The American Craftsman Shop #6: It's Operational!

Looking Good Todd.

-- Grumpy - "Always look on the bright side of life"- Monty Python

Looks like the difference between night and day! Great job.

-- Gary, East TX -- The longest journey begins with a single step.

Bright and beautiful!

-- "Bordnerizing" perfectly good lumber for over a decade.

Todd-

I am jealous that is a sweet shop. I hope to getting into redoing my shop in a few short weeks too. Beautiful man, really nice.

-- Kaleo , http://www.kaleosworkshop.com

Now that’s what I’m talkin’ about! I guess everyone will know where to find you from now on….

-- --Chuck

much brighter!!
Enjoy your “new” work space

-- "Functional WoodArt" by Debbie, Canada (http://www.execulink.com/~yohan)

I know your answer to the question “How would you like your shop? Original recipe or extra spiffy?”

You’re obviously an extra spiffy kinda guy ;)

-- "Give me your poor tools, your tired steel, your huddled masses of rust." Yep, I ripped off the Statue of Liberty. That's how I roll!

Wow!!! No wonder you want to get to work. Having a shop like this would be an inspiration to most anyone. Besides it is looking too clean. Let’s generate some dust and inaugurate it.

Great work.

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

Nice shop, happy WW’ing in it!

Very nice Todd, add me to crowd of envious onlookers.

-- Grant...."GO BUCKEYES"

Vast improvement in the light. As we age our eyes don’t pick up light as well and we need more of it. Us grandpas gotta be careful. It really looks much better. You can stop and admire it for a little while, it’s OK.

-- Thos. Angle, Owyhee Design, Oregon

Count me in as jealous. I keep hearing that making the shop a nice place to visit really improves the work. You’ve even got tunes and a microwave. Nice.
Thanks for the insperation.

(Cute little cabinet by the red toolbox)

Steve

-- Stevethepeeve -- I'm no rocket surgeon

Todd,

Looks great! I’m envious of the space that you have. Man, you’re putting on the pressure for me to get to all those shop upgrades that I have in my head…

-- Mark, Webster New York, Visit my website at http://thecraftsmanspath.com

The wall board and painting sure has made your workshop lighting so much brighter. I am one of those who appreciates a brightly lite work space.

Nice looking workshop.

Dalec

Mark Mazzo – My plan is working. I hope to spark motivation through shop envy. I am interested to see what improvements others will make.

Thos. – It sounds crazy, but I notice that I need more light for critical work already. I can’t be that old yet. You have to realize the shop walls will darken with cabinets on the walls.

-- Todd A. Clippinger, Montana, http://amcraftsman.com

man im jealous to
i wish that i had a nice shop like that with all those nice tools
great job

Great shop Todd. Nice bright workspace, well laid out.

-- Maplewood, MN

”The shop is not finished but it is operational” …the story of every woodshop in the world, Todd. Looks inspirational, though. I would love to stop by sometime. I’m glad you have been posting all the pictures. Have fun working!

-- Dust collectors suck.

Hi; I’m really new to LJs and have been viewing many of the video’s. Came across the inteview you had and searched you to find your home project pages. Looked over your site and am really impress with some of your work. Just wanted to let you know your shop looks great.

Plan to peek in on you from time to time to see more of your work and a finished shop.
Great job
Jim

-- JJohn

Missed this the first time around – looks great!

My wife just asked to do a double take, and then she said, “You need a shop like that one of these days.” I asked when we could do that – she replied, “When you buy me a new house.” So, looks like it’ll be the little 12×17 for a quite-a-while!

-- Dorje (pronounced "door-jay"), Seattle, WA