Efficiency....what methods do you use to make a job go easier?

Absolutely agree on having a clean shop. If my shop is disorganized, I tend to waste a ton of time looking for things through the clutter.

When I was a chef, one of the chefs I worked for used to walk up to anyone who had a messy station, smash his hand into their cutting board or countertop and show them the crumbs & bits of food that stuck to the palm of his hand. He'd say, "This is what your mind looks like when you're messy. Work CLEAN!!"