Is Your Workshop This Organized?

Ja-Ja works in a workshop that is the utmost in organization.  Every material, from wood, fasteners, metal and tools, is organized and categorized.  This comes from a sense of discipline and order that leads to efficiency in all things.  Is YOUR workshop this organized?

Creative Storage Solutions

What do you do when you need to store spices in the kitchen?  If you are Ja-Ja, you look around to see what you have that can be recycled to suit your purpose.   In this case, an old medicine cabinet was just the thing - and fit into the wall so well.

Note the clever use of the outside to display photos of the Grandkids - Ja-Ja is so proud of them!

Everything is Possible..if you can WELD

Need a bracket?  Weld one up!  Need a stand?  Ditto!

 Here is a stand for a couple of heating pumps custom  designed and welded by Ja-Ja:

Make a little money...

In his spare time, Ja-Ja likes to collect scrap metal to sell for a little profit.  When he scrounges wire, he strips off the insulated coating, and then sells the wire for copper or aluminum scrap.

Workshop Views

Over a lifetime of thrift, Ja-Ja collected an impressive array of fasteners - nuts, bolts, screws, nails, straps, hangers, latches, hinges and more.  Electrical connectors, wire, sockets, and special purpose parts of all types were categorized and labeled, then sorted into an appropriate container - all recycled, of course.

A frequent response to any of my family's home-repair needs was:  "Let;s see what Ja-Ja has in inventory (in his workshop).

Waste Not, Want Not

One of Ja-Ja's favorite sayings from the old country is:  "Waste Not, Want Not".   Ja-Ja was "green" before the environmentalists even coined the term.  When he added an addition to his house, Ja-Ja used as much recycled material as he could scrounge - for free.  That means straightening bent nails - by the hundreds!