So like most of you, I have a workshop space that is far too small for the amount of stuff I have. The astute amongst you will have noticed I’ve been thinning the herd a little over recent months and some of you now have some nice olde worlds machines adorning your workshops. Now that I can actually walk through the centre of the garage without tripping over a Herbert quill assembly or a Frejoth lathe bed it’s time to turn my attention to getting some sense of organisation into what currently remains...

I currently have around 28sqm to play in and have been consolidating the contents of two other larger sheds at other properties down into that space. It’s been kind of liberating to let go of some stuff but also challenging because there’s just so much of it. I imagine it’s a fairly common theme that most of you understand, so in order to keep myself honest and keep progress in a forward direction and maybe give those of you playing along at home something to amuse yourselves with I thought it might be an interesting process to document my quest for the holy grail of workshops... ORGANISATION!!!

Chapter 1..
The Great Wall.

Today I had a few hours reprieve from the dreaded ‘honey do’ list, which currently has me banishing the 80’s from out lounge room and building out the floor in the lounge room to the same level as everything else around it.. So how did I use this utopian slot of time? Well I now have order amongst the largest portion of my work holding devices. I finished up the last piece of the clamp rack in the form of the vice grip bracket and now have all things clamp in one tidy place. As a result, I now have four less milk crates on the floor... yes you read that correctly..
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