Wood Shop Eye Candy

"Wild Bad Bob" · Post by **"Wild Bad Bob"** » Fri Jun 20, 2014 2:14 am

Some are a bit excessive, but good for ideas. When I worked, I had a saying, "when you have the time you dont have the money, and when you have the money you dont have the time." Related to working allot of over time, some years I doubled my annual wage in OT. But some of these shop owners have both the time and money it appears!!! Cant figure out why most put there wood storage on the second floor, sure seems like a lot of redundant work!!!
highlandwoodworking.com/workshop-ideas/showusyourshop.html

camerio · Post by **camerio** » Fri Jun 20, 2014 9:28 am

I have look at some of those ... yes nice shop and nice buildings too
Did you see any with a Shopsmith in it ...
Maybe some members of the forum could go and post pictures of their shop.
Not me, I would have to remove so many things before it is showing !!!

highlandwoodworking.com/workshop-ideas/showusyourshop.html

rbursek, I took the liberty of putting your link so it is just a click away.

"Wild Bad Bob" · Post by **"Wild Bad Bob"** » Fri Jun 20, 2014 9:37 am

Camerio,
thanks for the site repost, started FireFox yesterday and still getting a hang of things. Funny you said that about SS, I was looking at that late late night, missed that, did not notice any in hind site. I liked the one that looked like a small gardening shed with the rain barrel, the guy from Wales UK. Now that was a case for a SS!!! There is someone here that sez, if I remember right his shop is 10x10ft, wonder if that is open floor space, or total with cabinets, ect.

JPG · Post by **JPG** » Fri Jun 20, 2014 11:06 am

rbursek wrote:Camerio,
thanks for the site repost, started FireFox yesterday and still getting a hang of things. Funny you said that about SS, I was looking at that late late night, missed that, did not notice any in hind site. I liked the one that looked like a small gardening shed with the rain barrel, the guy from Wales UK. Now that was a case for a SS!!! There is someone here that sez, if I remember right his shop is 10x10ft, wonder if that is open floor space, or total with cabinets, ect.

Me too!!!!! http://www.highlandwoodworking.com/woodworking-tips-1311nov/showusyourshop.html

Move cursor to url line near the top of that which you want to link to. right click select copy return to forum right click select paste.

Was UK necessary? Where else is named Wales?:D Down here UK means something entirely different.

Think UWM. Never understood how that distinguished it from that similar institution(UW) over in Madison.

I think 10x10 means wall to wall. Then there is that still functioning laundry room.

As for clearing out to be able to see the SS, in my case it is the floor that is not visible(what is this 'open space' that you speak of?).

beeg · Post by **beeg** » Fri Jun 20, 2014 11:10 am

rbursek wrote:There is someone here that sez, if I remember right his shop is 10x10ft, wonder if that is open floor space, or total with cabinets, ect.

That wood be ME. What I have is a narrow walk way in front of my SS. I MIGHT have about 30sq ft of clear space.

JPG · Post by **JPG** » Fri Jun 20, 2014 11:21 am

beeg wrote:That wood be ME. What I have is a narrow walk way in front of my SS. I MIGHT have about 30sq ft of clear space.

More than enough room to lube it!:D

terryd · Post by **terryd** » Fri Jun 20, 2014 12:02 pm

Well, I'm feeling like my shop space, 12'x12', with 2 working Mark 5's and another bench frame supporting SPT's and accessories is enough space to rattle around in (except for all the other stuff, workbench, cabinets, etc.) I have had to put wheels under a couple of store cabinet/shelving to be able to work. They shift around outside the shop space during work time.

charlese · Post by **charlese** » Fri Jun 20, 2014 12:08 pm

Nice find, rbursek! I wasn't so impressed by the shops themselves, but in the projects the woodworkers have turned out in those shops. Did you notice that many of the nicest pieces came from the smallest shops? You must have been, because of your mention of Mr. John Gainey's shed.

robinson46176 · Post by **robinson46176** » Fri Jun 20, 2014 10:39 pm

My current, and likely last, wood shop that I wanted all of my life is a little embarrassing.

All I ever had until the last few years was some little corner either in a small basement or some crude shed which in a couple of cases were on dirt floors.
I now finally have the space I always dreamed about (24' x 40') with good climate control and an excellent smooth concrete floor.
The embarrassing part is how crowded I sometimes feel in it.

I have a few main problems that are curable with time. First is that "stuff still creeps into the shop that does not belong there and along with repair projects that need to be finished and moved out they take up too much space. I would move all of that stuff to another location but "another location" is also full of stuff...

The wood furnace sitting in the middle of the shop uses a good bit of space because I keep at least a 4'+ buffer all the way around it for fire safety. That amounts to almost a 12' circle right in the middle of the shop. That is a lot of space. Since it is now running daily temps in the 90's I think it is safe for me to move it completely out of the shop for good and set it in the other room in the basement where it will be from now on. Its current spot is now mine.

The 3rd problem is that there are three 2' square post running down the center of the room that support a beam that carry the floor joist. The center post has to stay. I "could" transfer that weight out to supports at the side walls but I don't want to.

It sits quite close to the chimney anyway and it really is not in my way with my current floor plan. The other 2 however are in my way, especially the one between my bench and my big tablesaw. Not really a problem except for getting it done. That part of the beam does have a wall above it but it is only a partition wall so beefing the beam will be easy. The post at the other end of the basement does not have any wall anywhere above it so it too will be an easy fix. It's just a matter of getting a "tuit".

In this whole 36' x 40' part of the house (the east wing

) the only load bearing walls are the 4 perimeter walls. Just 40'+ trusses and a couple of partition walls (3 rooms).
If I can accomplish those 3 things I will be in good shape and it will be far less embarrassing.

Of course when you have space you tend to waste space. We had stores in a number of different building over 25 years. Usually the smaller the building the more efficient we were.