Let's see the wood shops!

[MikeDeuce]

Hey folks,

Not to promote any segregation, but I'd love if there was a place where we could see shops that cater more towards wood work than metal. My own (very modest) garage shop is roughly 90% wood, 10% metal:



Welding equipment is out of frame, but my specialty is cold welds that break apart with finger pressure

 

[tuber]

Looks great! and very organized :^)

 

[DIYnotBUY]

im with ya i built a 22 x 40 garage with 22x14 as a seperated wood shop!

 

[jtbinvalrico]

I do about 40% wood, 30% metal, and the last 30% is the heavy modification of already-made items or the restoration of old ones. I'm looking forward to getting into some welding next year.


The reclaiming of the garage from storage duty has been a long process. Used to be that 60% of the space was for stored ****......I've been on a tear, getting rid of stuff we haven't touched. I just reclaimed another 3 feet...and I'm marching toward 100% shop and 0% stored ****.

What do you do for dust collection? I picked up this HF collector a while back and plan on piping the shop soon.

 

[Indy_500]

nice and organized. If i ever build my dreap shop, i'm going to leave a little section to close off for wood only.

 

[Jack Olsen]

That looks great, Mike. Do you have more pictures?

 

[DIYnotBUY]

has anyone used the dust collection system that uses the cyclone and a five gallon bucket with ur shop vac? i dont have tons of money to use for dust collection and never figured a need until recently!

 

[Gary S]

My woodworking shop is in the basement of my house. There is no room in my 1150 sq ft garage for woodworking tools.

 

[ghnl]

has anyone used the dust collection system that uses the cyclone and a five gallon bucket with ur shop vac?

Dust Deputy. Works as advertised. Vast majority of sawdust is removed by the cyclone. The shop vac & its filter stays clean so suction stays strong. Before the filter clog up and vacuum would drop off.

 

[A_Pmech]

Nice photos guys!

Mike, your place looks like it should be in one of Fine Woodworking's "Shop Photo" pieces.

 

[RTcat]

Dust Deputy. Works as advertised. Vast majority of sawdust is removed by the cyclone. The shop vac & its filter stays clean so suction stays strong. Before the filter clog up and vacuum would drop off.

Sweet! Wifey got me one for x-mas...haven't tried it yet.

 

[MikeDeuce]

Thanks for the compliments folks, it's all pretty low budget, and we've only been at this house for a year (our first house... you should've seen my shop attempt at our previous place -- apartment carport with a chain wrapped around the table saw). As for the organization, it only looks like that between projects .

I do about 40% wood, 30% metal, and the last 30% is the heavy modification of already-made items or the restoration of old ones...snip... What do you do for dust collection? I picked up this HF collector a while back and plan on piping the shop soon.

Nice! Glad to have some company here I've got a Delta 50-760 also not pictured... Not plumbed yet, though, so I have to cart it around from tool to tool.

That looks great, Mike. Do you have more pictures?

Well if it isn't my own garage hero/primary source of inspiration! Thanks for chiming in -- I have no other proper shop pictures yet as I'm knee deep in a project and shop layout transition. I'm trying to combine elements from your garage design along some elements from this island workshop: http://www.finewoodworking.com/Workshop/WorkshopArticle.aspx?id=23974

Mike, your place looks like it should be in one of Fine Woodworking's "Shop Photo" pieces.

Too kind, they'd probably laugh me away since my current primary workbench is a 3/4" melamine atop a set of retired kitchen base cabinets

 

[mdbeck1]

...they'd probably laugh me away since my current primary workbench is a 3/4" melamine atop a set of retired kitchen base cabinets

I wouldn't. I worked for a long time with that same setup as one of my primary workbenches. Lots of storage underneath.

 

[Falcon67]

It's hard to do much wood work in a "car shop" like mine. Sawdust goes everywhere. And if you think trans fluid is slick on an epoxy floor, I invite you to try fine sawdust sometime! I need to fab up a good dust collector for the table saw.

Too kind, they'd probably laugh me away since my current primary workbench is a 3/4" melamine atop a set of retired kitchen base cabinets

What works, works. I started with some wood shipping crates and three 2x6s. Got to be glad for what you have LOL

From the Back Then file...

 

[lilredex]

Not mine, but certainly worth a mention.........

http://woodgears.ca/workshop/basement.html