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Built my 20×26 shop back in 2005, but back then it was mostly just used for a few tools, storage and housing the lawn and garden stuff. It had no insulation or paneling. I rarely spent time out there, because it was either way too hot or too cold.
Fast forward to June 2011…I started working on making the basic shop into a woodworking shop. I spent most of the summer putting in insulation, OSB and painting the walls. I then went through every single item in the shop and organized it. I managed to get all the storage and lawn/garden stuff down to one end of the shop. I then started building in a few items and getting the rest setup for woodworking.
I’m still tweaking and adding stuff as I go. I plan to eventually build in more cabinets and storage and to build more tool specific stands. Hopefully someday, I’ll also be able to build a 10×20 addition to the shop and move all the non-woodworking stuff out, which will give me even more room. This is just a start so far!
-- Handcrafted toys, models & gifts at -- http://www.wolfwoodworks.com
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dbhost
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#1 posted 567 days ago
If that’s just a start, you are off to a much better start than I was! Looks like a nice place to work! You are right on the tool specific storage though. I got tired VERY quickly of having to fish out my bench top tools from under my big bench. I must admit to having a bit of space envy. My shop is a bit smaller at 18×20. Those extra 8’ are really worth having for sure! Then again, even though I have my lawn & Garden stuff in there, it’s not quite on the scale as yours. (no tractor, smaller shop dog…).
That TS looks like one of the newer Ryobi models. I notice you took the sliding miter table off in favor of a shop built miter slot table. How’s that working out for you?
-- 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!
redryder
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#2 posted 567 days ago
Great work benches…..........
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Bertha
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#3 posted 567 days ago
Nice shop! I love the mandatory shop dog pic!
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Beginningwoodworker
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#4 posted 567 days ago
Nice looking workshop.
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wolflrv
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#5 posted 566 days ago
Thx for the comments! The shop dog is still in training..but she’s learning quick!
I have a lot of lawn/garden stuff, due to the 2 acre property I live on. It’s a beast to maintain it. I have a couple of young guys that come and help me various times of the year to clear brush, trim trees and bushes and such. Other than that I do most of the mowing, spraying and composting myself.
As to the table saw, it’s a Ryobi BTS15 (the evil step-child of the Ryobi line) and is no longer in production. It was a “shop-warming” gift several years ago. I’ve made several modifications to it, which I will post in a separate blog entry. It works ok for now. I actually use the miter sled, the shopmade featherboard track and also the blank base plate. Just depends on which I have need of for the cut. So far I’m still using the blade that came on the saw, but a buddy suggested I needed a combo blade, so that’s in the works, when I have a spare $30.
-- Handcrafted toys, models & gifts at -- http://www.wolfwoodworks.com
Eagle1
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#6 posted 566 days ago
Nice shop, it’s a great start. I’m sure it will grow later with the time and the money thats how a lot of us started out.
-- Tim, Missouri ....Inside every older person is a younger person wondering what the heck happened
patron
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#7 posted 566 days ago
from small acorns
do great works grow
welcome to LJ’s
-- david - only thru kindness can this world be whole . If we don't succeed we run the risk of failure. Dan Quayle
JohnnyClem
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#8 posted 559 days ago
Nice shop. I really dig the Dont Mess With Texas sign.
wolflrv
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#9 posted 559 days ago
Thx…native Texan here..so had to have it in the shop!
-- Handcrafted toys, models & gifts at -- http://www.wolfwoodworks.com
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#10 posted 556 days ago
Nice shop :)
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takingturns
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#11 posted 536 days ago
We’ve got a blue merle aussie too! Nice start on the shop.
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