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why not.......try to keep them around 100Kb or so and as .jpg
also the Knots crowd next door has more woodworkers.......
OK, here goes. The third stall of my garage goes about 12 feet deeper than the rest of the garage. Nice space to make a mess.
nice floor, steal that from some daycare ??
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Fellow Mn'er---Where about are you?Mike" I reject your reality and substitute my own"
Adam Savage---Mythbusters
Mendota Heights, you?
Bloomington.Near 35 and 494.I gotta shop too--cept sometimes it is a motorcycle repair facility, sometimes a garage, sometimes a junk hole, sometimes--you get the idea. But I have never had to call it home--HAHAHA!Mike" I reject your reality and substitute my own"
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One IMERC one JOSE and one POWERMATIC in my 30x30 unfinished shop.
Be a finished shop.means be a listed house.either that or a retired carp
andy
The secret of Zen in two words is, "Not always so"!
When we meet, we say, Namaste'..it means..I honor the place in you where the entire universe resides, I honor the place in you of love, of light, of truth, of peace. I honor the place within you where if you are in that place in you and I am in that place in me, there is only one of us.
outside. 2+3=7
Convenient having the Coke machine in there.
My shop is in my basement. It is used for hobby and not for income.
messy enough? this is a big picture -- next post will have smaller version
Edited 1/14/2006 4:13 pm ET by Pete
Pete- I like that clamp collection.
'Nemo me impune lacesset'No one will provoke me with impunity
Edited 1/14/2006 4:12 pm ET by razzman
I wouldn't call it messy. I would call it worked in. --------------------------
It's only satisfying if you eat it.
not exactly my shop -- but last nights sunset out back was pretty nice.
Nice blue cart! I bought one at Cosco a while back--went back a week later to buy more--then there were no more!
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Hiya Pete, This is a link to a pic posting summary of sorts that may help you out.
Cheers
'Nemo me impune lacesset'
No one will provoke me with impunity
iwas just going to ask you how you did that
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'Nemo me impune lacesset'No one will provoke me with impunity
let me try this first -- I used irfranview once and had crash issues. hooray, it worked.
Edited 1/14/2006 4:34 pm ET by Pete
Yah, that'll work but you can still shrink it a bit more.
What are you building in that far right corner?
'Nemo me impune lacesset'No one will provoke me with impunity
that was a mantle -- I had a few problems with the finish, but managed to get it under control to the satisfaction of the homeowner.
Oh yeah, and 035 is a nice sized pic at 57KBs.
Looks like you have it down pat.
Cheers
'Nemo me impune lacesset'No one will provoke me with impunity
Gee, whadda everybody else do, clean up before you took a pix?
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Edited 1/14/2006 9:10 pm ET by junkhound
I show the outside early, this is the inside. My shop is a little different from others. I mainly work with metals, welding, automotive.. 2+3=7
Art, maybe one of those collector tubes on the floor could go on the snout coming out of the planer?
Looks like my old mess, but a new neat and tidy one is in the future.
Joe H
I'm still finishing the inside, but here's what the outside looks like. My wife painted it. She is also doing stained glass for some of the windows. The temporary plywood door will be replaced with a double door made from QS white oak with stained glass panels.
http://www.home.earthlink.net/~claypen
the tool storage room / office / materials storage is one half my garage (work in progress!). The "little house on the prarie" is my future shop. Very small, 10 x 14. Also a work in progress. Getting there slowly. The girl is my shop / jobsite helper, a.k.a. daughter. Getting married in a week, and moving to Montana. Hate to see her go, but couldn't be happier for her!
Sure in the heck looks bigger inside... Must be some kind of trick :)
Huck,
Here are my shop helpers, a few more years 'til any weddings.
awww.... But I hate to break it to ya, it was only yesterday I was saying the same thing...
Good chance to learn to post pics, hope it works.
Remodeling Contractor just on the other side of the Glass City
nice looking shop!
Thank you, work in process, love this thread, will keep it going.
Remodeling Contractor just on the other side of the Glass City
Try this site. I can't remember if I found it here or at Knots.
http://www.shoptours.org/
oldfred
ph,
I use my shop mostly as a staging area for remodel projects. I haven't done a lot of woodworking lately, so the table saw and jointer are on mobile bases and pushed out of the way.
The building is 30x60, but I walled off a 20x30 area for the heated shop and office.
Bowz
Hi There,
First post put long time reader. These are old pictures of the two car garage shop. Theirs a lot more wood in it now. I'll take some current pics and post them. One cool thing I like is an automated dust collecter circuit I built from a magazine article. Turn on any tool and the dust collector comes on and off by itself.
John
Those were monster pictures. I resized them so that the dial-up folks could take a look. How do you like that bandsaw? That is the 14" Grizzly, isn't it? I was looking at that sucker about 6 months ago, but never got 'er bought. And I assume those aren't wings on the bandsaw, but rather a jointer behind it?
Nice tools. If you haven't already, you should take a gander at the Knots forum.jt8
"Obstacles are those frightful things you see when you take your eyes off your goals." -- Sydney Smith
Hmm, youve got some new tools !
Is that a Grizzly table saw?
Tim
Hey Tim,
General International Table Saw. Dead flat table and It's heavy. Grizzly 8in jointer, no complaints. Grizzly 15in planer, I hate setting knives. Jet drill press. Grizzly dust collector. Bench was southern yellow pine with cheap vises. Sorry for the large pics last post. how do you post apic in your text box?
Saving for some property to build a 2000sf or so craftsman/bungalow style house. Going to build all the cabinets and inerior doors myself. Can't wait.
John
Do you have Infanview?
Im not the cookie to cut on this question. <G>
There will be some others that can preach on the subject . I can get it done with that program.
The table saw . Thats what threw me as the pic showed the back only. The color looked like what I guessed but it didnt look like their saw . Im not familar with an international.
Thanks.
Tim
Edited 1/24/2006 5:39 pm by Mooney
I was trying to say "a carpenter lives here." The house, not pictured, is a fairly formal 1872 Greek Revival so being a bit playful on the shop complemented the formality.
Norse
That's pretty neat. How about taking a couple steps back and giving us the whole building pic?
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jt8
"Obstacles are those frightful things you see when you take your eyes off your goals." -- Sydney Smith
Edited 1/24/2006 9:33 am by JohnT8
Took some pictures tonight - no, I didn't clean up, and yes, I think I have a drawer fetish . . .
Eventually, everything will have white melamine doors and fronts.
Forrest
Nice crib! How do you find anything. next tool:label maker.<g>
very, very, very nice!
you need to be proud of that shop -- those drawers are awesome!
Thanks - Everytime I have leftover cabinet 3/4 ply and (luan for bottoms), I make some more drawers. I had just made the ones under the tablesaw table last night.
I bought 6 cases of 28" full extension slides years ago for about $10/pair.
Eventually, I'll make Melamine false fronts and label everything - I'm still moving tools and categories around for best efficiency. My shop philosophy is that every tool should be reachable with one motion - either pulling a drawer or opening a cabinet - nothing should be stacked.
My dad and a friend that sometimes use my shop complain they can't find anything!
Glad you liked it.
Forrest
Ok, well, I was gonna take some shots back in February, but wanted to clean the shop first. Still haven't cleaned the shop (geez, how do I work in there?!), but I had the camera with me today.
A few cheap tools. Lots of space. No heating system. No dust collecting system (except my lungs and every other surface in the shop).
Think I'll clean up this weekend.
-Allen
A messy shop is a busy shop, right? LOL
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Hey, now that looks like a place I could call home! A furnace and a flush toilet are true luxuries, too. My toilet is a patch of weeds just outside the barn's back door.
Allen
"Hey, now that looks like a place I could call home! A furnace and a flush toilet..."
I stopped short of installing a shower, but I did consider it.
Riverman, that shop is too clean. How do you get anything done? What you need to do is pile some of the neatly stored shelf items on the table saw and kick some of that pesky dust collection system, lol.
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EDIT: Oops! Nevermind, I landed a job installing Custom Wood Stairs.
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Edited 4/6/2006 10:05 pm by Ted W.
You need to go on the 7 plan. Every time you go into your shop put away 7 things. You'll be amazed at how fast it cleans up.
The opening scene of the movie "Saving Private Ryan" is loosely based on games of dodgeball Chuck Norris played in second grade.
That's a good tip. Believe it or not, before I shot those photos, I took four wheel barrow loads of sawdust and cutoffs to the burn pile. I'll have to post some "after" photos next week.
Allen
okay, here's a picture of my shop, a little garage that wants badly to fall down. This is only the stationary tool area- all my hand tools and workbench are in the basement. This is actually a clean time- i just finished some little repairs this afternoon, then took the pics, then worked more on the window sash in the picture, and now the tablesaw is much past overflowing on the floor. After looking at some of these pictures, I'm amazed that I can do anything at all in this shop.
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Then again, some of my favorite stuff posted on this forum is your work, Allen, and your place ain't exactly spic-and-span.
zak
Had the camera out so I grabbed some shots of the latest incarnation of the shop. No, I didn't clean it up for the picture - I try to keep it down to this level of chaos. If I don't put things away I can't work in here.
Shop west: The drying rack is holding some of the frame & panel doors & drawer fronts for the kitchen cabinets - I'll post that in another month or so when I get 'em sprayed & hung.
Shop north: That tall white thing in the corner is my latest toy ..er.. tool, a Mini Max S45n bandsaw. Can't wait to get the cabinets done so I can start playing with this thing!
Shop east: As part of our remodel last summer I had the back wall pushed out 4' (it's now 16' x 20'), insulated, rocked & painted the interior and installed the Marvin to replace an old single pane slider. Since the shop is adjacent to the kitchen with new Marvins I didn't really have a choice...
That's way too clean. I'd post pictures of mine but you all would turn me in to OSHA.
Your mind is on vacation and your mouth is working overtime - Mose Allison
What you building in there that you have to have tinfoil on the windows?
Wop bop a loo bop a lop bam boom!
That's to keep out the mind-reading rays . . .
Forrest
The door is west facing with single pane glass. The foil reduces the afternoon heat gain at least 10 degrees in the summer. The door is going to be replaced by insulated carriage doors this summer so lo-tech was the perfect short term solution.
I used to let the shop pile up a whole lot more. The dust collector really helps. I've also found that just a few minutes when I fininsh a task to put away those tools & clean up keeps it so it doesn't become a whole day effort (BTDT). Also, I'm more motivated to go out to the shop when I know I can just work without having to wade through piles of cr#p or spend a bunch of time trying to find the tools I need. And sometimes I really need that motivation!
I must thank you big time. Wife had told me get the garage/workshop cleaned up "its a mess!!!" Thanks to you I have shown hes much worse and have been reprived! At least for a while................
Shops sort of a mess, been looking to hire a displaced Hooter babe to help clean it but so far no luck.
General 12 inch Jointer, Hitachi resaw and homebrewed stroke sander.
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SCMI 25 inch wide belt
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1939 Oliver 30 inch bandsaw.
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Delta drillpress. General 15 inch bandsaw
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Delta drill press equiped with air sanding drum
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more stuff
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Here is my Big Band Era Dance Hall that is in the early stages of becoming a shop. It is about 2000 sq. ft. and is attached to my house (an 1850's Inn). It has a ceiling that has 3 barrel vaults:
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Basswood, that's a great space. It will be inspiring to work there! Direct access from the house is a plus, especially in the Frozen North. It's a bit of a trek for me through knee-deep snow to my barn workshop ... then, of course, the space is unheated and drafty when I get there.
I'm doing architectural woodworking now, but if get serious about my furniture-making plans, I'll need conditioned space for storing wood, etc. Expensive and difficult. What did furniture makers do back in the 1800s? Keep a fire going 24/7? Or just know how to work with not-so-dry wood? Maybe I'll take those thoughts over to Knots.
Allen
What did furniture makers do back in the 1800s?
They had old growth wood!
Basswood, that's one cool looking place, what part of the country you in?
I'm almost a North Woods guy...SE MN.
You finished yet?Those are some fine looking digs you call a shop. You should build a staircase someday....
Thanks, a shot of the outsides, the wife and I along with two dogs live on the second floor.. The white stuff is snow which is almost all gone now.
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Edited 4/6/2006 10:37 pm ET by riverman
You have a nice set up Armin, you could do alot worse.
BTW how far up the peninsula are you? Never been up that way, but I've heard alot about it.
North Central UP a few miles south of Lake Superior about 50 miles east of Marquette.
Great shop. I'm drooling.
Do you build curved walls to build the stairs around, like Stan has shown before? I take it you have a metalworking shop in a seperate area, after seeing the stringerless spiral stair.
zak
Thanks Zak. Yes I build the curved walls. I usually build two sets, one I install on the jobsite the other matching set is installed in the shop that way I know it will fit. I have a high bay that is large enough to build stairs up to 12 ft. floor to floor. The metal working shop is located in the lumber shed which also has a 20 x 28 ft finishing room attached to the back. The metal shop is as crude as it can get. One of these days I'll find the time to set it up in a heated room of it's own. Untill then I have to suffer through the black flies and the snow flies avoiding welding when it cold enough to give me the shakes.
that is disgusting!!!
you are a slob!!!
you don't trip over all that bare floor do you???
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Mr. T.
There's a steering-wheel in me pants and it's driving me nuts!!!
No kidding. If I worked with Armin I'd have to walk around with my shoelaces untied and flopping around just so I could feel normal. Keep that junk under my feet feeling going.
Wop bop a loo bop a lop bam boom!
Love seeing ALL the shops posted,like to see more.Unfortunately, Riverman , you can't use the excuse that you can't find anything or there's too much stuff to move to get goin.On another point, what have you used on the shop floor?Whatever it is,what do you like / don't like about it.And what do you have for sheething on your ceiling?? Looks like Marlite.Anyway,thanks for the photo's! george c.
you don't trip over all that bare floor do you???Actually my wife who works with me full time in the shop is appalled by the mess I make. I tell her she should go work for someone else and see what a mess really looks like. Yes I have crap on the floor and leaning against the walls like everyone else however I generally pick stuff up as I go and vacuum the floor every few days. When it gets to cluttered I make a few phone calls and the hobby crowd comes over and carts off the cutoffs, still some days it looks like a disaster area. My dad was a neatness basket case and a little of it rubbed off. As a bonus it gives customers the illusion that I'm organized and really know what I'm doing.
GReat......now I gotta clean all the darn drool out of the keyboard.
Bridgewood sliding table shaper, feeder, Hagner scroll saw.
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Thank You! You've given me something to aim for...(That is not a joke!)
When I saw the title of this thread, my immediate response was, "You don't want to see it." Muttered between clenched teeth. Unfortunately, I went to the "Treadwell School of Tool Use", which did not have a lesson in putting anything away. We all just put them down...and that ain't good. I've been trying to reform for 30 years, at least.
Kate, I was gonna post "after" shots of my cleaned-up shop this week. But, as usual, I have to get one more project done before I have time to tidy things up. Good luck to you!
Allen
Thanks! I'm also working on windows.