How many projects have you got on the go at one time. I feel like I have so many to do, so many I want to do.
I was just curious as to wether anyone elses project list was this disorganized as mine.
Projects I have on the go at the moment is a kitchen remodeling, storage crates, wooden bent trike, display case, storage area remodeling. Seems kind of small but I'm sure I'm missing out on a few things.
TR
I do one wood project at a time. I've got little space for wood storage and less when I've got a cabinet occupying the only assembly table I have room for.
dave
Only one personal one at a time .... an ironclad rule that makes it easy to refuse neighbors/relatives/good looking blonde across the street in a weak moment caused by low cut blouse/ and those who can't screw in a light bulb and want you to do something.
Hehehe,
Funny that you ask. I have a big problem with that because I've been more busy collecting the perfect set of tools rather than doing projects. Worst, when I start a project, I usually give a good shot at it until something else comes along and I'm forced to push it aside. In some occasions, it took me over 2 years to complete a simple nightstand.
The situation is so bad now than even my wife doesn't want me to start anything that is on a tight schedule because she knows things won't be ready on time. I also get the usual nagging lines like:
"You better start your son's bedroom set now before he leaves the house for university (he's 10 months old)" (By the way, he has a small bedroom set already but I wanted to make him one that would be more fun for him to use)
Cyberben
Mon, Jan 2, 2006, 12:56pm (EST-3) snipped-for-privacy@gmail.com (TrailRat) walked in mumbling: I was just curious as to wether anyone elses project list was this disorganized as mine.
No way. The priorities do change, depending on circumstances, but that's normal. Another router table is gaining in priority, but not #1 yet, or even #3. The next saw sled is a higher priority. The new planer sled is lower than the router table right now, but If I find I've got a chunk of 2X8 or 2X12, or thinkg of something use insted, it'll probably jump to top place. And so it goes. I don't worry about any of it.
JOAT You'll never get anywhere if you believe what you "hear". What do you "know"?
- Granny Weatherwax
lol. I started a train table for my oldest son when he was 2. I didn't finish it until he was 6 and his brother was 2. :-)
I also refuse requests. My main focus at the moment is shop tools. I don't have enough storage space in the shop, nor do I have a proper work bench. I think those things are the priority at the moment.
brian
"I feel your pain."
The key is categorization and prioritization!
First, the categories:
A: Projects That, If Not Done Immediately, Will Result In Death Or Dismemberment To Those You Love.
B: Projects That, If Not Done Immediately, Will Result In Your Wife Poisoning You. (Often thought to be a subcategory of the above but that is a misattribution, sometimes).
C: Projects That, If Not Done Immediately, Will Result In Your Going Finally and Irrevocably Insane. (cf: Cleaning The Shop).
D: Projects That, If Not Done Immediately, Will Result In Disappointing Your Children.
E: Projects That Would Be Really Fun And Would Only Take One Day.
F: Projects That Must Be Done Immediately Because God Told You To Do Them.
Now, How To Prioritize:
Do E: until you get to the point where you simply must do C:, always keeping in mind that you will have to fight a delaying action on A: and B:.
Once you get C: done, do D:. You can use this as leverage in staving off B:, and in most cases, A:, because both are most often a matter of perception.
Once you are in the clear on D:, you can go back to doing E:, keeping in mind the multiplier effect which states, " All jobs that are fun and will only take one day will turn out to be 1/2 as much fun as you originally thought and will take 3X longer." If you do too much E:, A: and especially B: will catch up with you.
When you get to the point where you must simply do A: or B:, plead the fact that you must first do F:. By this time you will have another D: to do. You can get away with the F: excuse with the D: people but the person involved with B: will likely say, "Unless you are building a freaking Ark, you need to start doing some B:
You may be out of smack by this point and will just have to do B:
However, if F: is true, and A: is true, you may not have to do B: at all, because that decision will be taken out of your hands.
In this case, those pertinent to D: will inherit everything you own and begin the cycle all over again.
Simple really.
Tom Watson
Me too, 'cept I don't always (read: usually...) finish one before starting another.
If you don't have at least 178 items on your list, then you have too much time on your hands. Idle hands are the devil's playground. Especially when it comes down to the good looking blonde across the street, especially when she has a really low cut blouse on.
Also, it can indicate that nobody wants you doing anything for them. For whatever reason.
Tom in KY, trying to stay busy with at least 185 unfinished projects and a really good looking blonde across the street with a really low cut blouse on almost every time I see her and I appreciate the crap out of it too! ;-)
I often have one major project and several smaller projects going at once. I like being able to work on something else while glue or finishing products dry.
Other times, I have paid projects going while personal projects sit.
Barry
Yes. I tend to get started on a project and before finishing, I start on another. I'm pretty good at keeping on pace with the woodworking projects but it's the house ones that I get to about 95% and then move on to the next. Right now, I'm finishing up an adobe wall, building a kiva style fireplace, putting wood floors down, painting, brick walks, etc.... and trying to plan a workshop (hopefully breaking ground in the spring if it doesn't cost me too much). I haven't even mentioned the projects on my Jeep but I think you get the point. I'm trying to completely finish one before moving on to the next. You aren't alone...... Cheers, cc
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: >> How many projects have you got on the go at one time. I feel like I : >> have so many to do, so many I want to do. : >>
: >> I was just curious as to wether anyone elses project list was this : >> disorganized as mine. : >>
: >> Projects I have on the go at the moment is a kitchen remodeling, : >> storage crates, wooden bent trike, display case, storage area : >> remodeling. Seems kind of small but I'm sure I'm missing out on a few : >> things. : >>
: >> TR ... I generally keep two projects at a time going: One major, one strictly for play/recreation for while the main ine's waiting for something or I don't feel good or just need a break. But, the lists require lists to keep track of the lists, so those are always in flux! Stupid warm weather's keeping me WAY too busy on those dumb enclosed porches though; t hought I had til spring to get back to those! So, the "temp" porch jobs have displaced the "main" job AND the play project for the moment. So, I guess now & then it springs out to three or four! Still got a piece of molding missing in the tub room; oh yeah, that outlet downstairs still needs a metal cover; think there was something about a car that needed locks lubricated , . , ... nuts!
Pop
| How many projects have you got on the go at one time. I feel like I | have so many to do, so many I want to do.
Too many to ever even get 'em all started. Every project stimulates a whole pile of new ideas. The most recent is a low-cost combination mortising/tenoning and dovetail machine with a spindle that can be used horizontally or vertically - under PC control.
| I was just curious as to wether anyone elses project list was this | disorganized as mine.
To be truly unique, you'll need to do better than just "disorganized". :-)
| Projects I have on the go at the moment is a kitchen remodeling, | storage crates, wooden bent trike, display case, storage area | remodeling. Seems kind of small but I'm sure I'm missing out on a | few things.
I have every confidence that your list will grow much longer... ;-)
-- Morris Dovey DeSoto Solar DeSoto, Iowa USA
Summed up rather well. Yep. Morris probably has 500 or more on his list.
Tom in KY
Have a list of projects for the future, but I only work on one woodworking project at a time and until it is finished and placed. Household projects are another story, those are worked on in order of priority (i.e, how bad is it broken and/or is not fixing it costing money or good-standing with wife points) and available time.
+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ If you're gonna be dumb, you better be tough +--------------------------------------------------------------------------------+1) My oldest daughter needs a coffee table for her new place. She is buying all the right pieces, raising the bar on what will 'fit in' with her decor. I told her 2006. Cherry. 2) Two bedside tables which will attach to the headboard (already in place). The cherry is in inventory. Two 100"+ boards will be used to make a shallow shelf to sit on top of the cherry headboard. My wife will like them, we worked on the design together, a la Stickley, but cherry. I paid Can$5.50 bd-ft 4/4 dressed...not too bad for around here. I told her 2006. 3) Island and elevated bar Solid surface tops. Model home, residential development South Shore Lake Huron, due January 2006. 4) 2 units each 4-bowl Solid Surface vanities. Holiday Inn, Bluewater. Due Jan 15 2006. 5-12) Countertops as I get to them by July 21 2006 as I will go to Nova Scotia to attend yet another HOG wedding and eat some seafood, drink some beer.
All these things are happening at once. I am also planning a trip to Durham NC in April.
I am as organized as a Tasmanian devil in a revolving door.
Finishing a project is not my problem; starting them is! :) That's because I labor over the design phase. The rest is relatively easy, for me (relative to the designing, I mean)!
dave
G'day all, Sure is good to know that a bloke is not alone in this world ;) My biggest problem with getting jobs done is getting them started. I keep on finding that in order to do A, B, must be done and B, relies on D being completed but before D, C needs a coat of paint etc etc etc. Actually, with reno's happening soon, I have so many bloody things to do and half started to finish that I haven't had time to make that list. ;)
To all you organised blokes out there, I humbly admit admiration.
regards John
I echo that sentiment. To be fair I'm working without a work shop, hand power tools only. My other problem lies in the fact that I salvage, re-cycle, reclaim all my timber if I can. So I'm usually waiting for someone else to realize they don't need that bit of timber before I can find it.
I think some mentioned A.D.D in passing humour. I had that as a kid, can it continue into adulthood? Might explain a few thing.
Thanks anyway for your comments
And yes low cut blouses are generally a distraction until SWMBO gently reminds you where your loyalty lies. This usually involves a thump.
TR
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