Replies

1. 
   user-121940 | Feb 17, 2008 05:42pm | #1

   Can I vote twice? I work in my basement, but my real shop is located in my vivid imagination. :)

   --------------------------------------------------------

   Cheap Tools at MyToolbox.net
   See some of my work at AWorkOfWood.com

1. 
   TampaTom | Feb 17, 2008 08:11pm | #2

   Oh, man, don't we all... :-DTom Iovino

   Tom's Workbench

   http://tomsworkbench.com

1. 
   benhasajeep | Feb 18, 2008 05:46am | #3

   I just moved and the shop space I have now is 4x larger than what I had before.  But for some odd reason.  I keep thinking of ways to add on more space.  Maybe old habbit that I can't shake??

1. 
   oldbeachbum | Feb 18, 2008 05:56am | #4

   To hold all the new tools you're going to buy from Lie-Neilsen, Grasshopper.  ;0)...The unspoken word is capital. We can invest it or we can squander it.  -Mark Twain...Be kind to your children....they will choose your nursing home....aim low boys, they're ridin' shetland ponies !!

1. 
   benhasajeep | Feb 19, 2008 02:38am | #9

   Oh, wise one, not even LN can fill my new to me building (at least not with my wallet). :-)

   I think I may be in shock, and thats why I keep everything in a corner even though I have a couple thousand more square feet available.  Like a mouse that was stuck in a cage for years.  Have not trusted to spread out some.  ;-)

   LN might also have to wait.  I have two options available to me on a panel saw, new one for a good sale price, and used one for 1/2 price.  I will be home in a week.  Hopefully I will be making a spot for a panel saw in the new shop.

2. 
   KiddervilleAcres | Feb 19, 2008 04:36am | #10

   Best be careful Ben,

   You might have to come outa that corner with a panel saw.  It could be a new beginning!  Just think of the possibilities.

   Regards,Bob @ Kidderville Acres

   A Woodworkers mind should be the sharpest tool in the shop!

2. 
   WillGeorge | Feb 18, 2008 09:46pm | #5

   I posted my reply as 'Other' but could not find a place to post my comment to 'Other'

   I'll state here..

   My shop is a REALLY small shop. COLD in winter and I HATE THE COLD! So I never go out there in winter.. A BUMMER! I do not work when I'm cold because I feel I am not being attentive to my work.. Just thinking of how cold I AM! I hate winter!

   EDIT: I was born in Tampa Florida so maybe why I'm like that!

   
   

   ---

   Edited 2/18/2008 1:47 pm by WillGeorge

1. 
   KiddervilleAcres | Feb 18, 2008 10:06pm | #6

   Dagburn it Will,

   Put some heat out there!

   I know where there's a great deal on a trailer furnace. :-)

   Regards,Bob @ Kidderville Acres

   A Woodworkers mind should be the sharpest tool in the shop!

1. 
   WillGeorge | Feb 19, 2008 05:22am | #11

   Put some heat out there!With my income these days it's either heat the house or the shop.. Not both. I pay for Natural Gas what my Mortgage use to be!

2. 
   TampaTom | Feb 18, 2008 10:36pm | #7

   I'll bet being born in Tampa would make you not like the cold! :DTom Iovino

   Tom's Workbench

   http://tomsworkbench.com

1. 
   Clapper | Feb 19, 2008 02:19am | #8

   I originally had a small workshop in my basement. Then (15 yrs ago) we built a house. I have a 2 car garage and behind that I had added an insulated shop which measeure about 30 x 18. It has become my cave (wife not allowed in to clean up). It also has reduced the complaints of sawdust in the kitchen. In winter I use a kerosun heated to make working conditions bearable.

3. 
   cherryjohn | Feb 19, 2008 05:58am | #12

   Oh  about 4 feet from my house in a seperate building... 700 sq/ft of which about 475 sq/ft are heated

   Wicked Decent Woodworks

   (oldest woodworking shop in NH)

   Rochester NH

   " If the women dont find you handsome, they should at least find you handy........yessa!"

   
1. 
   TampaTom | Feb 19, 2008 06:13am | #13

   Oh, man, no way - that's a great looking shop!Tom Iovino

   Tom's Workbench

   http://tomsworkbench.com

4. 
   9michael9 | Feb 19, 2008 05:55pm | #14

   Garage in the winter (Indiana) and out doors in the Spring and Summer, and Fall.  I built a 12x12 deck and built a full sized workbench to use there.  I keep a tarp over it when I'm not using it.  I love working outdoors!

   
   

   ---

   Edited 2/19/2008 9:57 am ET by 9michael9

1. 
   TampaTom | Feb 19, 2008 06:00pm | #15

   When the weather is nice, you gotta love it!Just, in my case, there's too much of a chance a stray shower can pass by - that's why I just open the garage door to let the sun in! :DTom Iovino

   Tom's Workbench

   http://tomsworkbench.com

1. 
   9michael9 | Feb 19, 2008 06:12pm | #16

   I'm thinking about a canvas top over most of the deck.  I don't open my garage doors because I closed them off for more room.  The stupid car can stay outside.  Its been out there for 8 years and don't have a spot of rust on it.  I leave my mower out also with a cheap tarp on it, and a brick to hold it on in the wind.  My mower is 20 years old and has never been indoors.  Starts first pull every time.

   Edited 2/19/2008 10:13 am ET by 9michael9

1. 
   TampaTom | Feb 19, 2008 06:24pm | #17

   I'm with you - my 'garage' is in name only. The last time a car saw the inside was - I dunno - 1999?Tom Iovino

   Tom's Workbench

   http://tomsworkbench.com

1. 
   9michael9 | Feb 19, 2008 06:36pm | #18

   I used to work outside when the temperature was 50 or above and still do on occasion, but as the body gets older the temperature must be a little higher than 50 for comfort, me thinks.  Its 19 out right now.

   Edited 2/19/2008 11:04 am ET by 9michael9

5. 
   JamesS | Feb 20, 2008 04:23am | #19

   Tom   If Ted gets to vote twice, so do I. I have a shop in FL & one in MI

   James