I love seeing other woodworking shops, neander or power, for the inspiration that they can bring to my own reorganisations of my shop. So post some images of your shop (neander or non-neander, despite the title).
I'll start with my basement workshop, which my wife very kindly allows me to have. I have half the garage for my power tools, but my basement shop is hand tool only and is closer to my heart:
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First up is my bench I built close to two years ago, some of you might recall it. It's a little too short lengthwise and well out of flat by now but it has served me well. I used Derek's tutorial along with videos from Frank Strazza to learn to do the houndstooth dovetails. The little diamond caps at the end are to cover bolt heads, which I think look rather ugly.
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In this corner I built in some shelves where a fridge used to be. The shelves store my vintage planes and chisels, and also vintage squares, bit and brace, hand drills, dividers etc. The bottom holds clamps and glue, epoxy, wax etc. I plan on building a proper clamp rack soon. The blanket chest is one I found in very rough shape at an estate sale. The owners were selling it's contents but never imagined anyone would want it...so I bought it for $5. Patched up the veneer, restored a couple legs and painted it, and it looks great right now. I store my newer tools in there, so it's full of Veritas tools pretty much. This wont stay here forever though, I plan on making an english style tool chest or a wall cabinet - not sure which yet. I also have a bench drill press here, an indispensable tool.
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This is my little mini lathe that I love. I use it to make mallets, marking knives/awls, chisel handles etc. I find spindle turning very relaxing, so it gets a corner in my neander shop. Those tall handles there are my diy carbide lathe tools - bought carbide inserts and 1/2" square steel stock, machined the profiles and tapped and screwed them in. With the exception of the detail tool, they work phenomenally.
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On the same side as my lathe, is my wood storage wall and my woodworking book stack on a stool. Think that's close to capacity yet?
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I scored a great deal on some maple on Kijiji (like craigslist, or gumtree) and so my next bench is taking up valuable floor space and encroaching on non-shop territory. Currently waiting on purchasing the tail vise hardware. You can also see my Veritas MKII sharpening system that I also got a killer deal on Kijiji for. I like the tactile feel of sharpening by hand, but the MKII works great too.
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And that's all really. As you can see, it's a very 'cosy' space, so I'm always looking for cool storage or organisation ideas. And here's a walnut coffee table I'm working on right now to conclude.
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