help please with the stuff on my bench

[lexynjohn]

ok so this is my work bench and I need help any ideas on some organization. I just got back into modeling after, well a few years, and went out and bought all this stuff. now I need to get it to where I can actually have some room to work with

[lexynjohn]

temp paint booth

[lexynjohn]

left side bench

[lexynjohn]

right side bench

[poppy]

tupperware, or something like it works well, you can get different sizes and at wally world I found those ones that have 3 or 4 drawers and they stack.as for paint, try a spice rack, you can even hang them on the wall, as well as paper towel holders. you can find shelves at Lowes and home depot, as well as wally world, that are cheap. matter of fact wally world has a bunch of things that will help.

[hizoot]

I have limited room as well..!

But you have wall space there so I'd get some shelves up & put the less used stuff on them.

Hizoot

[smartresins]

Well, you have more room then I do!! So the only thing I can come up with, is send some of it to me!! HEHEHEHE. Just kidding. I keep stuff in old boxes and a storage bin. I have been adding shelves etc. as I can. So these are ideas for you. Jody

[dragnut]

Could move paint booth to another area and set up shelves along the wall by window. Set up paint booth with dryer venting system to relocate the booth ttys steve.

[rodburner]

I would suggest getting a "corkboard" aka bulletin board and some tac's. I would think that puting your instructions on the wall like that will drive a bazillion holes you won't want to see later on. Personally, if I need to see the instructions (rarely, but I do)...I fold them up and leave the section I am looking at exposed sitting on the bench somewhere.
I can't think of much else, we all have inconveniences in our spaces....just have to do what works for you the best.

[moparmarc68]

I started with these little 3 drawer units that I found at Walmart and screwed them to the shelves so they wouldn't move around. The smaller ones holds stuff like extra paint brushes, knives, blades, extra small parts, wheels and tires, smaller pieces of sandpaper and files. The bigger one to the right has my extra enamel paints in one, acrylic paints in another and then stuff like pin-vises and bits, different glues and other stuff in the top.
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Then i also have a set of shelves that I put spray cans and other larger stuff on as well as a large 6 drawer unit for other large stuff like my dremel, and stuff like that.
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Then I added these cubes to each end of the desk for keeping model boxes and stuff like that. I plan on getting a few more of those and then running the shelves inbetween them for even more space later on.
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Its not perfect but it really helped me organize stuff better and if I had a larger desk or more wall space I would probably mount some shelves on them as well.

[lexynjohn]

ty to all who responded but Marc helped me out the most.. only cause of the pics I love to see where and how others work.. very good ideas

[moparmarc68]

No problem, glad I could help you out, even if it is just a few of the things that I use. Here is another one for ya. I made my own paint booth using a clear rubbermaid type container. I cut the bottom of the container out out, taped a furnace filter to the bottom of it, then set it on its side up against a box fan that is in the window. Similar to yours but when I'm done with mine I just put the lid on it and stick it in the corner out of the way. Here is a link to pics of it: public.fotki.com/MoparMarc/other_model_related/homemade-paintbooth/