Stumblin over junk

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Phil Tham

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Spent the day makin bolsters, stumblin over all that junk in my garage. The junk is the non-knife makin related things like lawn mowers, bicycles, etc. But the good news is that whilst I was stumblin around, the contractors were busy framin my new shop:D Can't wait to get out of that garage. My wife can't wait either...she's tired of me trackin all that saw/grinder dust into the house. Anybody else workin out of the garage and stumblin over junk?
 
i had a early spring cleaning this year. i have just thrown out about a cubic yard of odd's and end's .
 
My shop/studio is getting bad. I've gone from ceramics to knives and it just keeps filling up with machinery and materials. Plus my wallpapering and painting business keeps encroaching- drop cloths, ladders, roller trays, fans, arrrggghhh!!! It's endless. A nice barn would be good right about now. :)
 
Same problem! I have a gunsmithing shop/knifemaking shop/woodworking shop/electronics shop all rolled into one. If I'm not careful about regular cleaning (and I'm not always) I can't walk. At least I don't build boats anymore.
 
I recently did some spring cleaning....I decided that if I haven't used it in the last year, then it is outta here! I placed a pile next to the curb with old motors, pumps, cans, jars, saw horses, wiring, fittings, thingys, whatchamabobs,...and just plain ol' junk. Within in minutes, the flea market fleas came by and were loading it up in Sanford and Son pick-ups. Come to think of it...I got most of it at flea markets and garage sales anyway...

I kept all of the "good stuff" and rented a public storage building to preserve it for a while. I just know that someday I'll need that old gearbox or cast iron block..or...blower...or..or ...AWH hell!, I guess I have an addiction!

Rob
 
Call me the next time you clean up Rob. I'll wheel my Sanford and Son truck over and add to my clutter!:D :D By-the-way...anyone want a 23 foot Chris Craft to restore?:rolleyes:
 
I have to do a "roll out" in the mornings just to work in my shop. I have a shed and its full. 2 years ago I poured a foundation and floor for the addition to my shop but ran out of cash before building the wallsand roof. Now the wife thinks she is getting a car port there instead. I had to build her a new kitchen first so I can reclaim my slab for my shop. It is complicated. Who wears the pants here. Me! I hope she doesnt read this.
 
Anybody want to buy a partially finished two seater airplane so I can have some more room in the garage?
 
After tripping over the bicycles and nearly killing myself in my garage just trying to get to the drill press I banished them to the back deck. Now the lawn mower has got to go! I borrowed a friends truck (yes, I have to be the only knifemaker in the world who doesn't have a pick-up!) and took a load of stuff to the dump. It made a minor dent.

On a positve note, with the bicycles banished I had room this weekend to set up my Harbor Freight metal cutting bandsaw and she cuts great.
Next I need to build a stand for my 2x72 and a shed in the backyard for all of the gardening stuff (and a wall in the garage separating my shop from the laundry area, oh and add a bunch of new outlets (including some 230!), build a new forge and a hydraulic press. Hey wait a minute, I thought I was gonna make some knives! Well I guess I can work a few of those in too!:D
 
still working in my garage but my wife mentioned today about getting one of those large shed for fathers day theres a place here that will buid them on sight i was kinda stunned i gave her a look like a deer in the head lights so heres to hoping
 
I also work out of my garage. I've got all of my tools, including a 25# Little Giant, Forge, and Anvil, bunched up into 1/2 of it so my wife can park in the other half. My wife gave me a ping-pong table for Christmas, so guess where it is? It looks like we need a 4 car garage if we want to park inside.

-chris
 
I just finished moving some equipment into a new addition that doubled the size of my shop, it's now 24' x 24', heated and air conditioned. I've got plenty of room, for now. My wife informed me that if I have any plans to fill this new section up and adding another addition to forget them. I wonder if she's serious this time? A piece of advice, build your shop three times the size you think you need and you won't have to put an addition on for at least 18 months.
Tom
 
yep, I know the feeling. Still working out of a 2 car garage. Finished selling off the wooden furniture I had built and stored there, collected all the woodworking tools I had amassed and just sold them off (I'm headin' towards a new 2x72 grinder). Next thing to go is the bowflex. Just finished putting in new cabinets to store all these new things I need (blade makin'). Seems like the two dogs I've got like to reach up and borrow some of those bones and antlers I've been collecting. (heh heh heh--the minwax solution slowed them up some). So at my house we are shifting from woodworking to metalworking and gettin' ready for the big garage sale to get rid of some of this crap!--Dan
 
I just sold an old welding machine i been tripping over for 6 years, the guy paid for it 3 weeks ago and it is still in my shop.

Peter I'll take the boat if you will store it for me:D
 
Thanks but no thanks Mike. I got thiis thing about 8 years ago to restore. It still needs restoring and sits on the trailer looking worse every year....I'm gonna find a good home for it, might be the county dump but it's going.
 
Tom, you have the right idea about planning ahead for expansion. Its easier to get one bigger OK from the boss than several smaller. The size of the building always the limiting factor. Somehow we manage to afford something to fill it up as time goes on.
 
I'm operating out of my garage, so space is at a premium (and if you know abou the cost of real estate in Silicon Valley, you know what PREMIUM is! Yee-ouch!)

When I started out in this hobby, I made sure that all my equipment was movable, so we can actually fit the cars in the garage. So I mounted my Grizzly 2x72 to a wheeled base. Everything can fit inside or under shelving.

Last year we bought a house (the last one was a rental,) so I'm free (more or less, according to the Missus) to permanently bolt stuff down. The garage had a 8'x10' darkroom in it (one of the previous owners was a newspaper reporter.) That was my new shop space. So I ripped the walls out - the wiring for receptacles was already there. I saved the 2x4's from the walls and laminated them together on edge for my new workbench top.

I'm taking the bench top to a cabinet shop next week to get planed down even. Then it'll be mounted to the base (4x4 legs, 2x8 stiles, good & heavy.) Then I can mount the old griz and my vise, then get back to work. I can't wait!
 
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