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PBrilliant topic! I am basically a chaotic organizer ( my wife says non-organizer.) My shop is 8 x 12 and is part of my double car garage...
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PI think a part of the answer is that 'a place for everything' is impossible. I have a small box labeled 'odd bits of aluminium' but do...
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PMore benchtop area required, obviously!
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PPoppy Ott replied to the thread HELP, my shop is a MESS.I like organization but seldom achieve it. I sometimes think a larger shop would be nice (mine is 20’ x 24’) but one must keep in mind...
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PSpecial place: Yes, It did not disappear it is just somewhere else. :cool: Somewhere in the special place that it cannot be lost. I...
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PNature abhors a vacuum and an uncluttered horizontal surface, Also never put something away in a special place.
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PPoppy Ott replied to the thread What have you been doing today?.I made some more mounting plates for the wood lathe. These things are like woodworking clamps; the number of clamps one has on hand...
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Valve plate material that I had planned on using was a scrap of 304 SS 0.120" plate left over from a heat treat oven build. Not a good... -
POvernight we got about 8 inches of snow, snowblowed driveway early and again before work and and again at lunch time because it has...
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PAs it turned out, I wasn't able to significantly reduce the number of setups needed to machine the heads. Each one requires 62 drilled...
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PI was looking back at the beginning of this thread when Shelton revived it last summer. The first 2 posts evoke those wonderfully...
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PI now also have the materials here for a greenhouse. (I getting quite tired of vegetable costs from the store - - - - time to grow...
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PI wanted to have some ER collets (various sizes) for my lathe. I watched how Halligan (utub) did it and I followed his method. When I...
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POver the weekend I got her running again (sorry no video this time). I ran a 24x10 prop and it was comfortably pulling 5500rpm. The low...
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PPoppy Ott replied to the thread Summer Garden battles about to begin.It’s actually next to the pool. Would rather have a hot tub than the pool.
