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 Posted: 16 Sep 2019 03:13 pm
   
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Tom Ward
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2foot6 wrote:
Now that's a workbench,
not much would get done if it was mine.

A big stereo system to turn up the music,
and a couple of drinks to get the party started....


Peter - those tower speakers used to be in the living room. 

As part of the deal for me taking over the "guest room",
Cheri insisted that I put those ugly speakers in there. 

Uhm, as you wish my princess.....:glad:

The girl is a real sweetheart.

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 Posted: 13 Oct 2019 12:27 am
   
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Finally got around to photographing where it happens at Martins Creek.

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 Posted: 13 Oct 2019 12:29 am
   
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Storage of parts and building materials.

The microwave oven has been modified into a spray booth,
with the air vent at the rear vented to outside the shed.

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 Posted: 13 Oct 2019 08:47 pm
   
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Well, it sure ain't pretty and it won't please clean freaks...





Some of "the shop"...





A worse mess but that's how it is. And if I turn around...





Here is about half the layout.
I can't clean anything up because I'm having fun running trains.
Go figure...

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 Posted: 13 Oct 2019 08:52 pm
   
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Woodie, that's what it's all about...

HAVING FUN....:glad::glad::rah::glad::glad:

:2t::2t:.......HMMM.....
now where did I put that tiny screw?  :shocked:  :doh:


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 Posted: 14 Oct 2019 01:21 pm
   
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I don't know Woodie, looks like a modeler's paradise to me.
TWO work tables and chairs, ample storage and minimal worries about messing up the carpet/floor/walls/ceiling/other.
Sometimes a little mess is needed to help you rediscover little treasures.

As much as I like having more room for my layout and for modeling by moving the work space to a separate room,
I miss having the layout and workbench next to each other.
It seemed like doing modeling would motivate me to play and vice versa. I miss that synergy.

Tom


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 Posted: 14 Oct 2019 01:38 pm
   
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I'm gonna clean it up...someday.

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 Posted: 14 Oct 2019 03:30 pm
   
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W C Greene wrote:
I'm gonna clean it up...someday.


Not me.

I've cleaned up my work area at least three times over the years.
Always with the same result.
I get less than 50% the productivity I had pre-cleanup.

First I kept wasting time putting tools away when I was "done with them",
but the bigger issue was figuring where on earth I put the tool or material I had need of.

Then when I finally figured out where I had put it,
I either foolishly put it back there when done,
or wasted even more time figuring out a more "logical" place to keep it.

I have enough trouble finding tools within twelve inches of my nose, to bother with organization.

My new cleanup strategy is the cardboard lids over dog food cases from Chewy.com.
When I need room I scoop everything that is in the way into a lid.
Then when I need something I find the lid it is in and throw it back on my desk.

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 Posted: 14 Oct 2019 07:22 pm
   
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Well, I gotta tell you
 
I have cleaned up or maybe just put stuff away,
and it seems that within 30 minutes, I have some other thing going,
and the place looks like it did before.

At least I moved the bandsaw out on the back porch,
where the sawdust can just blow away.
That's something "positive" I suppose.

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 Posted: 14 Oct 2019 09:54 pm
   
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This is where it all happens if you want a Whisper Jet monorail,
enough modelers do, to keep me busy building them. 

Part 2 (the computer desk, coming later)
is where the electronics and programming happen.







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 Posted: 16 Oct 2019 07:59 am
   
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It looks like some unstable DYNAMITE could have gone off in here Woodie !  :cb:  ...


... VIVA LA REVOLUCION ! !  :mex:





... Oh well, at least the Kitty survived !  :thumb:


(They can be difficult to wake up sometimes)  :java::y:



;)



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 Posted: 16 Oct 2019 01:58 pm
   
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DYNO-MITE...The photo is AFTER I cleaned up!

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 Posted: 16 Oct 2019 03:57 pm
   
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Hi all,
I suppose it's my turn.
Here is the workbench where the Corrimal Incline layout was built.





A little basic, no??

And a photo of the workbench in action during early 2017, with my partner in crime, Guy, in action.





Beats being melted into the driveway by the hot Aussie summer sun.  :thumb:




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In middle of re-organization to make room for 3D-printer.

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MY LITTLE CORNER OF THE BASEMENT





 SPENT MANY HOURS THERE IN PAST 50 YEARS  

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