Anti-Kerby Workshops

[MBG]

I know everyone kids Rod about his pristine shop but this post even upset me:

http://www.forums.woodnet.net/ubbthr...fpart=all&vc=1

[BasementDweller]

I know everyone kids Rod about his pristine shop but this post even upset me:

http://www.forums.woodnet.net/ubbthr...fpart=all&vc=1

I was just reading that thread too. Keep going some even worse shops come along!! And I thought mine was bad!

[maxparot]

I've worked both ways. During my years of doing DOD work everything at work was kept spotless. In my younger years using my fathers workshop I was never tempted to put something away that I could just shove aside. Now I'm somewhere in the middle. I'll let thing gather and then put everything in it's place.

[Pappy]

Worst was on page 4, picture of a RAS with no blade guard. Second picture showed a wood stove. Scary thought is that he might actually try to fire up the stove ...Assuming he has enough fingers left to light a match!

[WEG]

Don beat me to it... that Sears RAS was the clincher!

Boy, these things aren't 'shops' they are fire hazards. These guys should be ashamed of themselves to put their families in a situation where hey could find themselves running out of a burning house...or worse! When I see photos like this I'm glad I'm a bit more Kirbyesque than not.

WEG

[lcm1947]

Oh my God! That's all I'll say on the matter.

[thestinker]

wow....

I some how feel much better about my house keeping.

[JimD]

One of the reasons I wanted a dedicated shop was so my wife wouldn't go there and I wouldn't have to listen to her talk about how messy it is. When I am in the middle of things my shop looks at least this bad. I clean up but not every day. I sweep up these days at least once a month or so but I used to deliberately let the sawdust build up because it was softer to walk on. One of the reasons I keep things cleaner now is my son occasionally uses my shop and I don't want him to get hurt.

I clear off the surface of the tool I am using but I have scraps on other tools I am not using at the moment.

My biggest messy habit is keep way too many small scraps. The fact that I find something to do with them pretty regularly keeps me doing it.

Jim

[9johnny5]

When I see that, my second thought (after safety) is how much money they are wasting by not taking care of their belongings. It's almost criminal to see that they would just go buy something else if it was broken or they couldn't find something.

I think it's most likely just a lack of respect for what you buy, but it's certainly dangerous to live/work that way.

Sure wish I had that kind of $$$ to toss around, tho.

[LarryG]

Heckuva lot of wasted time there, too.

In addition to being fire and safety hazards, shops like those are HUGE time-wasters: their owners will spend way too much of their precious shop time hunting for something they need because it's buried under who-knows-what instead of being in its designated storage space. They don't clean up because they don't want to take the time, but it's a false economy. The few seconds it takes to put stuff back where it belongs is repaid many times over by being able to go directly to that place and know that the tool or supply you need is there, ready when you need it.

[Woodwerker]

Everything has a place...
I agreee, I think alot of people think thier shop is too small, however if they organize they will "find space". I live by the 30 rule, if I dont use it in the last 30 days I store it. One thing that I do is document in a small note pad, where important stuff went. I number storage boxes. When I need a tool that is stored I look in the log and find the box, there it is. I learned this while moving. It helped get the shop together in no time.

[WEG]

Woodwerker is right...especially as you get older (like me) you find things seem to disappear to places you have no idea of! I use my black marker on a lot of boxes and bins these days...now where did I leave my glasses???
WEG

[Stick]

Worst was on page 4, picture of a RAS with no blade guard. Second picture showed a wood stove. Scary thought is that he might actually try to fire up the stove ...Assuming he has enough fingers left to light a match!

Here in the land of ice and snow, lots more of us than you'd ever believe use wood stoves in shops. And weld, and use oxy/acet torches, chop saws and grinders and all kinds of stuff that throw sparks like crazy. Not that it's not downright scary, but it IS a fact of life. All-electric heat just isn't an option when it's 40 below for months. You either have wood heat or propane, so there's a flame regardless.

Now the RAS without the blade guard, THAT is scary!

[L. D. Jeffries]

Wow and I thought my shop was messy!