new business "cleaning shops" will travel

Ah yes, scraps. I use a lot of exotics in my box tops and I, also, can’t throw even microscopic bits away. I started off with a shoebox to keep them in because, after all, I was going to use them sooner or later. Then I went to a small storage box. Recently I’ve moved to a larger storage box for my scraps. True I do use bits out of this box, but why does the box keep on growing?

-- Martyn -- Boxologist, Pattern Juggler and Candyman of the visually challenging. http://www.theartofboxes.com

My wife has a cleaning lady clean our house every 2 weeks (despite the fact that she is totally capable of doing that herself). It seems like I should get a cleaning person to clean my shop every 2 weeks also. I wonder if there is such a service available.

-- Rich, Cedar Rapids, IA - I'm a woodworker. I don't create beauty, I reveal it.

A clean shop is the sign of a sick mind!
Every time I “clean up,” I end up putting all that stuff away in places I never remember…
I think the answer is that instead of cleaning, we should just “expand” our space.
How I wish that were possible.
Grizz, send the masseuse and the person who does the pedicures to me….
Ellen

-- Don't let the perfect be the enemy of the good.

It’s one of the two dredges of having a shop ,Clean up and sanding. I’ve been thinking of buying some trash cans with lids and writing on them Oak, Maple,Cherry, Walnut etc etc . That way I could store the smaller pieces of wood outside and free up shop space.

-- W James Brokenbourgh Custom furniture maker http://artisticwoodstudio.com/

I can’t find my stuff when I put it away.
Still, if I could find someone capable willing to do it for a fair price, I would hire them in an instant!

Capable is the hard part. I hired guys to help me twice during the building of my shop, and, except for total grunt work like running a jack hammer, they ended up being more trouble than help.

Greetings all,

Hey, I don’t know what all the fuss is about…. There’s nothing to keeping a clean shop..

I do it all the time..even with a backache… I was taught “a place for everytning, and everything in it’s place..

Apparently ya’ll weren’t raised by a Drill Sargent for a mother….. lol. And the military taught me a lot….

-- " Don't ever wrestle a pig in a mudhole....he'll be having more fun than you..!!

Mary Anne, in the UK builders drink a lot of tea, almost continually. Do they drink a lot of coffee in the US?

-- Martyn -- Boxologist, Pattern Juggler and Candyman of the visually challenging. http://www.theartofboxes.com

Martyn,
Just about everyone starts their day with coffee, but most move on to water or soft drinks on the job.
I think most of the guys in the building trades around here would drink beer or liquor continually if you let them.

Let’s face it, woodworking isn’t dirty, but it sure can be messy with all the sawdust, shavings and off-cuts. But I find that my worst problem is laying down tools here, there and everywhere while I’m working on a project. When that happens it isn’t long before I start knocking stuff off counters as I pass by. I have enough tools for a 500 sq. ft. shop, but only 220 sq. ft. to keep them in. I just wish I had enough self-discipline to put my tools away as soon as I’m done with them.

-- Mike, American in Norway

damm I thought the dream was real yesterday
until my wife kicked me in the ribs and scream
TAKE OF THAT SILLY SMILE YOU ARE LATE FOR WORK :-(

well it seems to me I have to do it by myself :-(
just never time enoff

but with all those great/fantastic little projects there have been posted lately
it can´t be that hard to use most of the scrap peices :—)

Dennis

Cleaning the shop … that’s what I have spent the entire morning doing today! I have a big project underway, and all of the cutting, sanding, and most of the assembly is done … the only problem was the place was too filthy to do any finishing!

When my Mom was young, her family moved about every two years. I asked her once why they moved so often … she said her mother would rather move than change the wallpaper!

Hmmm … maybe I should be looking for a new house with room for a shop instead of wasting so much time cleaning!

-- Gerry -- "I don't plan to ever really grow up ... I'm just going to learn how to act in public!"

Look at the bright side Grizz, at least you are not trying to turn a warehouse into a shop! That is a monumental task, even worse than I thought it would be :-((

-- "some old things are lovely, warm still with life ... of the forgotten men who made them." - D.H. Lawrence

nothing cuold bee esayer Topamax
just let a bull loose in there and in no time it will look like my shop …..LOL

Looking for a Cleaning Fairy ? hmmmmm “You can lay outside your shop and have your favorite masseuse give me a back rub and do a pedicure while you slurp on your favorite cold drink” – no doubt wishing for these things using your magic wand!!
Well dear, go for it Big Boy!!! Whatever floats your boat.

-- Roger-R, Republic of Texas. "Always look on the Bright Side of Life" - An eyeball to eyeball confrontation with a blind person is as complete waste of Time.

I don’t organize until I can’t get out.

-- Gene 'The true soldier fights not because he hates what is in front of him, but because he loves what is behind him.' G. K. Chesterton