Small Shop Tour

  Today I thought I would link you to a small shop tour from the internet.  My shop is almost never organised enough that I would give anyone a detailed tour like our host Matt.

Small shop tour

  I think we are always looking for ways to make our shops more effective and our lives more organised. 

  Both General International  and Kreg have metal legs available to make building your own custom bench fast and easy. 

  If your project production has slowed down maybe it is time to do some work on shop organisation.

cheers, ianw

everyone likes summer flowers.

  

Space Saving Tips for a Small Shop

 

  Adam Collins is a young wood worker that has created a short video showing how he manages in his very small shop.  My first shop was 10 by 15, huge in comparison with Adam's space.

   I am recommending this video for three reasons:

  1.  He doesn't really say anything new, but he is reminding us of things that we forget when our budgets swell and our shops grow larger.

  2. We 'gray beards'  should listen to younger wood workers when they share their ideas.  If we don't listen to them, there is little incentive for them to listen to us, and so good ideas can get lost through "generational deafness".  I know that age often brings wisdom, I have also learned that creativity  is not age dependent, so listening is good, though not always easy.

 3. These young wood workers are the future.  It is to them that our tools will pass, they should be encouraged.   Should my Grandchildren have no interest in my tools, I dearly hope that there is some young man or woman that will have an interest and put my tools to work.  Every time I go into a road house restaurant and see the walls decorated with tools it makes me very sad.  




  

Space Saving Tips

  Here is a cool storage solution for a busy shop.

  Ever though mine is a wood working shop, I do have a selection of screw drivers, wretches and sockets.  This link is to a tool box that I have talked about before, but also a good place to start on your space saving/shop organizing quest.

cheers,

Yea for Penguins !