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Started by woodbowl, January 13, 2007, 10:12:36 PM

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woodbowl

I've got to admit, I don't have the best looking shop in the country, but I can say that I know where everything is and whether someone has been in there while I'm gone.

The smartest small shop that I've ever seen was only about 14' wide. It was just a long skinny building, but the lawn mower repair buisness turned it into a very efficeint work space. On each side along the walls was solid shelves. The first shelf started at around 3' from the floor. This allowed for large heavy items such as air compressor, engines ect.  to be on the floor and the other items could be stored up higher.

There were about four, 4' X 8' work benches in the center, spaced out to allow walk around space. The distance to find something on a shelf was usually just a step away.

I've never seen a more organized small shop than this ......... unless you all know of one.  ;)
Full time custom sawing at the customers site since 1995.  WoodMizer LT40 Super Hyd.

Tom





All of the organized shops I've ever seen were somebody else's.

Corley5

Burnt Gunpowder is the Smell Of Freedom

Nailhead

Gregg
You mean that when Pasbuild and I stopped by after the piggie roast, your shop wasn't organized ;)
NH

"The Constitution does not grant rights, it recognizes them."

Furby

When I first saw the title of this thread, Pigman's recent post popped into my head.
But I see we are talking about something different, so carry on. :)

Mr Mom

     Got them beat my shop/shed is only 10' x 10' and about half is  and storage and workbench.
     Going to start to build my mill in there. Very tight place.



     Thanks Alot Mr Mom

Corley5

Quote from: Nailhead on January 13, 2007, 10:43:00 PM
Gregg
You mean that when Pasbuild and I stopped by after the piggie roast, your shop wasn't organized ;)
NH



We've actually got room to work on a tractor inside now  ;) ;D  As long as it's not a very big one  ;D :)
Burnt Gunpowder is the Smell Of Freedom

scgargoyle

I've got pictures of my shop floor, so I can show the young'uns what it looks like... :D :D :D
I hope my ship comes in before the dock rots!

Coon

If you want to see DISORGANIZED come and look at my shop.  I didn't know you could store that much junk in an 18x24 shop and still have room to work on a car. ;D
Norwood Lumbermate 2000 w/Kohler,
Husqvarna, Stihl and, Jonsereds Saws

DanG

Now, a bunch of you have done seen my "shop," which is just a pole shed with tin nailed up on 3 sides.  There is no floor, except for the dirt, and rain water flows through it in wet weather.  It contains all of my woodworking and mekanikin tools, along with the beergerator and a bunch of other stuff, within the 25x25 boundaries.

Last year, a guy I didn't really know brought me some free logs, so I offered him a cold beer.  When I got the brews from the beergerator and turned around to him, he was standing there with his mouth agape. "Man, you're a lot more organized than I am!" he said.  I'm thinkin' this guy must be the king of the slobs! :D :D :D
"I don't feel like an old man.  I feel like a young man who has something wrong with him."  Dick Cavett
"Beat not thy sword into a plowshare, rather beat the sword of thine enemy into a plowshare."

brdmkr

DanG,

I've seen your shop.  Did you get a chance to look in mine?  I know you didn't go in.  Even I can't actually go in  :D

Your shop was mucho organized realitive to my catchall.  Mine is SOOOOOO bad, I'm building another just to keep from having to straighen out the one I have :o
Lucas 618  Mahindra 4110, FEL and pallet forks, some cant hooks, and a dose of want-to

SwampDonkey

Mines full of sawdust and shavings and cutoff boards. But, I clean it up after each project. That in itself is a choir. But mines in a barn and it's not even half the width of the barn, maybe 35 x 12 feet and  7-1/2 foot ceiling. Sure heats up quick. ;D
"No amount of belief makes something a fact." James Randi

1 Thessalonians 5:21

2020 Polaris Ranger 570 to forward firewood, Husqvarna 555 XT Pro, Stihl FS560 clearing saw and continuously thinning my ground, on the side. Grow them trees. (((o)))

metalspinner

Mine is like a submarine - unfortunately, I'm not a sailor. :-\

13' x 60' with 7 1/2' ceilings.  The back 14' is wood storage.  Then you come forward to the work benches (old kitchen cabinets) and  you have to walk on and around more wood piles.  Come forward to machine area and you need to walk on and around more piles of wood to each machine.

All around the shop are projects in various stages of completion.  One of which is a Noah's Arc that's been under constuction for three years. How long did Noah take to make his? :D  I have a hard time doing just one thing all the way through.  When I was a kid, they called that an attention problem, but now, I call it multi-tasking. :)

Some times I just can't stand the clutter any more and I put things away.  Mostly, I believe that is just a procrastination tactic to finishing things.
I do what the little voices in my wife's head tell me to do.

SwampDonkey

Oh, well I ain't mentioned the wood piles. That's what's in the rest of the barn, upstairs and down. Both firewood and lumber. ;D :D
"No amount of belief makes something a fact." James Randi

1 Thessalonians 5:21

2020 Polaris Ranger 570 to forward firewood, Husqvarna 555 XT Pro, Stihl FS560 clearing saw and continuously thinning my ground, on the side. Grow them trees. (((o)))

Paschale

Quote from: metalspinner on January 14, 2007, 11:01:56 PM
Some times I just can't stand the clutter any more and I put things away.  Mostly, I believe that is just a procrastination tactic to finishing things.

You hit the nail on the head with that one!   :D :D :D :D  That's me...far too often.

My shop's a complete mess.  I get moments of frustration, like tonight, where I pick a random corner and start cleaning it up.  There are a lot of roundtuits in my shop.  Just tonight, in fact, I was thinking of making a list of everything in my shop that needs a home, that doesn't have a home.  Once I finished that list, I'd make sure I either built something or bought something to store everything on the list. 

Who wants to bet on that ever happening?   :D
Y'all can pronounce it "puh-SKOLLY"

tcsmpsi

Shop.   :D

I had not really thought of it in that light before, but in reading this thread, I looked in my own mind's eye to see what my shop looked like.  I couldn't find it.   :D

There is one back here now that is so full of stuff to be fixed, that I cringe in even thinking about it.  It is a very small shop. 

And then there is another shop here that begs to have the sawdust eliminated to find some of the tools, so as to take stock, so as to not replicate for some upcoming projects, and to transport to one of the other shops with more room.  Sort of. 
\\\"In the end, it is a moral question as to whether man applies what he has learned or not.\\\" - C. Jung

Murf

My shop was really neat & well organized for years, then I bought the place.  ::)

It's been a downhill battle since then.  :D

But I do know where everything is, it's in the shop..........someplace.

I can't usually lay my hands on it straight off, but I know it's in there somewhere.  :-X
If you're going to break a law..... make sure it's Murphy's Law.

SwampDonkey

Some of you shop guys are real slobs.  ;D :D :D :D :D 8) 8) 8)
"No amount of belief makes something a fact." James Randi

1 Thessalonians 5:21

2020 Polaris Ranger 570 to forward firewood, Husqvarna 555 XT Pro, Stihl FS560 clearing saw and continuously thinning my ground, on the side. Grow them trees. (((o)))

pasbuild

I spent a great deal of time laying out my shop before I built it, I know what the primary use would be and placed the equipment for maximum efficiency utilizing every square foot, the bench top and floor sweeps incorporated into the dust collection system makes daily clean up a breeze.


YA RIGHT...........the truth is I barely have a path for my wife to get to her car.
If it can't be nailed or glued then screw it

Coon

Oh yeah.........  Here's one for ya.  I call it: It's Here Somewhere.




This one shows you how much junk I have piled up along both long walls.  Some places it's up to the rafters.


Norwood Lumbermate 2000 w/Kohler,
Husqvarna, Stihl and, Jonsereds Saws

woodbowl

DanG nab it Coon! Now I've got to modify this thread to something like ......... Messiest shop pics, most unorganized shop pics or something like that!

Well ........ I win, cause I got the most pathetic shop there is. It's even more uglier than DanGs shop. If you don't get snake bit going in, your gona have to back out because you sure can't turn around in there.  ::)

Where's my camera at?
Full time custom sawing at the customers site since 1995.  WoodMizer LT40 Super Hyd.

Paschale

Now Coon, when did you sneak into my shop and snap a picture?   :D
Y'all can pronounce it "puh-SKOLLY"

SwampDonkey

I see he's got his coffee mug and reading material in there. ;D
"No amount of belief makes something a fact." James Randi

1 Thessalonians 5:21

2020 Polaris Ranger 570 to forward firewood, Husqvarna 555 XT Pro, Stihl FS560 clearing saw and continuously thinning my ground, on the side. Grow them trees. (((o)))

sawguy21

Good thing you let him know, he is probably looking for that. ;D
old age and treachery will always overcome youth and enthusiasm

Coon

That ain't no reading material Swamp that's good ol' firestarter (newspaper)  I ain't got time to read when I am in there unless it is a manual for something because I am usually trying to find something.   ;)
Norwood Lumbermate 2000 w/Kohler,
Husqvarna, Stihl and, Jonsereds Saws

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