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BischoffBoatworks is finely operational

comments (4) June 10th, 2010 in Shop Tours        
Bischoff Boatworks Bischoff Boatworks, member
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Two band saws. A powerful one for milling big timbers and another for detail work.
Bathroom with shower. Paintings are of me done by my mother over many years.
Drafting station for referring to plans.
Planking bench. Boat planks are clamped in knee vise and worked. Can hold 50 plank.
Lofting floor. When drawing and moulds are complete, plywood is taken up and boat is built on car-decking floor.
Two band saws. A powerful one for milling big timbers and another for detail work. - CLICK TO ENLARGE

Two band saws. A powerful one for milling big timbers and another for detail work.
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Shop Specs

  • Location: Seattle, Washington, USofA
  • Size: 1800sq. ft.
  • Type: Detached
  • Focus: General
  • Heating/Cooling: no cooling yet. Electric heat. Probably just put in a vent fan for summer.

Here are some photos of my newly completed boat shop. It took 3 years to get the city to permit due to liquification zone issues (earthquakes). But I am now operational. The shop is primarily built to build a 30' wooden schooner. The big white floor is painted plywood temporarily placed over car decking over concrete. The plywood is used to loft (draw out) the boat full size in order to make patterns. The jointer, planer and primary band saw are set mid shop so I can run 25' timbers thru. The dimensions are roughly 32x55, 16' ceiling height. Electric heat, fully insulated, 12x14 door, 24" thick foundation w/14,000 lbs of rebar (again... liquification zone). I also put in a bathroom with shower. The walls of bath are portraits of me done by my mother (family humour). One band saw is for milling and one is for detail work. One bench is for basic work and one bench is a planking bench (with associated chisels, knee vise, etc).

You can see construction pictures on my web site: http://www.bischoffboatworks.wordpress.com

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Comments (4)

Ed__Hobbick Ed__Hobbick writes: Awesome! I live in Seattle as well. I would not mind checking out your shop in person sometime. If you need an extra set of hands sometime let me know.
Posted: 10:47 pm on September 24th

bbdean bbdean writes: Nice shop. Where is the boat?
Posted: 11:27 pm on June 26th

joesgotwood joesgotwood writes: Clean shop. Better make it dirty with wood and glue.
Posted: 6:36 pm on June 13th

donbean46 donbean46 writes: I've never had any interest in boat building till I saw your shop. I hope you will post a lot of pics as the boat progresses, including drawings and templates and if I might be so bold as request an invite to visit during the build that would be as cool as it gets. Thanks for posting.
Posted: 11:39 pm on June 10th

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