SHOP RULES!

[schmism]

Never...I mean never...tell anyone (family included) that they can store "a few things" in the corner of your shop for "a little while".

I always tell them you can have the back corner of the barn... the one the roof leaks over.

so far i havnt had anyone take me up on it... wonder why?

 

[Iplayfarmer]

Never...I mean never...tell anyone (family included) that they can store "a few things" in the corner of your shop for "a little while". Your prized mancave can easily become a storage unit and valuable space will steadily be lost to "a couple small items" from those that mean well but never seem to get around to moving these items out!

Sounds trivial, but what may seem like a harmless act of kindness can get out of hand.

This is my new excuse for not cleaning up my garage/shop and keeping it organized to the point that there is available floor space.

 

[allen in texas]

The only tool I loan out is a beat up screwdriver. Why is it beat up? Well, you see, the only tool I loan out is a beat up screwdriver....

The following words are never to be used when describing any tool a man owns: "cute" and "little". So saying "Hey, that's a cute little tractor you got there" pretty much means you're about to leave and won't ever come back :laughing:.

The following words are allowed when describing any man's spouse/girlfriend: "cute" or "little" as in "That's a cute little lady you got there."

Pete

Hey now, wait just a minute!!

I had a good looking gal tell me my tractor was "cute".
I can live with that. That's purty close to saying she thinks my tractor's sexy ya know.

 

[eepete]

Allen, I think your right. That gal gets a pass on the rules :laughing:.

Pete

 

[Chilly807]

Never...I mean never...tell anyone (family included) that they can store "a few things" in the corner of your shop for "a little while".

I made that mistake.. once. It got bad enough that I reminded him one night that the next day was garbage day, and anything of his was going to the curb bright and early the next morning.

Sean

 

[toy]

Don't sit your soft drink down on the metal table top of my machines, nor any of my machines for that mater { I had a friend that set down a soda on my table saw and I had just waxed it, I immediately told him to not set it there and gave him a scrap piece of laminate flooring to set it on, he hasn't been back}. Don't smoke in my shop, don't chew or dip snuf in my shop, don't spit in the floor and don't spit in my garbage cans. Don't pick up things in my shop that I am working on, you might shuffle it around and get it out of order that I have it in. Don't lay a tool down in the floor unless it was in the floor when you picked it up, if you picked it up out of the floor lay it back down in the same location as it was when you picked it up unless told otherwise. If you hear something running in my shop don't come in until it has been turned off. If you see me in a strain or needing a third hand ask if you can help in anyway [I don't need an audience watching me strain my guts out]. Don't stay long enough to wear your welcome out, unless there is progress being made and you feel that you are needed in there. If I stop working it might be time to go unless I suggest sitting down. Don't ask to borrow tools. If I know that you are into a job and I offer a tool that you don't have, then be manly and return it promptly and in good working condition, and if you don't follow that rule then the next time you are in a job and need a tool don't break my legs with hints because it won't work, and don't get mad. I have a friend that tries to get in my shop every time I go out there, but I very seldom let him in, He lays at the door all the time I am in there whether it is raining, snowing, or heat of the day. It is not unusual to hear him scratching at the door wanting in [the paint on the door is scratched off]. Occasionally I let him in but I have to watch him, it's not unusual for him to grab something and run out the door. He is deserving a small porch top to keep him out of the weather, and soon he will have it. He has got one bad habit when he comes in he tags my fatigue mat just as soon as he comes in, but he don't do that when he goes in the basement. That friend is the heart beat at my feet, he is my Border Collie, and he demands special attention.

 

[mjncad]

Never walk into a man's shop and say anything if he is working with a power tool or taking a measurement....etc. How's that ?

I'll add to that one should not approach someone from their blind side.

No women folk allowed in the mancave.

Pinup girl posters, etc excepted! Real women are allowed if they are helpful to the project at hand. This condition is rare. Fortunately my wife stays out of the shop.

This isn't a politically correct shop...cursing, cigar smoking and coffee drinking are encouraged. We switch to Scotch at closing. Also, do not place cigar butts in the urinal...it makes them soggy and hard to light.

Dirty jokes are expected, and my shop is an English speaking only shop too.

When working on the race car, no beer until the job is done.

That applies to any project I'm working on.

Sign in my shop...

ACHTUNG! Das machineries ist nicht fer fingerpokin und mittengrabbin. Ist easy fer pieceaflying, partsabreakin, und blowenfuzen vit sparksaspitzen. Ist nicht fer verkin by dumkopfen. Der rubberneckerens und sightseeren, keep das hands in der pockets. Relaxen und vatchen das partaspinnin und britelite. In other words, don't touch my S**T!

Great pseudo-German!

 

[tlbuser]

Everything here was acquired by me, for me. I'll be happy to tell you where I got it and how much it cost so you can get your own. Tools, material, equipment and fridge supplies included in shop policy.

We had to adopt this policy for one of the guys that stops by. He assumes anything laying around is excess and available for his use, NOT.

 

[jayste]

Toy's reply reminded me of one. "If you're an old big headed, short legged, night bayin', buddy of mine, Beagle, by the name of Shorty, don't come into my shop a-peein'. You may be my old beagle and a good buddy and a good trail dog but that doesn't give you the right to come in my shop a "piddlin"! Go piddle on the fence post!:laughing::laughing:

BTW, boy's this post puts me in the TBN status of "Veteran Member". Not braggin' just sayin'. "Talkin' shop"!...

 

[crusty 1]

Toy's reply reminded me of one. "If you're an old big headed, short legged, night bayin', buddy of mine, Beagle, by the name of Shorty, don't come into my shop a-peein'. You may be my old beagle and a good buddy and a good trail dog but that doesn't give you the right to come in my shop a "piddlin"! Go piddle on the fence post!:laughing::laughing:

BTW, boy's this post puts me in the TBN status of "Veteran Member". Not braggin' just sayin'. "Talkin' shop"!...

congrats Jay:thumbsup:a couple points I,m seeing a pattern to:bring your own tools and beer, quietly sit in a corner,don,t pee on the floor and if you,re cute never mind the rules.That about it:laughingave