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Ok guys, i thought the other one was getting a bit lenghty for those with dial up internet, here's more room for more great pics of your shop's layout!

Thanks in advance

Serge

Serge- before I can get mine posted, I lose the page-nothing really unique anyway.Tried to send to you-check your email.Best regards, MTMiketobey38788.9003356481

I won't post a pic of mine. It's bad, really bad. I've got the remains of rafters hanging down from the roof where the termites have eaten them through, cracks in the (too thin) concrete slab floor - moisture seeps up if I leave any sawdust on the floor. I'm actually not sure why it's still standing, more due to habit than any structural integrity I think.

The good news is that later this year somebody is going to drive a large bulldozer through it, put the wreckage in a truck and cart it away. By then my new workshop will be finished. It'll have ducted dust control, humidity/temp control, and most important of all, a beer fridge.

Terry, that's just sick clean.

I'm sure you cleaned it up just for the pics right. (please say yes)

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[QUOTE=jsuhre] First off very jelous of all the shops but here is mine.



In all fairness its not so much a shop as a corner in the living room.



luckaly i've got a very guitar tolerent room mate who was kind enought to alow me to use the living room

One day though maybe i'll have my own shop!!

~JoE[/QUOTE]

Wow. I think that beats Hesh's bathroom shop, hands down.

Well done.

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WOW! Terry, one clean and neato shop bud, it reminds me of Mario's shop somehow! i can see you did some planning for this one, well worth it though! In daytime, you must get a lot of good light in there too.
Did you dust it all off prior to taking pics ?Thanks

Mike, no problems friend, i'll go check it out and try to post your pics with your permission of course! Thanks

Paul, don't worry bud, i understand and i'm looking forward to see your new shop when you're all set to go!

Rod, i think it's the smallest shop i'll ever see in my life also but we gotta bow down before so much dedication, my hat's off to you, again!

Serge

i'll agree to that Terry, in a messy shop, it seems the extension cords get a life of their own sometimes!

Here is Mike Tobey's shop pics and text, with his permission

The photos are a clockwise trip around the basement of my little house-roomy enough. Only power tools inside are routers/table,battery drill and ROS. Tablesaw,drillpress,and bandsaw(when assembled) are in garage. Dust collectors at bothh locations. The sink/counter is very handy for sharpening station-I use both waterstones and oilstones (distilled H20 for oilstones and diamond hones) Photos attached. YF,MT

Here they are Mike:


































I hope everything turned out ok Mike!

, i got it, WOW, this shop is well equipped, i can see you have a great collection of planes, love your workbench by the way, it's gonna be one project i 'll have to tackle with one day! Lots of room to move around too, can tell you made your homework when planning it all. how 's the bandsaw setting up coming along Mike?

Thanks,

SergeSerge Poirier38789.0481018519

As promised, here are a few shots of my shop, clockwise, not all the pics show some improvement and there's still lots of work to do!

1- Entering the shop and looking left, my mobile workstation, not much has changed there, but i'll be freeing some space in the tiny shelves



2- Stationary second bench, with grinder and drill press, i liberated the big bottom shelf from the pieces of scrap that were ther to install some of my portable power tools before i choose the right place for each of them



3- I installed those 2 huge plywood shelves up on that wall and put as much as i could in there while rearranging the rest.



4-this is a shot of the 3rd wall before



5- After the changes, the 3rd bench has now been reinforced at the base, 1" thick slabs of MDF as a first top layer, covered with glued pine planks that i will sand and varnish. To the left, there's a small pine shelving that i'll use for my precious wood and to the right, it's an recycled futon base that i'll use as top shelving over the bench, thanks Rod for this one!



6- A view of the top of that 3rd bench, the dirty socks are not supposed tobe there, oops sorry, bonus pic anyway!



Now, as said before, lot more work ahead but it already feels so much more comfortable that i will try my best to come up with something more elaborate and definitive.

Thanks to all who have participated so far, it was a very wonderful and most of all helpful thread! I really do appreciate the effort.

Thanks

SergeSerge Poirier38789.8361342593

Hey Serge, I like that 2-man fretting saw you got there .
Better watch out though, Coe likes those big saws also.

[QUOTE=D.L.Huskey] Better watch out though, Coe likes those big saws also.[/QUOTE]
Coe uses his for purfling! Hey Serge, I hope those socks weren't all-white before you used the saw! CarltonM38789.9952546296

D.L. and Carlton,

That two man saw i had for sometime now, it's been staying with me in the shop waiting for me to restore it but ya know how it is, guitars, jigs, guitars and tools and 50 other jigs!

The socks were the last pair my grandma knitted for me as a kid, i don't have a clue why they ended up in my shop? i can't understand either why i did not bring 'em home sooner

If Coe reads this, Hey bud, if you need help with that hard headed purfling, give me a PM, i'll come to your place and the both of us will tear the heck out of it!

Hey Serge, I think everyone should have a big saw of some sort.



and a few tools for fine adjustments.

Serge....

Way to go! Things are lookin' up around othe old tool shed. A little bit at a time.
That old saw blades' a classic, ya gotta love that.

WOW WOW WOW,cool collection of old saws and beautiful wide workshop D.L! Would you advise me to leave mine as it is for the antique look or if not, how do you restore them ? love that bench BTW!

Thanks Rich, yeah, i'm encouraged, it was getting hard to get some work done in there lately, too crowded a space and yes, i love that old time feeling nostalgia to stick around my shop, i bought that saw for $20 from a friend and i know some folks around here would have paid more than that for it!

If given more time, i would build my benches like the one D.L. and Arnt and others have, they sure are prettier than the ones i made out of old full doors!

Serge, My eldest brother brought that cross-cut saw to me about 98. He passed away 4 years ago so I just left it as it was and where he hung it. The 2, 16 inch blades were off of an old gang edger and the 48 inch blade against the wall goes to a Corley T-20 sawmill that I have. It will need to be hammered before it can be used.

That bench you see is made out of some maple that I had. It is only 6 ft long and 24 inches wide. The little table fastened to the side has a lift top where I keep chisels, knives, rulers, files, and other stuff. The other end of the table is connected to an 8 ft X 2 ft bench. This was the only photo I had if it.

Thanks for the info D.L. sorry to hear that your brother passed away. Nice gathering of beautiful instruments you have there, love that binding/purfling on the second one from the left, looks very cool!


I think i'm gonna leave my saw like it is for now, and do like you and hang it like it is.
I have gathered a few plans from the net on how to make workbenches for when i gather some maple, i know places like Lee Valley sells them but it would me more fun for me to build one!

Serge

Hey Serge, this is one of my favorite books. I take it out of the library about 4 times a year and scan and read it. Lots of great stuff in there. Check and see if it's in your local library, or just buy it at amazon, cheap enough.

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Thanks Rod for this great idea and link! I might order this one and also will take a closer look at what Lee Valley has to offer in terms of woodworking books, i need to improve a lot on my skiils and techniqus also!

How's the lil one doin dear Papa ?