The tidying of the Untidy Shop

[Stephen B]

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[member=19746]Untidy Shop[/member] great stuff, your shop is looking tidier already.

[size=13pt][member=19511]Scott B[/member]  If you only new,  [eek] but this addition has made a big difference.  [smile]
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Don't know if this helps or not. But, I usually clean my shop 1st thing in the morning. Gets the blood going and the mind flowing. Then i can start off the day wiyh a clean slate. Ill also do a couple quick straighten ups during the day,just to keep from getting to distracted.
My major fault is i have to blow my shop out a couple times a day. Cant stand dust and metal under my feet (i work in metal,too)
Now that im reading this back,i might have a problem

[size=13pt] [member=59044]scary[/member]  You scare me!  [big grin]
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Your game, I like . So much so that much . [smile]

[size=13pt][member=21192]alkaline[/member]  My efforts are so humble when compared to your own work.  [smile]
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Even at the beginning, your shop was very neat >>> compared to mine.  What happened to that bench top you sohowed wat back when?

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[member=550]Tinker[/member]  Always one of the FOG highlights reading your Posts. If you look at the images of the racks you will see laminated boards on the second and third shelf. These are my other 'slow burners'. One is laminated Otway BlackWood, the other laminated recycled Merbu. More to be completed of both.

The Merbu will be a longer version and companion to the bench top you referred to and will be the infeed bench for a Compound Saw Station. The earlier top will be the out feed.

The Blackwood is an experiement. The laminated lengths are being made from cabinet shorts I purchased from a cabinet maker 4 years ago who was closing shop and going to Western Australia to do mine work. My intension is to combine these with Blackwoid or Hoop Pine Ply to make a set of three folding doors for our house. I figure the longer this takes, the more stable the result.
[size=8pt]http://www.australply.com.auhttp://www.woodsolutions.com.au/Wood-Species/species-blackwoodhttp://otwaytonewoods.com.au/productshttp://www.dunstonedesign.com.au/timber

 

[alkaline]

[member=21192]alkaline[/member]  My efforts are so humble when compared to your own work.  [smile]

Only a great man can be the owner of modesty with which you are working. Your results are all the greater. I wish you all the best!

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[Stephen B]

We often seek order in our lives and working environments. Some achieve this easily, others not. What does this say about us? Here is an article I read this morning [AEST] re tidiness and creativity.
http://www.theage.com.au/business/-gr0qh2.html
Further reading on this research also at -http://www.psychologicalscience.org...desk-or-messy-desk-each-has-its-benefits.html

Does this mean I can give up now?  [eek]  [big grin]

Anyway time to get going and mow that grass.

 

[Tinker]

We often seek order in our lives and working environments. Some achieve this easily, others not. What does this say about us? Here is an article I read this morning [AEST] re tidiness and creativity.
http://www.theage.com.au/business/-gr0qh2.html
Further reading on this research also at -http://www.psychologicalscience.org...desk-or-messy-desk-each-has-its-benefits.html

Does this mean I can give up now?  [eek]  [big grin]

Anyway time to get going and mow that grass.

[member=19746]Untidy Shop[/member] I read both articles you referred to.  I now will go down to my shop, mess it up a little more so I can figure out a creative way to sort it all out.  As far as my desk is concerned, that is beyond any hope whatsoever.  Another point of confusion, the articles mentioned that messy people are more creative.  Evening people are more apt to be creative.  Now I realize why I am sitting here replying to a discussion that I have no business even getting involved in. I am a morning person and a mess at the same time.  It used to bother me, but, thanks to your recommended reading, I am now even more messed up.  [poke]

Actually, some of the entries to your Untidy discussion I find are soooo tidy in comparison to my shop, I think I will have to go down and mess mine up a little more so I can get something done. [scratch chin]
Tinker

 

[Stephen B]

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Actually, some of the entries to your Untidy discussion I find are soooo tidy in comparison to my shop, I think I will have to go down and mess mine up a little more so I can get something done. [scratch chin]
Tinker

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[member=550]Tinker[/member] , as one 'creative' to another, don't forget that a Camera does not lie; but in the Untidy Shop,  it just misses the messy bits!    [blink] [big grin]

 

[Bohdan]

don't forget that a Camera does not lie; but in the Untidy Shop,  it just misses the messy bits!    [blink] [big grin]

Wow! A new form of selective focus  [jawdrop]

 

[Tinker]

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Actually, some of the entries to your Untidy discussion I find are soooo tidy in comparison to my shop, I think I will have to go down and mess mine up a little more so I can get something done. [scratch chin]
Tinker

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[member=550]Tinker[/member] , as one 'creative' to another, don't forget that [size=14pt]a Camera does not lie; but in the Untidy Shop,  it just misses the messy bits!    [blink] [big grin]

That is a good one.
I'll have to remember it.
Tinker

 

[Stephen B]

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[online421]

you guys spent so much time organising your storage, I did all that and at the end I just bought myself a demountable storage.

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[Stephen B]

Congratulations [member=60639]online421[/member]  on finding a solution that appears to have worked for you. Why a new container rather than a repurposed shipping container? Was there a cost advantage going that way?

 

[online421]

Congratulations [member=60639]online421[/member]  on finding a solution that appears to have worked for you. Why a new container rather than a repurposed shipping container? Was there a cost advantage going that way?

The following reasons are why
1. Height
The height of shipping container is 2.6m, or 9ft 6 in. the demountable storage I have bought is only 2m(6ft 8 in). where I placed the storage is right on the boundary of my property with my neighbour, at 2m high it is acceptable to my neighbour (our fence height is 1.8m), but not 2.6m high

2. Size
Shipping Container comes in standard 40ft/20ft/10ft. 40 is too big for me, 20 is still too big, 10 is too small. mine is 4m long

3. Mobility
I can disassemble my storage and take away with my trailer, but I cant do this with a shipping container.

4. Cost
where I am the 20ft shipping container is not cheap. its about the same price as the demountable storage I've bought.

 

[Stephen B]

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[size=13pt]Recently installed a florescent light with pull switch just above main workbench.

Invaluable over the last few days as I sand a laminated Otway sourced Blackwood* bench top [Underside shown - see future post].

Materials - Scrap 190X19X2400mm dressed Pine, Plug In Florescent Tube Set, Corded Pull Switch, Dulux Paint -  [Oil based 3 in 1 Undercoat and Water Based Low Sheen top coat tinted in Festool Green], Chain and Screw Hooks.

Friendly electrical contractor.  [smile]

Tools - Festool KS60, Rotex 150, C16, Paint Brush and Roller.

[size=10pt] *https://www.wood-database.com/australian-blackwood/

 

[Cheese]

Invaluable over the last few days as I sand a laminated Otway sourced Blackwood* bench top [Underside shown - see future post].

That Blackwood bench top looks amazing... [smile]

 

[Stephen B]

[size=13pt][member=44099]Cheese[/member]

Thanks. Should be oiling it over next few days. Will most likely post full details by the weekend.

 

[Tinker]

Invaluable over the last few days as I sand a laminated Otway sourced Blackwood* bench top [Underside shown - see future post].

That Blackwood bench top looks amazing... [smile]

ditto what Cheese said
Tinker

 

[JMcFly]

I like what you did with the metal cabinet. Ive got a few laying around that I could fix up like you did