Claude S. - Shop of the Week

May 14, 2008 | Filed Under Blog, Shop of the Week | 6 Comments 

This week’s shop belongs to Claude. Let’s check it out!

My shop is a 24 x 27 ft. space in my pole barn. It kind of has to serve for storage too.

Daniel in California - Shop of the Week

April 30, 2008 | Filed Under Blog, Shop of the Week | 1 Comment 

Anybody who works job sites or in clients’ homes can appreciate Daniel’s “shop”. Daniel is not just a road warrior, he is also the owner of 7FootSwing.com and produces… what else? Seven Foot Swings! Let’s hear from Daniel:

I know you like to see how other guys set up their shops or their layout and since I am a carpenter/woodworker on the go, I thought I would send you a couple of pics of my “command center”. It’s a chest that originally belong to a woodworker that worked on airplanes , and it’s rumored that he worked on “Air-force 1″ ( I don’t believe it) . I bought from a friend here in Borrego, and it was the best $50 bucks I ever spent! The chest was set- up for mostly hand tooling, and it took a while for me to find out what each little custom holder originally held, but I realized that I needed to retro-fit the chest to my needs starting with the removal of the casters. Now it serves as command central from the back of my truck, and I make dozens of trips to it everyday. What I am able to fit into this chest is amazing. All of my hand power tools, hand tools, and a modest hardware store ( that lives on the top) all fit snugly in the chest.

Tony in Ohio - Shop of the Week

April 23, 2008 | Filed Under Blog, Shop of the Week | 13 Comments 

This week’s shop is from Tony in Bowling Green, OH. Here’s his story:

I have a 20’ x 24’ basement shop with 9’ ceilings. When I built my house a couple years ago, I planned for this space being a shop so I ran 2 power circuits under the floor to the table saw location. My house has a 6-zone forced air heating system and the shop is on it’s own zone. It’s a nice feature and very efficient. I have a 1HP Jet dust collector with an add-on second stage. I do have blast gates. I have a wye with two gates at the horizontal run at the ceiling for the TS and RAS, and one on the run to the lathe and one that runs to the floor sweep/ vac port. The suction is great as long as one gate is open at a time. That first stage collector drum is great. It actually has a cyclone effect inside. I also have that Jet air filtration hanging from the ceiling. With both running, I probably get about 95% of the dust. Also, it’s clean because I am really anal about keeping it that way. Believe me, It has looked pretty rough in there but it only lasts a couple days max before I have to clean it. I have access to it from the rest of the basement and also through a Bilco door that leads to the end of our driveway. It’s great, I just back my truck right up to the door to unload materials. I made the 8’ door into the shop so I could get 4×8 sheets down the stairs with ease. The shop is still growing. The views you see are from each of the four corners of the shop. All the cabinets in the shop either came from the Merilatt factory outlet( 5 bucks for a 30” base cabinet!) or the local University auction( 1 dollar for a 6’ base cabinet!). The brown cabinets under the RAS are from the auction. They came out of a chemistry lab. I have a usual compliment of tools. Thats my restored Craftsman RAS. The RBI scroll saw I got for free from someone who didn’t know what it was worth (I wasn’t even aware about it at the time). I’m most proud of my autographed picture of Norm, see if you can find it. The floor is coated with a water-based epoxy and the walls are poured concrete with a light coat of primer to lighten it up. I also ran the power for the entire shop through a few switches mounted up high on the wall. That way I can shut off the power to everything and my two young children can’t reach them to turn them on. Also check out my Wood Whisperer style assembly table. It is 4′ x 8′ and is at the same height as my table saw and acts as an infeed table.


Ken in Australia - Shop of the Week

April 16, 2008 | Filed Under Blog, Shop of the Week | 18 Comments 

This week’s shop belongs to Ken. He writes:

Tims ShedHere’s my contribution to your new feature on “Shops”, although here in Australia we call them sheds. In Oz, you are sometimes considered less of a man unless you have a Bloke’s Shed (joking of course). In fact there was a TV series a little while ago dealing strictly with “Men’s Sheds” - a popular series in my country. Sheds can be tiny, little more than a cupboard, or huge though you usually find the big ones on farms. My spouse and I recently retired at the ripe old age of 53, built a new house along with a new shed 10m x 6m (about 32 x 20 ft). Like most sheds in Oz, the structure is colorbond steel. I have water, sewage and 3 phase power connected. My plans for the shed include a new 8″ jointer, dust collection system (purchased but not yet set up), and a few other nice-to-have tools. My main interest at the moment is fine boxes, but SWMBO has me making a few furniture pieces, as well as being her labourer in the garden. A lot of work to do in the garden as you can see from the pictures.

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Calling all Shops! - Shop of the Week

April 9, 2008 | Filed Under Blog, Shop of the Week | 3 Comments 

Hey folks. Thanks to some prescription-strength magic, I am feeling better. And when I feel better, I come up with new site features. So here’s the latest. Just like our “Project of the Week” and “Question of the Week” features, I would like to start our “Shop of the Week” series. Just like the projects, simply send me 3-5 pictures of your hallowed creation space as well as a little story about its history. If you guys are anything like me, seeing other people’s shops can be very inspiring. From the most humble, to the most elaborate, let’s see them all! Keep in mind, the shops will be posted in the order they are received so it may take some time for me to get yours up. Thanks everybody and don’t bother cleaning for the camera. Let’s see your shop in the raw!

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