Thread: How do you clean your workshop

Weather permitting I do a lot of TS and planer work in the drive
in front of the shop. I use a B&D leaf vac to clean up the mess.

whaars my hammer?

I wander around with the 100mm hose from the 2hp dusty. Shed's only small.

Hmmmmmm ??????

Is this topic for your PHD? oink oink.

Well assuming it is all going to be wood dust (sawdust) why not collect it up and pour it into moulds with some solidifying agent and then turners could make new turnings out of it.

Sturdee has the cleanest sawdust that I know of.

when my head bumps the ceiling

step 1. pickup all the blocks of wood they go into the fire wood bin

step 2. pickup rubbish into the rubbish bin

step 3. pickup all the visible tools and put them on top of the crap on the the bench.

step 4. rake the floor to uncover any further tools/rubbish wood.

repeat steps 1-4 up to three times depending on thickness of sawdust.

step 5. shovel the sawdust into the 4 x 6 box trailer normally about 1 huge load.

step 6. sweep the leftover sawdust into a pile in the center.

repeat step 5

step 7. blow out with electric blower.

i may get to step 5 before i find an interesting piece of wood or long lost half finished project and get sidetracked.

Originally Posted by weisyboy

when my head bumps the ceiling

he he, good one weisy

I get the feeling that if I answer this poll someone will contact me flogging time share or something or tupperware or amway or eternal happiness

(sorry, just finished watching the news ,and feeling a bit cynical)

I'm going down to 'buy,swap and sell,' now ...to look for "eternal happiness"

Just do what my hubby does & wait for the wife to clean it!
She has a 1/4 of the shed ,when she cant find her things she cleans up mine ,Bingo there,s her stuff in my side ,Hmm dont know how thats happens. Ha Ha

Originally Posted by underfoot

....I'm going down to 'buy,swap and sell,' now ...to look for "eternal happiness"

You might find a good 2nd hand one.

I have a Victa Vac which is a yard vacuum cleaner on wheels and I tend to use it every day if I use the thicknesser or jointer. I reckon a 4" line from a dust collector attached to some wheels and a handle would be just as good and damned easy to use.

Doesn't anybody else besides me have a floorsweep attached to their dusty? Just open the gate and sweep everything in...

It's also a 100% foolproof method for locating those vitally important screws and other small doodads that you accidentally misplaced. There's nothing quite like hearing that metallic rattle running down your duct towards the DC to tell you "FOUND IT!"

Originally Posted by Skew ChiDAMN!!

Doesn't anybody else besides me have a floorsweep attached to their dusty? Just open the gate and sweep everything in...

It's also a 100% foolproof method for locating those vitally important screws and other small doodads that you accidentally misplaced. There's nothing quite like hearing that metallic rattle running down your duct towards the DC to tell you "FOUND IT!"

why don't you put a magnetic strip along the front of the scoop, just a thought

I've been meaning to get around to doing just that for... how long have I had the DC now?

Sweep up the big bits with dust pan and broom
Use the blower on the workbench and shelves
Let the air filter clean the air.
Let the dirtdog loose to clean the floor