[AT] Cleaning the shop (or not)

[Steve W.]

Greg Hass wrote:
> The last couple of days have gotten to a little over 40 degrees which 
> feels like summer. Unfortunately, Wednesday is supposed to get to a 
> record low of 5 below zero; terrible for the middle of March. Anyway, 
> with the better weather, the last two nights I have "looked" into the 
> shop. It is such a mess I don't know where to start (a lot of people say 
> start at the beginning) but I'm not sure where that is. Everything is 
> where I threw it last November when this weather started. Last night I 
> put away 2 wrenches and tonight I put away 2 wrenches and 2 hand 
> grinders. The rest of the time I spent staring at the mess and trying to 
> come up with a plan. I think some of the problem is I have too much 
> "stuff". Some of it I might only use once a year, but a lot of it should 
> stay in a heating building or it will be damaged by cold and moisture. 
> Before going further, I should say my shop is 24 x24 and 10 feet high. I 
> realize this isn't big but its better than any thing I've had before. I 
> do have a couple of outbuildings to store things like plow parts, 
> combine parts and tillage parts that some rust on them wouldn't hurt. I 
> have run out of wall space and always said I would not build shelves up 
> in the air to where I needed a ladder to reach them, but maybe I should 
> reconsider. My biggest problem is where to put things so I can find 
> them. Bolts I have in plastic drawers labeled by size so that works 
> great. I have sets of plastic drawers, cheap tractor supply type, 
> totaling 200 or so drawers. One drawer has set screws, another grease 
> fittings, another square keys; and the list goes on and on. Many times I 
> spent almost a half an hour opening drawers before I find what I'm 
> looking for. I can't really label in alphabetical order because 
> different sets have different size drawers and I fill them according to 
> the size of the items. Any hints you guys have on how to organize or 
> things you do to make things more efficient  and less  stressful while 
> still being somewhat convenient and easy to do?
>     Greg Hass
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One of the Garage Gang guys put this video up on this very topic....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vr-xYySYjSk

-- 
Steve W.