I'm trying to make my tool manuals a usable (or at least tidy) part of my shop instead of a heap of recyclables gathering sawdust.
Bought a planer from a guy a while back & he plucked the manual out of his shop's filing cabinet & gave it to me, no fuss. Wish I'd asked him his organization method, because every time I try to decide on one I get conceptually crossed-up.
My plan is to do as he did, filing cabinet with hanging files. And will keep the spare parts/loose tools in the file with the info. Probably purchase & warranty info, too. I guess my real question is, do you...
(a) File at all? (If not... what?)
(b) Organize by...
- manufacturer? (that's not how I generally think of my tools)
- tool type? (was it "saw" or "circular" or "Skil... wait, that's a manufacturer)
- categories/sub-categories? (finish tools, air tools, air finishing gun... hmm)
- chronological by purchase date? (my current stack method)
Thanks for any input before entropy completely takes over.
--Ben
p.s. Same question can be asked of intended/completed project info. I'm not to a critical mass of that yet. But if you want to share some thoughts, I'm interested.
Bought a planer from a guy a while back & he plucked the manual out of his shop's filing cabinet & gave it to me, no fuss. Wish I'd asked him his organization method, because every time I try to decide on one I get conceptually crossed-up.
My plan is to do as he did, filing cabinet with hanging files. And will keep the spare parts/loose tools in the file with the info. Probably purchase & warranty info, too. I guess my real question is, do you...
(a) File at all? (If not... what?)
(b) Organize by...
- manufacturer? (that's not how I generally think of my tools)
- tool type? (was it "saw" or "circular" or "Skil... wait, that's a manufacturer)
- categories/sub-categories? (finish tools, air tools, air finishing gun... hmm)
- chronological by purchase date? (my current stack method)
Thanks for any input before entropy completely takes over.
--Ben
p.s. Same question can be asked of intended/completed project info. I'm not to a critical mass of that yet. But if you want to share some thoughts, I'm interested.
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