This is really directed toward the small to moderate sized personal shop, rather than a commercial shop. I am constantly trying to figure out better ways to work without wasting time. I have come to the conclusion that I waste a huge amount of timelooking for the tool I just used an hour ago and laid down somewhere that I cannot remember. Do any of these ideas work for you? All suggestions appreciated.
1. Use tools as needed and pile them up on all horizontal surfaces in the shop, then hunt them down when needed. Put everything back in it's place every day or two.
2. Designate a table or other spot as "return tools here" and pile everything there.
3. "Clean as you go", a motto I saw when doing KP duty in the army. As soon as you finish with a tool, put it back in its place.
4. Create one or two small dedicated spots to keep frequently used tools handy; hangers on a workbench, a shelf under a work bench, a small rolling cabinet.
5. Spend some money on duplicates and place them in key locations in the shop. Remote vacuum switch is an example.
Bob
I walked back to my work surface, slipped the zip tie through the tab on the other
item and said "Where the heck are my cutters?" I turned to look over near the
garbage can and there they were, on the shelf just above the garbage can.
I'll bet I do that a lot. I'll use a tool in the location where I need it, leave it there and
move on to dealing with the item that I just fixed. ....
If there's a long delay between the use of that
tool and the next time I need, I'll probably forget where I left it.
On Sunday, September 19, 2021 at 12:10:48 PM UTC-5, DerbyDad03 wrote:
I walked back to my work surface, slipped the zip tie through the tab on the other
item and said "Where the heck are my cutters?" I turned to look over near the
garbage can and there they were, on the shelf just above the garbage can.
I'll bet I do that a lot. I'll use a tool in the location where I need it, leave it there andI think I got you beat, Derby. I have reading glasses at all my shop, home and auto "work stations". It never fails that I'm always looking for misplaced glasses.... and I ain't even drinking.
move on to dealing with the item that I just fixed. ....
If there's a long delay between the use of that
tool and the next time I need, I'll probably forget where I left it.
Sonny
On Sunday, September 19, 2021 at 6:03:04 PM UTC-4, Sonny wrote:
On Sunday, September 19, 2021 at 12:10:48 PM UTC-5, DerbyDad03 wrote:
I walked back to my work surface, slipped the zip tie through the tab on the otherI think I got you beat, Derby. I have reading glasses at all my shop, home and auto "work stations". It never fails that I'm always looking for misplaced glasses.... and I ain't even drinking.
item and said "Where the heck are my cutters?" I turned to look over near the
garbage can and there they were, on the shelf just above the garbage can. >>
I'll bet I do that a lot. I'll use a tool in the location where I need it, leave it there and
move on to dealing with the item that I just fixed. ....
If there's a long delay between the use of that
tool and the next time I need, I'll probably forget where I left it.
Sonny
I solved that problem a few years ago. I let myself get old enough
that I need glasses all the time. You tend not to lose them when
you have to wear them except for when you sleep or shower.
I solved that problem a few years ago. I let myself get old enough
that I need glasses all the time. You tend not to lose them when
you have to wear them except for when you sleep or shower.
On Sunday, September 19, 2021 at 9:36:38 PM UTC-5, DerbyDad03 wrote:
I solved that problem a few years ago. I let myself get old enough
that I need glasses all the time. You tend not to lose them when
you have to wear them except for when you sleep or shower.
There is a phase 3 for some people. It's called cataract surgery. I wore glasses or contacts for 65 years. Then I had lenses replaced in both eyes. My vision is now 20/15 in each eye. I still keep reaching for my glasses when I wake up in themorning, but I don't wear them any more and I certainly don't lose them. :-)
On Sunday, September 19, 2021 at 9:36:38 PM UTC-5, DerbyDad03 wrote:morning, but I don't wear them any more and I certainly don't lose them. :-)
I solved that problem a few years ago. I let myself get old enough
that I need glasses all the time. You tend not to lose them when
you have to wear them except for when you sleep or shower.
There is a phase 3 for some people. It's called cataract surgery. I wore glasses or contacts for 65 years. Then I had lenses replaced in both eyes. My vision is now 20/15 in each eye. I still keep reaching for my glasses when I wake up in the
On Mon, 20 Sep 2021 15:42:30 -0700 (PDT), Bob Davisbut I don't wear them any more and I certainly don't lose them. :-)
<wrober...@gmail.com> wrote:
On Sunday, September 19, 2021 at 9:36:38 PM UTC-5, DerbyDad03 wrote:Well, sorta. I was on my way out the door to work Friday. SWMBO
I solved that problem a few years ago. I let myself get old enough
that I need glasses all the time. You tend not to lose them when
you have to wear them except for when you sleep or shower.
asked if I was going naked. Huh? I certainly can't work without my
glasses but I can operate, at least in the haze of morning. My left
eye can't be corrected to where it's much use. I can almost read the
top line of the chart, with correction. I once had 20:10, 20:15
eyesight. Getting old ain't for sissies.
There is a phase 3 for some people. It's called cataract surgery. I wore glasses or contacts for 65 years. Then I had lenses replaced in both eyes. My vision is now 20/15 in each eye. I still keep reaching for my glasses when I wake up in the morning,
Got those too but not bad enough for surgery. How are your lens
distances set? The replacement lenses are fixed focal length so it's
like presbyopia on steroids. Some have one eye for close vision and
the other for distance, then let the brain figure it out. Some find
(too late) that the brain can't sort it out. I guess it's like no-line bifocals but part of you.
On Mon, 20 Sep 2021 15:42:30 -0700 (PDT), Bob Davismorning, but I don't wear them any more and I certainly don't lose them. :-)
<wrobertdavis@gmail.com> wrote:
On Sunday, September 19, 2021 at 9:36:38 PM UTC-5, DerbyDad03 wrote:
I solved that problem a few years ago. I let myself get old enough
that I need glasses all the time. You tend not to lose them when
you have to wear them except for when you sleep or shower.
Well, sorta. I was on my way out the door to work Friday. SWMBO
asked if I was going naked. Huh? I certainly can't work without my
glasses but I can operate, at least in the haze of morning. My left
eye can't be corrected to where it's much use. I can almost read the
top line of the chart, with correction. I once had 20:10, 20:15
eyesight. Getting old ain't for sissies.
There is a phase 3 for some people. It's called cataract surgery. I wore glasses or contacts for 65 years. Then I had lenses replaced in both eyes. My vision is now 20/15 in each eye. I still keep reaching for my glasses when I wake up in the
Got those too but not bad enough for surgery. How are your lens
distances set? The replacement lenses are fixed focal length so it's
like presbyopia on steroids. Some have one eye for close vision and
the other for distance, then let the brain figure it out. Some find
(too late) that the brain can't sort it out. I guess it's like no-line bifocals but part of you.
k...@notreal.com wrote:but I don't wear them any more and I certainly don't lose them. :-)
On Mon, 20 Sep 2021 15:42:30 -0700 (PDT), Bob Davis
<wrober...@gmail.com> wrote:
On Sunday, September 19, 2021 at 9:36:38 PM UTC-5, DerbyDad03 wrote:
I solved that problem a few years ago. I let myself get old enough
that I need glasses all the time. You tend not to lose them when
you have to wear them except for when you sleep or shower.
Well, sorta. I was on my way out the door to work Friday. SWMBO
asked if I was going naked. Huh? I certainly can't work without my
glasses but I can operate, at least in the haze of morning. My left
eye can't be corrected to where it's much use. I can almost read the
top line of the chart, with correction. I once had 20:10, 20:15
eyesight. Getting old ain't for sissies.
There is a phase 3 for some people. It's called cataract surgery. I wore glasses or contacts for 65 years. Then I had lenses replaced in both eyes. My vision is now 20/15 in each eye. I still keep reaching for my glasses when I wake up in the morning,
Got those too but not bad enough for surgery. How are your lens
distances set? The replacement lenses are fixed focal length so it's
like presbyopia on steroids. Some have one eye for close vision and
the other for distance, then let the brain figure it out. Some find
(too late) that the brain can't sort it out. I guess it's like no-line bifocals but part of you.
I had implant lens done several years ago. Left for close-up and
right for distant (for shooting). They overlap at about 12 ft. Never
had a second's trouble. I never know which eye is working unless I
look out the windshield at a distant object and close my right eye and
the object is blurry. Looking at the car instruments and close the
left eye and they are out of focus. But I can look at the computer
screen and then look out the window and across the street and never
have to think which eye is working so they work seamlessly.
My wife has the same setup for several years with no problems.
However, she lost her left eye from Temporal Arteritis and now has to
wear bifocal on the right to counteract the implanted lens, otherwise
she could not read with that eye. Still better than cataracts.
Now for today's joke: A doctor was examining a oriental man's
eyes and said, "Hm, I see you have a cataract". The patient
exclaimed, "No, No, it's a Rincoln Continental".
--
G Ross
On Tuesday, September 21, 2021 at 2:24:37 PM UTC-4, G Ross wrote:morning, but I don't wear them any more and I certainly don't lose them. :-) >>>
k...@notreal.com wrote:
On Mon, 20 Sep 2021 15:42:30 -0700 (PDT), Bob Davis
<wrober...@gmail.com> wrote:
On Sunday, September 19, 2021 at 9:36:38 PM UTC-5, DerbyDad03 wrote:
I solved that problem a few years ago. I let myself get old enough
that I need glasses all the time. You tend not to lose them when
you have to wear them except for when you sleep or shower.
Well, sorta. I was on my way out the door to work Friday. SWMBO
asked if I was going naked. Huh? I certainly can't work without my
glasses but I can operate, at least in the haze of morning. My left
eye can't be corrected to where it's much use. I can almost read the
top line of the chart, with correction. I once had 20:10, 20:15
eyesight. Getting old ain't for sissies.
There is a phase 3 for some people. It's called cataract surgery. I wore glasses or contacts for 65 years. Then I had lenses replaced in both eyes. My vision is now 20/15 in each eye. I still keep reaching for my glasses when I wake up in the
Got those too but not bad enough for surgery. How are your lensI had implant lens done several years ago. Left for close-up and
distances set? The replacement lenses are fixed focal length so it's
like presbyopia on steroids. Some have one eye for close vision and
the other for distance, then let the brain figure it out. Some find
(too late) that the brain can't sort it out. I guess it's like no-line
bifocals but part of you.
right for distant (for shooting). They overlap at about 12 ft. Never
had a second's trouble. I never know which eye is working unless I
look out the windshield at a distant object and close my right eye and
the object is blurry. Looking at the car instruments and close the
left eye and they are out of focus. But I can look at the computer
screen and then look out the window and across the street and never
have to think which eye is working so they work seamlessly.
My wife has the same setup for several years with no problems.
However, she lost her left eye from Temporal Arteritis and now has to
wear bifocal on the right to counteract the implanted lens, otherwise
she could not read with that eye. Still better than cataracts.
Now for today's joke: A doctor was examining a oriental man's
eyes and said, "Hm, I see you have a cataract". The patient
exclaimed, "No, No, it's a Rincoln Continental".
--
G Ross
An Asian gentleman is talking to his Financial Advisor.
Client: "Why does my account keep going up and down?"
FA: "Fluctuations"
Client: "Oh yeah? Well fluck you Americans!"
Got those too but not bad enough for surgery. How are your lens
distances set?
On Monday, September 20, 2021 at 8:19:13 PM UTC-4, k...@notreal.com wrote:but I don't wear them any more and I certainly don't lose them. :-)
On Mon, 20 Sep 2021 15:42:30 -0700 (PDT), Bob Davis
<wrober...@gmail.com> wrote:
On Sunday, September 19, 2021 at 9:36:38 PM UTC-5, DerbyDad03 wrote:Well, sorta. I was on my way out the door to work Friday. SWMBO
I solved that problem a few years ago. I let myself get old enough
that I need glasses all the time. You tend not to lose them when
you have to wear them except for when you sleep or shower.
asked if I was going naked. Huh? I certainly can't work without my
glasses but I can operate, at least in the haze of morning. My left
eye can't be corrected to where it's much use. I can almost read the
top line of the chart, with correction. I once had 20:10, 20:15
eyesight. Getting old ain't for sissies.
There is a phase 3 for some people. It's called cataract surgery. I wore glasses or contacts for 65 years. Then I had lenses replaced in both eyes. My vision is now 20/15 in each eye. I still keep reaching for my glasses when I wake up in the morning,
Got those too but not bad enough for surgery. How are your lens
distances set? The replacement lenses are fixed focal length so it's
like presbyopia on steroids. Some have one eye for close vision and
the other for distance, then let the brain figure it out. Some find
(too late) that the brain can't sort it out. I guess it's like no-line
bifocals but part of you.
No-line bifocals or progressive lenses? No-line bifocals is actually an >incorrect term for progressive lenses since progressive lenses don't
have only 2 corrective areas. The correction truly is progressive as you
move up and down the lens.
I've tried progressives, three times. The first time they built them wrong. >They didn't follow the prescription correctly.
Then when they made the second set of lenses, it was determined that
the prescription was written wrong. For all the fancy equipment that the
doc used to write the prescription, the optician figured out that the >prescription was wrong in a matter of seconds. When I went in to pick
up the glasses I almost immediately thought something was wrong.
She handed me a card to read and I was able to find a spot on the lens
where the text was clear, but when I looked up everything was blurry.
The optician said "Look at the Exit sign at the end of that hallway. How's
it look?" It was all blurry. There wasn't a single spot on the lens where I >could bring it into focus. New prescription required.
The third time they apparently got everything right because if I try hard >enough, I can find an area of the lens that works for various distances. The >problem is that I just can't train my brain to find those spots consistently.
My work requires 2 monitors, papers on my desk, my mobile phone, etc.
Since everything is at a different distance, progressives force you to keep >moving your head up and down and side to side. A slight head tilt screws >everything up. Clear peripheral vision is non-existent, just by nature of the >way progressive lenses are made. As the optician explained, when it comes
to progressives "A millimeter is as bad as a mile". If they build the lens just
slightly off your center line of sight or the glasses slip down your nose or you
sit back a little further, everything changes. Some people, like me (and SWMBO)
just can't get used to progressives. Trust me, I really tried.
I'm back to using my bi-focals 99% of the time and 2.5 readers when I
I need to do closeup work where I can set a consistent working distance
and just need the magnification to bring everything into focus.
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