A few weeks ago, I ordered Christopher Schwarz’s book, The Anarchist’s Tool Chest. Once I got it, I found it a quick read. It was clear and concise and more importantly inspirational. I found Chris’s discussion of his woodworking journey especially touching. Some of it even paralleled my own journey though mine wasn’t often reported [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Shop Layout’
What a mess!
OK, as a woodworker I have a chore that I’m responsible for once in a while. I need to empty the dust collector bag. It’s not a fun chore and boy does it make a mess – even in the best of times. Having had a dust collector, I’ve often put it off too long [...]
Updated Shop Tour – Detailed
Since well before Christmas, I’ve been working on a background project. Making my work areas more efficient. In the couple of little projects that I’ve done since this Summer, I’ve realized that a few things needed to be moved to a better location. Here is the results: Main Workbench: Rather than building a bench from [...]
How Many Times…
How many times can one reorganize ones workshop? I showed Kathy my newly reorganized workshop and she said ” 4.0, 5.0, 6.0 ?” The real answer is probably much higher than that. I found that I wasn’t using my sharpening station that I built in the garage because…well, it’s not in my shop. In order [...]
Shop Tour – Pictoral
I know, I know. Finally he shows his entire shop. Of course when you entire shop is less than 10′ x 16′ there isn’t much to show off. First, here is my main work bench. Someday, I may build my own from scratch but I wanted to get to work so I bought a bench [...]
New Project – Hanging Tool Cabinet
As I mentioned in several earlier post, I needed to build a tool cabinet to hold my hand tools for easy access. Some secondary purposes including making some hand cut dovetails and use up some of the left over plywood that I had (yes, the tool cabinet would be better if it were solid wood [...]
Past Projects – Shop Cabinets
With my potential changes to my shop coming up, I’m looking around the shop to see what I may need to do. In the mean time though, let’s take a few minutes and look at some of the shop cabinets that I’ve already built and am still using. The first to talk about is a [...]
Under consideration – Workshop Change
As a woodworker, I am primarily self taught. This means that, I’ve figured things out myself, watched videos/TV shows to understand techniques, and read books and magazine articles to understand additional techniques. During all this, I’ve been (nearly entirely) focused on using power tools – table saws, bandsaws, hand power tools, jointers, routers, planers and [...]
