Hi there, 

 

Welcome to my shop.  I'm sorry to say that my shop is a work area and thus if you're expecting a fancy shrine to woodworking as you sometimes see in the magazines, you'll be very disappointed.  I did dust and sweep before taking the photos so consider yourself lucky to see it in its cleanest state. 

 

One more caveat (fancy name for "excuse").  This is a fairly new shop as we bought this old house only 6 months ago.  You'll see what appears to be a debris field at one end of the shop.  That's exactly what it is (grin).  Ultimately this will be a place where my sink/sharpening station will be and where I'll have a wall of storage shelves.  Until then, one must be careful not to get near the pile as it's likely to fall on your head. 

 

Oh, the basement was unfinished (still is).  You'll see some drywall up to a ledge about 5' off the ground.  I built these walls as behind them is a rough-rock foundation.  The ledge is the top of it.  Above that ledge, the walls are still unfinished.  No snide comments about the "curtains" are allowed.  These were yucky plastic curtains that were down there when we bought the place and I just haven't done anything above that ledge yet :-) 

 

So....here we go. 

 

 

 

This is the view from the door. The main bench (to right) is small but mighty.  To the left is my principle miniatures workstation.  The lathe is visible as are some of my hand tools.

 

 

 

 

Now that you've stepped into the shop, this is the view to your left.  You can see some wood storage above the row of cabinets, a metal cabinet (solvents, stains, etc), and a bunch of stuff sitting on the ledge.   

 

I just finished up the 7-foot x 2-foot cabinet, which will sure helps on the organization front.   

 

Below the cabinet is a 6' table that is my miniatures workstation.  You can see my Dremel router table on the left end of the bench.

 

 

 

 

Just pretend you're scanning from left to right around the shop.  This is the second stop.   You can see some of my woodplanes (under the window), my Preac table saw,  some storage drawers, a sawtill that holds my handsaws my magnet board, and optivisor.   I spend a lot of my time in front of this bench.

 

 

Here are two of the drawers in my Dremel cabinet.  These little 3"square blocks allow me to quickly reorganize or add to the bit collection 

 

 

 

 

This shot shows, some of my hand tools and my principle wood storage.  This big stuff is mostly for my full-size furniture production and is mostly cherry and maple. 

 

 

 

 

Here's my lathe workstation.  My tools are few here but they serve me well.  Love the Delta mini-lathe as it's done yoeman service for me.   

 

The paper filing thingie above is my "scale lumber" rack.  It's a bit thin right now but I try to keep it stocked by cutting, planing and sanding up "boards" in 1/12 scale.  These are typically 12-inch x 12-foot x 1" boards, with some 4x4s, 2x12s, etc. thrown in for variety.  This creates a 1/12 scale lumber yard that is to die for as you can stick several hundred board feet of maple, cherry, walnut, etc in that little rack.

 

 

 

 

We're starting to get to the noisy part of the shop.  The Craftsman contractor saw is a great saw but it sure takes up lots of space.  I store my planer below it. 

 

The pegboard serves to hold pushsticks, pencil, featherboards, my Grr-ripper (love that thing), etc.  Next to it is my drill press.   

 

Ultimately the rest of that wall will be a sharpening station and sink but right now it's part of the official debris field and access is done at the risk of life and limb.

 

 

 

 

 

The front face of the debris field.  There is 2-feet behind the asphalt-board and this will be the location of a set of storage shelves....eventually.

 

 

 

 

Here's my small bandsaw and disk/belt sander.  I spend a lot of time with these machines when creating miniatures.   

 

 

 

This is my small bench, the where my old Ryobi scroll saw calls home.   

 

The white cabinets store hobby paints, glues, magnetic assembly board and small clamps.    It's also the 'catch all' place for stuff that doesn't have a real place in the shop.  That port on the right side of the photo is the doorway that got you in here. 

 

The in/out boxes on top of the cabinet is my miniature lumber yard.  I have pre-cut boards in several woods, just as a normal lumber yard only mine's 1/12 scale. 

 

 

 

 

Well...that's about it for the tour.  If you made it this far you must be a builder.  No one else would look at someone else's mess this long (grin).