Thread: My Humble New Workshop

Originally Posted by Hirlau

I dream about work spaces,,I only have a balcony & nosy neighbors.

If that shop was mine,,the first thing I would build would be a picnic table & put it in photo # 1. Then make some cold ice tea , sit on my new table & watch the squirrels run around in the trees.

No work would get done then either!

Originally Posted by JoeLowett

Congrats on the new space! It may be small but it's been said good thing come in small packages. I find its easier to navigate from work space to work space in a smaller area, kind of a lean six sigma theory that streamlines process; the key is to eliminate clutter and keep the surfaces empty at all cost. Achieve this and the rest will fall in to place with organization etc... Good luck!

Easier said than done. At least for me!

Originally Posted by 32t

Easier said than done. At least for me!

That's true, I too only have a small work area but I find that when the bench is clean the size seems much less apparent..... Now to find a home for all the stuff is an entirely different conversation. I personally am a fan of bins and racks for the non tool stuff that otherwise wouldn't have an obvious home in a tool chest or tool board. The key is then keeping the bins from turning in I junk drawers!

Originally Posted by JoeLowett

That's true, I too only have a small work area but I find that when the bench is clean the size seems much less apparent..... Now to find a home for all the stuff is an entirely different conversation. I personally am a fan of bins and racks for the non tool stuff that otherwise wouldn't have an obvious home in a tool chest or tool board. The key is then keeping the bins from turning in I junk drawers!

I am also becoming a fan of bins. I have a couch that my father made that is higher than most. higher than most and more like a church pew but i will never get rid of it unless it is to my children! One advantage to me is that my wife was getting mad at my clutter. There is room for bins underneath. I have 4 bins underneath. One for razor hones. One for knife hones. One for fountain pens and another for leather working. I can pull one out and play with whatever is tickling my fancy and then put them away easily.

One problem is though that my son "cleaned" my garage last fall and stacked the bins with the markings against the wall...
They were all the same and I didn't know which was which.

I have a stand-alone workshop half the size of yours. It's layout is fluid..always changing as I find new ways to be more efficient with the limited space. I suspect yours will do the same and over time you'll wonder how you got so much stuff in there! Have fun.

Man, I hope running a lathe nekkid doesn't show up on cut of the day....

Originally Posted by pixelfixed

My shop was 120 degs yesterday( running my lathes darn near neked,winter I can dress for

Originally Posted by pixelfixed

My shop was 120 degs yesterday( running my lathes darn near neked,winter I can dress for

How about a window AC unit? They have them pretty cheap at Home Depot.

Originally Posted by ZeroCool

How about a window AC unit? They have them pretty cheap at Home Depot.

You gotta read between the lines here; Californian's will use any excuse they can, to run around neked.

Originally Posted by Hirlau

You gotta read between the lines here; Californian's will use any excuse they can, to run around neked.

Yeppers,us Kalifornicators are like that

Haha I forgot Pixel was in Kali Hirlau.

Watch that lathe Pixel!