Neat thread Ad! I love the maple top on that bench. When I was building a reloading bench I went to an auction of the Salinas City schools and tried to score one of those old laminated woodshop benches like we all had in school when I was a kid, but lost out. Instead I got a kiln dried wood bench thru Dillon with an MDF top, at the same time I got their reloader. It is sturdy as hell, but the MDF stains easily.
Here are pics of the front and back of my shop, which is just a 450 sq. ft. 3 car garage. My wife got 1/3rd of the garage for 6 years for her car, which is ridiculous as she has a van and can barely squeeze it in, and could barely open one door to get out when she got inside. For the last year or so she has parked on the driveway, but still my part is 2/3rds of the garage. The other part is for a backup generator, stored gasoline, water softener, long term food storage, canned goods, pet supplies, car stuff, camping supplies, stored ammo, one of those Crossbow exercise machines, a heavy bag, etc., etc. It took me a couple of years to get everything built, including shelving in every square inch of wall space. My final space utilization was to use all the ceiling space for ladders, a shop air filter, air compressor reel with 50' of hose, drop down power cords, etc.
I took these pics in two sets, 5 of the main work area in front, and in the next post two of the middle or back area. The front is where I have the main benches and table saw, drill press, buffer, grinder, vise, anvil and stand, roll away tool cabinet, gun safe, gunsmithing stuff and reloading bench, and the hand tools. I had to give up a second bench with a shotshell reloader and single-stage press for a garage freezer. It got down to one being way more practical than the other.
The back is where I have the woodworking bench and metal chop saw, 12" miter and scroll saws. That bench is just screwed together sheets of 4'X8' plywood with a thin hardboard top. I have no idea how I'll move it when we move someday as it really weighs a lot, and may just take the wood vise and leave it. It sits on four 55 gallon drums of water, so that's a solid base that weighs close to a ton. The last pic shows from the back looking forward. To the left there on the back of the rollaway is a rack I just built for cleaning rods. It's all such a maze it's kind of hard to make out anything but it works for me. To take the pics tonight I just took pic one and kept turning to the left until I did a 360.
My wife has no appreciation of how much work it was to get everything arranged and organized after a fashion. I don't even want to think about having to move all this stuff someday, and would be perfectly content to never move again, but my wife has other ideas about where to retire in a few years. (The good news is I would be out of the PRK!)
In the middle of the front area is the space I have reserved for a Delta band saw and a standalone belt grinder, which I hope to get early next year if I can save up. I was going to put a lathe there, but these tools will be a lot more useful for me at this point for working on khuks and other knives.
Anyway, this is where I spend most of my time when I get home nights. I have a small space heater, and a space for my dog, and a radio, but no TV, and I don't even want to see a damned computer here! (-:
Norm
many, many belts and real shop tools. The HF is just a start. Have since taken off platen and started experimentally sharpening. I'm up to the "knock off the wire edge part", using 220 grit belts. Need to hit the archives for the next part, I forget.
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I never seem to get the hang of shooting a bow but I'm becoming handier with spears.
