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Thuan's Workshop

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Thuan

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My work shop is in the corner of a little living room in a Condo I share with my wife and two little dogs. All except for the little brown dog named Kuma tolerate my experimentation in woodworking. After all these years, I am still experimenting because I have not quite figured it out. I started off with a plywood top coffee table made from a carpenters hand saw that has the 90 and 45 degree square built into the handle for $19. Yesterday I was contemplating buying my 9th handsaw because, while my other two Ryobas can rip wood, I needed one dedicated to just ripping woods.
The tool cabinet is made from my “oops” pile. Things I had made and then changed my mind in the mist of completion. That’s what happens when you do alot of the work by hand, it’s slow enough for me to change my mind mid cut. I justified it as maturity in the work. There’s plenty of room left to grow since I recently cut into the sheetrock under the stairs to store tools while providing more square footage in the room to build larger pieces. No surprise this is now on hold since we’ve decided to move to a house. I asked her if we can get one with a larger living room. You can read more on my blogspot.

-- Thuan


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Karson

25274 posts in 1279 days


posted 680 days ago

Great use of available space. make sure that you go to Betsy’s LumberJock Picnic in Feb, I believe. It’s in the Dallas – FT. Worth area.

-- What happens in the workshop stays in the workshop. No wait that doesn't sound right. Karson Southern Delaware karson_morrison@bigfoot.com †

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mot

4901 posts in 915 days


posted 679 days ago

This is the way I started! On my hands and knees on a cement floor. Nice little use of space!

-- You can discover more about a person in an hour of play than in a year of conversation. (Plato)

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Blake

2715 posts in 753 days


posted 679 days ago

I am so glad you showed us pictures of your workshop area! You do such amazing work for such limited space!!! You will be an inspiration to budding woodworkers without the space for a traditional woodshop.

-- Check out my new website! http://www.blakeweberwoodworking.com

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rikkor

11338 posts in 753 days


posted 679 days ago

That is efficient use of space, my friend. (And so clean!)

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clieb91

679 posts in 813 days


posted 675 days ago

Thuan, I looke dat your blog a while back. Thanks for posting your workshop here, I great use of limited space. Got to say if those are your oops, the final must have looked really great.
Hope you are able to get that bigger living room .
CtL

-- Chris L. "Don't Dream it, Be it."

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Jamie

146 posts in 692 days


posted 675 days ago

Good use of space. Do you have any problems with your neighbors, or should I say do your neighbors have problems with your power tools?

-- Jamie, Kentucky

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Thuan

185 posts in 696 days


posted 674 days ago

One of my next door neighbor works the night shift. I told him if I was ever disruptive, to call me or bang on the walls. He banged once when I lost track of time installing the cork flooring at 10 pm. Out of respect for them and my hearing, I did invest in more expensive quieter tools. I attached my saw to the Electrolux Harmony vacuum. It’s not design for wood working, but it’s super quiet and has HEPA filter. I turn the speed of the Festool Circular saw down and push slowly to make it quieter. I gave up my pancake compressor for a CO2 regulator, no motor, means less noise. I opt for hand planes and chisels over routers, but when it’s worth the cloud of dust in the house, I have to plan on the right time when every one’s out. Have you ever set off the fire alarm with saw dust?

Rikkor: This is what the house looks like AFTER a couple weeks of working on a project. I have to clean up everything and put all the tools away. But during the production phase, I don’t know how many times I would step on a small triangular piece with my bare foot. It’s a good thing I have lots of saws, and chisels, I usually misplace a couple of them in all the clutter, then I’d slowly make my way into my dining room.

-- Thuan

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Tomcat1066

776 posts in 674 days


posted 664 days ago

Very nice use of your space! I’m moving into a 6’x6’ shop soon, and I’ll probably rip off some of your ideas if that’s OK ;)

-- "Give me your poor tools, your tired steel, your huddled masses of rust." Yep, I ripped off the Statue of Liberty. That's how I roll!

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Gregh11

17 posts in 403 days


posted 401 days ago

Now that’s a cool shop!!

-- Greg, in Ozark, MO

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BarryW

869 posts in 785 days


posted 169 days ago

Your shop is just a neat little area…and so effective…good work, good use of space…excellent tools and a fine set of projects…super good.

-- /\/\/\ BarryW /\/\/\ Stay so busy you don't have time to die.

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