tool and room organization intrigues me greatly.<br><br>do any of you have any kind of system or check in/out for making sure that tools don&#39;t walk away? <br><br>Troy Bike Rescue is in a much smaller space than most, and our workstations are based around the format of 1 bike stand, and 1 small handmade toolbox.  Toolboxes are numbered and color coded. we usually end up with about 5 separate workstations going at once, with 2 or 3 people per stand. <br>
<br>our entire setup is based on being mobile because we exist in a shared space (fingers crossed might be getting our own building soon), as well as do mobile clinics. <br><br>ryan<br><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Nov 19, 2010 at 9:16 AM, Andy Greif <span dir="ltr">&lt;<a href="mailto:cbcofme@gwi.net">cbcofme@gwi.net</a>&gt;</span> wrote:<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><font face="Tahoma" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma; font-weight: bold;">From:</span></font></b><font face="Tahoma" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma;">
<a href="mailto:thethinktank-bounces@lists.bikecollectives.org" target="_blank">thethinktank-bounces@lists.bikecollectives.org</a>
[mailto:<a href="mailto:thethinktank-bounces@lists.bikecollectives.org" target="_blank">thethinktank-bounces@lists.bikecollectives.org</a>] <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">On Behalf Of </span></b>Lee Reis<br>
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<b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Subject:</span></b> [TheThinkTank] Benches
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">I was wondering if shops could share their bench designs and/or shop
layouts - we&#39;re moving in January
and trying to set ourselves up as best as possible.  Specifically, it&#39;d be great if anyone has a copy of your bench
design &amp; material list, and in terms of layout we&#39;re
most interested in bench spacing - see below for an example.  What works
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Our current layout uses a bench that is ~18&quot; deep (from the wall),
~50&quot; from edge of the bench to bike-stand pole, and the length of the
clamp (from pole to clamp-edge) is ~18.&quot;  Our spacing between benches
is erratic given our current shop space, but our new space is nice and
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<address><span><i><font color="black" face="Helvetica" size="4"><span style="font-size: 13.5pt; font-family: Helvetica; color: black; font-style: normal;">Cleveland</span></font></i></span><span><font color="black" face="Helvetica" size="4"><span style="font-size: 13.5pt; font-family: Helvetica; color: black; font-style: normal;">,
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<address><span><i><font color="black" face="Helvetica" size="4"><span style="font-size: 13.5pt; font-family: Helvetica; color: black; font-style: normal;">(216) 830-2667</span></font></i></span><font color="black" face="Helvetica" size="4"><span style="font-size: 13.5pt; font-family: Helvetica; color: black;"></span></font></address>

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