Shop Photo Update

[Corey Hallagan]

Well it has been awhile since I took any photos of my shop. 2 years ago I started to really make a decent shop for myself. If you could see what I used to call a shop... you would laugh. Still the same spot....the front portion of a 1 car garage. The area measures 8 foot deep to the back wall and 13 feet wide. I also use about a 2 foot deep area down the side of the garage for storage of sheet goods and a dresser that holds the miter saw and belt/disk sander. I have continued to add a few pieces of equipment and have since added some additional storage with some garage sale dressers that work nicely for benchtop tools and I also have added some of the kitchen upper cabinets that I removed from our kitchen ( remodel ongoing ) Anyway, thought I would post a few photos:

Photo 1: This is the one of the dressers that contain pen blanks, pen parts and other tools and small pieces of wood. Also this is where the router table sits along with the benchtop drill press that is bolted down to the top. Works great!
http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f288/challagan/ShopPhoto1.jpg

Photo 2: Cabinet that I built to hold my cordless drills, routers, circ saws, hand tools, router table items and of course storage for tool chests and above that storage for clamps etc.
http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f288/challagan/ShopPhoto2.jpg

Photo 3: The scroll saw fits in between the 2 cabinets on the back wall. In the corner is the cabinet that has my turning sharpening station on top of it along with the shop radio and the battery charging area. Wood storage below.
http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f288/challagan/ShopPhoto3.jpg

Photo 4: Table saw and the cabinets I added from the kitchen above game me some great new storage.
http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f288/challagan/ShopPhoto4.jpg

Photo 5: Close up of the cabinet that houses my stock for making boxes as well as some of my turning stock.
http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f288/challagan/ShopPhoto5.jpg

Photo 6: This is the turning station. I built the cabinet to hold my PSI mini lathe and it is mobile as I usually pull this out and work in the middle of the shop. Holds turning tools and supplies as well. Another cabinet above from the kitchen remodel. That's a little screw driver handle turning project I am working on.
http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f288/challagan/ShopPhoto6.jpg

Photo 7: This is a shot of another one of the garage sale dressers that gives lots of storage and I have my little benchtop sander, mitersaw storage here as well.
http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f288/challagan/ShopPhoto7.jpg

Photo 8 & 9: This is my mobile workbench. Nothing pretty but it works for me. This was a home center wood bench that I rehabbed. I placed casters on it and covered it with masonite, enclosed it. Below is storage for my aircompressor so it is always handy and storage for my cased nail guns and a few other cased tools. The van pulls right up to the back of it and I still have room to walk into the shop area and work behind the bench etc.
http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f288/challagan/ShopPhoto8.jpg

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I hope you have enjoyed my shop tour as small as it is :D but I call it home! Just shows you can work in a small space.

[glenn bradley]

Great update Corey, thanks. Looks like you've carved out a very usable space there.

[Jim Becker]

Looks like a very functional environment, although the "dead animal" is an interesting decorating touch...LOL! Thanks for sharing, Corey.

[Corey Hallagan]

Thanks guys! Jim, lol...that is a little project my son is working on. He is proud of that rack on the white tail he shot. I keep telling him I am going to cut pen blanks out of the rack, it has some real nice straight tines! We are going to mount it on placque for his room.

Corey

[glenn bradley]

I just assumed it was a cut-off holder for your CMS.

[Karin Voorhis]

Thank you so much for sharing your pics it helps us true newbies a lot.... Very nice and well organized.

I have a tall closet type cabnit that I need to replace and your dresser idea will give me work space too thanks!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Steven DeMars]

Thank you so much for sharing . . . . us newbies need encouragement. Your shop is very nice and very well organized.

I have my shop now with some of my stationary tools, but still in the process of setting up tools & building a basic worbench. Not enough can be said for building a usable workbench FIRST ! ! !

Thanks,
Steve:D

[Carroll Courtney]

Show Off:D LOL!!Very nice,I'm not nosie,but I do like taking shop tours of others woodworkers and to get ideas from.After all, most of our extra time is spent in the shop. thanks and looking foward for other tours. Carroll in Porter Tx

[Matt Wachter]

http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f288/challagan/ShopPhoto5.jpg



Not related to turning, but I like the cord holding up the fence lockdown. I've bumped into mine a few times wishing it had a magnet like the besimeyer fence. Nice solution.

[Corey Hallagan]

Thanks guys! I thought it would be nice to post a really smaallll shop :). One thing is it is much easier to work in a small shop if it is clean. Really helps otherwise it get's out of hand real quick so I have become a clean freak! Matt, in a little shop you have to hip proof it as much as possible. Man that hurts! Just a mini bungie cord!

Corey

[John Miliunas]

Very, very nice, Corey! I can appreciate a small shop, as my first was also quite small. I must say, though, yours is much more organized than mine ever was! :o Very efficient use of available room and putting garage sale items to good use. (The LOML would really be proud of you! :D ) Thanks for sharing and even those of us with a bit bigger shops can gain knowledge or, at the very least, a little inspiration to organize better! :) :cool:

[Kelly C. Hanna]

Looks very functional Coery. Reminds me a little of my first 12x16 shop....it was chock fulla tools like yours is!

[Don Bullock]

You have more space than I do at the present time. Your shop looks nice and you've used the space well. Mine has to share a two car garage with two cars.

[Barry Stratton]

Nice little shop there Corey..........although it is WAY too clean.

And don't even think of hacking up that nice set of whitetail antlers:eek: :eek:

[Roy Wall]

Corey,

Lots of great ingenuity there my friend!! I remember two years ago when you started posting.... You have done an EXCELLENT JOB of orgainizing and making your own benches, storage, etc.... You are way ahead of me!! I like a clean shop too....great showing and keep up the super projects you share with us on SMC!! HAPPY NEW YEAR!

[Julio Navarro]

I didnt see a jointer or a planer? do you have those in some other part of your house or so you not use them?

How do you deal with dust?

I have almost a similar condition and I see you have doen an excellent job using every last bit of space available.

Thanks for sharing.

[Mike Heidrick]

Looks great. I love the way you store your cutoffs for turning.

[lou sansone]

nice layout and well organized

lou

[Corey Hallagan]

Thanks again guys, I appreciate it. Julio, no jointer or planer or bandsaw. I buy mostly dimensioned wood that has been surfaced 2 sides. My shop is not conducive to making furniture really, just too small so I primarily make boxes and other smallish projects and I like to turn as well. Dust..... no dust collection. I have 2 shop vacs but no collection. I use a fan with a furnace filter on it near my turning and sanding.... other than that, i clean up the dust daily, sweep and vaccum. I would like to get an overhead dust filter job. We will see. Thanks again all!

Corey