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Help!
Since I am stuck using my garage instead of a REAL shop, I am rapidly running out of space for my stuff
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What do you guys do when trying to cram 10lbs of stuff in a 5lb bag?
I am going out this weekend and do some major housecleaning.
There are priorities you know, and making room for the knife stuff is #1
(My idea that the wife park her new car in the driveway JUST untill I can build a shop went over real well, not)
Ideas on shop setups or ways to better utilize storage space would help alot
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I see the problem here.

Move the shop in the house and the wife to the garage. NO PROBLEM. You have got to get your priorities straight.

Tips about building the new shop, Make sure it is a long walk from the house. Make yourself a clean room for finish work and paperwork. 100 amp service and never to many electrical outlets. Add ventilation into the design if possible. Plumb air everywhere.Lights, lights lights.

Just kidding my wife is my best friend.


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Scott Jones
Heck yea I invented it ...What is it???
I only do what the voices in my wifes head tell me to do.
It's kinda like hangin, you never get used to it.
 
I'm in a 10x11' shed, so I know what you mean on space. Pegboard and shelves are your only friends in this. Also, anything that can be hung up on a nail, gets hung on a nail. Clothespins, magnets, under benches, and in drawers. The only place in my shop that's off limits for storage is near the power equipment.

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Oz

"I'm politically opposed to the word 'Impossible'."
http://www.freespeech.org/oz/
 
Im working on a Shop design now. Thought it would be fun. 20 X 20 with a clean room upstairs. I agree that a sizable electrical service would be a good thing. Power tool suck up juice.
 
My wife is my best friend also Jonesy and my best Quality control
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Especially for what I pay, which usually grief not $.
I am considering using a 10x12' shed untill the knives pay for a shop. Any thoughts?
 
try and find a place with strudy flooring, preferably concrete. if the shed has flooring that will hold your biggest machines than go for it.
for your shops make sure you have adeqate ventalation and dust collection. it's a good idea to have an air cleaner also, they're only about $250. i know it doesn't have anything to do with this topic, but when your thinking about shops, it's something to consider.
 
work benches with cabinets on the left and right are good for storage, and they save space.
steel work benches are also nice, because they are sturdy enought to hold bench top machinery, like small drill presses.
if you take a look threw stores that sell craftsmen tool chests that are stackable look into them, they have the capacity to hold alot of knives, hand tools, machine manuals, and knifemaking materials. they usually have a big tool chest for a base with deep drawers, and rollers. the top tool chest has plenty of room for small things like drill bits, taps, dies, and other bits.
i have a 10'x 12' shop, but i have plenty of room, as strange as that sounds.
 
Bobh, you can never have enough workbench space. A friend of mine has his shop in a building just a little bigger than 10X12 workbench all around the outside wall with a small island workbench. All the worbench is the same height, storage below and a coupla overhead cabinets one end, file cabinet for patterns customer orders etc.
 
Has anybody tried putting something like a disc sander on a hinged plate that folds under a workbench when not in use? Or found a way to get more than one power tool in a small space? Maybe reccomend a woodworkers site that has some shop plans
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Thanks for your replies they are appreciated.
 
I put up peg board because it really looks nice. Then I placed all my tools and supplies on the floor because I know I will eventually drop them there anyway, and doing it deliberately gives me a better chance of finding it again.

Seriously, however, the only solution is to get by with less stuff. I can't. but there may still be hope for you.
 
I am tooooo far into the financial abyss to get by with less stuff
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One word of advice for the new guys (Wish I would have listened to that little voice in my wife's head sooner) don't buy equipment un till you need it! Takes longer to get started but you won't waste nearly as much money! I kept buying stuff convinced that someday I would have to have it. Not always the case. I really could get the job done with just the essentials. Just remember you won't go wrong buying good quality equipment. The guys on this forum know what they are talking about.
It pays to listen
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