What one or two things would you want to add to your shop?

Bringing in better electric supply would be high on my list. But I’d also like to get a disk/belt sander. Oh yes, and that reminds me, I do need to improve on the dust collection…

When asked how much money was “enough”, Howard Hughes was reported to have answered, “just a little bit more”. So it is with tools…

-- Some problems are best solved with an optimistic approach. Optimism shines a light on alternatives that are otherwise not visible.

Keeping it to physical possibilities: I’d like to rewire it from the ground up and to install some form of heating other than space heaters…

Narrowing it to fiscal possibilities: More storage, and some task lighting. These are both planned for this summer.

-- Derek, Bremerton WA --

My shop is 24×14. I would like just an couple extra feet either way. Most of all I would like 2 feet extra ceiling height as I only have 7’ wall height and 8.5 feet to the ridge beam. Other than that I’m as happy as a sand boy!

-- No one plans to fail, they just, just fail to plan

more space!

-- Rob, Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario

My list is ever changing, but the top contenders are…

Insulation
More hand planes and sharpening equipment
More drawers
Better heating and air

-- Shameless - Winner of two Stumpy Nubs Awards

Square footage…..about double would be nice…until next year….then maybe double again…..oh, the dreams of life.

-- Gary; Marysville, MI...Involve your children in your projects as much as possible, the return is priceless.

Well yeah…there’s always that. Sometimes I am certain a 100-acre shop still wouldn’t be big enough. Mine is currently 240 sq ft

-- Shameless - Winner of two Stumpy Nubs Awards

Headroom
My basement shop has 8’-8” ceilings, but ducts and pipes get in the way sometimes, especially when dealing with sheet goods.

Time
Given time I can fix, buy, trade or make pretty much what ever else I need.

-- Michael :-{| Diapers and politicians both need to be changed often; and for the same reason.

For me it would be a bigger shop since my business is growing and a couple of tools that I don’t have. It will happen it just takes time.

-- K & N Furniture Middlebury, In.

A couple thousand bf of hardwood lumber.

-- Visualize whirled peas

A retirement check from my daughters.

-- Bruce http://plans.testsitem3.info http://www.sawmillgirls.com

Shaper and an oscillating spindle sander.

-- Wayne - Plymouth MN

Good one crank

You guys have now changed my list again.
It is now square footage and time.

Interestingly, they both only require money to make them happen. Lots and lots of money. Money to build a bigger shop and money that allows me to quit my full-time job.

-- Shameless - Winner of two Stumpy Nubs Awards

Funny thing is, space isn’t a non issue, but it isn’t my priority. I guess I shouldn’t be shocked. I would love a 2K SQ/FT shop, but this is hobby work / home improvement type stuff I do, I don’t see a huge need… For me it’s all about keeping up the ability to work year round, without impacting the rest of the household.

I picked insulation and electrical because they are in the realm of the not only possible, but on the agenda for this fall… I will most likely epoxy the floor at the same time so I have all the big stuff done.

At 374 sq/ft my shop is not huge, especially when you consider I have a mower, spreader, weed eater, edger, fertilizer, shelves of flower pots and ant baits etc… not to mention bicycles, and shelves of household, and automotive chemicals in there… I need a lawn and garden shed where I store that junk, and one is on the agenda, but that is at least a year, probably 2 away…

-- Manufacturer of fine quality sawdust since 1984. Comments and advice on my shop welcome. Check it out at http://lumberjocks.com/dbhost/workshop. Gladly accepting shop build donations!

My shop list needs
an air purifier.
finish insulation in ceiling
floor for attic area.

-- There is nothing like the sound of a well tuned hand plane. - http://timetestedtools.wordpress.com (timetestedtools at hotmail dot c0m)