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Joel's Garage Workshop

erectorsets, member | February 4th, 20121 comment

My workshop has evolved over time. I have always had a small workspace, so movable tool stands on locking castor's has worked well for me. Each stand has built in storage to house the tools...

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My Trailer Shop

fixitagainthen, member | February 3rd, 20123 comments

This shop was put together in a hurry one fall when I had great need of a shop in my home town, to which I had recently returned. With money tight, I had an upcoming comercial build out...

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Workshop that used to be a garage

bobandsally, member | January 31st, 20122 comments

I have enjoyed looking at everyone's shop. Some are so large and others are so small. I am intrigued to see how each makes the space available work for them. Mine is definitely a work in progress. I...

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my small garage shop update

Incredible, member | January 28th, 2012

Here is a few pics of my dust collector upgrade. I took the old 5 Micron bags off my central machinery 2hp and added a wynne environmental Nano upgrade. Filters to .5 microns with a Merv 15...

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Jeff 's New Shop!

jr64, member | January 6th, 20122 comments

This is my new shop that I spent most of summer building. It is just about ready to move in. I hope by spring I will be building things . I added this room to the end of my garage I hope you can see...

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My small garage shop

Incredible, member | January 1st, 20124 comments

Here is a few pictures of my little garage shop. The walls are insulated with 3 inch blue styrofoam and covered with plywood. Plywood and insulation are salvaged from the PMC west hospital project in...

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A new, very old, tool cabinet for the shop

Saville, member | December 14th, 20113 comments

For the last few years, I've had a series of french-cleated tool boards for my tools (see picture). I got the idea from a FWW article and I liked the fact that you can move a board of tools from one...

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veneer bag storage

danmosheim, member | November 27th, 2011

hanging a veneer bag from the ceiling and raising and lowering it with an electric hoist

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Woodbridge Basement Workshop

woodbridge, member | November 25th, 20114 comments

I built this basement workshop about 10 years ago and never got it completely finsihed. The cabinets still need to be painted and the drywall was never finished. The shop is 9 feet wide by 20 feet...

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Free lathe

Antondeg, member | November 17th, 20115 comments

While on visiting a friends house on vaction we were standing in his shop looking at his new Nova lathe he said that he must give his old lathe to someone who would use it. I said he could give it to...

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California Dream Shop

andonpettit, member | November 16th, 2011

This is my most recent dream shop designed with large opening doors on one side and lots of high windows to enjoy the beautiful CA weather and create an protected outdoor feel while at work.

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My Cellar Shop

Saville, member | November 11th, 20112 comments

My house is built on stone ledge. On top of that, the ledge is sloped so the basement under one end of the house is about 2 and a half feet high and at the other end about 10 feet highnbsp...

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Czappa's Studio

Czappa, member | November 1st, 20119 comments

That's my shop

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Mobile soggiorno

ggiacobbi, member | October 31st, 2011

Mobile da soggiorno composto da vari elementi che coprono la parete intera incorniciando le finestre, per separare l'ingresso dal soggiorno è stato realizzato un mobile penisola.

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Workshop in Rented Space

DavidM31, member | October 22nd, 2011

This post shows the proposed layout of my shop,using the space I am renting. It is currently being used as a restoration shop, but I intend to fit it out as a general workshop

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Some times it seems so small but I get things done

Sandhill_bob, member | October 19th, 20115 comments

There are times when I could just explode from the lack of room and other times I am as happy as a clam and feel truely blessed with what I have to do all the work I love to do here.

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Shop Layout Crowd-sourcing

h00chman, member | October 5th, 20111 comment

I am building a mult-use barn, part of which will be used for my woodshop. While I have my own ideas about how to arrange the space, I thought I would give crowd-sourcing a try to see what...

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Near future dreame workshop

clova51, member | October 2nd, 20111 comment

I dig my 3 car garage of my new home, it will be great to work there!

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Work in Progress

schanc, member | September 28th, 20112 comments

New shop for 2011. It's a work in progress. Hope to upgrade some old tools as well. I hope you enjoy my pictures.

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My redesigned Shop

NikonD80, member | August 31st, 20113 comments

I had some time on holiday to have a rethink about the layout of my shop. I worked out that one of the biggest problems I had was that I was spending a lot of time walking around and setting up...

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Fine WoodWorking.com Work Bench

Skirugger, member | August 28th, 20115 comments

I've never really built much of anything until finding this site, and I've been wanting to build a simple bench for a long time. Thanks for all the instructional videos! Lengthened the...

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Asa's 2-car garage shop

AsaC, member | August 18th, 20113 comments

My shop is heated and insulated and no cars are allowed.

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tool chest

cerbere, member | August 15th, 20112 comments

tool chest

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Mike's Dream Shop (updated pics 9/2011) - not just a dream anymore.

Barton, member | August 13th, 20115 comments

After 20 years of dreaming, the dream shop is in progress and close to reality. Two weeks away from moving in my tools. Never again spending more time moving and setting up tools...

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Table Saw Router Extension-Wing

whiteikon, member | August 2nd, 20112 comments

After seeing the new workshop solutions I had to build this onto my General tablesaw. I had to make some minor adjustments to the design as my wing was not as large as the stopsaw. I also had...

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Clamp Cart

benchslave, member | July 27th, 20112 comments

Cheap but sturdy clamp cart. The cart measures 16" X 24" x 4 feet tall.I used the following to construct the clamp cart;3 - studs, 8 foot long2 - 1 X 4 X 8 foot long pine boards1 - 16" X 24"...

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Mobil bases

benchslave, member | July 27th, 2011

I made mobil bases using angle iron and rectangular tube. I ordered the wheel's from Grizley.

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Shop Fan

benchslave, member | July 27th, 20111 comment

I purhased two 20" fans from Wal-Mart and attached each fan to a 3/4" piece of scrap shelving with 3 conduit clamps. I screwed nylon glider's to the bottom of the shelf at each corner to create...

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Workbench 10 feet long

benchslave, member | July 27th, 20113 comments

This is my workbench with a bench top that measures 26" wide X 10'-4" long. The base is two 2-door cabinet's placed side by side and secured to the wall and constructed out of 3/4" melamine sheet...

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Woods of Arcady

tirto90, member | July 25th, 20113 comments

This is my workshop and the beginning of my "Woodworking Journey". It started from 2nd floor balcony and I don't know where it will end.

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Tool Cabinet

Antondeg, member | July 24th, 20111 comment

After buying a new set of Narex chisels I decided I needed a nice tool cabinet. So I set out to make one. I then re-read Tolpin's tool cabinet book and decided on a plan. So here is my tool cabinet...

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New-Fangled Workbench, Revisited

curtmoll, member | July 20th, 2011

I needed someplace to work with my hand tools in reclaiming wood for window trim on my old house and saw John White’s video and was inspired! Thanks John! I used old wood from the house we...

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Folding sawhorse stows away

This rock-solid sawhorse folds and stows away in a sliver of space, and you can make it from hardwood scraps and hardware-store hinges.

Every shop needs a set of sawhorses. I don't use them so much for sawing as I do for organizing parts and pieces as I mill them and work on them, keeping them close at hand. As editor of FWW, I've seen dozens of sawhorse designs, but these are the ones I have in my shop. I made them from some scrappy maple I had lying around (maple is great... read full tip