01-30-2022, 10:39 AM
My shop goes through times where I make things, and neglect cleaning up afterwards until it gets out of hand. I don't have a lot of room, so things get tossed under workbenches and piled up on nearby horizontal surfaces. Then it gets to a point where I'm moving things to get to other things and I have to clean it up. This weekend was the latter.
Before (and after I pulled out half of the junk piled there) are pictures of underneath my two benches. First is general workbench area, and second is under mill/lathe bench, and where I keep most of my material stock. Taller pieces are stored elsewhere.
A trip to my local big box store netted me some small shelves and a bunch of plastic bins. I made a drawer for my tap sets and installed a shelf to mount it. I got everything up off the floor as well as labeled, so I can see at a glance where everything is. I even freed up enough space to get my ultra-quiet air compressor under the bench where it's more convenient to use without tripping over it.
Before (and after I pulled out half of the junk piled there) are pictures of underneath my two benches. First is general workbench area, and second is under mill/lathe bench, and where I keep most of my material stock. Taller pieces are stored elsewhere.
A trip to my local big box store netted me some small shelves and a bunch of plastic bins. I made a drawer for my tap sets and installed a shelf to mount it. I got everything up off the floor as well as labeled, so I can see at a glance where everything is. I even freed up enough space to get my ultra-quiet air compressor under the bench where it's more convenient to use without tripping over it.
Full of ideas, but slow to produce parts