Popular Post houstonjc Posted August 31, 2018 Popular Post Report Share Posted August 31, 2018 I'm between projects and the shop is finally clean, so I thought I'd show it off. We bought the house in no small part of the garage. It came fully loaded with heat, AC (important in Texas) and a bathroom, though I rarely run the AC due to cost. In addition to there bays (2 of which usually hold cars), the builders added a 23'x11' raised extension on the back. It holds most of the shop. I added in more electrical and lots more LED lights. I don't have a proper bench, but have built a large torsion box assembly table. I've added a pipe wrench moxon vise and machinist vise for now. It's built on top of an old flakeboard desk. I love my Grizzly G0490x. Have a big jointer is extremely helpful. I moved from a Kobalt jobsite saw to a pro sawstop. it makes a HUGE difference. This saw is great. I organized the shop to have a long clear isleway. I don't have a ton of room, but it works. My bandsaw, router table, and dust collector are hooked up as a trio, allowing for easy access to everything (I'm waiting on replacement dust bags). I put the air cleaner near the collector to help collect any fines that come out of the bag. This router table is too tall, and it makes it awkward, but it works for now. Hidden air compressor! The Porter Cable drill press is great for the money. . I made this dust separator cart for sanding. I'm not happy with the form factor; it just takes up too much room. I need to find a better solution, but it will work for now. I built a flip top cart to hold my planer and spindle sander. Sandpaper storage is down below. This large storage rack served its purpose when I had mostly benchtop tools. I'm looking to build some other storage so I can get rid of this and build a proper bench. PPE and misc. tools. Blades and tape A quick and dirty wall hanging tool cabinet. I'll remake thsi out of nice wood and with better internal storage after I've built up my handtool arsenal a bit more. I keep some reference charts on it, as well as whatever current plans that I'm working on. I'd like to add a couple more planes, a few specialty chisels, a router plane, and some more marking tools. Once I've got them, I'll rebuild this to be a bit nicer and more space-efficient. My primary bench is another part of that old desk with some MDF on top. It moves around too much for planing, unfortunately. The garage came with these built in MDF shelves. I converted a few to drawers. I may rip all of these out and built a utility bench for sharpening and such, with a proper bank of drawers below and cabinets above. Portable power tools. Do I need a 5th router? I think so. I'm making use of the pillar in the shop to store clamps. This definitely keeps them out of the way. I've got to update this clamp rack to hold more pipe racks now that I've moved the parallel clamps. I built small and monster sized table saw sleds. They work well. The lumber rack loaded down with walnut for the next project. The most important thing in my shop 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chet Posted August 31, 2018 Report Share Posted August 31, 2018 Looks like a real nice space. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mat60 Posted August 31, 2018 Report Share Posted August 31, 2018 Nice shop tour. Looks like a great area to work in. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Just Bob Posted August 31, 2018 Report Share Posted August 31, 2018 Thanks for the tour, I really enjoy seeing how other people set things up. Looks like a great place to work. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TerryMcK Posted August 31, 2018 Report Share Posted August 31, 2018 Nice space. I wish I could keep my shop that dust free. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Art Posted August 31, 2018 Report Share Posted August 31, 2018 Nice space. I agree with the "Most Important Thing in the Shop". I have one as well... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ronn W Posted September 5, 2018 Report Share Posted September 5, 2018 Great space - enjoy it. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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