Originally Posted by
Don Orr
Excellent advice Jim! I totally agree on all counts.
Just an FYI-there is a person over on WoodCentral Handtool forum that was looking for info and pics of a Stanley 55 box and I noticed you have what appears to be an original. You might be able to help him as you so often do here.
And I also noticed that 2 of your hammers are facing the wrong way-the ball pein and small claw in the middle have their flat faces to the right while the rest face left. Sorry, just my OCD showing. ;-) I love the photos of a working shop that is nicely organized.
Hi Don,
The person over on WoodCentral may have also sought the images of the #55 box here on SMC. More of my time than should be is spent in front of my computer. Joining another forum would likely keep me away from the shop even more.
The hammers change direction to fit in less space. The piece of scrap was a touch short to turn them around. It also kind of tingles my CDO (there the letters are in the right order) that they do not align, but it works.
You might change your mind about my shop being organized if you ever see it in person. What saves me is being able to remember where everything is. When my residence was a small apartment with stacks of books, magazines and other clutter a friend was visiting and wondered if a magazine he loaned me was ready to be returned. It was retrieved from the middle of a stack of other magazines and handed to him. He was a bit shocked and said, "this isn't a mess, it is a highly complex storage system."
My biggest problem with loosing track of something that hasn't been used for a while is if previously it was "moved to a better place." Now my rule on moving something like this is it gets moved to the first place my memory told me to look for it.
jtk
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