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.
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)
I definately fall into this trap as well. Everytime I get a different tool, I use it and then set it down where I'm working. I'm like you I clean up after every job and even sometimes in the middle of the job just to get organized again.
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.
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.
Yep. Pretty much exactly like you said. As I'm working on something it gets to look like your pictures. Then when I want to start a new project I put everything away so I have room to work, in no time flat it's lookin' like that again.
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!
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
i dont know your bench still looks clean to me. i can atleast start to clean it mine i dont even want to do nothing the only part i keep clean is the part next to the vise thats it. hopefully when i move it i can keep it clean we'll see. http://i855.photobucket.com/albums/ab120/icomba/bigdaddiesshoppics011.jpg
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.
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