Workshop Information
Location
United States
I am a recent woodworker, having started two years ago, but I have improved with every new project. I mostly make kid furniture and wooden activity sets (easels, dollhouses), cornhole games and house furniture (cabinets, stools, display cases, bookshelves) for friends and family. A bunch of shop furniture as well.
I made a deal with my wife to use the entire garage if we upgraded our kitchen and bathrooms in our Atwood lake cottage (purchased Nov 2017)
The shop is a single bay, double deep garage - 15' x 44'.
The section by the garage door is the breakdown area and the back section is the assembly area.
I repurposed the old kitchen island as my main workbench and the kitchen cabinets give me some tools and supply storage.
I started with second hand tools and progressively upgraded as I improved.
My table saw is a contractor SawStop which I added a beefier fence support table and mobile stand to move as needed ( it's now in its best location). A lot of tools came from my friend's father who had to abandon woodworking because of Parkinson's: (Delta dust collector, belt sander, oscillating spindle sander, planer, scrawl saw, and a bunch of clamps).
I made all the rest of the shop furniture and moved a lot of the wall storage on French cleats to take advantage of the flexibility. The wall mounted A/C unit and dehumidifier are new additions.
Next investments will be an air purifier and a jointer.
And when I am not in the shop, I can be found across the street…
I made a deal with my wife to use the entire garage if we upgraded our kitchen and bathrooms in our Atwood lake cottage (purchased Nov 2017)
The shop is a single bay, double deep garage - 15' x 44'.
The section by the garage door is the breakdown area and the back section is the assembly area.
I repurposed the old kitchen island as my main workbench and the kitchen cabinets give me some tools and supply storage.
I started with second hand tools and progressively upgraded as I improved.
My table saw is a contractor SawStop which I added a beefier fence support table and mobile stand to move as needed ( it's now in its best location). A lot of tools came from my friend's father who had to abandon woodworking because of Parkinson's: (Delta dust collector, belt sander, oscillating spindle sander, planer, scrawl saw, and a bunch of clamps).
I made all the rest of the shop furniture and moved a lot of the wall storage on French cleats to take advantage of the flexibility. The wall mounted A/C unit and dehumidifier are new additions.
Next investments will be an air purifier and a jointer.
And when I am not in the shop, I can be found across the street…