TomHoward Posted September 29, 2009 Share Posted September 29, 2009 Currently I have tools over shelves, floors, drawers full of misc connectors, etc. I had thought about building some pigeon hole-style racks, so I could sort everything out, but I've also been wondering about using shop-fitting style pegboards. It'll be on an end wall of the control room, which would store misc tools, perhaps some gel frames, and smaller cables (patch cables and adaptors) that don't go onto the big cable rack in the dimmer room. Does anyone have any good solutions to this? It would be good if it was modular, to allow for bits to be moved around as needed, and hopefully not too expensive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Posted September 29, 2009 Share Posted September 29, 2009 My mum has a notice board made from perforated hardboard which uses golf tees to hold things on it. The tees are strong enough to support bunches of keys, calendars, etc etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TomHoward Posted September 29, 2009 Author Share Posted September 29, 2009 That's the stuff I've been looking at, which has little hooks which attach and I could hang cables on. I'd also need to hang little buckets on as well though to fill with things like connectors, so it could really do with being a little bit sturdier. I could actually just fix a couple of sheets of 18mm ply to the wall and screw into them wherever I need on reflection, but there might be a neater way of doing this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jamessmith2k Posted September 29, 2009 Share Posted September 29, 2009 You want something like this: - http://diamondlifegear.com/pegboards.htm I put it in my home workshop and its great - all sorts of options for storage of different components. Thanks James E2A - just noticed they do a guitar hanger now - essential for backstage! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrismca09 Posted September 29, 2009 Share Posted September 29, 2009 Why dont you go for the little pidegeon hole style shelving? therefore you can store little things like connectors, nuts, bolts ect and they aint going to fall out! Plus there easy enough to make if your any good with wood : - ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amdram Posted September 29, 2009 Share Posted September 29, 2009 I have this in my workshop and have found it to be very good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TomHoward Posted September 29, 2009 Author Share Posted September 29, 2009 Why dont you go for the little pidegeon hole style shelving? therefore you can store little things like connectors, nuts, bolts ect and they aint going to fall out! Plus there easy enough to make if your any good with wood : - )The amount of work involved with cutting all the boards. I'd want about half pigeon holes and half pegs (for hanging cables on.) Also, if I have drawers that lift out, I can take a drawer of nuts / washers / XLRs out and walk round with it. I've been thinking of building modular panels on ply with pigeon holes, hooks etc on it, but it's the labour involved if there's an off-the-shelf solution available. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jivemaster Posted September 29, 2009 Share Posted September 29, 2009 LinBins ( one supplier - http://www.storagesolutions.co.uk/storage/...ge/linbins.html - there are many others!) are a plastic bin that can stack or fit on a steel wall plate they are ideal. Maplin have assemplies of small clear drawers in steel frames, sometimes on special offer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TomHoward Posted September 29, 2009 Author Share Posted September 29, 2009 That is just what I've been looking at in the Screwfix catalogue this evening (whilst babysitting a one-mic lecture) - they are called 'Storage Bins' in there, and they have branded and unbranded ones, just adding up the cost of each. I think I will mount a couple of these panels onto ply, combined with some dowel pegs to hang cables on. Stick some batons on the wall and screw ply sheets to these to avoid making a mess of the wall if I want to take them off / move them around. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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