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Not the best to give advice, but I follow the "jet mechanic" philosophy. I make bags and boxes of tools of a give common task (i.e. all the things I use to build computers in a bag, all my quick wood worker stuff in a bag, etc). Then try to keep supplies near the best workspace for a give place (normally based on space, messiness of the hobby, power and vent considerations).
Again it works somewhat for me, the bags replace ADHD piles and are more useful, but I'm a mess lol
Something I love too is have an away spot for supplies and a in use spot. So my wood scraps are away on shelves on the wall, and my PC parts are in filing cabinets. I keep an active parts place and basket on my desk, that I try to clean up when I'm done working (either project done or just over it for a while).
Away spots are the good places to put things really out of the reach, but try to keep it visibly accessable.
Sounds nice but the main issue I personally see with that bag philosophy is needing the same tool for 2 different tasks. I'm sure as heck not buying a second pair of 50 euro knipex because I have the other pair set aside for some other task.
Currently I can barely get most of tools that don't have a box of their own into a big metal toolbox. If I was going to live where I am currently for more than the next year I might think about setting up a pegboard for my tools again. Maybe make a nice wall of pliers
Agreed. I'm kind of lucky that my area is full of elderly machinists so garage sales and estate sales are full of tools like that. Even crappy tools that are right there are better than a good tool somewhere else for me.
I do have a common tools basket too. Some pliers, wrenches, screw drivers, hammer.