MY question is, how do you folks/did you folks keep your non-woodworking family away from your projects/workshop. I have been working on both a desk and a couple school projects, so that has kind of enabled be to take over the garage slowly but effectively. So, in true me fashion, I used dis-organized organization(I can find stuff, but very few others can.) Now Ill admit, I was going to do some cleaning, since the word red raum came to mind(I had been sanding some boards down that the wood was red(stripping the paint.) But today I come home to find that my desk has been dragged across the concrete floor, all of the tools I had out have been put away(took me a week to find the tools I had out) and 5 trashbags are occupying 20% of my small half of a 1 car garage.
Now I am only 15, so I think booby traps and Rotwillers are out of the question, but how do I keep the family from screwing(pardon my French) with my area. My grandfather is OCD(well it seems that way) about cleaning so its getting on my nerves(vacume is going 12 hours a day.) It seems like every chance he gets he is messing with the set up I have(I was staining the top of the table, till he decided to stand it up, while it was wet(caused the stain to take the ruts of the concrete), forcing me to strip the stain off. Not to mention he decided to use it a workbench, so now its all banged to hell, cock-eyed, and has indents from the clamps,when he refused to use another surface to cut thread rods on(I forced him to put a board beneath it, since it previously scratched the tablesaw to hell(left indents.) I mean, I am taking two steps forward and three steps back..
I mean we dont use the garage for its intended purpose, so its not a matter of getting the car in there. I mean, I really only work in there 2 days a week by force(grandfather, as I mentioned in an early post, is constantly worried that I will mangle my self in some way, so to deal with that I only work when he is not here) but when I do, boy do I make headway...
I was hoping you kind creekers could shed some suggestions, as I am tired of this... I do plan on drafting a few guidelines that I will make them sign basicly stating that I am willing to pass an inpromptu safety test, and/or take classes, for the ability not to have to work with him when he is here. Also outlining that when projects are in motion, cleaning will not occur. And basicly saying stuff like that. I do plan on purchasing a few tools the end of this summer(depending on how much I make, as so I can really finalize it(projects have really outlined that I need to invest in a jointer, a bandsaw, and possibly a tablesaw(I might hold off till I get a year round job, so I can save up for a SawStop(I like all my digits.. )
Thanks
-Brendan