Shop Is your shop messy or spotless?

[jcdammeyer]

I can't dance, but this is what I'm looking forward to

Check your local community centers. That's where we went 13 years ago for an activity that SWMBO and I could do together. Took Social Ballroom Dancing. Wonder of wonders it's the only activity in my life where SWMBO has to immediately do what I tell her to do without question.

 

[PaulL]

One of my favorite recent additions to my shop is "project bins". Each project gets a plastic tote containing all the pieces in process, from raw stock through to finished. This has done wonders for keeping my benches clear(er) and my project parts together, and the little bins stack and accept sharpie really well. Amazing what spending $30 at Industrial Plastics did for me.

 

[TorontoBuilder]

One of my favorite recent additions to my shop is "project bins". Each project gets a plastic tote containing all the pieces in process, from raw stock through to finished. This has done wonders for keeping my benches clear(er) and my project parts together, and the little bins stack and accept sharpie really well. Amazing what spending $30 at Industrial Plastics did for me.

princess auto is your friend in this regard. They have the perfect sized totes for most projects. Strong enough, just the right size to be easy enough to lift without getting hernia and yet large enough to hold everything.

 

[jcdammeyer]

One of my favorite recent additions to my shop is "project bins". Each project gets a plastic tote containing all the pieces in process, from raw stock through to finished. This has done wonders for keeping my benches clear(er) and my project parts together, and the little bins stack and accept sharpie really well. Amazing what spending $30 at Industrial Plastics did for me.

That's what I do. There is one problem though. After a while you have 42 different plastic project boxes.
And now the AR3 Robot Arm is already too small and I need to upsize it. Can't even see the bearings under the connectors and switches. The 3D printed parts don't even fit in this one.

 

[Cryoine]

both my lab and my shop are organized chaos, I know where everything is in this chaos and should it be cleaned I wont be able to find anything lol

 

[Dabbler]

I'm trying to work up from 'overcrowded" "disorganized" chaos to just chaos.

 

[DavidR8]

Mine seems to lurch from an organized, no active project state to chaotic, parts-strewn active project state.

 

[Tom O]

I say mines fine but my son says the opposite telling me he will clean it in the summer so it looks like I’ll be sleeping in the garage.