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Walked into a custom cabinet shop in Ohio and nearly lost it
Stopped by a place near Columbus to grab some walnut and the owner had all his clamps organized by color. Like rainbows of bar clamps on the wall. Who does that and how do I get my shop to look like that without my crew thinking I lost it?
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christopher9433d agoTop Commenter
Columbus area, huh? I wonder if that guy's color coding is actually a psychological trick to keep his crew from walking off with clamps to other jobs or their home shops. Once a clamp goes missing from the rainbow it's super obvious without having to count inventory.
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ninas673d ago
Wait, don't you think color coding clamps is just asking for trouble down the line? I've been in shops where guys waste ten minutes hunting for the right color clamp instead of just grabbing whatever's closest and getting back to work. Clamps are tools, not art pieces, and organizing them by color instead of size or type just seems like it'd slow everything down when you're in the middle of a glue-up. Plus, if your crew is good, they're gonna grab whatever works and toss it back wherever, not obsess over keeping a rainbow on the wall. I get wanting a tidy shop, but that level of order feels more like a museum than a workspace.
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