Shop Progress

beautiful shop! – I would live in there! heat and cool the shop!.... your my new hero! – Welcome to Lumberjocks

-- The Gnarly Wood Shoppe

That will be a wonderful shop – you are blessed! And air conditioning? Wow…

-- Tom, Surfside Beach, SC - Romans 8:28

That is the same size as my garage . . . er . . . workshop.

I like the columns . . . neat touch.

-- BLOG - http://www.colorfulcanary.com/search/label/Zuki

Very nice. Looks great.

Dave

-- Dave _-^-_ Baltimore, MD

Really great shop!! Welcome to Lumber jocks. I pretty new myself but these guys willmake you feel at home. Now you will have something to do when you take a break and after lunch and befor bed and before going to work and ….. you get the picture.
Tom

-- Thos. Angle, Jordan Valley, Oregon

Thanks guys, the A/C was a “must have” if I was going to do this, I dealt with the garage long enough. I have added a box for a ceiling fan, and with the combination of the windows and a good breeze, I hope not to have to run it often. The columns tie in with those on the front porch of the house, I was trying for a design to blend in more with the house, which is brick, but not look so much like a box in the back, and remembering the neighbor has to look at it too :-) I will post more pix later. Rick

-- Rick, Union,KY firstlightwoodworking.blogspot.com

Ridi
Welcome to LJ. NIce shop. Almost too fancy to put a shop in….......nah. Keep us posted with the progress

-- DocK, WV

Welcome to the site.

That’s a damn good looking shop RickL. You are a lucky man!

One question thought: why no windows on the south side? It’s about preventing excessive heat or rather about avoiding the changing light that can make difficult to match finishes? Wait, now that I think… it’s just because you ran out of place for placing the A/C unit. ;o)

Now you must post those shop details in your workshop tab and start making sawdust. We are eager to see the results.

Well JoJo, your first guess was right, sort of, excess heat, but I also wanted a wall to hang clamps cabinets, etc, so that wall seemed to be best one to do. I am big on natural light as you can tell by the windows I guess and didn’t want to take a window to put that unit in. I am as ready as you guys are to get to the details, all we need is that electricain to show up to tie in the meter.

-- Rick, Union,KY firstlightwoodworking.blogspot.com

It seems to me that you did the right thing. Although in the northern hemisphere it’s unusual to see blind walls on the south side, you are right: it’s the best way to avoid excessive heat. As a side-effect, think that painters often look for ”ateliers” (workshops) that have only northern natural light because it’s the most uniform one. I even recall reading in some article that it’s equally great for avoiding unmatched finishes in a set of pieces. That can happen if you finish one in the hard bright sun of the morning and the next one late in the evening. The light can foul you and make you apply more stain than necessary to the former!

If it serves of anything I can relate about heat: yesterday I recorded 107 F in the shadow out of our bedroom…

Very nice looking shop Rick.

-- Greg Mitchell--Lowell, AR--gdamitchell@sbcglobal.net

I am very envious! Please keep us up to date with new pics as you get it completed.

-- Dan in Central Oklahoma, Able to turn good wood into saw dust in the blink of an eye!

Very nice…..can’t wait to see it finished and some projects posted.

-- Bob, Carver Massachusetts, Sawdust Maker http://www.capecodbaychallenge.org

Welcome to Lumber Jocks Rick – and very nice ship, I’m sure that you will enjoy it.

-- Bill - "Suit yourself and let the rest be pleased." http://www.cajunpen.com/

what a beautiful building. I’d be smiling every time I walked out to it – just because of the welcoming feeling it gives. And then – the shop. Sounds like it is going to be very functional and usable! Nice

-- ~ Debbie, Canada (http://www.execulink.com/~yohan)