My lumber stash on the north wall consists of cherry and walnut boards and cherry slabs from my sawyer. The lumber you see stacked and stickered is hickory and walnut I milled myself from trees that came down in my yard during the January ice storm. I haven't had time to work on everything that came down on my back six acres (all forest). Plus, there's the damn chiggers and I'm waiting till the leaves come down and the first freeze before I go tromping around in that scrub!! The mess of stock you see in the middle of the floor is the old oak and walnut flooring from my kitchen and dining room. No way was it going to the landfill. I spend downtime pulling nails and will be planing and trimming it all. My intent is to use it for herringbone pattern ceiling paneling on my covered front porch. Should look nice.
The east wall has my jointer, planer, shaper, 30" bandsaw, radial arm saw, Unisaw, and Goldie SS. This is my primary machinery area. As you can see, almost everything is covered in plastic bags due to the humidity in my shop. I've never really had a rust problem, just takes the usual waxing on my maintenance days, but I figure why take the chance?
As I'm sure you all deal with, my shop is in a constant state of improvement. But, even uninsulated, it's a heck of a lot nicer having a separate building for my shop than a two-car garage!! I did that for many years and am now completely spoiled with a separate shop building!
