My shop with photos
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I promised a long time ago that I would post some pictures of my shop once I had everything done. Well, I still don't have my shop done after almost two years but I will share some pictures anyway. It has been tough trying to work in house renovation, commission work and getting the shop completely finished. I would really like to have everything done by this time next year but I guess we will see.

When we originally looked at moving from our old house my plan was to find a property with an adequate outbuilding or build one once we were moved in. This house was something of a surprise. Apparently the original owner was an avid woodworker and his wife an avid gardener. When they built the house it was designed with the basement as a wood shop and with an attached greenhouse which my wife loves. The shop was not set up the way I wanted it but all the necessities were already in place so it didn't take me a whole lot of time to get everything to the point that I could start working.

The space is about 1200 sf but it was broken up into three separate areas. One area was set up as a wood shop, one area a craft area and one as storage with plumbing. The first order of business for me was to make everything one big area and frame out a bathroom. I needed to start pulling out walls. The guy in the photos is my part time apprentice who helped me get the shop to the point it was functional for me. Here is what I had when I moved in. I had two rooms that were roughy 15x40 and a separate room that was about 8x10.

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Once all the walls came out it was time to isolate the shop from the house. Before the shop just had a single hollow core door separating it from the main house and a drop ceiling. The first thing I did was add a second solid core door between the house and shop creating a better sound buffer. I managed to get a whole bunch of solid core doors used off Craigslist for a song. I also added gaskets around the doors to seal in sound and dust.

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After that I took out all the drop ceiling and started adding sound proofing. After we pulled out the drop ceiling I gained a whole lot of ceiling room. The ceiling was a little over 8" 6". I insulated the whole ceiling with rock wool insulation which you can see in the previous photo. After the insulation I added resilient channel and then 5/8" drywall. A drywall lift was a must here. It was amazing how this locked the sound out of the main part of the house. You can hear a slight hum from the dust collector but that is about it. One thing that was important was to put all the HVAC dust work on the other side of the sound barrier to keep sound from traveling through the duct work. I isolated the shop from the house HVAC system so this was not an issue. The shop has its own heating and cooling separate from the house to keep out dust and odors. We hung a WHOLE lot of lights once the drywall was up. I have about 120 4' florescent bulbs as well as a line of led bulbs. I also built some air cleaners using box fans and wired them all to a central switch. A laminate floor wing in instead of the old tile. It was cheap, tough and easy to clean. I got it from Lumber liquidators for $0.29 a sf which is hard to argue with. A lot of people have asked if it is slippery but it actually isn't. I used a good cleaner after putting it in and it is actually a lot better than the smooth concrete in my last shop or a maple hardwood floor.

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I walled off my HVAC system for the house, the area that would be my bathroom and the small room that would house my dust collector. The builder plumbed compressed air lines through the foundation to various places through the house from the garage so my air compressor went in the garage. There was also ventilation built into the foundation. There were two 1000 cfm fans that vented out the front and back of the foundation. I insulated all these rooms the same way I did the ceiling.

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The bathroom is on the left. The little chalk board on the door is where we keep track of the hours my boys work in the shop for me. They are 6 and 8 but they do all the cleaning and quite a few other basic tasks like sanding and running lumber through the planer. I obviously have to supervise them closely but when they get money they feel like they earned it and are a lot more careful about what they buy. Before long my older son will be cutting all my dovetails for me

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Now it was time to bring in my equipment. My apprentice and I brought everything in by ourself. One set of steps to the shop lead down from the 3 car garage which would house my wood storage and spray booth. I covered these steps with plywood and used an electric winch to lower the machinery on a dolly down the steps. I attached the hoist to my trailer hitch on my truck for all my machinery. After all my equipment was in I moved the hoist to the ceiling in the garage and anchored it to a series of ceiling rafters to pull finished pieces out and to lower heavy items down the ramp on the dolly.

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After the equipment was in it was a matter of moving everything around to suit my work flow. Over the last year I have added and changed a few machines.

My wife didn't want to use the central vac for the house so I plumbed it in the shop and made blast gates with micro switches on them so the system will turn on as soon as one opens.

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A few of the tool additions that I didn't have room for in my last shop that have been fantastic are a slot mortiser made by John T. You can also see the central vac system which is a tiny cyclone that vents outside.

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I added a 5 hp shaper with a power feeder which is a nice tool to have.

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I added a Laguna 14 bandsaw that I picked up for $250 without a motor. Luckily I had a nice American made 3 hp motor that bolted right up. The saw always has a 1/4" blade.

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I added a second tablesaw that I got a steal on and have it set up as my dado saw. I keep a 3/4 dado blade in it all the time. As you will notice in the photos my SawStop got the 52" fence and the Unisaw got the 36" fence that came off my SawStop.

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This is my D.C. Closet. I didn't know if adding the baffle for the return Air would do any good but I was amazed at how well it works. The dust collector is a Grizzly 3hp cyclone. The separation is amazing. I have filled the drum several times a week for the last 6 weeks and there is still absolutely nothing in the bag under the filter.

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The shop from a few angles.

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The air cleaners

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The stairwell to the 3 car garage. When I take big stuff in or out the plywood goes down and I built a special dolly that hooks up to the hoist. I have pulled some pretty big stuff out of the shop by myself.

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This is my wood storage for my material for upcoming projects. The bulk of my lumber is still stored off site in a 10x30 storage unit until I can build a shed on the property. In addition to the shed I plan to build a solar kiln. This is also where my air compressor lives. It is plumbed into the foundation of the house from here.

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#12
This is my spray booth. It is 10'x10'. I just made a 2x4 frame and wrapped it with 6 mil plastic. I put in a 2000 cfm exhaust fan in the window and a 25k BTU heater for the winter.

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Here is a piece with some really cool figured cherry that I need to finish. I am building it on spec to take to a show so it has been on the back burner for some time waiting until I can work it in.

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I built a small bench I built our of scrap for my apprentice that is also take to shows. Did I mention that my apprentice can be a slob and working on the same bench with him is impossible. It lives behind my jointer when he isn't working with me.

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This will eventually be the doors for the cabinet my hand planes are in if I ever get around to finishing it.

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Here is me and my crew after a long day of work.

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Well that is about it. Nothing too big or too fancy but it has been a good space for me. Hopefully one of these days I will actually finish it.
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#13
Dave, thanks for sharing. Very nice setup. I have a feeling you're not joking that your son will be cutting the DTs for you.
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#14
I have a bad case of shop and tool envy!  I have half your space but that probably works because I have much less than half your talent!  Nice shop and some good help coming up.


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Mike


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But not today...
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#15
Very cool, Dave!
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#16
Nicely done!
I started with absolutely nothing. Now, thanks to years of hard work, careful planning, and perseverance, I find I still have most of it left.
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#17
Awesome shop, thanks for posting all the pics!
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#18
Fantastic!, thanks for sharing and inspiring.  Also, excellent work on teaching the kids money skills when they are young.
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#19
Very Nice Dave. I really like how you enclosed your Griz DC. Gives me some ideas for my new shop I just built. I have the same DC on my shopping list. Be sure to post more pics when you get it just like you want it.

Cheers!
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#20
Boy, Dave, I remember the 2 car garage shop.  What a giant step up from that.  Beautiful shop and a really nice layout.  Ken
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