Pics of your handle material organization system?

[David Mary]

Just one question,

Where is all the dust?

I see some! But less than I expected to. I can just picture J. Hoffman ending each shop day doing a walk around the shop with a trusty feather duster.

 

[J. Hoffman]

I see some! But less than I expected to. I can just picture J. Hoffman ending each shop day doing a walk around the shop with a trusty feather duster.

You don't know me very well

 

[Thescrawnylumberjack]

I have a few piles of material.

I have wood in bins or slots on shelves by species.

I have synthetic scales/blocks in their own bin, liner material in a bin, and vintage micarta in a bin.

Some other stuff I keep separate as well. I have bone, ivory, mammoth tooth, and maybe a few other rarer higher end stuff separate as well.

When I get an order material gets pulled and stacked into the processing bin where it will get split, trimmed, flattened, etc. Then glued up and placed in the finished bin.

I also have a separate tray full of scales I’ve glued up that I’ve thought of for future builds.

It’s kinda an organized mess.

 

[Stacy E. Apelt - Bladesmith]

Here are some shots of the boxes of wood blocks ready to load in the trailer. One of the trailer when loaded and one 243 miles later. You can see the advantage of the even size bins for storage, transport, and display. I'll some shots of them on the tables later. The empty place on the floor is where I placed the traffic cone I set in front of the trailer in the parking lot so I can hook back up easily when ready to leave.

 

[Stacy E. Apelt - Bladesmith]

Bins on the tables. 
They go all the way down the one side. Part of that side is out of the photo.

 

[Fixall]

I’ve had to change some things last year since I became a supplier and have a ton more inventory than I used to, but I used to use a bunch of those little 11” x 6” x 5” bins for phenolics.

 

[PEU]

These are my stabilized wood shelves, I do have more blocks in boxes, but the shelves is what my customers view first. The blue thingy is a 3D print I designed to hold my mosaic pins and other pins too. After that, two steps from them, I invite my customers to see my special steels shelves

Pablo

https://imgur.com/OPzsHqu

 

[Cypress Creek Knives]

I like to see what I have. If it gets hidden away in a box or drawer it will be forgotten. I use these peg board racks. They work great for my needs. Holds plenty of material and I always know what I have at my disposal.


The rack has filled up a bit more since this photo was taken, but you get the idea.

 

[David Mary]

A little better anyway.

 

[tattooedfreak]

There is a big difference between storage and organization.. some of you definitely have organization..I have storage. I do know where and what it all is at least.. And I should probably stop buying mammoth and start using it.