This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment ----- Original Message -----=20 From: Wimblees@aol.com=20 MoodyPiano@AOL.COM writes:=20 List,=20 Can anyone recommend a system for maintaining order in the shop. Thanks in advance,=20 Lanie=20 My dad was a great one for keeping his shop neat and organized. (I = just wish I had inherited some of those organizational skills.) For = large tools, hang them on a peg board, and, using adhesive shelf paper, = make an outline of the tool where it hangs. This way you can more easily = identify the tool, and it has a place to go to when your done using it. = For smaller tools, get a set of drawers, and put like tools in each = drawer, (screw drivers, pliers, regulating tools, etc.). Be sure to mark = each drawer, so you know what's in them. You can do the same thing for = parts. Keep parts in a box, and label the box. If the box is too big to = fit in a drawer, put it on a shelf, but put a lable on teh box teeling = you what's in it. If you really want to be organized, keep the parts in = alphabetical order.=20 Now that your tools and parts are organized, the next step is to get = everyone to put tools and parts back where they belong when they get = done using them. That will probably be the most difficult job of = getting, and keeping, organized.=20 Hope this helps.=20 Wim=20 Lanie-Wim. =20 Great suggestions Wim. If I may add a few more. =20 1 Remove objects supplies and tools not related to the tasks = designated for=20 your shop 2 Clear your work surfaces after each task =20 3 Checklists for all shop participants i.e. Putting tools away, = cleanup tasks , list of supplies used for inventory = control. =20 4 Give your technicians lots of money. =20 Tom Driscoll RPT =20 ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/d5/35/5d/f1/attachment.htm ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment--
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