How To Organize A Small Workshop

At the risk of seeming like Ive come down from the mountaintop with stone tablets permit me to share a few things Ive learned about tiny workshop design.

How to organize a small workshop. Take everything out of the shop then sort everything out into categories. Brainstorming workshop for the ELEKS design team Large preview Materials. Small drawer organizers mounted within easy reach of a workbench or workstation can help keep all of the small items -- like drill bits nuts and bolts nails washers dowels picture hangers screws screw-anchors electrical parts pens pencils etc.

Lumber sheet metal scraps and cutoffs can all be useful but they tend to hang around and take up space. Screw an old or damaged door lumberyards often have rejects at rock-bottom prices to the top of the horses. They are instant drawers for storage and they look perfect in any shop.

A workshop is not the same as a large lecture. Take a look back at the goals you listed and think about what activities you need to do in your workshop to achieve them. You want your group to be small enough to ask all their questions practice their skills and work.

Many time we need to make a collection about some galleries for your ideas choose one or more of these amazing galleries. Five tips for making the most of the space in your small workshopHere are links to the other workshop project videos I mentionedMaking a standmobile base. Get some locking wheels at the hardware store and the workshop will be infinitely re-configurable.

I recommend the three-groupflexible schedule approach. Bolt the work surface to the cabinets to create a rolling cart. Drywall screws up into the edges of the door at the end of each horse.

Please click the picture to see the large or full size gallery. If you plan group exercises keep the size of each group small so people are more comfortable talking and interacting. This approach allows you to call students to the small group area based on your observations of student needs during workshop on some days and have a set group meeting schedule on other days.