Thread: Garage manners?

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Do your views change any if it`s you and some good buddies hanging in the shop doing work?

But then again good buddies dont disrespect your stuff to much. I guess when i first read the topic i assumed that`s what they were talking about. I did not really think about total or mostly strangers in my shop.

Originally Posted by hotroddaddy

Do your views change any if it`s you and some good buddies hanging in the shop doing work?

But then again good buddies dont disrespect your stuff to much. I guess when i first read the topic i assumed that`s what they were talking about. I did not really think about total or mostly strangers in my shop.

i worry about someone getting hang up in my big mill as well as the other machines i use my buddies know how much the stuff cost and i tell them what that machine will do with out missing a beat to any thing that gets in the way .my friends come over sit in a chair or push a broom thats fine as long is there not there trying to screw with me . i need to work when i at my shop so it by appointment only guys do drop by it it screws up my day some times the door gets lock or i will show up at a time no ones going to be out and work on some thing that i do not need anyone around . i try not to be rude i think i do ok give out some info so they can feel good about droping off there stuff but if there coming over just to talk that works better for you if your buying my lunch but the more work at the shop thats is not getting done the less time i have for my self

My good friends know the rules - If you use it clean it and put it back
some of my pals and I have pulled off some amazing jobs.
Leave their tools at home and just use mine. That way my tools don't go missing.

But now I have a no"strangers inside" rule in effect because:
I was working on a older Ford 6 cyl pickup for a stranger

My shop was full so I did the engine work out side

I grabbed some tools and put them on a roll out tool table , parked it near the truck
I needed a different screwdriver and went back into the shop for it.
Came back out and looked for the first screwdriver it wasn't there
so back in the shop to look for it and looked out and saw the guy messing with the tools on the table
he grabbed something and dropped it into the windshield washer fluid tank.
I finished the truck and got paid and just before I slammed the hood I reached in and rescued the screwdriver and 3 snap on wrenches.
I asked the guy if he believed in Karma because his was going to be instant if he didn't disappear.
I told the guy I had better never see him again.
I hate thieves

Friends in the shop, you ask:

Well, some people are just disrespectful and inconsiderate. Those type of people won't be welcome very long ( often ).

I used to like to visit my brother in law every sunday at his shop. I kept my visits short, drank a minimum of his beer ( sometimes brought him a six pack ) and if he was too busy to stop working to chit chat, I would chat while he worked and make my visit even shorter.

Unfortunately, I have since had a disagreement with his helper's affiliate organization, so I don't visit any more.

He really misses my visits. ( he liked the 20 minute break )

i retired after too many years of making a living fixing broken diesel trucks..now the shop is just where i make a bit of pocket change and build the cars ive been meaning to get to for years..the rules are simple unless your invited to work dont touch my tools..ask anything you want... but dont ask how to fix your car..thats my job in my shop..and if you know more than i do.. prove it or do it somewhere else..but most of the time its come visit..i usally enjoy the break

Bentwings you're welcome to call and make an appointment at our shop any time !! you got the idea !

I see pictures and posts all the time where a guy has a bunch of his buddies helping to build some car. Maybe I'm somewhat of a loner and although I like friends, I usually go to the shop to be alone with my thoughts. I find it somewhat distracting to have people there while I am trying to iron out some problem, and I agree with the statement above that the work comes to a halt usually when friends stop by.

Even when I am in the shop with my two Sons we mostly are either deep in our own projects and pretty much only talk when we need a second opinion, or help to lift something. It isn't that I am anti-social or anything, but I'm probably like most people, I get so little time to go there that I need to get as much done as possible.

But everyone is different. I know lots of people who love having all their friends around them all the time, and can carry on conversations while working. I have trouble chewing gum and walking at the same time.

Don

Man there seems to be a lot of "RULES" to building Hot Rods. I've been working and building them for a lot of years guess I need to get me a set of signs with all of these rules on em, don't have a clue how I've gotten by so long without following all of these "RULES". Guess I have been doing it wrong. Who would have thought I missed that important part.

Roland

most of these guys with the stricktest of rules run buisnesses from their shops .. i dont do customer work .. rarely even do friends or family work .. gotton lazy to the point where i dont even want to do my own work .. i hire a buddy to fix my " normal " vehicles ..

" I have enough tools, Don`t act like one"

Originally Posted by bannedleader

" I have enough tools, Don`t act like one"

I like that!!