I have a relatively small shop – 12′ x 24′. Since I do a lot of turning – from large salad bowls to pens, bottle stoppers and night-lights – I keep a large stock of small parts and pieces. (Actually, I’m a bit of wood junkie and can’t throw stuff away.) I also have an old yellow cat that helps spread wood chips around the house.
I needed a storage solution that was portable enough to keep outside the shop and compact enough that it wouldn’t take up the entire [unfinished] basement. For years, I’ve converted cat litter pails into small part storage bins. But they were often in the way on the floor.
At first I tried just bolting pails to the wall – but then they weren’t portable. Then, recalling how I had attached a shelf to the wall above my daughter’s desk, I employed the same hangers for my storage bins.
Photo 2. Cut the 48
Photo 2. Cut the 48
Photo 3. Attach the 7-3/4
Photo 4. Attach the top 1" strip to the wall, and hang a couple of empty pails to determine where to attach the 1-1/2" strip.
Photo 5. By using a thicker lower strip, the pail has a slight up-hill slant so things won't slide out.
Photo 6. Lids keep out dust and are handy for labeling contents.
This is a great idea. As a cat servant I have been left with many of these pails. Being in the snow belt of upper NY state we often get snow measured in feet so these pails have been repurposed to store salt in. It is much easier to store 3 or 4 of these in the garage with salt in them rather than bags it comes in. Now I have several more than I need for salt so I have another use for them aside from storing glass items.
I love it!!! I have 5 cats in the house. 2 are indoor/outdoor the other 3 are indoor only. I have plenty of litter containers already in the garage being used for storage of legs from repurposed furniture finds.