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My shop has a name, Zipiland. I started about ten years ago as a 10×10 area next to the washing machine. The rest of the basement, 20×20, was completely finished with a drop ceiling and carpet and a sofa, TV, and games for my three kids, including a Ping Pong table. As the kids grew and their need for play space diminished, my need for a play area got more intense. One day, after building a night table, I decided that I needed more space to build the bed. I evicted the kids (teenagers by then); rip the carpet from the floor and funded Zipiland. Since then the shop got improved in several ways, starting with a Vac system and a few months ago it culminated with my new Grizzly saw. A few years ago I build a Shed in the back yard to put all the implements that I had in the garage, and this area became wood storage and rough cutting area. I bought some used machines (circular saw, a band saw, a radial arm saw) and installed them in the garage.
The last ten years had been a great ride. I build more than a hundred projects, and the improvement is visible. But I notice that as I improve in building and designing new furniture I improve myself. The ride is just now beginning…let it rip
-- Zipsss
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mot
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posted 811 days ago
Zipiland is JUST my kind of amusement park! Nice reclaim of space!
-- You can discover more about a person in an hour of play than in a year of conversation. (Plato)
MsDebbieP
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posted 811 days ago
I can’t tell that this was once a family area
Love the name of your work area. Do you have to be “so high” before you can enter???
-- ~ Debbie, Canada (http://www.execulink.com/~yohan)
Bill
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posted 811 days ago
Yea, can we buy e-tickets for admittance?
-- Bill, Turlock California, http://www.brookswoodworks.com
MsDebbieP
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posted 811 days ago
I just hope you can be 5’ and still enter—- and I hope I get invited for an Inspection Tour soon :)
-- ~ Debbie, Canada (http://www.execulink.com/~yohan)
Zipsss
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posted 810 days ago
I am 5’4”, so up to there I garantee no head bumps. I did build a 7’ Grandfather clock. It was a challenge. .(I will post a picture) And this is the oficial invitation.
-- Zipsss
Karson
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posted 810 days ago
Great looking workshop Zipsss. How deep is you storage area for your tools that are in the plastic boxes like your nail gun.
-- What happens in the workshop stays in the workshop. No wait that doesn't sound right. Karson Southern Delaware karson_morrison@bigfoot.com â€
brunob
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posted 810 days ago
OK, so I’m going to go out and clean my shop tomorrow. Nice space.
-- Bruce from Central New York
Zipsss
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posted 810 days ago
The storage area also serves as a cover for the gas meter, it is about 2 feet deep.
-- Zipsss
Douglas Bordner
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posted 810 days ago
Yeah, I second the motion that Deb tours your shop, if for no other reason than I would get to say “We going to Zipiland” BTW I really like your work – Salt&Pepper is a favorite.
-- "Bordnerizing" perfectly good lumber for over a decade.
Scott Bryan
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posted 604 days ago
Zipsss,
You have a nice shop and it had some nice toys in it as well . I like the way you are using your overhead space for storage. That is an area that is often overlooked. I also like seeing some sawdust on the floor. It makes the shop looks like some activity is going on in there.
Thanks for the post.
-- With God's help all things are possible- even woodworking. Woodworking is not just a hobby, it is an (expletive deleted) expensive hobby.
Beginningwoodworker
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posted 352 days ago
Zipsss, thats a real nice shop.
-- CJIII Future cabinetmaker