Woodworking for beginners; a manual for amateurs . part of thisproposition is almost as important as the last. It is nearlyas bad as being disorderly to keep the glue-pot in one cornerof the shop, the glue in another corner, the glue-brush in thethird corner, and the water in the fourth,—which is noexaggeration of the way some very orderly people stowaway things, and is about equal to the arrangement of theperson, of whom you may have heard, who always kepteverything in its place and that place the floor! Theworkshop interior shown in the frontispiece and in Figs. 91and 92, and the various oth
Woodworking for beginners; a manual for amateurs . part of thisproposition is almost as important as the last. It is nearlyas bad as being disorderly to keep the glue-pot in one cornerof the shop, the glue in another corner, the glue-brush in thethird corner, and the water in the fourth,—which is noexaggeration of the way some very orderly people stowaway things, and is about equal to the arrangement of theperson, of whom you may have heard, who always kepteverything in its place and that place the floor! Theworkshop interior shown in the frontispiece and in Figs. 91and 92, and the various other illustrations, furnish sugges-tions which may help you in the arrangement of your shop. The Workshop 8i Have everything where you can lay your hand on it in theleast possible time, the tools used the most the nearest toyou, tools that go together, as bit-brace and bits, kept neartogether. Have all the common tools right within reach,and not put away in chests and out-of-the-way drawers,just because you have seen somebody pack away his tools. Fig. 91. in a highly polished chest, inlaid with forty kinds of wood,and containing ninety-three separate compartments and traysand seven secret drawers, the whole cornered and strappedand decorated with shining nickel plate ! Do not be dazzledby that sort of thing, which is not an evidence of truesystem and orderliness, but merely shows poor taste and agreat lack of appreciation of the value and importance oftime. Time may not be exactly money in your case, but itmay be even more valuable, and can be spent much betterthan in running around after tools and supplies, and making 6 82 Wood-Working for Beginners ingenious tool-clicsts. To be practieal, five minutes a daysaved by having things convenient and in place means abouttwenty-five hours in a year—which means a boat, a sled, or alot of Christmas presents. So study out the best arrange-ment for }-our particular shop and then keep things in working keep only the tools in
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