Comments on: John’s Basement Woodshop – Shop Tour

By: Igor

Igor — Sun, 28 Nov 2010 10:34:38 +0000

Nice basement shop i wish that i had something like this when i had my fist house with a basement. Great JOB! good tools!

By: Paul Andrus

Paul Andrus — Fri, 15 May 2009 10:41:17 +0000

Hi John, That’s a very nice layout. I am a new woodworker,
and putting together a wood shop in my basement also.I’m still trying to figure out what material to use for my ducting for my Oneida 3 HP cyclone dust system.If you are ever looking for info on dust collection,I highly recommend Bill Pentz website.He seems to be the guru of dust control in a comprehensive and scientific regard.
I was never that concerned about “dust”. It seemed to be just an annoyance,however after reading Bill’s introduction,
I got serious about it.
I had no idea that dust was a cancer causing material.
Sorry for the digression,and best of luck on your shop.

Paul

By: claude

claude — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 23:14:19 +0000

I’m about to take possession of my shop again (wife and kids) and I’m going to set it up similar to yours. Is your compressor and dust collector in your garage? That’s my plan. I’ll keep my Makita 4020 planer in the garage as well, as space in the basement is at a premium. Rough boards; off the truck, through the planer and down to the basement.

By: Paul Andrus

Paul Andrus — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 18:41:34 +0000

Hello. I’m a new woodworker and am setting up my shop in my basement. I have lots to learn from your setup. My basement is 25 X 40 feet. Can you recommend any one source for me to use as a guide to set up my basement shop? I have a Dela 1 port DC, but that has been a pain to move the flex hose from TS to Router table.
Any suggestions as to using PVC? and grounding ?

I’ll take a closer look at your photos.

Paul

By: Ken F

Ken F — Wed, 10 Sep 2008 05:11:46 +0000

Nice, it looks like you have all the equipment necessary and more,
I like the work benches some shops of that size use the machines
As benches and tables and they get damaged.
Whats good you have room to move around your benches (not cluttered).
Basement woodshops require good ventilation and dust collection or scuba gear.

Whats the secret my shop is 5 times the size and 5 times the mess. “I dont understand”.

By: Ed

Ed — Wed, 10 Sep 2008 00:25:24 +0000

John
Nice shop. I to have my shop in the basement and it’s 14X48. I noticed that you have no dust collectors. I have two and I have a filtration system hanging from the celing. It works great for the fines. I do like your set up, and I just redid my set up almost the same except I do not have any wood racks. Nice job!!

By: gary

gary — Sat, 06 Sep 2008 19:27:40 +0000

real nice shop why did you go with the delta unisaw ?

By: Sharon

Sharon — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 19:05:30 +0000

John, just one more thing about dust collection – you mentioned that you close the ducts when you sand – but the most harmful particles (2 micron and below) actually linger in the air long after you glow them into it, and every time there is movement in the shop – these gets stirred up into the air – are invisible, and can go in your home ducts easily.

since you do have your shop HVAC tied with your home – I would find it most important to have your shop filtered as much as possible.

and to Marv – questioning about a separate router table – having 2 separate tables allows you to work on both simultaneously as opposed to having to change settings to work on the router and switch to the table saw and back… another good thing about having a separate router table is the ability to construct a much more efficient dust collection system for it, not to mention convenient organized storage for all router accessories and bits close at hand. just my 2 cents.

By: John's Woodshop

John's Woodshop — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 18:41:54 +0000

Thanks guys for all the kind comments.

Trust me, the shop isn’t that clean anymore. I had just moved all the machines back in when those pictures were taken. The Dust collection is hooked up and working good. I have decided to keep the router in the table saw extension table for a while. I close the ducts when I am sanding to keep the dust out of the HVAC. I also close them when I am finishing a project. I intend to install 2 ceiling filters in the near future.

Thanks again for all the kind comments!

John

By: ChrisH

ChrisH — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 18:01:27 +0000

Great shop setup John, very nice. Call me jealous of that much space!