Primitive Archer
Main Discussion Area => Around the Campfire => Topic started by: Knoll on December 11, 2015, 09:53:56 am
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The Wife has laid down the law ... "Get your workshop outta the garage!"
Sooooooo, am looking at alternative shed sizes.
While 16x16 seems ideal for me needs, that large a structure seems bit too much for our backyard. And price tag is bit more than this penny-pinchin' oldster is excited to part with. 12x16 is more palatable in terms of pocketbook and seems a better fit for our property. It will house ONLY me woodworking stuff ... no mowers, gardening tools, hoses, etc, etc. Likely just a single door and couple windows to break up wall space.
Tools are fairly limited.
8' workbench
some kind of small heater
belt sander stand
drill press stand (on wheels)
bit of wood storage
smallish table saw (on wheels)
tillering tree - of course!
smallish assembly table (on wheels)
scroll saw stand
shop vac
rocking chair!
trash box
That's purty much it.
Any gut feelings or experience with shop space of this size or recommends to make it doable/enjoyable would be appreciated!!
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Some of the prefab garden buildings might work for you or like Steve Parnell a used shipping container would work. With the shipping container you can add a shed roof to one side to double your space.
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Hedgeapple has a nice shop about that size. He has an extended section of his work bench that his vise is attached to. I like that set up.
(http://i1273.photobucket.com/albums/y406/Gsulfridge/Mobile%20Uploads/20150320_195033_zpssj6gaeox.jpg)
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^ that's pretty cool
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^Needs better beers....lol
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Mine is about 12 x 14. Perfect for two, but three can work just fine also. I have a 4 x 8 bench in the middle but pushed up against a 10' wall.
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Ywelve by sixteen is the Taj Mahal compared to what i use in bad weather, I'm sey up outdoors when the weather is good, right now about ten months a year
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Given the unseasonably warm weather we've had this year, I could do things outside for 10 months too. But sumpin tells me better not plan on it. :'(
Oh yeah, also gonna put 4x16 covered porch on front of it. And fridge would be good. Home sweet home!!
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And a bunk for when she decides that it 'is' a good place for the lawn mower >:D >:D
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Years ago I had a shed 8' wide by 20' long. The cieling was sloped from 9' to 8'. It would of made a great bowyers shed but not good for doing much else like cutting full size panels.
At any rate the good thing about that size is the plywood is 4x8 so it makes it cheaper to build.
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If and when I ever get to build a dedicated bow shop I'm going to install a garage door and have a concrete slab outside of it. I have my band saw and belt sander on wheels. I want to be able to wheel them outside and shut the door when I use them. That would keep a lot of dust out of the bow shop.
Keep us updated on your building project.
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I just need enough room for a cot. Keep that in mind :)
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There'll be loft space with your name whittled on a plaque.
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Storage in the roof trusses could help with space. I would love to have a removable vise setup in my shop... concrete in a large diameter pipe flush with the floor and use that as a socket for another pipe that has the vise mounted on.
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Mike id make it a similar size as the Pavilion at Marshall so we all have enough room to work when you invite us all over and throw big lavish bowyer parties!!! 8)
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I just need enough room for a cot. Keep that in mind :)
Jon that is what you do with under bench storage on a 4 x 8 bench like mine. Blow the dust off and lay your head down :)
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Having it heated seems really important to me.Finish work and such.Depending where you live.Right now my limit of temp. in my tractor shed is about 15 degrees.Fingers get too cold and hard to feel much after a hour.
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Mike id make it a similar size as the Pavilion at Marshall so we all have enough room to work when you invite us all over and throw big lavish bowyer parties!!! 8)
Great idea! Including huge fireplace at one end?
Would love to have ya'll down, but visas to enter MO are gettin' harder 'n' harder to come by.
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I want to, may never happen, build out the back of my two car garage. This would be 12 ft deep from the back of my garage wall now. Would be 12 x 20. Likely never happen but it would let me move my rock shop out there and still have lawn mower and bike storage in the garage and still get both cars in.
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I have an 8' bench inside the house.....to short., next bench will be against the wall at least 12' long with the radial arm saw near one end for quick easy cutting. And a smaller bench elsewhere.
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Hey Mike,
I think one of the most important things to consider for a new shop is a dust/chip collection system and an air filtration system, if you do any work at all in the shop. JIMO........
DBar