Brad's Workshop

This is a very nice well organized and neat as a pin.

-- http://artisticwoodstudio.com Custom furniture

is it usually that organized? It looks like a good place to escape to.

-- There is nothing like the sound of a well tuned hand plane. - http://timetestedtools.wordpress.com (timetestedtools at hotmail dot c0m)

I love shop picks. They tell the style of the owner. Nice setup and a whole bunch of cool tools. Looks like a winner to me.

-- Superdav "No matter where you go - there you are." http://chiselandforge.com

Nice looking shop it even looks like work happens in it!

-- Shameless - Winner of two Stumpy Nubs Awards

Thanks for your feedback guys.

Don, when I’m in the middle of a project, my bench is covered with sawdust, shavings, tools, and project parts. In the evenings, I fire up the shopvac to suck up wood debris so that it doesn’t get tracked into the house. To my lady’s credit, she doesn’t give me grief about tracking in stuff. But, then again, it’s just common courtesy for me to minimize that.

At the end of each project, I put all the tools away and clean everything up. I find that the shop is more inviting when I do that and it calls to me to come use it. Then I’ll have a marathon (hour max) sharpening session to touch up my chisels after each project. My plane blades get touched up after every few projects.

Given that I have such little shop space, I’m forced to be well organized. I really, really like having the planes I use on every project on a shelf immediately behind my bench. And having my joinery saws close at hand has been extremely convenient too. My handsaws are off to the side, which is ok, because when I need to dimension stock, I open the garage door and do my sawing on a saw bench on the stoop.

-- "People's lives are their own rewards or punishments."

Looks like a great place to work. Enjoy the time you spend in it.

-- dnick, North Hollywood, Ca.

very nice shop,clean and organized.also nice collection of hand tools!!!

-- Marty.Athens,AL