I have the "ten pounds of **** in a 5 pound bag" problem. It doesn't make any difference what size your shop is. you will always fill it My problem is I moved out of 15,000 foot shop to a 1,500 foot shop and that one zero can kill you I have everything in the shop on wheels. and as bad as it looks it was clean just two weeks ago (kinda sorta) my plan is to build a 100X200 two story shop but I'm a couple hundred grand short right now. So how do you guys that are organized gain floor space?
I believe I have enough room in my shop for alot of that stuff. I am sure you would not mind getting rid of some of that.
I do have some other places that are full of **** also 3 cars will fit here if I could unload 1000 pieces of NOS gl***
I got a scrawny little shed to and had to build shelves about 18"-2' from the roof to stash stuff enough to walk around my truck when its parked in it, its still a mess and any tool that falls on the floor is going to be lost in the clutter
Hemi If it makes you feel any better, i just loaded a 12 sq yard dumpster with stuff/junk from my garage, took a bunch of stuff to storage(that has me a little worried right now) and still don't have room for any of my projects in the garage. It gets worse, I've been trying to thin my projects down to 2 so I can bring the one from the shed home. I can't even pull that off. So much for whinning, the best thing you can do is stack it and hang it. if you're not using it right away put it at the bottom of the pile, if you might use it or its just too cool, hang it from the wall, or the rafters or whatever. Once when me and a bunch of friends were living in a warehouse I had a friend that we called Spare Parts. He was called Spare Parts for a reason. He had 2 harleys (a knuck and a dragster) hangin from the rafters, along with a complete T rollin ch***is, we built a rack to stack his engines (a couple of flatties a hemi[426] and an FE) and put everything he wasn't using right away in boxes. Just the stuff that he was workin on or drivin'/ridin' ran over into my space. But we put up with it, he always had something that someone needed.
I have a hard time stopping work on whatever project I'm focused on long enough to get organized time is too valuable to waste putting up shelves! it's a sicknes I tell ya! Paul
Trade ya I have the small half of a 2 car garage that is not even large enough to get a fullsized pickup into and a bit of driveway space.. at least the bike is out of the weather
[ QUOTE ] I have a hard time stopping work on whatever project I'm focused on long enough to get organized time is too valuable to waste putting up shelves! it's a sicknes I tell ya! Paul [/ QUOTE ] well a guy just has to shut the operation down long enough to get reorganized , it took me the better part of a day to do it but it was a lot nicer not tripping on **** for the brief time it was semi tidy all it really did was open up space for more stuff though
[ QUOTE ] Garage/Poolroom party central. can't get a car inside [/ QUOTE ] Yeah mine looks like that the small half LOL
Well I embar***ed myself enough! going to go clean the shop after I do eight or ten hours gl*** work. maybe I'll start on it tomorrow, whoops I have a twelve hour day scheduled tomorrow and friday. going to be busy all weekend.I can't figure out the problem but I believe the solution in part is quitting my day job. I found a way to make a 6 figure income without the hours and thats how I can quit my 40 year career the end of this year
Dude, you could sel most of that stuff and build another shop. You could be known as the Hamb parts pimp, dethrone Marcus and just steal his inventory....everyone else does.
ultilize the walls and build strong sturdy shelfs (like 3 or 4 ft deep to store stuff on. You will be amazed at how much **** you can get off the floor. I took half of one of my walls (12 ft) and did this (first shelf was a few feet of the ground to put tires, compressor, generator and other larger/ heavy items under. Then the next has about 18 to 24 inches of space then the top was open (I have 9 ft ceilings). Built it out of 2x4 and thick plywood to hold the weight. I love it
I see you still have empty wall space and nothing hanging from the rafters. My shop is so cluttered that a photo only shows a blur.
I'd have those places cleaned up and organized in a weekend... I see a lot of **** that could be put on shelves... and a lot of stuff that doesn't even BELONG in a garage! My number one rule is... if it isn't for a car, or for working on a car... it doesn't go in my garage... things like plastic gas cans for the lawn mower, I see ya got like three steering columns and a couple of steering wheels there... how many do you really need? It also appears that someone used to do gl*** work out of that shop (carpeted bench, gl*** racks)... get rid of that **** if you're not using it. Also, that shelving you have is all wrong... I would poor a slab where your lean-to is... and put the shelving up against the building out there. Parts that aren't for the car that you are working on and need RIGHT NOW, go on the shelf outside. Build a welding table if you don't already have one, throw those plastic tool caddys away and get all your tools in roll aways... if you have tools that you want to be mobile, put those in a separate box and keep it handy for wrecking yard runs and such. Things like engines on engine stands can go up against the walls... like I told Root... go with the 2 foot rule... that is, don't allow anything to stick out past the wall more than two feet. That solvent tank is a flat surface that gets **** thrown on it... and you can't use it because there's always **** on it. So I built my bench with enough room under it to slide the solvent tank under it when I'm not using it. Departmentalize ****... have an area for paint ****, cleaning ****... all your metal working tools at one end of the shop... I make pretty good use of my 2 car garage... but I'm also always improving it and moving **** I don't use OUT to the back shed. (which is also shelved so I don't have to dig to find stuff. Anyway, start this weekend by pulling everything out of the garage... then go back in with only stuff you need and put it only where you need it. A temporary fix might be those cheap stackable containers... label them clearly... put some of the stuff you don't need in one labeled SWAP MEET... stuff for this project or that project in their own box... All it takes is being a little obsesive compulsive. Sam.
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