| Workshop by bkhop | posted 552 days ago | 1180 reads | 0 times favorited | 11 comments |  |
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In my workshop I’ve currently got mostly Shopsmith tools, due to the fact that I’m in the garage (which is a “nasty” word – it has been officially renamed “the workshop”.) My wife seems to think that the part of the house with the big door in front is for the van… I can’t seem to convince her that vehicles go outside. Oh, well…
I’ve got a Shopsmith Mark V (520) and a Shopsmith “mini” – a SS jointer, planer, bandsaw, scrollsaw, and strip sander. I use a DeWalt 746 with Jointech SawTrain for the real bulk of the tablesaw/router station work. I try my hand at just about everything, but like mainly to do cabinet work and lathe work.
UPDATE – Well, it was finally time to make the shop a bit more usable and space-friendly. It was a long time coming… a complete shop tear-down isn’t something I looked forward to. Anyway, it is done and back in order and I think the results speak for themselves.
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(Click on each of the pix to get the full scope – lots is missing in each photo.)
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Shopsmith planer – also a 6” jointer on the Shopsmith “mini.” Sharpening station on the other end of the mini.
This is the boys’ area:
Scrollsaw, etc.
Full-size Shopsmith with bandsaw – with Kreg fence. Shopsmith is set up here as a molder. 
New outfeed table/assembly table/storage. (This was my winter project.)
Table saw with router station – Jointech system; like Incra, but better (in my opinion)
Outfitted with the digital Smartlift.
And, finally, the workbench. Not the greatest, but it works for me.
-- † Hops †
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oscorner
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posted 546 days ago
hops, post some pics when you get a chance. Welcome to LumberJocks.
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bkhop
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posted 546 days ago
oscorner –
there you go!
-- † Hops †
Chip
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posted 546 days ago
Nice setup Hops… tell your wife you’re thinking of placing some tools IN the van to get more room to work and I’ll bet she says it can stay outside. ;-)
-- Better to say nothing and be thought the fool... then to speak and erase all doubt.
bkhop
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posted 546 days ago
I keep telling her that that’s why the vehicles have paint on them, but she doesn’t seem to understand. Perhaps your suggestion will work!
Actually, she’s quite understanding – her father’s a woodworker, too. She grew up around sawdust. I really can’t complain.
-- † Hops †
oscorner
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posted 545 days ago
Thanks for the pictures! I like that fence that you have on your bandsaw. I need one like that on mine.
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lclashley
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posted 545 days ago
Thanks a nice looking router set-up.
bkhop
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posted 544 days ago
The router is my workhorse Porter Cable 7518 in a Jointech SmartLift, digital. The digital is pretty cool – I was about to buy a different one but then caught wind that the digital one from Jointech was in the works, so I waited. This is my first-ever router lift!
I mount the bit, the “zero out” the readout and then raise the bit to the height I need/want, and then record that information in my books. Then, if I have to go back and re-do (or wish to re-create it, or whatever) I have near-perfect repeatability. It has saved me more than once already. It is pretty slick being able to raise the bit a 1000th… and yes, that very little bit does make a difference!
-- † Hops †
Scott Bryan
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posted 189 days ago
Hi Hops,
This is a nice looking shop space that you have and a nice set of tools to play with. Congrats on getting the vehicles outside. I can honestly say that if I tried to do that with my wife’s truck I would be outside before her truck would be. I am just glad I had the foresight to add a third garage in our walk-out basement. My truck sits outside but I am not complaining.
Thanks for sharing.
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Napaman
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posted 155 days ago
just clicked on all the photos and wow…great shop…nice to see all the SS gear!! this summmer I hope to build a shed…so i can move all the “stuff” in my “garage” out…and make my “garage” into a more usable space as a SHOP…nice to see it can be done in a small space…
-- Matt, Napa, CA...142 days to sanity...
Kipster
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posted 151 days ago
Nice job on the shop rework.
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Grumpy
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posted 150 days ago
Some great equipment there Hops.
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