Workbench A Mess Again/Update

Spence, you are not alone. I am constantly cleaning clutter off mine and I have two table tops.

Bob

Looks like an all day affair?  Good luck SPENCE.

glad I am not the only one!!

What makes it so hard for me to keep it clean is when I try to clean it there will be several things on it that I say to myself: "now where can I put this so I won't lose track of it"?  Then it goes back on the workbench.

.....

Dennis

I have found cleaning my workbench is an ongoing problem.  I usually have 3 or 4 jobs going at any given time, and stopping to clean to a bare table top is not an option (just ain't happening).  What I have been doing with some success, is cleaning off tools that I am not using each time I finish a project or repair, and endeavor to put away one item each day that has no home.  You know the ones, parts you haven't sorted yet, a new tool you can't quite figure out where to store; the old transformer you hope one day to find a part for.  Amazingly, this appears to be working. While not whistle clean at any time, I always have a clear spot on the bench to work on, and after many months the pile is starting to shrink.  It's a wonderful thing, when you find something buried in the clutter that you forgot you had! 

r0d

Spence,

          Boy, can I identify with your work bench.  Misery loves company so after viewing your video I feel a wee bit better.

The workbench is ok It's the patriots sign that has to go. Bills fan

A messy workbench is a sign of a productive worker. 

Glad to find out I'm not the only messy one!

Spence,

    Yep mine use to get pretty messy, especially while doing my back shop repairs and modifications.

Mine was right with the power station and could really get out of hand at times.

PCRR/Dave

Spence

   As you often say on this forum, "Looks good to me".

Best

Ray Marion

but im sure you always know where everything is! Looks fun!

Well I cleaned it up & it looks good until the next time.

You are not alone in this one Spence....I am trying to find my bench currently...

Yeah, happens to me.  I work like a maniac on the project and the whle workshop becomes more and more of a mess. Eventually, either I complete the project, or I get to a point where I can't find anything.  Either way, at the point, I "reinitialize" by cleaning it all up and putting every tool back.  

Too many projects + one bench = a mess 

It is a common illness to all workshops.

WickedWanda44,

   Welcome to the OGR forum, I have not seen you post before.  Great bunch of people here, you will enjoy the OGR.  You are correct most engineers know where everything is, no matter how messy it really gets.

PCRR/Dave

Mine is a mess right now.....I need to spend all day Sat cleaning it up....lots of projects waiting....

Your in good company Spence.

I know there is a work bench under the pile of junk some where, every time I get mad enough at myself and clean it up, it seems no more than a day or two latter it looks just the way it did!

This is a sure sign that you are feeling back to normal. That's what is really important.

At least you can get to your workbench!

Spence,

I know how you feel! I'll be working in the shop tomorrow, and it's almost as bad as these photos. I'll organize a little in the morning while I'm waiting for the wood burner to heat the place up. My son has a five gallon bucket of sunnys from last week's ice fishing expedition, so they'll be going outside. I think he's saving them for bait?

Don

Yes im kinda new here!! Just looking around!! And yes ive noticed there is a great group of people/information here!! I really am enjoying it here ! Thanks

WW44,

   Glad you like it here on the OGR, hope you decide to participate even more.

Welcome to the greatest Hobby forum in the world.

PCRR/Dave

You are not alone Spence. Mine is a mess right now too. 

Spence I feel your pain. I've been under the weather, and I just hope I will feel like using the workbench, once that happens I'm sure I'll straiten some.............. some, not all...........

I feel your pain brother!  Mine too is now a mess after a cleanup only a short time ago.  I believe there are other-worldly influences at work.

Tonight I'm tackling mine.

Good luck with your cleanup, Spence!

Jon

Messy? You can still see bare workbench in some of those pics!

if it was always clean, then you wouldn't be working on anything. I have got to get you guys some pics of my Uncle's workbench...you won't believe it.Jimmy Hoffa may be under there.

That's just to prove that there actually is a work bench! I can clean mine from top to bottom, and in less time then it took for the good Lord to rise from the grave, it's a mess again.

Don

Well done, clean-up. The video sure tells the story. "Before & After"