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Malcolm,

Sounds like you are describing this 18 drawer bench I built 25 years ago. For many years it held all the tools, supplies, paint, thinners, etc, in the shop. Still love it.

Also, like...

The bandsaw is a 20" Woodtech from around 1990. Grizzly has very similar machines. It has been a great tool. I made the oversize table to support large parts I made for my telescopes.
Drawers are...

Rick,

What works for one person may not be for everyone. With that in mind, here are some of the ideas used in my latest dream shop. It is similar in size to your new shop.

My tiny rest room is...

I purchased this laminated top 28 years ago, used it on steel legs for years, and finally built a decent base for it. You can make a top of laminated plywood that works very well. It is is cheaper,...

I've had this simple wood rack for around 30 years. The second shelf has separate legs so it does not add any weight to the first rack. Bottom sectiom was built from 3/4 plywood scraps. Top section...

One more vote for making your own guide for ripping sheets to whatever size you want. I have a big shop and plenty of room, but I still prefer cutting up full size sheets before taking them to the...

You are probably lucky that your didn't find a Unisaw sliding table. The newer model attachments are so much better. I bought this sider 25+ years ago, and then a friend bought a Grizzly 5 years ago....

I think the main idea is how cold your building will get in the winter with the heat off. My steel building is very well insulated, so even on the coldest days the shop never gets below 45˚ inside...

First thing to remember is that it is a shop, not a home. By the time you get your tools and cabinets in place not too much of the walls will still be seen. I hung 7/16 drywall in my steel building,...

Actually, Tom's stuff is made to "shop cabinet" quality, nothing fancy, all plywood with unfinished edges. It works well, but all the cabinets are quite similar.…

What Glenn is saying is there are...

Doug,

Saw the Powermatic sliding table at the big Atlanta woodworking show - around 25 years ago - and ordered one. Then when back home I went looking for a used Powermatic saw to put it on. It...

Sorry. Fixed.

Yes. We moved to NM to get away from FL's light pollution. It was a fun project. The scope is a 42" computerized Newtonian. Built it too. I got into woodworking in '84 by building wooden telescopes....

Glenn,

Thanks for posting your photos. If we can give the average guy some ideas on building their own shop storage we have done a good thing! Most of the photos we see posted show a serious lack...

Naw. There was an index system, all those little yellow labels, to guide the wife to the correct parts she was looking for so she could fill the orders. (I ran a machine shop and manufactured a lot...

Yep, you missed it. This thread was meant to feature just shop cabinets, not a shop tour. However, the second photo in the first post showed the whole shop for the curious. My main machines are...

My shop has supports three separate areas, woodworking, modem making, and machining. These photos are mainly show the shop cabinets around the shop. Hopefully they will serve to give you folks some...

Home workshops are the place where dreams are made. We all love our shops, and the time we get to spend in them…

Thirty years ago I built my first wood shop, and while filling it up soon learned...

One more photo? Bought this Powermatic used in the mid 80s. Motor cover is a simple rectangular box. Should be easy to make one out of plywood.

About 20 years ago I was spending a lot of time standing in the shop building telescopes. My feet hurt and the scopes were getting all scratched when turing them side to side while working on them....

Nice shop Curt! All you are missing is a sliding table for that table saw. Far nicer layout than many we see on here. I am also a RC flyer. Been building and flying for 40 years. Great hobby and...

Since I usually work alone in the shop, sawhorses are out when it comes to getting a sheet of plywood out of the rack and up onto them. Usually the whole mess ends up on the floor. Years ago I made a...

One more vote for eliminating the fluorescents. Sick of ballast problems. After 20 years with 50 fixtures in my machine shop and 15 more years in a home workshop, the newest shop only has four of...

I am a retired machinist, and in the shop we quit using fractions a hundred years ago. Oh, we might say a 1/4" screw, or a 1/2" bolt, but all measurements are done in thousands of an inch. When using...

All I can say is I used this planner for 15 years and thought snipe was just something you have to put up with.
Then we moved from Florida to New Mexico a couple of years ago, and I re-leveled the...