Last Holiday Break over Xmas 2009, the Smooth Shifting Gruppo organized and implemented a re-org of our space. We'd been having a lot of tools go missing. We also needed to re-paint the walls. What we did was we made a toolboard for each stand with a shared middle board of tools that don't always get used. We gave each board and tools a color with the middle board sort of the same neutral blue we painted along the bottom of the wall. For the tools on that board they're painted a combination of the adjacent colors. It's almost been a year and it really worked! Tool walking has subsided and the space looks great.

On Nov 18, 2010, at 10:25 AM, Lee Reis wrote:

Hi everyone,

I was wondering if shops could share their bench designs and/or shop layouts - we're moving in January and trying to set ourselves up as best as possible. Specifically, it'd be great if anyone has a copy of your bench design & material list, and in terms of layout we're most interested in bench spacing - see below for an example. What works about your current layout and what doesn't?

Our current layout uses a bench that is ~18" deep (from the wall), ~50" from edge of the bench to bike-stand pole, and the length of the clamp (from pole to clamp-edge) is ~18." Our spacing between benches is erratic given our current shop space, but our new space is nice and square-ish.

Thanks!
-Lee Reis

Volunteer Coordinator, Ohio City Bike Co-op
1823 Columbus Road
Cleveland, Ohio 44113
(216) 830-2667
www.ohiocitycycles.org

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