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Since I have been on the site for a while, I thought I would post some pics of my so called work shop. It is a one car garage, that is used more as a storage shed than anything else. I have carved out a little area for my self, but not much. You always hear about guys complaining about their small shops, well this is one of those. Whenever I have large sheet goods or boards to work, I have to empty a number of items out of the garage, then setup my saw horses or saw benches to work on, which is okay here in sunny San Diego. I normally have just enough space in front of my work bench to do hand work when planing or cutting boards. Power is a shared 15amp ckt from the house (honey, please stop using the vacuum cleaner and don’t use the hair dryer while I am in the shop) so my selection of power tools is limited by space and power. The scroll saw is on a moveable stand and the mortiser is inside the roll around stand. Also, when it rains, the garage floor gets very wet, the driveway is sloped towards the front of the garage and water comes right in. Used to have a router table but the legs finally rotted away from years of water getting wet. I kept the old top and will eventually build a new table when time permits. All in all, I am grateful that I at least have this space, may not be the best, may not be the worst, but it’s mine and I love the time I get to spend in there.
When we eventually move to our new house, I plan to upgrade the tablesaw (currently an old HF special), and add a jointer, dust collection and bandsaw.
Updated 8-25-09:
I added a few new pictures to show the partially cemented in floor, should have done the whole thing at once, will fix that later. Also added a new tablesaw and jointer.
-- "You get what you inspect, not what you expect"
14 comments so far
GMman
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posted 315 days ago
Don’t you feel bad my friend mine is only 10×12 with an extension of 4×12 to store my lumber so in the summer time I do a lot of my work outside and this time of the year (winter months) I just close up shop, I have a lot more tools than space
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Scott Bryan
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posted 315 days ago
You have done a nice job with the space that you have available and I really like your hand tool collection as well as the storage cabinet where you organize them. It is always nice to see traditional methods being used for woodworking projects. I have long neglected these skills and am just now beginning to start “honing” these latent abilities. :)
You have organized your shop well and it is good to see some shaving on the floor. It makes the shop look like it is being used. It would be nice if you had someplace else to store the “non-essentials” that are in your shop but, like you, it seems that whenever a non-tool item needs to find a home it usually ends up in a corner of the shop.
Thanks for the pictures. I enjoyed visiting your shop.
-- With God's help all things are possible- even woodworking. Woodworking is not just a hobby, it is an (expletive deleted) expensive hobby.
BarryW
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posted 174 days ago
I think your tool chest is a miracle of your shop…as well as your electrical needs. You accomplish alot with your little shop…and while I have more space…time in my shop is always a miracle to me…I don’t get enough. Thanks for sharing the pictures of your shop.
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GMman
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posted 173 days ago
That is a copy of mine LOL only room for the tools and one person,works fine for me
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Don K.
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posted 144 days ago
Pat it may be small…but you do some beautiful work in there…and you have some BEAUTIFUL hand tools !!!
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3fingerpat
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posted 89 days ago
Thanks guys, I added a few more pics today.
-- "You get what you inspect, not what you expect"
Bob Kollman
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posted 52 days ago
Pat
I really like your shop. What caught my eye is your Hitachi scroll saw, and the collection of hand saws displayed on your wall, very nice. I have the same table saw, I would also like to move up to a power matic or delta- anything high end, but the TS3650 is a great compromise when money is tight.
Bolb
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Beginningwoodworker
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posted 31 days ago
Nice workshop.
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yarydoc
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posted 31 days ago
Nice shop and a lot cleaner than mine.
Ray
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MedicKen
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posted 26 days ago
Hey! That jointer looks familiar.
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3fingerpat
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posted 25 days ago
LOL! Ken, and it works great too! thanks again.
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John's Woodshop
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posted 25 days ago
I absolutely LOVE your tool cabinet! Great job and a great shop!
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3fingerpat
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posted 25 days ago
Thank you John.
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drfixit
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posted 25 days ago
very nice shop, love the tool cabinet in the first pick. keeps the dust off eveything. One of the biggest problems in my shop.
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