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Alrighty, cell phone pics...but you'll survive I'm sure. When I bought the house, this summer, I bought the lot next door which came with my driveway to the back shop, 'three' carports and storage shed. For the sake of clarity, I'll refer to the closest carport as the "single" carport, and the...

Right, Photos! Will shoot some today, nice and sunny out

I'll have to measure it tomorrow or Saturday, and take photos for you. I don't have the notebook where the measurements are written down. -Dave

My property came with three carports. They are often mistaken as pole-barn style since they have large post and beams, but the wood doesn't go into the ground. The single carport is build on a poured foundation and the larger unit is built on temporary footings. I can take additional photos...

I donate all of my 'no longer used' tools to the local high school. They still have an automotive program and a woodworking program.

This. Thought I had taken enough photos, thought I would remember, even a week later. Definitely did not :P -Dave

<Pretend image of Huot Drill Bit Cabinet is here...> WOW! You just gave me three more items I need to add to my list of 'future shop items'. Not sure where I'm going to put those in the new shop build, but my "drill bit drawer" is out of control. Two sets of fractional, letter and decimal bits...

I was pretty bad this year...the list of presents for me is far too long. But, all done after I had taken care of everyone else. New shop build is humming along!

I own this set, and have it loaded down with at least the rated capacity, if not more. It's a GREAT home shop box, but definitely not a professional shop box. I'm in my garage working on stuff an average of 4hrs a day, 6 days a week. The build on the box might be a touch light, but for the price...

Still building my new shop. The main shop is essentially ready to go, but I need to clean up and organize the single-bay 'storage' side when I get back from the holidays. Apparently I ended up with a shop full of wood and wood scraps that I had never planned on owning! :P Lots of good ideas in...

Yeah, I'm thinking if I paint the 2x4's white, and add a top shelf it might look okay. Blue car needs a serious dusting at the very least! -D

The repaired and modified lower cabinet worked out perfectly as a new lower box for my milling tools. The old lower box made the red top look "good", so this is quite an improvement! I will now need to avoid the temptation to buy a new top box. I moved my Craigslist cabinet find into the...

Started hammering out the bent cabinet, and soon realized that the 18ga metal wasn't going to move around the way I hoped...especially with the way the spotwelds were positioned in the middle of the main damage. Then an idea hit me, and I took some measurements. To the table saw! My recently...

Probably just poorly typed by me. I bought the house/property/shop in the summer, so it is all "new to me". The shop was just a roof and bare walls when I bought it, but the house was built in 1992 and quite liveable (if you don't mind decorating designs by a 'grandma'). Still working on...

How many do you need? I did the math on T8's, T8's with LED bulbs and the 4ft LED shop lights available at Princess Auto. Once I worked out my chosen lumens, I determined that I would need 18 of the Princess Auto 4ft LED's, or 26 T8 fixtures. It worked out to being about $1000 more to purchase...

Another couple of weeks have passed, but with traveling I've only had a few days in the shop...still, progress! I got the front lights up into the shop, and have lots of light for working. Hard to show the difference between the single light I've been using and the addition of 5 more LED...

Ha! There is no way I can think that far ahead. A year ago I was pretty sure I was going to be renting for the rest of my life, and yet here I am typing this off the couch in my own home. So, really, no idea. Building layout and plans are all in my triple-garage build thread, linked in my sig...

You're not wrong, but replies that say just start with what I have are missing the part where I _have_ started, and I was frustrated by the work flow with the tools balanced on saw horses and plywood. Knowing my next step is to either build work benches like the PaulK with build in tools, or...

Hmmm, actually, let me post up my thoughts before I waste any time modelling up a bench. Okay, so my shop is a 3-car shop and primarily used for automotive work. Somehow I'd like to squeeze some wood working abilities into my life. Ultimately the wood working stuff should end up on wheels, so...

Thanks for taking the time write that out. Very helpful. The point of the thread is to get a bunch of opinions, with back-up experience, so I can hopefully learn faster then by trail and error. I've done *just* enough work on the current shop to confirm that while I can use my two saws as is...