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Seasonal Woodworkers

A lot of people tend to be seasonal woodworkers, especially for the hobbyist.  Many people head to the shop in the fall and don’t come out until it is time for the summertime fun to begin.  I generally tend to be a little different than the rest of the crowd.  I like to head out [...]

Unfinished Projects

I finally found a couple of hours this weekend to cleanup my garage/workshop.  It had been slowly becoming a disorganized mess over the last few months.  I haven’t had enough time to start a real project, so most of the work done in the shop had been quick little fix-it or modify-it type of work. [...]

Workshop Design #4

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Here is a quick update of where I am on the workshop design.  If you remember from my first article, the footings and frost wall already exist so I cannot modify anything with them, but every thing else is fair game.

Workshop Design #3

Now that I have my wish list for the general construction of the workshop, it is time to focus on the interior of the shop and make a list of its features that I would like to include.  This list will focus on things like; whether to have drywall or wood walls, flooring, cabinetry, pegboard [...]

Workshop Design #2

Before I get into the nitty gritty of the workshop design, I need to pause and make list of what features I really want my workshop to have.  This will start out as a “wish list”, but I am sure I will have to pare it down later on due to cost.  I figure that [...]

Workshop Design #1

When I first start woodworking, my wife and I lived in a two story house with a very small detached garage.  The garage was actually not very suitable for a workshop, at least not without a lot more work than I was willing to put into it.  Besides that, I didn’t want that much money [...]