Thanks

Just wanted to say Hi and Thanks to all that have welcomed me aboard. I am nearing retirement (2 years) and am building a 2 bedroom home to celebrate. Health issues limit my total involvement into the project but I do plan on completing as much as I possibly can.

The home is 1200 SF and is on piers (live on the river bottom). Have the sub-flooring completed and used a product called Advantech manufactured by Huber Woods (www.huberwood.com). The material is 3/4” T&G OSB. It is water resistent and has a 50-year warranty. I have not been able to frame due to the constant rains but as soon as the OSB dries, it looks brand new again. Fantastic is all I can say. It’s quite expensive ($28.00 for a 4’x8’ sheet) but is well worth it when is all said and done.

I will be having a carport and will incorporate a 10’x10’ shop. My question is:

If any of you had this to do, how would you design it to optimize your space? I haven’t done any woodworking for a number of years for various reasons but am going to begin anew. I have air tools, drill, miter saw, router, table saw as well as a variety of hand tools. Over time I will be adding equipment. However, because of space limitations, I do need to plan correctly. I have just purchased and setup a portable table for the miter saw. It’s a Denali stand that required my bolting the miter saw to it. My next project will be to build a router table. I’m looking at two different ones. The first would be an add-on to the table saw and the other is a simple table that I recently downloaded the plans to complete.

Because I shake at times, I won’t be doing any fine craftsman type work. I will be doing simple projects to help me relax. Any help will be deeply appreciated.