[hackerspaces] Member Storage

[James Arlen]

think|haus lucked into a generous donation of wooden "top and bottom
locker" cabinets very early on. They were moved to our new|haus and have
worked well for the last three years.

Recently, we've been having to consolidate some of the lockers used for
general storage (unSticky, Cleaning, PowerTools1 & 2, etc.) so that we
have enough for members.

Problems include:

- The doors are keyed and we've lost a few keys along the way to former
members who couldn't be bothered to return them.

- Some projects won't fit into the lockers. There are a few of these
that have reached the "dusty" stage that Ben speaks of and we really
need to find a way to deal with them.

- We will run out of lockers at some point (fairly soon I think) and
we'll need another solution -- along with some more space for members
and alternative storage solutions!

I think that there is no "perfect" solution to the problem, just a
series of less-than-perfect-but-good-enough solutions.

J


Ben Brown wrote:
>
> At Kwartzlab we're just using large shelves full of Rubbermaid
> containers (the 'do not use this to store your toddler' variety). We
> haven't had any issues with stuff going missing from them so far, though
> we're running out of space for them. Members can store larger projects
> on empty shelves so long as they label them, and some projects have been
> sitting untouched for ages. We're currently working on measures designed
> to keep active projects at the lab and see stale projects go home.
>
> Ben
>
> On 11/5/2012 11:39 AM, Pete Prodoehl wrote:
>>
>> Over at Milwaukee Makerspace we've been having a discussion about
>> member storage solutions... where to keep your "personal" stuff you
>> leave at the hackerspace, which may be projects in progress, or tools,
>> or miscellaneous parts, bits, widgets, etc.
>>
>> We have some pallet storage, and some file cabinets, and some lockers,
>> and those are all just out of convenience since we scavenged most of
>> it, but with a move to a new building coming, one member suggested
>> portable rolling carts, which could also be used as a work surface
>> (possibly locking them together for a larger work surface) and now
>> we're discussing the finer points of carts.
>>
>> What do other spaces do for storage? Bins? Shelves? Lockers? Rolling
>> Transformer Carts, Hover Carts that can float to the ceiling?
>>
>>
>> Pete
>>
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Ben Brown wrote:
> At Kwartzlab we're just using large shelves full of Rubbermaid
> containers (the 'do not use this to store your toddler' variety). We
> haven't had any issues with stuff going missing from them so far, though
> we're running out of space for them. Members can store larger projects
> on empty shelves so long as they label them, and some projects have been
> sitting untouched for ages. We're currently working on measures designed
> to keep active projects at the lab and see stale projects go home.
> 
> Ben
> 
> On 11/5/2012 11:39 AM, Pete Prodoehl wrote:
>> Over at Milwaukee Makerspace we've been having a discussion about
>> member storage solutions... where to keep your "personal" stuff you
>> leave at the hackerspace, which may be projects in progress, or tools,
>> or miscellaneous parts, bits, widgets, etc.
>>
>> We have some pallet storage, and some file cabinets, and some lockers,
>> and those are all just out of convenience since we scavenged most of
>> it, but with a move to a new building coming, one member suggested
>> portable rolling carts, which could also be used as a work surface
>> (possibly locking them together for a larger work surface) and now
>> we're discussing the finer points of carts.
>>
>> What do other spaces do for storage? Bins? Shelves? Lockers? Rolling
>> Transformer Carts, Hover Carts that can float to the ceiling?
>>
>>
>> Pete
>>
>> _______________________________________________
>> Discuss mailing list
>> Discuss at lists.hackerspaces.org
>> http://lists.hackerspaces.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
> 
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