Comments on: Gary Aurora – Shop Tour

By: Mike Peake

Mike Peake — Tue, 08 Mar 2011 13:10:13 +0000

Great workshop in a small space. I will be seriously considering building one of your mobile worktable. Very progressive on use of space.

By: Igor

Igor — Sun, 28 Nov 2010 11:14:48 +0000

Great shop, great space use.

By: jdog

jdog — Wed, 23 Dec 2009 04:44:30 +0000

Anyone know how you would make an assembly/outfeed table like that one? How would you construct the base? Dados? is the top a torsion box? I want something cheap to make but sturdy. Is the shopnotes plan in the magazine better than the one on their site? Their plans on their site were very poor in relation to joinery and assembly. Anyone ever built something like this?
thanks

By: Ray

Ray — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 21:37:23 +0000

Thanks so much Gary, IÃ¢â‚¬â„¢ve just placed my order for volume 15 with ShopNotes and I canÃ¢â‚¬â„¢t wait for it to arrive so I can get started =o)

By: Gary A

Gary A — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 14:54:10 +0000

Ray – it is from ShopNotes…i just pulled it out…Volume 15, Issue #90: http://www.shopnotes.com/issues/090/ It was my first project like that, and the ShopNotes instructions, cutt diagrams, etc were awesome!

By: Ray

Ray — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 05:21:18 +0000

Hey Gary, just wanted to say that I love your shop. I have a small space as well, which I share with my car =o). I have been looking for a nine workbench/ assembly table that I can move around (as space is at a premium), and I fell in love with yours. I heard on the video where that you had got the planes for the table from somewhere, but I couldnÃ¢â‚¬â„¢t catch where. I was wondering if you could tell me where you got the planes, so I can steal your the table for my little shop =o) thanks a ton.

By: Josh Boddiford

Josh Boddiford — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 05:25:37 +0000

Hey Gary,

Heard in the video that you live in Tampa and I have been looking for a fellow woodworker around my area! I’m up in the New Tampa area, Hunter’s Green to be exact. I’ve somewhat solved my AC problem by purchasing a 12000 BTU rolling AC unit for Sam’s Club. It’s pretty decent… I did have to put a 4 inch vent hole through the concrete wall but just stuck a dryer vent on it and it’s good to go. If you’re interested in checking it out just shoot me an email to josh@boddiford.com. Hope to hear from ya soon.

By: badabing

badabing — Sun, 22 Jun 2008 22:07:30 +0000

Nice tour Gary! Love the efficient use of space! As for A/C, I would suggest a portable stand alone unit. They can be vented out one of the windows and usually come with a piece that can be fit in the window that the hose attaches to. I had one and it worked OK in a 2 car garage but it would do very well in a single car garage space. It would be the fastest way to get A/C in your shop!

By: Gary

Gary — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 03:27:17 +0000

Richard – the HF pin nailer is great….does a nice job countersinking without denting much (folded piece of paper over the workpiece, end you see nothing)..for like $25, when I was running a little tight on cash…that thing works out great. There is no safety, and the trigger is very sensitive…so you’ve just got to keep an eye on where it is!

By: Gary

Gary — Sat, 07 Jun 2008 22:55:20 +0000

Hey Rich – yeah, unfortunately the pull down stairs are a bit too far back and to the right to have them do double duty over the nail gun/drill/sander cubby area. I’m definitely going to build out more storage over that area. My original plan was to do a whole “hutch” type wall on that entire wall, but the more I thought about it…that is likely where I’ll end up dropping the AC unit…and because of my “screw up” that became that storage unit, that shifted me from the original plan of building one whole piece….now it’ll be somewhat modular. Its unbelievable what a huge difference getting all of my nail guns and drills, etc has made!!