Bathroom Workshop Pics

[Matt P]

This forum is great and really helps me. I live in a studio apartment in Manhattan, so this is my workshop.. I have a few benchtop tools (bandsaw, drill press, table saw) that I move in and out as necessary. That is my shower razor sticking out from the pile of sawdust. Cleaning up every day is a pain. My "lumber supply" is next to the front door with my shoes. Thought some folks with huge workshops may get a kick out of this. How I wish for a real workshop.

[JohnT Fitzgerald]

Wow - I have to give you a salute. that's pretty impressive.

I suppose squeezing a cyclone DC in there is out of the question? ;)

[Michael Weber]

Unbelieveable. Nice work even if you had had ten time the space. Very impressive.

[Julian Wong]

I'm impressed!
The only thing I would do in addition to what you do is to tape up your bath drain with blue tape or green tape before working.

After some time, sawdust will pile up in there and you'll have to snake it sooner or later ;)

[Justin Leiwig]

Not a bad idea! I always say my greatest idears always come while i'm on the throne! :D

[Brian Lindenlaub]

Thanks for reminding us that you don't need a big fancy workshop full of expensive gizmos to do beautiful work.

[David DeCristoforo]

"How I wish for a real workshop."

That is a "real" workshop

[Larry Browning]

" I live in a studio apartment in Manhattan"

Ever think of moving?

[Glenn Clabo]

A great example of doing good work with the tools and talent you have.

Nice!

[Greg Cole]

I will have you in mind next time I grumble about my 2 car garage shop!
I'd say you are a prime candidate to slide on the Neander slope working inside of your dwelling. You must get some usual looks-questions from any visitors. I doubt too many Manhattan residents have a WW shop... nevermind one in the bathroom.
Dedication to the craft, you've got! ;)

[Joe Chritz]

Something about a will and a way comes to mind.

Very impressive work. The bonus is that you are really required to clean up after you work, I have a tendency to allow it to go for a while before I do any spiffin up.

Joe

[Danny Thompson]

. . . a studio apartment in Manhattan, so this is my workshop..

So small, and still the most expensive workshop on the board.

[Dewey Torres]

Nice Asian inspired box. You made the whole thing in your bathroom huh? WOW.

[Jim Becker]

Where there is a will, there is a way...

[Maurice Ungaro]

Matt, you're single, aren't you?
I remember using my living room to build my workbench when I was single.

[David G Baker]

Reminds me of the days when I lived in a 10'X48' mobile home and setting up a darkroom so I could develop my film, enlarge and print the photos. Like Jim wrote, Where there is a will...............

[John Schreiber]

Just be sure to keep the TP clean. Sawdust doesn't belong everywhere.

[Mike Langford]

Impressive work!


......I've always said I wish I had a bathroom in my shop! ;)

[Don Bullock]

Please submit your shop to one of the woodworking publishers for inclusion in their next edition of workshop books.

[Lewis Cobb]

Greetings from Canada. This is impressive indeed. Right up there with the fellow I stumbled across in another forum that was TIG welding in his apartment :eek:

[Gary Kvasnicka]

I will never ever complain about my 12'x24' shed being small again. I can only fuss about the 100' walk to the bathroom.:rolleyes:

[Dick Sylvan]

Thirty years ago I lived in a one BR Manhattan apartment and I used the coat closet in the living room as my workshop storage bin. I could store my tools and workbench in the closet when not in use. When I was working, the benchtop folded out kind of like an ironing board. I scratch built model sailboats that I sailed in the Central Park boat pond. I have great memories of those days.

[Tom Clark FL]

Thought some folks with huge workshops may get a kick out of this. How I wish for a real workshop.

When I retired a 10 years ago, I moved to the country and built the workshop I always wanted. Check this link (http://www.tomclarkbooks.com/tomclarkbooks.com/Shop_Cabinets.html) out and dream about the workshop you will be able to have one of these days. You won't have to deal with such a tiny shop forever. Go ahead and dream…

[Aaron Berk]

Impressed:eek:
Nuf Said

[Larry Edgerton]

I have been thinking lately that I have more tools than one man has a right to. It seems I am working more and more for my tools and less and less for the product. Thinking back to when I had just a few tools and a old Delta 9" TS, and the things I managed to make, I sort of miss those days. Am I going to have an auction? Not just yet.:) But the thought has crossed my mind, what to keep and what to let go.

Your bathroom workshop brings all of that to point, and your work is just as beautiful as anything coming out of my huge shop full of "stuff". Very nice work, I like the color combinations, and the proportion looks perfect.

Bravo!

[Steve Rozmiarek]

Matt, do you know how hard you just made it for the rest of us to talk our significant others into more space????

[Dewey Torres]

When I retired a 10 years ago, I moved to the country and built the workshop I always wanted. Check this link (http://www.tomclarkbooks.com/tomclarkbooks.com/Shop_Cabinets.html) out and dream about the workshop you will be able to have one of these days. You won't have to deal with such a tiny shop forever. Go ahead and dream…

Tom,
I am from Panama City but I have been and lived all over FL. I love your shop and might ask you a few questions about it if you don't mind. I too could be retired possibly after my next tour (economy might dictate).

[Matt P]

Yes, single.. haha..


Matt, you're single, aren't you?
I remember using my living room to build my workbench when I was single.

[Matt P]

Tom - that is one NICE shop!



When I retired a 10 years ago, I moved to the country and built the workshop I always wanted. Check this link (http://www.tomclarkbooks.com/tomclarkbooks.com/Shop_Cabinets.html) out and dream about the workshop you will be able to have one of these days. You won't have to deal with such a tiny shop forever. Go ahead and dream…

[Jerry Olexa]

You are creative,. Admire you making it work under difficult circums.

[Brian Loucks]

And your neighbors must love the music coming from your place!

[Anthony Fields]

Matt, a very nice piece of wood crafted. As for the workshop, as others have said. It goes to show you that you don't need all the fancy tools, just the want and desire to create something lasting. Bravo, well done.

You must have 6 month leases. It should take about that long before the sawdust clogs that drain.. :)

Nice work.