The "2007 Let's See Your Shop" Thread

[Toby Robson]

So, I am the latest greenhorn!

I am looking to setup my own wook-working shop, probably in my garage (SO has sanction a whole 2 bays!!).

Rather than invent the wheel I am hoping members can share their setups so we can all benefit from others trial and error.

Apologies if a thread on this topic exists, but search did not really yield a consolidated one.

So, let's not be shy. Maybe we'll get a sticky out of it!

Best Regards,

"The New Guy"

Toby

[glenn bradley]

This isn't totally accurate but, its close.

[SCOTT ANDREWS]

This isn't totally accurate but, its close.



Glenn
I couldn't quite make out the size of the Bandsaw.Is that a 12" or 17".

[Toby Robson]

Great, Glenn. Thanks!

What is the Full Length and Width of the shop space?

[Bill Huber]

Not near as nice as Glenn's drawing but here it is any way.

My shop is a 12x16 out building.

I really don't think I will be making anything really large but its all I have and it is a fun little shop and I really enjoy it.

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[Bill Arnold]

Before moving to Georgia where I have a dedicated shop building, I worked in our two-car garage. Most of the equipment was on one side of the garage so LOML could park her car inside at night. Several tools were on roll-around carts that could be placed in a convenient operating position, then rolled back to "my" side of the garage at night. Here's a page from my website showing the arrangement:
http://bbarnold.com/shoplwr.html

:)

[Chris Jenkins]

Toby

Always happy to show my modeling. Try Shoptours.org, lots of shop shots there, a little dated, but still plently of ideas.

My Shop is a basement shop.

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This modeling is pretty close to accurate. The Miter Station project is supposed to commense next week. The outfeed table is now a fold down style unit instead of a cabinet.

Chris

[Jim Becker]

Shop portion of the 22'x44' building is 22'x30' approximately. Since these graphics were created, the bench was turned 90º to provide better workflow when using the full slider extension and the free-standing router table was eliminated for a solution on the TS.

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[Al Willits]

I'm like Bill in that the garage is also my shop, when the weathers bad Beasty usually parks her car in it....usually, except when tree's come down...

Anyway, most of my stuff is on mobile bases so what the shop looks like depends on where I happen to wheel whatever I'm using.
But picture a 2.5 car garage with the front extended 12 foot and that's what I get to play in.

Doing it this way has helped me decide on where I want to place things in my next life or if we move, least I have a good start on where they'll go.

I think each of us has their own preference on how they like to do things and that may influence how the shop is set up, I wouldn't make anything permanent until I worked with it awhile.

Al

[Rob Bodenschatz]

...and the free-standing router table was eliminated...

I wouldn't exactly say it was ELIMINATED, Jim.

:D:D:D

[glenn bradley]

Glenn
I couldn't quite make out the size of the Bandsaw.Is that a 12" or 17".

12" now but not tomorrow :D :D :D (inside joke).

[glenn bradley]

Great, Glenn. Thanks!

What is the Full Length and Width of the shop space?

Approx. 22' x 31' usable. The laundry area occupies what was a fourth bedroom option that the original owners happily did not opt for. They must have known I was coming. When I first pulled up to look at the house the garage door was open so I was looking straight into it. I think I was sold on the house before I ever got to the door. After all I told my agent I was looking for a garage with somewhere to sleep attached to it.

[Jim Becker]

I wouldn't exactly say it was ELIMINATED, Jim.


Good point...I arranged for it to be relocated it about 50 miles outside of the shop... :D Oh, yea...into yours! LOL

[Dave MacArthur]

I'd sure like to hear what programs you all used to draw some of those pics! I only know about the deltatools shop designer online, and it's pretty painful...

[Alex Elias]

I don't have the last rearranged pictures but this is what I've done with a 3 car garage.
I hope it helps you.
The fridge is not there any more. There are shlefs in place of it
http://i136.photobucket.com/albums/q185/alxe24/Shop/IMG_3663copy.jpg

Here are the shelfs. The fridge is on the other side of the workbench

http://i136.photobucket.com/albums/q185/alxe24/Wood-Rack-05.jpg

http://i136.photobucket.com/albums/q185/alxe24/Wood-Rack-06-1.jpg

The workbench on the back is now under the wood rack

http://i136.photobucket.com/albums/q185/alxe24/Shop/IMG_3667copy.jpg

http://i136.photobucket.com/albums/q185/alxe24/Shop/IMG_3662copy.jpg

Old Lathe

http://i136.photobucket.com/albums/q185/alxe24/Shop/IMG_3664copy.jpg


New one

http://i136.photobucket.com/albums/q185/alxe24/Projects/IMG_4794.jpg

[Rob Bodenschatz]

I'd sure like to hear what programs you all used to draw some of those pics! I only know about the deltatools shop designer online, and it's pretty painful...

Dave, the two-dimensional ones look to be Microsoft Visio. The three-dimensional ones look to be Google SketchUp. SketchUp has a free version. Grizzly has a shop designer which people seem to like as well.

[Jim Becker]

I'd sure like to hear what programs you all used to draw some of those pics! I only know about the deltatools shop designer online, and it's pretty painful...

SketchUp! for me...

[Rick Levine]

Since I'm retiring next year (184 days!) and I had been saving for some time I was able to build a shop pretty close to my dream shop which included an office, bath room and darkroom (I'd been a photographer in my previous career and had been for over 40 years). Except for some slight machine placement changes this is what it looks like.

[David George]

By the way, nice Makita posters in your shop!

[Jon Lanier]

My shop is a disaster right now but here is some pics.
http://img518.imageshack.us/img518/782/shop3mn9.jpg

http://img522.imageshack.us/img522/7007/shop2fy5.jpg

http://img408.imageshack.us/img408/264/shop1px6.jpg

My older son at the scrollsaw.
http://img46.imageshack.us/img46/4369/calebonthesawzl1.jpg

[Jeffrey Makiel]

The best part about computers is that they help make dreams a little more real.

This is a basement shop (17' x 26'). It's almost the size of a generous 2 car garage. The ceiling are only 7' tall though.

-Jeff :)

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y84/Beff2/Shop.jpg

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y84/Beff2/Woodshop64duct-2800x640.jpg

Some new storage was just added. It does look like this but now all the junk has found its way back onto it...

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y84/Beff2/ShelfNo21200x960.jpg

Some new cabinets are planned above the radial arm saw...

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y84/Beff2/ShelfNo3rev1-21200x960.jpg

My shop with my existing 6" jointer...

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y84/Beff2/Woodshop64ductrev2a1200x960.jpg

My shop with how the new Grizzly Planer/Jointer combo would look with it's backside towards you. ...And, I must say, it looks pretty good there! :rolleyes:
http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y84/Beff2/Woodshopmaster1200x960.jpg

[John Thompson]

I don't know how you guys do those illustrations you do, but kudo's for however you do it. It took my wife about a year to teach me how to put batteries in a digital camera and click.. on automatic... :o

The illustrations just posted by Jeffery were outstanding along with the other whatever you guys call "ems". Not in my life-time probably as I am a hold-out for getting a cell phone which I refuse to do. Put that on my resume! ... :)

Here's my shop or both of them to be technical. Under the house two car garage with a 1/2 basement. The cutting gets done in the front near the doors where the cyclone is. All tools with the exception of the BS and DP are mobile. The ones kept in the back shop can be rolled to the forward shop in under a minute. The wood rack is back there and sharpening gets done there also with capability to set up several more assembly tables on a large project that spills over.

It's not large... but it's not tiny... it's just "my shop" and as I have done since 1972, I take what I have and make the most of it. It works fine for "me".

Sarge..

[Greg Funk]

The best part about computers is that they help make dreams a little more real.

Jeff,

Those renderings are fantastic! What did you use to generate them?

Greg

[Mike Heidrick]

Jeff,

Those renderings are fantastic! What did you use to generate them?

Greg

QFT!!! Please enlighten us. That overhead of the DC work is so sweet.

[Gail O'Rourke]

There are great shops - I love to see everyone's creative space management.

CabinetmakerOnline dot com just did a video of me and my shop - if you visit their page, click on video and Hometown Woodworking - Woody, Timber and I will give you the personalized tour.

[Bill Huber]

There are great shops - I love to see everyone's creative space management.

CabinetmakerOnline dot com just did a video of me and my shop - if you visit their page, click on video and Hometown Woodworking - Woody, Timber and I will give you the personalized tour.


Gail, it is good to see someone else with a small shop and everything on wheels. I would love to have a big shop but just don't have the room.

The one thing that I have noticed that with the shop I have not it stays cleaner and neater then when I was in a over sizes 2 car garage. I just can't leave things out, I don't have the room to do that, so I use it and put it back that way I have the room to do the next thing. So I guess that is one plus for a small shop.

[Jeffrey Makiel]

Greg & Mike,
Plain AutoCAD. An old version too. The new version has a much improved rendering engine but the cost of this software is beyond belief now.
-Jeff :)

[Jeffrey Makiel]

CabinetmakerOnline dot com just did a video of me and my shop.

Gail,
The video is not working properly..at least for me. Does one need to be member? Is anyone else having trouble? I'm using Windows Media Player.
-Jeff :)

[Greg Funk]

Greg & Mike,
Plain AutoCAD. An old version too. The new version has a much improved rendering engine but the cost of this software is beyond belief now.
-Jeff :)
Did you draw all those machines yourself? I always found drawing in 3D in Autocad to be a bit of a chore. But I probably haven't tried in about 10 yrs.

Greg

[Pat Germain]

There are great shops - I love to see everyone's creative space management.

CabinetmakerOnline dot com just did a video of me and my shop - if you visit their page, click on video and Hometown Woodworking - Woody, Timber and I will give you the personalized tour.

Great video, Gail! You should have your own TV show. If that segment was a little more polished, it would be better than a lot of programs currently airing. Sponsors would jump at the chance to reach all the women viewers you would attract. (Of course, lots of guys would also watch.)

I hope you don't mind me noticing you apparently attended the Norm Abram School of Pronounciation. I like to hear you say "draw-ahs". ;)

[Jeffrey Makiel]

Greg,
All the machines (and other things) are drawn from scratch using my existing shop machinery as templates. AutoCAD has gotten much better beginning with version 2000 or 2002. R14 and earlier releases are difficult and cumbersome to use, IMO. Since 2004, a updated version is released annually.

In 2007, the software underwent some powerful 3D changes. A much better rendering engine is provided. It's now up to version 2008. However, it's primarily known for it's powerful 2D capability which has gain commercial market share over the many years.

-Jeff :)

[Greg Funk]

Very impressive Jeff. I think I'll stick to Sketchup for now since I can draw fairly quickly now.

Greg