Accurate for me except for the Youtube part. That pie piece is planning to be in the shop but it is too "insert east coast weather extreme here" to actually accomplish anything.
I have all of those except the looking for tools is way smaller. I made a place for them all and I put them back and pull them out all the time and it cut way down on my looking.
I'm really good about putting my tools back where they go.
What I have trouble with is remembering why I walked across the shop in the first place.
I'm slowly turning into my father!
pretty accurate for me too except i dont watch you tube video's in the shop,that's what i get paid at work to do-lol. hey i work at a lumber company so it's considered research-right!
This year my productivity is really going down. I used to actually work in the shop, now it is a place to go. I have that problem of turning around to get a tool, then trying to remember why I turned around. Doctor told me I needed a sleep test, went to have the test and could not sleep.
I have worked with tools for well over 40 years and learned 35 years ago to put things back where they belong. I was spending 10 minutes to find a tool I used for less than 1/2 minute! No longer an issue for me but I know the problem.
Looks rather accurate right now, which is why I'm building a Miter Saw station that will have several Kaizen foam for easy putback of tools so I Don't have to keep looking for them. lol.
Seems accurate for me as well. Only thing missing is the section where life interrupts the tool search. LOL. I guess it's all about focus and my S.O. tells me that I spend too much time analyzing my next move.
her favorite words are "Just do it", and goes back to her book.
my problem is looking for a tape measure then using it,leaving it on the floor and steping on it and breaking it. thats why I buy all I can find at yard sales.
I have worked with tools for well over 40 years and learned 35 years ago to put things back where they belong. I was spending 10 minutes to find a tool I used for less than 1/2 minute! No longer an issue for me but I know the problem.
That assumes that your tools are arranged logically enough that where something belongs is where your brain thinks it belongs and remembers to look for it. Mine are not. Putting the 3/8" widget away along with all of the other size widgets today does not mean that I will not go in tomorrow and be unable to find any of the widgets.
You didn't put a pie peice for cleaning up or picking up after yourself. Between each stage of the wood projects, I put put away tools I don't need right away. I find myself also vacuuming the equipment and floors. Also I clean up before I leave the shop at the end of the day. My friends always comment how clean I keep the shop, but I seem to have scrap wood all over. I also seem to spend more time re-evaluating plans, even in the middle of a project. My wife does most of the staining and finishing so I can continue to the next stage of the project or start the next project.
For me, divide YouTube pie again, part YouTube, part lumberjocks. I've been getting better at cutting down the blue pie with better organization. As an example, the shop built stand for the Dewalt 745 table saw has built in holders for the tape measure, adjustable square, blade setting gauge, a pencil, two push sticks and a paintbrush to sweep away sawdust. Helluva lot easier to keep track of 'em now.
Don't know about y'all, but there should be another slice of pie dedicated to time wasted trying to do something simple, which should only take 10-15 minutes, but "FATE" ( or whatever force) intervenes and makes sure that this task is almost impossible, making everything imaginable, and MORE, go WRONG. This not only stretches this task out over an hour or more, it prompts a string of high volume profanity, and various pieces of wood or other objects striking the wall or floor at high velocity.
Yes, Virginia, there ARE gremlins/demons in your shop who LIVE to screw up what you're trying to accomplish.
Certainly looking for a tool is frustrating. Before cell phones, I always knew to go look next to the phone, where I would have placed the tool when answering a call. Now, it could be anywhere.
For me, the design segment would be much much larger. There's nothing I can't overthink.
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