Bill Akins's Workshop

Well, this is my little shop. It’s the size of single car garage located down in my basement. I started with a couple of sawhorses that I made which usually is a worktable. I made a workbench and then another table for the miter saw (a used gift). I added peg boards for the tools. I eventually acuired a table saw and a router/ router table. The most recent addition was a drill press, which I made a stand for. The shop also houses a weight bench I made for the boys. Everything in there was made from scrap lumber I acquired from my Dad and other resources.

My workbenches are rough. They do not look like you could eat off of them. If i want to bang on it, slosh paint on it or drill into it, I do without a thought or care. I haven’t done any super, fancy projects yet but I am having fun making little things and lots of sawdust. My dust collection consist of a broom and a shop-vac that i usually use as a blower to clean out the shop occasionally. Next my shop needs some lumber racks to store my wood instead of a big pile in the back. Once in awhile I put my wife and kids to work sanding or painting, they love it too.

-- Bill from Lithia Springs, GA I love the smell of sawdust in the morning.