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Adam Savage's Custom Tool Storage Stands

The Mythbuster explains his "First-order retrievability" design principle and lets it all hang out

By Rain Noe - December 10, 2015

in Organization | Hand Tools

When Mythbusters runs its final episode next year, they'll have created nearly 3,000 experiments total. As one half of the duo, Adam Savage has at least that many tools. How can one possibly corral that number of implements into a manageable system, where things are both easily located and readily extracted?

Operating under the philosophy that "Drawers are where tools go to die," Savage devised a system built around what he calls "First-order retrievability." Here he explains and demonstrates it:

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Good video. Lots of helpful ideas explained well and in a way that I think I can translate to my own shop. I usually can't stand videos on the web -- too demanding of my time; this one was worth every minute

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