Nick I new that was a Lincoln 255, Was dissapointed the Jet bandsaw is just like mine but I see it doesnt have the wet attachment. none the less you have some nice stuff and it shows with the equipment you have built!

Duke

Well guys, I am pretty picky when it come to my garage/shop. Now the garage attached to the house that the wife keeps her car in catches all the junk but my free standing 24 x 32 shop is as neat as a pin always.
As a matter of fact the wife is always giving me crap about how neat and clean it is but in the home I don't even pick my socks or the read newspaper or put dishes in the sink or pick up my towel afyer a shower or - the list goes on and on and on

mine gets messy/cluttered for a day or 2 sometimes, but then i cant stand it and do a cleanup. but i like to keep the work area swept up daily. i cant stand clutter, but i cant seem to get rid of it. . like most of us, i just need a pole barn

Hmmm Well seeing all of ya'lls work space, messy or not... gettin me jazzed up to build my own.. This weekend cant get here fast enough! hhaha

One word of advice! Build It As Big As You Can!!

And to DOC, you have to keep a clean shop cause yer a Doctor and thats where you operate!!!!

Duke

Duke You got that right !! The bigger the better!! Burly

Well im limited in space, as well as construction technique... You'll just have to wait and see - this is a rental house... with no garage so I have to be able to take it with me.

Eh when I buy my own place - it'll have something like a 60x100 or even a 100x100 with a nice loft area..

60 X 100? I like it! mines 24 X 50 with a 12 X 30 add on and its no way big enough!

Duke

When this thread started, I thought about getting some pictures of mine .

But now it does not matter. "I'm out"

I'm thinking anybody can have a messy shop... what I want to know is who can manage to keep one CLEAN?

Larry, come on post some pictures.

Jason, I dont know if just anybody can have a messy garage. I think it takes years of practice and maybe a certain pride in ones ability to properly overfill a garage.


By the way i do clean the garage. Started right after I took the pictures. Down to the hard job of finding space for everything or getting rid of it.

My garage has been messy for 5 years and I finally got it cleaned up. It took 5 weeks to do it. I had to buy more cabinets and tool boxes but what a difference it made. I could never find anything. Now everything has a place and it's marked. I'm determined to keep it clean and put ALL my tools back when done. I couldn't believe how many duplicates I had of things not knowing I already had one. I could never find a screwdriver. Turns out I have 40 of them. I could never find a drill bit. I have hundreds of them. It's nice knowing I can go right to something I need without spending days looking for it or buying another one!! Some of you guys need a much larger shop or garage.
Butch

Ja-Tee you are correctomungo its dang hard to keep a shop clean I admit it! I have had mine clean 20 times since I built it in 1990. What usually happens is I get involved in a new project and things just go to hell in a hand basket! I just get so caught up in the actual work I never take time in the clean up part. No one takes into account of the clean up time in a project! The next thing ya know one project runs into another and before long you have a whopper of a mess, and then ya just don't give a chit anymore! "SOUND FAMILIAR"? The other thing that comes into play with this is I hate to throw things away! About 4 years ago my garage was 5 times messier than NICKS and I am not kidding I did a wale of a clean up and threw a 15 yard dumpster of stuff away and cried the whole time!

The good part about keeping a shop clean however it is safer, more efficient and productive, enjoyable, and makes you feel proud when someone comes over and you show em yer horses. And most important when clean and properly organized!!! You can store and hold more horses The good far out weighs the bad, but you are correct keeping it clean is what we should strive for! It's just so hard to make clean up fun!

I have had guys tell me if ya haven't used something in say two years throw it away you never will use it! I just cant do that! What a person needs to do is be practical and disciplined in keeping their shops clean! Maybe what we need is a clean shop con-*test*-('")! or clean shop of the month award verified and sworn in blood by a fellow member! anyways a clean shop is a happy shop!

Well gents this weekend is the weekend Im gonna clean my shop!!!!
Duke

Well I just went out and got busy and cleaned up my garage!!! Just kidding this is a picture from 1995 13 years ago! See I wasnt allways so messy!

You guys got some.....uh......cluttered barns and garages! I don't feel so bad now, I am not alone. My problem is, too many tools and power equipment, not enough space for the garage and as for the barn, it does have some open space. I have a 24' x 32' pole barn and just added a 14' x 20' overhang for the enclosed trailer. I will have to take some pics this weekend, gonna clean out both now thanks to all you guys!!!