The messiest workshop on here??

[Pond]

My workshop/ garage/ equipment store/ brewery!

I know it's a complete tip but I refuse to spend ages tidying it until I've finished my kitchen project!!

my little MB9020 p/t is the heart of the operation but it does like to throw the shavings around!

shavings and offcut store!

my pipe racks make perfect wood racks too!

from the outside. I built this on my own last summer.

 

[Chems]

Impressive build by yourself. That workshop looks like a desert! Don't you find the quality of your work suffers in proportion to how messy your space gets? I really do. Similar to not been able to sleep in an untidy scheme, probably a bit OCD!

I had that P/T and the extraction was excellent, it may be down to the extractor:

This is all I got after filling this entire sack (sorry to post pics in your thread!):
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[kirkpoore1]

I see that your dust collector is more sophisticated, yet perhaps no more effective, than my old two-stage gravity fed model:

Not shown: Snow shovel assist feature.

Kirk

 

[mailee]

WOW! that's messier than mine.

 

[Hudson Carpentry]

I bet mines about on par ill get pics tomorrow. I thought about sweeping up but favored a play on the lathe.

 

[Pond]

That workshop looks like a desert! Don't you find the quality of your work suffers in proportion to how messy your space gets? I really do.

No, I just get through a lot of tack cloths!!

My P/T only throws the shavings on the planer, the extract 'hood' doesn't fit in the thicknesser chute very well!!

 

[Pond]

Maybe there should be a 'most untidy worker' competition!

I vote for me!! :roll:

 

[powertools]

Maybe there should be a 'most untidy worker' competition!

I vote for me!! :roll:

Trust me I would win that.

 

[studders]

One of the main reasons I tidy up all the dust and shavings regularly is the worry of Fire, plus I can't concentrate properly if surrounded by mess.

 

[Hudson Carpentry]

One of the main reasons I tidy up all the dust and shavings regularly is the worry of Fire, plus I can't concentrate properly if surrounded by mess.

Although I take just about all other fire risks importantly (its a fear of mine to lose everything to fire) I only sweep up when im starting to slip on the dust :lol:

 

[studders]

(its a fear of mine to lose everything to fire)

It became a reality for me some years ago. It was scary just how quickly the fire took hold and it's not something I want to happen again, hence I'm perhaps a little paranoid about it. Seeing all your stuff ruined is mightily depressing.

 

[kirkpoore1]

...plus I can't concentrate properly if surrounded by mess.

That's what drives me most. The clutter level rises continuously until I just can't stand it anymore and I have to put away a dozen or two clamps, planes, chisels, jigs, or whatever. And when the dust/chip/shaving level on floor gets enough that I'm kicking it around and can feel the piles through my shoe soles, it's time to sweep.

Kirk

 

[jimmy rivers]

I think a little mess is acceptable 'a tidy desk is an empty mind' as they say Once I start tripping over things and knocking stuff over as it comes out of the thicknesser :shock: I know it's time to clear up. It's a good way to take five when things are going wrong. However as much as the shop gets bombed I like to clean up and put away at the end of a day, it's always nice to come into a clean shop in the morn.

As hard as i try to clean down I always manage to cover the estate car interior in a puff of dust as i get in. An tips for keeping the dust down here? Perhaps a switch that briefly sets the blowers to extract

One extreme to another: I visited a very well known UK furniture makers shop once and was asked to remove my shoes as he popped his slippers on! I swear you could of eaten your dinner off the shop floor... well maybe not after my cheesey socks had been slipping about! :roll:

 

[woodbloke]

One extreme to another: I visited a very well known UK furniture makers shop once and was asked to remove my shoes as he popped his slippers on! I swear you could of eaten your dinner off the shop floor... well maybe not after my cheesey socks had been slipping about! :roll:

...and I know who that was :wink: , over twoards Wales p'raps? - Rob

 

[Hudson Carpentry]

Hay I cleaned my shop today. Ready for a new project that now completed and the shop looks a tip again hehe.

To help with dust in the car I tend to use the air compressor to quickly blow myself down. Its not perfect but makes a good difference.

 

[goldeneyedmonkey]

I have a broom-head mounted upside down on the floor just near the door of the workshop to scrape/ brush your shoes off before leaving the 'shop. I usually just use the brush from a dustpan and brush to brush the rest of me down. Gets the bulk off. But isn't fool-proof as the rest of my house (which adjoins my workshop) will bear witness to.

 

[Sawyer]

My workshop/ garage/ equipment store/ brewery!

I know it's a complete tip.

Believe me, I've seen worse!

And worked in it.

When setting up my new workshop I resolved to keep it tidy and have kept to it. When time permits I continue to make improvements - more shelving, storage racks, &c. so it actually gets better. Unless I've made hardly any mess that day (unusual!) I clear up every night and put all my tools away. It's great for the morale to start each day with a clear bench and tidy workshop and I'm sure it makes for better work and more productivity.

I too fear fire hazards, especially hand plane shavings. For all that they may look and smell nice, I often accumulate vast quantities of them. You lose stuff and it's about as inflammable as wood gets.

 

[Dodge]

I clear up every night and put all my tools away. It's great for the morale to start each day with a clear bench and tidy workshop and I'm sure it makes for better work and more productivity.

An excellent attitude to get into - I never leave my workshop without doing exactly as you state above - I have only ever seen bad accidents in untidy workshops!

Rog

 

[EddieJ]

To add further to the two replies above.

I also never like to leave any saw dust on the floor overnight, just in case the worst happens and there is a fire. The same goes for any rags that have been used to apply danish oil.

Mine still isn't the tidiest of workshops, but it isn't the worst either.

 

[Sawyer]

Mine still isn't the tidiest of workshops, but it isn't the worst either.

Looks pretty orderly and clean to me, Eddie.