Very clean with enough toys to actually do something in one place any time you want cause it's at home.
I was feeling crowded in my 22'x40' space with all the truck parts mixed in. All the dirty stuff and paint happen there so I stole more space from the barn . Put a second lift , project bikes, parts, and basic tools but the space is all filled up with that stuff. I have another space in a 40'x100' theater that has dual duty storing my construction tools and provides a place for the herd to rest. The space is so large and insulated that it takes days for the temperatures to change so condensation on the machines is barely an issue, it's almost like having a heated space . It also has a lift , parts, tools and the herd that I always end up switching new parts on whenever I can. It's 7 miles from the house. This is what I call the garage sprawl. now there's 3 times the place to keep clean, not convenient to get to, and the parts that came in the mail the day before has ususally has been left at home when ready to install the part . A small shop has it's advantages, easy to clean, everything is right there, and if it's in the house you can play whenever you get a chance , even just during commercials if you like. We all need a place to play, somes larger than others , but the basic fact that we use a certain amount of space around a project as we work on them seems to be true and I think that at some point, scaling it down some could be a wonderful idea but I haven't figured out just how to do it yet.
Sometimes I suffer from small shop envy. Looking at these clean , easy to manage small shops makes me wonder just what the hell is wrong with me. Today is a small shop envy day.
