The Wall of Storage: a Backlit Hardware Store at Home

I have a lot of hardware in organizer boxes. Yes, I know I don't need to be a hardware store unto myself; McMaster-Carr ships almost overnight. But when you need 5 of some speciality fastener that comes in a box of 100, what are you going to do? Throw the rest away? Of course not.
Watch as I hang those organizers on the wall, using a custom aluminum frame equipped with LED backlighting! Inspired by / @maxmakerchannel .
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Novostella LED strip: amzn.to/3QKGXd5
Interior corner connectors: amzn.to/3QOwBZU
8020 extrusion: amzn.to/4aoanov
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[@computersales]

Now you just need to make one with addressable zones so you can light up just the area with the parts you are looking for. 😊

[@EikiMartinson]

As long as I can play tetris on it too! Thanks!

[@FearsomeWarrior]

Light up the zones of the stuff you have not touched in years. It’d be fun for sure. But the rot scares me. My one or two units have the rot really bad.

[@EikiMartinson]

@@FearsomeWarrior LOL, I don't need THAT much accountability! As far as the rot goes, yeah, these are pretty cheaply made, but ubiquitous also, so possibly they can be replaced? It's also possible to fix or reinforce them. I've glued some of the seams back together already.

[@FearsomeWarrior]

@@EikiMartinson I mean the things I forget about or never have applicable use. I think you store a much more active collection of parts.

[@EikiMartinson]

@@FearsomeWarrior Ah, don't give me too much credit! I've got plenty of parts I can't bear to, um, part with myself. But what a joy it is when you finally get to use one of them, right?

[@ckeppa]

First vid I've seen of yours, About half way through I thought "This dude is crushing it he must have 100k subs" Keep up the killer work, subbed.

[@EikiMartinson]

Hey, thank you so much! Just invite 99,400 of your closest friends and we'll be there! Seriously though this video has changed things for my channel, it's taking off a bit as a result. I have to make more!

[@flippnorge7105]

Great idea and I like your humour and editing a lot! Keep up the good work, you deserve a lot more subs

[@EikiMartinson]

Thank you! I will certainly make more.

[@thewatsonian8111]

FYI: Those rubber bumpers will most likely leave a black residue mark on the paint. You may want to put something like packing tape as a buffer.

[@EikiMartinson]

Thank you for the tip! After I take this down I'll have to patch the screw holes and touch up the paint anyway, so I think it's okay.

[@nidavis]

Nice job. I often use extrusion as a hanging rail similar to a cleat by making a 6mm wedge for the slot, then the frame can sit on the hanging rail

[@EikiMartinson]

Thanks! That sounds like an easier way with less fiddling for sure.

[@RodriFlo32]

Hey man, great idea, simple execution, amazing results! The video editing was on point too. Congrats! Keep it up, I'm already excited to see what you'll do next.

[@EikiMartinson]

Hey, thanks so much! Check out Max as well, he has some great videos.

[@KB-qh2jt]

That took a lot of work Boss, and it looks like it paid off. Well Done!

[@EikiMartinson]

Thank you! I'm very pleased to finally have it all together like this.

[@tomashubelbauer]

This is awesome, I definitely need to do the same thing with my drawer racks.

[@EikiMartinson]

The lighting is SO worth it!

[@aedankerr1358]

Love the setup, V2 should have dedicated lights per tray and a app to assist with finding something. im sure it will come in handy when you have a dedicated wall

[@EikiMartinson]

Good idea but I think I need an intern to maintain the database in that case! Getting this done already triggered a reorganization and consolidation effort. Lots of overlap and inefficiency at the moment. Thank you for your comment!

[@evanbarnes9984]

Zack Freedman did this! Check out his video on it, it's awesome

[@chrisgenovese8188]

looks awesome! i love the idea.

[@EikiMartinson]

Thanks!

[@Dragonited]

That looks awesome. Maybe the use of a light dispersion layer behind the sorting boxes might help getting even more light through. Now a lot of the light are just illuminating the lights on the other side.

[@EikiMartinson]

Good idea! Thank you.

[@HDBoyWonder]

Beautiful, but since you went to so much trouble, you also should have painted them all the same color.

[@EikiMartinson]

Thank you but that's a step too far! I acquired them over years of course, but if I were building out a new system I'd get them all at once at the same place and they'd be the same color. By the way, one of them glows significantly warmer than the others because it's the oldest one and the bins are yellowing!

[@senjams3412]

Congratulations on reaching 500 subscribers, this channel is a great one, helping so many people with great ideas hidden in its single every video. Deserves millions of subscribers, views, etc.

[@EikiMartinson]

Thank you so much! And may your hopes come true!

[@Skoshche]

Great video!! Do you happen to have a de-interlacing filter or some sort of motion smoothing on by chance? The motion seems a bit off, and if you slow it down about every other frame has interlacing artifacts

[@EikiMartinson]

Thank you for your comment, this is just the sort of feedback I need. I shoot everything with my Pixel phone. I import it into a Davinci Resolve project set to 30 fps. But looking at my source files in windows they're reported as 30.08 fps, 30.09 fps, etc. What to do?

[@ericheft6184]

Interesting project. Does the lighting actually help you see whats in the boxes, or is it purely decorative ?

[@EikiMartinson]

I've been reorganizing everything between the three types of organizers you see in the video, and actually it really does help. For instance: some of those drawers can be subdivided once (with a little sliding plastic piece) and other can be subdivided three times; these latter are useful in situations like "4-40 x 1/4" machine screws, of which I may have 4 different types that could all live in one drawer. The lighting helped me quickly scan through the stack looking for that type of drawer so I could allocate them most usefully.

[@michaellim3768]

This was awesome. Very well done and the camera work made me laugh

[@EikiMartinson]

Thanks! It's really good to hear that.

[@Laveylovell]

yooo beautiful work eiki!

[@EikiMartinson]

Thank you!

[@giosanfilippo]

Great content and great dynamics on camera!! I hope you get lot of subs, here's one more!

[@EikiMartinson]

Thank you so much! I'll keep at it!

[@SteveRobillard]

Where did you get the storage container boxes above the bookcase I have some I purchased from HomeDepot but can no longer find them?

[@EikiMartinson]

I also got those from Home Depot but I think possibly from another store as well. They're obviously all made by the same company but they're branded differently; the black and orange ones are Black and Decker for instance. It's been a long time since I bought one though. Good luck!

[@SteveRobillard]

@@EikiMartinson Thanks for the quick response. I fear that it may take luck or a lucky find on craigslist/facebook marketplace at this point. Since like you it was years ago that I got them.

[@EikiMartinson]

@@SteveRobillard It's a convenient thing for sure. I'm reorganizing now a bit to put the sorts of things I need in the field into those boxes, since they're easy to take with you.

[@SteveRobillard]

@@EikiMartinson Great minds, that is exactly why I am looking for more I can put together a kit in each box and they are easy to bring to the library where I teach.

[@EikiMartinson]

@@SteveRobillard Ah, we should connect. I've done some teaching at a makerspace as well.

[@user-nr1xq2go5o]

What are you going to light up next?💡

[@EikiMartinson]

I'm taking suggestions! This LED strip is fun to use!

[@pauvrefrance9802]

Very good idea, you can do better, good work

[@EikiMartinson]

Thank you! I hope I do better soon. More videos on the way.