Here is my 9'x15' shop. A lot of work has gone into it over the last 3.5 years. The building was already on the lot when I bought the house, but it had little insulation in it and the electrical turned out to be a long power cord run through conduit under the ground and plugged into an outside socket. First thing, my wife's cousin is an electrician and he ran two 15 amp circuits into my shop from the main breaker box and put in more electrical outlets. I then finished insulating the walls and the ceiling, and have put up peg board and plywood walls on the inside. That is still a work in progress. The first workbench was a couple of what I think were the old kitchen cabinets and counter top. The wall cabinets also came from the kitchen. I still have the cabinets and use the counter tops as my workbench. There were actually two counter tops in the shop, and I took one and built a bench for it to go on top. Of course I am still in the process of re-arranging things as I do more woodwork. A small heater and a small portable A/C work fine in keeping the temperature comfortable now. The lights, fans, and heater/AC are all on one circuit while the power tools use another. I never use more than one power tool at a time so it works out.
Looking from the outside in.
Step inside and turn to your left.
Now just start turning a circle to your right. My benchtop belt sander is on a rolling cabinet with moveable shelves. Inside the cabinet is a bench grinder. Each tool is bolted to their own shelf/platform, which sit on cleats. Got the idea from one of Wood Magazines Shop tips publications.
Router and router table secured to its own bench that fits underneath the wall cabinets nicely. Easily slides out when I am ready to use it. Also the bench makes for a nice low bench for assembling something tall, just remove the router table. The flask of brandy and bottle of Drambuie are for when I am waiting for the glue to dry.
Scroll saw, pretty much gets used right in that same spot. May turn the bench it is on slightly to work.
Miter saw on a rolling cabinet and also see my "lumber storage area" and AC. I have to get a new duct for the AC. After a couple of years the tube went brittle.
Oh, I suppose you want to see the Shopsmith along with the under-Smith cabinet that I built for it.
Another view of the workbench. I think I am going to rearrange things so that the workbench is up against the back and side wall instead of having space between the work bench and back wall.
My workbench also contains very basic shelving.
Interesting fact, the miter slots on the 500 table hold a 50 ring gauge cigar perfectly.
