07-28-2017, 05:18 PM
(This post was last modified: 07-28-2017, 05:21 PM by lilrichard2.)
A number of knew that I had a wonderful basement shop in central Ohio - 15 1/2 ' by 33' - heated and air conditioned. I spent many happy hours in that shop - building - restoring old tools - entertaining other woodworkers, but that came to an end in mid-may when we decided to move to Florida. I sold a LOT of tools, gave a LOT away, and shipped a LOT.
My new shop area is considerably smaller being the rear of a 22' by 24' garage. I spent weeks trying to get an electrician to install 20A circuits in the garage - accomplished just yesterday, then today the small Mitsubishi AC was installed (absolutely great unit), and the insulation will be installed in the sidewalls (garages on newer homes in this area of Florida are finished with drywall) and ceiling of the garage on Wednesday of next week, and I'll finally be able to get to work setting up shop. It's been unbearable to be in the garage without some type of cooling.
Thanks to advice from my good friend AdamR here on Woodnet, I still have my Ulmia woorkbench, my MiniMax S18 bandsaw, Kreg router table, DeWalt 735 with Byrd head, and I'll start with new Festool tracksaw and dust extractor. Of course, I have a boatload of all types of hand tools. It all seems to be able to fit together nicely in the space that I have available. Some of my collector planes have been placed into a workroom inside the house.
It'll be quite different working in a small shop, but at least, I'll still be able to make items that I want.
Now comes the difficult task of sorting through all the tools that I brought with me. The extras will start off with a tag sale here in Lynn Haven (suburb of Panama City), and if I'm not able to get a fair price locally, they'll hit S&S.
Wish me luck.
r2
My new shop area is considerably smaller being the rear of a 22' by 24' garage. I spent weeks trying to get an electrician to install 20A circuits in the garage - accomplished just yesterday, then today the small Mitsubishi AC was installed (absolutely great unit), and the insulation will be installed in the sidewalls (garages on newer homes in this area of Florida are finished with drywall) and ceiling of the garage on Wednesday of next week, and I'll finally be able to get to work setting up shop. It's been unbearable to be in the garage without some type of cooling.
Thanks to advice from my good friend AdamR here on Woodnet, I still have my Ulmia woorkbench, my MiniMax S18 bandsaw, Kreg router table, DeWalt 735 with Byrd head, and I'll start with new Festool tracksaw and dust extractor. Of course, I have a boatload of all types of hand tools. It all seems to be able to fit together nicely in the space that I have available. Some of my collector planes have been placed into a workroom inside the house.
It'll be quite different working in a small shop, but at least, I'll still be able to make items that I want.
Now comes the difficult task of sorting through all the tools that I brought with me. The extras will start off with a tag sale here in Lynn Haven (suburb of Panama City), and if I'm not able to get a fair price locally, they'll hit S&S.
Wish me luck.
r2