My Ultimate Workshop

Throw in some dancing girls to sweep up after you and you would have the perfect shop.

-- http://www.woodsongsfurniture.com

((shaking my head)) boys, boys boys hehehe

perhaps I missed it but a big picture window overlooking the back 40 which is of course a wooded area with a small stream running through it (perfect for flyfishing during those required creative breaks from woodworking).

-- ~ Debbie, Canada (http://www.execulink.com/~yohan)

Dennis – no comment.

Ms Debbie – yup.

-- Fred Childs, Pasadena, CA - - - Law of the Workshop: Any tool, when dropped, will roll to the least accessible corner.

I ment dancing bears. What was I thinking!

-- http://www.woodsongsfurniture.com

Hey Fred!
Your talking about my shop, I wish.

-- -** You are never to old to set another goal or to dream a new dream ****************** Dick, & Barb Cain, Hibbing, MN. http://www.woodcarvingillustrated.com/gallery/member.php?uid=3627&protype=1

Sounds like the best place to spend all my time, but then I don’t think my wife will be very understanding.

I noticed that you had 30’ x 40’ x 12’ for the shop dimensions. Is that just a number or do you have a reason? That’s about the same size I’ve always dreamed of with the other rooms coming off of it.

-- Rick - Spring, TX

Fred my shop is 25’ X 55’ X 16’ tall with an office and a bathroom, but I’m still out of room. I think you need to dream bigger. My lumber storage rack is in the shop and it’s has 18 compartments each 2’ X 4’ by 10’ long. Outside dimension 12 X 12 X 10 with a floor on top so I can store all of my veneer on top of the rack. You can chew up the space very quickly.

With the lumber rack, office and bathroom about half of the shop is taken up, with the other half full of tools.

I’ve got about 10,000 bdf of lumber in the rack.

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

OK…now I’m really depressed….my “shop” is a 10’ x 12’ shed…I have to open the windows to cut long boards. I do have an canvas awning I can unroll out front and move my table saw….only a contractors portable…outside…my vent system is working outdoors…which is somewhat limiting in New England.

I do have a bathroom…otherwise know as the treefarm…which is also somewhat limiting if you know what I mean. My wood storage is a single shelf and a large scrap bin….supplemented by trips to the local lumber yard.

Wow…reading this I’m surprised I can build anything….I’m gonna go complain to the management…a.k.a. wife…..we’ll see if she has any sympathy.

NO….she doesn’t…:(

Sigh….I do have a nice view though. http://www.stoneaxe.biz/Landscaping/Magical_Morning/magical_morning.html

-- Bob, Carver Massachusetts, Sawdust Maker http://www.capecodbaychallenge.org

As a “confined space ” woodworker myself my motto is something is better than nothing!

Hey Treefarmer, I loved the pics of the trees on your site! Garden was nice also.

-- Jeff - Bellevue,Ne.

I agree with Jeff! Same for me . . . something is better than nothing. I always want more but am happy with what I have.

-- http://foldingrule.blogspot.com

hey Dennis—you can always get some dogs with bushy tails. They’ll be sweeping the floors all the time!

Bob – gorgeous view and photos!!!
And oh yes.. you have my sympathies about no bathroom…. it must be rough to be so limited.

-- ~ Debbie, Canada (http://www.execulink.com/~yohan)

I’m just happy to have some place to go to get away from the rat race outside my shop doors. “Ultimate” is a relative term I think. With that said I would like a bigger…. and more…. ;-)

-- Better to say nothing and be thought the fool... then to speak and erase all doubt.

Rick – The dimensions are 6 times the size I currently have. A good place to start.

Karson – Your lumber storage is larger than my shop.

Bob – Cool pics of the treefarm. I would have to put in a larger window.

Chip – I couldn’t agree more.

-- Fred Childs, Pasadena, CA - - - Law of the Workshop: Any tool, when dropped, will roll to the least accessible corner.

Treefarmer, don’t fret. I had a 6 X 18 storage room to work out of before I build my 20 X 30 X 10 shop. I was shared with lawnmowers, bicycles, yard tools, etc. It would take me 30 minutes to empty out what I need to just to get to my saw and an hour to put it back. Hang in there…ONE DAY…you’ll get there.

Fred- let’s build it even bigger!

-- Jesus is Lord!

I would be happy with just half of Karson’s lumber stock. I’m currently in a 10×22x8 shop – but it is ALL MINE. I don’t share it with anything. The lawnmowers, chipper/shredder, pressure washer, etc. live in my wife’s 10×12 greenhouse (no, I’m not a tough guy – she let’s me use it, since she gave up her Cactus collection). Can you Air Condition a greenhouse?

Let’s keep dreaming Fred – one of these days :-))

-- Bill - "Suit yourself and let the rest be pleased." http://www.cajunpen.com/

Sounds like you have great ideas – Fred – keep working on it. Mine is just a little 24×24 x 8 but as it is less than a year old – I have to say its my dream shop. At this time I am totally happy with what I have….lol…just give m a little while and I am sure it will be too small.
Larry

-- "Have you hugged your pet today?" ---------- Larry

thanks alot you gave me some great ideas for my shop but what tools would you have

-- Jesse s

Another bonus for wooden floors… they are much easier on chisel edges when you drop them.

-- San Diego, CA US Navy

My shop is a driveway.

-- I love the smell of sawdust in the morning....