The I BUILD IT Shop Tour!

[@IBuildItScrapBin]

Join the Makers Mob and get your first month for 75% off: rlnk.cc/woodworkersworkbench I've been in this shop for 8 years and it's come a long way. It started as an empty garage with a leaky roof and my continual upgrades and improvements have paid off. It's now near the point where everything I use in the shop have a specific place and can be efficiently organized.

[@uncledave8857]

People want to know more about The Doors? That's amazing. Jim wasn't with us very long and his recording career didn't last that long. I think it's crazy that people still want to know more about them.

[@tjacksonwoodworker3726]

Thanks for the shop tour. Enjoyed hearing about your plans. Norm Abrams made the point about drawers over shelves a long time ago. I took his advice. You are most definitely right about horizontal surfaces becoming de facto storage areas. I fight that demon constantly.

[@sapelesteve]

I have a feeling that John will never be done rearranging and reorganizing his shop, and that's probably a good thing! 🤔👍

[@draztiqmeshaz6226]

I love your shop man. So much love and care poured into everything.

[@tjm0746]

I like the drill press cabinet. Bits are all well organized & it’s easy to see what you need. I’d put frame & panel doors to keep dust off. Maybe glass/plexiglas panels to easily see what’s needed.

[@markhenry2826]

Well done John...

[@FearsomeWarrior]

Very excited about the high bench. I still love the drill press wall cabinet but understand it’s served for long enough and usefulness has changed. Maybe leave the top rail or border trim on the big doors unpainted?

[@tworailsrails1821]

Posting small and simple projects is great for folks like me that barely know which end of a hammer to hold. Love the ‘big’ projects, too, but big and small have a lot of your knowledge, tips, and tricks in them.

[@gregmislick1117]

Nice set up for the time being, and nice plans - looking forward to "completion" and to see if you're happy with it. Drawers versus Cabinets - nice point. I'll be following up on that.

[@collincolston8443]

Not that it matters but I like the plain wood look on your great looking wood rack. It matches the look of everything else in your shop.

[@Mario_Turcotte]

Always enjoy your "woodtalk" videos. i'm in the same boat about drawers and organizing stuff. Thanks for sharing.

[@_J.F_]

How about putting a French cleat, or similar system, on the toolbox so it can be hung on the wall near the drill press, but also be taken down easily and moved around if you need to. It is a big enough toolbox to count for a small wall cabinet so might as well use it as one.

[@averagemyke2843]

Thats an awesome lumber rack. Great job buddy

[@deburgeRa]

A new bandsaw project will be a lot of fun to watch.

[@JimDockrellWatertone]

While you're on a shop organizing roll, just come on up to Wawa and whip mine into shape while you're at it. You'll love it!...lol.

[@StanFerris]

Very well organized, John. Sadly for me, once it's out of sight I no longer have it, so I can't put stuff behind doors or in drawers any more. :( When I was younger cabinets and drawers were great. Now, mostly shelves.

[@lightmechanic2370]

White paint would be nice, but a carpet would really pull the room together.

[@s9plus20]

Looking good! You are very efficient in using your space, nice going!

[@dg50484]

"Time is more important." How true. That should be framed on the wall.

[@ChristopherSalisburySalz]

Do a giveaway for the toolbox!!!! 😁 That would be awesome!!!! Or make a little version and do a giveaway for that!!

[@biekgiek]

Hooray! Thank you for the tour.

[@solid_jr]

Nice rack! (now YT will nail me for cat calling) Love how you've organized your shop. It reminds me of how much organizing I need to do in mine.

[@solid_jr]

Also, do you ever sell any of your projects that you don't want/need or have moved on from? I'd think things like that toolbox would sell like hotcakes, should you ever want to. I'm sure you also reuse a lot of projects and just update them.

[@IBuildItScrapBin]

Selling generally involves shipping, so for something like the toolbox it not worth the hassle. And then not many people would be willing to pay what it's actually worth, when they can buy a perfectly suitable plastic one for $49.99.

[@solid_jr]

@@IBuildItScrapBin understood. I dont think I'd balk at having a Heisz original to store my carving knives in. But then, there is a lot of satisfaction in building one yourself (or my best attempt anyway). Love the new shop layout but it does seem to pressure me into organizing my space a lot better : ) I can't seem to focus if my work area is cluttered, or that's what I tell myself. Curious about what you'll get up to with the CNC.

[@antebantevintervante]

Nice to listen to all your thoughts. Greetings from Sweden!

[@MCsCreations]

It's looking great, John! It's going to be great with the new projects! 😊 Stay safe there with your family! 🖖😊

[@creedsexton296]

I like the way things are going to better use a small shop space... I'm a little jealous, my shop isn't that organized. May be you are an inspiration.

[@SteveC38]

Very Nice John!

[@glenschumannGlensWorkshop]

Thanks.

[@michaelosmon]

Drawers keep the dust at bay as well

[@markprudom7414]

Why not take the small tool box to the basement for your speakers and electronics??

[@emptytomb4967]

you built a staircase down to your basement, but i can't find that video. could you let me know where it is? also, you installed a water heater down there, and maybe you took that down too? thanks

[@jerryfankhauser2959]

Looking forward to your sheet goods storage solution mine is NOT working.

[@sddiymakeitworthit7512]

Beautiful workshop 👍 🙏 for the tour

[@Wordsnwood]

Just how old are those coke cans on top of the old drill press cabinet? They look like the 1970s

[@IBuildItScrapBin]

They were inside the bathroom wall at my last house and I found them when I redid that bathroom. House was built in 1978.

[@Wordsnwood]

@@IBuildItScrapBin PS: I was going to suggest raffling off the toolbox but (a) shipping in Canada is a killer, and (b) using it for drillbits is a good idea. Totally with you on drawers being the best for storage.

[@GeraldJensen]

How are you going to handle dust collection on the CNC? They can make a real mess!

[@johnmanfra4224]

I wish you made that cabinet in Maple crest cabinet in Maple is beautiful but it happens so just paint it white LOL

[@patrickkellar6775]

Hi John, So if I understand correctly, the doors that are covering the lumber rack don't hang on the track, it's just there for guidance? The doors weight is supported by the wheels?

[@pacogibson3168]

Nice shop! Looking good. I never have bought into a drawer in a drawer or a drawer behind a door (as some do in kitchen cabinets) . Personally I don't like having to open a door and then pull out a drawer or open a drawer and then have to open another drawer to get to what I need. Why not just make 2 drawers? Or in kitchen cabinets, why have doors covering your drawers? Your drawer in a drawer is very cool and has a wow factor. Personally I just don't ever like to move something to get to something. That's just my preference. If a drawer in a drawer works for you, awesome!

[@billj5645]

I think a short video on the wood storage closet would be of interest and you could take shots of various parts now after the fact. I would be interested in how the guides at the top work. Also the verticals and horizontals that actually support the wood. I agree that the doors are pretty self explanatory and you could skip that part.

[@billj5645]

Nevermind- I found the other video and it looks good.

[@2979paul]

Use the tool box and store you CNC equipment with bits in it

[@PERSONALEEMG]

very informative video

[@davidharp3292]

Vary Good info Thanks

[@billj5645]

If you build storage with a spot for everything, you might still be short of storage because there are misc. things that still don't have a spot, or you take something out of its spot, use it, and need to set it down somewhere. Or you buy new materials and lay them somewhere while you are using them. There is just always a drain on your open spaces. I've decided that you need an extra 10% or more storage not assigned to anything so you can use it for the misc. stuff. I see this in your videos frequently- there is stuff laying out somewhere that isn't in its proper place. Only when I expanded storage beyond the 100% did that relieve the need for things to be laying out on benches. Maybe the pressure is to have every single little thing organized and in its place. This becomes so tedious that I can't face up to it.

[@emptytomb4967]

that would be a good video, the psychology of storage.

[@IBuildItScrapBin]

Well, it's a workshop and not a showroom, so to do the work things need to be in a certain amount of flux. Also a level of discipline is good to keep you from adding stuff that you don't actually need. I knew a guy that had a garage filled with junk tools he bought at yard sales, often 4 or 5 of the same thing. I'm talking in particular about the tools and fasteners that you normally use and making specific places for those to be when you aren't using them.

[@vanshankguitars]

You could retire for good just putting up that plywood for sale on eBay. LOL 🤣🤣🤣🤣 love this channel just as much as your main one!

[@donaldmumaw]

Glad you decided to paint it. Thanks for the video John!

[@donaldmumaw]

Also, i can take that tool box off your hands no problem.

[@Captainwonderlad]

The machinist tool chest may look good in your house somewhere.

[@kevinromania]

Lets just sit down and open a beer. Look around and make plans. Then put some songs on and forget the plans. Then open a beer again.

[@draztiqmeshaz6226]

Yeah I've been making all my surfaces 42" tall, but I'm 6'6"

[@JOSEPH-vs2gc]

You need to mount speakers on the ceiling... cus i dunno why not.

[@skm9420]

I would usually say "murica" but he's in canuckastan

[@mmmmmmm8706]

Im genuinely excited for the cnc.

[@paulhirst3548]

Purge and organize then plan storage. Wish I had done that years ago. Thank you for the walk through.

[@ga5743]

Where’s Mr Focus

[@supergimp2000]

"I think the white would open things up" Look for John's new home decorating show on HGTV. I for one would like to see that!

[@kennethnielsen3864]

47th.

[@rickfletcher8389]

The more storage you build, the more crap you will accumulate......

[@IBuildItScrapBin]

For some people, absolutely. But there are exceptions. Like if you go back to the earliest videos I posted and compare what I had then with what I have now, I actually have less.