Untidy Work Shop

[Keith 66]

That is about the same as my workshop, i try to keep it tidy but it quickly reverts to organised chaos. The good thing is i have become quite ruthless about throwing stuff out if i dont need it.
As someone once said "Never trust a man with a tidy workshop"!

 

[Arc Tourist]

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As someone once said "Never trust a man with a tidy workshop"!

Except if its an operating room in a hospital.

 

[Onoff]

As someone once said "Never trust a man with a tidy workshop"!

In that case I must be the most trustworthy person ever. I can only dream of walking up a clear space, on a level floor. To then have clear bench space must be the ultimate.

As it stands it's squeeze between the pub sign trying not to knock over the MIG bottle, hop over the "that'll come in handy one day" RSJ onto the split bag of blasting sand. Avoid the sharp edges of one Capri shell, duck under the two lengths of draped flexible conduit whilst trying not to impale myself on the lengths of trunking. All this done in the dark as the garage circuit is switched off at the mo and the head torch is temperamental. Whilst trying to avoid one of 4 wheel dollies that are meant to be under the Capri.

Generally as I back out in despair I hear a crash as the old washing up bowl of collected contactors slides off the Capri bonnet.

October 21 was the last time I worked at the bench in there:

https://flic.kr/p/2mFRkEV

 

[Arc Tourist]

In that case I must be the most trustworthy person ever. I can only dream of walking up a clear space, on a level floor. To then have clear bench space must be the ultimate.

As it stands it's squeeze between the pub sign trying not to knock over the MIG bottle, hop over the "that'll come in handy one day" RSJ onto the split bag of blasting sand. Avoid the sharp edges of one Capri shell, duck under the two lengths of draped flexible conduit whilst trying not to impale myself on the lengths of trunking. All this done in the dark as the garage circuit is switched off at the mo and the head torch is temperamental. Whilst trying to avoid one of 4 wheel dollies that are meant to be under the Capri.

Generally as I back out in despair I hear a crash as the old washing up bowl of collected contactors slides off the Capri bonnet.

October 21 was the last time I worked at the bench in there:

https://flic.kr/p/2mFRkEV

Your booby-traps are much too complicated.

 

[Keith 66]

Only yesterday i put a large lin bin full of boxes of woodscrews & nails back in its place above the Harrison 140 & didnt hook it right, so it fell all over the lathe, poxy screws & all everywhere. Most went in the bin.

 

[Richiew]

Yeah, the benefit of untidy workshops is that unwanted visitors will kill themselves tripping over stuff or make so much noise crashing into things that you'll be alerted to their presence.

 

[pressbrake1]

I only tidy up if I need to wedge another machine in

 

[Burdekin]

I'm not particularly tidy but I do like it tidy. A clean tidy workshop does feel much better for me to walk into than when it's messy and dusty.

 

[Chippie]

How bad do you let it go before a tidy up .
This is about my limit
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How do you get the car in there on a night?

 

[mark roberts]

I cant stand an untidy place, I think I must be a bit autistic or something.

 

[Cheesie]

That's enough to send my adhd stress levels off the charts, mine is not even close to that and it's biting at me

 

[Rrobson]

I need to do a 5C (or 5S) on the workshop. but It involves pulling everything out, cleaning and then sorting and putting everything back. That will take a couple of days on my own. The only space I have is the drive in front. If I do this, the scrotes will have a field day! The alternative, is to hire a Luton van, put everything in there, But that will cost a couple of Hundred quid.

Ah the good old 5s! It’s always the first step I can’t get past, because sort is another way of saying getting rid of stuff you haven’t used for ages, and I can’t seem to get rid of anything. In which case it’s just as pressbrake said, an exercise in Tetris where if I turn this item 45 degrees, that’ll fit there then that’ll free up a bit more room there for something else! I dread moving, I’d need an arctic just to manage the the garage stuff!

 

[stuvy]

My desk is immaculate up stairs at work and my welding bench is equally as immaculate as the building I work in, homes the same

Can’t stand a mess, there’s a few at work that operate in chaos. Takes them x5 times longer to do anything and find anything plus the half ar5ed clear up that follows

 

[Shox Dr]

Thanks for the picture @doubleboost. That makes me feel a little better about the state of mine.

A bit of music and a few brews and it will be luvley. ...and then you can come do mine

 

[slim_boy_fat]

I cant stand an untidy place, I think I must be a bit autistic or something.

I'm having an attack of Bisley cabinet envy, coupled with machine longing.

 

[minimutly]

5s? Assume it's a forces thing?

 

[stuvy]

5s? Assume it's a forces thing?

Japanese
Loads of companies have shifted to using principles set out for running smoothly

For me it’s all unnecessary HR blue sky bull crap

 

[Arc Tourist]

.................................................. an exercise in Tetris where if I turn this item 45 degrees, that’ll fit there then that’ll free up a bit more room there for something else! ...........

I'm fairly well organized and always tidy up after completing a project. I don't like working in a mess, but the above is currently my situation, constantly moving stuff back and forth to work on something. It wasn't always so, but as I'm retired now, I built my new garage/workshop to be a pleasant environment. I just need to finish our project house to shift our stored furniture out of the garage. Then I can set the shop up properly and have room for a couple of motorcycles.
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[James1979]

Japanese
Loads of companies have shifted to using principles set out for running smoothly

For me it’s all unnecessary HR blue sky bull crap

I look after some generators at a place that runs it.

For them it really works. I think if you use the good bits and use it in the right place then it’s handy.

They don’t have a massive central toolbox. They have a few tools near where they get used. No point having 8-24 spanners if the machine only uses 13, 17 and 19 for instance.

Like all these things it gets taken too far then unravels.

As far as thread goes, I hate mess. I dislike untidy workshops. I work in a couple that are just like a junk shop but with broken lorries in.

My own workshop is beyond where I like it to be. It’s an embarrassment at the moment. I’ve got everything everywhere while I’ve got some re wiring happening. It’s taking far longer than I anticipated and it’s doing my head in!!

 

[brewdexta]

I cant stand an untidy place, I think I must be a bit autistic or something. View attachment 389429

I love the floor Mark, is that the old Wadkin factory floor?