drzaius 2616 Posted October 27, 2020 Report Share Posted October 27, 2020 You won't need much. I clean my filter every year or so & empty the little catch bin at the same time. Very little collects there. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
BillyJack 353 Posted October 27, 2020 Report Share Posted October 27, 2020 I wish it was worth organizing my shop. But I need to eliminate more than organize. Glad your getting it's value.... 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Robby W 263 Posted October 27, 2020 Author Report Share Posted October 27, 2020 The getting rid of is part of the next step of reorganizing. Some of it will be easy, some will be harder. I have quite a bit of stuff from my father's shop, much of which are duplicates of what I already have. Getting rid of those things will be a bit harder. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
BillyJack 353 Posted October 27, 2020 Report Share Posted October 27, 2020 Mines mainly lumber. Had a lot of projects to use a lot of it up on but my lack of woodworking interest has paused that... when a commercial shop I worked for retired he Gave me all the lumber. I should have declined... Everyone one thinks more is better, it's a nightmare. ... I'm looking for a jon boat and trailer to rework this winter. If that happens I'll need the space. Meaning I'll have to part with the lumber. I offered this on letgo one time and everyone declined. Said they didn't want scraps. Scraps are in top the 8/4 mahogany, walnut board 8+ feet are on the bottom... stupid people won't come and look.... 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
curlyoak 741 Posted October 27, 2020 Report Share Posted October 27, 2020 2 hours ago, Robby W said: he getting rid of is part of the next step of reorganizing. Some of it will be easy, some will be harder. I have quite a bit of stuff from my father's shop, much of which are duplicates of what I already have. Getting rid of those things will be a bit harder. Possibly compare all duplicates and choose the best one. If they are equal keep your fathers tools. Just an idea... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Robby W 263 Posted October 28, 2020 Author Report Share Posted October 28, 2020 The tools are the easy part. The memories going to be harder. Part of them are things like the records from my Boy Scout Troop. The Troop no longer exists, so I don't really know what to do with them. Bunch of stuff like that. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Popular Post Mark J 2188 Posted October 28, 2020 Popular Post Report Share Posted October 28, 2020 When we were going through our father's estate something my brother said to me was helpful: "You know, we're not throwing out Dad". 4 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
BillyJack 353 Posted October 28, 2020 Report Share Posted October 28, 2020 The kids can get rid of all my tools.My skills are in my head , not in the tools. The things I've made should be more valuable. .... 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
wtnhighlander 7574 Posted October 28, 2020 Report Share Posted October 28, 2020 I have several of my Grand-dad's tools, but most of them are so worn out that they are little more than sentimental nick-nacks. Grand-dad believed that tools were for working, not saving. 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Robby W 263 Posted October 29, 2020 Author Report Share Posted October 29, 2020 Mark J said: ...."You know, we're not throwing out Dad"..... That isn't a problem. He is on my brother's mantle Good words! I'll have to remember that when I am going through things. 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Popular Post Robby W 263 Posted November 2, 2020 Author Popular Post Report Share Posted November 2, 2020 So I decided to finally replace the dust collection adapter on my Grizzly G0586 jointer. The plastic thing that came on it doesn't funnel the shavings correctly and J's up the dust chute. Plus it cracked while cleaning it out. Enough is enough. I grabbed a Big Gulp dust good I had laying around and, after a bit of measuring, cut it down to size. I made a plywood frame for it and went to bolt it on. Dang. The bolts are too short. Since it is from Taiwan, everything is metric, fo I grabbed an original bolt and headed down the the big orange store. The bolt didn't fit in there sizer. Seemed like it was 6mm x. 1.25, but they didn't have any. Wait, that doesn't seem right. Wouldn't you know it, it was actually a 1/4x20 bolt. I only have a few hundred of those on my shelves. Back home, grab a few 1 inch bolts and it tightened right up. 1 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Popular Post Robby W 263 Posted December 4, 2020 Author Popular Post Report Share Posted December 4, 2020 It's been awhile since I was able to work on my shop. This last weekend my oldest son and his son helped me with the rearrangement of my shop. A clamp rack was removed from the wall (I made a new one, shown earlier in this thread). My lathe was out on dollies and moved out of the way. The power tool case and the mechanic's chest were moved in to resulting hole. I was tighter than I thought it was going to be. I moved all of my stationary tools to their new positions in a tool island and my shop lost its gloomyness. The big issue was that I found out I had a lot of little hidey holes where I stashed things that I don't have now. Looks like I am going to have to do a lot of weeding out of stuff. Oh, joy. 5 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Popular Post Coop 7452 Posted December 4, 2020 Popular Post Report Share Posted December 4, 2020 8 minutes ago, Robby W said: Looks like I am going to have to do a lot of weeding out of stuff. Oh, joy. Robby, that’s a rough row to hoe! We are in the middle of adding on to our house and in doing so, our existing closet and bathroom will become part of our bedroom. This means moving all of our clothes to another bedroom closet. A perfect time to get rid of clothes that I grew out of. I ended up only throwing out one shirt, and it was folded and in a drawer. I feel certain I will get back into the other shirts some day! When hell freezes over my wife told me. 6 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Popular Post Robby W 263 Posted December 4, 2020 Author Popular Post Report Share Posted December 4, 2020 @Coop - I don't know about others, but I quit outgrowing things vertically. It's the horizontal dimensions that get bigger. 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Minnesota Steve 286 Posted December 4, 2020 Report Share Posted December 4, 2020 50 minutes ago, Robby W said: @Coop - I don't know about others, but I quit outgrowing things vertically. It's the horizontal dimensions that get bigger. I've found clothes tend to shrink while in the closet. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Chestnut 5481 Posted December 4, 2020 Report Share Posted December 4, 2020 I must be living life wrong my pants have stretched out same with my belts.... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Coop 7452 Posted December 5, 2020 Report Share Posted December 5, 2020 I used to could see my belt. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Robby W 263 Posted December 5, 2020 Author Report Share Posted December 5, 2020 57 minutes ago, Coop said: I used to could see my belt. I see mine when I take it off 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Popular Post Coop 7452 Posted December 5, 2020 Popular Post Report Share Posted December 5, 2020 Me too and then forget where I put it the next morning. I consider it a challenge and not senility. 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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