Cluttered shop

not too cluttered, looks about just right!

-- John

It does not look very cluttered Barbs, but it is nicely equipped. Welcome Aboard.

-- Bill, Turlock California, http://www.brookswoodworks.com

I wouldn’t say “cluttered” – I’d call it well stocked! It appears to be very organized, from my point of view. It’s quite the shop. Definitely “wonderland”.

-- ~ Debbie, Canada (http://www.execulink.com/~yohan)

It’s cluttered with the right stuff !!

-- -** You are never to old to set another goal or to dream a new dream ****************** Dick, & Barb Cain, Hibbing, MN. http://www.woodcarvingillustrated.com/gallery/member.php?uid=3627&protype=1

Lol – My shop is cluttered. This looks like an operating room.

-- We must guard our enthusiasm as we would our life - James Krenov

If it ain’t cluttered, you don’t have enough tools!

-- Charlie M. "Woodworking - patience = firewood"

Cluttered with good tools. Your shop floor is too clean!

-- There are three types of people in the world, those who can count and those who can't!

Cluttered? I see too many clear surfaces, and all that walking room. I’d get on-line, as quickly as you can, and see what tools you could buy to protect all that emply space.

-- Nicky

I WISH I could see that much floor in my shop area.

-- http://ye-olde-cabinet-shoppe.com/

Are guys just messier than women woodworkers? You guys talk as if you can’t even move through your shops, and Michael (Obi), where do you assemble anything?? I’m forever lamenting not having room for a proper assembly table. I have to lay a hollow core door across sawhorses and inch my way around the set up.

-- BarbS, Wenatchee WA

well… as you can see in my shop I have a little room still… Love yours… that is my goal…

Drew

-- Drew, Pleasant Grove, Utah

Drew- Setting up is the fun part! I’ve redone my shop twice now, and it is easy to get carried away with it, and avoid building anything. Your shop will be beautiful, even though all that empty space will fill up quickly. I look forward to more photos of it when it is full.

-- BarbS, Wenatchee WA

At last another clean and organised shop. Ignore the comments about dirty floors as dirty floors are dangerous floors.

-- Peter.

Looks organized to me. Welcome aboard.

-- Jesus is Lord!

Looks like you use your shop, it not easy to keep them clean if they used

-- vlee2@ford.com

Shops are for working in, not for eating your dinner off the floor. Looks great to me! Good luck with the table contest.

-- Carpe Lignum - Seize The Wood,

Thank you PanamaJack. That’s about as clean as my shop has ever been. It feels cluttered to me because the walls are packed, all storage is packed in, and there are no more options! I have to make do with what I have.

-- BarbS, Wenatchee WA

Well I finally found a shop that looks like mine. Its not cluttered, its Organized Chaos.

-- Bud, NY, http://tpww.libsyn.com/

Hello Bud- Thanks, and you are right…mine is very Lived In and I know where everything is. Hope to see pictures of your shop and pictures soon.

-- BarbS, Wenatchee WA

JockMike2 please forgive me….
Can’t be as bad as mike’s … I know he know’s where everything is… LOL.
Nice shop…Still look the same?

-- "Even small steps makes a distance." (Shawn Phillips, musician)

No, actually, it is doubled now in size! I don’t have a photo of the current set up, but the car was evicted from the left side of the garage, and I was able to move some large equipment to that side, including tablesaw cabinet, floor drill press and planer and jointer. Now I’m frustrated by having to walk so far around it all to get to different things I need! Just never happy…..

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-- BarbS, Wenatchee WA

Hey Barbs
It’s not cluttered just overly appointed for the amount of floor space you have ,looks good to me. I have the same problem but my shop is not as well organised as your shop.

-- Jim from Heirloom Woodshop Southern Oregon

looks good to me!!!

-- Matt, Napa, CA...fun is beautiful...just trying to have some fun...

my shop looks like that for maybe 2 days then I mess it up again

-- kosta brownsville brooklyn my home

it is only ‘neat’ because I take the leaf blower to it once or twice a year. I often forget, though, to close up magazines sitting out, and weigh down the notepapers. Big mess and Barb chasing paper out the front doors.

Okay, I took pix of the moved-over shop for those interested.
Here’s the left side;

the right side:

and the front view:

I haven’t really planned the space yet. I will need to rearrange hand tool storage and reorganize the space, but for now I’m walking back and forth between the two sides to get a few Christmas projects going. It is Really nice to have the space to play with, though.
Thank you for all your comments.
-BarbS

-- BarbS, Wenatchee WA