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Ed in Tampa wrote:

jsburger wrote:I have built my ideal shop. I spent about 5 years thinking about it before I built it. It is now 6 years old and I have no desire to radically change anything. In fact I have not changed anything at all from the original design/lay out.

It is 30' X 40' with lots of florescent lights and big windows for natural light. It has a bathroom with a laundry sink, toilet and hot water. There is a 10' X 12' finishing room with two windows. A Clearview Max cyclone dust collector and a Quincey 4 cylinder air compressor. Two ceiling mounted air filters in the main shop and one in the finishing room.

I also have an internet connection and DirecTV.

The shop is a combination of Shopsmith and stand alone tools and ALL get used regularly.

Perhaps I am too paranoid but those windows to me invite a break in. I have had my tools stolen too many times. Tools are like gold almost Impossible to trace and easily sold to guys that only care about a bargain.. For some reason they don't seem to be able to connect the dots when offered a $300 tool for $60. Or maybe you they do but simplyy don't care.

Also you have tons of space but how will that shop be to work in when the hip goes or the shoulder no longer allows you to muscle around a full 4x8 of plywood.

Thatval said I like your shop. I have a case of envy!

JPG wrote:One advantage to living at the end of the green grass, is not very many prying eyes around.

BTW status of namesakes?

everettdavis wrote:That is an impressive shop, and the fact that you haven't changed it in those years since building it speaks volumes to your planning knowledge and woodworking skill sets that were already in place when you planned it.

You knew what you needed and wanted, then built it.

I have no where to put a shop that size on my property, even if I could justify it.

Here the City codes are so restrictive to how much of a given property space contains vertical structure, or is covered by sidewalks, driveways etc. that it severely restricts how much you can build, in addition to property offsets etc. I have a super sized corner lot for my neighborhood but still nothing of that nature is permitted.

I know our buddy in Truth or Consequences NM has repurposed his property to expand his as well in the last year or so.

I am very impressed with your shop, but far more impressed with you personally as you have been one of the great helps to me here in the forums as well as helping with JPG to provide me resources and guidance to redo the manuals I have done or are in process now.

Beautifully done shop, John. I
Everett

charlese wrote:Very nice building, John.

Where do you keep your collection of clamps?

jsburger wrote:

Ed in Tampa wrote:

jsburger wrote:I have built my ideal shop. I spent about 5 years thinking about it before I built it. It is now 6 years old and I have no desire to radically change anything. In fact I have not changed anything at all from the original design/lay out.

It is 30' X 40' with lots of florescent lights and big windows for natural light. It has a bathroom with a laundry sink, toilet and hot water. There is a 10' X 12' finishing room with two windows. A Clearview Max cyclone dust collector and a Quincey 4 cylinder air compressor. Two ceiling mounted air filters in the main shop and one in the finishing room.

I also have an internet connection and DirecTV.

The shop is a combination of Shopsmith and stand alone tools and ALL get used regularly.

Perhaps I am too paranoid but those windows to me invite a break in. I have had my tools stolen too many times. Tools are like gold almost Impossible to trace and easily sold to guys that only care about a bargain.. For some reason they don't seem to be able to connect the dots when offered a $300 tool for $60. Or maybe you they do but simplyy don't care.

Also you have tons of space but how will that shop be to work in when the hip goes or the shoulder no longer allows you to muscle around a full 4x8 of plywood.

Thatval said I like your shop. I have a case of envy!

Well, I guess paranoia is a product of where you live. I live out in the country at nearly the end of a dead end road. Nobody driving by except the people that live here. I don't even lock my back door when I leave for the day. I have been here for 22 years with no problems. I have 2 acres that is about 2 miles east of the Great Salt Lake. If I stand on the roof of the shop I can almost see Reno, NV.

What does the size of the shop have to do with "muscle around" a sheet of plywood? If I get to the point I can't do it by myself I won't be able to do it regardless of the shop size.

My original plan was 30' X 50'. The cost of the permit was almost twice the amount for the 30' X 40' (1200 SgFt). The 30' X 40' permit was $866.00.