Comments on: Sharon – Shop Tour

By: Rock

Rock — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 23:43:25 +0000

Thanks, Sharon, for the sawhorse model number…

The hunt begins… <

Rock

By: Ken F

Ken F — Mon, 04 Aug 2008 07:00:18 +0000

The cabinets look great Sharon,
I see people spend thousands of dollars on equipment and have large shops do less than what you have done.
Its all how you do with what you have that I think makes it fun.

Keep on making things

By: Sharon

Sharon — Sun, 03 Aug 2008 00:55:59 +0000

Rock- These are Stanley model 11020 saw horses/workbench, but you’ll have to run your own search to find them as last time I tried to find a couple more, I wasn’t able to locate any -maybe on eBay you can find those… or once in a while someone might post those on craigslist or something of that sort.

hope this help.

By: Rock

Rock — Fri, 01 Aug 2008 05:58:07 +0000

Nice looking cabinets, Sharon! Congrats!

Now, about those sawhorses… After seeing yours I went looking for them on the net and came up empty handed. I now see where you said that you couldn’t find anymore of them either. Would you mind sharing the model number of them? Some times older hardward stores will have discontinued items in storage somewhere so it might be worth looking into. At least that’s whay I plan to do…. 8^)

Thanks

Rock

By: Sharon

Sharon — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 17:55:11 +0000

BioBill – Thanx , thats actually a very good idea… and fairly easy to setup. I’ll put that on my list!

By: Mike P

Mike P — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 16:50:38 +0000

I have the same problem with space; I do have on-street parking, however. I freed up considerable space by removing the overhead garage door and putting a wall in the space. I hope to build carriage doors sometime soon to allow me to open doors for long cuts and for planing and molding long boards. But putting things up is a good space saver.

I also plan to put some machines on wheels. Right now I’m lifting my joiner out of the way to do planing. I’m also constantly sweeping, so a DC is in the works too. So, I’m learning to weld because its’ cheaper than buying the system.

By: Sharon

Sharon — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 15:37:12 +0000

Rick – I love working with handtools, they are quieter, more intimate, provide somewhat of better precision and safer to work with – but I wouldn’t get rid of the table-saw – it has it’s uses, and is indispensable when it comes to repeatability and streamlined work! I just finished 6 drawers from scratch to finished construction yesterday in less then 3 hours using box joints with the TS – cutting all pieces to size, making the joints – all on the TS, all same size, using the same setup – you can’t beat that with hand tools (and you shouldn’t – these are different work methods)

By: BioBill

BioBill — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 15:37:10 +0000

Sharon,
Your point about keeping your eye on the woodworking is very well made.
Re your cabinet: you might consider adding a base, similar to the way kitchen cabinets are often installed. That way you could scribe it to the floor and provide a level surface to put the cabinet on.

By: rick barnes

rick barnes — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 15:07:02 +0000

I too have a small shop. One thing I noticed was how much more room I had once I started using hand tools. The bench I built is a little larger than the table saw I got rid of, but the combination of my bandsaw, and handtools with the bench has increased my shops versitility. Maybe someday I’ll look into the Festool line. It looks like it saves space too. Clever people those Europeans

Rick

By: Sharon

Sharon — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 13:06:31 +0000

Thanx for the comments :) I was actually looking around trying to find these sawhorses and also was not able to find then anymore.

As far as the cabinet goes – I was trying to experiment with new construction elements (face frame, inset doors, flush drawers. This whole cabinet is made of 1 4′x8′x3/4″ sheet of plywood, and wasn’t really meant to be a “fine” piece of furniture to begin with, but as time goes, the doors and drawers will be upgraded with better materials and construction. it wasn’t easy to align all those pieces together, but I was happy with the results.

This Shop is 10′x15′ about 7′ high and on uneven and unleveled ground. Ironically enough, I have since added wall mounted sheet of plywood to hand things on, a foldable workbench that hangs off of the wall as well, and a wood tool cabinet that is based on FineWoodworking design (I love that thing). you can see more pictures here:

http://lumberjocks.com/jocks/PurpLev/workshop

(mind you – my space is up to the post in the garage)