workshop organizing

Roomy little setup you have there, and neat and organized and clean and colorful, just great

-- Mike, Bruce Mississippi = Jack of many trades master of none

WOW. Clean every day! I sort of clean mine once a week.

-- Bruce from Central New York

Looks like a great place to carve or create saw dust. I like it, very neat! The turntable is a great idea. What are the shop dimensions?

-- Bill, Florida

Very nice !

-- Growing older but not up!

That’s nice Cathy. I’m in the middle of getting mine set up and this gives me some hope that some day I will actually be able to have room for a project. I’ve tried to start a few, but get tired of moving things just to have 5 feet of clean space.

I love the utensil turntable. I have one I’m not using … guess I’ll take it out to the shop. :)

-- Teri, Kokomo, IN

Looks great.

I’ve been making an effort to at least pick up my tools every time I’m finished in the shop for the day. The sawdust I only clean up when the project is finished.

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

Man Cathy, I wish I could get my shop to look half that good. I guess it would take a womens touch but its to filthy for my wife to go into. lol, mike

-- Mike. mwurm13@yahoo.com

Thanks for the comments..the size of the building is 30’x40’ and we split it in half, one side is my carving side, the other is now a wood shop area. I just feel it’s easier to make something without having to keep picking up things I am not using. Also plan on making some pencil holders and going to buy a case of them! I’ll post that project later! The turn table really is a cheap way to keep what your using at the time, so go grab that one! LOL Thanks again!

-- Cathy Krumrei

Your shop is cleaner than my kitchen! Seriously, I get shop envy because half of Texas blows through my shop every day.

Since you are requesting suggestions, the only suggestion I have is to think about some sort of possibly removable tables the same height as the mitre saw table. Perhaps the could sit on the countertop on either side of the saw, in line with the saw fence. Makes cutting long stuff sooo much easier, but that all depends on your projects and methods of operation.

Thanks for posting!!

-- There's no tool like an old tool...

Looks like you could perform surgery on your workbench, its so clean! Nice shop!

-- If you think healthcare is expensive now, wait until it's free! PJ O'Rourke

You know that is a very good idea Texasgaloot! Having the miter saw near the larger table would really be the best place to use it. I can make it the exact height so that what needs cutting will lay right on the table and you won’t have to use the holder I have. Sometimes that can be a pain to deal wtih too. And I’ll make it with locking wheels and even have a place to put a clamp to hold it in place. Thanks! Now I have another project!
I admit my shop isn’t as clean during any project time! But yes it does get cleaned up when I finish my project. I can’t help it. Just the way I work. I won’t show you my lathe side! That one does get a messy with the chips flying..and yes I do clean up after I am done for the day. Not by project! Thanks all for the nice comments and sharing some more ideas to help make our shop easier to work in.

-- Cathy Krumrei

That’s a great little shop you got there.

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

Organization….. Whats that?

-- WoodChucker, Sherwood Park, Alberta

Far to clean Cathy, I wouldn’t know where to find anything if mine was like that.

Bob C.

-- Bob C, Australia. There are two theories to arguing with a woman and neither of them work.

Very nice space, but you need more “stuff”! Too uncluttered and clean. I try to keep things in order now that I’m taking over the wood workshop and vaccuum up at the end of the day but it sure doesn’t look this clean and uncluttered. Look at all that wonderful counter space!

-- "They who dream by day are cognizant of many things which escape those who dream only by night." ~ Edgar Allan Poe

The “stuff” is in “their” little places. That’s what makes it look so clean! LOL But it can get a bit messy when I am working on something. Why is it as soon as I work in here..hubby decides he needs to do something at the same time?? LOL Oh well…I give in and give him a (little) bit of tabletop. Share…share….and that means cleaning it up too! It’s really nice to have only shop things in here. Makes things so much easier and projects go faster too. And in a way it’s set up like a kitchen…no walking OVER there…to use something. (course I try to stay out of the kitchen as much as possible!) Triangle design as much as possible. Of course heavier machines on wheels. But it’s comfy and I spend more time here than the house.

-- Cathy Krumrei

Nice workshop!

-- CJIII Future cabinetmaker

DO YOU HAVE A SISTER????!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

-- BUILT TO LAST WOODWORKS, West Blocton, Alabama

Yes, I have 3 sisters..none have a shop. :-( I’m the nutty one…LOL

-- Cathy Krumrei

Nice shop, does the TV suck up a lot of sawdust being beside the mitre saw and sander like that?

-- ...it's rennovation time!!!