DIY Shop Towel Cabinet Build // Shop Organization

Take control of your various rags and towels and be intentional about where they live! In this video I go through the process of building a relatively simple wall mounted cabinet to hold all of my most common shop towels and rags for cleanup. You'd be surprised how nice it is to have these at an arms reach whenever you need them.

The first step is to build the basic frame of the cabinet. I'm using 1/2" plywood that I had laying around the shop. Once the frame is complete, the internal dividers and front were added. I then finished it off by building a glove box mount that will be attached to the side of the cabinet.

Next step was finishing which was done inside my new HomeRight pop-up paint booth. This thing is awesome! I used my airless paint sprayer to do the dirty work and I was done painting in about 6 minutes.

Last step was to add some acrylic to the the "sight glasses", mount my 3D printed shop towel holder, and add the top with a piano hinge.

Once I filled up the various compartments with my most common clean up rags and towels, it was ready to use! No more messy hands trying to open drawers and doors for me.

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[Eric.Mercado]

Who could argue with way faster and no need for dust collection as you said? 🤷 Badass karate chop my friend! 😂 😂 😂

[damonshodrock]

I bought the plans and built it. I am impressed with the finished product! Thank you.

[dhyde]

45 degree ramp blocks. Optional, but BRILLIANT. Just awesome.

[lathropedition]

How am I just now discovering your channel?!? It’s the holy grail of diy

[nomark]

love your jobs.. i think your jigsaw skills are amazing!!

[mozes]

This is one of those projects that if you’re gonna build one, might as well build two at the same time!

[kenluning]

Another nice compact usable storage unit.

[tonynunez]

Love this guy he is straight and professional easy-to-understand step-by-step instructions can't get any better

[chrisanthony]

Good job Shop nation and I'm now subscribed!

[jeromelongmuir]

I enjoyed you shop projects very much, thanks for your efforts

[campingwithchristine]

Both my guy and I have separate shops. His shop is tractors, painting tractors or trucks, tractor repair/rebuild, combine work and occasionally a warm space for me to work on wood projects, furniture or vintage camper restoration. My shop is mostly camping, project building, home improvement, gardening and wood projects. We both have the need for paper towels, rags and gloves! I am a re-user so I have a crap ton of odd lumber. I tend not to buy plans as I would have to have all the same type of material. I like to see ideas and wing it. I LOVE French cleats too!!! Nothing should be hung on a wall without one! Thanks for the video and ideas! NOTE: what I would buy is the paper towel dowel holders and spacers, but I will make them out of wood..

[pbranshj]

Just keep your videos and narranting keep coming. Really enjoying watching your stuff. And so much greet tools in the states.... and cheap (in relation to here in Denmark)

[gerryblohowiak]

Nice project and first time viewer. I would leave the slots open to push rags down when they get hung up.

[calebbed]

Enjoyed this one! Probably going to do this and add a spot on the other side for a pump bottle of orange hand cleaner.

[jasonf]

This is my first video for Shop Nation. Great project and I will be back!

[benjaminreinhardt]

Awesome cabinet. Much fancier than my setup. My wife has a cat so I get cat litter buckets. Hinged lid and rectangular. I cut a 4" circle in the lower face of the bucket to pull the rags out. I stick the bucket on a shelf or hang from the handle depending on where I need it.

[kevingeorgiades]

Your shop is coming together nicely. Great new addition.

[tymecop]

Liked everything except the paper towel holder. I can make everything except the 3D printing! Keeping things light and Humorous is a great touch as well... Keep up the good work.

[MikeDrasher]

Perfect... my next project right here!

[graywolf]

Barry Roberts comment below has inspired me to consider a small first aid cabinet for band-aids and antiseptic ....