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Do you have a dirty cluttered workbench like mine?

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Do you ever find yourself in the middle of working on a project and realize that you end up stuck working in a little tiny area of your workbench?

Well, I got up from my workbench tonight and looked that the damage I just wrought in just a few days of part time work. Then I wondered if others were afflicted with the same thing.

It seems that I do it all the time. The good thing about it is that everything I need is within an arms reach but the bad part you always need more room!

Kinda of like this.
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Leaving just enough room to work?
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After every project I make myself clean up everything and put it all away. I learned a long time ago that if you don't all your crap just keeps getting deeper and deeper.

Then I start it all over again.
 
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#2 ·
um…does a dirty cluttered workshop count? I usually have to spend the first 20 minutes of project clearing out space to make a project.
 
#4 ·
All the great masters work from a clutter. Take a look at Harry Pope the barrel maker in his shop or Einstien in his office:)) I quit worrying about it when I realized whose company I was in:))
 
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That looks just like mind every time do any kind of project. As hard as I try to put things back as I work it always ends up like that. Sometimes I straighten out some up in the middle of a project when I start getting aggravated looking for something, but most of the time I do the same thing and clean up at the end.
 
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The more time I spend in the shop, the cleaner it is. It's when I'm only popping in quick and back out quickly and do that for a week or two that it gets really cluttered. I take time to mess it up but not to clean it. When I'm in there a lot working on a big project, I clean it every day, well almost. I notice you have some of the carbide sanding blocks too Gary. Mine have already paid for themselves.
 
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Yeah, the work table and sometimes the workbench in my shop get like that. Its often that way when I finish a project then I clean up the tools, put them all away and then clean the shop. Then I start a new project and do it all over again. Sometimes though I can't stand it anymore and clean everything up in the middle of a project and start pulling tools off of shelves and racks a second time. Now and then my wife comes out and throws a complete clean up on my shop and makes it shiny!
 
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Cleaned my clutter yesterday…
found 5 pencils, 3 tape measures, 7 drill bits, and 8 stray sanding discs.
I was wondering were everything had gone (I always accuse my husband of borrowing).
I think most of us share your clutter problem. Hehe

Lisa
 
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This happens every time I get into a build. I have a 4×8 assembly table and it gets covered with tools, finishes, etc. And, as your bench shows, there is no room to assemble the project.

I am glad to see I am not alone in this habit.
 
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