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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
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The temporary shop
building as of 10/22/08, a 20 x 24 detached two car garage, looking
North through the 18 x 8 garage door .
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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.
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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.
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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.
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 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.
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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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