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My Shop is 24×34 with 10 foot ceiling, adjacent to the shop I have my 10 X 14 office. I also have an attic above the workshop in which I store countless jigs, parts, machinery and finished pieces. I recently moved my shop and I am learning to live and work in a more confined space. Moving was and still is a major pain in the neck and I am still working on getting thing where I want them (it will take many years). One of the enjoyable feature of my new workspace is the large number of windows which lets in lots of natural light.
For those putting a shop together for the first time I wanted to include some thoughts on workfllow. I think workflow is very important to your productivity and enjoyment of your time in the shop.
Workflow
I try to keep the construction process as streamed-lined as possible so machinery is placed in the order I generally use that particular machine and I try not to make long trips across the shop.
So generally the process would be as follows:
Wood Storage—-> Dimensioning
Dimensioning—-> Jointer
Jointer—-> Planer
Planer——> Tablesaw
Tablesaw—-> Milling (Hand tools, Router, etc)
Milling—> Assembly
For domestic hardwoods, I often have my local hardwood supplier dimension and surface rough lumber to standard dimension for me, as the cost is significantly cheaper than if I expended the time to dimension and surface the rough lumber. However, I do dimension and surface offsizes, exotic and figured wood myself.
Naturally the process is a little different for sheet goods, but for rough lumber the process is as discussed above.
11 comments so far
Blake
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posted 219 days ago
Great shop!
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PurpLev
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posted 219 days ago
I’ll second Blake… and I love that bench, nice job on the shoulder vice! most I’ve seen won’t close all the way.
nicely organized, looks like a good workflow shop
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Scott Bryan
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posted 219 days ago
What a nice shop space you have to work in!! You have organized your shop well and you have a nice set of tools to play with. Like PurpLev I really enjoyed seeing your bench. That is a tool that most of us would love to have in our shops. I would enjoy working in there.
Thanks for the pictures. I enjoyed visiting with you.
-- With God's help all things are possible- even woodworking. Woodworking is not just a hobby, it is an (expletive deleted) expensive hobby.
kiwi1969
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posted 219 days ago
Amazing how many old screwdrivers you find when you move ! Nice space.
-- if the hand is not working it is not a pure hand
Chris
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posted 212 days ago
It’s a great looking space. I love the amount of light you seem to get in there.
-- Chris
jim1953
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posted 212 days ago
Great Lookin Shop
-- Jim, Kentucky
WhittleMeThis
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posted 211 days ago
Thanks all, a work in progress things have slowed down a bit so I’ll be working on a few fixes to some areas that need work.
a1Jim
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posted 192 days ago
Just found your shop great layout wonderfully organized just fantastic
-- Jim from Heirloom Woodshop, custom furniture ,maker, woodworking school, heirloomwoodshop.com
bobdurnell
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posted 191 days ago
Killer shop, I really like the clean lines of your workbench and the tools on the wall.
-- bobdurnell, Santa Ana California.
SCOTSMAN
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posted 191 days ago
how can I put my shops on the map ? Alistair I can’t find any instructions for doing so
-- excuse my typing as I have a form of parkinsons disease
WhittleMeThis
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posted 190 days ago
In the workshop set up screen it ask for your address, city and state, once you put your town and state in the map shows up.