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Lets get started

Well… It just wouldn't be me if I didn't share pics of my first "workshop". Many of you have already seen it… But here it is again.

Wood Motor vehicle Gas Window Siding


Yep. that's where I got my start. Working outside on a stack of pallets and some plastic tables. Of course, when it was too hot outside I didn't get to work. And when it rained I didn't get to work. And then when it got cold I didn't do anything at all. The above pic was taken August 2012.

In January 2013 I filled for divorce. And in February 2013, during a bad day I was having, a dear friend of mine who had also went through a divorce had me over and was trying to cheer me up. Little did she know that her words would change so many things. As we walked around her property she was telling me I needed to look for the little positive things and focus on them. She pointed at her garage and said "see that garage? Now that I'm single i can do whatever I want with it. I can park my car, not park my car. I can store stuff in it or I can throw stuff out of it that I don't want in there. I can do whatever I want with it. At that very moment I realized something. I too had a garage. One that was previously off limits to me. And now… I could do WHATEVER I WANTED WITH IT. :) My eyes grew big and I knew exactly what I wanted to do. And I found my inspiration to keep moving forward.

It just so happens that on that very weekend it was my weekend that I had no kids. I started immediately cleaning the garage up. I had lots of stuff in there that belonged to my ex so I was probably only using half of the space. This is probably what it looked like soon after that weekend.

Table Furniture Cabinetry Wood Hardwood


As the months went by I slowly took over more and more space. Finally… I removed ALL the ex's items and stored them at my moms. And eventually took out everything that wasn't shop related except a few lawn care items. Now my whole garage is dedicated to woodworking. And I have to tell you… I couldn't be happier.

It was just in June 2013 that the divorce was final and the house… and garage… became officially mine.
And let me tell you… garages are for cars… this is a WORKSHOP! :)

So now that summer is over and school has started and the shop is all mine… it's time to make some changes. To start… you can see in the above pic that my miter saw is sitting on a built in workbench. This was there when we bought the house in 2009. Here's the problem with it… everything. LOL :). It's not deep enough, it's too high, its really long so it takes up too much space and for the top they glued down sticky tile. You know… the vinyl laminate stuff. And due to a previous leak… those tiles are coming up.

Wood Floor Flooring Hardwood Road surface


And as you can see… the pegboard has some issues of it's own. It's been wet so it's bowed. It also was put right up against the wall. So there are quite a few places on the pegboard that you can't even hang anything. It totally needs replaced as well.

So here is a pic of this wall.

Property Furniture Table Wood Cabinetry


To the left of the bench is my new ReStore find that is temporarily storing some of my tools. Ideally… what I'd like to do is tear out the workbench and build a miter station for my new miter saw. I've been wanting to do this for a long time. I was waiting for two things… 1) To have the house in my name alone. And 2) Get a new miter saw. Well… House became mine in June and a couple of weeks ago I got my new miter saw. So…. it's time to get moving.

This bench is 40" tall, 10 1/2' long and 21 1/2" deep. I want to tear it out and tear out the peg board.

Wood Workbench Hardwood Table Machine


I figured I'd blog about this adventure. And even though I've thoroughly tore my shop up in ways. And I will begin demolish this weekend… I still did so in a way that will still allow me to work on my other projects… namely… the room divider (shoji frame) that I'm building for my mom. And eventually…I will also get to get back to work on my bench as well.

So… time to start searching for what to build. I'm open to some suggestions. I'd like to hear what has worked for you guys and what hasn't. THings you'd do differently if you were starting again on your shop. I have this entire wall to play with. I've thrown a few ideas around in my mind. I've obviously thought about doing a built in miter station. But i also have considered building one that is mobile.

I do know there are some features that I definitely want to make sure I have. My new miter saw has an awesome feature… it has an extending fence on it that has a build in stop. LOVE IT. I used it to make the room divider. It has 12 short pieces and it was great. Measured once, adjusted the fence, flipped down the stop and cut the other 11. And they are all the same size. Love that for repeated cuts. And it would be nice to be able to do the same thing with some longer pieces as well.

Anyhow… more on that in another post. Off to bed. Thanks for reading this and I look forward to your ideas.

Oh… PS… that window unit… not staying. I have another window AC on the other side of the garage. And it does all I need it to do. This little one is coming out and going in an upstairs bedroom window. (My future room). And notice how I'm storing my clamps… that needs to change. I will probably replace the pegboard but instead it will be with a framed piece that can be moved anywhere. Just wanted to add those things :)
 

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#27 ·
Lets get started

Well… It just wouldn't be me if I didn't share pics of my first "workshop". Many of you have already seen it… But here it is again.

Wood Motor vehicle Gas Window Siding


Yep. that's where I got my start. Working outside on a stack of pallets and some plastic tables. Of course, when it was too hot outside I didn't get to work. And when it rained I didn't get to work. And then when it got cold I didn't do anything at all. The above pic was taken August 2012.

In January 2013 I filled for divorce. And in February 2013, during a bad day I was having, a dear friend of mine who had also went through a divorce had me over and was trying to cheer me up. Little did she know that her words would change so many things. As we walked around her property she was telling me I needed to look for the little positive things and focus on them. She pointed at her garage and said "see that garage? Now that I'm single i can do whatever I want with it. I can park my car, not park my car. I can store stuff in it or I can throw stuff out of it that I don't want in there. I can do whatever I want with it. At that very moment I realized something. I too had a garage. One that was previously off limits to me. And now… I could do WHATEVER I WANTED WITH IT. :) My eyes grew big and I knew exactly what I wanted to do. And I found my inspiration to keep moving forward.

It just so happens that on that very weekend it was my weekend that I had no kids. I started immediately cleaning the garage up. I had lots of stuff in there that belonged to my ex so I was probably only using half of the space. This is probably what it looked like soon after that weekend.

Table Furniture Cabinetry Wood Hardwood


As the months went by I slowly took over more and more space. Finally… I removed ALL the ex's items and stored them at my moms. And eventually took out everything that wasn't shop related except a few lawn care items. Now my whole garage is dedicated to woodworking. And I have to tell you… I couldn't be happier.

It was just in June 2013 that the divorce was final and the house… and garage… became officially mine.
And let me tell you… garages are for cars… this is a WORKSHOP! :)

So now that summer is over and school has started and the shop is all mine… it's time to make some changes. To start… you can see in the above pic that my miter saw is sitting on a built in workbench. This was there when we bought the house in 2009. Here's the problem with it… everything. LOL :). It's not deep enough, it's too high, its really long so it takes up too much space and for the top they glued down sticky tile. You know… the vinyl laminate stuff. And due to a previous leak… those tiles are coming up.

Wood Floor Flooring Hardwood Road surface


And as you can see… the pegboard has some issues of it's own. It's been wet so it's bowed. It also was put right up against the wall. So there are quite a few places on the pegboard that you can't even hang anything. It totally needs replaced as well.

So here is a pic of this wall.

Property Furniture Table Wood Cabinetry


To the left of the bench is my new ReStore find that is temporarily storing some of my tools. Ideally… what I'd like to do is tear out the workbench and build a miter station for my new miter saw. I've been wanting to do this for a long time. I was waiting for two things… 1) To have the house in my name alone. And 2) Get a new miter saw. Well… House became mine in June and a couple of weeks ago I got my new miter saw. So…. it's time to get moving.

This bench is 40" tall, 10 1/2' long and 21 1/2" deep. I want to tear it out and tear out the peg board.

Wood Workbench Hardwood Table Machine


I figured I'd blog about this adventure. And even though I've thoroughly tore my shop up in ways. And I will begin demolish this weekend… I still did so in a way that will still allow me to work on my other projects… namely… the room divider (shoji frame) that I'm building for my mom. And eventually…I will also get to get back to work on my bench as well.

So… time to start searching for what to build. I'm open to some suggestions. I'd like to hear what has worked for you guys and what hasn't. THings you'd do differently if you were starting again on your shop. I have this entire wall to play with. I've thrown a few ideas around in my mind. I've obviously thought about doing a built in miter station. But i also have considered building one that is mobile.

I do know there are some features that I definitely want to make sure I have. My new miter saw has an awesome feature… it has an extending fence on it that has a build in stop. LOVE IT. I used it to make the room divider. It has 12 short pieces and it was great. Measured once, adjusted the fence, flipped down the stop and cut the other 11. And they are all the same size. Love that for repeated cuts. And it would be nice to be able to do the same thing with some longer pieces as well.

Anyhow… more on that in another post. Off to bed. Thanks for reading this and I look forward to your ideas.

Oh… PS… that window unit… not staying. I have another window AC on the other side of the garage. And it does all I need it to do. This little one is coming out and going in an upstairs bedroom window. (My future room). And notice how I'm storing my clamps… that needs to change. I will probably replace the pegboard but instead it will be with a framed piece that can be moved anywhere. Just wanted to add those things :)
Lots of good suggestions… so I'll just say YOU GO, GIRL! :)
 

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#28 ·
Lets get started

Well… It just wouldn't be me if I didn't share pics of my first "workshop". Many of you have already seen it… But here it is again.

Wood Motor vehicle Gas Window Siding


Yep. that's where I got my start. Working outside on a stack of pallets and some plastic tables. Of course, when it was too hot outside I didn't get to work. And when it rained I didn't get to work. And then when it got cold I didn't do anything at all. The above pic was taken August 2012.

In January 2013 I filled for divorce. And in February 2013, during a bad day I was having, a dear friend of mine who had also went through a divorce had me over and was trying to cheer me up. Little did she know that her words would change so many things. As we walked around her property she was telling me I needed to look for the little positive things and focus on them. She pointed at her garage and said "see that garage? Now that I'm single i can do whatever I want with it. I can park my car, not park my car. I can store stuff in it or I can throw stuff out of it that I don't want in there. I can do whatever I want with it. At that very moment I realized something. I too had a garage. One that was previously off limits to me. And now… I could do WHATEVER I WANTED WITH IT. :) My eyes grew big and I knew exactly what I wanted to do. And I found my inspiration to keep moving forward.

It just so happens that on that very weekend it was my weekend that I had no kids. I started immediately cleaning the garage up. I had lots of stuff in there that belonged to my ex so I was probably only using half of the space. This is probably what it looked like soon after that weekend.

Table Furniture Cabinetry Wood Hardwood


As the months went by I slowly took over more and more space. Finally… I removed ALL the ex's items and stored them at my moms. And eventually took out everything that wasn't shop related except a few lawn care items. Now my whole garage is dedicated to woodworking. And I have to tell you… I couldn't be happier.

It was just in June 2013 that the divorce was final and the house… and garage… became officially mine.
And let me tell you… garages are for cars… this is a WORKSHOP! :)

So now that summer is over and school has started and the shop is all mine… it's time to make some changes. To start… you can see in the above pic that my miter saw is sitting on a built in workbench. This was there when we bought the house in 2009. Here's the problem with it… everything. LOL :). It's not deep enough, it's too high, its really long so it takes up too much space and for the top they glued down sticky tile. You know… the vinyl laminate stuff. And due to a previous leak… those tiles are coming up.

Wood Floor Flooring Hardwood Road surface


And as you can see… the pegboard has some issues of it's own. It's been wet so it's bowed. It also was put right up against the wall. So there are quite a few places on the pegboard that you can't even hang anything. It totally needs replaced as well.

So here is a pic of this wall.

Property Furniture Table Wood Cabinetry


To the left of the bench is my new ReStore find that is temporarily storing some of my tools. Ideally… what I'd like to do is tear out the workbench and build a miter station for my new miter saw. I've been wanting to do this for a long time. I was waiting for two things… 1) To have the house in my name alone. And 2) Get a new miter saw. Well… House became mine in June and a couple of weeks ago I got my new miter saw. So…. it's time to get moving.

This bench is 40" tall, 10 1/2' long and 21 1/2" deep. I want to tear it out and tear out the peg board.

Wood Workbench Hardwood Table Machine


I figured I'd blog about this adventure. And even though I've thoroughly tore my shop up in ways. And I will begin demolish this weekend… I still did so in a way that will still allow me to work on my other projects… namely… the room divider (shoji frame) that I'm building for my mom. And eventually…I will also get to get back to work on my bench as well.

So… time to start searching for what to build. I'm open to some suggestions. I'd like to hear what has worked for you guys and what hasn't. THings you'd do differently if you were starting again on your shop. I have this entire wall to play with. I've thrown a few ideas around in my mind. I've obviously thought about doing a built in miter station. But i also have considered building one that is mobile.

I do know there are some features that I definitely want to make sure I have. My new miter saw has an awesome feature… it has an extending fence on it that has a build in stop. LOVE IT. I used it to make the room divider. It has 12 short pieces and it was great. Measured once, adjusted the fence, flipped down the stop and cut the other 11. And they are all the same size. Love that for repeated cuts. And it would be nice to be able to do the same thing with some longer pieces as well.

Anyhow… more on that in another post. Off to bed. Thanks for reading this and I look forward to your ideas.

Oh… PS… that window unit… not staying. I have another window AC on the other side of the garage. And it does all I need it to do. This little one is coming out and going in an upstairs bedroom window. (My future room). And notice how I'm storing my clamps… that needs to change. I will probably replace the pegboard but instead it will be with a framed piece that can be moved anywhere. Just wanted to add those things :)
A miter saw station would be the main concern for me (if I were you,) and I'd strongly reccommend one like BTimmons showed above. of course, make it on wheels - with two locking swivel casters (the type that stop roll and piviot when locked.)
After that, take a good look at the type of woodworking you intend to do and adjust the size of everything around that. If you build smaller items, like boxes, chairs and home accessories, an overly large bench will probably just become a tool collector. On the other hand, larger furniture items are going to require floor space as well as a good-sized and stout bench for heavier lumber, etc.
I had a shop in a smallish (16' X 20') garage that had to share space with yard impliments and so-on. I found that having everything on wheels was a godsend.
 

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#29 ·
Lets get started

Well… It just wouldn't be me if I didn't share pics of my first "workshop". Many of you have already seen it… But here it is again.

Wood Motor vehicle Gas Window Siding


Yep. that's where I got my start. Working outside on a stack of pallets and some plastic tables. Of course, when it was too hot outside I didn't get to work. And when it rained I didn't get to work. And then when it got cold I didn't do anything at all. The above pic was taken August 2012.

In January 2013 I filled for divorce. And in February 2013, during a bad day I was having, a dear friend of mine who had also went through a divorce had me over and was trying to cheer me up. Little did she know that her words would change so many things. As we walked around her property she was telling me I needed to look for the little positive things and focus on them. She pointed at her garage and said "see that garage? Now that I'm single i can do whatever I want with it. I can park my car, not park my car. I can store stuff in it or I can throw stuff out of it that I don't want in there. I can do whatever I want with it. At that very moment I realized something. I too had a garage. One that was previously off limits to me. And now… I could do WHATEVER I WANTED WITH IT. :) My eyes grew big and I knew exactly what I wanted to do. And I found my inspiration to keep moving forward.

It just so happens that on that very weekend it was my weekend that I had no kids. I started immediately cleaning the garage up. I had lots of stuff in there that belonged to my ex so I was probably only using half of the space. This is probably what it looked like soon after that weekend.

Table Furniture Cabinetry Wood Hardwood


As the months went by I slowly took over more and more space. Finally… I removed ALL the ex's items and stored them at my moms. And eventually took out everything that wasn't shop related except a few lawn care items. Now my whole garage is dedicated to woodworking. And I have to tell you… I couldn't be happier.

It was just in June 2013 that the divorce was final and the house… and garage… became officially mine.
And let me tell you… garages are for cars… this is a WORKSHOP! :)

So now that summer is over and school has started and the shop is all mine… it's time to make some changes. To start… you can see in the above pic that my miter saw is sitting on a built in workbench. This was there when we bought the house in 2009. Here's the problem with it… everything. LOL :). It's not deep enough, it's too high, its really long so it takes up too much space and for the top they glued down sticky tile. You know… the vinyl laminate stuff. And due to a previous leak… those tiles are coming up.

Wood Floor Flooring Hardwood Road surface


And as you can see… the pegboard has some issues of it's own. It's been wet so it's bowed. It also was put right up against the wall. So there are quite a few places on the pegboard that you can't even hang anything. It totally needs replaced as well.

So here is a pic of this wall.

Property Furniture Table Wood Cabinetry


To the left of the bench is my new ReStore find that is temporarily storing some of my tools. Ideally… what I'd like to do is tear out the workbench and build a miter station for my new miter saw. I've been wanting to do this for a long time. I was waiting for two things… 1) To have the house in my name alone. And 2) Get a new miter saw. Well… House became mine in June and a couple of weeks ago I got my new miter saw. So…. it's time to get moving.

This bench is 40" tall, 10 1/2' long and 21 1/2" deep. I want to tear it out and tear out the peg board.

Wood Workbench Hardwood Table Machine


I figured I'd blog about this adventure. And even though I've thoroughly tore my shop up in ways. And I will begin demolish this weekend… I still did so in a way that will still allow me to work on my other projects… namely… the room divider (shoji frame) that I'm building for my mom. And eventually…I will also get to get back to work on my bench as well.

So… time to start searching for what to build. I'm open to some suggestions. I'd like to hear what has worked for you guys and what hasn't. THings you'd do differently if you were starting again on your shop. I have this entire wall to play with. I've thrown a few ideas around in my mind. I've obviously thought about doing a built in miter station. But i also have considered building one that is mobile.

I do know there are some features that I definitely want to make sure I have. My new miter saw has an awesome feature… it has an extending fence on it that has a build in stop. LOVE IT. I used it to make the room divider. It has 12 short pieces and it was great. Measured once, adjusted the fence, flipped down the stop and cut the other 11. And they are all the same size. Love that for repeated cuts. And it would be nice to be able to do the same thing with some longer pieces as well.

Anyhow… more on that in another post. Off to bed. Thanks for reading this and I look forward to your ideas.

Oh… PS… that window unit… not staying. I have another window AC on the other side of the garage. And it does all I need it to do. This little one is coming out and going in an upstairs bedroom window. (My future room). And notice how I'm storing my clamps… that needs to change. I will probably replace the pegboard but instead it will be with a framed piece that can be moved anywhere. Just wanted to add those things :)
I plan on making furniture. So it needs to be pretty sturdy. I want something that will handle the larger stock. Another thing that I know I want is an extended fence with stops on it. My saw has a built in stop for smaller items. I LOVE IT! Makes the cuts so much more accurate when you are cutting multiples. And it just goes by faster.
 

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Lets get started

Well… It just wouldn't be me if I didn't share pics of my first "workshop". Many of you have already seen it… But here it is again.

Wood Motor vehicle Gas Window Siding


Yep. that's where I got my start. Working outside on a stack of pallets and some plastic tables. Of course, when it was too hot outside I didn't get to work. And when it rained I didn't get to work. And then when it got cold I didn't do anything at all. The above pic was taken August 2012.

In January 2013 I filled for divorce. And in February 2013, during a bad day I was having, a dear friend of mine who had also went through a divorce had me over and was trying to cheer me up. Little did she know that her words would change so many things. As we walked around her property she was telling me I needed to look for the little positive things and focus on them. She pointed at her garage and said "see that garage? Now that I'm single i can do whatever I want with it. I can park my car, not park my car. I can store stuff in it or I can throw stuff out of it that I don't want in there. I can do whatever I want with it. At that very moment I realized something. I too had a garage. One that was previously off limits to me. And now… I could do WHATEVER I WANTED WITH IT. :) My eyes grew big and I knew exactly what I wanted to do. And I found my inspiration to keep moving forward.

It just so happens that on that very weekend it was my weekend that I had no kids. I started immediately cleaning the garage up. I had lots of stuff in there that belonged to my ex so I was probably only using half of the space. This is probably what it looked like soon after that weekend.

Table Furniture Cabinetry Wood Hardwood


As the months went by I slowly took over more and more space. Finally… I removed ALL the ex's items and stored them at my moms. And eventually took out everything that wasn't shop related except a few lawn care items. Now my whole garage is dedicated to woodworking. And I have to tell you… I couldn't be happier.

It was just in June 2013 that the divorce was final and the house… and garage… became officially mine.
And let me tell you… garages are for cars… this is a WORKSHOP! :)

So now that summer is over and school has started and the shop is all mine… it's time to make some changes. To start… you can see in the above pic that my miter saw is sitting on a built in workbench. This was there when we bought the house in 2009. Here's the problem with it… everything. LOL :). It's not deep enough, it's too high, its really long so it takes up too much space and for the top they glued down sticky tile. You know… the vinyl laminate stuff. And due to a previous leak… those tiles are coming up.

Wood Floor Flooring Hardwood Road surface


And as you can see… the pegboard has some issues of it's own. It's been wet so it's bowed. It also was put right up against the wall. So there are quite a few places on the pegboard that you can't even hang anything. It totally needs replaced as well.

So here is a pic of this wall.

Property Furniture Table Wood Cabinetry


To the left of the bench is my new ReStore find that is temporarily storing some of my tools. Ideally… what I'd like to do is tear out the workbench and build a miter station for my new miter saw. I've been wanting to do this for a long time. I was waiting for two things… 1) To have the house in my name alone. And 2) Get a new miter saw. Well… House became mine in June and a couple of weeks ago I got my new miter saw. So…. it's time to get moving.

This bench is 40" tall, 10 1/2' long and 21 1/2" deep. I want to tear it out and tear out the peg board.

Wood Workbench Hardwood Table Machine


I figured I'd blog about this adventure. And even though I've thoroughly tore my shop up in ways. And I will begin demolish this weekend… I still did so in a way that will still allow me to work on my other projects… namely… the room divider (shoji frame) that I'm building for my mom. And eventually…I will also get to get back to work on my bench as well.

So… time to start searching for what to build. I'm open to some suggestions. I'd like to hear what has worked for you guys and what hasn't. THings you'd do differently if you were starting again on your shop. I have this entire wall to play with. I've thrown a few ideas around in my mind. I've obviously thought about doing a built in miter station. But i also have considered building one that is mobile.

I do know there are some features that I definitely want to make sure I have. My new miter saw has an awesome feature… it has an extending fence on it that has a build in stop. LOVE IT. I used it to make the room divider. It has 12 short pieces and it was great. Measured once, adjusted the fence, flipped down the stop and cut the other 11. And they are all the same size. Love that for repeated cuts. And it would be nice to be able to do the same thing with some longer pieces as well.

Anyhow… more on that in another post. Off to bed. Thanks for reading this and I look forward to your ideas.

Oh… PS… that window unit… not staying. I have another window AC on the other side of the garage. And it does all I need it to do. This little one is coming out and going in an upstairs bedroom window. (My future room). And notice how I'm storing my clamps… that needs to change. I will probably replace the pegboard but instead it will be with a framed piece that can be moved anywhere. Just wanted to add those things :)
Angie,

I'm in the middle of building a miter station. I'm making it a permanent mount. I haven't moved my saw for the last 5 years. But this is dependent on your shop size and needs.

I had the saw on a table for too long.
Miter saw Mitre saws Saw Wood Building


This is the new location,
Wood Floor Tool Flooring Hardwood


You can see I'll have drawers under the saw. I've already moved the bins under the wing tables. There will also be a wide drawer under the wings, but above the bins.
Wood Saw Drill Floor Tool


There are great ideas for mobile units with folding or removable wings.

Good luck with the shop remodeling.

BJ
 

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Lets get started

Well… It just wouldn't be me if I didn't share pics of my first "workshop". Many of you have already seen it… But here it is again.

Wood Motor vehicle Gas Window Siding


Yep. that's where I got my start. Working outside on a stack of pallets and some plastic tables. Of course, when it was too hot outside I didn't get to work. And when it rained I didn't get to work. And then when it got cold I didn't do anything at all. The above pic was taken August 2012.

In January 2013 I filled for divorce. And in February 2013, during a bad day I was having, a dear friend of mine who had also went through a divorce had me over and was trying to cheer me up. Little did she know that her words would change so many things. As we walked around her property she was telling me I needed to look for the little positive things and focus on them. She pointed at her garage and said "see that garage? Now that I'm single i can do whatever I want with it. I can park my car, not park my car. I can store stuff in it or I can throw stuff out of it that I don't want in there. I can do whatever I want with it. At that very moment I realized something. I too had a garage. One that was previously off limits to me. And now… I could do WHATEVER I WANTED WITH IT. :) My eyes grew big and I knew exactly what I wanted to do. And I found my inspiration to keep moving forward.

It just so happens that on that very weekend it was my weekend that I had no kids. I started immediately cleaning the garage up. I had lots of stuff in there that belonged to my ex so I was probably only using half of the space. This is probably what it looked like soon after that weekend.

Table Furniture Cabinetry Wood Hardwood


As the months went by I slowly took over more and more space. Finally… I removed ALL the ex's items and stored them at my moms. And eventually took out everything that wasn't shop related except a few lawn care items. Now my whole garage is dedicated to woodworking. And I have to tell you… I couldn't be happier.

It was just in June 2013 that the divorce was final and the house… and garage… became officially mine.
And let me tell you… garages are for cars… this is a WORKSHOP! :)

So now that summer is over and school has started and the shop is all mine… it's time to make some changes. To start… you can see in the above pic that my miter saw is sitting on a built in workbench. This was there when we bought the house in 2009. Here's the problem with it… everything. LOL :). It's not deep enough, it's too high, its really long so it takes up too much space and for the top they glued down sticky tile. You know… the vinyl laminate stuff. And due to a previous leak… those tiles are coming up.

Wood Floor Flooring Hardwood Road surface


And as you can see… the pegboard has some issues of it's own. It's been wet so it's bowed. It also was put right up against the wall. So there are quite a few places on the pegboard that you can't even hang anything. It totally needs replaced as well.

So here is a pic of this wall.

Property Furniture Table Wood Cabinetry


To the left of the bench is my new ReStore find that is temporarily storing some of my tools. Ideally… what I'd like to do is tear out the workbench and build a miter station for my new miter saw. I've been wanting to do this for a long time. I was waiting for two things… 1) To have the house in my name alone. And 2) Get a new miter saw. Well… House became mine in June and a couple of weeks ago I got my new miter saw. So…. it's time to get moving.

This bench is 40" tall, 10 1/2' long and 21 1/2" deep. I want to tear it out and tear out the peg board.

Wood Workbench Hardwood Table Machine


I figured I'd blog about this adventure. And even though I've thoroughly tore my shop up in ways. And I will begin demolish this weekend… I still did so in a way that will still allow me to work on my other projects… namely… the room divider (shoji frame) that I'm building for my mom. And eventually…I will also get to get back to work on my bench as well.

So… time to start searching for what to build. I'm open to some suggestions. I'd like to hear what has worked for you guys and what hasn't. THings you'd do differently if you were starting again on your shop. I have this entire wall to play with. I've thrown a few ideas around in my mind. I've obviously thought about doing a built in miter station. But i also have considered building one that is mobile.

I do know there are some features that I definitely want to make sure I have. My new miter saw has an awesome feature… it has an extending fence on it that has a build in stop. LOVE IT. I used it to make the room divider. It has 12 short pieces and it was great. Measured once, adjusted the fence, flipped down the stop and cut the other 11. And they are all the same size. Love that for repeated cuts. And it would be nice to be able to do the same thing with some longer pieces as well.

Anyhow… more on that in another post. Off to bed. Thanks for reading this and I look forward to your ideas.

Oh… PS… that window unit… not staying. I have another window AC on the other side of the garage. And it does all I need it to do. This little one is coming out and going in an upstairs bedroom window. (My future room). And notice how I'm storing my clamps… that needs to change. I will probably replace the pegboard but instead it will be with a framed piece that can be moved anywhere. Just wanted to add those things :)
BJ… nice station. I won't really move my saw. I think my drive to have everything mobile has more to do with the fact that I want to tear down this building and rebuild. Wont happen for 3-4 years. But I know I'll eventually do it. This is a nice station you've built. It's got a lot of the features I want.
 

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#32 ·
Lets get started

Well… It just wouldn't be me if I didn't share pics of my first "workshop". Many of you have already seen it… But here it is again.

Wood Motor vehicle Gas Window Siding


Yep. that's where I got my start. Working outside on a stack of pallets and some plastic tables. Of course, when it was too hot outside I didn't get to work. And when it rained I didn't get to work. And then when it got cold I didn't do anything at all. The above pic was taken August 2012.

In January 2013 I filled for divorce. And in February 2013, during a bad day I was having, a dear friend of mine who had also went through a divorce had me over and was trying to cheer me up. Little did she know that her words would change so many things. As we walked around her property she was telling me I needed to look for the little positive things and focus on them. She pointed at her garage and said "see that garage? Now that I'm single i can do whatever I want with it. I can park my car, not park my car. I can store stuff in it or I can throw stuff out of it that I don't want in there. I can do whatever I want with it. At that very moment I realized something. I too had a garage. One that was previously off limits to me. And now… I could do WHATEVER I WANTED WITH IT. :) My eyes grew big and I knew exactly what I wanted to do. And I found my inspiration to keep moving forward.

It just so happens that on that very weekend it was my weekend that I had no kids. I started immediately cleaning the garage up. I had lots of stuff in there that belonged to my ex so I was probably only using half of the space. This is probably what it looked like soon after that weekend.

Table Furniture Cabinetry Wood Hardwood


As the months went by I slowly took over more and more space. Finally… I removed ALL the ex's items and stored them at my moms. And eventually took out everything that wasn't shop related except a few lawn care items. Now my whole garage is dedicated to woodworking. And I have to tell you… I couldn't be happier.

It was just in June 2013 that the divorce was final and the house… and garage… became officially mine.
And let me tell you… garages are for cars… this is a WORKSHOP! :)

So now that summer is over and school has started and the shop is all mine… it's time to make some changes. To start… you can see in the above pic that my miter saw is sitting on a built in workbench. This was there when we bought the house in 2009. Here's the problem with it… everything. LOL :). It's not deep enough, it's too high, its really long so it takes up too much space and for the top they glued down sticky tile. You know… the vinyl laminate stuff. And due to a previous leak… those tiles are coming up.

Wood Floor Flooring Hardwood Road surface


And as you can see… the pegboard has some issues of it's own. It's been wet so it's bowed. It also was put right up against the wall. So there are quite a few places on the pegboard that you can't even hang anything. It totally needs replaced as well.

So here is a pic of this wall.

Property Furniture Table Wood Cabinetry


To the left of the bench is my new ReStore find that is temporarily storing some of my tools. Ideally… what I'd like to do is tear out the workbench and build a miter station for my new miter saw. I've been wanting to do this for a long time. I was waiting for two things… 1) To have the house in my name alone. And 2) Get a new miter saw. Well… House became mine in June and a couple of weeks ago I got my new miter saw. So…. it's time to get moving.

This bench is 40" tall, 10 1/2' long and 21 1/2" deep. I want to tear it out and tear out the peg board.

Wood Workbench Hardwood Table Machine


I figured I'd blog about this adventure. And even though I've thoroughly tore my shop up in ways. And I will begin demolish this weekend… I still did so in a way that will still allow me to work on my other projects… namely… the room divider (shoji frame) that I'm building for my mom. And eventually…I will also get to get back to work on my bench as well.

So… time to start searching for what to build. I'm open to some suggestions. I'd like to hear what has worked for you guys and what hasn't. THings you'd do differently if you were starting again on your shop. I have this entire wall to play with. I've thrown a few ideas around in my mind. I've obviously thought about doing a built in miter station. But i also have considered building one that is mobile.

I do know there are some features that I definitely want to make sure I have. My new miter saw has an awesome feature… it has an extending fence on it that has a build in stop. LOVE IT. I used it to make the room divider. It has 12 short pieces and it was great. Measured once, adjusted the fence, flipped down the stop and cut the other 11. And they are all the same size. Love that for repeated cuts. And it would be nice to be able to do the same thing with some longer pieces as well.

Anyhow… more on that in another post. Off to bed. Thanks for reading this and I look forward to your ideas.

Oh… PS… that window unit… not staying. I have another window AC on the other side of the garage. And it does all I need it to do. This little one is coming out and going in an upstairs bedroom window. (My future room). And notice how I'm storing my clamps… that needs to change. I will probably replace the pegboard but instead it will be with a framed piece that can be moved anywhere. Just wanted to add those things :)
Angie (anybody else building out a shop)...PAINT those walls BRIGHT white before you start putting "stuff" there!!! You will be amazed with the difference in lighting. Your OSB is getting pretty dark.
 

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#33 ·
Lets get started

Well… It just wouldn't be me if I didn't share pics of my first "workshop". Many of you have already seen it… But here it is again.

Wood Motor vehicle Gas Window Siding


Yep. that's where I got my start. Working outside on a stack of pallets and some plastic tables. Of course, when it was too hot outside I didn't get to work. And when it rained I didn't get to work. And then when it got cold I didn't do anything at all. The above pic was taken August 2012.

In January 2013 I filled for divorce. And in February 2013, during a bad day I was having, a dear friend of mine who had also went through a divorce had me over and was trying to cheer me up. Little did she know that her words would change so many things. As we walked around her property she was telling me I needed to look for the little positive things and focus on them. She pointed at her garage and said "see that garage? Now that I'm single i can do whatever I want with it. I can park my car, not park my car. I can store stuff in it or I can throw stuff out of it that I don't want in there. I can do whatever I want with it. At that very moment I realized something. I too had a garage. One that was previously off limits to me. And now… I could do WHATEVER I WANTED WITH IT. :) My eyes grew big and I knew exactly what I wanted to do. And I found my inspiration to keep moving forward.

It just so happens that on that very weekend it was my weekend that I had no kids. I started immediately cleaning the garage up. I had lots of stuff in there that belonged to my ex so I was probably only using half of the space. This is probably what it looked like soon after that weekend.

Table Furniture Cabinetry Wood Hardwood


As the months went by I slowly took over more and more space. Finally… I removed ALL the ex's items and stored them at my moms. And eventually took out everything that wasn't shop related except a few lawn care items. Now my whole garage is dedicated to woodworking. And I have to tell you… I couldn't be happier.

It was just in June 2013 that the divorce was final and the house… and garage… became officially mine.
And let me tell you… garages are for cars… this is a WORKSHOP! :)

So now that summer is over and school has started and the shop is all mine… it's time to make some changes. To start… you can see in the above pic that my miter saw is sitting on a built in workbench. This was there when we bought the house in 2009. Here's the problem with it… everything. LOL :). It's not deep enough, it's too high, its really long so it takes up too much space and for the top they glued down sticky tile. You know… the vinyl laminate stuff. And due to a previous leak… those tiles are coming up.

Wood Floor Flooring Hardwood Road surface


And as you can see… the pegboard has some issues of it's own. It's been wet so it's bowed. It also was put right up against the wall. So there are quite a few places on the pegboard that you can't even hang anything. It totally needs replaced as well.

So here is a pic of this wall.

Property Furniture Table Wood Cabinetry


To the left of the bench is my new ReStore find that is temporarily storing some of my tools. Ideally… what I'd like to do is tear out the workbench and build a miter station for my new miter saw. I've been wanting to do this for a long time. I was waiting for two things… 1) To have the house in my name alone. And 2) Get a new miter saw. Well… House became mine in June and a couple of weeks ago I got my new miter saw. So…. it's time to get moving.

This bench is 40" tall, 10 1/2' long and 21 1/2" deep. I want to tear it out and tear out the peg board.

Wood Workbench Hardwood Table Machine


I figured I'd blog about this adventure. And even though I've thoroughly tore my shop up in ways. And I will begin demolish this weekend… I still did so in a way that will still allow me to work on my other projects… namely… the room divider (shoji frame) that I'm building for my mom. And eventually…I will also get to get back to work on my bench as well.

So… time to start searching for what to build. I'm open to some suggestions. I'd like to hear what has worked for you guys and what hasn't. THings you'd do differently if you were starting again on your shop. I have this entire wall to play with. I've thrown a few ideas around in my mind. I've obviously thought about doing a built in miter station. But i also have considered building one that is mobile.

I do know there are some features that I definitely want to make sure I have. My new miter saw has an awesome feature… it has an extending fence on it that has a build in stop. LOVE IT. I used it to make the room divider. It has 12 short pieces and it was great. Measured once, adjusted the fence, flipped down the stop and cut the other 11. And they are all the same size. Love that for repeated cuts. And it would be nice to be able to do the same thing with some longer pieces as well.

Anyhow… more on that in another post. Off to bed. Thanks for reading this and I look forward to your ideas.

Oh… PS… that window unit… not staying. I have another window AC on the other side of the garage. And it does all I need it to do. This little one is coming out and going in an upstairs bedroom window. (My future room). And notice how I'm storing my clamps… that needs to change. I will probably replace the pegboard but instead it will be with a framed piece that can be moved anywhere. Just wanted to add those things :)
You know…. I wondered about painting them. I have all kinds of white paint. I just might do that. Thanks for the suggestion
 

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#34 ·
Lets get started

Well… It just wouldn't be me if I didn't share pics of my first "workshop". Many of you have already seen it… But here it is again.

Wood Motor vehicle Gas Window Siding


Yep. that's where I got my start. Working outside on a stack of pallets and some plastic tables. Of course, when it was too hot outside I didn't get to work. And when it rained I didn't get to work. And then when it got cold I didn't do anything at all. The above pic was taken August 2012.

In January 2013 I filled for divorce. And in February 2013, during a bad day I was having, a dear friend of mine who had also went through a divorce had me over and was trying to cheer me up. Little did she know that her words would change so many things. As we walked around her property she was telling me I needed to look for the little positive things and focus on them. She pointed at her garage and said "see that garage? Now that I'm single i can do whatever I want with it. I can park my car, not park my car. I can store stuff in it or I can throw stuff out of it that I don't want in there. I can do whatever I want with it. At that very moment I realized something. I too had a garage. One that was previously off limits to me. And now… I could do WHATEVER I WANTED WITH IT. :) My eyes grew big and I knew exactly what I wanted to do. And I found my inspiration to keep moving forward.

It just so happens that on that very weekend it was my weekend that I had no kids. I started immediately cleaning the garage up. I had lots of stuff in there that belonged to my ex so I was probably only using half of the space. This is probably what it looked like soon after that weekend.

Table Furniture Cabinetry Wood Hardwood


As the months went by I slowly took over more and more space. Finally… I removed ALL the ex's items and stored them at my moms. And eventually took out everything that wasn't shop related except a few lawn care items. Now my whole garage is dedicated to woodworking. And I have to tell you… I couldn't be happier.

It was just in June 2013 that the divorce was final and the house… and garage… became officially mine.
And let me tell you… garages are for cars… this is a WORKSHOP! :)

So now that summer is over and school has started and the shop is all mine… it's time to make some changes. To start… you can see in the above pic that my miter saw is sitting on a built in workbench. This was there when we bought the house in 2009. Here's the problem with it… everything. LOL :). It's not deep enough, it's too high, its really long so it takes up too much space and for the top they glued down sticky tile. You know… the vinyl laminate stuff. And due to a previous leak… those tiles are coming up.

Wood Floor Flooring Hardwood Road surface


And as you can see… the pegboard has some issues of it's own. It's been wet so it's bowed. It also was put right up against the wall. So there are quite a few places on the pegboard that you can't even hang anything. It totally needs replaced as well.

So here is a pic of this wall.

Property Furniture Table Wood Cabinetry


To the left of the bench is my new ReStore find that is temporarily storing some of my tools. Ideally… what I'd like to do is tear out the workbench and build a miter station for my new miter saw. I've been wanting to do this for a long time. I was waiting for two things… 1) To have the house in my name alone. And 2) Get a new miter saw. Well… House became mine in June and a couple of weeks ago I got my new miter saw. So…. it's time to get moving.

This bench is 40" tall, 10 1/2' long and 21 1/2" deep. I want to tear it out and tear out the peg board.

Wood Workbench Hardwood Table Machine


I figured I'd blog about this adventure. And even though I've thoroughly tore my shop up in ways. And I will begin demolish this weekend… I still did so in a way that will still allow me to work on my other projects… namely… the room divider (shoji frame) that I'm building for my mom. And eventually…I will also get to get back to work on my bench as well.

So… time to start searching for what to build. I'm open to some suggestions. I'd like to hear what has worked for you guys and what hasn't. THings you'd do differently if you were starting again on your shop. I have this entire wall to play with. I've thrown a few ideas around in my mind. I've obviously thought about doing a built in miter station. But i also have considered building one that is mobile.

I do know there are some features that I definitely want to make sure I have. My new miter saw has an awesome feature… it has an extending fence on it that has a build in stop. LOVE IT. I used it to make the room divider. It has 12 short pieces and it was great. Measured once, adjusted the fence, flipped down the stop and cut the other 11. And they are all the same size. Love that for repeated cuts. And it would be nice to be able to do the same thing with some longer pieces as well.

Anyhow… more on that in another post. Off to bed. Thanks for reading this and I look forward to your ideas.

Oh… PS… that window unit… not staying. I have another window AC on the other side of the garage. And it does all I need it to do. This little one is coming out and going in an upstairs bedroom window. (My future room). And notice how I'm storing my clamps… that needs to change. I will probably replace the pegboard but instead it will be with a framed piece that can be moved anywhere. Just wanted to add those things :)
"Git-er-done" Angie. Anytime you can have any sort o fun in your shop, hey, that's fun.
 

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#35 ·
Lets get started

Well… It just wouldn't be me if I didn't share pics of my first "workshop". Many of you have already seen it… But here it is again.

Wood Motor vehicle Gas Window Siding


Yep. that's where I got my start. Working outside on a stack of pallets and some plastic tables. Of course, when it was too hot outside I didn't get to work. And when it rained I didn't get to work. And then when it got cold I didn't do anything at all. The above pic was taken August 2012.

In January 2013 I filled for divorce. And in February 2013, during a bad day I was having, a dear friend of mine who had also went through a divorce had me over and was trying to cheer me up. Little did she know that her words would change so many things. As we walked around her property she was telling me I needed to look for the little positive things and focus on them. She pointed at her garage and said "see that garage? Now that I'm single i can do whatever I want with it. I can park my car, not park my car. I can store stuff in it or I can throw stuff out of it that I don't want in there. I can do whatever I want with it. At that very moment I realized something. I too had a garage. One that was previously off limits to me. And now… I could do WHATEVER I WANTED WITH IT. :) My eyes grew big and I knew exactly what I wanted to do. And I found my inspiration to keep moving forward.

It just so happens that on that very weekend it was my weekend that I had no kids. I started immediately cleaning the garage up. I had lots of stuff in there that belonged to my ex so I was probably only using half of the space. This is probably what it looked like soon after that weekend.

Table Furniture Cabinetry Wood Hardwood


As the months went by I slowly took over more and more space. Finally… I removed ALL the ex's items and stored them at my moms. And eventually took out everything that wasn't shop related except a few lawn care items. Now my whole garage is dedicated to woodworking. And I have to tell you… I couldn't be happier.

It was just in June 2013 that the divorce was final and the house… and garage… became officially mine.
And let me tell you… garages are for cars… this is a WORKSHOP! :)

So now that summer is over and school has started and the shop is all mine… it's time to make some changes. To start… you can see in the above pic that my miter saw is sitting on a built in workbench. This was there when we bought the house in 2009. Here's the problem with it… everything. LOL :). It's not deep enough, it's too high, its really long so it takes up too much space and for the top they glued down sticky tile. You know… the vinyl laminate stuff. And due to a previous leak… those tiles are coming up.

Wood Floor Flooring Hardwood Road surface


And as you can see… the pegboard has some issues of it's own. It's been wet so it's bowed. It also was put right up against the wall. So there are quite a few places on the pegboard that you can't even hang anything. It totally needs replaced as well.

So here is a pic of this wall.

Property Furniture Table Wood Cabinetry


To the left of the bench is my new ReStore find that is temporarily storing some of my tools. Ideally… what I'd like to do is tear out the workbench and build a miter station for my new miter saw. I've been wanting to do this for a long time. I was waiting for two things… 1) To have the house in my name alone. And 2) Get a new miter saw. Well… House became mine in June and a couple of weeks ago I got my new miter saw. So…. it's time to get moving.

This bench is 40" tall, 10 1/2' long and 21 1/2" deep. I want to tear it out and tear out the peg board.

Wood Workbench Hardwood Table Machine


I figured I'd blog about this adventure. And even though I've thoroughly tore my shop up in ways. And I will begin demolish this weekend… I still did so in a way that will still allow me to work on my other projects… namely… the room divider (shoji frame) that I'm building for my mom. And eventually…I will also get to get back to work on my bench as well.

So… time to start searching for what to build. I'm open to some suggestions. I'd like to hear what has worked for you guys and what hasn't. THings you'd do differently if you were starting again on your shop. I have this entire wall to play with. I've thrown a few ideas around in my mind. I've obviously thought about doing a built in miter station. But i also have considered building one that is mobile.

I do know there are some features that I definitely want to make sure I have. My new miter saw has an awesome feature… it has an extending fence on it that has a build in stop. LOVE IT. I used it to make the room divider. It has 12 short pieces and it was great. Measured once, adjusted the fence, flipped down the stop and cut the other 11. And they are all the same size. Love that for repeated cuts. And it would be nice to be able to do the same thing with some longer pieces as well.

Anyhow… more on that in another post. Off to bed. Thanks for reading this and I look forward to your ideas.

Oh… PS… that window unit… not staying. I have another window AC on the other side of the garage. And it does all I need it to do. This little one is coming out and going in an upstairs bedroom window. (My future room). And notice how I'm storing my clamps… that needs to change. I will probably replace the pegboard but instead it will be with a framed piece that can be moved anywhere. Just wanted to add those things :)
I have fun EVERY time I'm in my shop. I'm dying right now. I have two projects drying and cant go stir up the dust. I kinda feel like I need to bring it in the house so I can go work. I just don't want the house to smell like stain and poly… Oh well… guess the kids will get over it. lol
 

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#36 ·
Step One - Get rid of the old built in bench.

Well… today was pretty productive. I definitely prefer building and creating over demolition. But I like that I'm making room for what comes next.

So here is what I started with.

Wood Hardwood Gas Workbench Machine


I wasn't sure how hard taking this bad boy down would be. But I located my crow bar and my favorite hammer and got started. First off… those ridiculous tiles.

Wood Floor Flooring Hardwood Road surface


There was some leaking from above the window during the fall/winter. It's all fixed now. But its obvious that it took its toll on the plywood under the tiles. And on the tiles themselves. They weren't even attached anymore. All I had to do was pick them up and remove them.

Wood Floor Flooring Gas Hardwood


Under those tiles and the plywood are these boards. Not too bad. But… they have to go too.

Table Wood Drill Handheld power drill Tool


These boards were tongue and groove.

Wood Hardwood Wood stain Flooring Plank


Removing the boards was easier than I thought… Till I got down to the last two. They didn't seem to want to come off.

Wood Table Gas Hardwood Flooring


The lower shelf was easy. Those boards did not have the long twisty nails. Lots easier.

Cabinetry Window Wood Floor Flooring


The last two boards didn't want to come off. The 2×4 support is nailed into the wall. The problem… the plywood behind it was all rotted out and just crumbled. So I couldn't get any leverage to pull it off. The last board to the top was nailed into it. I couldn't get it pried up because of the electric outlet. But finally… I got it. And then behind it… nice… rotted plywood. So I pulled it off and now I need to replace that.

Weird thing… I worked hard on those last two boards… and I couldn't get them off for anything. Then I went to pick kids up from school and when I came back my little guy James and I were in the shop when his dad (the ex) showed up. He came out and was nosing around. LOL. It came up that I couldn't get the last two boards. So he asked why. I picked up my crow bar and showed him why it wouldn't come off… and it came of like nothing. Oh well… Now I have one section down and two to go

Window Wood Hardwood Gas Beam
 

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#37 ·
Step One - Get rid of the old built in bench.

Well… today was pretty productive. I definitely prefer building and creating over demolition. But I like that I'm making room for what comes next.

So here is what I started with.

Wood Hardwood Gas Workbench Machine


I wasn't sure how hard taking this bad boy down would be. But I located my crow bar and my favorite hammer and got started. First off… those ridiculous tiles.

Wood Floor Flooring Hardwood Road surface


There was some leaking from above the window during the fall/winter. It's all fixed now. But its obvious that it took its toll on the plywood under the tiles. And on the tiles themselves. They weren't even attached anymore. All I had to do was pick them up and remove them.

Wood Floor Flooring Gas Hardwood


Under those tiles and the plywood are these boards. Not too bad. But… they have to go too.

Table Wood Drill Handheld power drill Tool


These boards were tongue and groove.

Wood Hardwood Wood stain Flooring Plank


Removing the boards was easier than I thought… Till I got down to the last two. They didn't seem to want to come off.

Wood Table Gas Hardwood Flooring


The lower shelf was easy. Those boards did not have the long twisty nails. Lots easier.

Cabinetry Window Wood Floor Flooring


The last two boards didn't want to come off. The 2×4 support is nailed into the wall. The problem… the plywood behind it was all rotted out and just crumbled. So I couldn't get any leverage to pull it off. The last board to the top was nailed into it. I couldn't get it pried up because of the electric outlet. But finally… I got it. And then behind it… nice… rotted plywood. So I pulled it off and now I need to replace that.

Weird thing… I worked hard on those last two boards… and I couldn't get them off for anything. Then I went to pick kids up from school and when I came back my little guy James and I were in the shop when his dad (the ex) showed up. He came out and was nosing around. LOL. It came up that I couldn't get the last two boards. So he asked why. I picked up my crow bar and showed him why it wouldn't come off… and it came of like nothing. Oh well… Now I have one section down and two to go

Window Wood Hardwood Gas Beam
Remodeling projects never seem to go as planned. There are always those little hidden surprises that drag them on and on. Don't give up. Can't wait to see it finished. You may want to think about treated plywood rather than the OSB for moisture resistance.
 

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#56 ·
Not much new here.... But time to make some room.

Well… I'm sure you are very surprised to find that I haven't gotten very far on my shop changes. I've been so busy with the projects for Christmas and other things that I haven't gotten far. But it's definitely in the front of my mind.

There's been no progress on the workbencch being torn out. In fact… the small section that I did tear out has now become a place that gathers… "things". I did some shop clean up after the holidays. But it's made me realize that I need to do an even larger clean up.

So here's where I'm at… Today has been one of those days. School was cancelled. My older kids are at their dads but my youngest is home with me today. So we've been just chilling out today. He is 5 and very independent… which is why he's made it very clear than I am to stay out of his way. Tried to watch a movie with him. Tried to play with him… He's like.. ."mom… I'm going to play in my room. I dont need anything right now." Come on.. what five year old talks like that? Mine! LOL.

So.. I've been watching him play and scouring the webs for ideas. Pinterest definitely makes the time FLY by. Soon he will be going to his dads and I will be….. IN THE SHOP!!!

Let me add this… We are experiencing a bit of a heat wave right now… yesterday it was -7 and today… it's 9. So yeah… we are almost in the double digits. And here in Southern Indiana… an inch of snow and those temps means that there is no school and absolutely no bread at the local walmart. (weird enough.. no bananas either).

Luckily… the shop has a heater. So when i do go out.. it will be warm enough. The problem with scouring the web for ideas… is getting too many ideas. Right now I have plenty of bigger things on my list that I'd like to make. But my shop is cluttered. The first thing I need to do is make some progress on those scraps.

Wood Serveware Gas Natural material Hardwood


This is only a small pic of the mess. Of course I did clean up a bit.

Wood Flooring Floor Hardwood Tool


But again… this is half of the stash. I have more 2×4's stashed along with some 2×3's in the rafters. And.. some more wood at my storage garage.

SO… I have ALOT of wood. I'd say too much… but that would just be wrong. There is no such thing as too much wood. That would be like saying I have "enough" clamps.

I actually have used some of those boards already. But as I looked for ideas today I focused on small projects that would allow me to use up those scraps. I plan on doing a lot of small "crafty" projects with them. And of course… some frames. It should be interesting.

Any suggestions of things that you've made?
 

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#57 ·
Not much new here.... But time to make some room.

Well… I'm sure you are very surprised to find that I haven't gotten very far on my shop changes. I've been so busy with the projects for Christmas and other things that I haven't gotten far. But it's definitely in the front of my mind.

There's been no progress on the workbencch being torn out. In fact… the small section that I did tear out has now become a place that gathers… "things". I did some shop clean up after the holidays. But it's made me realize that I need to do an even larger clean up.

So here's where I'm at… Today has been one of those days. School was cancelled. My older kids are at their dads but my youngest is home with me today. So we've been just chilling out today. He is 5 and very independent… which is why he's made it very clear than I am to stay out of his way. Tried to watch a movie with him. Tried to play with him… He's like.. ."mom… I'm going to play in my room. I dont need anything right now." Come on.. what five year old talks like that? Mine! LOL.

So.. I've been watching him play and scouring the webs for ideas. Pinterest definitely makes the time FLY by. Soon he will be going to his dads and I will be….. IN THE SHOP!!!

Let me add this… We are experiencing a bit of a heat wave right now… yesterday it was -7 and today… it's 9. So yeah… we are almost in the double digits. And here in Southern Indiana… an inch of snow and those temps means that there is no school and absolutely no bread at the local walmart. (weird enough.. no bananas either).

Luckily… the shop has a heater. So when i do go out.. it will be warm enough. The problem with scouring the web for ideas… is getting too many ideas. Right now I have plenty of bigger things on my list that I'd like to make. But my shop is cluttered. The first thing I need to do is make some progress on those scraps.

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This is only a small pic of the mess. Of course I did clean up a bit.

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But again… this is half of the stash. I have more 2×4's stashed along with some 2×3's in the rafters. And.. some more wood at my storage garage.

SO… I have ALOT of wood. I'd say too much… but that would just be wrong. There is no such thing as too much wood. That would be like saying I have "enough" clamps.

I actually have used some of those boards already. But as I looked for ideas today I focused on small projects that would allow me to use up those scraps. I plan on doing a lot of small "crafty" projects with them. And of course… some frames. It should be interesting.

Any suggestions of things that you've made?
Ang,
To start, rip some longer scraps for french cleats. Place them in convienent locations around shop. Make (chisel, screwdriver, hammers,etc,) racks. Then you can move them from place to place where needed,
 

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#74 ·
Hmmm.... What have I gotten myself into?!?!

Yeah… So I'm cleaning up the lumber storage I have in my shop. See previous posts if you don't know what I'm starting with. I'm a "wood collector". Not to be confused with a "hoarder". Lol. The difference… ???....Well … That's a whole other blog post. :)

I like the vertical storage. It works best for me. But as I started to corganoze so I could have more room today… I found this….

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Yep. I've got some water coming on around the floor. So… I guess today will be spent making some lumber storage on the wall up from the wetness. Plus… This will help me identify where the water comes in and try to fix that as well.

So I've created a HUGE mess. Probably gonna get worse before it gets better. Lol. Should be an interesting day. Just me and no where else to go. So time to get busy :)

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Note… Edited to turn pics :)
 

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#75 ·
Hmmm.... What have I gotten myself into?!?!

Yeah… So I'm cleaning up the lumber storage I have in my shop. See previous posts if you don't know what I'm starting with. I'm a "wood collector". Not to be confused with a "hoarder". Lol. The difference… ???....Well … That's a whole other blog post. :)

I like the vertical storage. It works best for me. But as I started to corganoze so I could have more room today… I found this….

Wood Wood stain Hardwood Plank Plywood


Yep. I've got some water coming on around the floor. So… I guess today will be spent making some lumber storage on the wall up from the wetness. Plus… This will help me identify where the water comes in and try to fix that as well.

So I've created a HUGE mess. Probably gonna get worse before it gets better. Lol. Should be an interesting day. Just me and no where else to go. So time to get busy :)

Wood Hardwood Natural material Wood stain Plank


Note… Edited to turn pics :)
No such thing as too much wood. Horizontal storage is better than vertical. Less chance that the wood will bow under its own weight. Water on the floor could also mean wall damage. You may need to figure out how to keep the water away from the base of the building on the outside.
 

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#90 ·
My newest addition to the shop.

A friend of mine used to build cabinets. He had a shop up in Indianapolis. He sold the house up there and all his tools are now being stored on a trailer in his back yard. He doesn't do any woodworking anymore and is always out of town. The tools are just sitting there going falling apart. So….. when he found out that I was doing woodworking he asked if I'd be interested in any of his tools. This is what he brought me today. He's got a bandsaw and a biscuit jointer and maybe some clamps that he'll be bringing over. So excited.

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Anyone know anything about these? I'm going to do some research on it. But… this site is always part of my research. :)

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So glad to get this drill press!

Also… any advice on how to clean the rust up would be appreciated.
 

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#91 ·
My newest addition to the shop.

A friend of mine used to build cabinets. He had a shop up in Indianapolis. He sold the house up there and all his tools are now being stored on a trailer in his back yard. He doesn't do any woodworking anymore and is always out of town. The tools are just sitting there going falling apart. So….. when he found out that I was doing woodworking he asked if I'd be interested in any of his tools. This is what he brought me today. He's got a bandsaw and a biscuit jointer and maybe some clamps that he'll be bringing over. So excited.

Wood Floor Household cleaning supply Hardwood Flooring


Wood Machine tool Gas Tool Machine


Anyone know anything about these? I'm going to do some research on it. But… this site is always part of my research. :)

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So glad to get this drill press!

Also… any advice on how to clean the rust up would be appreciated.
Great Score, Angie Glad you have such a good friend
 

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#115 ·
My ever shrinking shop.... Or maybe I have wasted space LOL

Ok… So if you know my story… you know that I started out pretty small. Here's what I had…

These were my first tools.

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Aahhhhh…. I remember bringing them home. The ear-to-ear grin on my face was the first of many to come. These poor little guys are long gone now. I got a lot of miles from the miter saw but it finally gave out on me. I actually had a hard time letting it go since it was my first power tool. BUT… the guy I sold it to I gave it to him real cheap and it was exactly what he needed. He had the same saw and he needed it for parts. He did not want to let go of his and fixing it was easy using mine. Glad it worked out.
The sander… it was on it's last leg when I got it. No attachment there at all. lol

And… my first "shop" space….

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I scavenged several factories and businesses for these pallets. Too much time on Pinterest drove me to it. LOL. BUT… I don't regret it at all. Using my miter saw, sander and reclaimed pallets to start my journey made me think outside the box to get things done

And you'll notice that one of the pallets says "DO IT" on it. This was there when i found it. And as me and my step-daughter Bailey stacked these to make my bench… when we saw that we placed it there so I could see it every time I worked at that bench. It was a reminder that I could make my dream of a shop come true… i had to just DO IT!

Then, almost a year ago (February to be exact) I moved into my garage. At the time it was doing nothing more than store my ex-husbands belongings. I started by moving all his things to a side and I used 1/4 of the place. I was THRILLED! Which is what sparked my thoughts for the day. A year ago I had a pallet work bench. I moved into a 1/4 of the garage and thought it was incredible. Now I have a full shop (Including a full size floor drill press - insert ear-to-ear grin here)... and I STILL feel like I need more room. My shop is always feeling like it's shrinking.

It's pretty simple… here's a HUGE part of the issue.

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Check out this pic… It's a pic I pulled from my phone, or I would have taken a better pic of that back wall. It's where I have the most wasted space.
See the cabinets in the back? You'd think that they would come in handy. But really they are wasted space. I need to maximize the use of them and I'm really not sure where to start.
Also… look above the cabinets. This is more wasted space. I could use it for something I'm sure.
That big white thing… my freezer. I wish I had room for it in the house. But this is where it's gotta be for now. But to the right of it… junk corner. This junk also blocks that cabinet above it which is practically empty.
And again…. where the workmate is sitting… all that is wasted space as well.

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Here's more wasted space. More cabinets that are not being utilized to their fullest. That built in bench… UGH!!!! Gotta get rid of that. That space where the workmate is… wasted space.

So… while my shop is not really big… it's big enough. It's shrinking because I keep acquiring more tools (and wood) I just need to maximize the space. I'm open to any suggestions on use of the cabinets and that entire wall. I definitely feel the need to empty the space and start over… but that won't happen till we get some warm weather. So for now I need to just do what I can.

Looking forward to your ideas and suggestions. For now… since there will be no shop time today… I'm off to check out some other workshops to get some ideas.
 

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#116 ·
My ever shrinking shop.... Or maybe I have wasted space LOL

Ok… So if you know my story… you know that I started out pretty small. Here's what I had…

These were my first tools.

Motor vehicle Camera accessory Plant Gas Fender


Aahhhhh…. I remember bringing them home. The ear-to-ear grin on my face was the first of many to come. These poor little guys are long gone now. I got a lot of miles from the miter saw but it finally gave out on me. I actually had a hard time letting it go since it was my first power tool. BUT… the guy I sold it to I gave it to him real cheap and it was exactly what he needed. He had the same saw and he needed it for parts. He did not want to let go of his and fixing it was easy using mine. Glad it worked out.
The sander… it was on it's last leg when I got it. No attachment there at all. lol

And… my first "shop" space….

Wood Rectangle Natural material Building Beam


I scavenged several factories and businesses for these pallets. Too much time on Pinterest drove me to it. LOL. BUT… I don't regret it at all. Using my miter saw, sander and reclaimed pallets to start my journey made me think outside the box to get things done

And you'll notice that one of the pallets says "DO IT" on it. This was there when i found it. And as me and my step-daughter Bailey stacked these to make my bench… when we saw that we placed it there so I could see it every time I worked at that bench. It was a reminder that I could make my dream of a shop come true… i had to just DO IT!

Then, almost a year ago (February to be exact) I moved into my garage. At the time it was doing nothing more than store my ex-husbands belongings. I started by moving all his things to a side and I used 1/4 of the place. I was THRILLED! Which is what sparked my thoughts for the day. A year ago I had a pallet work bench. I moved into a 1/4 of the garage and thought it was incredible. Now I have a full shop (Including a full size floor drill press - insert ear-to-ear grin here)... and I STILL feel like I need more room. My shop is always feeling like it's shrinking.

It's pretty simple… here's a HUGE part of the issue.

Table Furniture Wood Milling Workbench


Check out this pic… It's a pic I pulled from my phone, or I would have taken a better pic of that back wall. It's where I have the most wasted space.
See the cabinets in the back? You'd think that they would come in handy. But really they are wasted space. I need to maximize the use of them and I'm really not sure where to start.
Also… look above the cabinets. This is more wasted space. I could use it for something I'm sure.
That big white thing… my freezer. I wish I had room for it in the house. But this is where it's gotta be for now. But to the right of it… junk corner. This junk also blocks that cabinet above it which is practically empty.
And again…. where the workmate is sitting… all that is wasted space as well.

Wood Floor Flooring Building Hardwood


Here's more wasted space. More cabinets that are not being utilized to their fullest. That built in bench… UGH!!!! Gotta get rid of that. That space where the workmate is… wasted space.

So… while my shop is not really big… it's big enough. It's shrinking because I keep acquiring more tools (and wood) I just need to maximize the space. I'm open to any suggestions on use of the cabinets and that entire wall. I definitely feel the need to empty the space and start over… but that won't happen till we get some warm weather. So for now I need to just do what I can.

Looking forward to your ideas and suggestions. For now… since there will be no shop time today… I'm off to check out some other workshops to get some ideas.
You have came a long way, no doubt. Im a huge fan of looking at other's shop pics and try to pick out some ideas that I can incorporate into my shop. Im not a fan of cabinets for the most part, and for me, shelves seem to be more practicable. Look forward to seeing the changes you make for YOUR shop to work for YOU!
 

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#134 ·
New tools are always a nice change to the shop... Hitachi Scroll Saw!

Yes… I can hear it now because I know what I would say… But I'll just wait and let you say it ;)

So… I have this friend that I've known since Jr High. He has had his own general contracting business and such and is now a maintenance guy for a local state institution. He can do it all. From woodworking to building a house. He is by far the best drywall guy I've ever seen. He has it mastered. Fast and looks great with hardly no sanding. He's just good. Anyhow… Like I said… I've known him since Jr. High. He's done some woodworking for himself and at one time has had a whole shop of tools. Last summer I was at his house and he showed me some of his tools and he had this beautiful Hitachi Scroll Saw on a metal stand just sitting there. He said he never used it. When I was there that day I got a workmate table and lots of woodworking magazines that he didn't care about.

Well… earlier this week I had posted a comment on Facebook. Some…. (what's a nice word to say here…. ???)... unknowing group of men said that I "needed" a man because I was single and "just a woman… .and women need men to do the hard stuff". ROFL…. oh my! This poor group of men also went on to tell me that I didn't know what to do with the power tools that I had. There was more but that's for another story. I laughed. And I know what I can and cant do and what I do and don't need a man for…. (like i ABSOLUTELY need a man to come over an crawl under my house to check things out. There are SPIDERS under there and that is NOT for me. LOL). So there was no need to try and convince or prove myself to them. But it did stem a comment from me that I'm single and I don't need a man… and somewhere in there I mentioned that I LOVE woodworking and that I dont' get lonely as long as I can work in my shop. LOL!

That comment spurred my long time friend to call me up. He hadn't touched the scroll saw since I was there and noticed it was starting to rust. So… he messaged me and told me to come get it!!!! I went and picked it up last night. OH HOW I LOVE IT!!! He laughed and laughed at me. I had forgotten what it looked like and what kind it was. But hey… I am a girl… so when I walked in and saw it I guess I might have jumped up and down a bit and laughed and hugged him and there may have been a huge grin plastered on my face that was from ear to ear. And… I may have text him several times thanking him and telling him how stinkin awesome he was and how much I loved the saw.

Here's my new baby! It is stinkin awesome!!!!

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I took this picture last night. My shop is a mess but I just had to put it together. As you can see, it has a metal stand. Very happy for this. May end up just putting a mobile base right under it. I'm short so the extra height would be fine. It's a Hitachi Koke 16' Scroll Saw. It has a handy little light, a blower and dust collection port. It takes 5" pin end or plain end blades. There is a handy little storage compartment on the side of the saw to store extra blades. It came with several different blades. I don't know enough about them yet to know what kind they are. But I know that the one that is on it is kinda small and has a think kerf. It also cut a piece of 3/4 plywood that I had on hand like it was butter.

Here's a little more info on the specs of it.
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I'm thrilled to have it. Another very good friend of mine does scroll work. I don't think he does much of anything else other than scrolling. So after I fill my head with some youtube videos and tutorials he's going to show me some things that he's learned as well. So excited about this new tool. And this is my weekend where all my kids are gone and I will be spending lots of time in the shop. So I have some other projects to work on and while they glue up I will be playing with my new toy.

I did get some scrap out. I have an older scroll saw that I had passed on to me that I played with a couple of weeks. I guess I printed out one of the patterns they had. It's from Scrollsaw Workshop. I did fine on the heart itself…. but stopped when it came to cutting the inside puzzle part. HOW DO YOU TURN THAT CURVE? LOL. Also I didn't cut out the letters yet. I made the starting holes but I didn't have the manual yet so I didn't know how to release the blade. I downloaded the manual today and have been reading it.

Here's my heart. Not too bad for my first pattern.
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Well… gotta get some more reading done on the manual and some youtube videos. As soon as school gets out and the kids are delivered…. It's SAWDUST TIME!

Hope you guys have a great weekend and I'm sooooo very glad that LJ's is back running good again. :)

EDIT:
Oh… and by the way. Don't want to come off as one of those women who thinks they can do anything a man can do. I certainly don't think that at all. And I definitely love men! LOL! And while I would like to have one in my life… I'm patiently waiting for the RIGHT one to come along. And… he has got to be ok with my desire and need to do woodworking. Oh… and he has to handle ALL spider related issues :) That's a must! Just sayin… I do believe that "in general" men are better suited to do certain things. Woodworking… it's a case by case basis :) I definitely know a lot more men that do it that I admire their abilities than I do women. The ONLY women I know are on here.
 

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#135 ·
New tools are always a nice change to the shop... Hitachi Scroll Saw!

Yes… I can hear it now because I know what I would say… But I'll just wait and let you say it ;)

So… I have this friend that I've known since Jr High. He has had his own general contracting business and such and is now a maintenance guy for a local state institution. He can do it all. From woodworking to building a house. He is by far the best drywall guy I've ever seen. He has it mastered. Fast and looks great with hardly no sanding. He's just good. Anyhow… Like I said… I've known him since Jr. High. He's done some woodworking for himself and at one time has had a whole shop of tools. Last summer I was at his house and he showed me some of his tools and he had this beautiful Hitachi Scroll Saw on a metal stand just sitting there. He said he never used it. When I was there that day I got a workmate table and lots of woodworking magazines that he didn't care about.

Well… earlier this week I had posted a comment on Facebook. Some…. (what's a nice word to say here…. ???)... unknowing group of men said that I "needed" a man because I was single and "just a woman… .and women need men to do the hard stuff". ROFL…. oh my! This poor group of men also went on to tell me that I didn't know what to do with the power tools that I had. There was more but that's for another story. I laughed. And I know what I can and cant do and what I do and don't need a man for…. (like i ABSOLUTELY need a man to come over an crawl under my house to check things out. There are SPIDERS under there and that is NOT for me. LOL). So there was no need to try and convince or prove myself to them. But it did stem a comment from me that I'm single and I don't need a man… and somewhere in there I mentioned that I LOVE woodworking and that I dont' get lonely as long as I can work in my shop. LOL!

That comment spurred my long time friend to call me up. He hadn't touched the scroll saw since I was there and noticed it was starting to rust. So… he messaged me and told me to come get it!!!! I went and picked it up last night. OH HOW I LOVE IT!!! He laughed and laughed at me. I had forgotten what it looked like and what kind it was. But hey… I am a girl… so when I walked in and saw it I guess I might have jumped up and down a bit and laughed and hugged him and there may have been a huge grin plastered on my face that was from ear to ear. And… I may have text him several times thanking him and telling him how stinkin awesome he was and how much I loved the saw.

Here's my new baby! It is stinkin awesome!!!!

Table Wood Stool Automotive exterior Gas


I took this picture last night. My shop is a mess but I just had to put it together. As you can see, it has a metal stand. Very happy for this. May end up just putting a mobile base right under it. I'm short so the extra height would be fine. It's a Hitachi Koke 16' Scroll Saw. It has a handy little light, a blower and dust collection port. It takes 5" pin end or plain end blades. There is a handy little storage compartment on the side of the saw to store extra blades. It came with several different blades. I don't know enough about them yet to know what kind they are. But I know that the one that is on it is kinda small and has a think kerf. It also cut a piece of 3/4 plywood that I had on hand like it was butter.

Here's a little more info on the specs of it.
Bumper Wood Audio equipment Font Gas


I'm thrilled to have it. Another very good friend of mine does scroll work. I don't think he does much of anything else other than scrolling. So after I fill my head with some youtube videos and tutorials he's going to show me some things that he's learned as well. So excited about this new tool. And this is my weekend where all my kids are gone and I will be spending lots of time in the shop. So I have some other projects to work on and while they glue up I will be playing with my new toy.

I did get some scrap out. I have an older scroll saw that I had passed on to me that I played with a couple of weeks. I guess I printed out one of the patterns they had. It's from Scrollsaw Workshop. I did fine on the heart itself…. but stopped when it came to cutting the inside puzzle part. HOW DO YOU TURN THAT CURVE? LOL. Also I didn't cut out the letters yet. I made the starting holes but I didn't have the manual yet so I didn't know how to release the blade. I downloaded the manual today and have been reading it.

Here's my heart. Not too bad for my first pattern.
Handwriting Peripheral Musical instrument accessory Human body Input device


Well… gotta get some more reading done on the manual and some youtube videos. As soon as school gets out and the kids are delivered…. It's SAWDUST TIME!

Hope you guys have a great weekend and I'm sooooo very glad that LJ's is back running good again. :)

EDIT:
Oh… and by the way. Don't want to come off as one of those women who thinks they can do anything a man can do. I certainly don't think that at all. And I definitely love men! LOL! And while I would like to have one in my life… I'm patiently waiting for the RIGHT one to come along. And… he has got to be ok with my desire and need to do woodworking. Oh… and he has to handle ALL spider related issues :) That's a must! Just sayin… I do believe that "in general" men are better suited to do certain things. Woodworking… it's a case by case basis :) I definitely know a lot more men that do it that I admire their abilities than I do women. The ONLY women I know are on here.
Glad for you to be Sooooooooo fortunate. Eye hand in general, usually women excel. Srength and gross motor stuff. Men. But who cares!

You got harassed because you are a woman. But I'm guessing some positive stuff happens as well?

Maybe you should make some upscale piece and give it as a thank you?

The only thing better would be a 20 inch scroll saw! LOL!

How's the walkway between the house and shop? :)
 

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#177 ·
Update... Not much to tell.

It's been so long that I've really posted much on LJ's. So I thought I'd post something to start getting back in the habit.

So this is pretty much an update. So far.. not much has happened in the shop as far as changes. When the weather got warm I borrowed a box trailer from a friend. My intentions… remove everything and then put it all back in a better order. Well… That didn't go quite as planned.

I have to admit… I'm a wood hoarder. And the trailer was kinda small. So I ended up packing it full of "stuff". Mostly wood. But also things that i wanted to take to the storage garage that I have. I did get a lot cleaned up and managed to find some more room. But nothing like I thought I would.

Sadly… my shop is a wreck again. The trailer is actually still full because I don't know what to do with all the stuff. One day I opened the trailer door… pulled out a couple of pieced of wood and decided to make something with them. I didn't have a preconceived plan. I just said "Hey.. I've had these pieces for too long. I'm gonna make something". And I did. I made a nice little bench for my son. He loved it. And I made some space. Then I did the same thing again and made an Adirondack Chair. Now… If I could just do that a bit more.

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Nothing fancy. But they are useful and used up material I had on hand. (Now.. gotta finish the chair and get it out of the shop. UGH!)

Also… it's a wreck for another reason. I posted before that I have a new job. I am STILL LOVING IT!!! If you didn't get a chance to read that post… I work in a woodshop. Yep! That's right. I get paid to work in a woodshop. Still blows my mind. But that's another entry. At this point my boss has given me a couple of small loads of lumber to bring home to make cutting board and lazy susan blanks. All I have to do is design, glue up and return it to work. They will use the drum sander or planer, cut it to final size and finish it. (Actually… I'll do most of it. But I get paid for the blank. Whatever I do once it gets back to the shop I get paid my hourly rate. Pretty sweet deal). Anyhow… So after several small loads… I now have A LOT! It's pretty much all walnut, cherry and curly maple. Nice pieces. Mostly small. A couple of oak pieces as well. I didn't get pics of the blanks I've done up so far but here are some small boards I made with the scrap that I was able to keep.

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FUN!!!

At this point I need to make a space for what I call "work wood". LOL. Hey… If you have a better name, lets hear it. But i keep the wood they send home with me for blanks separate because it's not mine. Except the cut offs. Their view of what is "good" and what is "firewood" is not the same as mine. The two small boards I made above that are on top… those were made from what they'd call "firewood". That would just be sinful to burn. But all this wood is piled on top of the adirondack chair and blocking the garage door… again.

Anyhow… I have a list of things to be done.

1) Make a storage place for the "work wood".
2) Finish Adirondack chair and get it out of the shop
3) Finish tearing out built in bench
4) Build miter station (on wheels so that it can be moved)
5) Build a router table.

That's to start with. I think I also want to tear out my peg board, put some new osb in its place and put french cleats on the wall. Also still contemplating taking out the cabinets and putting up shelves and french cleats.

I made some progress. If you look at a couple posts back there was a junk corner. I took everything out of that corner (it's in the trailer) and I put a base cabinet in there that someone was throwing away. Has drawers. I like it. It's helped a little. I think this is the only pic I took of the shop since the clean up.

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I know there's another pic of the whole shop all cleaned up. I have no clue what happened to it. Anyhow…time to get out there and start working. Enjoy your week. I look forward to being on here more often.
 

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#178 ·
Update... Not much to tell.

It's been so long that I've really posted much on LJ's. So I thought I'd post something to start getting back in the habit.

So this is pretty much an update. So far.. not much has happened in the shop as far as changes. When the weather got warm I borrowed a box trailer from a friend. My intentions… remove everything and then put it all back in a better order. Well… That didn't go quite as planned.

I have to admit… I'm a wood hoarder. And the trailer was kinda small. So I ended up packing it full of "stuff". Mostly wood. But also things that i wanted to take to the storage garage that I have. I did get a lot cleaned up and managed to find some more room. But nothing like I thought I would.

Sadly… my shop is a wreck again. The trailer is actually still full because I don't know what to do with all the stuff. One day I opened the trailer door… pulled out a couple of pieced of wood and decided to make something with them. I didn't have a preconceived plan. I just said "Hey.. I've had these pieces for too long. I'm gonna make something". And I did. I made a nice little bench for my son. He loved it. And I made some space. Then I did the same thing again and made an Adirondack Chair. Now… If I could just do that a bit more.

Furniture Wood Hardwood Outdoor furniture Chair


Wood Table Wood stain Flooring Rectangle


Nothing fancy. But they are useful and used up material I had on hand. (Now.. gotta finish the chair and get it out of the shop. UGH!)

Also… it's a wreck for another reason. I posted before that I have a new job. I am STILL LOVING IT!!! If you didn't get a chance to read that post… I work in a woodshop. Yep! That's right. I get paid to work in a woodshop. Still blows my mind. But that's another entry. At this point my boss has given me a couple of small loads of lumber to bring home to make cutting board and lazy susan blanks. All I have to do is design, glue up and return it to work. They will use the drum sander or planer, cut it to final size and finish it. (Actually… I'll do most of it. But I get paid for the blank. Whatever I do once it gets back to the shop I get paid my hourly rate. Pretty sweet deal). Anyhow… So after several small loads… I now have A LOT! It's pretty much all walnut, cherry and curly maple. Nice pieces. Mostly small. A couple of oak pieces as well. I didn't get pics of the blanks I've done up so far but here are some small boards I made with the scrap that I was able to keep.

Wood Musical instrument Wood stain Floor Hardwood


FUN!!!

At this point I need to make a space for what I call "work wood". LOL. Hey… If you have a better name, lets hear it. But i keep the wood they send home with me for blanks separate because it's not mine. Except the cut offs. Their view of what is "good" and what is "firewood" is not the same as mine. The two small boards I made above that are on top… those were made from what they'd call "firewood". That would just be sinful to burn. But all this wood is piled on top of the adirondack chair and blocking the garage door… again.

Anyhow… I have a list of things to be done.

1) Make a storage place for the "work wood".
2) Finish Adirondack chair and get it out of the shop
3) Finish tearing out built in bench
4) Build miter station (on wheels so that it can be moved)
5) Build a router table.

That's to start with. I think I also want to tear out my peg board, put some new osb in its place and put french cleats on the wall. Also still contemplating taking out the cabinets and putting up shelves and french cleats.

I made some progress. If you look at a couple posts back there was a junk corner. I took everything out of that corner (it's in the trailer) and I put a base cabinet in there that someone was throwing away. Has drawers. I like it. It's helped a little. I think this is the only pic I took of the shop since the clean up.

Table Wood Building Floor Flooring


I know there's another pic of the whole shop all cleaned up. I have no clue what happened to it. Anyhow…time to get out there and start working. Enjoy your week. I look forward to being on here more often.
You have set up a lot of work for yourself I'm sure you'll get it done. Those are some really good looking cutting boards. You've done a super job on them. Glad you're back with us
 

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#191 ·
Remembering the past...

I know I want… And need… To make changes in the shop. I just ran across these pictures. I forgot about them. Gives me a lot of motivation.

This…. (I'm sure you've seen before….) Was my original "shop"

Of course… My fav… My pallet bench.

Vertebrate Wood Natural material Rectangle Building


Then of course…. This was how I did anything. Some plastic tables and my pallet bench.

Wood Window Outdoor furniture Siding Gas


This is what the garage looked like…. BEFORE I got started.

At the time before this I solely worked outside. You can see the workbench I built in this pic. Everything I had was stored on that bench. I wheeled it in and out for projects once I got it built.

Furniture Wood Table Stool Flooring


Then… It looked like this…

Wood Engineering Machine Audio equipment Metal


Table Wood Workbench Writing desk Tool


I do t know… Hard to believe. Can't wait to look back at what it looks like today and "remember" those days. Lol
 

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#192 ·
Remembering the past...

I know I want… And need… To make changes in the shop. I just ran across these pictures. I forgot about them. Gives me a lot of motivation.

This…. (I'm sure you've seen before….) Was my original "shop"

Of course… My fav… My pallet bench.

Vertebrate Wood Natural material Rectangle Building


Then of course…. This was how I did anything. Some plastic tables and my pallet bench.

Wood Window Outdoor furniture Siding Gas


This is what the garage looked like…. BEFORE I got started.

At the time before this I solely worked outside. You can see the workbench I built in this pic. Everything I had was stored on that bench. I wheeled it in and out for projects once I got it built.

Furniture Wood Table Stool Flooring


Then… It looked like this…

Wood Engineering Machine Audio equipment Metal


Table Wood Workbench Writing desk Tool


I do t know… Hard to believe. Can't wait to look back at what it looks like today and "remember" those days. Lol
Angie you are movin along! I still love to work outside doing sanding and painting, under the umbrella of my walnut tree. The more tools I acquire the smaller my shop gets! LOL!
 

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#204 ·
Shop storage solutions for dead space.

I've been making some changes to my workshop. I have this dead space behind my entry door into my shop. Usually it ends up collecting boards… the kind that fall on you when you enter the shop. LOL! So over the weekend I decided to do two things… use up some of the wood I've been "collecting" and to clean up the shop. This was the area that my focus went to as I walked in the shop and as I closed the door a board fell and almost hit me. Oops! :)

Sometime last year I decided to take a little nightstand that was headed for the dump and make it into a mobile planer base. It's lived in this corner every since. It's a very handy spot.

Property Wood Shelf Interior design Door


As you can see… I have some spray paint on a small shelf, my handy extention cord holder and my planer. It really is wasted space. And I can't really tell what kind of spray paint I have. But first… I have too many gallons of paint, primer and stains that are all over the shop. No good place to store them. So this seemed like the best place so I started building a shelf for those.

A trip to the lumber store? NO WAY!!! How about a trip to my storage building where I hoard… I mean… store my wood. LOL.

In the first pic the very top shelf has some of my cherry boards (that I got for .75 a board foot). The rest of the lumber in both pics is stuff I picked up free. Some are 2×3's and others are 2×4's. A local barge company uses them as spacers and throws them out when they are done. Most are 4' long. Dirty… but good boards. I used the 2×3's for my shelf.

Window Building Wood House Flooring


Like my lumber storage here? An old metal desk frame that I took out of my sons room when he moved out. The top was wood and bowed so I took it to the storage building and ended up finding a good use for it.
Table Furniture Window Wood Outdoor bench


I started with my sides. I started to do pocket holes. Had all the holes ready. After the first side I changed my mind. My right angle drill attachment comes in handy when I HAVE to use it. But it's a pain in the butt. So I just screwed from the outside on the second side. After all… function is the key to this. Not looks.

(You can see the bench I'm also working on in the background on the table)
Wood Floor Wood stain Hardwood Plank


After I had both sides built I measured my space and I cut some 1/2" plywood for shelves. Again… this was plywood I got free from a contractor. When I told him I'd take those pieces he told me… "there aint no use in taking those Hun… they aint good for nothin".
He doesn't know me very well. LOL

(oh man, my shop is a mess!)

Wood Floor Ladder Hardwood Beam


Then… onto the next project. I didn't get any pictures of the build on this one. But simple enough. I built a box out of 1/2" plywood (from the same guy). Then I cut the shelves. I just used my brad nailer and some glue for this. I made four spacers for my slanted shelves. Got the plans for this over at jayscustomcreations.com. I like how this turned out. For the back I used a 1/4" sheet of plywood. Again… I used a piece of junky ply that I found at my friends house when they were moving. They were going to throw it in the dump. Not with me around!!!

Wood Shelving Shelf Rectangle Wood stain


No finish was necessary. These are just shop pieces that I made out of all free lumber. Only cost was the screws and the brad nails that I used. And of course they were ones I had on hand. Now I can see all my finishing supplies… Paint, spray paint, stain, pre stain, finishes… all in one place. And no more boards falling. Dead space gone.

Only one problem. Almost completely full. What shall I do when I get more? LOL!
Thanks for reading!

Shelf Wood Shelving Door Machine


Don't you love my planer stand? LOL. I just make a base, added some wheels and the night stand actually just sits down in it. When I need it I just wheel it out and then put it back when I'm done. Very handy!
 

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#205 ·
Shop storage solutions for dead space.

I've been making some changes to my workshop. I have this dead space behind my entry door into my shop. Usually it ends up collecting boards… the kind that fall on you when you enter the shop. LOL! So over the weekend I decided to do two things… use up some of the wood I've been "collecting" and to clean up the shop. This was the area that my focus went to as I walked in the shop and as I closed the door a board fell and almost hit me. Oops! :)

Sometime last year I decided to take a little nightstand that was headed for the dump and make it into a mobile planer base. It's lived in this corner every since. It's a very handy spot.

Property Wood Shelf Interior design Door


As you can see… I have some spray paint on a small shelf, my handy extention cord holder and my planer. It really is wasted space. And I can't really tell what kind of spray paint I have. But first… I have too many gallons of paint, primer and stains that are all over the shop. No good place to store them. So this seemed like the best place so I started building a shelf for those.

A trip to the lumber store? NO WAY!!! How about a trip to my storage building where I hoard… I mean… store my wood. LOL.

In the first pic the very top shelf has some of my cherry boards (that I got for .75 a board foot). The rest of the lumber in both pics is stuff I picked up free. Some are 2×3's and others are 2×4's. A local barge company uses them as spacers and throws them out when they are done. Most are 4' long. Dirty… but good boards. I used the 2×3's for my shelf.

Window Building Wood House Flooring


Like my lumber storage here? An old metal desk frame that I took out of my sons room when he moved out. The top was wood and bowed so I took it to the storage building and ended up finding a good use for it.
Table Furniture Window Wood Outdoor bench


I started with my sides. I started to do pocket holes. Had all the holes ready. After the first side I changed my mind. My right angle drill attachment comes in handy when I HAVE to use it. But it's a pain in the butt. So I just screwed from the outside on the second side. After all… function is the key to this. Not looks.

(You can see the bench I'm also working on in the background on the table)
Wood Floor Wood stain Hardwood Plank


After I had both sides built I measured my space and I cut some 1/2" plywood for shelves. Again… this was plywood I got free from a contractor. When I told him I'd take those pieces he told me… "there aint no use in taking those Hun… they aint good for nothin".
He doesn't know me very well. LOL

(oh man, my shop is a mess!)

Wood Floor Ladder Hardwood Beam


Then… onto the next project. I didn't get any pictures of the build on this one. But simple enough. I built a box out of 1/2" plywood (from the same guy). Then I cut the shelves. I just used my brad nailer and some glue for this. I made four spacers for my slanted shelves. Got the plans for this over at jayscustomcreations.com. I like how this turned out. For the back I used a 1/4" sheet of plywood. Again… I used a piece of junky ply that I found at my friends house when they were moving. They were going to throw it in the dump. Not with me around!!!

Wood Shelving Shelf Rectangle Wood stain


No finish was necessary. These are just shop pieces that I made out of all free lumber. Only cost was the screws and the brad nails that I used. And of course they were ones I had on hand. Now I can see all my finishing supplies… Paint, spray paint, stain, pre stain, finishes… all in one place. And no more boards falling. Dead space gone.

Only one problem. Almost completely full. What shall I do when I get more? LOL!
Thanks for reading!

Shelf Wood Shelving Door Machine


Don't you love my planer stand? LOL. I just make a base, added some wheels and the night stand actually just sits down in it. When I need it I just wheel it out and then put it back when I'm done. Very handy!
You are such an inspiration to all of us
 

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#218 ·
My Name is Angie and I am a Wood Hoarder... Or am I???

Hello…. my name is Angie and I am a wood hoarder.

Wait… there may be some truth to that. But what is a wood hoarder really?

Is it storing piles of wood like this….?

Property Wheel Window Tire Building


Or this?

Wood Natural material Hardwood Composite material Building material


I did at least take the wood from the first picture and organize it.

Window Building Wood House Flooring


Table Furniture Window Wood Outdoor bench


Or maybe one might call me a wood hoarder because I used a box trailer to move some "stuff" out of my shop. And instead of moving said "stuff"... it ended up sitting in front of my garage holding… Yep… you guessed it… scraps of wood.

Building Wood Hardwood Tints and shades Tree


But it could be that every time some one says they have some scraps for me my van looks like this…

Vehicle Motor vehicle Automotive lighting Car Trunk


It's very hard to tell… but this latest haul of "scraps" isn't really scraps. The bucket maybe.. yeah. Some scraps. But I ended up with 2 - 12' boards, 8 - 10' boards and plus some others. These are pine. But they are also kiln dried pine. They are also 2×6's. Trust me… I've got some plans for these babies. :)

So I decided NOT to look up what a "hoarder" is and instead decided to share with you MY meaning of this term that is all too often used to label woodworkers like myself. I've decided that a hoarder is someone who not only collects wood… BUT (and this is the key)... merely collects and does not USE. So if you only collect the piles of wood and scraps… you area hoarder.

HOWEVER… (here's my redemption)... If you actually USE these said piles… you can be called a "wood rescuer"... or maybe an upcycler… and maybe even something as simple as creative or resourceful. LOL

Is this working for you guys at all? Are you buying it??? LOL :)

Ok… So two weekends ago I used up some scraps that I had on hand and made these two paint storage shelves…

Shelf Wood Shelving Door Machine


And yesterday I did the same thing. I made some more storage solutions and used scraps from the pile of lumber in the first two pics I showed you above. Here's the deal. I have this storage garage that my old boss lets me use. It's close by and pretty good sized. I started using it to store things from my garage when I was first converting my garage into a shop. Then I got a load of wood from a friend (he was going to burn it all to get it out of his way) and I used it there. It's kinda been the place for me to unload my wood hauls that I get. That's what you see in the first two pics. That's my storage garage. I don't know the exact size but I know that its larger than 24Ă—24. Maybe a 30Ă—30. Yes it has electric and heat/cooling. But the electric usually remains off at the breaker. I can't really afford the expense of keeping it heated or cooled.

Anyhow… most of this wood is in piles and the piles keep getting bigger. I've had a great desire to use this wood up lately but it's hard to really know what I have. I went a while back and put some shelves up as you see in the pics above. This weekend I decided I wanted to get the garage organized. As I said… I have all sorts of things stored there that were from my garage. And they too were very unorganized. I had totes in three different corners. Yesterday me and my three younger kids went over there and built some shelving for the totes. This was the first step in getting the space organized. My two boys were helpful in fetching and moving things for us. But my daughter and I built these shelves. (Wish I would have taken pics of the space before.

The size was determined by the lumber we had available. The height… the longest 2×4's we had.
First section.
Wood Rectangle Floor Flooring Gas


All filled up
Cabinetry Shelf Shelving Purple Drawer


Then the second.. this one didn't take as long to build.
Shelving Wood Rectangle Shelf Floor


And now all the totes are along this wall instead of scattered all over the garage. And the best thing… I can pull out a single tote at any time to see what is in it. I HATED having to unstack things just to see what was in each.

Shelving Wood Gas Rectangle Tints and shades


Each shelf is 5' in height. We originally had the length of the shelves as 6'. But we were determined to use the materials we had and we found that the shelves were a bit sturdier when we decreased it to 64". That was also the magic number to allow for the three large totes to fit that are in the bottom. Since these are two separate shelves we also attached them to the wall to keep them from tipping or racking. The unit on the right I added some brackets under the shelves straight to the wall to give added support.

So… in an effort to get my shop at home more organized I am first getting this storage garage organized so that it can hold all my lumber and be easily accessed. Next step is to make a lumber rack on the wall. I can't wait. Then I will be able to get all the lumber out of my shop and other things (like two of the three scroll saws I have) out of the way.

I'm pretty excited. And therefore… since I'm USING all this wood that I have been hoarding… I mean… Collecting… I am not a wood hoarder. I am a lumber rescuer.

Hope you enjoyed my very long blog today. And I hope you had a wonderful weekend. :)
 

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#219 ·
My Name is Angie and I am a Wood Hoarder... Or am I???

Hello…. my name is Angie and I am a wood hoarder.

Wait… there may be some truth to that. But what is a wood hoarder really?

Is it storing piles of wood like this….?

Property Wheel Window Tire Building


Or this?

Wood Natural material Hardwood Composite material Building material


I did at least take the wood from the first picture and organize it.

Window Building Wood House Flooring


Table Furniture Window Wood Outdoor bench


Or maybe one might call me a wood hoarder because I used a box trailer to move some "stuff" out of my shop. And instead of moving said "stuff"... it ended up sitting in front of my garage holding… Yep… you guessed it… scraps of wood.

Building Wood Hardwood Tints and shades Tree


But it could be that every time some one says they have some scraps for me my van looks like this…

Vehicle Motor vehicle Automotive lighting Car Trunk


It's very hard to tell… but this latest haul of "scraps" isn't really scraps. The bucket maybe.. yeah. Some scraps. But I ended up with 2 - 12' boards, 8 - 10' boards and plus some others. These are pine. But they are also kiln dried pine. They are also 2×6's. Trust me… I've got some plans for these babies. :)

So I decided NOT to look up what a "hoarder" is and instead decided to share with you MY meaning of this term that is all too often used to label woodworkers like myself. I've decided that a hoarder is someone who not only collects wood… BUT (and this is the key)... merely collects and does not USE. So if you only collect the piles of wood and scraps… you area hoarder.

HOWEVER… (here's my redemption)... If you actually USE these said piles… you can be called a "wood rescuer"... or maybe an upcycler… and maybe even something as simple as creative or resourceful. LOL

Is this working for you guys at all? Are you buying it??? LOL :)

Ok… So two weekends ago I used up some scraps that I had on hand and made these two paint storage shelves…

Shelf Wood Shelving Door Machine


And yesterday I did the same thing. I made some more storage solutions and used scraps from the pile of lumber in the first two pics I showed you above. Here's the deal. I have this storage garage that my old boss lets me use. It's close by and pretty good sized. I started using it to store things from my garage when I was first converting my garage into a shop. Then I got a load of wood from a friend (he was going to burn it all to get it out of his way) and I used it there. It's kinda been the place for me to unload my wood hauls that I get. That's what you see in the first two pics. That's my storage garage. I don't know the exact size but I know that its larger than 24Ă—24. Maybe a 30Ă—30. Yes it has electric and heat/cooling. But the electric usually remains off at the breaker. I can't really afford the expense of keeping it heated or cooled.

Anyhow… most of this wood is in piles and the piles keep getting bigger. I've had a great desire to use this wood up lately but it's hard to really know what I have. I went a while back and put some shelves up as you see in the pics above. This weekend I decided I wanted to get the garage organized. As I said… I have all sorts of things stored there that were from my garage. And they too were very unorganized. I had totes in three different corners. Yesterday me and my three younger kids went over there and built some shelving for the totes. This was the first step in getting the space organized. My two boys were helpful in fetching and moving things for us. But my daughter and I built these shelves. (Wish I would have taken pics of the space before.

The size was determined by the lumber we had available. The height… the longest 2×4's we had.
First section.
Wood Rectangle Floor Flooring Gas


All filled up
Cabinetry Shelf Shelving Purple Drawer


Then the second.. this one didn't take as long to build.
Shelving Wood Rectangle Shelf Floor


And now all the totes are along this wall instead of scattered all over the garage. And the best thing… I can pull out a single tote at any time to see what is in it. I HATED having to unstack things just to see what was in each.

Shelving Wood Gas Rectangle Tints and shades


Each shelf is 5' in height. We originally had the length of the shelves as 6'. But we were determined to use the materials we had and we found that the shelves were a bit sturdier when we decreased it to 64". That was also the magic number to allow for the three large totes to fit that are in the bottom. Since these are two separate shelves we also attached them to the wall to keep them from tipping or racking. The unit on the right I added some brackets under the shelves straight to the wall to give added support.

So… in an effort to get my shop at home more organized I am first getting this storage garage organized so that it can hold all my lumber and be easily accessed. Next step is to make a lumber rack on the wall. I can't wait. Then I will be able to get all the lumber out of my shop and other things (like two of the three scroll saws I have) out of the way.

I'm pretty excited. And therefore… since I'm USING all this wood that I have been hoarding… I mean… Collecting… I am not a wood hoarder. I am a lumber rescuer.

Hope you enjoyed my very long blog today. And I hope you had a wonderful weekend. :)
Very nice, Angie. I'm a wood hoarder too! You never know when you'll need it!!
I just brought in a ton of maple plywood and had to find a place for it.
I love organizational projects to keep the stuff in the right place so you can retrieve!!

Jim
 

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#242 ·
Time for a new Lumber Rack

HEY! Hello LJ'ers. I have been super busy in my shop and in my garage lately. YES… there is a difference. There USED to be a garage at my house and now it is a wood shop. On the other hand… two minutes away from my house is a storage garage. :)

Anyhow… here is one of the many projects that I've been working on. The tote storage racks helped a bunch. And it motivated me to get the lumber racks done. I plan on building two. I have one done.

So…. I did this kinda backwards this time. Last project that I posted in projects I wrote a blog and then when I added it to the projects I gave a short description and a link to my blog here. That's what I meant to do this time. But I got distracted and did the opposite.

Ooops! Anyhow… here is a link to the project with more details.

http://lumberjocks.com/projects/107840

I do tend to ramble but I will try not to. I still want to post some pics here of the build.

First… the before. Yes… we know I have a problem. No need to remind me. LOL

Here is the wall it's going on. Yeah… I know… I said this is a before pic. But lets be real here… this was after I did some cleaning up so I could have a place to work. LOL

Property Window Wood Floor Flooring


And here's another shot.
Window Property Wood Flooring Fixture


Since I went over all the details on the project post I won't go through that again. You can go there to read those.

I will say this…. this is 100% made from my rescued lumber pile Everything I did was from materials I had on hand. Even the screws. I didn't spend a dime. That makes me very happy!!!! :)

So lets just skip to the after :)

Window Wood Wood stain Floor Flooring


Property Wood Interior design Flooring Floor


How awesome is that!!!!!! I love it. So much better. And now not only do I have it up off the ground, I actually know what I have and can get to it rather easy.

I do plan on adding another row at the top. The bottom has room for another but I'm going to use this space for my scraps that are much shorter. I think I'll just use totes or boxes for now that I already have on hand. But eventually I'll make roll out boxes.
 

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#243 ·
Time for a new Lumber Rack

HEY! Hello LJ'ers. I have been super busy in my shop and in my garage lately. YES… there is a difference. There USED to be a garage at my house and now it is a wood shop. On the other hand… two minutes away from my house is a storage garage. :)

Anyhow… here is one of the many projects that I've been working on. The tote storage racks helped a bunch. And it motivated me to get the lumber racks done. I plan on building two. I have one done.

So…. I did this kinda backwards this time. Last project that I posted in projects I wrote a blog and then when I added it to the projects I gave a short description and a link to my blog here. That's what I meant to do this time. But I got distracted and did the opposite.

Ooops! Anyhow… here is a link to the project with more details.

http://lumberjocks.com/projects/107840

I do tend to ramble but I will try not to. I still want to post some pics here of the build.

First… the before. Yes… we know I have a problem. No need to remind me. LOL

Here is the wall it's going on. Yeah… I know… I said this is a before pic. But lets be real here… this was after I did some cleaning up so I could have a place to work. LOL

Property Window Wood Floor Flooring


And here's another shot.
Window Property Wood Flooring Fixture


Since I went over all the details on the project post I won't go through that again. You can go there to read those.

I will say this…. this is 100% made from my rescued lumber pile Everything I did was from materials I had on hand. Even the screws. I didn't spend a dime. That makes me very happy!!!! :)

So lets just skip to the after :)

Window Wood Wood stain Floor Flooring


Property Wood Interior design Flooring Floor


How awesome is that!!!!!! I love it. So much better. And now not only do I have it up off the ground, I actually know what I have and can get to it rather easy.

I do plan on adding another row at the top. The bottom has room for another but I'm going to use this space for my scraps that are much shorter. I think I'll just use totes or boxes for now that I already have on hand. But eventually I'll make roll out boxes.
That looks great! I bet it sure feels good to get that done. I am a wood rat myself!
 

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#253 ·
Where do I start???

If you read my recent post about my shop… I had some work done and that didn't turn out so great. However… while that has gotten me down… I'm ready to get going again. Actually I've been out there already. And I'm tellin ya… I miss that rush!!!

I've started on my first project. I'm making the first of two beds for my boys room. But first… here is whats been up.

Ok… so my shop has been a complete disaster. Everything was a mess. But first things first.. get it cleaned up. And I found the perfect helper! Ok… he ran the shop vac. But at least he wanted to help. LOL

Smile Standing Wood Flooring Table


While the shop is not where I want it to be. I was able to get some things done. To start with…When they put the new garage door in the new hardware took up a little more room. So my storage for my rattle cans, finishes, stains and paints wouldn't fit any longer. While I had everything pulled out I decided to paint the osb to brighten things up a bit. It actually has helped a lot. So… I painted and I took apart the paint storage, trimmed the shelves down and put it all back together. Still works perfectly.

Wood Shelf Shelving Gas Machine


I also decided to get myself a new tool. I'm super excited about this one. I got a new router and router table.

Building Door Fixture Wood Gas


Automotive tire Font Motor vehicle Automotive exterior Material property


So I got it all together and ready. I did buy the insert plate that's already drilled out for the router I got. Not sure why. I guess it seemed like a good idea at the time. And… I got a good deal. So I said… what the heck. I wasn't real excited though when I got it inserted. the screws holding the router in place are not flush. So I'll still need to do some drilling out. But… in the process… I got a new helper. My daughter. LOL! She spent most of her "helping" taking selfies. She is 15 after all. AND…. at least she was in the shop with me. So I"m ok with that.

Joint Hand Hairstyle Arm Mouth


So another GREAT thing….. !!!! Guess what I found??? I had this old sewing machine table that I had my old craftsman counter top router table sitting on. It's been sitting there for quite a while. As I was moving this out of the way something fell out of this little drawer/shelf. In the pic below you can see this "shelf".

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I got this dado blade set a good while ago from a fellow LJer. I could never use them because the arbor on my table saw wouldn't let me. Back when I got my new table saw one of the first things I tried was the dado set. And it worked!!! After that day… I never could find the dado set again. Lo and behold…. there they were!!!! So glad to have FINALLY found them.

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So…. that pretty much brings me up to date. I'm working on the bed. Will post a project when I'm finished with it. I feel out of practice. I guess I just need to work out there more to get back in the swing of things. But I will guarantee you this…. when that dado set fell (Hope it didn't damage the blades)... I did a dance. LOL

HOWEVER…. one problem…. a visitor came while I was working. This spider was CRAZY BIG!!!! I tried to get my son to kill it. He missed… :(

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Needless to say… my shop now smells like peppermint because I put cotton balls with peppermint essential oil all around it.

So… gonna finish up the bed and then get to working on the shop some more. SOOOOOOOO glad to be out there working again!!!

Sorry all my pics are sideways. I was going to try and fix them… but… I'm about to go to bed. So… next time.

Have a great weekend!!!
 

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#254 ·
Where do I start???

If you read my recent post about my shop… I had some work done and that didn't turn out so great. However… while that has gotten me down… I'm ready to get going again. Actually I've been out there already. And I'm tellin ya… I miss that rush!!!

I've started on my first project. I'm making the first of two beds for my boys room. But first… here is whats been up.

Ok… so my shop has been a complete disaster. Everything was a mess. But first things first.. get it cleaned up. And I found the perfect helper! Ok… he ran the shop vac. But at least he wanted to help. LOL

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While the shop is not where I want it to be. I was able to get some things done. To start with…When they put the new garage door in the new hardware took up a little more room. So my storage for my rattle cans, finishes, stains and paints wouldn't fit any longer. While I had everything pulled out I decided to paint the osb to brighten things up a bit. It actually has helped a lot. So… I painted and I took apart the paint storage, trimmed the shelves down and put it all back together. Still works perfectly.

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I also decided to get myself a new tool. I'm super excited about this one. I got a new router and router table.

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So I got it all together and ready. I did buy the insert plate that's already drilled out for the router I got. Not sure why. I guess it seemed like a good idea at the time. And… I got a good deal. So I said… what the heck. I wasn't real excited though when I got it inserted. the screws holding the router in place are not flush. So I'll still need to do some drilling out. But… in the process… I got a new helper. My daughter. LOL! She spent most of her "helping" taking selfies. She is 15 after all. AND…. at least she was in the shop with me. So I"m ok with that.

Joint Hand Hairstyle Arm Mouth


So another GREAT thing….. !!!! Guess what I found??? I had this old sewing machine table that I had my old craftsman counter top router table sitting on. It's been sitting there for quite a while. As I was moving this out of the way something fell out of this little drawer/shelf. In the pic below you can see this "shelf".

Wood Wood stain Hardwood Gas Barrel


I got this dado blade set a good while ago from a fellow LJer. I could never use them because the arbor on my table saw wouldn't let me. Back when I got my new table saw one of the first things I tried was the dado set. And it worked!!! After that day… I never could find the dado set again. Lo and behold…. there they were!!!! So glad to have FINALLY found them.

Wood Gas Automotive tire Bumper Hardwood


So…. that pretty much brings me up to date. I'm working on the bed. Will post a project when I'm finished with it. I feel out of practice. I guess I just need to work out there more to get back in the swing of things. But I will guarantee you this…. when that dado set fell (Hope it didn't damage the blades)... I did a dance. LOL

HOWEVER…. one problem…. a visitor came while I was working. This spider was CRAZY BIG!!!! I tried to get my son to kill it. He missed… :(

Wood Rectangle Hardwood Composite material Flooring


Wood Natural material Building material Hardwood Flooring


Needless to say… my shop now smells like peppermint because I put cotton balls with peppermint essential oil all around it.

So… gonna finish up the bed and then get to working on the shop some more. SOOOOOOOO glad to be out there working again!!!

Sorry all my pics are sideways. I was going to try and fix them… but… I'm about to go to bed. So… next time.

Have a great weekend!!!
ngie,

always great to find that "where the H_ll did I put that! Tool. Or as I say the one Murphy took with him when he went to help you. LOL! Good to have company!
 

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#273 ·
Where I was... Some changes... and a little demolition.

Well… back in September of 2013 I started this blog about making changes to my shop. There have been so many changes. It's hard to believe. After feeling really discouraged I spent this past weekend making more changes. I mean…. we got up that morning and I said… "hey… we are going to do this!". My poor children had no warning.

So let's look back for a second. Here was my "Shop" back in 2012.

Vertebrate Wood Natural material Mammal Rectangle


Yeah…. you are probably saying that doesn't look like a shop. Well.. that's what I had. I gathered these pallets up and stacked them up for a bench. I also had some folding tables that I would pull out. But this was how I started.

And these were my very first tools.

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Moving along… when I first started this blog my first and second post was about tearing out a built in bench. It was ugly and more importantly… not functional. (Sorry for the poor picture quality… but i couldn't find the actual pics so I just pulled them off of LJ.s). But here was that bench. You can go back and read my second blog in this series to see more pics of how that went.

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I look back and I remember how excited I was to get to this point. But… that's about as far as I got on that project. LOL. But… It didn't stop me from making changes.

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Here is what my shop looked like in April of 2013. This was the spring after I moved from the pallet bench outside to inside of the garage.
I had the full built in back in the corner. Those kitchen cabinets. A freezer in the corner. And all along the right hand side that you can't see… stacks of totes of "stuff". Stuff that didn't belong in a "shop".

Table Wood Interior design Workbench Hardwood


Fast forward to February 2016. A lot changed in those three years. I had moved things around, painted some of the OSB white, added some lumber racks and a big change…. all the kitchen cabinets were taken down. It made a drastic change to my shop. As well as… no more "stuff". This was now a "shop" not a "garage" that had a shop in it. It was my dedicated space. A lot of changes since my last blog post in May 2015.

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So that leaves me to the present. Can you guess where we started this past weekend? Remember that old ugly built in bench that wasn't very functional? Yeah… you saw the pics from back when I started to tear out the first section. But… since then… this is what it had become….

The pegboard was warped and you could only use some of the holes. The bench was too high and not deep enough to do much. I had some storage but it just wasn't a good use of space. So generally… it just was a mess.

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I just woke up Saturday morning and I KNEW… that thing had to go. My shop was cluttered. It was unorganized. It was poorly laid out. I had been happy with the changes that you see above. But the layout was just lacking something. I wasn't happy with my miter saw stand (an old set of kitchen drawer cabinets on a mobile base). I wasn't happy with where my table saw was either. I had all this space and generally would pull my saw horses out and anytime I needed to really use my table saw… I had to pull it out and it would be right in the way of the walkway to get to the rest of the shop. Also… no outfeed. It was just a pain. So… we started tearing out that bench.

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So.. sadly… I didn't get to do much of the demolition. I've been having some health issues and dealing with Vertigo so I wasn't able to do much. But… after we got to this point….. that pegboard HAD to go! Not this…. I was able to do. I had some help with the upper part from my 6'4" son (since I couldn't get on ladders)

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A quick trip to the store for some OSB and the ugly built in is GONE forever.

Building Wood Flooring Floor House


So… then it was time for clean up. I'll save the finished product for my next post. This one was way longer than I expected. I really do miss being on LumberJocks. I hope I will get to be on here more and more often.

Thanks for hanging with me till the end of my babbling. LOL
 

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#274 ·
Where I was... Some changes... and a little demolition.

Well… back in September of 2013 I started this blog about making changes to my shop. There have been so many changes. It's hard to believe. After feeling really discouraged I spent this past weekend making more changes. I mean…. we got up that morning and I said… "hey… we are going to do this!". My poor children had no warning.

So let's look back for a second. Here was my "Shop" back in 2012.

Vertebrate Wood Natural material Mammal Rectangle


Yeah…. you are probably saying that doesn't look like a shop. Well.. that's what I had. I gathered these pallets up and stacked them up for a bench. I also had some folding tables that I would pull out. But this was how I started.

And these were my very first tools.

Motor vehicle Camera accessory Plant Gas Fender


Moving along… when I first started this blog my first and second post was about tearing out a built in bench. It was ugly and more importantly… not functional. (Sorry for the poor picture quality… but i couldn't find the actual pics so I just pulled them off of LJ.s). But here was that bench. You can go back and read my second blog in this series to see more pics of how that went.

Wood Workbench Hardwood Gas Machine


I look back and I remember how excited I was to get to this point. But… that's about as far as I got on that project. LOL. But… It didn't stop me from making changes.

Wood Window Hardwood Gas Lumber


Here is what my shop looked like in April of 2013. This was the spring after I moved from the pallet bench outside to inside of the garage.
I had the full built in back in the corner. Those kitchen cabinets. A freezer in the corner. And all along the right hand side that you can't see… stacks of totes of "stuff". Stuff that didn't belong in a "shop".

Table Wood Interior design Workbench Hardwood


Fast forward to February 2016. A lot changed in those three years. I had moved things around, painted some of the OSB white, added some lumber racks and a big change…. all the kitchen cabinets were taken down. It made a drastic change to my shop. As well as… no more "stuff". This was now a "shop" not a "garage" that had a shop in it. It was my dedicated space. A lot of changes since my last blog post in May 2015.

Wood Floor Flooring Hardwood Machine


So that leaves me to the present. Can you guess where we started this past weekend? Remember that old ugly built in bench that wasn't very functional? Yeah… you saw the pics from back when I started to tear out the first section. But… since then… this is what it had become….

The pegboard was warped and you could only use some of the holes. The bench was too high and not deep enough to do much. I had some storage but it just wasn't a good use of space. So generally… it just was a mess.

Table Wood Desk Market City


I just woke up Saturday morning and I KNEW… that thing had to go. My shop was cluttered. It was unorganized. It was poorly laid out. I had been happy with the changes that you see above. But the layout was just lacking something. I wasn't happy with my miter saw stand (an old set of kitchen drawer cabinets on a mobile base). I wasn't happy with where my table saw was either. I had all this space and generally would pull my saw horses out and anytime I needed to really use my table saw… I had to pull it out and it would be right in the way of the walkway to get to the rest of the shop. Also… no outfeed. It was just a pain. So… we started tearing out that bench.

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Building Window Wood Brickwork Floor


So.. sadly… I didn't get to do much of the demolition. I've been having some health issues and dealing with Vertigo so I wasn't able to do much. But… after we got to this point….. that pegboard HAD to go! Not this…. I was able to do. I had some help with the upper part from my 6'4" son (since I couldn't get on ladders)

Wood Wall Flooring Brickwork Gas


A quick trip to the store for some OSB and the ugly built in is GONE forever.

Building Wood Flooring Floor House


So… then it was time for clean up. I'll save the finished product for my next post. This one was way longer than I expected. I really do miss being on LumberJocks. I hope I will get to be on here more and more often.

Thanks for hanging with me till the end of my babbling. LOL
Hope you feel better. Good for you involving the children. Teach them to work with their hands.
 

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#287 ·
Demolition is over... now to organize the tools.

The demolition part is over. Now it's time to set up my tools better. The flow was just not working for me. Every time I needed to use my table saw I had to pull it out. It's on wheels… but it's one of those stands that come with it. Works.. but more awkward than anything. But with it pulled out and the saw horses out… it created a small path in between and it was such a hassle.

I don't even remember where. I think on a Youtube video… someone mentioned using the Grizzly website to set up their shop. They have a shop planer. Here's the link.

The first thing I did after going to the site and checking it out… was go measure EVERYTHING. Then I laid everything out in the program the way it was set up. This is what I came up with.

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You'll notice the writing… the program does let you name things. But it doesn't add the text. I simply took a screen shot of it after I was done and then edited it in PicMonkey.

The last time I did a change up I put EVERYTHING on wheels. Well… except two things. The Kreg Router table and the "brown desk". Even the scrap bin is on wheels. So all the tools in my shop are pretty much modular. I played around with things a little bit and ended up with this layout.

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Ok… this isn't what I ended up doing. But it was my "plan". Howerver… not only do I not have the new miter station built… it also just didn't work out as well as I thought it would. Here is where I am at now.

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This is the "brown desk" and is where the built in was that I just removed. Still haven't had the opportunity to paint. But I'm putting that off till I get the miter station built. The little kitchen cart to the left of the desk has my sanders in it, my dremels and on the side there's a little towel rack that I put my clamps on. Under the Kreg table I have two drawers sitting under there. The bottom one is on wheels. These two hold a lot of the more often used items that were on the peg board.

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I'm still using the base of kitchen drawers as my miter cart for now. I ended up putting the drill press right next to it. And as an unexpected bonus…. I'm able to use the table on the drill press as support for my longer stock lumber when I'm using the miter saw. I also put the scroll saw in the corner again because I just don't use it much. It's very easy to pull out and use if I need to. But I'm thinking it's just needs to be taken off the base and stored in the new miter station. It just takes up too much room and I don't use it. For now I have a little shelf on the base to store some of the things from the old built in bench. It is also where I keep my miter sled and some other jigs. Most of the time the saw horses are in use. But they are out of the way and when I want to use the joiner I have easy access to it.

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My table saw is in a much better place. It's also next to my bench (which is still a huge mess). Once I take that green top off I can match up the height to the table saw and use it as an outfeed table. Of course I still have my lumber bin and it is going to get attacked this coming week. I just threw stuff as I was cleaning and moving stuff.

This whole area is a hot mess. To the right of those paint buckets I have this crate I got from work. I stored some rarely used items in it that were from the built in bench. And the drawers from the bench are sitting on top of it. I just threw some scrap plywood on top to keep any sawdust out of the drawers. And… it gives me a little surface to put things on.

In this position the table saw can be pushed agains the wall when I'm not using it. But the way I have it now it's quite easy to just pull it out when I need it. And….(this is what prompted the change up in the first place)... I can leave it out and it's not in the way of the work flow at all. This makes me very happy.

Furniture Wood Table House Floor


So overall… I feel like I have a new shop. I know I have a lot more work to do on it… but it sure is coming along nicely. Of course… after everything was over I just sat in a chair and looked at it. I'm soooooooooo glad that built in bench and pegboard are gone.

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So… the above picture was taken while I sat in my chair and just admired my shop and the difference that tearing out that bench AND the pegboard made. Of course… with the Vertigo issues I couldn't do my happy dance. But.. in my mind… the happy dance was DEFINITELY going on .

My daughter came in and of course… laughed that I was just sitting there staring with this huge grin on my face. She decided to clean off the white board. So…she sat down at the brown desk with her polar pop and went to town. Since the writing has been on there since 2013… it was actually harder than she though. That's when she spilled her Big Red Polar Pop (Which she usually NEVER gets), all over the desk. GEEZ!!!! That stuff went everywhere you wouldn't want it to go. It spilled inside the base of the scroll saw and just everywhere. Onto my tool bags that were stored on the shelf I had just added to the scroll saw base.
Oh well… I have some red stained pine now for that base. LOL

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As always… I am not done and I WELCOME feedback on how I can arrange things even better. I've worked on one project so far. It only required the miter saw and a few cuts on the table saw. But so far I'm much happier. But before I end up going a lot further… I'm open to suggestions.

Thanks for following my journey!
 

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#288 ·
Demolition is over... now to organize the tools.

The demolition part is over. Now it's time to set up my tools better. The flow was just not working for me. Every time I needed to use my table saw I had to pull it out. It's on wheels… but it's one of those stands that come with it. Works.. but more awkward than anything. But with it pulled out and the saw horses out… it created a small path in between and it was such a hassle.

I don't even remember where. I think on a Youtube video… someone mentioned using the Grizzly website to set up their shop. They have a shop planer. Here's the link.

The first thing I did after going to the site and checking it out… was go measure EVERYTHING. Then I laid everything out in the program the way it was set up. This is what I came up with.

Rectangle Font Parallel Pattern Number


You'll notice the writing… the program does let you name things. But it doesn't add the text. I simply took a screen shot of it after I was done and then edited it in PicMonkey.

The last time I did a change up I put EVERYTHING on wheels. Well… except two things. The Kreg Router table and the "brown desk". Even the scrap bin is on wheels. So all the tools in my shop are pretty much modular. I played around with things a little bit and ended up with this layout.

Rectangle Font Parallel Pattern Number


Ok… this isn't what I ended up doing. But it was my "plan". Howerver… not only do I not have the new miter station built… it also just didn't work out as well as I thought it would. Here is where I am at now.

Wood Floor Flooring Engineering Table


This is the "brown desk" and is where the built in was that I just removed. Still haven't had the opportunity to paint. But I'm putting that off till I get the miter station built. The little kitchen cart to the left of the desk has my sanders in it, my dremels and on the side there's a little towel rack that I put my clamps on. Under the Kreg table I have two drawers sitting under there. The bottom one is on wheels. These two hold a lot of the more often used items that were on the peg board.

Property Building Cabinetry Wood Lighting


I'm still using the base of kitchen drawers as my miter cart for now. I ended up putting the drill press right next to it. And as an unexpected bonus…. I'm able to use the table on the drill press as support for my longer stock lumber when I'm using the miter saw. I also put the scroll saw in the corner again because I just don't use it much. It's very easy to pull out and use if I need to. But I'm thinking it's just needs to be taken off the base and stored in the new miter station. It just takes up too much room and I don't use it. For now I have a little shelf on the base to store some of the things from the old built in bench. It is also where I keep my miter sled and some other jigs. Most of the time the saw horses are in use. But they are out of the way and when I want to use the joiner I have easy access to it.

Wood Cabinetry Floor Flooring Workbench


My table saw is in a much better place. It's also next to my bench (which is still a huge mess). Once I take that green top off I can match up the height to the table saw and use it as an outfeed table. Of course I still have my lumber bin and it is going to get attacked this coming week. I just threw stuff as I was cleaning and moving stuff.

This whole area is a hot mess. To the right of those paint buckets I have this crate I got from work. I stored some rarely used items in it that were from the built in bench. And the drawers from the bench are sitting on top of it. I just threw some scrap plywood on top to keep any sawdust out of the drawers. And… it gives me a little surface to put things on.

In this position the table saw can be pushed agains the wall when I'm not using it. But the way I have it now it's quite easy to just pull it out when I need it. And….(this is what prompted the change up in the first place)... I can leave it out and it's not in the way of the work flow at all. This makes me very happy.

Furniture Wood Table House Floor


So overall… I feel like I have a new shop. I know I have a lot more work to do on it… but it sure is coming along nicely. Of course… after everything was over I just sat in a chair and looked at it. I'm soooooooooo glad that built in bench and pegboard are gone.

Cabinetry Property Building Wood Interior design


So… the above picture was taken while I sat in my chair and just admired my shop and the difference that tearing out that bench AND the pegboard made. Of course… with the Vertigo issues I couldn't do my happy dance. But.. in my mind… the happy dance was DEFINITELY going on .

My daughter came in and of course… laughed that I was just sitting there staring with this huge grin on my face. She decided to clean off the white board. So…she sat down at the brown desk with her polar pop and went to town. Since the writing has been on there since 2013… it was actually harder than she though. That's when she spilled her Big Red Polar Pop (Which she usually NEVER gets), all over the desk. GEEZ!!!! That stuff went everywhere you wouldn't want it to go. It spilled inside the base of the scroll saw and just everywhere. Onto my tool bags that were stored on the shelf I had just added to the scroll saw base.
Oh well… I have some red stained pine now for that base. LOL

Cabinetry Wood Drawer Shelving Chest of drawers


As always… I am not done and I WELCOME feedback on how I can arrange things even better. I've worked on one project so far. It only required the miter saw and a few cuts on the table saw. But so far I'm much happier. But before I end up going a lot further… I'm open to suggestions.

Thanks for following my journey!
Oh yeah… another thing… suggestions on lighting is also welcome. I have these guys. And I have three of them total. The lighting is horrible. Plus… for the Vertigo issues I'm having… dimly light areas are a headache for me. So I need lots of light for work… and for my head.

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