These photos of my squeaky clean workshop were actually taken several months ago and it doesn’t look quite as tidy as it did back then.
I spent an entire week going through everything in my workshop, reorganizing it, cleaning it, and discovering things I haven’t seen in years. It was truly about time…
…and now I can’t find anything…
My workshop is approximately 12 ft wide x 36 ft long. It started out with a single shop about 12 ft x 12 ft. This is where I do my main carving and filming of videos.
Then when things were slow at my husband’s business, he kept his guys employed by adding a “porch” onto my workshop that was another 12 ft x 12 ft. Then about a year or so later, things slowed down again with my husband’s work and that porch was closed in to become my “center” shop. This part is usually used as an “overflow” from my original carving shop and where I have any machines that might produce dust (hate the stuff).
Then several years later, another downfall in the economy (which I benefitted from) – the guys put the third addition on – another 12 ft x 12 ft fully windowed room – sort of like a sunroom. This is where I do a lot of my castings and mold-making – a messy process that I want to keep completely away from any of my woodworking tools.
I love my workshop. It is my “happy place”.
…and now I can’t find anything…
🙂 but it looks nice! I think it was Fernando Lamas who said, “It’s better to ~LOOK~ good than to be good.”
I thought you had a taller bench in there somewhere. Oh, my aching back…
Yeah – I do have a special carving bench that is just below elbow height but for some reason it didn’t get into the pictures. The large carving bench has 6″ x 6″ blocks under the legs but still needs to be raised a few inches for comfort.