140mower
Don
I dare ya, no, double dare ya to throw it away.......
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DavidR8's shop shenanigans
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Jswain
Joe
Future necessities. Only required immediately after you throw it out.
Dan Dubeau
Ultra Member
Don't get rid of anything, just build more sheds.
This is my fear.
A neighbor told me once to dig a large hole 300 ft deep and put everything you think you may need someday, you will know where it is then. This guy had a 40x80 ft quonset so full of treasures you could not get in the main doors.
Dan Dubeau
Ultra Member
I've met a few guys like that. Also been to a few of those estate sales. If one took a look in my barn (and sheds) they might paint me with the same brush.....A neighbor told me once to dig a large hole 300 ft deep and put everything you think you may need someday, you will know where it is then. This guy had a 40x80 ft quonset so full of treasures you could not get in the main doors.
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@6.5 Fan & @Dan Dubeau
My shop/machine shed/barn is 40x80 x18high. It's full to overflowing too. On the other hand I do keep a lot of farm equipment like tractors, a sprayer, a backhoe attachment, etc in there too.
Anyways, nobody would go into my shop and think there was a lot of unused space in there. It's packed to the gills.
historicalarms
Ultra Member
My shop was like that for years and then a greenhouse that the "Boss" worked at shut the doors and i was given the opportunity to salvage a trailer load of the warehouse racks on wheels (slightly damaged that wouldn't be saleable )that they used to move product around . Very heavily built with good strong wheels under them. I now have all my "treasures & junk on six of those racks that I can move & re-arrange easily as my floor space changes.
DPittman
Ultra Member
Yup and then they can throw your body in on top when you're done too.A neighbor told me once to dig a large hole 300 ft deep and put everything you think you may need someday, you will know where it is then. This guy had a 40x80 ft quonset so full of treasures you could not get in the main doors.
If i see my daughter heading my way with a halter and a gun, i will hobble away as fast as i can.
Why would she bother chasing you when she could draw you in w/ promises of a PA gift certificate?If i see my daughter heading my way with a halter and a gun, i will hobble away as fast as i can.
All the major pieces are in their new locations.
Still need to build the lean-to for the compressor and dust collector then I will have reclaimed all the floor space.
Everything is on wheels except the metal and wood lathes, jointer, drill press.
Need to build new rolling stands for the miter saw and the thickness sander.
Lots of tidying up to do but it feels much better now.
Still need to build the lean-to for the compressor and dust collector then I will have reclaimed all the floor space.
Everything is on wheels except the metal and wood lathes, jointer, drill press.
Need to build new rolling stands for the miter saw and the thickness sander.
Lots of tidying up to do but it feels much better now.
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Huh. Where ya gonna put all the new purchases?
Now it’s time to actually get to some projects!
Dabbler
ersatz engineer
It looks really good.
When I was there, 'the wall' seemed to constrain your shop.
I aspire to organize my shop to be like yours!
Thanks John, appreciate that.
It's so funny how I got 'boxed' into a particular mode of thinking. It took designing the carriage house to break me out of that mode.