Shop (Temp) Tour

October 2008 - Back in August the old shop building finally succumbed to flooding from local subsidence, adjacent new construction, and our poorly designed municipal street drainage infrastructure. After having moved the big iron to storage, I was fortunate to have gained access to a larger space about three blocks away and have setup the shop temporarily there prior to the big "retirement" move, still sometime in the future.

Below are some pictures of the new, temporary location, presented in the same spirit and format as the original shop page.

After 3 months without a shop, it's good to be making sawdust again!

Click on the images below for a larger view

SW corner and West wall of the shop, starting just past the garage door. This wall, besides hosting a band saw, drill press, planer and Multi-Router, is used primarily for jig and clamp storage. Most tools against this wall are on mobile bases so they can be moved out for use.

Looking from the NW corner, to North wall, to NE corner from the garage door, and across the bench and table saw to the wall cabinets and built-in work bench.

A better shot of the work bench. I found the basic plans for the bench in a shop book, modified them a bit, added a solid core door as a top, some recycled kitchen cabinet drawers and a Record woodworking vise.  A smaller hardwood top for the bench, with an added end vice, is in the future plans, along with a good finish. The bench also does double duty as an out feed table for the cabinet saw.

NE corner, East wall, and SE corner. The shop drawers that were once housed under the built-in workbench in the old shop have been stacked and put on a mobile base; a Delta Belt and Disk sander, oscillating spindle sander on a roll around cart, lumber storage, 6" Powermatic jointer, miter saw station for the Makita 1013LS, and dust collector, complete this area of the shop. Both the cabinets space, and the lumber storage area, are approximately 4" higher than the shop floor, giving some added protection from moisture.

In my opinion, Jack-Of-All-Trades, one of the denizens of the WREC recently described this "shop thing" succinctly:

"My shop helps me relax, makes me feel better (more "up" I guess you would say), and helps ease the headache. It is enough sometimes just to know it is there, that it's mine. Sometimes I go out there for hours making something, sometimes I just piddle around, sometimes I do a little and then just sit for awhile, and sometimes all I do is just sit, listen to music, smell the sawdust, watch the birds and squirrels, and don't think about anything much at all."

Thanks JOAT, that pretty well describes it for me!

KAC ...

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