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Panoramic Hills maintenance and enhancements
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Organize the Well Shed #108

Open BallerPaul opened 4 years ago

BallerPaul commented 4 years ago

I wasn't able to find another issue for this one so I decided to write one.

To the extent of my knowledge, the goal is to organize the shed in a way that makes it stay organized.

There are really 3 things that are necessary to do this in our family.

  1. (In Kon Mari terms) Everything needs a home
  2. Everything needs a clear way to identify where it's home is. We've begun to implement sharpie markings on the wall to show where everything goes. This seems to work well.
  3. Each tool's home has to be reasonably accessible, and preferably easy to put up. If a tool isn't easy to put up, it is more likely to be left out.

We've so far had supplies mostly in the attic of the shed, with tools hanging on the walls.

I think the next step is mapping out where each type of tool goes. We have masonry tools and clamps mapped out pretty thoroughly, but we have several areas that are unclear or may need to be adjusted. I think we may need to move the electrical tools section due to space.

BallerPaul commented 4 years ago

Also, some of the electrical tools have makeshift hangers that might not be ideal for the finished product. One of those are the circular saws. I've found some circular saws online that will probably be worth getting once we get to that step. https://www.walmart.com/ip/R-9011263-Black-Circular-Saw-Shelf/636640793

jonathanstokes commented 4 years ago

@BallerPaul, nice work organizing (the issue 😄). There was an issue open for organizing the mechanical tools in the garden shed (#80). It got closed but I don't think the work there is quite done.

In general, I think we need to take one type of tool at a time, and get it all the way to having outlines on the wall. I've found that stopping short of that means the tools will go missing before we get back to outlining them.

Regarding the outlines, I've had success setting up a single clamp-on light as a spot, and then tracing the shadow the tool makes. In the garden shed, there's a little bit of re-arranging that needs to happen before we draw more outlines. Maybe you and I can talk through this in person and that give you an idea of how I think about it. Then you can apply the process on your own.