Sam Yerardi's Workshop

My shop is in my attached two-car garage. I have scrounged and built my shop over the years and add to it as I get time & money. I have a vintage 1938 Craftsman table saw, a vintage Beaver Falls lathe (in the process of being rebuilt), a Ryobi 10” planer, a 12” Craftsman bandsaw, a small deep throat bandsaw, an 18” Craftsman scroll saw, a 6” Craftsman jointer, an old Wards drill press (buried under the wood in picture), a router table, and numerous hand power tools. I’ve been collecting and restoring antique hand tools for a long time. I have a woodworker’s bench, and a large bench I made from a kitchen cabinet (3’ x 5’) to which I added a 2 1/2” thick marine plywood top and a large woodworking vise. Around the walls of my shop I have 5 other benches that I sort of dedicate to different things such as automobile/metal working, finishing, hand work, and grinding/polishing. I’ve been fortunate to have collected a very big library of woodworking books, magazines, etc. over the years. I’ve got a lot of wood stored all over the shop so right now it’s really cramped. As you can see from the photos it is a very messy shop. I look at pictures of everyone else’s nice clean shops and I drool. I’d like to build a separate building one of these days.

-- Sam