Comments on: David’s Shop Inventory

By: Kevin Ross

Kevin Ross — Wed, 27 Oct 2010 16:46:57 +0000

Love the clamp rack!!! Simple but effective!!!

By: Dave H

Dave H — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 21:17:08 +0000

Glad to be of some inspiration! Since I submitted my shop, both the shop, and my woodworking skills have continued to evolve, through the completion of several great projects, and several on the bench right now… This economic downturn has in a way slowed me down shop wise as the income has been hit, but it also has sped me up as deals on new, and used gear are MUCH easier to come by now as compared to 2 years ago…

The shed would be great, and it is in the planning stages. Depending on what I end up being able to afford, and talk my HOA into allowing, either the shop stays put, or goes into the shed… Either way, the garage has a shop function still as I also work on cars as well…

By: Steve

Steve — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 20:10:54 +0000

Nice set up and nice philosophy on equipping your shop. I go with a similar style of buying used for cheap. The economic down turn has been a big help in my shop upturn. I too have a two car garage that had a lot of camping, mountain biking, gardening, etc. equipment. My solution was to build 10×12 shed (largest size without a permit here) to store the other stuff, in fact shed II is in the works for this spring as I want the entire garage dedicated to woodworking. Your shop inspired me to think about submitting my someday soon. Thanks!

By: Tom H

Tom H — Tue, 15 Dec 2009 18:56:41 +0000

A nice setup for an inexpensive table saw that makes it very versatile.

By: Dave H

Dave H — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 15:33:29 +0000

For those interested. There is some lag time from the time a shop is submitted, to when it gets published. I have a more up to date shop tour, with a good number of changes on Lumberjocks. http://lumberjocks.com/dbhost/workshop

I am particularly happy with the results I have been coming up with lately.

By: Dave H

Dave H — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 15:28:27 +0000

I thought about edging the top. Decided not to do it. Couldn’t really see any advantage to the additional overhang. Maybe for clamping. Hasn’t been a problem the way I have it set up though.

By: Aggie83

Aggie83 — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 13:55:55 +0000

I assumed that they planned to attach the lower shelf with the same type of table fasteners that they used for the top.

I plan on making the same bench, also with a long top, but am considering making hte base slightly more narrow (with a short strecher length of 15″ instead of 17″) in order to get an additional inch of overhand on each side.

Alternatively, more side overhand could be achieved by making the top wider (which requires an additional sheet of top material) or adding edging to the top.

Any thoughts?

By: dbhost

dbhost — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 02:44:13 +0000

Not sure why it didn’t go through when I updated. But here goes…

The bench top is 72″ where the plan calls for 62″. I needed the additional overhang.

The lower shelf is not using the upper slot that the plan calls for. I have not done it yet, but I am planning on adding a cleat that will put the lower shelf flush with the top of the lower rails instead of placing the shelf on top. This only buys 3/4″ space, but it also buys a much improved appearance.

By: Aggie83

Aggie83 — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 20:39:32 +0000

I noticed on the community page that you built the FWW workbench and that you mentioned that it was ‘modified’. What modifcations did you make to the original plan?

By: Dave H

Dave H — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 15:47:44 +0000

Sorry to hear your BT died… The worm gear is sensitive to sawdust buildup, and if jammed, can usually be cleaned, and dry lubed and returned to like new service. (mine was). I think you are right though, I see this with other single handwheel saws all the time.

The belly pan dust collection really does a nice job keeping the worm gear clean and moving freely…