I was watching the video thinking similar, even a single rail running along the apex would eliminate the need to put a tripod in the middle of the room
You have to love the real world problem of space management, no matter how much space you have you will always fill it full of clutter, thanks for the reorganisation video Ben, I shall be eagerly looking forward to parts 2, 3, 4 & 5 lol
"A flat surface, when not used often, becomes a dumping ground." Edit: A flat surface, if not currently in use, becomes a dumping ground within minutes-if not seconds.
a flat surface is invariably a dumping ground. we should have tilting workbenches that automatically lean over to shed their clutter over a certain weight limit like a game of buckaroo.
Wood is my bane in terms of organized space. I keep almost *everything*, particularly small pieces with aesthetically pleasing dimensions that I will most likely never have any use for.
Moved into a new house 3 years ago and absolutely filled our garage. Finally this spring, I did the very same thing to make room for my "one-car" wood shop. I must have touched everything in the garage 10 times moving it from place to place. Worth all the effort in the end!!!
You need a second shed. I have a third now which gets filled to allow room to work in the first shed. I’m about to convert my lean to shelter into my fourth shed to work. 😄
Agreed. something for long term storage for the things you use from time to time, but not regularly enough to warrant a chunk of space in your studio shed (such as the mill and the lathe as well as storage for wood and Vintage tool shop items awaiting restoration.)
Unless your wife does woodworking, they don’t understand how a room can get this cluttered with tools and debris! Mine doesn’t. A fantastic cabinet maker I knew had 6” of saw dust on the floor of his work shop. Never swept it up. Said it was easy to walk on and help keep the floor warmer in the winter! When you have been doing woodworking for as long as Ben and I, books are more for ideas than teaching. Teaching comes from experience. You can’t print it or buy it, you acquire it. So Bravo Ben on your reconfigured shop, although it still looks cluttered! Love from NW Colorado, USA! Thanxz
Ben, I feel your pain. Getting a home shop and shed organized can take days and days. But you are already seeing progress, so the effort is worth it. Can't wait to see the end arrangement.
As a Musician, an avid Tool freak, a shed man and someone with OCD This video was a rollercoaster of emotions and yes I want more. also on the flat surface debate I couldn't agree more, I left my Motorcycle at a dealers once and came back to find a row of coffee cups on the tank and seat, suffice to say I was Unpleased. great Vid.
Lol. Thank you. I do have to say that Talitha actually added the 'no luthiers were hurt..' thing without actually checking with the luthier.. who is currently in a rather large amount of pain due to catching the damn lathe 😀 self inflicted though, do I deserve it!! B
I've watched you work in many different workshops over the years and each one has been visually entertaining. Love how much you are able to fit in the space and the presentation of old and new tools is glorious, even when a bit messy
Watching Ben move that lathe and have to catch it to keep it from hitting the floor gives me faith that I’m not the only idiot that does stuff like that. That was an exact demonstration of me moving anything heavy n my home! 😂
I think Ben deserves an office space in the house where he can have all the cool tools/bits n bobs on display that he doesnt use in the workshop but wants to keep. Then he can do his Q n A like a boss from a big comfy chair because he deserves it!
that would be fun.. except my kids, well.. they take after me and are LOUD :) I would love an office at the house though, maybe one day I can get a big enough property.. or maybe reduce the number of children living with me? You can send them back... right?? lol .B
@@CrimsonCustomGuitars Been researching sending back a 4 year old terror, no good, apparently we have to hold onto them until they're adults or something?!?
We all have the same problem with space to store our tools and things that will come in use at a later date. Have you thought about moving the family into the shed and then moving the workshop contents into the house. I'm sure Mrs. Crowe will take that suggestion as good as mine did. Now I am living in the shed now 😉.
I absolutely loved watching this. It makes me miss my old workshop so much. I had a small space, but I managed to pack it nearly as tightly, and still made it functional and I was comfortable and happy there. The space I have now is so small that I can't even use it, so I've stopped trying to do anything with it other than to store my tools and bits until we move to a place where I will have a proper workshop again- another year or so. It's maddening, but trying to use a space that doesn't exist is even worse.
Ben. My bedroom is 10' x 11' and there's a little trick I've done that helps. Anything like my Didgeridoo, telescope, fishing rods, camera tripods and fans are all hanging from the ceiling. Just put some wooden battens up into the joists, add cup hooks and suspend by whatever you think. But don't hang anything really heavy. 👍😃
I have to clean out the garage workshop myself. Same issues with keeping bits of lovely lumber. You need at least a storage rack. Rather than a complete new shed you could put a short tin roof off one side of the workshop and build wood racks there. Enclose the back and sides with heavy canvas or scrounged pallet plywood. It won't be a kiln but it will be out of the weather and just plan a little ahead for active projects to bring the wood inside the workshop to dry a bit more. Put wheels under a lot of the equipment so you can push them all to one corner like a parking lot and pull out as needed to the center (of the film studio in your case). I sometimes roll the table saw outside when the weather is nice.
Hi Ben, a few months back I was looking for a decent no4 plane and couldn't find one ( including Vintage tool shop ) and I've just found out why. They're all in your bloody workshop 😀. Regards Jim.
It's utterly insane the amount of stuff that just gathers in a small workshop, with such inexplicable speed! Mine is much better since I cleaned it but my Odin is it hard to keep that way haha. The most common thing being the copious amounts of wood and some completely unboxed new tools hahaha. Great video Ben
Mount counter weighted? arms to the ceiling for the camera at each tool station, need to use a station, pull down arm, attach camera, set up shot, do work, when done take the camera off and push the arm back up out of the way, it'll also give you the floor space back that the tripod uses and removes it as a trip hazard, and you can run a power strip across to each arm and charge the camera when it's on an arm. and you can do over the shoulder shots too
Man after my own heart. There’s nothing more satisfying IMO than taking out everything and putting it way in an organised place. My wife still laughs at me as I’ve done this all our married life. I was thinking of moving my work shop over and dedicating one to guitars and the other to storage. I guess that’s made my mind up. Looking forward to the tour and next Nebula.
Great vid (as always), fun to watch. I like seeing others' workshops ~ creative ways to use space, managing the space you have, interesting set-ups and ideas I haven't thought of to be more efficient = all good! Thanks Ben. (As always, LOVE to see your chickens and the deer when they come to visit. And cows!)
"What's the most Ben Crowe thing you've ever seen?" "Well, when he was reorganizing his workshop, every time he moved, he was tripping over a plane or three."
I was poking around in your videos trying to find something to watch/listen to while tidying up my small indoor workshop space, where I do clean work like joining and bracing tops and backs, fretwork, etc. Apropos I should run into this one. And we all know the moment we begin working we'll need to do this all over again, lol.
I just had a huge clear out in my workshop. The addition of 12 drawers under the workbench was an amazingly good use of space for loads of useful tools which had become clutter. The real saving grace was (wait for it) getting my Missus in, to ruthlessly sort out the trash from the treasure with a critical eye and the voice of reason! ( I did rescue one or five things from the bin once she'd finished her purge) I also had a great evening with beer and a bonfire from all the offcuts that I had saved just in case I might need them!
My solution for my table saw is the Bosch Gravity Rise Folding saw table. I roll the saw outdoors when needed, no sawdust in the garage, not ideal for frequent use or rainy climates.
This is my life too. 1 - 2 - Move piles of stuff from one place to another, sweep the dust and cobwebs away, and feel happy about the progress. Goto 2. 3 - Realise you are in an infinite loop, stop, and get on with other stuff for about a year. Goto 1. Exit program - Die and leave your offspring to deal with all the stuff which was always happy to be where you put it.
Ben, you are definitely a hoarder, tools are great to have, some will say you can never have enough, I think you have more than you really need. But what do I know, enjoyed the video.
FWIW: I would have watched this episode and the next regardless of length. Rearranging and reorganizing is an obsession of mine when it's other people doing it! 😉🤣
I said it in the live stream and I'll say it again here. Just glad I was not the one that had to go through and move everything around. ;-) Getting there I hope anyway for your sake. I am sure this is also probably therapeutic for you to help recenter yourself. In that case carry on and best of luck.
Rearranging a smallish workshop is a sliding-block puzzle. You have to move one thing to be able to move another, and sometimes you move one thing to one place, then to another place ... and repeat.
you know what.. that is by far the easiest fix! Thank you. I will do that. I don't have time to mess around re-hanging doors if I don't have to! You RULE! B
Ben, you will need to build one more smaller workshop to house watchmaking items. It will also be the home for your new RUclips channel that will showcase the rabbit hole that is watch collecting and making. That workshop will go next to the wood storage area you NEED to build.
Talking to concrete guy and modular building guy to add a 20'x24' woodshop (plus covered outdoor timber store/drying area) to my place. Great ideas here on organization and a good look at what is basically a small machine shop. The number of disciplines involved in scratch guitar building is crazy...
one of the reasons I LOVE it so much.. I can find an excuse for pretty much any craft discipline I fancy playing with from leather, to machining to woodwork or even forging or a bit of light foundry work.. SO much fun to be had, and the end result.. well, that is playable too!! Enjoy your expansion too! Congrats. B
All the work benches should have wheels fitted , so you can wheel them out when your filming. Then they can all live along the walls . Mount the lathe on to a bench so it can be wheeled out when needed .
I will have to unscrew the cabinet on the other side when the time comes.. I was just far too lazy to do that this time around to gain 5 measly millimetres.. B
tempting but not flexible enough.. I have, surprisingly, ended up with more floor space than before after all this.. I really don't quite know how tbh! B
I also have limited space in my corner of the garage. So I enjoy watching your struggle to make it all fit! Saturday mornings are always for watching the crazy Brit luthier! Love the content, Ben!
I enjoyed watching this and I'm looking forward with great relish to rummaging in your drawers. I work on a much smaller scale than you (1/24, 1/35, 1/48 & 1/72) and have a worktable with two sets of shelves for tools at the back, held on with magnets so they can be taken off and stored safely when moving the worktable between stored & working positions. I recently reorganised one set of shelves to hold nearly everything previously on the two sets of shelves, which makes life a lot easier. We collect stuff that might be useful one day, but finding a place for it all is always a problem. Having the essentials close at hand with everything else stored in Really Useful Boxes makes more sense than trying to have every single item within arm's reach at all times. The only problem is that whatever I need from the boxes is ALWAYS in the box at the bottom of the stack.
I was embarrassed by my work shop and now I see it looks just like yours. I'm to the point too that I need to take a good look at what I use and what I need too maybe do away with. But it is hard to get rid of tools you acquired over 36 year???
Drawers for days, drawers for nights. Drawers dismay, and drawers delight. Drawers for this. Drawers for that. I even have a drawer for my whiffleball bat. If you have a tool you need to stash, a drawers the place says Seuss the cat. Like Yukon Cornelius, and King Moonracer, in the drawer lies the island of misfit tools. Happily in the hands of Mr.Tool Taker.
Ooooh yes.. I know that problem well. but you've not made use of the roof ;) you need a roof mount and a 'stick' that then holds the camera from the top at whatever height you need. I hang my clamps from the rafters.
I think it would be quite nice to actually take any of the excess wood (from those old work benches, broken doors etc etc), and see if you can make a guitar out if them.
Hi Ben, I only watched this video because it's raining and my workshop is the back garden so not entirely sympathetic :) Now you've got all your drawers are you going to label what's in them?
Hey Ben, is there any chance that you can make a pointy guitar ? or a V ? At some point, Something like an Jackson warrior, would be great to watch :) loving the nebula build, can't wait til she's finished :) keep the amazing content coming my man :) peace ✌🏻 Cheers from Norway ✌🏻🇧🇻
Who would have thought simply watching someone tidy and rearrange would be so fascinating and so funny. Ben: that's a tight fit for my drawers let's kick it and hit it with a hammer till it does fit. 😅 I did my garage 2 weeks ago and I had gappy forgotten finds of tools and parts but not chocolate 😮
I used 68mm down-pipe on brackets suspended from the trusses of my workshop (now repurposed as a photographic studio) to hold mouldings, doweling, metal rods (plain/threaded) and suchlike small section but longish material.
Miunt rails to the ceiling and hang the cameras from them, rather than running a tripod. Easy top down shots, free up floor space and more control
I was watching the video thinking similar, even a single rail running along the apex would eliminate the need to put a tripod in the middle of the room
You have to love the real world problem of space management, no matter how much space you have you will always fill it full of clutter, thanks for the reorganisation video Ben, I shall be eagerly looking forward to parts 2, 3, 4 & 5 lol
"A flat surface, when not used often, becomes a dumping ground."
Edit: A flat surface, if not currently in use, becomes a dumping ground within minutes-if not seconds.
a flat surface is invariably a dumping ground. we should have tilting workbenches that automatically lean over to shed their clutter over a certain weight limit like a game of buckaroo.
What I lov is what happens to treadmills.
Wood is my bane in terms of organized space. I keep almost *everything*, particularly small pieces with aesthetically pleasing dimensions that I will most likely never have any use for.
Moved into a new house 3 years ago and absolutely filled our garage. Finally this spring, I did the very same thing to make room for my "one-car" wood shop. I must have touched everything in the garage 10 times moving it from place to place. Worth all the effort in the end!!!
I feel so much better about my mess. Misery truly loves company.
*Me:* How's he ever gonna get organized with so much stuff?
*Ben:* Unboxing!
You need a second shed. I have a third now which gets filled to allow room to work in the first shed. I’m about to convert my lean to shelter into my fourth shed to work. 😄
Sounds like my life before I moved into Crimson HQ.. then I came back and started the process all over again! I can't believe it! 😀 B
It's good fun and in the end feel liberated 😊
Underground bunker!
Agreed. something for long term storage for the things you use from time to time, but not regularly enough to warrant a chunk of space in your studio shed (such as the mill and the lathe as well as storage for wood and Vintage tool shop items awaiting restoration.)
Ahhh! John 4 sheds Grant😁
I actually love videos like this because I have zero organizational skills so watching other people tackle their shops is a huge help to me lol
Unless your wife does woodworking, they don’t understand how a room can get this cluttered with tools and debris! Mine doesn’t. A fantastic cabinet maker I knew had 6” of saw dust on the floor of his work shop. Never swept it up. Said it was easy to walk on and help keep the floor warmer in the winter! When you have been doing woodworking for as long as Ben and I, books are more for ideas than teaching. Teaching comes from experience. You can’t print it or buy it, you acquire it. So Bravo Ben on your reconfigured shop, although it still looks cluttered! Love from NW Colorado, USA! Thanxz
This video should be called “guy who used to build guitars, makes his messy workshop a different mess indistinguishable from the original mess”
Awesome, big thanks for the fantastic feedback. Greetings from Iceland.
Love this. My workshop/shed needs similar treatment. Love watching your thought process. Cleaning and organising your work space is good for the soul.
Exactly
Ben, I feel your pain. Getting a home shop and shed organized can take days and days. But you are already seeing progress, so the effort is worth it. Can't wait to see the end arrangement.
tidy, and hopefully, easy to keep tidy! fingers crossed :) B
As a Musician, an avid Tool freak, a shed man and someone with OCD This video was a rollercoaster of emotions and yes I want more. also on the flat surface debate I couldn't agree more, I left my Motorcycle at a dealers once and came back to find a row of coffee cups on the tank and seat, suffice to say I was Unpleased. great Vid.
oohhh! The bike thing! Naught naughty people! .. and I will give you more.. soon! Thanks for watching B
>no Luthiers were hurt< one of you best videos...really enjoyed it!
Lol. Thank you. I do have to say that Talitha actually added the 'no luthiers were hurt..' thing without actually checking with the luthier.. who is currently in a rather large amount of pain due to catching the damn lathe 😀 self inflicted though, do I deserve it!! B
once again ben inspires me to improve my woodworking quality of life. thank you ben (:
My pleasure, makes me lol though since I know just how far I personally have to go still, #alwaysbelearning yeah? B
@@CrimsonCustomGuitars always be learning indeed, an excellent sentiment
Hahaha...laughed out loud when the legs came off your lathe 🤣. Thank you for being honest and not cutting it out from the edit!😄👍
my pleasure, here to entertain and to educate.. sometimes my fuck ups achieve both :) B
Workbench cam 29min was class. This vid was weirdly inspiring 🤘
My wife also works on the First Flat Surface filing system - abbreviated to FFS whenever it gets in my way.
Funnily enough i'm finally rewiring my studio's audio equipment after a month of renovations today, nice to have some company :P
It's definitely coming along well! I do recommend you hang a First Aid kit in an easily accessible and visible place (Ideally near the door)
And a fire extinguisher!
fire extinguisher is just outside the door.. first aid box is.. um, I think next to the bandsaw..? B
good point! B
I've watched you work in many different workshops over the years and each one has been visually entertaining. Love how much you are able to fit in the space and the presentation of old and new tools is glorious, even when a bit messy
I appreciate the percussive adjustment of the cabinet at the end of the vintage chest… AKA booting the bastard into place!
sometimes a good kicking is exactly what is required! B
This video was super cathartic. Love organizing but hate doing it so it was nice to watch someone else do it.
Watching Ben move that lathe and have to catch it to keep it from hitting the floor gives me faith that I’m not the only idiot that does stuff like that. That was an exact demonstration of me moving anything heavy n my home! 😂
I think Ben deserves an office space in the house where he can have all the cool tools/bits n bobs on display that he doesnt use in the workshop but wants to keep. Then he can do his Q n A like a boss from a big comfy chair because he deserves it!
that would be fun.. except my kids, well.. they take after me and are LOUD :) I would love an office at the house though, maybe one day I can get a big enough property.. or maybe reduce the number of children living with me? You can send them back... right?? lol .B
@@CrimsonCustomGuitars Been researching sending back a 4 year old terror, no good, apparently we have to hold onto them until they're adults or something?!?
I feel better about my shop organization, or lack thereof, knowing that I am not alone. I too feel overwhelmed.
We all have the same problem with space to store our tools and things that will come in use at a later date.
Have you thought about moving the family into the shed and then moving the workshop contents into the house. I'm sure Mrs. Crowe will take that suggestion as good as mine did.
Now I am living in the shed now 😉.
I have had that idea.. I'm scared though, very scared, to mention it :) lol B
Using that old eagles head as a volume adjustment knob could be cool
Maybe even those aluminium sculptures as sound holes
I absolutely loved watching this. It makes me miss my old workshop so much. I had a small space, but I managed to pack it nearly as tightly, and still made it functional and I was comfortable and happy there. The space I have now is so small that I can't even use it, so I've stopped trying to do anything with it other than to store my tools and bits until we move to a place where I will have a proper workshop again- another year or so. It's maddening, but trying to use a space that doesn't exist is even worse.
Love the way that metal drawer case went in next to the wall: kicks then hammer. I feel warm and fuzzy inside my body... 😍
I really didn't want to unscrew the cabinet on the other side of the bench just to gain half a centimetre.. lazy, I know :) B
@@CrimsonCustomGuitars 🤣🤣🤣
Ben.
My bedroom is 10' x 11' and there's a little trick I've done that helps. Anything like my Didgeridoo, telescope, fishing rods, camera tripods and fans are all hanging from the ceiling.
Just put some wooden battens up into the joists, add cup hooks and suspend by whatever you think.
But don't hang anything really heavy. 👍😃
I have to clean out the garage workshop myself. Same issues with keeping bits of lovely lumber. You need at least a storage rack. Rather than a complete new shed you could put a short tin roof off one side of the workshop and build wood racks there. Enclose the back and sides with heavy canvas or scrounged pallet plywood. It won't be a kiln but it will be out of the weather and just plan a little ahead for active projects to bring the wood inside the workshop to dry a bit more. Put wheels under a lot of the equipment so you can push them all to one corner like a parking lot and pull out as needed to the center (of the film studio in your case). I sometimes roll the table saw outside when the weather is nice.
To have a workshop like Ben's you HAVE to have mastered TETRIS on your gameboy!
You're going to enjoy the results... getting rid of some tools, well now, that's another conversation all together!!
I agree on both counts! B
Yahoo another workshop tour! 😀
Hi Ben, a few months back I was looking for a decent no4 plane and couldn't find one ( including Vintage tool shop ) and I've just found out why. They're all in your bloody workshop 😀. Regards Jim.
I’m so glad my workshop is small! It stops the accumulation of stuff. I’m more discerning than I used to be, it makes for a quieter mind…
a quiet mind? I think I crave that! B
It's utterly insane the amount of stuff that just gathers in a small workshop, with such inexplicable speed! Mine is much better since I cleaned it but my Odin is it hard to keep that way haha. The most common thing being the copious amounts of wood and some completely unboxed new tools hahaha. Great video Ben
Mount counter weighted? arms to the ceiling for the camera at each tool station, need to use a station, pull down arm, attach camera, set up shot, do work, when done take the camera off and push the arm back up out of the way, it'll also give you the floor space back that the tripod uses and removes it as a trip hazard, and you can run a power strip across to each arm and charge the camera when it's on an arm. and you can do over the shoulder shots too
Man after my own heart. There’s nothing more satisfying IMO than taking out everything and putting it way in an organised place. My wife still laughs at me as I’ve done this all our married life.
I was thinking of moving my work shop over and dedicating one to guitars and the other to storage. I guess that’s made my mind up.
Looking forward to the tour and next Nebula.
"Just for now" :D Fit things while they're in your hand. Those hinges will be there two guitars down the line ;)
Great vid (as always), fun to watch. I like seeing others' workshops ~ creative ways to use space, managing the space you have, interesting set-ups and ideas I haven't thought of to be more efficient = all good! Thanks Ben. (As always, LOVE to see your chickens and the deer when they come to visit. And cows!)
Reminded me of 'Jaws' : 'We're going to need a bigger ...' Shed ! 🤣
"What's the most Ben Crowe thing you've ever seen?" "Well, when he was reorganizing his workshop, every time he moved, he was tripping over a plane or three."
my bad :( the height of hedonism! B
I was poking around in your videos trying to find something to watch/listen to while tidying up my small indoor workshop space, where I do clean work like joining and bracing tops and backs, fretwork, etc.
Apropos I should run into this one.
And we all know the moment we begin working we'll need to do this all over again, lol.
Seeing Ben’s shop makes me feel so much better about the disaster that is my studio…🤣
Can't hardly see the difference but you seem to be happy. So, it works.
I just had a huge clear out in my workshop. The addition of 12 drawers under the workbench was an amazingly good use of space for loads of useful tools which had become clutter. The real saving grace was (wait for it) getting my Missus in, to ruthlessly sort out the trash from the treasure with a critical eye and the voice of reason! ( I did rescue one or five things from the bin once she'd finished her purge) I also had a great evening with beer and a bonfire from all the offcuts that I had saved just in case I might need them!
Thanks for making this video Ben. You have inspired me to give my own workshop an much needed overhaul.
I love these fiddly types of videos. it was fun watching someone else organizing and cleaning for a change. lol
My solution for my table saw is the Bosch Gravity Rise Folding saw table. I roll the saw outdoors when needed, no sawdust in the garage, not ideal for frequent use or rainy climates.
This is my life too. 1 - 2 - Move piles of stuff from one place to another, sweep the dust and cobwebs away, and feel happy about the progress. Goto 2. 3 - Realise you are in an infinite loop, stop, and get on with other stuff for about a year. Goto 1. Exit program - Die and leave your offspring to deal with all the stuff which was always happy to be where you put it.
add in constantly bring new things into the shop and you have it in one! B
Ben, you are definitely a hoarder, tools are great to have, some will say you can never have enough, I think you have more than you really need. But what do I know, enjoyed the video.
I will let you rummage through my drawers, ooh Mrs... Carry On Crimson.
you got me there! B
FWIW: I would have watched this episode and the next regardless of length. Rearranging and reorganizing is an obsession of mine when it's other people doing it! 😉🤣
Noted! :) B
Love the new Art Installation : 'Hanging Internal Door Hinges'. It'll gather some nice patina over time ... 😛
That's the plan! lol
Mrs Crowe :Have you put those hinges up yet?
Ben : Yes dear....
I said it in the live stream and I'll say it again here. Just glad I was not the one that had to go through and move everything around. ;-) Getting there I hope anyway for your sake.
I am sure this is also probably therapeutic for you to help recenter yourself. In that case carry on and best of luck.
Rearranging a smallish workshop is a sliding-block puzzle. You have to move one thing to be able to move another, and sometimes you move one thing to one place, then to another place ... and repeat.
really need to organize my shed, for now almost impossible to work lol
You can easily make use of the hinges on the door, just substitute some of the screws for coach bolts drill through and bolt on the inside 👍
you know what.. that is by far the easiest fix! Thank you. I will do that. I don't have time to mess around re-hanging doors if I don't have to! You RULE! B
@@CrimsonCustomGuitars happy to help 👍
That you didn’t sweep/hoover the inside of the workbench before attaching the drawer cabinets has made my skin itch! 😂
I had a private bet with myself.. I want to see how many people are triggered enough by that to comment.. I know I would have! Sorry 😞 😆
Ben, you will need to build one more smaller workshop to house watchmaking items. It will also be the home for your new RUclips channel that will showcase the rabbit hole that is watch collecting and making. That workshop will go next to the wood storage area you NEED to build.
Hey Matt.. I am so so tempted to do this.. but no.. I will leave actual watch repair until I retire.. anything else is madness :( B
Voyeur Butt fun hahahahaha. Great video Ben 😀
Talking to concrete guy and modular building guy to add a 20'x24' woodshop (plus covered outdoor timber store/drying area) to my place. Great ideas here on organization and a good look at what is basically a small machine shop. The number of disciplines involved in scratch guitar building is crazy...
one of the reasons I LOVE it so much.. I can find an excuse for pretty much any craft discipline I fancy playing with from leather, to machining to woodwork or even forging or a bit of light foundry work.. SO much fun to be had, and the end result.. well, that is playable too!! Enjoy your expansion too! Congrats. B
Ceiling mounted camera gantry system would give you a ton of options for filming without taking up floor space.
full gantry? ooh.. that actually could work. just need higher ceilings! B
Who needs Belgium chocolate when you can have Icelandic Omnom? Lol
maybe a few mechanics tool boxes would help with your storage. You can get them with flat tops or you could stack them. Might be worth looking into
The most difficult part of 5S is Sustain. I applaud the work you put into the cleaning and rearranging. I definitely need to do the same.
All the work benches should have wheels fitted , so you can wheel them out when your filming. Then they can all live along the walls . Mount the lathe on to a bench so it can be wheeled out when needed .
I can relate to the situation....
For me, a good garage and workshop improvement is almost as much fun as the guitar building. I love a sort out.
30:10 we all knew what Ben needed there............'Coffee........(whispering silently)...'
OMG, I have the same problem in my garage where I work. I thought that was my problem.
it is universal, sadly! B
Ben's next video "I can't find a damn thing".
30:10 that press fit though ... you will never get that stuff away from the wall again xD
I will have to unscrew the cabinet on the other side when the time comes.. I was just far too lazy to do that this time around to gain 5 measly millimetres.. B
I found this strangely satisfying, a bit like watching Tetris.
thank you B
You know, tripods by their very nature take up a large amount of floor space. Now if you were to start using ceiling mounted monopoles . . .
tempting but not flexible enough.. I have, surprisingly, ended up with more floor space than before after all this.. I really don't quite know how tbh! B
I also have limited space in my corner of the garage. So I enjoy watching your struggle to make it all fit! Saturday mornings are always for watching the crazy Brit luthier! Love the content, Ben!
I enjoyed watching this and I'm looking forward with great relish to rummaging in your drawers.
I work on a much smaller scale than you (1/24, 1/35, 1/48 & 1/72) and have a worktable with two sets of shelves for tools at the back, held on with magnets so they can be taken off and stored safely when moving the worktable between stored & working positions. I recently reorganised one set of shelves to hold nearly everything previously on the two sets of shelves, which makes life a lot easier.
We collect stuff that might be useful one day, but finding a place for it all is always a problem. Having the essentials close at hand with everything else stored in Really Useful Boxes makes more sense than trying to have every single item within arm's reach at all times. The only problem is that whatever I need from the boxes is ALWAYS in the box at the bottom of the stack.
Cleaning up, he found a candy bar... and we watched
Made me lol! Thank you. B
Such an enjoyable moment when you can reorganize stuff and even putting much more stuff than before ;o)
I was embarrassed by my work shop and now I see it looks just like yours. I'm to the point too that I need to take a good look at what I use and what I need too maybe do away with. But it is hard to get rid of tools you acquired over 36 year???
Drawers for days, drawers for nights. Drawers dismay, and drawers delight.
Drawers for this. Drawers for that. I even have a drawer for my whiffleball bat.
If you have a tool you need to stash, a drawers the place says Seuss the cat.
Like Yukon Cornelius, and King Moonracer, in the drawer lies the island of misfit tools. Happily in the hands of Mr.Tool Taker.
Ooooh yes.. I know that problem well. but you've not made use of the roof ;) you need a roof mount and a 'stick' that then holds the camera from the top at whatever height you need. I hang my clamps from the rafters.
the ceiling is a little low.. and I am little too bald to have things at head height :) But it is a valid option for sure.
Perhaps lockable castor wheels on benches to make them mobile, works in my shed.
Organized Chaos like my shop
the best kind! B
I think it would be quite nice to actually take any of the excess wood (from those old work benches, broken doors etc etc), and see if you can make a guitar out if them.
that would be a cool project, and is absolutely possible. B
I’ve spent 35 minutes watching a man tidy up. What’s wrong with me!!!!!!???????? :)
And me
Ben, was that a Thunderhead hanging on the wall? decoration or are you fixing it? seems you need a 3rd or 4th workshop for different processes lol
The old bench with the draws in I would have used that as my new work space
it is sooo lovely! B
Hi Ben, I only watched this video because it's raining and my workshop is the back garden so not entirely sympathetic :) Now you've got all your drawers are you going to label what's in them?
Hey Ben, is there any chance that you can make a pointy guitar ? or a V ? At some point, Something like an Jackson warrior, would be great to watch :) loving the nebula build, can't wait til she's finished :) keep the amazing content coming my man :) peace ✌🏻
Cheers from Norway ✌🏻🇧🇻
Who would have thought simply watching someone tidy and rearrange would be so fascinating and so funny. Ben: that's a tight fit for my drawers let's kick it and hit it with a hammer till it does fit. 😅 I did my garage 2 weeks ago and I had gappy forgotten finds of tools and parts but not chocolate 😮
You need to finish that PRS acoustasonic using a slice of one of those aluminium castings as the soundhole.
Ooohhhh!!?! Great idea. B
If you increase the size of a workspace by x, the cost increases by x squared and the usefulness increases by x cubed.
Jay bates Mitresaw station. Saved my shop.
tempting! B
Wow you filed that workshop fast.
Space, I need more spaaaaaccceeee! 😀
I used 68mm down-pipe on brackets suspended from the trusses of my workshop (now repurposed as a photographic studio) to hold mouldings, doweling, metal rods (plain/threaded) and suchlike small section but longish material.