How do you share 560 Ft² with all that?

Why not free up some space and use the ShopSmith Scroll Saw and Sanders rather then having them as separate units? I am sure you probably have good reason, I was just curious.

-- Dan - "Collector of Hand Planes"

I do use the ShopSmith Sanding options and use them a lot.
The Hegner scrollsaw is a gift from SWBMT (She Who Buys Me Tools) and is the best scrollsaw I have ever used.
The FlatMaster sander is quite different from the sanding options I have on the ShopSmith.
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Don “Have to go Outside To Change My Mind” Butler

-- The best things in life aren't THINGS.

Sounds like plenty of space to me. But I am tucked into 18×20. Then again, my shop hasn’t seen a car in it for 6 years.

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Try sharing your shop with an electrical business ;-((

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Don, I don’t have your space but I tried to keep both a garage and a shop for a long time. Eventually I just gave up on the garage idea and let my truck sit outside. Not only did it save me time in that I don’t have to tear my shop down each night but it did give me more room for tools.

But from your post I would guess that this option is not viable in your situation. I have often said that I am glad we added the third garage in the basement that I later converted into my shop. It would not be a pretty sight if I had to ask my wife to give up her garage space for my shop needs.

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

Try a 9×30 basement with stair case in the middle of it. I definitely don’t do anything large down there!

-- Tim

Don:

When I built the “Workshop in the Woods” in ‘07, I briefly considered a cabinet saw. However, as big as my new shop seemed to be (24’x28’) I was concerned about having a large machine sitting permanently in “center stage”. Yes, there are mobile bases, but as I was approaching my seventh decade, I was not about to start shoving 500 pound machines around.

I opted for a second Shopsmith, which has worked out very well. In fact, now that I have the new PowerPro DVR motor on one of the machines, I have all the power of a cabinet saw.

-- "Heaven is North of the Bridge"

I think Autumn has the right idea, you just have to swap your car for a bike!!!! :-)
you can get those bikes that have trailers built for them too now!!! :-))

-- Theresa, https://sites.google.com/site/tmj65treasure/

Theresa,

That’s funny!
I can just see 77 year old me, with my 72 year old wife on the crossbar, pedalling the 30 or 40 miles we travel every week to do our errands! LOL LOL LOL LOL

UMMMmmmmmmmmmm NO.

But thanks for the suggestion.

I’ll share it with my sweetheart, Marge.

She’ll get a kick out of it, too!

ddwwb

-- The best things in life aren't THINGS.

I used to have your problem. The biggest pain for me was dragging out and setting up, then having to plan time to put everything back away when it was time to put the cars up. It knocked a big hole in my woodworking time, and took a lot of the fun out of it. I don’t think there really IS a good solution as long as you have to share the space.

-- Robert - Visit my woodworking blog: http://littlegoodpieces.wordpress.com

How do you share 560 Ft² with all that?
My answer is you don’t.
Are you able to put up a carport in front of the garage?
They sell tube framed carports here for around $600.00 With options to put up sides on 2 sides to block weather.
Just a thought! Another thought might be to downsize your car to a smaller electric car which would take up less space.
If nothing else Don, you can console yourself with the knowledge of the fact there are others out here who feel your pain and live the pain of not having enough space. My last shop was 20×36 and the one I’m setting up now is 12×30 so I understand the need for space.

-- I don't make mistakes, I have great learning lessons, Greg

My dream plan is to erect a second story on the garage and take my shop up there.
I wouldn’t have to share with the car then.

Don “Dreaming of More Space” Butler

-- The best things in life aren't THINGS.

I park the Winnebago, the Suburban, and the two Mercedes at one end of the shop, leaving about 4,000 sq. ft. for workspace at the other end.

Oh, wait. That was just a dream. ;-)

The second story on the garage at 77 is more than I would attempt at 71 unless you are going to limit
yourself to small projects and tools unless you install a beam out over a doorway with a power hoist of
some type on it, or live on a hill, so the second story could be accessed from the back. Just hope your
wife does not swap the Subaru for a Dodge Caravan like mine did. I have to expand the shop/garage
sideways by next summer at the latest. If we could not dream, I guess we would not be woodworkers,
I thilnk half the fun is planning, and being pleasantly surprised at the results when we finally get around to
doing it. Have fun and enjoy.

As ever, Gus the 71 yr young laborer, trying to become a carpenters apprentice

-- As ever, Gus-the 74 yr young apprentice carpenter

I have been downsized! I went from a 1300 sq ft shop to a 98 sq ft tool shed.
Needless to say my power tools will stay in storage until I can find a new shop/home and the hand tools came out!
Things take a fair amount longer to build but I am more intimately involved with the wood!

-- Folly ever comes cloaked in opportunity!