Probably the most therapeutic video I’ve ever watched. I am a 78 year old maker, hobbyist, that always felt guilty for many, many years about my shop. Until today. Now that I’ve and heard your honest shop-talk and tour I am at peace. At times I have felt the same way as you when you said you just wanted to burn that one room. (That gave me goose bumps) The evolving shop is normal? My God I’m normal??? Thank you so much for showing the failed projects, which I also have, and call the “Fairbrother Flaws”. I’m so thankful to have stumbled upon your channel and gotten a new friend. Now I can binge and not cringe, lol.
I’m so INSPIRED by finding you!! I’m a fifty year old woman who has made and renovated and moved and changed so much stuff in my life! And guess what, I didn’t document it! Thanks so much for this, you make a difference. Can’t wait to see you back and see the progress with the house.
The little grappling hook is actually a bomb disposal tool. If you saw a trip wire from a booby trap, you could throw, snag the wire and set off the explosive from a safe distance. The first producer was EOD Robotics.
It may seem inconsequential to many but hands up to all my people who frothed at the sand paper storage 😍 Thank you for the shop tour and I’m really loving the house build. Your tenacity is contagious.
Inside a person's shop is like . your being in the inside of their thoughts ? Creative energies, potential projects, successes, and the steps it took to get them to be a success.. I find it the best kind of tour ever !!
You say "document your stuff", and I agree. I'd love to see a video about how you document your projects and another on how you organize all your digital files to make finding them efficient.
If CNC isn't your thing there's no shame in that. If it doesn't make you happy you don't need it in your life :) Good luck and fun with everything. Your work and attitude are inspiring.
Mixing station is my favorite 😁 Brilliant. Everything is fantastic. Thank you for the inspiration. I’m setting up a shop in my basement with a paint room that I added a ventilation window that partners for airflow with a screen door (rest I added glass block), work table with wall shelves, storage shelves in zones for tools, kits with tools, paper, too. Your storage is phenomenal. Very inspiring. I appreciate the new ideas to help me improve my setup
And I remember watching most, maybe all, of the videos inspired by these projects. Fun to see your appraisal now. Whether they proved themselves or not, the projects were always fun to watch. Carry on !
Every building has AT LEAST one dump room and every room has at least one dump corner Glad that it's not just me and seeing the whole shop is so satisfying Thank you Laura!
That was a fantastic tour! I really love all your work stations. I think I would just live in your shop, it's so nice. I appreciate meeting another human who collects things of beauty, interest and usefulness, but then has storage problems. Thank goodness I collect smaller things than you, so my storage challenges are not so difficult.... yet. Thank you for the 'honest' tour of your space! Work shops are not supposed to be neat and tidy, they are supposed to look like you're working on projects. A neat and tidy work shop means you are not working. (this is what I tell myself when I look around at the sea of stuff I'm fiddling with)
I loved this whole video, especially embracing the multi-part map on the side including the carpet, and all the marker squiggles as part of the graphics. So much content is just here is the perfect, the flawless; you embrace the "didn't go as planned" with such grace and joy at the discovery. Your enthusiasm is wonderful and always makes me smile. Thank you for sharing all of this with us!
How many hours does Laura have in her day??? Way more than mere mortals!!! Renovating a house, re-jigging a workshop, making RUclips videos and creating cool stuff and having a fun life with friends, food, beers and ice cream!! Who else wants to be Laura??? Or at least like her, hard working, creative, funny,....
I joined during the house project and didn’t explore your history being fully satisfied with that present. I am completely floored!! It’s like finding a treasure trove that is only partially revealed!
Have you considered storing by base material? ie metal, plastics, wood, then when you have an idea, and know what base material you're going to work in, you can go and be inspired by what you find in the corresponding area.
You should create an art installation where you use all of your neon letters, combined into a composition that doesn't read as literal words. Instead of keeping everything readable, you could key off the colors and shapes of the neon to form a cohesive visual experience. The letterforms don't even have to be in the correct orientation for reading, you could flip them upside down, put them diagonally or rotated 90°. I think it could even be the kind of thing where you can assemble it in multiple panels, so it's mobile and you can set it up for events and whatnot.
Laura, I feel you on the the "hoarding," but I prefer to think of it as "resource collection." I just finished building a tiny studio for a local music venue, which was built with 95% scraps I saved from the constrcution of my home. In order to create using reuse materials, it must first be captured and stored. Don't be too hard on yourself about the disarray. It is hard to construct storage for rotating stock of different shapes and sizes. But, I look forward to what you come up with.
Idea for your movable clamp storage; see if you can find a school blackboard, the type that can move up and down. You might be able to either use the mechanism of it, or look how it works and imitate it.
Whether shop materials, or sewing rooms, art supplies, baking supplies - all need specialized storage solutions, that's for sure. I admire and take inspiration from all the projects you have taken on to make your shop more convenient and useful in your work. All the best to you Laura as you work on your home as well!
Thank you so much for this authentic and honest tour. I believe that this honesty regarding imperfection and all what's not going like we would wish it to encourages peoples to love not just the perfect part of others and themselves but the whole person. So, cheers to life! And cheers to you all!
Thank you for everyone who answered the riddle!! Lol, very nice shop Laura... I wish you were my neighbor, I could take care of your garden and setup the sewing room, in exchange for letting me use your shop every now and then, I dabble in DIY but mostly building things for my overflowing balcony garden and overflowing sewing desk.
I thought similarly! She should get some garden nuts, CNC Nuts, a sewing buddy, etc.....folks with skills, but not the space would be overjoyed to use her tools & space & possibly show her how to do some things ......
From an industrial engineering perspective regarding your storage, you should consider using shelving at ninety degrees to the wall you currently use. Stack each shelf heavy at the bottom light at the top, and try to maintain like items together, If it’s deep storage, this system will enable more shelving to be progressively added as needed and still allow space to move.
I loved this tour of your space. I'm an artist and absolutely love seeing how other people store their stuff. You are such aa happy and joy filled person and I'm so glad to find your channel.
When you are mass producing the same product there is some hope of a relatively neat shop. When you are doing different projects, some at the same time, the most you can hope for is to be able to locate the tools and materials required. The 20% of always used tools will probably be nearby but the 80% of sometimes used tools will be an Easter egg hunt. Then making storage items visible can sometimes help cuz locating them requires looking around the shop rather than unearthing them from the pile of closed doors and lids. Because they are visible you will see them often even when not looking for them so your memory should be triggered when the tool or material is required. Multiple workers makes the challenge greater since everyone works differently.
I always say don’t let the size of your shop stop you from building and being creative. My shop is small and I would love one the size of yours. I think a person always fills to whatever size shop you have. Love all your storage ideas and love how honest and easy going you are. Love to watch you from Kamloops, British Columbia Canada 🇨🇦
I've sorted storage areas in my current/past jobs at times and I've never really found a one-fits-all system. It's something nuanced that won't fit every scenario it's even being used for anyway. The thing well all do a bit wrong if we're not careful is not taking the time once we've sorted everything to keep it tidy. That stuff snowballs so hard
Excellent tour and it's great that you show what works and what doesn't, both with storage and projects. I always feel you learn more when something doesn't work or you have hiccups along the way to success. Thanks and keep up the good work. Love my Leatherman Wave, it's so useful.
"My shop is only a mess because I do not have more space!" Yeah... right. Laura's Shop is probably the biggest one I have ever seen and... I guess every shop is a mess, always. We should just make sure that our shops are at least not dangerous and we spend more time making things than looking for things. :D
Hi, thats interesting - You also use emulgated Ballistol/Water as a cutting fluid. I first did that 50 years ago, when i built rc-parts from metal and i did not have professional cutting-fluid. But it turned out, that it works perfect with all metals i ever drilled. Greets from munich!
You should sell all of the CNC, because you don’t want to use it and it’s claiming space. Then, put all of your sponsor shop shelving in there and make it look like a store. Counter, some random cash register, a massive catalogue on a swivel holder… Make it look like a general store/auto store, from a few decades ago.
supe hyped about the riso printed stuff !! looks awersome when done well. Also great shop tour bringing back memories from both your and our personnal journey making stuff. Thank you !!
I know this "to many things, but..." problem pretty well. I am leaking a shop to make more projects . A shop has to look like it is in "use" I tought it was pretty clean 😉 It is fun to see all your "things" again.
Thanks for the tour! I love your shop, even the messy parts. OMG, I'd love to have a go in you CNC room! I'm drooling over all your tools! I enjoyed this video soooo much! 😍I'm looking forward to future renovations ... or just anything you do.
If you are serious about tackling your storage issues and sorting all your many interesting things, I have a suggestion that may be a bit surprising : I suggest making friends with some LIBRARIANS AND/OR ARCHIVISTS, or even adding one to your team of experts! Yes, I know that sounds VERY NERDY, and you may be thinking "but this isn't books, and this stuff won't fit on bookshelves..." But the truth is that librarians and archivists have to deal with non-traditional items in their collections all the time, solving problems like the best long term storage, accessibility, description, best cataloging method for findability, and then how to scale the organization scheme up or down as needed... that's just the tip of the iceberg! I'm not suggesting this because I *AM* a research librarian and archivist and want you to hire me, specifically, to be your storage and organization expert, research the cool and strage objects you come across, and come hang out with you and Smudo and geek out about your projects and drink some awesome German beer, but... I *DO* happen to have 16+ years of experience in university archives and libraries across the U.S., of all sizes and types, with a proven track record of creative storage management solutions for unique needs. So just in case you *DO* happen to need someone like that, please note that I'm available for consultation. 😂 I have even taken some German language classes, and I come with a brilliant wife who herself has decades of knowledge about woodshop and electrical-shop stuff. So really, we're a 2-for1 deal, if you think about it. 🤣 #gottashootmyshot #chanceofalifetime
Janin's invention was indispensable to me in 2017, when my son and I traveled across the US to see the total solar eclipse. We used a laptop to image it through a telescope, and the perfect sized box allowed us to actually see the screen while the eclipse was underway. And I so much agree about neon lights. There is something unique and magic about them, in addition to the nostalgia of the time when they were so common that you didn't take notice.
I didn't want just boring old light switches so I just made a couple of rotary switches using old PC P/S cases and oven range knobs. That switch is WAY cooler. Mind if I make myself a less than perfect copy?
Hi Laura, ich habe mich genauso wie Du gefreut, als Du den Bohröl-Spender gebaut hast, weil die Teile einfach so prima zueinander passten - und war enttäuscht, als Du ihn wegen des Nachlaufens aussortiert hast. Ich habe mich aber immer gefragt, ob die lange Zuleitung nicht auch wie eine Pipette wirkt; sprich: dichtest Du sie oben ab, dürfte das Öl darin stehen bleiben. Hast Du mal versucht, sie zu füllen, oben den Daumen drauf zu halten, und zu gucken, ob das Öl abläuft? Falls nicht, sollte es nicht schwer sein, den ganzen Weg abzudichten. Und dann wäre das ein herausragendes Stück der Wiederverwertung ...
Sorry Laura, if that means I have to send you a message via Telegram, then I can't: I don't use it. And I am not interesed in a surprise package. Just tell us whether sealing the conduit stops the dripping.
To save money, you can buy used sails. Usually the fabric is gently worn and sturdy enough for awnings. It usually does need a proper cleaning and an extra rinse.
That was a lot of fun. Thanks for sharing. The CNC could be really useful but I guess that it needs quite some time to get into the software side of it.
the thing in the floor is called an inspection pit. the boards are common so that if no vehicle over it it makes it safer to use the workshop. but how about an everyday carry of your pockets? adam savage and jimmy diresta did one years ago. it's always interesting to see what a maker has handy at any given time without a workshop
You're living the dream! Spectacular, eclectic idea generators in every corner, on every shelf and in every sq. meter of floor space. And as Adam Savage famously observed: "Shop organization is not an event.. it's a process." Seems to me that the current status of your shop is evidence of your astonishing creativity and productivity. I do wonder whether some of those folks who have the super-organized shops with tidy, polished storage systems and all-clean surfaces ever.. actually... make?
As a hand tool woodworker, not sharpening all the time sounds mad to me! 😅 Awesome shop, Laura! Awesome place! It's so human, has so much personality! Awesome!
Thanks for the tour. Love your positive attitude. I to love to work in my shop, I also love to organize, make better use of space and I love to collect “treasure junk”. Noticed on your metal bench an angle grinder without a guard …..shame on you. Please put one on it. They are negative life altering when not used properly. Thanks for the show my friend.
The last words are so true, actually i had an seminar back in my Universitytimes, in which we learned about research looking at makers and makerspaces. This isn't just a hobby for most of the people, the time they spent and the space they create for that time is highly individual and more or less part of their identity, so an externalisation of their personality i think. Highly interesting. Also experienced this by myself.
For the clamp wall you could use a counterweight system like they used to use for windows. Maybe have it lock in place at the bottom so it doesn't wander off when you grab a clamp.
I'm envious! I live in a flat in Dortmund, and my workshop is a 5x3 Keller where the tools and the materials share space with the food and the bikes....I even haven't a proper worktable!
Love a good honest workshop tour! Oh what I would do to have that kind of space to make stuff, right now all the ideas live on paper but someday they will be made real (I hope)
Yeah, maybe re-purpose one of those TV systems that rise up out of the floor for the homes of the 1 percenters? But it would have to be linked to a sound system that plays something dramatic like Ride of the Valkyries when it raises.
Hi Laura! Surely you have already thought about it ..... but if you used a gear motor to be applied to the clamp panel and double button for up and down and limit switches ....... It could work because yours was a good one idea!
A food as well as a drink is a super oldschool cocoa tin lid. Nice to see this somewhere else, I have two of those in my shop that I got after my grandpa had passed. One of them full of springs and another full of huge rosin pieces that I will propably never use, but I am to sorry to throw them away. greetings from Poland.
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Probably the most therapeutic video I’ve ever watched. I am a 78 year old maker, hobbyist, that always felt guilty for many, many years about my shop. Until today. Now that I’ve and heard your honest shop-talk and tour I am at peace. At times I have felt the same way as you when you said you just wanted to burn that one room. (That gave me goose bumps) The evolving shop is normal? My God I’m normal??? Thank you so much for showing the failed projects, which I also have, and call the “Fairbrother Flaws”. I’m so thankful to have stumbled upon your channel and gotten a new friend. Now I can binge and not cringe, lol.
Hi Laura. Your shop tour made me feel at home . Wish I could help you organize .
Hello Laura, A FOOD AS WELL AS A DRINK is a lid from the vintage cocoa powder tin made by British company Rowntree
In Germany the answer will be BEER (because it counts as a complete breakfast)
@@rainerl-h259 my first thought was some sort of a stout
I was thinking Ovaltine. Same idea. Cool if they used that as their marketing language.
I was going for Bovril/ bovreal can't remember how it's spelt...
I'd have said it's a soup, because it's mostly liquid but still considered a meal.
I’m so INSPIRED by finding you!! I’m a fifty year old woman who has made and renovated and moved and changed so much stuff in my life! And guess what, I didn’t document it! Thanks so much for this, you make a difference. Can’t wait to see you back and see the progress with the house.
The little grappling hook is actually a bomb disposal tool. If you saw a trip wire from a booby trap, you could throw, snag the wire and set off the explosive from a safe distance. The first producer was EOD Robotics.
Yet again I learn something new. Thanks!
If that's a bomb disposal tool then so are knives, car keys, bottle openers, hammers, coat hangers, etc etc. 🙄
@@iseriver3982 It was specifically designed by a bomb disposal guy for that purpose.
@@iseriver3982rest a little; you don’t have to be an a$$hole everyday of your life.
It may seem inconsequential to many but hands up to all my people who frothed at the sand paper storage 😍
Thank you for the shop tour and I’m really loving the house build. Your tenacity is contagious.
Janine's "Outside Office" so simple yet so damn brilliant. I'm using that tomorrow 👍❤️
That light switch is an absolute masterpiece! Thank you for sharing the whole place with us.
Agreed!! Is there a build video for that switch? I'd love to make something akin to that for my own shop.
Agree! You mention "m pump" - another maker? Please share info? Loved the tour!
I feel like regardless of what size a shop is, storing project materials always takes up the most space, and is the hardest to keep organized.
but also in a regular household usually organizing once doesnt usually stick. you have to go back adapt the system or change stuff that doesnt work
Totally.
I love Love LOVE the neon letters, it feels like there will soon be no neon left, and my heart just warmed to see someone caring for them.
Inside a person's shop is like . your being in the inside of their thoughts ?
Creative energies, potential projects, successes, and the steps it took to get them to be a success.. I find it the best kind of tour ever !!
You say "document your stuff", and I agree. I'd love to see a video about how you document your projects and another on how you organize all your digital files to make finding them efficient.
I love the random German banter. Your shop is awesome, thanks for sharing!
That light switch is magnificent. I love it.
Definitely appreciate the honest shop tour! We all can be improving and I am excited to see you new "cool stuff with potential" storage solution.
Awesome. I miss my Dad's workshop. He was a carpenter. I still love the smell of fresh wood. Best smell ever.
I get hungry all the time from the smell, worked as carpenter for 2 years and put on 10kg's 😂😂
Me too ! He was a teacher, but we have a neat workshop at home and we still build things together. (he is 88)
If CNC isn't your thing there's no shame in that. If it doesn't make you happy you don't need it in your life :)
Good luck and fun with everything. Your work and attitude are inspiring.
Mixing station is my favorite 😁 Brilliant. Everything is fantastic. Thank you for the inspiration.
I’m setting up a shop in my basement with a paint room that I added a ventilation window that partners for airflow with a screen door (rest I added glass block), work table with wall shelves, storage shelves in zones for tools, kits with tools, paper, too.
Your storage is phenomenal. Very inspiring. I appreciate the new ideas to help me improve my setup
And I remember watching most, maybe all, of the videos inspired by these projects. Fun to see your appraisal now. Whether they proved themselves or not, the projects were always fun to watch. Carry on !
The Horse Box looks finished. It has a keg in it, so I'm not sure there's much more to be done.
Every building has AT LEAST one dump room
and every room has at least one dump corner
Glad that it's not just me and seeing the whole shop is so satisfying
Thank you Laura!
That was a fantastic tour! I really love all your work stations. I think I would just live in your shop, it's so nice. I appreciate meeting another human who collects things of beauty, interest and usefulness, but then has storage problems. Thank goodness I collect smaller things than you, so my storage challenges are not so difficult.... yet. Thank you for the 'honest' tour of your space! Work shops are not supposed to be neat and tidy, they are supposed to look like you're working on projects. A neat and tidy work shop means you are not working. (this is what I tell myself when I look around at the sea of stuff I'm fiddling with)
Very impressive!! More of a "compound" than just a workshop. I love the outside area, very cool! Thanks for sharing it with us!😄😄
Great to see your shop and workspace, especially because it was an honest tour. And the best part was honest Laura.
I loved this whole video, especially embracing the multi-part map on the side including the carpet, and all the marker squiggles as part of the graphics. So much content is just here is the perfect, the flawless; you embrace the "didn't go as planned" with such grace and joy at the discovery. Your enthusiasm is wonderful and always makes me smile. Thank you for sharing all of this with us!
How many hours does Laura have in her day??? Way more than mere mortals!!! Renovating a house, re-jigging a workshop, making RUclips videos and creating cool stuff and having a fun life with friends, food, beers and ice cream!! Who else wants to be Laura??? Or at least like her, hard working, creative, funny,....
I joined during the house project and didn’t explore your history being fully satisfied with that present. I am completely floored!! It’s like finding a treasure trove that is only partially revealed!
Have you considered storing by base material? ie metal, plastics, wood, then when you have an idea, and know what base material you're going to work in, you can go and be inspired by what you find in the corresponding area.
You should create an art installation where you use all of your neon letters, combined into a composition that doesn't read as literal words. Instead of keeping everything readable, you could key off the colors and shapes of the neon to form a cohesive visual experience. The letterforms don't even have to be in the correct orientation for reading, you could flip them upside down, put them diagonally or rotated 90°. I think it could even be the kind of thing where you can assemble it in multiple panels, so it's mobile and you can set it up for events and whatnot.
Mount them on hexagonal panels that can rotate ?!
Laura, I feel you on the the "hoarding," but I prefer to think of it as "resource collection." I just finished building a tiny studio for a local music venue, which was built with 95% scraps I saved from the constrcution of my home. In order to create using reuse materials, it must first be captured and stored. Don't be too hard on yourself about the disarray. It is hard to construct storage for rotating stock of different shapes and sizes. But, I look forward to what you come up with.
Idea for your movable clamp storage; see if you can find a school blackboard, the type that can move up and down. You might be able to either use the mechanism of it, or look how it works and imitate it.
@@alessazoe Some work with a counter weight I think, yeah. I've also seen them with springs.
An electric (or manual) winch is really all that's needed to finish that moving wall. The idea is sound - especially if you can put storage behind it!
@@alessazoe I"ve seen some that use another blackboard as the counterweight, so when you pull one up the other one lowers !
The one from my school used pulleys.
Whether shop materials, or sewing rooms, art supplies, baking supplies - all need specialized storage solutions, that's for sure. I admire and take inspiration from all the projects you have taken on to make your shop more convenient and useful in your work. All the best to you Laura as you work on your home as well!
As long as you know where to find things, it doesn't matter whether your shop is clean or dirty. It's yours!
Thankyou for talking about the importance of documentation of projects and ideas and everything, it goes for so many fields of work
Thank you so much for this authentic and honest tour. I believe that this honesty regarding imperfection and all what's not going like we would wish it to encourages peoples to love not just the perfect part of others and themselves but the whole person.
So, cheers to life! And cheers to you all!
Thank you for everyone who answered the riddle!! Lol, very nice shop Laura... I wish you were my neighbor, I could take care of your garden and setup the sewing room, in exchange for letting me use your shop every now and then, I dabble in DIY but mostly building things for my overflowing balcony garden and overflowing sewing desk.
I thought similarly! She should get some garden nuts, CNC Nuts, a sewing buddy, etc.....folks with skills, but not the space would be overjoyed to use her tools & space & possibly show her how to do some things ......
"Deep in her heart, Janine is also a maker." 😆 Love the banter between your team! Thanks for showing us your shop
A Food That is a Drink- Smoothie. I enjoy your channel and your enthusiasm for every project and your pure joy when it works just like you imagined.💗
So much progress since 6 years ago, I've been following since you first started.
From an industrial engineering perspective regarding your storage, you should consider using shelving at ninety degrees to the wall you currently use. Stack each shelf heavy at the bottom light at the top, and try to maintain like items together, If it’s deep storage, this system will enable more shelving to be progressively added as needed and still allow space to move.
I loved this tour of your space. I'm an artist and absolutely love seeing how other people store their stuff. You are such aa happy and joy filled person and I'm so glad to find your channel.
As food as well as a drink: that was COCOA... :) Greetings from Uruguay!!
Thanks for the tour - it was really good to have a look around. I'm with you 100% on the old neon signs, too.
For my first Father's Day my wife gave me a Leatherman Supertool. I still have it 24 years later, and most days you'll find it on my right hip.
When you are mass producing the same product there is some hope of a relatively neat shop. When you are doing different projects, some at the same time, the most you can hope for is to be able to locate the tools and materials required. The 20% of always used tools will probably be nearby but the 80% of sometimes used tools will be an Easter egg hunt. Then making storage items visible can sometimes help cuz locating them requires looking around the shop rather than unearthing them from the pile of closed doors and lids. Because they are visible you will see them often even when not looking for them so your memory should be triggered when the tool or material is required. Multiple workers makes the challenge greater since everyone works differently.
I hope you are enjoying your well deserved vacation. I am ultra jealous of your shop and compound. Reminds me of my grandpa's farm when I was a kid.
This isn't just a shop, this is a full blown maker compound! Very cool!
Laura, you are such a nice person, and never stops to inspire me as a fellow maker. Love from Amsterdam
Groentjes terug uit Amsterdam (:
Perfect Sunday afternoon viewing, highly enjoyable thanks Laura, Felix and friends.
I always say don’t let the size of your shop stop you from building and being creative. My shop is small and I would love one the size of yours. I think a person always fills to whatever size shop you have. Love all your storage ideas and love how honest and easy going you are. Love to watch you from Kamloops, British Columbia Canada 🇨🇦
Golden sticker opportunity for hoarder corner: Anything Can Be A Grill
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I've sorted storage areas in my current/past jobs at times and I've never really found a one-fits-all system. It's something nuanced that won't fit every scenario it's even being used for anyway. The thing well all do a bit wrong if we're not careful is not taking the time once we've sorted everything to keep it tidy. That stuff snowballs so hard
Excellent tour and it's great that you show what works and what doesn't, both with storage and projects. I always feel you learn more when something doesn't work or you have hiccups along the way to success. Thanks and keep up the good work. Love my Leatherman Wave, it's so useful.
The tin with 'A food as well as a drink' was for Cocoa Powder 1960's. x
I recommend storing anything that collects water in a bowl type object (like a boat) upside down in the yard.
"My shop is only a mess because I do not have more space!" Yeah... right. Laura's Shop is probably the biggest one I have ever seen and... I guess every shop is a mess, always. We should just make sure that our shops are at least not dangerous and we spend more time making things than looking for things. :D
Hi, thats interesting - You also use emulgated Ballistol/Water as a cutting fluid. I first did that 50 years ago, when i built rc-parts from metal and i did not have professional cutting-fluid. But it turned out, that it works perfect with all metals i ever drilled. Greets from munich!
You should sell all of the CNC, because you don’t want to use it and it’s claiming space. Then, put all of your sponsor shop shelving in there and make it look like a store. Counter, some random cash register, a massive catalogue on a swivel holder… Make it look like a general store/auto store, from a few decades ago.
Epic auntie vibes. She's got a shop with all the things plus if you don't have a Leatherman she's got your back. ❤️❤️🏳️🌈
What a wealth of riches you have with your shop! All that space, so many, many tools and materials-truly my ideal environment. 🌿
Wow...I just remembered my childhood dream of owning my very own leatherman. I don't have one, but it has to get on my wishlist
The drill index anchored to the wall with the handle is sheer genius.
supe hyped about the riso printed stuff !! looks awersome when done well. Also great shop tour bringing back memories from both your and our personnal journey making stuff. Thank you !!
What a great space I dream of a “shop like space” for my art studio. Love you creative life style. Thanks for sharing it.
This is the stuff dreams are made of. Your shop is the coolest.
I'm in love! Your shop is a dream! I wish I had the space you have. I like your storage area, you have a lot of neat stuff!
I know this "to many things, but..." problem pretty well. I am leaking a shop to make more projects . A shop has to look like it is in "use" I tought it was pretty clean 😉 It is fun to see all your "things" again.
Wow Laura what an awesome shop, thanks for giving us an honest tour! Love seeing how the organisation and retrieval of your potential is made 🥰🥰🥰🥰
Thanks for the tour! I love your shop, even the messy parts. OMG, I'd love to have a go in you CNC room! I'm drooling over all your tools! I enjoyed this video soooo much! 😍I'm looking forward to future renovations ... or just anything you do.
If you are serious about tackling your storage issues and sorting all your many interesting things, I have a suggestion that may be a bit surprising : I suggest making friends with some LIBRARIANS AND/OR ARCHIVISTS, or even adding one to your team of experts! Yes, I know that sounds VERY NERDY, and you may be thinking "but this isn't books, and this stuff won't fit on bookshelves..." But the truth is that librarians and archivists have to deal with non-traditional items in their collections all the time, solving problems like the best long term storage, accessibility, description, best cataloging method for findability, and then how to scale the organization scheme up or down as needed... that's just the tip of the iceberg!
I'm not suggesting this because I *AM* a research librarian and archivist and want you to hire me, specifically, to be your storage and organization expert, research the cool and strage objects you come across, and come hang out with you and Smudo and geek out about your projects and drink some awesome German beer, but... I *DO* happen to have 16+ years of experience in university archives and libraries across the U.S., of all sizes and types, with a proven track record of creative storage management solutions for unique needs.
So just in case you *DO* happen to need someone like that, please note that I'm available for consultation. 😂 I have even taken some German language classes, and I come with a brilliant wife who herself has decades of knowledge about woodshop and electrical-shop stuff. So really, we're a 2-for1 deal, if you think about it. 🤣 #gottashootmyshot #chanceofalifetime
Janin's invention was indispensable to me in 2017, when my son and I traveled across the US to see the total solar eclipse. We used a laptop to image it through a telescope, and the perfect sized box allowed us to actually see the screen while the eclipse was underway.
And I so much agree about neon lights. There is something unique and magic about them, in addition to the nostalgia of the time when they were so common that you didn't take notice.
I love that you have a deep storage for Leatherman tools, purely to give them away to people who don't have one.
Antique Vintage Rowntree Tin Box "a food as well as a drink" Cocoa Powder 1960's. Your exact tin is on eBay!
Rowntree's Cocoa! Chocolate is LIFE
Its not your shop or your house. Its your design. Beautiful.
Risograph printing is AWESOME!!!! You could make some sweet Merch with it.
I didn't want just boring old light switches so I just made a couple of rotary switches using old PC P/S cases and oven range knobs. That switch is WAY cooler. Mind if I make myself a less than perfect copy?
A shop is a work in progress, I can so relate to that! X
I really look forward to seeing you organize the rest of your shop!!! That would be an amazing project!
Hi Laura, ich habe mich genauso wie Du gefreut, als Du den Bohröl-Spender gebaut hast, weil die Teile einfach so prima zueinander passten - und war enttäuscht, als Du ihn wegen des Nachlaufens aussortiert hast. Ich habe mich aber immer gefragt, ob die lange Zuleitung nicht auch wie eine Pipette wirkt; sprich: dichtest Du sie oben ab, dürfte das Öl darin stehen bleiben. Hast Du mal versucht, sie zu füllen, oben den Daumen drauf zu halten, und zu gucken, ob das Öl abläuft? Falls nicht, sollte es nicht schwer sein, den ganzen Weg abzudichten. Und dann wäre das ein herausragendes Stück der Wiederverwertung ...
Sorry Laura, if that means I have to send you a message via Telegram, then I can't: I don't use it. And I am not interesed in a surprise package. Just tell us whether sealing the conduit stops the dripping.
👏Tellement organisée ! Bravo pour l’ensemble des projets et l’atelier 👏👏👏
Sweet Sewing Room! With the gear you have you can make some awesome shade awnings to cut the heat in summer.
To save money, you can buy used sails. Usually the fabric is gently worn and sturdy enough for awnings. It usually does need a proper cleaning and an extra rinse.
I am really enjoying your house refurbishment,but seeing this video made me realize how much I have missed your Rube Goldberg- like projects.
That was a lot of fun. Thanks for sharing. The CNC could be really useful but I guess that it needs quite some time to get into the software side of it.
the thing in the floor is called an inspection pit. the boards are common so that if no vehicle over it it makes it safer to use the workshop.
but how about an everyday carry of your pockets? adam savage and jimmy diresta did one years ago. it's always interesting to see what a maker has handy at any given time without a workshop
Aww the little neon room, how nice of you to rescue these old tubes!
You're living the dream! Spectacular, eclectic idea generators in every corner, on every shelf and in every sq. meter of floor space. And as Adam Savage famously observed: "Shop organization is not an event.. it's a process." Seems to me that the current status of your shop is evidence of your astonishing creativity and productivity. I do wonder whether some of those folks who have the super-organized shops with tidy, polished storage systems and all-clean surfaces ever.. actually... make?
As a hand tool woodworker, not sharpening all the time sounds mad to me! 😅 Awesome shop, Laura! Awesome place! It's so human, has so much personality! Awesome!
Thanks! Terrific shop tour with ideas and discussions.
If I do nothing else today I'm making myself an outdoor office! I'm very jealous of all the treasures you have, well except for the mice.
Thanks for the tour. Love your positive attitude. I to love to work in my shop, I also love to organize, make better use of space and I love to collect “treasure junk”. Noticed on your metal bench an angle grinder without a guard …..shame on you. Please put one on it. They are negative life altering when not used properly.
Thanks for the show my friend.
This is incredible, thanks for sharing
The last words are so true, actually i had an seminar back in my Universitytimes, in which we learned about research looking at makers and makerspaces. This isn't just a hobby for most of the people, the time they spent and the space they create for that time is highly individual and more or less part of their identity, so an externalisation of their personality i think. Highly interesting. Also experienced this by myself.
For the clamp wall you could use a counterweight system like they used to use for windows. Maybe have it lock in place at the bottom so it doesn't wander off when you grab a clamp.
Love the organisation of the equipment and especially the light switches
I'm envious! I live in a flat in Dortmund, and my workshop is a 5x3 Keller where the tools and the materials share space with the food and the bikes....I even haven't a proper worktable!
Love a good honest workshop tour! Oh what I would do to have that kind of space to make stuff, right now all the ideas live on paper but someday they will be made real (I hope)
I love how creative are your creation, it's really amazing !
I'd love to see a workbench or storage that can rise up from the floor pits
Yeah, maybe re-purpose one of those TV systems that rise up out of the floor for the homes of the 1 percenters? But it would have to be linked to a sound system that plays something dramatic like Ride of the Valkyries when it raises.
Hi Laura! Surely you have already thought about it ..... but if you used a gear motor to be applied to the clamp panel and double button for up and down and limit switches ....... It could work because yours was a good one idea!
A food as well as a drink is a super oldschool cocoa tin lid. Nice to see this somewhere else, I have two of those in my shop that I got after my grandpa had passed. One of them full of springs and another full of huge rosin pieces that I will propably never use, but I am to sorry to throw them away. greetings from Poland.