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mickyd wrote:You currently have some very under utilized space under your Mark V. Shame, shame!!! Other than that, looks great.

It's not under utilized anymore! That picture is a couple weeks old and I've crammed a lot more in there now. In fact, upon opening the door, you can't even see the Mark V anymore.

Geez, Heath. I thought that my garage was crowded but now I realize that I have a luxurious space to work and store my stuff. I can actually walk between my two Shopsmiths. Thanks for the courage folks. Once I get these two bookcases, the cedar chest and hall mirror, maybe I can get my shop to look a little more like Ed's. Wow! Great organization and I hope I can get a few of those ideas put in place. Thanks for those ideas. Hoping for cooler weather so I can do more.

Recent posts by others who may remain nameless (Mark) have shamed me into trying to create some sort of order out of my beloved chaos. I thank them (him) and while I will never achieve his level of organization I am making steps. Some of you with small shops may think that storage is not a problem for those of us blessed with large shops. Foolish lads, it just takes us a little longer to clutter them up, not much but a little. When I built my shop I was building a whole house full of new cabinets and furniture for our reno and needed to store a lot of Walnut and Birch plywood. I built a quite large storage area for it that is now underutilized but I now have a growing pile of precious veneer bits and pieces and a lot of offcuts that when you are doing small inlays may still find a use.

Here are some before and after shots of my solution:

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Works out to about 66 square feet of additional horizontal space that I can actually access.

Paul M

Well I'd say that was a MAJOR improvement. Thanks Mark. (oh...and shipwright thanks you too!!)

I like it. I think I can copy it in my shop.

mickyd wrote:Well I'd say that was a MAJOR improvement. Thanks Mark. (oh...and shipwright thanks you too!!)

I am always happy to be an inspiration to others Mike!:D

shipwright wrote:Recent posts by others who may remain nameless (Mark) have shamed me into trying to create some sort of order out of my beloved chaos. I thank them (him) and while I will never achieve his level of organization I am making steps. Some of you with small shops may think that storage is not a problem for those of us blessed with large shops. Foolish lads, it just takes us a little longer to clutter them up, not much but a little. When I built my shop I was building a whole house full of new cabinets and furniture for our reno and needed to store a lot of Walnut and Birch plywood. I built a quite large storage area for it that is now underutilized but I now have a growing pile of precious veneer bits and pieces and a lot of offcuts that when you are doing small inlays may still find a use.

Here are some before and after shots of my solution:

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Works out to about 66 square feet of additional horizontal space that I can actually access.

Paul M

Why on earth did you not book the drawer fronts?:D

Sorry, Just some old walnut ply that's been cluttering up the plywood rack since I finished the kitchen cabinets five years ago. It does line up top to bottom. Do I get points for that?

Paul M

shipwright wrote:Sorry, Just some old walnut ply that's been cluttering up the plywood rack since I finished the kitchen cabinets five years ago. It does line up top to bottom. Do I get points for that?

Paul M

Sure! All you have to do is move the bottom drawer up to the top and bump them all down one position.

Sorry for the loose use of the term 'booking'.

As if you needed points!:rolleyes:

JPG40504 wrote:Why on earth did you not book the drawer fronts?:D

OK, I did book the drawer fronts on my lathe bench, but that was a veneer project. Been there, done that.


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Paul M