| Workshop by Lisa Chan | posted 35 days ago | 265 reads | 1 time favorited | 17 comments |  |
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Seattle, WA 98103
United States
Workshop? What workshop! It’s in my garage. The garage is a glorified spider farm.
We rent. And we share the garage with my landlord. It’s used for dumping for the most part and it’s a shameful mess. We have a trash run planned for December… phew. My things inhabit the last 4 ft of the garage in front of the electric door and a bench to the left.
I’m having too much fun turning and making sawdust to worry about what’s going on behind me. There’s a broken Delta lathe in the background (my starter machine) and I’ll be fixing it for about $100.
Beautiful things can come from ugly beginnings.
-- Lisa Chan, custom cafts and yarn accessories, http://www.grippingyarn.com
17 comments so far
gbvinc
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posted 35 days ago
Doesn’t count, unless you have pictures. ;-)
Lisa Chan
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posted 35 days ago
OMG… I’m too embarrassed to take a picture of the garage right now. Can I clean it up first?! HAH!
-- Lisa Chan, custom cafts and yarn accessories, http://www.grippingyarn.com
ajosephg
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posted 35 days ago
Come on – let’s see it. (You can always do a before and after!)
-- Joe
TheDane
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posted 35 days ago
Hurry … to paraphrase the ShamWow guy, we ‘can’t do this all day’. LOL
-- The only place success comes before work is in the dictionary. -- Vincent T. Lombardi
lew
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posted 35 days ago
Lisa!!!
Didn’t you read the fine print about the link to the page that emails you the unpublished, unwritten rule of Lumberjocks? It clearly states that workshop pictures must be posted showing a shop before it is cleaned ;^)
Scott Bryan
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posted 35 days ago
Lisa, I wouldn’t worry too much about posting pictures of a shop that is neat and tidy. This, to me at least, looks like a shop that is not being used. I am looking forward to seeing pictures of your shop when you get the opportunity to post them. As you can probably guess from the responses already, visual tours of other shops are always well received.
-- With God's help all things are possible- even woodworking. Woodworking is not just a hobby, it is an (expletive deleted) expensive hobby.
socalwood
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posted 35 days ago
We love spiders !!
Napaman
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posted 35 days ago
i love it…you hide your face…and now your shop??? just kidding…I hope your shop works for you and that you enjoy every moment…welcome to lj’s…
-- Matt, Napa, CA...fun is beautiful...just trying to have some fun...
a1Jim
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posted 35 days ago
Photos ?
-- Jim from Heirloom Woodshop Southern Oregon
Lisa Chan
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posted 34 days ago
I finally added my “photo of shame”. Hah!
-- Lisa Chan, custom cafts and yarn accessories, http://www.grippingyarn.com
Scott Bryan
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posted 34 days ago
Lisa, it looks like you have everything you need to “turn” out some nice projects. Good idea to put your lathe at the front of the garage where you can take advantage of the light. That looks like a nice lathe and stand that you have. That is one tool that I have not added to my shop- yet! Whenever I see a turning posted it makes me regret missing out on the fun.
Thanks for the picture. Now if you can get your landlord to get rid of some stuff in there you will have room for more tools or a bigger lathe. :)
-- With God's help all things are possible- even woodworking. Woodworking is not just a hobby, it is an (expletive deleted) expensive hobby.
Todd A. Clippinger
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posted 34 days ago
AAHHH! MY EYES! IT BURNS MY EYES!
-- Todd A. Clippinger, Montana, http://amcraftsman.com
socalwood
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posted 34 days ago
So where is the spider-fest ????????
gbvinc
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posted 34 days ago
Ah…a picture! Looks like a shop that things get made in! Thanks!
Napaman
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posted 34 days ago
NICE SHOP…now maybe they will leave you alone…
-- Matt, Napa, CA...fun is beautiful...just trying to have some fun...
DTWoodknot
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posted 33 days ago
Lisa everyone has to start somewere. I didn’t have a “shop” for years, when I rented I used to have my table saw set up in a spare bed room! As long as I had a place to set it up! welcome to LJ’s enjoy
-- Dave, I wood if I could but I can't so I woodknot
Splinterman
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posted 32 days ago
Hey Lisa,
If you think yours is bad you should have seen my first so-called shop….it was my mum’s pantry.
-- I will just keep doing it till I get it right.