gjd's Workshop

It sounds as if you are making progress on your shop. I can well understand about your lack of success in getting your wife to move her car out of the garage. My wife would put me outside before she would let her truck sit in the weather. :)

Keep us posted on your progress. It is always nice to see a new shop space going up.

-- Challenges are what make life interesting; overcoming them is what makes life meaningful- Joshua Marine

Good luck on the project. We would love to see some pis when it is up

-- making sawdust....

Well, it’s the start of labor day week end so I hope to be seeing your completed shop soon. You work all week, then you have to work on one of those rare three day weekends!!!

-- Bob Kenosha Wi.

You’ve got some great shop space there.

-- W James Brokenbourgh Custom furniture maker http://artisticwoodstudio.com/

Good luck on the renovation and getting it to the way you want it.

-- I've been blessed with a father who liked to tinker in wood, and a wife who lets me tinker in wood. Southern Delaware karson_morrison@bigfoot.com †

Well after labor day and that shop don’t look cleaner!!!

-- Bob Kenosha Wi.

Would you believe that I have been working so hard at getting the place in order that I haven’t had time to snap a picture! Actually, I am making very good progress. I believe I will have some pics at the end of this weekend. I have installed some cabinets and shelves and now need to add some pegboard.

-- gjd Southcentral Wisconsin

gary,
I’m looking forward to seeing them. my favorite part of this web site is seeing all the shops, give me great ideas to steal so that I can make my shop better!!!!

-- Bob Kenosha Wi.

Huummmm?? Labor day huh?Must be some red tape here….

-- Bob Kenosha Wi.

Super progress Gary

-- W James Brokenbourgh Custom furniture maker http://artisticwoodstudio.com/

Gary, this is a nice shop space that you have. I really like the ceiling height that you have in there. I have 92” to the bottom of the floor joists and swinging a full sheet of plywood or long boards means having to dodge around light fixtures and angling boards so that they don’t hit the joists. I also like the windows that you have in the shop and the garage doors. This gives you some natural light that I find easier to work under. The storage loft was a good addition as well. It seems that there are always “non-essential” things that take up space in our shops and this lets you store them out of the way.

You have added some nice cabinetry and storage shelving to your shop that helps with keeping it organized and, to tell the truth, it does look pretty neat in there. If my wife saw how you had your shop organized she probably would give a ribbon for you organizational prowess since she is borderline OCD with respect to keeping thing neat and tidy (a condition that leads to some occasional “discussions” between us). :)

Thanks for the pictures, Gary. I enjoyed visiting your shop.

-- Challenges are what make life interesting; overcoming them is what makes life meaningful- Joshua Marine

I’ve got about the same room as you: the third stall in a 3 car garage, 10×24. I’m not going to partition it off, though, because I’ve concluded that if I put the tablesaw and jointer so the feed direction is sideways, and I keep them close to the 10’ line, I can use the middle stall as infeed/outfeed space.

I also plan on a similar hardware storage setup, except I’ve been saving tin cans for months instead of plastic jars.

-- My broker promised me he would treat my money as if it were his own. Trouble is, he did.

Nice shop Bureaucrat. Your getting there.

-- Jerry--A man can never have enough tools or clamps

Thats a nice shop.

-- CJIII Future cabinetmaker

Looking good Bureaucrat,a great shop to spend some quality time.

-- Charlie............Only time will tell if it was time well spent.