Logan Cabinet Shoppe

It must have been the weekend for late spring cleaning as it seems there was a lot of this going around late last week. At any rate, the shop is clean for the first time in a long time. I had needed a new long shelf to store my ever growing collection of wooden molding and joinery planes as they were just being stored on the bench top. This makes for convenient access but clutters up the workbench and impedes work in progress. So I completed the shelf and got the bench cleaned off. Here's the before.

This wasn't terrible, but the bench top was pretty cluttered on the right hand side preventing me from using that half of the bench very efficiently. This picture was actually taken a few weeks ago and as of last Friday, it was a lot worse than this. Now here's the after. These are recent photos taken Saturday.

What a pleasure it was to walk around the shop after cleaning it up. I can actually use the bench now. My goal now is to try to clean up after each day's use. We'll see how long I make it. Also notice the new wooden twin screw vise which has replaced the old metal quick release. I like it a lot, but that's for another post.

So if you haven't cleaned up your shop in a long time, I urge you to get to it. You may be surprised at how much more efficient you can be when you have a good clean area to work. You may even find that long lost tool you needed on your last project.

Now to get dirty!

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