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01-26-2012, 06:55 PM
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Join Date: Dec 2009
Location: Boulder, CO
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Wanted:Tips on how to work clean and neat
I seem to have a clutter monster that follows me around leaving clutter in its wake.
With the RV-3B kit on order, I've been thinking that it would sure be nice to work in a clean shop. But I know that there will be shavings to be cleaned up and plenty of tools that are all needed to be at hand.
Help! Suggestions wanted.
Thanks!
Dave
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01-26-2012, 07:13 PM
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Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: Oliver, B.C. Canada (Okanagan valley)
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I think a larger building space allows for the placement of more items (obviously)  But, more importantly, lots of large horizontal storage areas.
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01-26-2012, 07:20 PM
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Join Date: Feb 2010
Location: Vancouver, BC, Canada
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Cleaning Up
My high school shop teacher taught us we had to clean up the shop in the last 5 minutes of the class. Clean up the lathe, clean up the drill press, clean up the bench, because there was another class starting right after ours.
I don't clean up my shop every time I use it, but fairly often. Good housekeeping is a habit.
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01-26-2012, 07:30 PM
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Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: Round Rock, TX
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Have a dedicated place for all of your tools and if its not a drill, rivet gun, measure device or squeezer always put it back in its place at the end of the day. Also, shop vac and wipe down before the lights go out. 
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01-26-2012, 09:15 PM
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been here awhile
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Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: North Alabama
Posts: 4,301
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Quote:
Originally Posted by David Paule
I seem to have a clutter monster that follows me around leaving clutter in its wake.
With the RV-3B kit on order, I've been thinking that it would sure be nice to work in a clean shop. But I know that there will be shavings to be cleaned up and plenty of tools that are all needed to be at hand.
Help! Suggestions wanted.
Thanks!
Dave
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Maybe this will be worthy of consideration:
Working Smart
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01-26-2012, 09:31 PM
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Join Date: Feb 2008
Location: East Central Florida
Posts: 71
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Good read Sam!
I've adopted a "Clean as You Go" philosophy which results in a shop which remains tidy and organized. It is great to go out for a work session and have everything at hand. It takes discipline but I find it well worth it.
Thanks for sharing.
Gerry Peterson
Merritt Island, FL.
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01-26-2012, 10:54 PM
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Join Date: Jul 2008
Location: NorCal
Posts: 565
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Shop vac trick
Building in a typical 2-car garage space, I have a wall-mounted shop vac (Sears) so it doesn't take up scarce floor space. I got a remote-controlled on/off switch; it plugs into the wall outlet, then the vac plugs into that.
During a work session I turn ON the vac's switch so the on/off remote will control it. Then doing some messy task (drilling, sanding, cutting, whatever), I can easily vacuum up the mess by leaving the vac hose near that work area and turn it on and off with the remote.
By making it easier to use the vac, I use it more, so there's less mess.
Clutter: I don't put many tools away in the middle of a task that spans several days. But at the end of a big task, I'll take half an hour and put all the tools away, leaving my single work table mostly clear.
Sometimes you'll start multiple, simultaneous tasks, each with its own collection of small parts. I got several cheap plastic sorting trays from Harbor Freight and find them invaluable not for sorting, but for keeping each tasks bits and pieces in one place, at the task site (work table, wings, fuse...).
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Davis, CA
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01-26-2012, 11:10 PM
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Join Date: Oct 2008
Location: Fresno, CA
Posts: 479
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I am one of the most unorganized people I know. It's makes it tough to build an aircraft. I of course had the philosophy, clean up the last few minutes every work session. Well, what happens with me personally, I will keep building until the very very last minute. Then of course, no time to clean. Then the next time I start up, I'm so excited to get started, i don't clean. Well, you can see how the cycle continues.
For me it takes a lot of discipline to remain organized. I find for myself, if I can do a heavy clean between each subkit, things will stay relatively tidy. That way I do not lose my place or mindset between each time I'm in the shop.
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01-26-2012, 11:37 PM
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Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: Brighton, Colorado
Posts: 393
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I'm really a particular person, but you couldn't tell it by looking at my hangar (or my house, for that matter).
I think what would help my situation tremendously would be another nose-high toolbox and about a dozen wall cabinets so I'd have a place to put everything. When I go to "put everything away" I usually find that there's not enough storage space to do so.
The ONE thing I did to help stay organized many moons ago is that I wall-mounted 5 of those plastic parts containers with 30 small boxes per container. I took the time to make labels on my computer saying what's in each drawer. Now if I need an AN3A-4 bolt, I just go to the drawer and pull it out. Unfortunately, even this bastion of neatness floundered as the years went by and I purchased a bunch of stuff that didn't originally have boxes assigned. It's amazing how many different flavors of washers are available!
One of these days...
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Brighton, Colorado (CO12)
RV-3 N87CT (Thanks Chuck!)
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01-27-2012, 03:31 AM
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Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: Oklahoma City, OK
Posts: 924
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I AM organized. I can't stand anything sitting on the floor, I want to be able to sweep under it. My hangar and work space is kept clean, neat, and organized, it's just part of the building process/sequence. Clean as you go.
I do some model airplane building. When I get finished sanding on a part, I clean up the dust with a shop vac immediately.
I have a "nose high" roll around tool box in my work shop, when I'm finished with any tool, it goes back to its place in the tool box, I don't have to hunt for it later. It bugs the fool out of me when I have some well meaning help, later, I find a tool laying on the floor, or somewhere, that I know they've used. I try to do a visual, quick inventory of the tool box, but occasionally, I miss something. If you stay neat and organized, you'll actually get to do more building by not having to waste time hunting for parts or tools.
My plumbing & electric service truck is the same, neat and organized. How many of you have followed a plumber down the road and wondered how in the world do they find anything in there? That's not me.
Anyway, practice self-discipline. Keep things neat and orderly and I think you'll actually be more enthused about building, instead of being sort of bummed out as soon as you enter the shop 'cause you just don't know where to start.
Marshall Alexander
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