Matt's Workshop

Matt, no way you do any work in that shop – just too tidy! I envy your shop and equipment. Very nice!

-- CanuckDon "I just love small wooden boxes!" http://www.canterburybaptist.org/

Great shop,Matt.

-- Jesus is Lord!

Excellent space management….Great Shop

-- Sawhorse - Sulphur Springs, TX - www.sawhorseworkshop.com

thanks Sawhorse. Small shops require a lot of thought, although I think I over analyze things to much sometimes. Especially considering that after every project I spend too much time trying to figure out where things would go better.

-- Straight grains & sharp blades

Looks nice.. I am just finishing mine and have been listening to your podcasts to try to get ideas of things to build… Been thinking about those toy tables…

Drew

-- Drew, Pleasant Grove, Utah

There’s nothing better than breaking in a new shop!! Those toy tables were alot of fun to build. Very straight forward and once my son had them in his room I was glad to see the floor again. But I’m afraid I might need to make at least one more.

-- Straight grains & sharp blades

Nice shop.

-- Jesus is Lord!

Hey I’ve got alot (100’s ) of wood. Love your stuff

-- ~Capn Ron, workin wood is a way of life...

So that’s what my shop looks like. It’s been a while since I’ve been able to step into it, that I was starting to forget what’s in there!! Thanks for taking a look and stopping by.

-- Straight grains & sharp blades

Hi Matt,

I have been scrolling through these workshop posts tonight and didn’t realize that I had seen this one before until I read the signature line. You have a nice space in which to work and a nice set of tools. I really like your hand tool collection.

Thanks for the shop tour and keep the podcasts coming.

-- With God's help all things are possible- even woodworking. Woodworking is not just a hobby, it is an (expletive deleted) expensive hobby.

Thanks Scott,

The shop has had a few changes since these pics were taken, but the floorplan is essentially the same. I really should do an updated tour. Of course, once again I’ll be changing things around very soon. It seems like every project makes me think of a different way the work could flow through easier.

It’s a disease!!!

But thanks for looking and leaving a comment.

-- Straight grains & sharp blades

Hey, Matt!

I’ve been listening to the podcast for a while now, along with Marc’s. Very cool. I’m in the process of setting up my fifth shop, this time in an old, decrepit barn.

My question for you today is this: I studied your workbench for some time. It looks like it has some traditional hand-tool features, particularly the leg vice and board jacks using a pin and hole index. What I found interesting was that the leg vice was on the right-hand leg of the bench, and the jacks were to the left. Are you a southpaw, or did you just get used to doing things this way (I hang up my shirts backwards from everybody else because I was a southpaw until some misguided schoolteacher made me change…)

Thanks for the tour!

Mack, who is envious of anyone who has a concrete floor right now…

-- There's no tool like an old tool...

Matt, Thanks for the shop tour. It looks great. I can’t help noticing your vintage band saw, I can’t make the manufacturer.

-- bobdurnell, Santa Ana California.

Hi Mack and Bob thanks for commenting on the shop. I really should update the pics soon but essentially the players are still the same.

Mack I am a Southpaw and so that’s why the bench is set up the way you noticed it. I golf (actually it’s more like aerate the course) right handed and the same with swinging a bat. But I’ve always held onto my left handedness and so I set up my bench to take advantage of that.

As for the bandsaw and actually the tablesaw too Bob. They’re both Sprunger Bro. tools. They originally belonged to my grandfather, and although they need a little extra attention from time to time they’re working pretty good for being about a half century old.

Thanks for commenting.

-- Straight grains & sharp blades

Nice shop Matt.

-- CJIII Future cabinetmaker

Thanks! It’s an evolving process, that’s probably evolved and then reverted back to it’s original floorplan more than once LOL.

In fact recently I’ve been standing there thinking of the next evolution again…those poor floors!

Thanks for the comment.

-- Straight grains & sharp blades

Very nice shop Matt.

-- Kip Northern Illinois ( If you don't know where your goin any road will take you there) George Harrison

Thanks Kip,

I really should get in there and do another shop tour, it’s been a while and some things have changed slightly. But thanks for commenting, I really appreciate it.

-- Straight grains & sharp blades