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Gunnar Gebhard
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Gunnar Gebhard wrote:Thanks for the motivation, this was long overdue.  Spent a bit of time in the garage cleaning today.  The ultimate goal is to get to the wall to insulate and sheet rock.  I made excellent progress in my quest today as I could not even access the target shelf/pile before I began.  I moved and sorted materials, swept, and made a pile for dump run (not pictured).  Alexa gave me the time in these photos to show that I indeed spent a couple hours cleaning.



First try wasn't good enough, so I upped the quality and detail of how I complete and post BB's.  Here is undeniable documentation of >1 hours cleaning shop with clear results.  I had to make enough room to paint and assemble cabinets and I did just that, mission accomplished!  Thanks and enjoy the show!

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Cleaned up the shop this morning. The tools on the work bench used to get stored under so there was a work surface but it's full of lumber now and I pull out a folding table or the workmate ad needed.

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I worked on some BB's in the shop over the weekend and need to park my car in the garage/shop again. The 4' table and a bucket with a chunk of wood on it are my prefered work surfaces. There is also a huge amount of hunting gear that got tossed in here and needs to be put away. There's also a bike that needs a new tire hiding in the mess but I bought the wrong size tire 🤦‍♀️
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4' table before (after is table against west wall)
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my car in garage/shop
my car in garage/shop
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hubs truck in garage/shop, with both vehicles in there's just enough room to get in and out on driver's side and 4' in front of my car (where the bike is)
hubs truck in garage/shop, with both vehicles in there's just enough room to get in and out on driver's side and 4' in front of my car (where the bike is)

"The winter will ask what we did all summer" - Henry David Thoreau

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...really waiting until the last hour to clean out my shop/greenhouse enough to get the rest of the plants inside.

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greenhouse is kind of a dumping ground all summer
greenhouse is kind of a dumping ground all summer
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many boxes for Goodwill, recycling, and bags of trash were filled
many boxes for Goodwill, recycling, and bags of trash were filled

row row row your boat, gently down the stream
merrily merrily merrily, merrily, life is but a dream.

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Cleaning my shop needs to be done on a regular basis.  Due to the fact that I usually have at least three jobs going at the same time and I like to trash pick.
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So I turned our storage shed into a usable workspace. Most of the time was spent de-cluttering. After my father-in-law installed the garage door I started bringing tools and cabinets out to the shed. That took about a day and a half just moving things out to the shed. I spent most of a day pulling out cardboard and scrap wood. I then optimized the space a bit (but probably not enough for the 2.5 days BB) by hanging some hooks and some peg board and I put everything away. We can actually find things again!
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Pulling out cardboard.
Pulling out cardboard.
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Look how much cardboard we had!
Look how much cardboard we had!
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Looking better but still not a workshop.
Looking better but still not a workshop.
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After migrating all of the workshop-y things to the shed.
After migrating all of the workshop-y things to the shed.
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Hung the chairs up.
Hung the chairs up.
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Contained the wood.
Contained the wood.
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Set up this half of the shed to organize tools and stuff.
Set up this half of the shed to organize tools and stuff.
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I hung up this pegboard and hung a bunch of tools and put supplies in the cupboard. We can actually find things now!
I hung up this pegboard and hung a bunch of tools and put supplies in the cupboard. We can actually find things now!
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This was before I hung the pegboard.
This was before I hung the pegboard.
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I also hung this other pegboard that doesn't have anything on it yet and hung the extension cords up neatly.
I also hung this other pegboard that doesn't have anything on it yet and hung the extension cords up neatly.
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Storage still needs some work but tools are accessible!
Storage still needs some work but tools are accessible!
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We were able to use the space right away. Super easy to pull out the sawhorses and tools and work out the garage door.
We were able to use the space right away. Super easy to pull out the sawhorses and tools and work out the garage door.

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Holy shop, Batman! I asked to clean the WL shop, and I got it! Using photo timestamps because I don't wear  a watch anymore.

Start time 9:41 a.m.
Lunch 10:15-11:15
End time 1:56 p.m.
Worked time, a bit over 3 h.

I didn't clean the entire WL shop, and it's not perfect, but it's a lot better than it was.

The floor mats released so much dust! 🤩🤩 I'm glad I cleaned them out and swept underneath.
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Start time 941 and overall before
Start time 941 and overall before
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Sweeping wood curls into a RMH candy box
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In process
In process
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After drill press (1015)
After drill press (1015)
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Clean! (Yes, I replaced the mats)
Clean! (Yes, I replaced the mats)
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Done! Timestamp 1:56 p.m.
Done! Timestamp 1:56 p.m.

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The "shop" was my grandmother's garage which, by the time I was cleaning it up (out, really), was mostly a floor-to-ceiling storage depot for her junk. Previously it was also my uncle's engine shop. I don't have a perfect before and after shot but this series, taken over four or five days should show the transformation. I didn't end up with a well-organized shop because I was emptying it, but I spent on the order of ten hours and did end up with a *clean* shop.

(Note, some of the pics show junk the foreground -- some of it came out of the garage, but lots of it came out of the house -- I included them because they also show the garage in the background, not because the foreground situation has any bearing on this task.)

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