Um. I guess I should have posted that we found slatwall in the local
bigboxes this spring when we redid the back porch wall. Or maybe they
were only in some stores.
Really lousy selection of hooks and hangers, though. We had to order
the stuff we really wanted online. Fortunately it's standardized enough
that everything we've tried, works.
Very handy stuff. Weighs a ton, really awkward to work with but looks
good once it's up. We didn't get the slot strengthers, and as near as I
could tell you have to put those in before you put it up, so if you're
thinking you'll want to hang a cabinet or bike on it someday, keep that
in mind.
The ones that we liked best were from Rockler:
http://www.rockler.com/ecom7/product_details.cfm?&offerings_id=11316
Mostly because they just LOOK better. We're going to get some baskets
as soon as we quit arguing about how big they should be :-) but those
we found with some googling on slatwall.
We didn't get the tool rack or that parts bin (which actually doesn't
seem to be in the list) but we got the little message clip thingy and
actually use it once in a while. They're all sturdy and a far cry from
that grey iron crap. Several hooks and a few shelves, and now we can
find all the dogwalking gear every time. Even the little winter booties.
Clint wrote:
> Where did you find the hooks and stuff? I've got a couple pieces of the
> slatwall, and I've just been using the peg-board hooks in it. Kinda defeats
> the purpose, but most places round here don't carry the accessories, and the
> ones I saw on-line want to sell hundreds of hooks at a time.
>
> --
> Clint
> <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
> > Um. I guess I should have posted that we found slatwall in the local
> > bigboxes this spring when we redid the back porch wall. Or maybe they
> > were only in some stores.
> >
> > Really lousy selection of hooks and hangers, though. We had to order
> > the stuff we really wanted online. Fortunately it's standardized enough
> > that everything we've tried, works.
> >
> > Very handy stuff. Weighs a ton, really awkward to work with but looks
> > good once it's up. We didn't get the slot strengthers, and as near as I
> > could tell you have to put those in before you put it up, so if you're
> > thinking you'll want to hang a cabinet or bike on it someday, keep that
> > in mind.
> >
On Thu, 06 Oct 2005 22:13:39 +0100, LRod <[email protected]> wrote:
> On 6 Oct 2005 10:52:42 -0700, "Gus" <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>>I was in Home Depot the other day and noticed that they are now
>>carrying slatwall.
>
> Maybe it's just me, but the first time I saw that stuff being
> installed in a shop (a Hometime episode back in the '90s, I think) my
> first thought was that it was a perfect trap for sawdust. I don't need
> any more places for sawdust to collect.
As opposed to the space behind my perfboard walls? At least with
slatwall, I can take a compressed air tip to it and "sweep" the crud
out.
> Small drill bits, #11 X-Acto knives, and scribing tools would probably
> wind up there, too. There's no explaining the places they wind up in
> now, so why not?
At least they'll stay where they're put...
On Thu, 06 Oct 2005 14:40:32 -0700, [email protected] <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> Tooling does not belong hanging on hooks on the wall.
Not everything I want to put on the walls is tooling.
> Tooling belongs in flat drawers or in fitted cases.
Then what are the walls for?
On Fri, 07 Oct 2005 07:14:39 GMT, Lobby Dosser <[email protected]> wrote:
> Dave Hinz <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> Then what are the walls for?
> Beating your head against when you can't remember which flat drawer or
> fitted case holds the tool you have currently lost.
That's how I look at it. Some of my stuff (all the measurement tools)
is in drawers and yes, that's appropriate. Taps & dies, drills, all in
their places. But, crecent wrenches? Hang those suckers up so I can
see 'em, so I can find 'em (or notice when one has gone missing
again...)
Someone here suggested file cabinets. I've bought 3 of 'em now at
rummage sales and auctions. All 3 are different colors, but I just
don't care. One drawer per "subject", so I've got a drawer with tiling
supplies and equipment, another for abrasives, another for "plumbing -
drain", one for "plumbing - source", and so on. Label the drawers,
close 'em up, and I don't have to look at all that same crap on shelves.
I now have 12 drawers where previously I had 5 shelves, so the drawers
are more full than the shelves, and better organized. Seems to be
working, and I'll be watching for more filing cabinets.
Dave Hinz
On Fri, 07 Oct 2005 13:05:21 -0700, [email protected] <[email protected]> wrote:
> On 7 Oct 2005 15:01:15 GMT, Dave Hinz <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>>That's how I look at it. Some of my stuff (all the measurement tools)
>>is in drawers and yes, that's appropriate. Taps & dies, drills, all in
>>their places. But, crecent wrenches? Hang those suckers up so I can
>>see 'em, so I can find 'em (or notice when one has gone missing
>>again...)
> I use a crescent wrench maybe 5 times a year. it's an ugly tool that
> belongs in a box full of similar.
Well, I prefer to use real tools, but once in a while they are
appropriate. And the shop in the basement is the metal shop; "my"
woodshop is in my father-in-law's outbuilding.
> I don't have enough wall space for that kind of stuff, and I sure
> don't want to be having to clean my crescent wrench of sawdust.
But, if the walls are just sitting there, might as well put something on
'em... my shop is long and narrow, with the machines down the middle and
on one end (think of a long "T"). Storage to the left/bottom of that T,
workbench to the right/bottom of the T. Works for me, anyway, and the
lathe and mills, at least, pretty much are going to have to stay where
they are.
Where did you find the hooks and stuff? I've got a couple pieces of the
slatwall, and I've just been using the peg-board hooks in it. Kinda defeats
the purpose, but most places round here don't carry the accessories, and the
ones I saw on-line want to sell hundreds of hooks at a time.
--
Clint
<[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> Um. I guess I should have posted that we found slatwall in the local
> bigboxes this spring when we redid the back porch wall. Or maybe they
> were only in some stores.
>
> Really lousy selection of hooks and hangers, though. We had to order
> the stuff we really wanted online. Fortunately it's standardized enough
> that everything we've tried, works.
>
> Very handy stuff. Weighs a ton, really awkward to work with but looks
> good once it's up. We didn't get the slot strengthers, and as near as I
> could tell you have to put those in before you put it up, so if you're
> thinking you'll want to hang a cabinet or bike on it someday, keep that
> in mind.
>
Can I offer a "amen" on never having anything out in the open.
[email protected] wrote:
> Tooling does not belong hanging on hooks on the wall.
>
> Tooling belongs in flat drawers or in fitted cases.
On 7 Oct 2005 15:01:15 GMT, Dave Hinz <[email protected]> wrote:
>On Fri, 07 Oct 2005 07:14:39 GMT, Lobby Dosser <[email protected]> wrote:
>> Dave Hinz <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>>> Then what are the walls for?
>
>> Beating your head against when you can't remember which flat drawer or
>> fitted case holds the tool you have currently lost.
>
>That's how I look at it. Some of my stuff (all the measurement tools)
>is in drawers and yes, that's appropriate. Taps & dies, drills, all in
>their places. But, crecent wrenches? Hang those suckers up so I can
>see 'em, so I can find 'em (or notice when one has gone missing
>again...)
>
>Someone here suggested file cabinets. I've bought 3 of 'em now at
>rummage sales and auctions. All 3 are different colors, but I just
>don't care. One drawer per "subject", so I've got a drawer with tiling
>supplies and equipment, another for abrasives, another for "plumbing -
>drain", one for "plumbing - source", and so on. Label the drawers,
>close 'em up, and I don't have to look at all that same crap on shelves.
>I now have 12 drawers where previously I had 5 shelves, so the drawers
>are more full than the shelves, and better organized. Seems to be
>working, and I'll be watching for more filing cabinets.
>
>Dave Hinz
I use a crescent wrench maybe 5 times a year. it's an ugly tool that
belongs in a box full of similar.
I don't have enough wall space for that kind of stuff, and I sure
don't want to be having to clean my crescent wrench of sawdust.
On 6 Oct 2005 10:52:42 -0700, "Gus" <[email protected]> wrote:
>I was in Home Depot the other day and noticed that they are now
>carrying slatwall.
Maybe it's just me, but the first time I saw that stuff being
installed in a shop (a Hometime episode back in the '90s, I think) my
first thought was that it was a perfect trap for sawdust. I don't need
any more places for sawdust to collect.
Small drill bits, #11 X-Acto knives, and scribing tools would probably
wind up there, too. There's no explaining the places they wind up in
now, so why not?
--
LRod
Master Woodbutcher and seasoned termite
Shamelessly whoring my website since 1999
http://www.woodbutcher.net
Proud participant of rec.woodworking since February, 1997
Dave Hinz <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Thu, 06 Oct 2005 14:40:32 -0700, [email protected]
> <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>> Tooling does not belong hanging on hooks on the wall.
>
> Not everything I want to put on the walls is tooling.
>
>> Tooling belongs in flat drawers or in fitted cases.
>
> Then what are the walls for?
>
>
Beating your head against when you can't remember which flat drawer or
fitted case holds the tool you have currently lost.