor; it’s an awesome direction for the channel!!

[@craftedworkshop]

Glad you enjoy it! Been trying to add a little more personality, happy to hear it’s a good thing!

[@Rob-Hannon]

Wish I knew that string trimmer Tapcon trick yesterday. I’m gonna go put some in my box of tapcons.

[@inspiringbuilds]

Great looking shop upgrade! The zip tie tool is handy for sure. Also one tip to maximize efficiency is to remove all tools you use from the case so it’s grab and go. Keep up the great work and good luck with your gym goals. 👍

[@craftedworkshop]

Great tip, thanks!

[@adamritchey4209]

I've been watching you for years and for whatever reason just thought of it today watching you move the stuff with the pallet jack. How exciting is it to be able to purchase quality of life things like an electric pallet jack as opposed to some of your other main shop tools? Things like that, or when Malecki got his forklifts and stuff, just seems like it would be such an exciting purchase to be able to make 😂

[@craftedworkshop]

The pallet jack is definitely one of the biggest upgrades in the new shop space. Being able to safely move large things around the shop is amazing!

[@MCsCreations]

Fantastic work, Johnny! The place is looking fantastic! 😃 Stay safe there with your family! 🖖😊

[@drewhargrave8029]

I used your string trimmer trick on our bathroom, worked great!

[@craftedworkshop]

Nice, it really does work great!

[@LilYeshua]

My parents old house had a homemade attic fan that my dad had made on the second floor in one of the upstairs bedrooms. We had that because we didn't have AC for years. It was box shaped wirh a old shop fan hub with wood bearings that we had to squirt some oil in when the it got squeaky. The fan had masonite blades he made for it as well and had a belt pulley to attach a belt to the motor pulley. The fan was attached to the upper portion of the window. It sounded like a B17 engine running so it was hard to fall asleep at night. It had good draw in which we had the downstairs windows opened a crack and we could feel the air pulling in fairly strong. Just thought that you could make your own exhaust fan.

[@stradric]

That zip tie tool only seems useful when you have only one hand [free]. Otherwise, seems like you can get cleaner results with a little bit of strength and some flush cutters.

[@someyoungguy6990]

Try this. Use filtered forced air in your spray booth it will keep any shop dust from being sucked in and you will have better finishes. The big tip is having a good exit flow, so it works well and does not push overspray into the shop. With fans driving air from an unconditioned space in the shop you won't waste all of your cool air, and you can option in air from your attic if you want to heat the room for better drying times or a cooler spot in summer with some directional valves from ducted home hvac. Even a nice big shop fan or two placed in the room above could do the trick to drive the air needed.

[@EK--ry3lr]

For the fog removal test, did you have a way for air to come in the room? If you closed the door and turned it on, there was probably too much static pressure for that fan to over come and move the fog out. Maybe try again with the roll up door open 2 inches or so.

[@craftedworkshop]

There are massive gaps at the top of the door, it isn’t sealed to the wall at all. Should have had plenty of intake.

[@sapelesteve]

That shop upgrade turned out looking great Johnny. To bad that you got all fogged in at the end. 😂😂👍👍🔨🔨

[@craftedworkshop]

Tell me about it, haha! Thanks!

[@firefighter8503]

Id recommend getting better ducting for that exhaust fan first but still think your gonna need a intake too. I agree with the fellow below who recommended an old hvac blower. Maybe find a ERV for the intake to reduce the conditioning needs of the outside air. Mount it lower right or left corner so you can get a flow path for the air to follow. Just my unexperienced 2 cent

[@feeterican]

I've been trying to tell people about the zip tie tool for years. I mean 20+ years now and it never catches on. I used to use them at work for tightening down wires in PCB enclosures. My opinion, one of the best tools in my toolbox.

[@bighammer3464]

O ya I only have these 2 zip ties to do but let me not use my hands but go find this single purpose tool to do that same task. It ain’t catching on

[@Jacob-5949]

My electrician uncle gave me one probably 10 years ago that is probably 30 years old from the looks of it. I use it all of the time. It cuts ties at EXACTLY the right spot to not have any tail that is left to cut you up.

[@Jacob-5949]

@@bighammer3464 I keep mine with my zip ties, there's nothing to search for. It cuts tails off so cleanly and so close that there's nothing to scratch/cut yourself on when you inevitably drag a body part against the zip tie later

[@craftedworkshop]

Seriously, I think the gun was $30 and it makes adding zip ties so much easier. Bought it when running all the electrical throughout the van project, had to add hundreds of zip ties.

[@scubasteve159753]

Even better than the zip tie guns is to use a Park Tool BT-2 Cable Stretcher. You're a bike guy, so may already have one. They pull super tight and if you want them to break away, it will, but I prefer to tighten with the BT-2 and then cut flush with a razor blade.

[@craftedworkshop]

Good idea! I don't have one of those, I do have their cable cutters and they are incredibly well made.

[@pepperman5752]

Great looking upgrade, very functional. In the process of convert my garage into a wood working shop so this gave me some ideas. BTW, what type of scaffolding system do you use? I could certainly make use of that. Good luck in you physical training goals mate.

[@DavidMcCloskey]

I see you found an extension for the sprayer on the second coat. They even make longer ones! I bought mine the same time I bought my sprayer for doing my fence and definitely appreciate not having to bend down even for that.

[@brandonfbarnes]

re: rake lights, love the idea, only change I’d make is wiring the 2 switches as a 3-way pair. That way you are turning both lights on or off from either side of the shop. Unless there is a valid use case to only rake light from one side?

[@craftedworkshop]

Didn’t even think of that but I can’t imagine when I’d only be turning on one!

[@EvanDunville]

Cool video that wall control stuff is nice really fits the look of a metal area. Did you have enough inflow when running the smoke test?

[@dimarc67]

Nice build! Paint job looks really nice (despite setbacks). Question: Seems like it'd be much easier to drill 6 or 8 holes per 4x8 plywood sheet, and then mount the storage panels to the plywood. Was mounting plywood to the concrete walls an option instead of SDS drilling 6 holes for every metal panel?

[@craftedworkshop]

I didn't even consider adding plywood but that would have been an option for sure. I did think about adding some 2x2s along where the mounting screws landed but honestly, with the SDS Plus, the drilling went really quick.

[@theronhatfield8854]

Who makes the lights you used on the walls?

[@pacerrailfanning]

American green lights

[@joni4757]

Remember to also make sure that in the room can come air freely. If the room/building is too air tight and does not have enough fresh air vents, the fume extractor cant really work properly.

[@charlie7057]

Build a filter box that will fit under roll up door, if you need airflow

[@mr_DIY]

I used metal pegboard in my garage for 2-3 years, its a nice stuff, but accessories was its limitation

[@christopherfitch7539]

From what I've seen in this video and the other one with the exhaust fan, it looks like those pieces of flex are too small. For the cfm rating, but I won't know without actually knowing sizes. The other problem is an exhaust Will not work unless there's some type of air inlet, and as your shop is probably completely closed up, you still gonna have to have some type of air inlet into the room or building.

[@wktaylor11]

You probably just need an air intake so the air can actually go out. They make the intake that takes the heat or cold out of the air for home systems so you don’t lose your conditioned air. But you do have to replace the air that goes out, otherwise the air can’t get out…

[@Dragonited]

Why did you not fill in all the old holes in the concrete? There are plenty of concrete spackle/caulk you can use to fill in the holes that you can easily paint over later.

[@andyknappenberger7512]

That was a good video

[@craftedworkshop]

Thanks!

[@arimadx]

"I hated peg board until i found the most expensive version of peg board on earth." 😂 cant say i wouldn't use that stuff in a second though

[@benadkison6578]

You got a like based on the fog. Hilarious.

[@craftedworkshop]

Hah, that was a bit of a mess!

[@zachtutor7998]

Awesome! Where are those lights from?

[@craftedworkshop]

American Green Lights. I pulled them out of my old shop and didn’t need them in the new space, so they were perfect for this.

[@zachtutor7998]

@@craftedworkshop They're AWESOME! Thank you!!

[@markpalmer3071]

I think you have all the tools now 😂

[@Casey2]

Like the progress but hate the idea of mixing the fab shop with the paint shop, I store 99% of my tools and supplies in boxes or cabinets because I spray automotive paint. There’s a Fb group called homemade paint booths and home restoration shops. There’s some great ideas and info on there of exhaust fans and home set ups.

[@JayLushen]

2:13 what did that door go to

[@craftedworkshop]

Used to lead out of the spray booth but I covered it up when adding the plywood walls since I didn't need it.

[@yossid422]

Ya

[@paulhorn24]

Question to everyone: What is your idea to hide any cable from an USB-Dock or USB-power adapter, a Clock or light with 230V cable hanging on the pegboard itself (or a device with Ethernet or optical fibre connection hanging on the pegboard) behind a pegboard? Because the plugs of cables are to big for the small holes in the pegboard. For example: Would you cut out a piece of the pegboard, push the cable with the larger plugs through the cut out hole and insert the pegboard piece back in?

[@JesterSpeed3]

Overhaul your shop with thousands of dollars of stuff I got for free.....

[@Evan-lf5dt]

Does he reply

[@craftedworkshop]

I do!

[@steviefresh88]

You really need to actually use the shop to build stuff bro. This is like the 3rd or 4th tool organization video. Love your channel though. 😊

[@craftedworkshop]

Here you go: kzbin.info/www/bejne/n5-rgYF_ec14iZIsi=weUSJAe5zwDSyqIS

[@philshock3805]

How else was he going to get high-dollar organizational hardware sent to him for free? 😂 It works like this. Another popular (female), KZbinr some time ago ... "I wanted to learn how to weld so I reached out to Lincoln". .... like magic, several thousand dollars with of welding equipment shows up. I'm not actually knocking this practice ... the creators bust their behinds building a channel and both parties (creators and product providers), benefit from it, trading goods for advertising. Nothing wrong with that ... but from a consumer perspective, when overdone, there comes a point where it seems the channel exists solely as a means to get new stuff for "free". More importantly, it becomes a far cry from why many viewers subbed in the first place.

[@craftedworkshop]

@philshock3805 unfortunately, the shop related content tends to do better, which is another reason I make so much of it. I will certainly be doing more furniture builds but there will be plenty of shop content peppered in.

[@atheosxgaming]

ive never hated something as much as that zip tie gun. i honestly considering the thumbs down.

[@BenWillkommen]

Like if you hated the zip tie gun.

[@craftedworkshop]

What’s to hate?