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Hello and thanks for all your welcome e-mails. My first project also happens to be my very small workshop in my back yard. I really like post and beam construction. When I decided to build my own space outside the house , I knew it had to be a true post and beam. By keeping it small I could also keep it affordable. A lot of my materials are recycled and scavenged from local friends of mine who are contractors. I enjoyed working with slick, chisels and other old tools to create curved corner braces ,housed dovetails and shouldered mortise and tennons that make up this tiny shop. It’s only 10ft X 14ft . I designed it myself, and got most of my Ideas from books by Ted Benson and David and Jeanie Stiles. I love spending time in it especially on cold winter days when I can crank up my little wood stove and attempt to carve something. Carving is something I’m not really great at but I’m learming.
-- So much wood, So little time



































32 comments so far
rickf16
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posted 54 days ago
I have workshop envy! That has to be the nicest shop I’ve seen in a while. Very well done.
-- Rick
spanky46
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posted 54 days ago
Nice work Rainman and welcome to Lumberjocks!
-- spanky46 -- Never enough clamps...Never enough tools...Never enough time.
grizzman
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posted 54 days ago
im looking at your shop and its beautiful jointery, and it just makes me smile…wonderful job..you have my applause….i think i would love to live in it as well…....i to love my shop ..although its a bit bigger then yours…mine is 20×30..and somtimes i wish it were smaller , your size is very comfy and very doable…it looks like blue mountain pine that you used…well enjoy your new shop…i look forward to seeing your carvings and whatever else you do…if you can do jointery like that on your shop..then i do look forward to piecies of furniture also…...thanks for showing your new shop , thanks for the smile…grizzman
-- The Grizzone
SgtSnafu
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posted 54 days ago
Awesome joinery on the frame construction for your workshop – Welcome to LumberJock’s.
Thanks for sharing
-- ~ SgtSnafu - Central North Carolina
CharlieM1958
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posted 54 days ago
Beautiful carving shop!
-- Charlie M. "Woodworking - patience = firewood"
Beginningwoodworker
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posted 54 days ago
That is going to be a great shop.
-- CJIII Future cabinetmaker
Woodwrecker
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posted 54 days ago
Absolutely one of the coolest projects posted in quite a while!
That frame construction is fantastic.
Can’t wait to see it finished!
-- Eric
FrankLad
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posted 54 days ago
Fantastic! Seems very warm and inviting! Well done!
-- Frank, Mississippi, http://www.stoutwoodworks.com
TopamaxSurvivor
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posted 54 days ago
Nice job and welcome aboard!!
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StevenAntonucci
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posted 54 days ago
I love it. Will you add a storage loft or keep it open
-- Steven
Packman
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posted 54 days ago
Awesome …. you should add a small fireplace made of riverstone—scale it to the size of your building.
-- Handcrafted by RJ Paquin - Ohio
Qmoney
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posted 54 days ago
Great job i love the cottage look,i love the windows and the the dovetail joints, keep sending pictures.
-- Monty Q, Columbia, South Carolina.
littlecope
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posted 54 days ago
What an inspiring place to work, Rainman! Super job! Reminds me of Superman’s “Fortress of Solitude”...a place to escape from it all for a little while…I don’t know that I’d want to leave it, though! ;-)
Welcome to LJ’s, Sir!!
-- Mike in Manchester, NH---Unpleasant tasks are simply worthy challenges to improve skills.
vidkid26
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posted 54 days ago
Welcome to LJ’s
That is one gorgeous shop!. I can see that you’re carving is as good as the workmanship in the shop.
Please post more of your work.
rozzi
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posted 54 days ago
Welcome to LJ. Neat idea and it looks like a great place to relax and smell the wood. Looking forward to seeing your carving projects.
-- Duane, Iowa
George Barreras
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posted 54 days ago
This is an absolutely outstanding post & beam workshop. Greeeeat job!
-- Nubs,Reserve
a1Jim
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posted 54 days ago
Looks wonderful nice design
-- Jim from Heirloom Woodshop Southern Oregon
RobS
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posted 54 days ago
Very cool.. Nice work.
-- Rob (A) Waxahachie,TX
tooldad
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posted 54 days ago
Other than the foam board, is there any other insulation? Is that going to be enough for your climate? Great job. I wouldn’t be able to afford the size I need for my workshop to have that style. Love it though.
woodworm
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posted 54 days ago
Very nice shop. I like the arched windows.

-- masrol, kuala lumpur, MY.
HalDougherty
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posted 54 days ago
If you add a room every 6 months or so, you can move in yourself in about 2 years. Great Job!
-- Hal, Tennessee http://www.first285.com
HarleySoftailDeuce
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posted 54 days ago
That is really nice work! I too love post & beam construction.
-- Paul, Bristol,Rhode Island
RexMcKinnon
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posted 53 days ago
very nice
-- If all you have is a hammer, everything looks like a nail!
roman
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posted 53 days ago
Thats absoliutly beautiful and a fine job of it.
-- http://www.furnituremann.ca/
Dan Lyke
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posted 53 days ago
Oh, man! I was just coming to grips with my fairly utilitarian design for a workshop with a living roof, but those curved windows are making me wonder how I can rework it and where I can get IGUs in non-rectangular shapes.
Nice!
-- Dan Lyke, Petaluma California, http://www.flutterby.net/User:DanLyke
mikethetermite
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posted 53 days ago
Beautiful shop.
-- Mike The Termite ~~~~~ Working safely may get old, but so do those who practice it.
Dennis Zongker
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posted 51 days ago
Great Job! Looks like you will have many years of fun carving in your new workshop. Welcome to Lumberjocks.
-- Dennis Zongker
ND2ELK
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posted 50 days ago
That is quite the building! Great work! Thanks for posting.
God Bless
tom
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latman
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posted 49 days ago
Rainmain.
Beautiful work. I’m a newbie here and I’ve drooled over your shed enough to allow my wife to let me build one. My buddies have all seen it too.
Is there any chance that you would be willing to send me a plan of your design at all?
Many thanks
Steve (in Australia)
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Tony Ennis
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Good heavens I’m impressed!
-- Tony
dustygirl
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What a great looking shop you have created.Nice job.
-- Dustygirl..Hastings,Ontario.. How much wood can 1 gal chuck if 1 gal can't cut wood?
cabinetmaster
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posted 21 days ago
Wow what a neat carvers workshop. You did a great job. Now let’s see some great carvings come from there…........LOL
-- Jerry--A man can never have enough tools or clamps