Shop Shots... What's your shop look like?

[fish n chicks]

For those of use with aspirations of creating our own do-all shop, I was hoping our friends who have learned a thing or 3 can show us pics of what their shops look like, what to make sure you do, and what to make sure you don't.

Looking forward to some great ideas!

[Stiks-n-Strings]

You don't even want to see my shop! LOL

[Pat B]

nor mine!  d;^)

[walkabout]

im with these guys, my shop is in my basement and more or less just my equipment scattered around where it was close enough to outlets. i still have to figure out storage for tools and such yet, as well as sharing the space with the rest of our storage stuff, so its quite a mess.lol. if i ever get it the way i want it ill post some pics.

[4est trekker]

Come on, fellers!  I'm getting ready to build a new shop and could use a few ideas    

[Dick in Seattle]

Here you go...  a complete tour and tool review of my shop:

http://dickwightman.com/archeryactivity/environment/shop/shoppix.html

[Dick in Seattle]

Here you go...  a complete tour and tool review of my shop:

http://dickwightman.com/archeryactivity/environment/shop/shoppix.html

[Osagetree]

Dick will you adopt me?

[GREG IN MALAD]

Wow, I need to mow the lawn. The carp shooting boat is optional.

[GREG IN MALAD]

Don't forget good lighting and dust collection. I put two 4' windows over the workbench.



Leaving the dust collector outside wasn't an option, so I put it in a seperate room with the air compressor. From there I can vent it outside or back through the hepafilters.

[GREG IN MALAD]

I split the shop in half, this is the clean half. No cutting or sanding is done in the clean half. This bench is for non-bowbuilding activities, such as building strings or fixing the lawnmower.




This is the spray room, it's big enough to finish four bows at a time, but not so big that I can't keep it clean.

[Dick in Seattle]

Greg..... Wow!    That's great.   My shop works well for me, but I'm so envious of the space and light you have.

[greyhawk39]

Mine is the basement and it is like a dungeon and a bomb went off in it...lol.

[fish n chicks]

This is awesome! And guys, just cause your shop looks like a bomb went off in it doesn't mean we can't learn from it!

[Osagetree]

My 12 x 12 shop. Used to be my Dad's place till he passed on. I cherish the memories created here! No pics of Dad in the shop but now my Son, Daughter and Grandkids will have a place to tinker when I'm gone
   
   
   
 

[Pat B]

4est, one suggestion I would make is to have your main working vice with 360* access. Mount it on a pedestal(well secured) in the center of the floor space so you can work all around it and not just from one side like with a bench mounted vice.
 I also like a bowyers bench for most of my tillering work, from floor tiller on. I have better control using my bench later on in the tillering process and the vice early on for the grunt work.

[Dublin Joe]

OK, here's my shop in 7 pics:

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It's only 24' square so to maximize floor space I went with a lofted design on three sides to give me some above-head storage.  I keep finished pieces, lumber, and misc. stuff up there.

05 shows my most used hand tools ready to go.

06 shows my "bench" built with its mitered tenon base, stacked 1/2 sheet of plywood top, and clamping edges all around.

07 shows how I combined my benchtop tablesaw with my router and tool chest.  I can lift out the router top, secure it vertically, and do horizontal routing.

What I need now is a heating/cooling solution and a dust collection system.  It goes without saying I'd like a bigger bandsaw and tablesaw.

Joel

[ChristopherO]

Those are some great looking shops, fellas.  I don't have a picture of my newly renovated "3rd Bay" but will may be get around to it one of these days.  Right now it is being used to help replace the gas tank for my 96 Jimmy.  If the wind and storm hadn't hit 1/2 an hour ago I would have finished the job.  Don't want to be caught under the vehicle that is sticking half way out of the building when a big wind hits.  I don't trust my jacks that much.
Well, the sun is just starting to shine, again, so it is off to finish the job  and get the shop back to a wood working space, as it should be.

[scrub-buster]

My shop is still in progress.  It is an 8'x24' room that I sectioned off from the garage.  Since I am limited on space, I have everything mounted on wheels.  I just roll out whatever tool I need and then put it back when I'm done.
 I just finished insulating it so I can heat and cool it.  I have a bunch of staves stored above it.


It is a big mess right now, I am still moving stuff in from my old house and haven't got everything organized yet.

 

[Roy from Pa]