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Marblehead, MA
United States
Well, less a workshop and more a two car garage, I share my space with two bikes, big buckets of toys, and some beach chairs. During the warm months the shop expands to about 80% of the space, with everything on wheels. But without the benefit of heat during the winter months (and the fact that my wife wants at least one car to fit into the intended purpose of the space), most things collapse down for storage. The table saw and dust collector stay handy, so with space heaters at least some cutting can get done, but any finishing work has to wait till April.
The ‘shop’ is an odd mix of large and medium ‘stationary’ tools and a bunch of hand tools. Including:
- old Craftsman (Emerson) contractor style table saw with Incra fence
- Jet canister dust collector
- Delta 13” planer
- Delta disc sander
- Delta table top drill press
- 10” Porter Cable miter saw
- Porter Cable circular saw
- Several corded and cordless Bosch drills and drivers
- Bosch hand plane
- Porter Cable slot cutter
- Porter Cable orbital sander
- Several Porter Cable routers (one mounted in a table)
- Bosch Colt palm router
- Lots and lots of manual hand tools and measuring devices
- clamps, tons of clamps
-- Thomas, Marblehead, MA
10 comments so far
a1Jim
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posted 26 days ago
Hey Thomas
Welcome to Ljs sounds like a good asortment of tools .All us Ljers love photos of peoples shops do you have a couple you can share?
-- Jim from Heirloom Woodshop, custom furniture ,maker, woodworking school, heirloomwoodshop.com
Scott Bryan
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posted 26 days ago
Thomas, I agree with Jim. Visual tours of other shops are always well received.
Your shop sounds interesting and it is a bummer about the “non-essentials” being stored in there but I guess they have to go somewhere – even if they do take up YOUR shop space. And I can empathize with you about your wife’s car. I am just glad that we added a third garage in our basement when we built. If I had to ask my wife to give up HER garage space I would be out in the weather before her vehicle would be.
I am looking forward to seeing pictures of your shop when you get the opportunity to post them.
-- With God's help all things are possible- even woodworking. Woodworking is not just a hobby, it is an (expletive deleted) expensive hobby.
Thomas
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posted 26 days ago
Yeah, haven’t had a chance to take many pictures, but I’ll get them posted—it is my first few hours here. I’m rushing to finish a kitchen island before good varnishing weather ends.
-- Thomas, Marblehead, MA
Splinterman
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posted 26 days ago
Hey Thomas,
Post some pic’s when time permits.
-- I will just keep doing it till I get it right.
woodworm
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posted 26 days ago
Look like you have the necessary machines & power tools.
Take your time to take some pictures and we are happy to visit your shop again.
Have a nice day!
-- masrol, kuala lumpur, MY.
PineInTheAsh
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posted 15 days ago
Greetings Thomas,
I’ll repeat the above and kindly request some pics of your work space.
Would especially like to see how you store your “tons of clamps.”
Thanks,
Peter
Thomas
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posted 14 days ago
I know, I know. A damaged saw arbor equaled a delay in my project work. Its getting colder, so varnish time is running out—but the saw was put back together and calibrated this weekend. So once I clean up the huge mess from the take apart and get back to finishing my current project, I’ll take some pictures.
-- Thomas, Marblehead, MA
John's Woodshop
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posted 14 days ago
Thomas,
Sonds like you have a great shop. But…...........
John
-- John -- Racine, WI -- Woodworking..."It's not just a Hobby, it's an Adventure"
Beginningwoodworker
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posted 3 days ago
Thomas, thats a nice workshop!
-- CJIII Future cabinetmaker
Scott Bryan
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posted 3 days ago
Thomas, you have a nice shop. It does look like you have quite a bit going on in there but it appears as if you have organized your shop well. And you have some nice tools to play with as well. I particularly like the improvements that you have made with your table saw. The fence system is an inherent weak link with Craftsman contractor saws but adding the Incra fence and miter gauge markedly improved the performance of your saw, I am sure. I used to have a Craftsman saw in my shop and would often spend up to 5 to 10 minutes lining up a cut with the stock fence. If I had made the changes that you did I probably would still be running the saw today.
Thanks for the pictures. I enjoyed touring your shop.
-- With God's help all things are possible- even woodworking. Woodworking is not just a hobby, it is an (expletive deleted) expensive hobby.