Work Bench Blues
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Work Bench Blues
Don't let this happen to you. I went to find a simple part, a gas pedal for my 65. It took me so long to find under all the debris, thanks to my piggish ways. Whatever you do, stay clean or it will cost you dearly !!
#3
How the hell did you get past my alarm and my dog to take that picture??
#9
Exactly !! No matter how well I clean, it reverts back to it's default state....filth and mayhem. I've pretty well given up. The sad thing was, I didn't even find the part in that mess. After about twenty minutes I gave up and then found it in a bucket in the lean-to.
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I can't find anything if I do clean it up. Leave it like it is and I know where every thing is. If I clean up and throw something away I can be sure I will need it within 7 days after the garbage pickup.
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Just an Olds Guy
Join Date: Jul 2008
Location: Edmonton, AB. And "I am Can 'eh' jun - eh"
Posts: 24,525
Uhhh, maybe I missed something. Where's the workbench???
At the risk of offending, that bench really needs a good organizing. It makes working on projects much easier when you know exactly where things are and have a large enough work area to use.
Ok, that being said - it's your workbench so do with it what you think is right.
At the risk of offending, that bench really needs a good organizing. It makes working on projects much easier when you know exactly where things are and have a large enough work area to use.
Ok, that being said - it's your workbench so do with it what you think is right.
#15
Ha! Same here. It takes longer to clean up than it does to repair the car so I just throw them in a heap on my bench.
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#21
Work bench or bar? Works either way for me.
Good thread. I was bored early
this morning and took a few shots
of mine.
It doubles as a bar when things are
slow in the project dept.
It's the attic area that is a freaking mess!
this morning and took a few shots
of mine.
It doubles as a bar when things are
slow in the project dept.
It's the attic area that is a freaking mess!
#22
Plus the wife says it is so messy she doesn't like to go in there.
#23
Looks like mine after about a hour of work. I clean it just to destroy it again. Drives me nuts looking for the socket I just put down two seconds ago only to find out it's in my back pocket after tearing through everything again.
#24
I was allowed to build right on the property line if the shop was under 100 square feet, so it came in at 96. Pretty cramped, though.
#25
i got the same workbench dave, almost 1500 square feet of car parts, boat stuff and the wifes garden crap.1 square foot of space right beside the vice. currently have the 25 foot fifth wheel in there to recaulk the thing, big job. by the way, hows your gas pedal stay on? mine falls off all the time, those ***** are too loose in the holes? any tricks to hold it?
#26
My pedal fits quite snuggly on those pivot posts. Either your rubber is worn down or the ***** rusted smaller. I suspect the former. Actually, I've had ones where the rubber hardened and ripped. You may need a replacement pedal.
I've got a second set of posts in decent shape if you need them. Think I left them on the bench somewhere, though...
#28
Yep me too! Sometimes I end up,going to buy a new part because it is easier to than finding the one lost under all that crap
#29
I think I need to go on a special program or something.
Here's a pic of the clean end of the bench. Look familiar?
#30
Here's a pic of the clean end of the bench. Look familiar?[/QUOTE]
Actually no. I fixed that problem a couple years ago with some transmission fluid that accidentally spilled all over that kind of stuff
Actually no. I fixed that problem a couple years ago with some transmission fluid that accidentally spilled all over that kind of stuff
#32
I couldn't overcome my messy tendencies so my resolution was to build a narrow bench that wasn't big enough to pile stuff on.
Now everything is piled up next to the 442 where my wife used to park her truck...
Now everything is piled up next to the 442 where my wife used to park her truck...
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This is a 65 cutlass in boxes !! And to think that it was parked in here in July I need to organize
With in the next two weeks so it can come home for the winter
This is a 65 cutlass in boxes !! And to think that it was parked in here in July I need to organize
With in the next two weeks so it can come home for the winter
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