Anyone got pics of their "work space"...

[JERRY2KONE]

Hey there Gee you have a lot of very useful work space on your hands. Why not just put a heater in the garage? Please no offense, but If you emplore a little bit of self dicipline upon yourself you can get really organized and become more efficiant with your work. Just think of the time you can save on moving stuff back and forth if you just take one week and rethink the way you are using your work areas. We all know how hard it is to get started, but once you do it will pay off in the long run. Things can get a little bit overwhelming once they are left go for too long. You have a lot of really cool stuff, and a really nice place to work with if you only take the time to set it up to suit your needs. If you don't feel up to the challenge then hire someone to come in and clean it up for you. Just a suggestion.... I know it is easier if you have a smaller space, but I wish that I had the kind of room you have.

Originally Posted by Gee

Thanks. It may look like it organized cuz I made an arrow where the stuff is suppose to be. That doesn't mean that's where you find it though. The laundry room keeps getting more cramped. Too cold in the shop. Felt like I froze my fingers off using the drill press the other day. I hauled the band saw in and took the heat gun to it so I could finish what I was working on. By the end of winter the garage will be empty and spring I will start hauling it back out there.

[JThiessen]

Originally Posted by JERRY2KONE

Hey there Gee you have a lot of very useful work space on your hands. Why not just put a heater in the garage? Please no offense, but If you emplore a little bit of self dicipline upon yourself you can get really organized and become more efficiant with your work. Just think of the time you can save on moving stuff back and forth if you just take one week and rethink the way you are using your work areas. We all know how hard it is to get started, but once you do it will pay off in the long run. Things can get a little bit overwhelming once they are left go for too long. You have a lot of really cool stuff, and a really nice place to work with if you only take the time to set it up to suit your needs. If you don't feel up to the challenge then hire someone to come in and clean it up for you. Just a suggestion.... I know it is easier if you have a smaller space, but I wish that I had the kind of room you have.

Jerry - you sound like my DW! LEAVE US ALONE!!!!!! We like our organized messes....!!!!

[Metallover]

You need a some sort of Propane heater for christmas.
http://www.heatershop.com/propane_heaters.html
More specifically - http://www.heatershop.com/garage_heater_gp30t.html
My friend had one and it heated up his garage in less then 30 minutes. It was coming from a sub-zero night. I wish I had one.

[jayjay283]

Jerry, I think you are over thinking Gees space, If that was mine I would find it (anything) in a second. As JT said" organized mess", too organized wouldn't be personalized, as though your wife did it or made you do it

[JERRY2KONE]

Overthinking?? I think not, Not at all. I have been a mechanic for many years(over 30 years) and I have worked in enginerooms and industrial workshops all over the world with people from all walks of life. I to have had to work in places lacking in organizational conditioning, and some of them were due to my own lack of organizational skills. I am not putting anyones work space down or trying to insult anyone. I never said that his space was messy. So please don't try to start something over nothing.

I am merely making a suggestion which can help anyone be more efficient. I also learned this the hard way in that organization is a good thing. Yes even in a mess one can find what they are looking for if they know the space in question. No one is disputing that. I was only saying that compared to a lot of the guys on here and everywhere, some are forced to work with tiny spaces for hobby work. The photos depicted show a space that is gigantic and he obviously has a huge stockpile of stuff keeping him knee deep in R/C heaven. If he got his setup a little bit more organized then he would not have to move from one place to another to keep working due to heat issues, or working room. Nothing more, nothing less.

Originally Posted by jayjay283

Jerry, I think you are over thinking Gees space, If that was mine I would find it (anything) in a second. As JT said" organized mess", too organized wouldn't be personalized, as though your wife did it or made you do it

[Gee]

I get what you saying Jerry. I may admire people that are organized and such. But that doesn't mean I want to be like them. I mean talk about anal. That would drive me nuts. I'm too laid back for that kind of stress.

I got a big kerosene turbine heater for the garage. It will warm it up fast but no insulation so it don't last long. Doesn't heat the metal tables or drill bits though that have been chilled to the fine temp of 10 degree. I take the heat gun to them. I will warm it before I got out there if I know I need to out there for a long time. But to heat it for 15-20min worth of work isn't cost effective. I think it's around 45.00 for 5 gallons. I already heat this big ole house and got lots of space so may as well use it. So yeah get off my back! I'm taking a vacation from having any meaningful, we need to talk, what's wrong, yes dear, long or short term, get your stuff off my table relationships. I'm gonna enjoy myself while I can. Beside I haven't turned the living or dinning room into my works space yet. For RC anyways.

Here's some utilization. The work cart is picking up some overtime. This dremmel router table is in a Planner, Big Router table cabnet from the garage. It's in a drawer I made in the cabnet that you can pull out when you need to use it. When I bring it inside, I just pop the top on the cart and you have a router table.







There's my latest impulse project on the router table. It's turning out pretty cool. I think a few of you will like it.

[JERRY2KONE]

You have a lot of neet stuff Gee. You seem to be pretty creative. That projects almost looks like an EMAXX tranny half. I can only assume that it may be a center diff motor mount of sorts. Anyway you just keep on truckin. You do have a pretty cool place to work there. Merry Christmas Gee.

[Gee]

Thanks Jerry and keep the advice and tips coming. Some of it does get thru to us. Good eyes on the work piece. I am almost done with it then I can post up some pics of it. One of those projects that is hard to stop on. You want to get it finished or close enough to share.

[magman]

Since I started this thread a while back...I figured it was time to post a couple pics. ...of my small rc space








And yes, it does stay this clean....I am very anal about my rc gear

[trev3813]

My floor, i mean work area :D

[JERRY2KONE]

Good to see that this thread has survived the test of time. With so many members here at RCM there must be a lot more of you guys out there who have shops/closets/garages or whatever to share with us. Bring it on Gents.

[trev3813]

I gotta clean my room tonight, so i will have updated pics here soon

Gee, nice setup I especially like the grease board on the pedastal it was so Dr House( the TV show on FOX) of you

[rootar]

my mess is halfway clean and this is only half of it the reat of my stuff is in my 16x8 enclosed trailer.....can anyone guess how many pairs of tires and wheels there are in the 2 pics? all of them are mine even the ones on josh's revo, (ill give you a hint there are 4 pair in the rc8t box, with the crt.5) and 8 more pair in my trailer). all the lipos are in the cars at the moment but i think last count i had 12 good ones. and 2 bad ones.

BUT only 2 more months forsure this time and ill be moving into mine and my gf's new house which will be and hour closer to the track, and an hour from the parents , the house also has a long narrow storage room (about 16x6) that im claiming as my "workshop", ill also have my race trailer there so ill have tons of room and my bedroom wont smell like tires, ca glue, melted plastic, dirt, motor spray, and bearing oil, paint, and shoogoo...........

[hootie7159]

hey...that rc8t body looks pretty sweet!!!! where'd you get that from?....;)