Shed clutter

And the additional problem of no longer knowing where anything is! You need a bigger shed but no guarantee of improvement. I went from 100 sq m to 150 and things got worse.
 
I love finding stuff, stuff that is usually where I left it, but as a workmate used to say Was Right in Front of You. Last week, I finally found the Countersink bit I had looked for for months, and a couple of days later, it disappeared again into the ether.
 
Vince said:
I love finding stuff, stuff that is usually where I left it, but as a workmate used to say Was Right in Front of You. Last week, I finally found the Countersink bit I had looked for for months, and a couple of days later, it disappeared again into the ether.
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That’s because your garage is infested with ‘little furry bastards’.
They move and steal small things then put them back where you originally left them.
On a quiet night you can hear them laughing.
 
Shed stuff seems to obey the universal gas law. It expands to occupy whatever volume is available.

I've gradually acquired more stuff over the years, and so far I've utterly failed at getting rid of anything. So the only solution for me is to increase shed space by extending or building another shed.

I've got my main 6m x 9m garage where the bikes and car live. There's also a trailer, workbench, lathe, storage shelves, storage cabinets, tools, more tools and a bunch of miscellaneous stuff in there. I also have a 3m x 3m garden shed where the mower, brush cutter, chainsaw and general garden and digging stuff lives. I also store flammable stuff like fuel cans and paint in there. Not long ago I bought a 20 ft shipping container to expand storage space, but it now has some of my ex-partner's furniture in it. Now I'm rebuilding a ramshackle, draughty, leaky old weatherboard firewood storage shed and turning it into a dry and warm general purpose work area. I'll probably put my table saw and other wood-working stuff in there. While it's practically a re-build, I'm calling it "repairs and maintenance" so I don't need a building permit from the local council.
 
Cams shed ‘maintenance’ immediately reminded of my mate’s backyard shed maintenance.

He was a plasterer and lined it with plaster, plaster roses on the ceiling, plaster pillars, ornate plaster shelves and awesome lighting including chandeliers, a bar, a hidden sound system and then painted it maroon with gold highlights on the ornate fittings.

From the outside it looked like an old timber workshop/shed.

Open the door and you entered a Bordeau that resembled a high end brothel in Paris ….. errr, uhum…. so I’m told.
 
For the last while, I have been widening my shed door from 800mm to 1220mm by splitting it down the middle and using a 1220mm Marine ply sheet to join it back together all so I can get in with my new panniers fitted. All good till I did myself a mischief last week. I was pushing in some 10-gauge gal bugle-headed screws into the door frame with my rattle gun and managed to either strain or tear my quad muscle or inflame my sciatic nerve to the point where I couldn't walk or stand on it for the last week. Getting old is fun. At least now I can get back to cleaning up all the crap that job generated and get back to fixing Laverdas again. Job 1, my favourite adjusting the gear selector internal C slightly up so I can get 1st gear without the soft shoe shuffle, which it needs now.
 
I'm always suspicious of neat, clean, and organized sheds, work areas. They seem more for display than actual work. Clear floors, uncluttered shelves, and benchtops indicated that nothing has ever been done or the move-in hasn't been completed.
 
wdietz186 said:
I'm always suspicious of neat, clean, and organized sheds, work areas. They seem more for display than actual work. Clear floors, uncluttered shelves, and benchtops indicated that nothing has ever been done or the move-in hasn't been completed.
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I spent much of my working life in various aircraft hangers where clean as you go was the rule. Then in a suspension shop revalving shocks and forks where cleanliness was mandatory. Ditto engine builders……

Lots of work gets done in spotless sheds, as in cluttered one too.
 
"I'm always suspicious of neat, clean, and organized sheds, work areas. They seem more for display than actual work. Clear floors, uncluttered shelves, and benchtops indicated that nothing has ever been done or the move-in hasn't been completed."

describes McSocks space to the tee, last time I saw in there it was CARPETED.
CLEM
 
I'm suspicious of neat, clean
CLEMTOG said:
"I'm always suspicious of neat, clean, and organized sheds, work areas. They seem more for display than actual work. Clear floors, uncluttered shelves, and benchtops indicated that nothing has ever been done or the move-in hasn't been completed."

describes McSocks space to the tee, last time I saw in there it was CARPETED.
CLEM
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I'm suspicious of neat, clean and organised people.
Paul
 
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