| Workshop by Roz | posted 271 days ago | 384 reads | 2 times favorited | 12 comments |  |
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I built my shop in 2006. It is framed in dimensional lumber and covered in Hardiboard with a carport and detail to match my house built circa 1860. I went with 12 foot ceilings and two electrical pedestals out in the room for large machine connections. The floor is 6” reinforced concrete with large footing to support an automotive lift. (Possible later addition.) I have an 8’ garage door and lots of natural light. For heat I use a cast iron stove and burn cutoffs and some firewood mostly from local tree trimmings/landscaping. I have an A/C unit purchased and will install it early in 08. I’ve almost finished insulating walls and ceiling. I am using OSB for interior walls and ceiling which I am still working on. I have some old discarded metal/maple topped work benches that I reassembled which make good working surfaces and I need to get the place organized. In 2007 I built a miterbench/storage cabinet a la Norm Abrams with mods to make it work with my Miter saw. I am remodeling my house and have several projects going now so the shop is a wreck.
Update April 2008
I have continued to work toward finishing my shop, adding electrical circuits, and installing insulation and wall panels. The big improvement is the new tool to my shop. It is an air conditioner. It may not seem like a woodworking tool but about July, it will be my favorite power tool! I hired a friend to install it and I helped, learning a great deal about residential Air-conditioning installation along the way. No fancy ductwork but this 3.5-ton unit blows cold air all the way to the opposite corner of the shop. It should cool it down well. 
-- Terry Roswell, L.A. (Lower Alabama) "Life is what happens to you when you are making other plans."
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rikkor
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posted 271 days ago
Wow, sounds nice. How about some pictures?
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GaryK
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posted 271 days ago
12 foot ceilings! Nice. What is the square footage?
Pictures?
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GaryK
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posted 270 days ago
That’s one great spacious workshop you have there.
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grovemadman
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posted 255 days ago
I like the weathervane! Your place is righteous!!!!! You will surely go to the woodshop builders hall of fame! I gotta make some money and get some land…..
-- --Chuck
John's Woodshop
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posted 255 days ago
Excellent Shop! Someone watches the NYW, nice miter saw bench! Great tools too!
John
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Roz
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posted 254 days ago
Thanks Chuck and John, I planned for this shop for 20+ years. My father had a small shop when I was a boy and I loved to knock around in it. I knew I wanted one some day. It didn’t cost as much as I looks like. I did a lot of the work myself and got friends and family to pitch in where they had the greatest tallents, like equipement operating and painting. I got most for the fixtures from salvage places, windows columbs etc. The weathervane I got on line. I couldn’t resist it. I have another one on my house that has a ship on it. Everyone in town knows I am “that Navy guy” in part because of those vanes. The house is old and the weather vanes just seem to be required. I saw them all across New England and Wisconsin and always liked them. All hale to Norm!
-- Terry Roswell, L.A. (Lower Alabama) "Life is what happens to you when you are making other plans."
Roz
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posted 254 days ago
1234 sqft.
-- Terry Roswell, L.A. (Lower Alabama) "Life is what happens to you when you are making other plans."
CharlieM1958
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posted 253 days ago
Heckuva shop! I’m a little green with envy down here. I thought that was a photo of your house until I saw the interior.
-- Charlie M. "Woodworking - patience = firewood"
Teri
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posted 200 days ago
I love your shop. I just purchased Norm’s plans for the miter saw workbench. After seeing your’s I’m anxious to get started on it.
-- Teri, Kokomo, IN
Scott Bryan
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posted 185 days ago
Hi Terry,
You have a nice shop there and some nice tools to play with. You did a good job on the miter bench. You combined form and function. I love the space and the headroom.
And I see that you have two well trained guard dogs to secure it as well. :)
You have it all here. If I had a shop like this I believe all I would need would be a bed and then I wouldn’t ever have to leave. :)
Thanks for the shop tour. I really appreciate it.
-- With God's help all things are possible- even woodworking. Woodworking is not just a hobby, it is an (expletive deleted) expensive hobby.
brunob
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posted 185 days ago
You sure you’re not going to live in there. I see the fridg. Anyway, great space.
-- Bruce from Central New York
Roz
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posted 184 days ago
Scott, you have to be careful just how well equiped the shop is. Make it to nice and one day you come home, your stuff is in the yard and the locks are changed. So no bed in the shop, maybe a hammock.
Bruce, Got to have a place to put beer. With a little luck I’ll have A/C in a week.
-- Terry Roswell, L.A. (Lower Alabama) "Life is what happens to you when you are making other plans."