Spent last Tuesday through Friday chasing a setting on my old Lincoln that I finally figured out was just a bad ground clamp, and now I have to grind out five joints I messed up, so has anyone else wasted a whole week on something that stupid?
I was complaining to my neighbor Bob, who fixed cars for 40 years, about how messy my workbench always gets. He just laughed and said 'Your bench should work for you, not the other way around.' That hit different because I realized I had been fighting my own setup for years. Bob showed me how he hangs his most used tools on a pegboard right above where he stands, no reaching. Now I moved my wrenches and screwdrivers to a $12 magnetic strip from Amazon and it freed up so much space. My bench is still cluttered sometimes but at least I can find the 10mm socket on the first grab now. Has anyone else had a simple setup change make a big difference in their workflow?