Alright, let’s talk about this ‘railey sel’ thing I tried out. My workshop bench was getting completely out of hand, seriously. Stuff everywhere – screws, little bits of wire, zip ties, random nuts and bolts. Finding anything was turning into a ten-minute search party every single time. I was getting pretty fed up.
So, I decided to just tackle it. Didn’t have a fancy plan, just remembered hearing someone mention a quick sort method, maybe it was called ‘railey sel’ or something like that? Sounded simple enough, which is usually my style. No complex systems needed here.
Getting Started
First thing I did was grab a bunch of containers. Didn’t buy anything special. Just:
- Some old jam jars I’d washed out.
- A couple of those plastic tubs from takeout food.
- One sturdy cardboard box that used to hold teabags.
Good enough, right? The point wasn’t to make it look pretty, just to get the clutter contained.
The Actual Sorting Process
Then, I basically just started sweeping piles of stuff off the bench into rough categories. This is where the ‘railey sel’ idea, as I understood it, came in. It wasn’t about perfect labels or sorting by exact size. It was more like a rapid selection, a quick sort.
I stood there and just started chucking things into the containers. Rule was simple: if it looked like a screw, it went in the ‘screw jar’. Didn’t matter if it was wood screw, machine screw, long, short – just screws. Same for electrical bits – connectors, short wires, little resistors – all went into one plastic tub. Zip ties and cable clips into another. The bigger, odd stuff like brackets or leftover parts went into the cardboard box.
Took maybe fifteen, twenty minutes total? I wasn’t being careful. I just grabbed handfuls and dumped them. Some things probably ended up in the ‘wrong’ pile by strict standards, but honestly, who cares? The main goal was clearing the bench surface.
The Result
And you know what? It worked. The bench was clear. Suddenly I had space to actually do things again. When I needed a screw, I just grabbed the ‘screw jar’ and rummaged for a second. Way faster than searching the entire benchtop like before.
It’s not perfect, obviously. It’s rough. Sometimes I gotta dump a jar out to find that one specific little widget. But for a quick and dirty fix to get functional again? This ‘railey sel’ approach, or whatever you call it, did the job for me. Cleared the mess, got things roughly sorted, and didn’t cost a penny or take all afternoon.
So yeah, that was my experience. Just jumped in, grabbed some containers, sorted stuff quickly without overthinking it, and got my workspace back. Simple as that.
