This week’s shop comes from Wood Chuck. He writes:
Here’s my shop photos. I built this shop about 3 years ago after working out of a single car garage for a few years before that. The shop is 24 x 36 and has an interior dividing wall at 22 feet. On the garage side I house my dust collection and do my finishing (when the dust settles). I installed in-floor heating for the cold Canadian winters and I have A/C for the summer months to keep it quite comfortable. The nice thing about the in-floor heat is there is no open flame. My ceilings are at 10′ high which is handy for those long boards or sheet goods. Hope everyone likes it as much as I enjoy it.
13 Responses to “WoodChuck in Canada”
Hey Wood Chuck – That’s some kind of shop you’ve got there. I can longingly relate as I am stuck in a one car garage too (complete with washer & dryer) and would love to build a bigger shop like yours. Very nice indeed.
Marc, the pix are much larger than usual. Can they be re-sized and then re-posted?
Mike
I’m jealous. I’m struggling to setup a 24’ x 9’ shop which is all the space my wife is willing to spare and WoodChuck has a very nice 24 x 36 space. Not sure I’m liking the wood whisperer shop of the week feature anymore.
It looks like the bottom right picture contains an older picture of your table saw setup. Which also looks to contain a home built sliding table.
Is that really a home built sliding table or am I just seeing what I wish for? If so can you describe it? How you made it? was it worth it the effort?
Thanks
Ty
Nice shop! Bet you spent a few minutes cleaning and straightening up before these pics or I KNOW what it would look like… All said I feel you must derive much satisfaction from your retreat wood working shop. I use a wood stove in winter (which I enjoy a lot) and fans in the summer, Sounds like a great little environmental system you have in place. Good job!
Great shop, Wood Chuck. Thanks for sharing. Is that a MuleCab fence you have on your TS? I ask because I have a MuleCab fence, but your knob is different. I like yours better. Did you add this?
looks awesome! nicely done.
Chuck great shop man! I hope to one day to have one just like it!
Hello Nice shop. I Iike the looks of that Excaliber sliding table. I had the Delta unit on my table saw for a about 4 years. It wouldn’t hold its’ settings. When it was tuned up it was great. I also had an Excaliber fence on my old table saw and that is an Grizzly contractor saw. The saw and the fence are both still working hard. Claude
I love seeing how others set up their shop, especially since I am in the process of starting mine up. Gives me lots of ideas. I found your DeWalt thickness planer setup interesting. I never thought of doing it that way. The full length support for the stock is a cool idea. I don’t know if it would work for me cause my lazy butt would probably just dump a bunch of junk on the horizontal space.
Very nice set up Woodchuck! Very efficient use of space, I really like how your center section is set up with the TS, the Router tables, and the hand power tool storage. It looks like everything is perfectly designed for convenient use. Thanks for sharing!!
Thanks to all for the nice coments. I really do enjoy having the room to roam.
TY your right that was a homemade slider. It worked OK but I have since replaced it with the Excalibur which is much more accurate and easier to use.
Germain the fence is a Redline fence which is the updtaed version of the accu-square.
Thanks again everyone I appreciated the opportunity to share.
Bruce
Hey WoodChuck… I think we are neighbours!!! Look for the balck Dakota in the driveway on Maywood….
Bruce,
On the WW site, I scour the shops. I’m always looking for a new way to do something. Your shop is about the size of my 2 car stand alone garage (21×25). If my math is correct, your working space is 24×22; so I get a good idea of what MY shop can look like. Everything is so thought through in your shop – down to the unique push sticks. I think it not only functions well for you; but it “has the feel” that woodworkers are looking for. How do you rip a longer board and what type of work do you mostly do? Thanks again.
Tim