Thanks everybody for the feedback. I think it's probably too clean because it's a woman's shop, and we're naturally neater than men, aren't we? [}
] It does help that I just moved in so when I took the pictures, I hadn't actually done very much in it yet. But I am kind of obsessive about keeping things clean and organized, so it probably won't look much different if someone just showed up unexpectedly to look at it.
I've always had my lathe against the wall and like it that way- for some reason it just seemed to me like that was the way it should be- no real logic there.
Dario- thanks for the tip on the DC bag- good idea. Don't worry about the lamps- they don't actually belong there- just kind of being stored there til a coworker comes and gets them. A turn-a-thon would be fun, and there's room for people to sack out in the shop. Trouble is I don't know many people (or in fact any) in rural central NE or who travel here that like making pens!
Fritz, you're right, Santa (AKA Dad) was very nice to me this year. I guess now I have to plan a trip home to help Dad organize!