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Originally Posted by jyl
Seems like lots of clutter and wasted space. Can you clean, streamline, compact the process and space needed? Have you drawn out a workflow of your manufacturing process ann noodled on it - I know you've been busy meeting orders.
A bunch of that space looks like storage and packing/shipping, can't that go in the house? Car stuff can sit outside or in a temporary shed, of course.
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It's pretty cluttered right now, yes. Been just alittle busy lookign for a new place over the last six months. I do go through once a week and do a mild straightening up though still.
Packign and shipping stuff could go in the house.
The storage for parts and stuff neds to be immediately accessable to be used. That's part of the workflow. To the right of my assembly guy are drawers of parts and supplies that get used either during assembly, for staging jobs that are being started, or prep-work that he does such as making lead wires.
Near my winder, the rack of wire.
Near my tapping machine and drill press, the bobbins that most frequently need to be tapped or drilled, and magnets that need to be set into flatwork pieces.
On the big rack of parts bins, mostly covers, fibre flatwork parts, and a few misc things..like the radio.
Under the long table is where most of the packing stuff goes. Bubble wrap and shipping boxes. Once an order is completed, they go to the long table to get packed. During times of overload, the long table also serves as a pre-start staging when the short "completed" bench sitting on the drawers won't hold them all.
The long wooden bench holds the wax vat and hot-plate, preferably far away from anything else.
The tall white bins hold stuff that is generally needed in that area, some paperwork, magnets that are used withthe drill press, and the shop-cam.
The small rouhnding bench is the corner is where I do paper cutting of retail box inserts and retail box assembly, with it's related parts underneath. It also hold misc stuff when not being directly used for that pupose.