David’s Basement Shop

Shop Tour - Submitted by David Jordan from Huntingtown
Added on September 11, 2014

This is my small shop in my basement. It was the storage room and it’s about 22ft x 12ft in size. I used garage floor paint to make it easy for cleanup. I recently had it wired up with 20 heavy duty outlets that can all be turned off with 4 switches at the door. I also added a 400 cfm exhaust fan. Started out by putting cedar on one wall, but due to money constraints, I had to finish up with some wood paneling from a big box store. I added some wood storage under the stairs. All walls have Roxul Safe-n-Sound insulation in them to help eliminate sound going upstairs.

At a point that I am fairly happy with it, so obviously it is time to move. Our house will be up for sale soon but I will enjoy the shop until the day we move!

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John Fitz September 12, 2014 5:25 am

That’s a great looking space. Too bad you’ll have to give it up and move, but I hope your new place has a good space for your next shop!

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John Sutton September 12, 2014 6:10 am

I’ll look forward to seeing how you arrange your next shop.

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Ronn Winkler September 12, 2014 2:11 pm

Dave,

I am in the process of building my retirement shop. It’s about the same size as your space.
I bought the same table saw recentlyand am very pleased with the quality for the money. How do you like it? I think the blade insert depress too far on the out feed end – bad when ripping narrow pieces. I bought their zero clearance dado blade insert for those jobs. Is is a nice insert.

Ronn

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Terry Wellman September 12, 2014 6:47 pm

Dave,

I’ve moved my shop a number of times. Fortunately, each move has given me more space. I’ve been in 1 and 2 car garages, a small shed. Now the shop is in a 1928 corner store building that I own while we start renovating the barn. The store space is about 27′ x 35′ with nothing to share the space under a 12′ ceiling.

Eventually my woodshop will migrate to the barn where I’ll have about 32′ x 52′ of the first floor to set up my shop permanently. I’ll have to get used to the 10′ ceiling in the barn.
I hope to retire here!

Terry

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Tim Brian September 14, 2014 9:47 pm

Reminds me of my original shop in my basement. I rearranged numerous times working around my furnace and water heater. Now have a garage I’m fixing up. Lot more room. Hope it will be my retirement shop in the near future. Nice job Dave!

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Jeff November 6, 2014 10:16 am

Handsome shop, nicely equipped! I do urge you to reconsider the whole light-switch-can-shut-off-power-to-one-or-more-tools concept, that doesn’t sound like a safe idea unless you are the only one ever down there. Hell, I don’t even like the idea that someone could come down to my shop and turn off the lights inadvertently while I’m at work!

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