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Since others have been kind enough to share images of your tools and your work areas, I thought I'd return the favor. Clearly, this isn't a shop... it's my space in the garage.
First is the main work area... the SteelCase desk that has all my "heavy" equipment and most of my supplies. Behind the desk is an old Nicorette display case that I use to display my transistor radio collection.
Half of the drawers of the desk are mine... half my wife's. This drawer has my selection of hand files (not including the needle files, which I carry separately).
The other drawers I've taken over have my handle supplies. This is the drawer with my stabilized wood blocks.
All my drilling and detail work are done on this fabricated stand mounted between the garage doors. The drill press cost me $30 at a sidewalk sale at Sear. The Dremel stays mounted there at all times. I usually open the garage doors in the warm season to get natural light, but in the colder wetter seasons that yellow flood light helps a lot.
Just to give you a sense of the space, this shot shows how the Steelcase is parked in front of my wife's car. In the background you can see a few of the tube radios in my collection on the higher shelves.
Unlike most of our neighbors, we park two cars in our garage at all times, so there isn't much room for me to expand with bigger, better equipment.
That's it. Everything else I use for my projects is buried somewhere in that garage, including the chemicals, bar stock, and such. It ain't much, but it's my little space.
Now you can see why I envy those who have even a small dedicated shop.
- Greg
First is the main work area... the SteelCase desk that has all my "heavy" equipment and most of my supplies. Behind the desk is an old Nicorette display case that I use to display my transistor radio collection.
Half of the drawers of the desk are mine... half my wife's. This drawer has my selection of hand files (not including the needle files, which I carry separately).
The other drawers I've taken over have my handle supplies. This is the drawer with my stabilized wood blocks.
All my drilling and detail work are done on this fabricated stand mounted between the garage doors. The drill press cost me $30 at a sidewalk sale at Sear. The Dremel stays mounted there at all times. I usually open the garage doors in the warm season to get natural light, but in the colder wetter seasons that yellow flood light helps a lot.
Just to give you a sense of the space, this shot shows how the Steelcase is parked in front of my wife's car. In the background you can see a few of the tube radios in my collection on the higher shelves.
Unlike most of our neighbors, we park two cars in our garage at all times, so there isn't much room for me to expand with bigger, better equipment.
That's it. Everything else I use for my projects is buried somewhere in that garage, including the chemicals, bar stock, and such. It ain't much, but it's my little space.
Now you can see why I envy those who have even a small dedicated shop.
- Greg
My GF won't let me have a fridge or bathroom in the shop, she says if I didn't have to come in the house to pee or get a beverage she'd never see me 
