dbhost

Good space, nice equipment, and some good, well built shop projects done. I absolutely LOVE the little workbench you built for your son... Gotta raise 'em right you know!

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gregL

There is nothing more exciting than having a nice shop to work in. Your shop really looks nice!
Looks like you are a big fan of Delta tools.

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garryswf

This is the area of the garage that i use as a shop. I still need to set down and do some thinking as to how i can utilize my space better. When you have to share the work space(wifes Blazer) I guess a person needs to put alot of thought into how and were you are going to store all the tools, i need more room. [ATTACH][ATTACH][/ATTACH][/ATTACH]

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sprior

Thanks daryl, dbhost, and gregL! The projects on the horizon are going to be things like replacing those metal shelves with drawer base cabinets for too storage with wall cabinets for supplies.

My son loves his workbench! It was a learning project for me - I wanted to see if I could cut plywood strips straight enough to build a stress skin table top and have it reasonably flat. Once that came out well I decided I was ready to build the full sized version for daddy.

And yeah I guess I'm a Delta/Porter Cable fan, but I've been drifting a little lately - just got the Milwaukee Drill and Impact Driver kit and a Bosch Jigsaw to replace the B&D piece of junk I've avoided using for 20 years. First project with the jigsaw was cutting a Halloween ghost out of plywood.

ljsayat13

A real nice cute little shop and it looks like you got it set up pretty good for the size. Its amazing what a person can produce in a small shop but a shop is a shop regardless of its size.

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Skeaterbait

That is really nice, I hope mine will turn out as well. I am curious, what size is that? I am in the works of losing my meager 10x14 "shed", don't get me wrong it has been great, but replacing it with an 18X20 and I am studying everyones pics in preparation for setting mine up.

Shamus

Here's the outside. If I can never find the time and energy to clean it out. Eventually I'll add a shot from inside. It's a working shop so I have given up on keeping it spotless. High bay is 30X40X12 w/2 car attached.

tl_foster

I had a woodshop in my basement that was, let's just say, tight, small, cramped and any other adjective you can think of for undersized. So, I had a 24 x 24 boat/tractor shed that was attached to the side of a single car garage. Mind you this was just 6 poles with tin on the top. Anyway, I decided to close it in and make a woodshop out of it. The shed followed the slope of the ground so presented me with a few challenges. In the pictures you will note that the ceiling height varies from the front (8') to the rear (6' 4"), but we have a level floor! The electrical is finished and the dust collection system is half finished. I still need to insulate the walls and ceiling and put in interior sheething, maybe add a couple of windows, but it is usable and the rest can wait on the finances.

It was dark so here is the only picture of the outside:



Inside pictures:

Restored 1946 Walker-Turner TA-1180B






Jet 6" jointer:



Restored 1980 Rockwell 31-710 Finishing Machine:



Restored 1968 Rockwell/Delta 28-300 14" Bandsaw:



Homespun router table Ryobi/Craftsman:



Delta 1.5 HP Dust Collector:



Restored 1952 Craftsman Model # 103.24242 table saw set up for dadoes:



Rikon 30-120 13" Drill Press - being replaced this next week with a Craftsman 15 1/2 floor model




Delta Screaming 12" Planer - until I can find an old one



Craftsman 1/2" Shaper - awaiting restoration or replacement by a Delta HD Shaper



Ryobi SCMS -what can I say - it is a handy tool



1948 Delta 1460 Lathe - clean but awaiting a full restoration



I have been procuring my tools by buying on CL, buying better each time and selling the old. I am on a fixed income and this is the only way I could figure out to do it. I love finding the grungy old tools that look really bad. I put a little elbow grease into the tools, fix anything that is broken and then resell. It's a slow way to go, but there are bargains out there in today's economy.

Anyway, thanks for looking guys. I've enjoyed following this thread. I think my old shop is even up there close to the beginning.

Lamar

TexasTimbers

Lamar,

What a fantastic story and shop. I really admire the tool restorations, and the work you put into your shop.

"Broken Toys Fixed Here" . . . . that says it all.

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Gerry KIERNAN

You have done very nice work on your tool restorations Lamar. There are some fine looking pieces of equipment.

Gerry

John in Tennessee

WoW1111 Thats a sharp idea and and GREAT shop. I wish I had the talent... I have always said "Any idiot can open his billfold
and buy something" Doing it with someone's monry takes money takes talent.

dbhost

TL, WOW, you have been busy! Guess that long skinny room wasn't working for you... That old Craftsman contractor saw looked okay, but that Walker Turner looks like a fantastic machine! Other than the SCMS and a couple other things, looks like a time warp in there...

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dbhost

Just to give y'all a frame of reference, take a trip back in time to January 2008 and see my first shop tour post.

Now fast forward nearly two years to the present Shop Tour.

The boat is still hanging from the ceiling, but it is definately coming along...

There are a LOT of features that I would love to show off that just don't show up well in photos... Need to figure that out, and soon...

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ACP

Here is my little garage shop. I am still working on improving it. I recently added more strip lighting and insulated the garage door. Next step is to run an electrical sub-panel out there so I have more amps and 220 access. Got a Ridgid table saw, jointer and planer, a Hitachi CMS, older JET bandsaw, little Shopfox drill press, and various other hand tools. Next on the list (probably should have been sooner) will be a dedicated dust collector instead of my shop-vacs and a shop heater. It gets cold in SD in the winter! The insulation definitely helps. Everything is on wheels so I can move it out and move it back, very important to keeping the wife happy. She wants both vehicles parked inside. I know it isn't much but it is my man cave and it does have a Ridgid tool girl calender .

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tl_foster

Thanks for the nice comments guys. It's my "Man Cave" and I enjoy working in it.


I'm hoping I can have all "Old Arn" before I'm done. I just like the quality and the sense of style that was applied to tools 60 years ago. The fact that these tools are still usable after all this times speaks to the quality. I've been very disappointed in many of my "chiawanese" tool purchases and hate having to repurchase because of poor quality. My year and half old Craftsman router is a good example. The height adjustment ring was made of cheap plastic that wouldn't budge because of saw dust. Not removable - I had to cut it off with a dremel tool. Now I'm in the market for a new "old" Porter Cable router.

Anyway, thanks again.

Lamar

tl_foster

The shop is looking good. Sounds like you are having fun improving your shop.

Lamar

tl_foster

Come on Shamus, we've all seen a messy shop before. Let us see the inside. That nice exterior makes up for a big mess inside anyway. ;>)

Lamar

dbhost

Thanks. Yeah, I am having a BLAST with it. Learning a LOT, making a lot of mistakes and correcting them.

I have had some VERY interesting projects in my shop that aren't neccesarily woodworking projects per se... Kind of like you, I have been redoing my band saw and such. But my stuff is way newer...

New stuff has its advantages, and old Arn is wel worth restoring. I am working with mostly newer hardware due to availability. The oldies around here seemed to be out the door before I could even call on them...

I fully expect certain of my machines to be around, and working well when my grand kids get them. The band saw, lathe, and drill press in particular. They use all standard sized components, and upgrading the weak points on these is cheap and easy. And those Hitachi routers will likely survive a nuclear blast... Pretty tough buggers for sure!

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b4d93r

The shop is far from being ready but here is the basic plan I've started working on. Mind you, the dimensions are not exact. I still have to clean out the garage to where I can get in and actually measure things. There are still aspects that are being redesigned. in the drawing below I wasn't able to get the corner pieces of the cabinets to work the way I wanted so I just left them.

Leo G

I know in my area you cannot have a propane tank bigger than 20lbs inside.

That's a lot of cabinets you got going there. They gonna be filled?

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