Shop finds

[FestitaMakool]

At that last unpacking I invested in a large supply of The Container Store clear plastic bins. Now, even though I'm without a shop right now, I can see what I have on in one of the bins. So no more Vice Grips for me.

I too started with clear plastic bins years ago - a revelation to a organized and messy head with too much going on. Bike stuff, boat stuff, car stuff, electronic stuff, trailer stuff, photo stuff, hobby stuff, cleaning stuff ..and the list goes on and on. Now I at least know where to start. Now only waiting till my next move for clear card board boxes [blink]  [big grin]

 

[JDB]

My aussiedoodle is a thief. While working under motor home I brought two sizes of sockets to work on the step. Of course the first one I knew was gonna be the wrong size, yep it sure was. rolled over to grab the other socket. WTF, DILLON!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[notenoughcash]

safety glasses.

not much of a problem becuse a lot of work is done on the lathe with goggles, but i have 5 or 6 pares in the shop and can't find 1

 

[kmickey]

At that last unpacking I invested in a large supply of The Container Store clear plastic bins. Now, even though I'm without a shop right now, I can see what I have on in one of the bins. So no more Vice Grips for me.

I too started with clear plastic bins years ago - a revelation to a organized and messy head with too much going on. Bike stuff, boat stuff, car stuff, electronic stuff, trailer stuff, photo stuff, hobby stuff, cleaning stuff ..and the list goes on and on. Now I at least know where to start. Now only waiting till my next move for clear card board boxes [blink]  [big grin]

My handwriting is appalling, so my P-Touch + clear plastic bins has been life changing. I use it on sustainers as well, so I can see what’s in them from angles other than the front.

 

[RJNeal]

Inter-dimensional tools are a thing.  I've come to that conclusion many times.

I find one of the bad offenders are tools like levels, since you have a habit of setting them on something and leaving it there, and forgetting it. say on top of something above your head. Levels with magnets are bad too.  I've had many a small level disapear for weeks just to re-appear on the side of a metal electrical box.
One thing about buying lots of tape measures, pencils, pens, sharpies is while you think it means you will have one handy, it just means you leave them in one spot because to know you have one in another spot where you are going. Works good until you forget and take one with you, now there are 2 at the other location and so on and so forth this gets worse. Now you have no tape measures/pencils/sharpies but in one place there is a pile of 5 tapes, 3 pencils and 14 sharpies that have dried out with the cap off because you just set it down for a second.

For tools, this gets to the heart of Systainers, all the bits and bobs in one box including spares, or tools needed for the tools.  For non-festool stuff I put everything in systainers and stock each one with the tools it needs, so if it needs some other thing like a screw driver or a wrench, I buy one and put it in there with it. No more tearing the play apart to find the spanner for an angle grinder or a wrench for a router, every tool gets the stuff it needs in a systainer.

This story is too funny. It reminds me of when I worked I’d an agricultural supply store. The owners that worked there were like the Odd Couple. Oscar and Felix.
Oscar great with people lousy with paper work. Félix lousy with people but great on books.
The old days of paper invoices, in the warehouse was a counter with invoices and a box of pens.  Félix would write some tags up taking a tag and pen from the box. When he finished writing tags he would return to his desk grabbing the recent tags and take his pen with him. Worked on the tags then throw his pen into his center desk drawer.
Eventually the box of pens would run dry, and I would take the MT box to his desk to refill it.