I’ve been putting off a deep cleaning for a while. I don’t think I’ve cleaned up the metal, plastic, and wood chips on and around the mill for more than a year. Cleaned out all of the slots. Nooks and crannies.
I’ve been storing stuff on the floor in front of the mill since I moved the mill a few years ago. Today I found a spot for all of it. So much more space now.
I then spent time going through drawers and putting things away. There’s two things in the shop that I really struggle with putting away and thus, I end up with piles. The most common is hardware. I don’t know exactly how I do it but in a mont I’ll end up with a news of piles of hardware (screws, nuts, bolts, etc). In many cases the hardware is all new and in mixed piles which forces me to take time and go through it in order to put it away.
Second typical pile kind is drill-bits. I’ll get a couple out, use them, and then leave them on the bench. At some point they’ll be in the way so I’ll move them aside or move them to the upper shelf. At some point I can end up with 2 - 3 dozen drill bits scattered all over the place. Since the etching is fairly small and hard to read, I wind up spending half an hour sorting the pile.
I also organized my drawer slides that I’ve been ticking here and there as I disassembled the cabinets over the past 6 months. I grouped them in bundles grouped by length and type and then shrink wrap them together so they store more easily.
When all were tucked nicely on the shelf, I was maybe a little shocked at how many “extra” slides I now have just waiting for the next project(s). LOL
As I do most weekends, I also stoked the fire with wood I’ve needed to dispose of. I can keep it roaring the entire weekend and not make a dent in the pile. To keep it roaring I have to (re)pack it full about every 45 minutes.
When I put up the bike racks years ago I didn’t do a good job getting them spaces correctly so that the handle bars and peddles mis each other as I raise them to the ceiling. I pulled all the bikes down and moved the racks around so everything nests nicely and I had adequate distance between the bikes and the wall so it’s usable.
I moved the Rubbermaid organization rails around so I could get all of the things I needed to mounted on them. This is where I typically hang the things that don’t store nicely.
Next I’l reorganize the overhead storage.
Good news is, i now know what 3d printer to buy, what socket rails, what drawer slides... pretty peeved i missed the cutoff for the Woodpeckers 12"/18" triangles years back when i was watching the first thread, damn do they make some nice pieces!
