The stuff ya find..

Posted by Brad Gyde on February 15, 2012 at 19:55:31 from (50.36.125.144):

When you "clean up"..

For the last few evenings I've been going through drawers and shelves and cabinets in the shop, trying to reduce "clutter", make room for the new blasting cabinet, and try to free up a little room so I can actually work in the shop and not in the driveway..

I'm amazed at some of the stuff I've accrued in my 15 years of collecting, and even more amazed at the things I have kept in those 15 years..

While cleaning out drawers in one cabinet, I found about 50 feet of used #60 roller chain.. I know exactly what I took most of it off of, and it is worn so bad I don't know why I took the time to roll it up and put it in the drawer..

I also found half a 5 gallon bucket of USED 1" ID radiused bearings.. It's been a couple years since I bought one, but I think they were $7 back then.. Why in the world would one save all the used bearings.. I'd never likely re-use them.. Same thing with cup/cone bearings.. Found enough to finish filling the pail..

Needless to say, in one evening, I emptied out nearly 10 drawers.. Some of the stuff is in a box/bucket to be sorted differently, as I found all sorts of things one would commonly use that were stashed away where I'd never find them..

Another thing I figured out while cleaning is in my "organization efforts" I start many drawers/shelves/piles of the same stuff in different places.. Just as an example, I have a "bolt bin" area, plus I found a box full of nuts/bolts on one shelf, a box in the shelf under the workbench, and 2 drawers in one filing cabinet full.. Granted, they all were mostly sorted for the different types, but still.. I guess they really all should be in one place (and if i clear the crap out of the one bolt bin, I bet all of the fasteners could be within the same area)

I guess the point of the story is I've saved so much useless junk it's unreal.. And I've hidden so many useful items that I could have saved a lot of dollars, had I remembered I had this stuff in the first place.. I mean, after all, the reason i was likely saving much of this stuff was to be frugal.. How frugal is it when you take the time to go to a auction, buy the stuff, truck it home, sort it, put it away, only to go to the hardware store later to buy the same thing ya got at last month's auction because you can't find it..

Sorry for the long post, I guess I just needed to rant about my lack of organizational skills, or my pack-rat like qualities.. LOL..

Brad

Replies:

• Re: The stuff ya find.. Dave Sherburne NY 10:29:08 02/16/12 (0)
• Re: The stuff ya find.. Russ from MN 09:26:56 02/16/12 (0)
• Re: The stuff ya find.. Old Bob 08:38:24 02/16/12 (0)
• Re: The stuff ya find.. Paul from MI 06:23:51 02/16/12 (0)
• Re: The stuff ya find.. Brad Gyde 05:51:06 02/16/12 (0)
• Re: The stuff ya find.. mkirsch 05:50:54 02/16/12 (1)
  • Re: The stuff ya find.. VicS 08:32:22 02/16/12 (0)
• Re: The stuff ya find.. showcrop 04:52:59 02/16/12 (0)
• Re: The stuff ya find.. Fawteen 04:02:42 02/16/12 (1)
  • Re: The stuff ya find.. formerly ny bill 06:51:51 02/16/12 (0)
• Re: The stuff ya find.. 37Chief 23:30:09 02/15/12 (0)
• Re: The stuff ya find.. dave2 22:37:27 02/15/12 (0)
• Re: The stuff ya find.. LAA 22:08:46 02/15/12 (0)
• Re: The stuff ya find.. Tony in Mass. 21:47:54 02/15/12 (0)
• Re: The stuff ya find.. toolz 20:55:37 02/15/12 (0)
• Re: The stuff ya find.. Glenn Warner 20:41:20 02/15/12 (1)
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• Re: The stuff ya find.. wisbaker 20:31:38 02/15/12 (0)
• Re: The stuff ya find.. ShadetreeRet 20:17:18 02/15/12 (0)
• Re: The stuff ya find.. Larry NEIL 20:08:11 02/15/12 (2)
  • Re: The stuff ya find.. 504 21:23:30 02/15/12 (1)
    • Re: The stuff ya find.. Ken Macfarlane 16:05:34 02/16/12 (0)

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