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Project by rainman posted 54 days ago 1035 views 5 times favorited 32 comments Add to Favorites Watch

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


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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

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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.

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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

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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

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CharlieM1958

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posted 54 days ago

Beautiful carving shop!

-- Charlie M. "Woodworking - patience = firewood"

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Beginningwoodworker

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posted 54 days ago

That is going to be a great shop.

-- CJIII Future cabinetmaker

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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

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FrankLad

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posted 54 days ago

Fantastic! Seems very warm and inviting! Well done!

-- Frank, Mississippi, http://www.stoutwoodworks.com

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TopamaxSurvivor

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posted 54 days ago

Nice job and welcome aboard!!

-- Debt is nothing more than the 21st Century's form of slavery.

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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

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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

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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

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George Barreras

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posted 54 days ago

This is an absolutely outstanding post & beam workshop. Greeeeat job!

-- Nubs,Reserve

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a1Jim

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posted 54 days ago

Looks wonderful nice design

-- Jim from Heirloom Woodshop Southern Oregon

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RobS

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posted 54 days ago

Very cool.. Nice work.

-- Rob (A) Waxahachie,TX

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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.

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woodworm

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posted 54 days ago

Very nice shop. I like the arched windows.

-- masrol, kuala lumpur, MY.

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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

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HarleySoftailDeuce

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posted 54 days ago

That is really nice work! I too love post & beam construction.

-- Paul, Bristol,Rhode Island

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RexMcKinnon

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posted 53 days ago

very nice

-- If all you have is a hammer, everything looks like a nail!

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roman

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posted 53 days ago

Thats absoliutly beautiful and a fine job of it.

-- http://www.furnituremann.ca/

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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

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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.

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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

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ND2ELK

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posted 50 days ago

That is quite the building! Great work! Thanks for posting.

God Bless
tom

-- Mc Bridge Cabinets, Iowa

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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)

-- I'm a Software guy who loves to work in the real world!

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Tony Ennis

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posted 21 days ago

Good heavens I’m impressed!

-- Tony

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dustygirl

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posted 21 days ago

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?

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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

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