Very Nice looking shop 
and clean...
But I would like to see a good shot of the one below, and what you use to make It.
Bj
and clean... But I would like to see a good shot of the one below, and what you use to make It.
Bj
A Little Tour of my Little Shop!....
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Well it has been awhile since I took any photos of my shop. 2 years ago I started to really make a decent shop for myself. If you could see what I used to call a shop... you would laugh. Still the same spot....the front portion of a 1 car garage. The area measures 8 foot deep to the back wall and 13 feet wide. I also use about a 2 foot deep area down the side of the garage for storage of sheet goods and a dresser that holds the miter saw and belt/disk sander. I have continued to add a few pieces of equipment and have since added some additional storage with some garage sale dressers that work nicely for benchtop tools and I also have added some of the kitchen upper cabinets that I removed from our kitchen ( remodel ongoing ) Anyway, thought I would post a few photos:
Photo 1: This is the one of the dressers that contain pen blanks, pen parts and other tools and small pieces of wood. Also this is where the router table sits along with the benchtop drill press that is bolted down to the top. Works great!
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Photo 2: Cabinet that I built to hold my cordless drills, routers, circ saws, hand tools, router table items and of course storage for tool chests and above that storage for clamps etc.
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Photo 3: The scroll saw fits in between the 2 cabinets on the back wall. In the corner is the cabinet that has my turning sharpening station on top of it along with the shop radio and the battery charging area. Wood storage below.
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Photo 4: Table saw and the cabinets I added from the kitchen above game me some great new storage.
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Photo 5: Close up of the cabinet that houses my stock for making boxes as well as some of my turning stock.
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Photo 6: This is the turning station. I built the cabinet to hold my PSI mini lathe and it is mobile as I usually pull this out and work in the middle of the shop. Holds turning tools and supplies as well. Another cabinet above from the kitchen remodel. That's a little screw driver handle turning project I am working on.
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Photo 7: This is a shot of another one of the garage sale dressers that gives lots of storage and I have my little benchtop sander, mitersaw storage here as well.
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Photo 8 & 9: This is my mobile workbench. Nothing pretty but it works for me. This was a home center wood bench that I rehabbed. I placed casters on it and covered it with masonite, enclosed it. Below is storage for my aircompressor so it is always handy and storage for my cased nail guns and a few other cased tools. The van pulls right up to the back of it and I still have room to walk into the shop area and work behind the bench etc.
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I hope you have enjoyed my shop tour as small as it is but I call it home! Just shows you can work in a small space.
Photo 1: This is the one of the dressers that contain pen blanks, pen parts and other tools and small pieces of wood. Also this is where the router table sits along with the benchtop drill press that is bolted down to the top. Works great!
Photo 2: Cabinet that I built to hold my cordless drills, routers, circ saws, hand tools, router table items and of course storage for tool chests and above that storage for clamps etc.
Photo 3: The scroll saw fits in between the 2 cabinets on the back wall. In the corner is the cabinet that has my turning sharpening station on top of it along with the shop radio and the battery charging area. Wood storage below.
Photo 4: Table saw and the cabinets I added from the kitchen above game me some great new storage.
Photo 5: Close up of the cabinet that houses my stock for making boxes as well as some of my turning stock.
Photo 6: This is the turning station. I built the cabinet to hold my PSI mini lathe and it is mobile as I usually pull this out and work in the middle of the shop. Holds turning tools and supplies as well. Another cabinet above from the kitchen remodel. That's a little screw driver handle turning project I am working on.
Photo 7: This is a shot of another one of the garage sale dressers that gives lots of storage and I have my little benchtop sander, mitersaw storage here as well.
Photo 8 & 9: This is my mobile workbench. Nothing pretty but it works for me. This was a home center wood bench that I rehabbed. I placed casters on it and covered it with masonite, enclosed it. Below is storage for my aircompressor so it is always handy and storage for my cased nail guns and a few other cased tools. The van pulls right up to the back of it and I still have room to walk into the shop area and work behind the bench etc.
I hope you have enjoyed my shop tour as small as it is but I call it home! Just shows you can work in a small space.
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HI Corey
The url's that are 5 yard long will post just fine
Just paste them in and the Forum server will make them shorter by default.
But it will retain the full url address, and will just show about 25 characters.
Bj
The url's that are 5 yard long will post just fine
Just paste them in and the Forum server will make them shorter by default.
But it will retain the full url address, and will just show about 25 characters.
Bj
Thanks
Bj
Bj
Well Corey....
You got that shop looking good, but come to think of it, you have always had it looking good
I'm jealous of the deer antler, I'm going to get some and do pens when I can find it. Looks like little red is still hanging in there and doing a great job. I knew that would be a good model when we bought them.
Hope the back is improving and the kitchen moving forward for you.
Take care
You got that shop looking good, but come to think of it, you have always had it looking good
I'm jealous of the deer antler, I'm going to get some and do pens when I can find it. Looks like little red is still hanging in there and doing a great job. I knew that would be a good model when we bought them.
Hope the back is improving and the kitchen moving forward for you.
Take care
I'm going to hold you to it
Of course I'd be willing to trade some wood balnks for some if he runs up on any shed offs.
Of course I'd be willing to trade some wood balnks for some if he runs up on any shed offs.
Thanks Steve... it is changing pretty quickly. I continue to change the cabs in the shop as I work on my kitchen remodel. I think the sink base cabinet will be replacing the old dresser. That router table isn't used now since I built my mini and the oak park table. The Bench Dog is nice just too small for what I wanted to do with it. If all goes well, it will be on it's way to Denver in a couple weeks in a moving van...thanks to the Denver buyer's mother in law over in Omaha
Corey
Corey
Corey,
Very impressive... Very NICE... :sold:
You keep saying "Small Shop"... What is your definition of "Small"?
It looks like you have a nice space to put all that stuff!
Looks like you're in a basement where it's nice & cool during the summer, etc.
I wish I had more space in which to play...
I've been working on a Floor Plan using the Google Sketchup program, which is very cool BTW... it's FREE but, there is a learning curve.
Thank you... a COOL setup.
Very impressive... Very NICE... :sold:
You keep saying "Small Shop"... What is your definition of "Small"?
It looks like you have a nice space to put all that stuff!
Looks like you're in a basement where it's nice & cool during the summer, etc.
I wish I had more space in which to play...
I've been working on a Floor Plan using the Google Sketchup program, which is very cool BTW... it's FREE but, there is a learning curve.
Thank you... a COOL setup.
Corey, I'm amazed at the way you have fitted all that equipment into such a small space. Just wait till you're kitchen is finished, I doubt that things will stay that clean! By the way, you're table saw wheel base, the stand appears to be the same construction as that on my router table and this is how I made it mobile.
I've just noticed that the second shot. shows how I did it to my band-saw.
I've just noticed that the second shot. shows how I did it to my band-saw.
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