Thomas's Workshop

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?

-- W James Brokenbourgh Custom furniture maker http://artisticwoodstudio.com/

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.

-- Challenges are what make life interesting; overcoming them is what makes life meaningful- Joshua Marine

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, Irvine, CA

Hey Thomas,
Post some pic’s when time permits.

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.

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

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, Irvine, CA

Thomas,

Sonds like you have a great shop. But…...........

John

-- John -- Racine, WI -- Woodworking..."It's not just a Hobby, it's an Adventure"

Thomas, thats a nice workshop!

-- CJIII Future cabinetmaker

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.

-- Challenges are what make life interesting; overcoming them is what makes life meaningful- Joshua Marine