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My shop is more or less half of a two car garage in my basement. In it, most of the room is taken up by my workbench and my tablesaw. The outfeed table has crept onto my wifes half of the garage. The rest is mainly area to store stuff, either on shelves or piled up on the floor. It has been a good area for me and I am kind of getting it where it is most useful. I did add some flourescent lighting, but it is still not enough. I am also lacking enough power. I would really like to add 240VAC at some point as well as some general purpose 120VAC circuits as well. I purchased a 120 volt table saw because of this limitation and really wish I had just taken care of the power at the time and not limited myself like I did. At some point I would really like to add dust collection both for my health and to cut down on the mess.
Update: I finally did add a subpanel and a dedicate circuit to my tablesaw and to my jointer. I also got an Oneida cyclone dust collector (one of the V-systems I think they cal it) and wired a dedicated circuit for it. It is great. I has really changed the dynamic of the shop. I would love to have it hard piped in, but I can’t afford that now. I just use a 5 inch hose that I moved between machines.
-- "Never measure......cut as many times as necessary." - PeteMoss
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Scott Bryan
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#1 posted 1270 days ago
Pete, this is a nice shop that you have. I particularly like the pegboard wall that you have in there (I should, I did the same thing in my shop). It is an economical way to add a wall covering that doubles as storage/organization for your hand tools. It also looks like you have organized your shop well, especially with the “non-essentials” (non-woodworking items) being stored in there. :) But I am sure your wife, if she is anything like mine, would object if you suggested storing them in HER garage space rather than your shop area.
You have added a nice set of tools to your shop. I assume, with the dual miter slots on the outfeed table, that you rotate it to handle long boards/sheet goods. That is a pretty efficient way to get double duty out of the table.
Thanks for the pictures. I enjoyed touring your shop.
-- Challenges are what make life interesting; overcoming them is what makes life meaningful- Joshua Marine
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#2 posted 1270 days ago
Great use of space! I really love that Delta band saw… It looks like you have it set up to re-saw. Something you might want to add to your shop is a planer, with the right jigs, you can surface joint with it, and edge jointing can be done with a router and straight edge… Combine that with that band saw of yours, a found wood re-saw sled and you will be making your own lumber from tree trimming cut offs and firewood before you know it!
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cstrang
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#3 posted 1269 days ago
Nice shop, thanks for the tour.
-- A hammer dangling from a wall will bang and sound like work when the wind blows the right way.
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#4 posted 1269 days ago
Hey Pete,
Sweet shop and some great toys too…well done.
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#5 posted 1269 days ago
Great shop. Keep making sawdust coz you have got decent shop vac.
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Beginningwoodworker
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#6 posted 1082 days ago
Pete thats a nice shop.
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a1Jim
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#7 posted 1082 days ago
Great looking shop Pete
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