What Does Your Electronics Workshop Look Like?

Dec 15, 2005 7 Replies
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Irv F>>


>> If I ever manage to get to the point where I can find the bench
>> underneath the clutter I will be more than happy to send you a photo
>> of it. I should have taken one when it was new for sentimental
>> reasons! :-)
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>> Irv VE6BP
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>> P.S. If you think the bench is bad, you should see the shack!
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> news:alt.binary.pictures.radio has a contest from time to time with
>pictures of workbenches and home shops. Its about time for someone to
>post another "My bench" photo and start another round over there.

I used to get ultra stressed when my workbench would get to be so messy that I couldn't find anything I needed without a time consuming search, if even then.


After having endured significant "heartburn" and internal self analysis I came to the following realizations:


1) I was never going to be the kind of guy who had a clean neat workplace with everything in its place all the time, I was too easily distracted by "more important things".
2) Based on my conclusion in #1 above, when my shop (or any other part of my unorganized life) became so messy that I was beginning to spend as much time "finding things" as I was "fixing things or building things" instead of LOOKING for what I couldn't then find I QUIT LOOKING and simple cleaned and organized my shop until it was like some of the photos I have seen in this thread. 99% of the time I found what I was looking for in the process but resisted temptation to stop cleaning until I was finished, otherwise I would be back in the same mode sooner rather than later.
3) I concluded that if my assumptions/actions in #1 & #2 were valid that it wasn't the messy shop that was the problem it was ME in that I had simply misinterpreted an "automated message" from mother nature that I initially understood to be "Find what you have lost, it is here someplace..." was incorrect and was reassessed to mean: "Clean and organize your work area now, or you will be continually stressed and frustrated until you do." I think it was one of those situations where I initially only read the first part of the message, because I already KNEW what the rest of the message contained from what I had read so far.....happy holidays!
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J

OR what may have inspired the inventor of the "keyless chuck".....

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M

I hate those things! I've had a number of them jam, or they just won't hold the tool tight enough.

Been there, Done that, I've got my DD214 to prove it. Michael A. Terrell Central Florida
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M

I have reached the point where I don't care if any of my benches are clean. I am 100% disabled now, and I have so little time that I can stand to be in my shop that I just finish what I have to and forget about the shop till I need it again. It would take me years to ever get it back the way it used to be, and I may not have those years left, so why worry about a half dozen benches?

Been there, Done that, I've got my DD214 to prove it. Michael A. Terrell Central Florida
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K

This is always an interesting subject . First at home here i like things organized and the bench top cleared off so i can spread out and move the project around and be able to set down paperwork and containers of parts for that project . If the project is to big for the bench as in blocking off things i need to see behind it i put that project on a rolling cart which is normally stored under the workbench this way i have the bench at my right and cart in front of me so i can get at all other things on the bench or have another project on the bench at the same time .

I never understood why anyone would want tons of ``stuff`` right in the way of everyday usable space ???? . I have sets of shelves around the room to keep everything not in use but right where it can be found . Enough shelves to keep all that stuff and put it back when done . The stuff i use most is either on the closer shelves or in drawers under the bench . I seldome have to search for anything unless I misplaced it

There is no such thing as ``no time to clean up`` it is all a matter of personal laziness or personal taste . ( period )

I have worked in a place now for about 7 years where i have 2 complete work bench setups and areas with shelves . Other people who work there do use tools and i dont mind at all BUT ... they dont bring them back or they pull one tool off of a shelf and drag other stuff off on the floor and just leave it there . When i go to do a job and the tool-s are gone i have to stop eveything and go hunting for tools . Another big problem i have is EVERYONE piles crap on my work benches and on the floor in front of them . When i go to work i have to spend time moving crap to its proper place before i can even get started . I hardly think that is a normal way of thinking .

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Since we live in an apartment, I have to keep my area clean because we have no space. This is our computer room/office/shop/storage, so I do my best to keep it organized. Once we get a house though, I'm sure this will be a thing of the past. It's nice when it lasts... Steve

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D

(snip)

You should have snipped it here also.

Who cares about what you think of how other's work benches are cluttered?

don

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K

Who cares about what you think of how other's work benches are cluttered? don

Oh aint you special . And bet your shop is a hog waller LOL .

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