Some time ago (blimey... July 2004 
) I said I'd post some pics of the shop. Finally remembered to grab the camera while it was charged and grabbed these. At least now, compared with three years ago, there are more tools to look at .
The shop is an old garage attached to the house - garage is really too small to take any but the smallest modern car so grabbing it for shop space was no problem. I do, however, have to share it with a large fridge/freezer, washing machine and dryer, so my available space is about 8ftx15ft.
Above: Looking left immediately after entering the single door from the house, my small Record bandsaw with shopmade extended table and Axminster add-on fence.
Above: Next to the bandsaw, my Perform drill press with another shopmade table and fence. At the lower-right you can see part of the Perform planer-thicknesser (mobile base currently under construction). Upper-right you can just make out my wood storage rack completed this week. I'm happy about that as it's given me a load of floorspace back.
Above: the workbench, bought for DIY-type tasks before I knew anything about woodworking. It does have dogholes and provision for a deadman-style device for holding long boards. The vise that's just about visible replaced a wooden piece of junk that was great at racking itself and not much else. A large shelf below holds several hundred lbs of hardwood offcuts that stop the bench moving during planing.
Above: Left half of the tool cupboard above the bench. This was the very first woodworking project I completed and has served its purpose well.
Above: Right half of the tool cupboard. As seems to be usual, I didn't allow enough space for expansion (several other planes, including ploughs and combos are in cupboards on the other side of the shop).
Above and below: Because of the design of the cupboard, the original doors stand about 3ins off the wall, so I built these additional storage boards to hold a few additional tools. Not the best use of available space yet - tool storage is a work in progress
Above: Looking down the right-hand wall from the door, the bulk of the storage. The cupboards and doors were remaindered at the borg costing little more than the raw materials would have.
The far end is currently covered in braces, handdrills and other finds awaiting cleaning and a permanent home. The plan is to keep a permanent sharpening station there eventually. The DAB radio is usually tuned to Planet Rock. Used-toothbrush collection for cleaning and rehabbing tools.
Above: Between the upper run of cupboards is this awkwardly-situated gas meter. After some distance travelled down the slope, I realised it was a good place for some saws.
And that's about it - not much, but it's all mine. I'm not great on spick-and-span, but there's not enough room to let it get really messy. I'm trying to find a place for everything.
It's a fun place to hang out and make sawdust :lol:
) I said I'd post some pics of the shop. Finally remembered to grab the camera while it was charged and grabbed these. At least now, compared with three years ago, there are more tools to look at .The shop is an old garage attached to the house - garage is really too small to take any but the smallest modern car so grabbing it for shop space was no problem. I do, however, have to share it with a large fridge/freezer, washing machine and dryer, so my available space is about 8ftx15ft.
Above: Looking left immediately after entering the single door from the house, my small Record bandsaw with shopmade extended table and Axminster add-on fence.
Above: Next to the bandsaw, my Perform drill press with another shopmade table and fence. At the lower-right you can see part of the Perform planer-thicknesser (mobile base currently under construction). Upper-right you can just make out my wood storage rack completed this week. I'm happy about that as it's given me a load of floorspace back.
Above: the workbench, bought for DIY-type tasks before I knew anything about woodworking. It does have dogholes and provision for a deadman-style device for holding long boards. The vise that's just about visible replaced a wooden piece of junk that was great at racking itself and not much else. A large shelf below holds several hundred lbs of hardwood offcuts that stop the bench moving during planing.
Above: Left half of the tool cupboard above the bench. This was the very first woodworking project I completed and has served its purpose well.
Above: Right half of the tool cupboard. As seems to be usual, I didn't allow enough space for expansion (several other planes, including ploughs and combos are in cupboards on the other side of the shop).
Above and below: Because of the design of the cupboard, the original doors stand about 3ins off the wall, so I built these additional storage boards to hold a few additional tools. Not the best use of available space yet - tool storage is a work in progress
Above: Looking down the right-hand wall from the door, the bulk of the storage. The cupboards and doors were remaindered at the borg costing little more than the raw materials would have.
The far end is currently covered in braces, handdrills and other finds awaiting cleaning and a permanent home. The plan is to keep a permanent sharpening station there eventually. The DAB radio is usually tuned to Planet Rock. Used-toothbrush collection for cleaning and rehabbing tools.
Above: Between the upper run of cupboards is this awkwardly-situated gas meter. After some distance travelled down the slope, I realised it was a good place for some saws.
And that's about it - not much, but it's all mine. I'm not great on spick-and-span, but there's not enough room to let it get really messy. I'm trying to find a place for everything.
It's a fun place to hang out and make sawdust :lol:
