I made my first 50 or so bows in a 5X7 area in the garage by the water heater. I had a 6' workbench, on the wall over the workbench I had my drying box and a rack for staves and bamboo, I had a tillering tree on the wall at the end of the workbench.
I stored my stave collection under the house, I tried the attic first but my staves checked badly, lesson learned.
I had 12" Craftsman bandsaw, a table top jointer and belt sander that I took outside to use, either under the maple tree in the front yard or on patio out back. I put dolly wheels on two legs of the bandsaw so I could tilt it onto the wheels and roll it about.
All this was before digital cameras and i don't think I ever took a picture of my work space.
Here is my first workbench and junk collector after I moved to a new house and built a nice shop and a new workbench. I put it up on Craigslist for free and a guy came and carried it off.
This workbench occupied most of my work area in the garage, I had about 3' between it and the wall. I had a vise and post arrangement to hold staves like I have on my new bench. It is hard to imagine all the bows I made on that bench, I had it bolted to the wall to keep it from walking across the floor when I was doing some heavy drawknifing.
