Just take your shop, cut it in half, double the stuff in it, cover the floor (and everything else) with sawdust, unpaint the walls and you've got my shop! <- insert smiley
Sometimes I'm just totally underwhelmed!
Series "A" Craftsman with Carvetight.
Thanks Jaroot, sounds like you have a small shop like mine. Just wondering if anyone has new Ideas to maximize space, anything new you've come up with?
Not really. I just try and have everything on a mobile base of some kind and try to push them out of the way when not in use. I have built a tall mobile unit that holds my planer and has shelves above and below to hold other bench top type tools. I mounted paint can holders on one side of it. I've posted pics of it in my album. I'm not very organized by nature so the shop is kind of a disaster area. About once or twice a year I really get after it but it soon clutters up again. Everybody, myself included, figures that if something doesn't have a place, put it in the garage.
I lied. It isn't in my album. Try this link: http://forum.carvewright.com/showthr...15773-Can-Rack
Last edited by jaroot; 06-12-2011 at 12:03 AM.
Sometimes I'm just totally underwhelmed!
Series "A" Craftsman with Carvetight.
Overhead storage a must.
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My shop is my garage, I am a wood and tool hoarder. I would be to embarrassed to post a pic. but I love it.
I was working today on one of the Goofy projects that I get into (3ft section of Carved Wooden Rail Road Track)
of course with a yesterdays Deadline!! --anyway you can see south end of the shop in one of the photos.
The life size rails are made up of 7 carved pieces of poplar, now glued up and primed, ready for the faux rusted steel finish,
I've got the Red Oak ties cut-out and torch/charred, I'll use a high speed wire wheel to make the wood grain stand out for the staining.
I had the actual steel Rails in the shop, but artist said the 90lb per rail was just to heavy to deal with,
so she decided on going with the Poplar a little less than 10lb per rail
Ps. It's all going to be used as part of a Dispaly, for a Sphere of Ceramic Art -- balancing between the Rails
Ken
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My shop is in the basement and all my machines are on wheels except my lathe which I very seldom use. I have a section tarped off to help keep the dust contained to one area and my carving room is an old fruit cellar under my front porch, and I use this to keep the noise down low. Other than that I have 2 benches with storage under them and a roll-a-way tool box. My work area is maybe 12X12. Pictures wouldn't do it any justice.....believe me.
CJ
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That ain't right Ken. That just ain't right. Where are the piles of sawdust? How about the stack of tools that need to be put away? I'd put up a picture of my shop but the firemarshal would track me down and lock me up.
Here's Photo of the down sized Faux Finished R/R Ties to go along with the Rails I did yesterday.
Terry, -- This is also a shot of the Crating Shop -- next to my Prep Shop
to each as own I guess -- I at least, like to see the Bench I'm Working On!
Ps. There's actually more than 3 benchs under all that!
Last edited by Kenm810; 06-22-2011 at 04:49 PM.
Ken
Ver 1.182 on XL Pro plus Ver 1.164 and 1.175 on Windows 7 Ultimate
It Never Fails * Till * You Say It Never Fails