Walk past a top team’s garage on a race weekend and the first thing you notice is order. The floor is spotless. Every tool sits in its place, every part is labeled and accounted for, and amongst the chaos of a paddock during a race, none of it is ever reflected in the space.
That standard carries into our shop. RSF was taught to take care of its tools, because they are what make the work possible.
So the shop stays neat and organized. How you treat your space reflects how you treat the work itself.
Shop Manual
- Places
- Everything has its space, its drawer, its shelf.
- The bench
- You should be able to scan it and see what is where. Placement follows the process of the work and the way your hands reach and pick things up.
- Pencils
- Points stay sharp, and each station has its own.
- The sawdust myth
- An old shop saying holds that the more sawdust you leave behind, the better you are. It can reflect fast production, especially before the days of dust collection, but it leaves a mess for someone else, or yourself, to work around.
- Water bottles
- On coasters. The workbench stays flat.
- The floor
- Kept swept. This is where we move.
And above all else, cleanliness just looks goddamn good, and people see it.