Show Us Your Woodworking Shops

Hello All, I am new to the forum and want to show you where I do my stuff. We have a three car garage and I get the single bay for my shop. There is not a lot of room, only 12'X20' but I have a lot of fun. Since I don't have a lot of space I have to have multi-use work spaces. When I am reloading, my press shares a bench with my router and then it is stored when I am done. I put curtains on my benches to prevent sawdust from collecting on my equipment.

Still a mess, but it sure looks better than it did a month ago. This is my new work area, a little small, about a quarter of what I had, but I like it, feels warm and cozy.

Hi all how have you resolved the dust issues with your Compound mitre saws? If any of you have plans can you please share them.

I have my shop in my dry (most of the time) basement. What have others done to stop noise traveling up into the living quarters and keeping dust out? I have a good dust collection system venting indoors. I think a door sweep on the basement door would be a great idea. I think keeping shop clothes in the shop and clothes also would be great idea. Should I put insulation in the celing then drywall it up? If so what type of insulation? If not do I just use drywall (where possible)?

I finally finished my storage bin and got my shop cleaned up.

We are about to take a quantum jump in the furniture bank. When I started volunteering there 2 1/2 years ago, we were working around a 4x8 table (usually cluttered with donation and junk), one router, an old compressor (since failed), a couple of HF nail guns and bring your own drill. They had just gotten a donation of a Kreg Foreman that was a big step from the K3 they had been using. Phase 1 was getting some cordless drills. We also took over cutting the sheet goods offsite, then packaged parts sets and had them trucked to the assembly site. Last year, they acquired some needed offsite warehouse space and we got a couple hundred square feet o…

HAVE SEVERAL BLACK ??/PLASTIC CLAMPS(BOUT 8" LONG) FOR SMALL PLACES/PIECES. CLOSED UP/TOGETHER MAKES A OPENING/CIRCLE IN THE JAW AREA. I DRILLED A HOLE N A 2X (UP HEAD HIGH) DROVE A DOWEL IN HOLE SLID MANY OF THESE CLAMPS ON THE DOWEL, USING THAT JAW HOLE THEY UP HIGH & HANDY.

Funny that he knows exactly what he spent for his tools, but can't remember what year he started certain work. And he likes Craftsman tools.

After all that work to clean the place, how about a quick "Walk-through"? Walk down the steps to the shop, being sure to duck your head about the fourth step up from the floor....and this is what you will see... Ugly rug and all. You can then look around the corner to the left.. Take a couple steps out, into the shop and look towards the North Wall ( you are looking East right now) Walk towards the wall, until just past the bandsaw... Everything "Needful" is within an arm's reach. A few steps more, then turn towards the east wall.. And find the "Work Zone" of the shop. At least the floor is still clean ( W…

Well, it's taking me forever to get this far...but I'm getting close to having working power tools in my shop. I got my DC assembled and installed, next is to complete the ductwork....which is a little like doing a jigsaw puzzle. The pile of parts is what happens with a system that's mostly over 20 years old and getting installed in it's third shop. I did put enough ducting on the DC to test run it and make sure everything is working. But that piping is so dirty (it's been sitting in a machine shed for over a year) I need to wash some of it off just so I can handle it. Slowly but surely I'll get there.

Thought I would post this over here in the "SHOPS" section where I could "tag" it if someone else was looking for ideas. As I have mentioned in previous posts, I have been working on a Table Saw Storage unit for under the extension table and an outfeed table. I have combined the two so I can store the outfeed table out of the way when not needed. I can also use this as an assembly table. I used 2 motorcycle lifts to raise the cabinet off of the base to level it with the table saw. Since my floor is somewhat uneven, I went with 2 lifts so I could adjust for a slight slope (if needed) and for more stability. Here is the base with the two lifts and casters a…

While scanning Workbench Magazine plans for our files sharing center, I ran across this old article, featuring the Workbench model shop, not to build models, but a shot at the time I am sure is a shop the home hobbyist would drool over. Just fun stuff

Here is my first version of my shop. I say first because once I start using it, I suspect I will be making changes.

SOMEBODY SPLAINE TO ME WHATS PURPOSE OF all THOSE holes I SEE IN SOME TABLE TOPS, YEAW I UNNERSTAND IT / THEY ARE WORK TABLES, BUT why ALL THOSE HOLES, YEAW KNO BOUT PUTTIN SOMETHIN IN ONE TO USE AS A STOP / BRACE NOW & THEN, BUT GOOD GRIEFFFF. Cya I 'M ON A LAPTOP, ITS SITTING ON A 1X12 THAT REACHES ACROSS AND LAYS ON THE ARMS OF THIS RECLINER. PLENTY OF ROOM FOR THE REMOTE MOUSE. DUCK TAPE ON THE ENDS & CORNERS OF 1X12 SO IT DON'T MESS WITH ARMS. Don't see why 3/4 ply wouldn't do stead of 1x12. Cya

wanna conserve a boat load of space... make sliding door cabs ... use the base as a service trunk for DC, electric and air... use the doors as wall space... 16' of wall gives you 16' of storage and 12' of wall..... there no swinging doors that need to be allowed for.. (more floor space).. set the table out where you can work on/from it... this satellite shop it has a TS, BS, DP, DC, RT, lathe, miter saw, grinding station, welding cart, lumber rack, 24'' tile saw and a BMW touring bike in it... there is an overhead lumber rack that also holds the long pipe clamps... plan... there are 3 of these set for easy reach from bench... …

Still have some touching up to do here and there but its livable!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! If you ever see it, you will remember the rest of your life.

The majority of my continuous free shop time seems to happen each year in December around the holidays when it generally is COLD in Illinois. I have been tinkering for years with little or no heat this time of year while squirreling away a little cash with hopes of changing that one day. Well, This was the year. I had a propane line dug to the shop this fall and I have been working to Sheet the walls with OSB on the weekends. I blew in the wall insulation this week plus blew in the attic area as well. The heaters were used purchases for 7 bucks and 20 bucks so pretty low budget but work quite nicely. A small furnace might be better. Maybe in time but this will do…

Well, my first drywall contractor called this morning, he wants to get started on my shop next week, and maybe have the rock delivered today. To recap this saga: I got the estimate back in May and was told it would be late July to do the job. In early August I was told it would probably be early Oct. Now today I'm hoping it will be next week. I had went through this in another post, and some here urged me to get more quotes. Actually I called for some and was scheduled to get another one next week, which i just cancelled. Maybe I should have waited for the rock to show up. But here's hoping!

The shop is still not organised yet, I'm doing bits each time

Some photos of my shop, 25,000 sq. ft. 8429- Weinig molder, Baker resaw, SAC shaper, Gomad tilt shaper.. 8437- Stegherr arch shaper, contour banding trimmer, Jet mill, press, Max spindle sander, flap sander, copy lathe, contour edge bander...8442- Hoffmann dovetail key machine, Omga miter saw, 14 & 17" bandsaws, SawStop, hydraulic work bench...8430- Delta 12/14" saw, PM18" planer, 16" Crescent jointer, 16" Dewalt RA saw, Taylor clamp rack... 8427- SCM sliding table saw, straight line rip saw, widebelt sander... 8422- 5x10 router... 8423- panel saw... 8426- 8' bore and insert, case clamp. We are primarily panel processors, commercial interiors, moldings. Co…