my shop look's like a junk yard

http://whoremeout.net/shop/DSCF2020.JPG

if some one could only help me clean up

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i think i need a new tool box

http://whoremeout.net/shop/DSCF2039.JPG

if i could only get to the press

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if i only had room for one my boat

http://whoremeout.net/shop/DSCF2116.JPG

if i only had a palce to put my palsam cuter
http://whoremeout.net/shop/DSCF2064.JPG

if i only new how to weld
http://whoremeout.net/shop/DSCF2165.JPG
and yes that is rat dorping on top the welding mechaine

my be i could weld some thing on the welding table
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may be i could build some thing with this
http://whoremeout.net/shop/DSCF2158.JPG

all well i guss i have to clean a bay to get some work done
http://whoremeout.net/shop/DSCF2185.JPG

wow! I really don't feel bad about my place now.

Are you in Cajun country Mr. Cajun666? Im in Broussard.

Are you in Cajun country Mr. Cajun666? Im in Broussard.


larose,la

Looks like you have a lot of leftover supply's from past projects. Do you really need all those empty 5 gallon pals? It looks like you work right up to the last minute available to get something done and the tools and parts are just where you last used them. Start by getting rid of extra suppiles. If you have not used it in 2 years, sell it or give it away. Start with stuff that has little value. Finish all those projects your planned on doing but the parts are just sitting there waiting for you.

Option 2 would be take stuff over to your dad's place or brothers place, or any place but yours:D

Looks like you have a lot of leftover supply's from past projects. Do you really need all those empty 5 gallon pals? It looks like you work right up to the last minute available to get something done and the tools and parts are just where you last used them. Start by getting rid of extra suppiles. If you have not used it in 2 years, sell it or give it away. Start with stuff that has little value. Finish all those projects your planned on doing but the parts are just sitting there waiting for you.

Option 2 would be take stuff over to your dad's place or brothers place, or any place but yours:D


5 gal pail r use to hual desiel to camp

i could put those under the beach r in shed in back

if i been gone with the junk i did not use in 2 yrs i have let most all of more welding machine and hyd press

dad has a lot of his junk in there

my mig sp 260 i has't been use in about 5 yrs
but when you need to use it it there and every thing is paid for in that palce

i only been have it since 1987

It looks like you work right up to the last minute available to get something done and the tools and parts are just where you last used them

D


yes i do leave tool where the was last use at

i have spend 1,000 getting new tool when i now i have that tool under some pail of junk

So, looks like you are good at the game of 15 square also...

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That's how my shop is set up as well. The "clear spot" moves around.

I keep joking that I need use of a roll off dumpster for a couple of weeks. One of these days maybe I'll even get one.

I keep joking that I need use of a roll off dumpster for a couple of weeks. One of these days maybe I'll even get one.


Voice of experience here.

If it gets so bad that you can't get it taken care of with trash cans, rent a 15 or 20 yard roll-off and start at the door and start pitching.

I am a horrible pack-rat, but even I know when it's time to start hauling stuff out.

So, looks like you are good at the game of 15 square also....

Definitely been there, done that, but hadn't ever thought of the connection to the game... :laughing:

Most recent was in trying to lay a hardwood floor in the woodshop. Thank god I'm finally done with that!

Don't get rid of tools! Make home for them. I took out my large work bench and relpaced it with a smaller one. This means it only take a few minutes to clear it off as it still collects stuff.

Play the game of 15 sq's and just clean up enough to sweep the floors. hopfully after a while each item will find a home.

Build a rack for the steel sitting on the floor. I have some simple brackets that are bolted to the walls and work ok

Those rafters look open enough, maybe items that don't get used offen could find a home there. Mine have a bunch of car parts that are just collecting dust.

Damn, how do you find tools in that mess?:eek:

I have had great success in putting all my tools away every time I use them. It takes longer to find/purchase a lost tool than to put the thing away where it belongs in the first place! You have some nice shit in there..........somewhere! :laughing:

Don't get rid of tools! Make home for them. I took out my large work bench and relpaced it with a smaller one. This means it only take a few minutes to clear it off as it still collects stuff.

Play the game of 15 sq's and just clean up enough to sweep the floors. hopfully after a while each item will find a home.

Build a rack for the steel sitting on the floor. I have some simple brackets that are bolted to the walls and work ok

Those rafters look open enough, maybe items that don't get used offen could find a home there. Mine have a bunch of car parts that are just collecting dust.

Nope, start at the door. If it isn't needed right now, pitch it!

I'm still in recovery, but I'm getting better and with the exception of old Land Rovers that keep following me home, I'm doing better with not bringing junk home.

I think a lot of people have a problem with keeping junk that is broken that they say can be fixed, but never end up fixing it. Or there is always the old "I could need that one day..."

If you give me $75 I'll gladly come to your shop get those pesky welders and plasma cutters out of your way. For and extra $45 I'll even dispose of that boat for you.

The only problem is, EVERY damn time I finally get fed up and throw away the "I may need it someday" item, I wind up actually needing it 2 months later. Happens every damn time.

My problem with keeping so much chit around is that when you do need that piece a year or two down the road you will; spend more time looking for it than what it was probably worth to begin with, or not be able to find it at all, or find it and it not be the right piece.

Best bet for me is if its broke, busted, worn out, used up or of no immediate need then pitch it! Around the farm things can really stack up if you dont get rid of some of it from time to time.

Getting things organized takes time and effort but I'll promise you, in the end it will make life alot easier and pay you back for every minute you spend getting things in shape!

The only problem is, EVERY damn time I finally get fed up and throw away the "I may need it someday" item, I wind up actually needing it 2 months later. Happens every damn time.

Two months? Depending on how desperately I end up needing it, how much I agonized over tossing it out, and the relative value it is more like just as the trash truck hits the highway after picking it up from in front of my house! :(

well in a bit i am gone to houma to pick up some aluinom and steral for may new binderder i well give it a world and clean up that bay and see how thing go


and spary some primer in my mud boat for the new engine:smokin:

The only problem is, EVERY damn time I finally get fed up and throw away the "I may need it someday" item, I wind up actually needing it 2 months later. Happens every damn time.

Two months? Depending on how desperately I end up needing it, how much I agonized over tossing it out, and the relative value it is more like just as the trash truck hits the highway after picking it up from in front of my house! :(

I'm glad I'm not the only one. When my junk pile gets too big, I start getting rid of shit. I do it knowing that some little thing that will save me time and money in the very near future is in the crap I just gave away to Goodwill, but that is the price I pay for my sanity.

well in a bit i am gone to houma to pick up some aluinom and steral for may new binderder i well give it a world and clean up that bay and see how thing go


and spary some primer in my mud boat for the new engine:smokin:

Huh?

well in a bit i am gone to houma to pick up some aluinom and steral for may new binderder i well give it a world and clean up that bay and see how thing go

and spary some primer in my mud boat for the new engine:smokin:

Mak shore tha amulinam iznt' frum chyna.

Hopefully this isn't representative of all the schools in Louisiana.....

I'm glad I'm not the only one. When my junk pile gets too big, I start getting rid of shit. I do it knowing that some little thing that will save me time and money in the very near future is in the crap I just gave away to Goodwill, but that is the price I pay for my sanity.

In addition to being a gearhead, I'm also a computer geek. I finally threw away all of the assorted electronic junk that had been piling up in my house and garage...There's no shit over $20K of stuff in the back of that truck, but of course now it's worthless.

I know the VALUE of throwing stuff out...I just hate to do it:(

Right there with you, guys...

Lately though, I have started making more wise choices about what stays and what goes, as well as being more realistic about what i *will* actually fix, and what I *say* I will fix but will never get around to it.

But the first step - which I had trouble with - is putting up EVERYTHING you got out, each time you work out there. taht means regardless of the mess that is already there, you CANNOT let it get worse.

I started doing this about 4 months ago and my shop is NOT getting worse, and as I use stuff that was already scattered about, I am putting it up after I am done with each little project, so I am making headway.

I also have started getting rid of things that end up being a place to "set stuff"... That was one of my downfalls.

Right there with you, guys...

Lately though, I have started making more wise choices about what stays and what goes, as well as being more realistic about what i *will* actually fix, and what I *say* I will fix but will never get around to it.

But the first step - which I had trouble with - is putting up EVERYTHING you got out, each time you work out there. taht means regardless of the mess that is already there, you CANNOT let it get worse.

I started doing this about 4 months ago and my shop is NOT getting worse, and as I use stuff that was already scattered about, I am putting it up after I am done with each little project, so I am making headway.

I also have started getting rid of things that end up being a place to "set stuff"... That was one of my downfalls.

I found that buying toolboxes to hold my tools was a wise investment.

My shop will get horribly messy during big jobs and it's a risk to walk through. The instant that truck leave, I grab a beer and start tidying.

What is really sad is when I walk in on Monday morning, I'm convinced the little Welsh guys who live in the corners or my shop shop have tidied up, but deep down, I know it's me.

Flat surfaces in my shop are junk magnets and it doesn't matter how hard I try, they get trashed and I have to start over.

I grew up with a man who never threw anything away. When I moved into my parent's house, we filled three 20 yard roll-offs within hours! After being in my new house and shop, I finally started hauling the junk lumber out that had been in the barn since the 90s, the 1890s! If I need lumber, the lumber yard is just down the road,I'm on a first name basis with them and they deliver.

I really, really could use some sort of means to organize parts. I just went through one of the back bays and founds piles of axle parts, I need a place to put/organize things like stub axle bolts, thrust washers, etc. It's not common stuff and I don't want to end up with pieces of things that can't be put back under a parts truck to move it to get around it.

Oh yeah, I should probably cut up some of my parts trucks, some of them are pretty picked over! I've bought three trucks this year, SWMBO is not pleased I didn't get rid of any of the other trucks that I'm embarrassed to count.

My name is PT, I'm a Land Rover parts hoarder, but not nearly as bad as the folks on TV!

I know the VALUE of throwing stuff out...I just hate to do it:(

I pride myself on throwing stuff out. I HATE having crap pile up that I know I will never get to/use/need/fix/etc.

Use it, put it away, store it someplace out of the way, or toss it.

Another key is not letting anyone else put stuff in your 'space' - it is hard enough to keep my own space clean much less dealing with my buddies/wife/neighbors stuff.

One of the best things that happened to me was when a friend of mine dropped a derelict bolt bin in my driveway. I used to have 3 5-gallon buckets FULL of nuts and bolts...years and years of take-offs. I never throw hardware away, because it is just too damn useful. But to find what I needed I had to dump a bucket on the ground, sort through it until I found what I was looking for, and then it would stay on the floor until I finally got sick of it and swept it back into the bucket (sometimes it would stay on the ground for weeks).

Now I have my bolt bin. It's not perfect, but it keeps the mess to a minimum. I took a whole weekend and sorted all my bolt buckets, and the effort was WELL worth it.

I used to have 3 5-gallon buckets FULL of nuts and bolts...years and years of take-offs. I never throw hardware away, because it is just too damn useful.


The picture must be really deceiving, because that doesn't look like there are 3 - five gallon buckets worth of bolts in that bolt bin.

The picture must be really deceiving, because that doesn't look like there are 3 - five gallon buckets worth of bolts in that bolt bin.

the 5 gal buc kets r to seat on a haul dieseel to camp

the 5 gal buc kets r to seat on a haul dieseel to camp

Those bins are deep. It was really amazing how well everything went in.

Agreed on the bolt bin, 4-6 hours of sorting bolts = no more time wasted looking through buckets for the exactly the right size 8mm bolt. My bolt bin is a flat paper filing cabinet with 40 ~2"hx9"wx16"d drawers.

I just got off the phone with a good friend. His employer just changed fastener suppliers. My shop will be getting three more bolt bins next week!!!

He was asked how many he wanted. I told him to tell his boss that I said MORE!

I am struggling with this right now. When I lost my shop 15 months ago I got rid of tons of stuff. The rest got packed in to my 2 car garage or is in the driveway.

Now I am trying to clean it out enough to make it workable. I have been getting rid of as much computer stuff as possible, and I think I am just going to dump all my screw and bolt buckets into the recycling bin and get rid of it. I spend too much time going through the clutter trying to find what I know I have. I have organized all the plumbing and electrical parts into rubbermaid totes, and I have a 3 x 3 x3 box of wire. The rest needs to go.

One of my issues is that I have a hard time throwing away stuff that might be useful - so I have been making trips to the Salvation Army, the recycled building materials store etc. Soon it will be time for a dump run!

Once I complete my building project, all the building materials that are leftover are going too.

Its hard work getting rid of shit!

good call on the dumpster, I just had one delivered Friday. I try not to throw anything away but it finally got out of hand and its time to purge:D

Good luck

Mak shore tha amulinam iznt' frum chyna.

Hopefully this isn't representative of all the schools in Louisiana.....

yes it izzzzz

you need more organized storage and to use it. old metal filing cabinets or kitchen cabinets are good for that and usually cheap to free.

Damn bro. I feel great about my garage now.

Damn bro. I feel great about my garage now.

that only 1 bay out of 4 and the other ones r worst than that one

i did do some cleaning up do

i well post those when i get off the boat 8 more days tell i get to go home :shaking:

Both my shops looked like that. I started following the cleanup after each job rule, and I added the clean up one thing each time I set foot in the shop.

The next step was I grouped all my welders, torches, welding crap together in one pile. All the metal and wood and pipe etc into piles. Cut up all the scrap wood to burn. Made a pile of scrap metal outside on the trailer.

Got a shelving unit, grouped similar stuff into boxes tubs buckets, fired em on the shelve. Got another shelve, and a another as got more boxes filled.

I've got about 1/3 of the 2000 ft2 shop as bare floor now. Need to get rid of 5 lifts of lumber sitting in there, stored furniture and 2 old furnaces and I'll have 2 whole bays free.

Currently working on cleaning one box of crap on the shelve per trip to shop.

Oh I also started putting all the spare parts related to a project vehicle inside said vehicle while it waits. So far I ended up selling 2 projects and having all the parts inside already made it a lot easier to decide and made it a 15 min sale instead of turning the shop upside down looking for the clutch or whatever parts.