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I set up shop 4 years ago in my single car garage and immediately set to work on some built in bookshelves. Bad idea! With no organization and stuff everywhere it is amazing those bookshelves ever got finished. After stumbling about for another year, I finally rolled all the machines and wood out the garage door on a warm and dry Spring day and started from scratch. All the cabinetry is custom made and you can probably tell that like most of you I am a woodophile. I admit that I probably dedicated too much space to wood storage and now that I am acquiring more tools I wish that I had more space. I still have some more things to do like finishing up the cabinet doors on the base cabinets and adding some rolling work stations for sanding and the like.
Definately a work in progress, but it is still my favorite room in the house.
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Edit on 9/8/08: So I have made some big changes in the shop since I posted this last year. Check out my latest podcast on my blog. I have included a short video of the shop and discuss my future plans.
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-- Check out my blog and podcast "The Renaissance Woodworker" at www.rogersfinewoodworking.com/blog
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13 comments so far
GaryK
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posted 264 days ago
Nice looking shop. That red would hurt my eyes after a while though.
Too clean!
-- Gary, East TX -- The longest journey begins with a single step.
ShannonRogers
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posted 263 days ago
Thanks Gary. The red was my wife’s idea and it is a definate improvement over the yellow green it was when we bought the house. She wanted to go all the way to curtains in the windows, but we compromised with a bright color instead.
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grovemadman
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posted 254 days ago
That is a nice, well organized shop you have there.
-- --Chuck
DaveH
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posted 226 days ago
Nice looking shop and a good selection of tools. Are you doing the floor tile work yourself?
-- Dave Herron, Boise, ID -- “That which does not crash the browser, makes it stronger”
Scott Bryan
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posted 226 days ago
Hi Shannon,
I am catching up on posts I have missed. Sorry I didn’t get this one originally. You shop looks well organized. I could work in there. It’s a little too clean for me but I am sure you cleaned it up just for the pics.
I think that being a woodophile is inherent to being a woodworker. Good idea of standing your ground on the curtains after all this is your space (at least as long as she allows it).
-- With God's help all things are possible- even woodworking. Woodworking is not just a hobby, it is an (expletive deleted) expensive hobby.
John's Woodshop
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posted 226 days ago
Shannon,
That’s a great looking shop!
John
-- John -- Racine, WI -- Woodworking..."It's not just a Hobby, it's an Adventure"
ShannonRogers
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posted 226 days ago
Yes, I did clean it for the pix. I am trying to keep as much as I can in cabinets to keep the dust off, but the shop also acts as “daycare” for my German Shepherd and my Golden Retriever during the work day. They both can get a little bored sometimes and decide to play with the tools. They show no interest in the wood or projects in process, but like to chew on things like power cords and plastic drawer pulls or caps to the TS fence. Long story short, I have to puppy proof at the end of the weekend and I figure I might as well vacuum while I’m at it. Just to show I am human, I’ll post a shot midway through my next big project so you can really see what it looks like.
-- Check out my blog and podcast "The Renaissance Woodworker" at www.rogersfinewoodworking.com/blog
HallTree
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posted 226 days ago
Nice shop. You can’t have too much wood. You have to have wood before you build a project.
-- Ron in Osseo, Minnesota
Allison
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posted 226 days ago
Yep! I sure would like to enter a shop like that and call it mine! Great job.
-- Allison, Northeastern Ca. Remember, Amateurs built the Ark. Professionals built the Titanic!
ShannonRogers
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posted 225 days ago
To all those who think the shop is too clean and the proof of my last post. This is what happens when I accidentally leave a roll of paper towels on the table saw during the day. Notice the missing plug on the shop vac as well. I forgot to coil it and hang it up. Anyone interested in a Golden Retriever puppy?
Now do you see why I clean up so often, it is not just because I am anal retentive!
-- Check out my blog and podcast "The Renaissance Woodworker" at www.rogersfinewoodworking.com/blog
blackdogwoodshop
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posted 190 days ago
It’s good to see your shop get messy! I like the the pull out storage you have for cut-offs in the second picture. I may have to find a way to incorporate that idea into my shop.
-- Daniel, Southern Indiana -- "Have nothing in your home that you do not know to be useful or believe to be beautiful." -- http://blackdogwoodshop.etsy.com
Scott Bryan
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posted 186 days ago
Hi Sahannon,
Thanks for the update. I can well understand why you clean it up. By the way is the shop vac missing its plug? I assume that they just got bored because you weren’t paying them any attention. :)
-- With God's help all things are possible- even woodworking. Woodworking is not just a hobby, it is an (expletive deleted) expensive hobby.
againstthegrain
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posted 186 days ago
I like it! Looks very workable AND comfortable.
-- Anchul - Warrensburg, MO: As a Pastor, I am just trying to get closer to Jesus. He was a woodworker too.