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Hi all,
To gain some more organisations in our workshops, we are planning to lay out a material / texture / color sample archive.
This has to be applied to diverse materials, such as wood, plastics, metals etc.
Do you guys have any advice how to start / organise such a archive? Perhaps you have some example images of how you created one yourselves?
Hope to hear from you,
Thank!
Teun
To gain some more organisations in our workshops, we are planning to lay out a material / texture / color sample archive.
This has to be applied to diverse materials, such as wood, plastics, metals etc.
Do you guys have any advice how to start / organise such a archive? Perhaps you have some example images of how you created one yourselves?
Hope to hear from you,
Thank!
Teun
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The laser cutter I work with has a 1'x2' bed space, so we keep all our stock for that (wood, plastic, card stock, etc) cut into 1'x2' pieces and stored in bins that slide in and out of a shelf. For now we separate out the opaque and transparent plastics into different bins, though eventually we would like to sort them by thickness as well.
One great tip when you have materials/items stored in bins is to glue/wire a small sample to the front of the bin, so you can get a good idea at a glance what you are dealing with.
I have a lot of shop/material organization ideas on my "workshop daydreams" pinterest board here:
https://www.pinterest.com/vexfx/workshop-daydreams/
Another handy tip is storing common materials near/with the tools that use them. Having a good stockpile of material near tools can save a lot of trips/time.
Shop and material organization is something I spend a good deal of time thinking about. I don't have a massive warehouse, so I like to keep things organized to make good use out of the space I do have.
I'd love to hear any organization tips/ideas you have!
/Chris