| Workshop by jaspr | posted 416 days ago | 339 reads | 1 time favorited | 10 comments |  |
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Welcome to my workshop …
the home of chaos and clutter … or clean and calming – depending on where I am at in a project – and my state of mind!
pros – nice rural outlook through two windows and large sliding glass doors; a pot-belly wood stove for those icy cold Canberra mornings; I can work on full sheets of ply through my saw and 8’ lenghts of timber through my jointer and planer (with a bit of shoving my big tools around a little )as most things are on wheels; I’ve managed to get a lot into a small space!
cons – can get a bit cramped when I’m disorganised; not enough power points requiring too much reliance on power cords draped around the place (I’ve only tripped over once – had a horridly swollen and blackened thumb nail to prove it – a turning blank (for band saw box, not turning – I have no lathe) fell onto it from a height; I need to put in some overhead ducts for a stationary dust collector – I hate! having to drag my current one around to connect to the big tools; I really need to build that work bench!
We live on a rural block and the workshop is in, what we here in Australia, proudly refer to as “the Shed”.
Eucalypts through the window!
And my lovely tablesaw .. it shows up the workbench, though!
I love my bandsaw.
And just to show that I do use hand tools, as well.
Hope you liked it.
-- cheers, Claire (in Oz!)
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10 comments so far
Karson
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posted 416 days ago
Great looking shop. How do you like the extension roller bed.
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WayneC
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posted 416 days ago
Great shop and tools.
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jaspr
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posted 416 days ago
Thanks guys.
Karson – the roller extension thingo is great. I kept meaning to build a proper extension table, but was putting it off. Than I came a cross the roller. It has separate height adjusters on each leg, so it took a little while to get the height on all four level with my saw table. But now it is set up I don’t change them. But you could, if you wanted to use it on a different machine. This was the main advantage over a dedicated extension table. And I have moved it to the left side to operate as a side support for longer cross cuts, too.
It works well.
-- cheers, Claire (in Oz!)
MsDebbieP
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posted 415 days ago
great shop/write-up! :)
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piper
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posted 415 days ago
Nice shop wish I had that kind of room so I know what you mean when it gets diorganized its cluttered
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rentman
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posted 415 days ago
very nice!
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GazAlyDesign
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posted 356 days ago
Like the shed Clare. Great to see aussie inginuity with Triton gear, the Wasp sander etc.
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oscorner
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posted 331 days ago
Nice collection of hand tools and power tools.
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Scott Bryan
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posted 162 days ago
Great looking shop. I love the natural light and your hand tool collection is fabulous. You have a well organized shop with plenty of space and a nice set of tools with which to work.
Thanks for the post.
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Grumpy
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posted 72 days ago
G’Day Claire, Nice looking shed. My dad was born in Bungendore so I guess we have something in common.
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