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square patch of the room. Needless to say I think it would be classified as a “small shop”. I have built a king size bed as well as two large rolling storage cabinets for a school in the shop but most of my work is much smaller. CD/DVD cases, boxes, coffee and side tables, etc. Pho...
ted my own business in June 2007, just making work benches and now have expanded to garage and wardrobe systems. I have had no training in joinery or woodworking but have studied in Draughting. Watching The Wood Whisperer has been very interesting. If you noticed I took Marc’s design of the...
My shop is a work in progress but its constantly developing so I guess that’s good. I share space with lawn & garden, bicycles, camping gear, a canoe, and of course, a LARGE BBQ smoker and a couple of smaller grills. My major equipment list won’t impress many, but it works well fo...
every tool in the shop had a place and my dad could always tell if a tool was not placed back where it was supposed to be! The chisels consisted of a large array of different sized flat chisels and gouges. Along the top were a number of “braces” for drilling holes as well as some antiq...
ope sometime in the future to find a way to run some 5″ dedicated lines around the shop but the low ceilings are a problem with clearance. The large tools in the shop are: Craftsman Hybrid 10″ table saw Harbor Freight 14″ band saw Harbor Freight 12″x36″ lathe Craftsma...
mbly table. In this shop I build banjos, guitars, and other moderately sized projects, as befits the space. I occasionally tackle something bigger. My largest project was a 17 foot cabin cruiser, which was assembled in the back yard–the smaller pieces of which were fabricated in this tiny room...
s. We also provide custom milling of gaffs, booms, timbers, beams and cants. Our 10,000-square-foot drive-through shop is one of a kind, featuring the largest tracer-lathe in North America. We can turn logs up to 40 inches in diameter and 122 feet in length. With our two sawmills, we can mill logs a...
ast thing I do is hang my apron up and flip the breakers off. That way I know the various chargers, the radio, air compressor, dust collector, all the large tools, even the shop lights themselves, (Lots of lights with provision for even more!) will not get up to no good and create a mini Chernobyl w...
I don’t have to buy my own machinery. As a young guy (34) starting a business I’m not 100% confident about, it’s nice not to have a large capital investment in overhead. I don’t get scared if I have 3 weeks without paying work. It gives me a chance to do other things that wi...
ght the space up. My situation is ideal as far as basement shops go, as I have a straight shot from the garage right down to the basement. I have no corners to navigate, which is very helpful when moving sheet goods and finished projects. The pictures of the shop were taken after I put the shop b...
This week’s project comes from Frank (yep, the Woodcraft guy from Ep. 62). Let’s hear what he has to say: Well, I finally completed my workbench. I would love to have a typical European style bench with a large twin screw vice on the side, but I have neither the space nor the funds. Fu...
ng with the Leigh Super 24. We just purchased a CMT 333 for boring hinges. Drilling pocket hole screws are done with the Kreg master system. Enjoy the tour! ...