Opening / Closing Checklist

For our open hours, please follow these steps for opening and closing the shop.

Opening

1. Turn on the main lights and lights in the Wild West (inside the doorway to the WW, on the left).
2. Set up the sandwich board and BK sign at either end of the courtyard on the sidewalk; don't block the entryway
3. Put on an apron and name tag.
4. Check to see that all workbenches are stocked with their color coded tools and a tub of grease. See that each stand has a spray-bottle of diluted Simple Green and a bottle of chain lube. Chain lube can be replenished from the "consumable back stock" milk crate in the office. Simple Green can be refilled from the jugs in the office (three fingers in the bottle, then top up with water). Refilling these is a great volunteer task.
5. Check rag supply and put out fresh rags if necessary (also a good volunteer task if short on time).
6. Put stools near/around the truing stands.
7. Take random parts and components (which shouldn't still be out, but you know) off the benches and work areas; put in the WW for sorting.
8. Take the register keys (black and grey) from the office key box (just inside the doorway on the right) and turn the register from OFF to REG.
9. Log into Freehub.
10. Open the roll-up door near the back (make sure it's unlatched first) and wheel the rickshaw outside. Park it just outside the door. Bring the door back down to about waist-height if you're worried about people coming in and out.
11. Open the roll-up door near the greeter desk (make sure it's unlatched) and ask people to line up to be checked in.
12. If patrons show up before you're ready to open, please ask them either to wait outside or to volunteer to do a task on this list.
13. If you have the time and the need, set up the tables and work stands outside.

Closing

1. At 40 minutes to close, tell people that we will be closing in 40 minutes and that they should not start any new projects but instead wrap up what they're working on.
2. Repeat that warning at 30 minutes and 20 minutes to close.
3. At 15 minutes to close, tell people to start cleaning up.
4. Put away all tools and parts left out on the shop floor. Bring the stands and tables in from outside.
5. Check to see that all workbenches are stocked with their color coded tools, grease, cleaner, etc. If a tool is missing, check that it wasn't put in the wooden cabinet by mistake. If it's still missing, color-code a new one. Take a similar tool from the wooden cabinet first; if there is no extra in that cabinet, replace it from the back-up tools milk crate in the yellow cabinet.
6. Put especially filthy rags into the hamper (a good volunteer task if short on time).
7. Bring in the signs from Florida St. and Alabama St.
8. Sweep the courtyard.
9. Lower and latch the doors.
10. Empty the shop trash into dumpster in the trash room. Key is in the office key box (just inside the doorway, on the wall).
11. Sweep the shop floor.
12. Turn off the stereo.
13. Remove the money from the register. Count out $50 in small bills and put it back in. Rubber-band the rest together along with a slip of paper showing the date and the amount, and drop it into the safe under the desk in the office.
14. Turn off all of the lights.
15. Lock the doors when you leave.