There’s never an inopportune time for a shop tour, build video, or tip that includes your shop. I particularly like that your bench and tool cabinet automatically inspire you or at least give you that little dopamine hit when you come into the shop. Often that little ‘hit’ can inspire you to build something wonderful or inspire you to do something you may have been putting off.
At last! An American woodworking channel focused on hand-tools, and without an aircraft-hanger-sized workshop dominated by a massive (unguarded) table saw. Best of all, you didn't shout "What's up RUclips" in an over-enthusiastic manner. I looked at your back catalogue, and subscribed instantly. As for your workshop.....I prefer a level floor, so those rubber mats would have to cover the entire floor, or none of it at all. (Oh, and it's a concrete floor, not a cement floor). Anyway, it's great to have found you, and I'll watch a video a day until I've caught up.
I love it. In my ideal shop I would separate and isolate all power tools that generate sawdust, leaving the rest of the space for hand tool work and assembly. At least that's the dream.... If I were a RUclipsr I would put a system of rails on the ceiling for holding cameras, lights, backdrops, etc. No more tripods or stands to knock over or get in the way. Where's your dog?
Thanks for sharing. I have three of four years of at least weekly temp and humidity readings I've captured for my shop. The time part of the clock has died so I may go out and get an atomic one as well. At this point, I don't write it down as I have enough historical data. One of the things I do to help with lighting is to wear a 500 lumen head band light for some of the darker areas in my shop. Might be handy for you.
What was that bench dog accessory that you used for your desk lamp? I heard you say Lee Valley Tools, but I couldn't find it. Shop looks great by the way!
I have questions about your new three-legged saw bench. Do you like it better than the old one? Are there significant drawbacks? I currently have no sawbench, and that three-legged design would fit and store better in my shop. I appreciate any feedback.
Realizing this is an older video, I am curious if you would provide a little more detail on your floating floor. More detail on materials used including thicknesses and overall thickness of floor, how it holds up, etc. I am working on a detached workshop with an uneven slab concrete floor. Thanks in advance.
The rigid foam isulation board on the concrete is 1", the asphalt impregnated board is 1/2" but doesn't hold screws well at all, the plywood is 1/2" and screwed into the asphalt impregnated board below it. If I were to do this again, I'd replace the asphalt impregnated board with more 1/2" ply, alternating the orientation of the two layers by 90 degrees so they overlap. The concrete floor in my garage isn't uneven, just sloping, so I can't say how well this would work on your uneven one.
Great video! I am interested in your lighting. Can you tell me what make and model of light you use? You mentioned LED 4’ 4000K, wondering where to get those. And if they flicker during slo-mo playback (I’m sensitive to light flicker and test this way)
Great tour. Enjoyed you talking about everything. I just got the same dust collector and assembled it a week ago. Happened to scroll your Instagram again and saw the old grinder wheel setup and that table saw you eluded to. Looked like a rarer saw like those fun Inca saws with the mortise cutter on the side. Would love an Instagram post of your shoe rack. Curious how you mounted the rods. Maybe cap nuts with tubes in the middle of a threaded rod. Looks cool. Love the ledge strip on the conduit box.
Love your content! Thanks for sharing! I'd love to learn more about the object (sculpture?) on top of your tool cabinet and below your clock, if you are willing to share?
It's a center piece/shallow bowl I made from some figured birch and some walnut that was made to look like a rain storm over a eroded mesa in the desert.
Hi. Thanks for another great video, and for sharing all the fine details of your shop. So, without a jointer, do you joint by hand? Or use a sled with the planer? What I'm really asking is: how did you joint all the boards for your bench? Cheers. (P.S. Donald Knuth, the Gandalf of computer science, analyzed kitchen usage and determined that the optimal kitchen would have the garbage can at the very centre... the way you've clustered your power tools in the middle, with the dust collector right at the heart of it... top marks! It's like you just made an entire woodworking problem disappear.)
Two things: The humidity is very low in my shop (usually around 30%) so that helps. I also wipe down my tools with a rag with a bit of 3-in-1 Oil soaked into it before putting them away.
It's the box my No.51 Shooting Board Plane was shipped in and I continued to keep the plane in it until I built my tool cabinet. Now I just keep it around with the intention of repurposing it for something... someday.
Thanks! Got a few new ideas for organizing from your video, and now I might not get rid of the under-utilized filing cabinet I've had for years.
There’s never an inopportune time for a shop tour, build video, or tip that includes your shop. I particularly like that your bench and tool cabinet automatically inspire you or at least give you that little dopamine hit when you come into the shop. Often that little ‘hit’ can inspire you to build something wonderful or inspire you to do something you may have been putting off.
Good point.
At last! An American woodworking channel focused on hand-tools, and without an aircraft-hanger-sized workshop dominated by a massive (unguarded) table saw. Best of all, you didn't shout "What's up RUclips" in an over-enthusiastic manner. I looked at your back catalogue, and subscribed instantly.
As for your workshop.....I prefer a level floor, so those rubber mats would have to cover the entire floor, or none of it at all. (Oh, and it's a concrete floor, not a cement floor). Anyway, it's great to have found you, and I'll watch a video a day until I've caught up.
I love it. In my ideal shop I would separate and isolate all power tools that generate sawdust, leaving the rest of the space for hand tool work and assembly. At least that's the dream.... If I were a RUclipsr I would put a system of rails on the ceiling for holding cameras, lights, backdrops, etc. No more tripods or stands to knock over or get in the way. Where's your dog?
Don't have a dog yet. I love dogs but we travel too much and I don't want to leave a pet behind so often.
Thanks for sharing. I have three of four years of at least weekly temp and humidity readings I've captured for my shop. The time part of the clock has died so I may go out and get an atomic one as well. At this point, I don't write it down as I have enough historical data. One of the things I do to help with lighting is to wear a 500 lumen head band light for some of the darker areas in my shop. Might be handy for you.
I've been known to use a headlamp on occasion myself.
I store my sandpaper the same way. Love it.
What was that bench dog accessory that you used for your desk lamp? I heard you say Lee Valley Tools, but I couldn't find it. Shop looks great by the way!
Just do a search on their site for "lamp bushing" and it should pop up.
I have questions about your new three-legged saw bench. Do you like it better than the old one? Are there significant drawbacks? I currently have no sawbench, and that three-legged design would fit and store better in my shop. I appreciate any feedback.
This should answer those questions and more: ruclips.net/video/nkNgMxJOadw/видео.html
Nice shop.A lot of great ideas.
Very interesting. You are living the dream!!
That desk looks amazing, looking forward to see more of it!
As you said watching other's shop tours gives you great ideas for your own.
Hmmm… liking the idea of having all the power tools in the middle of the shop like that, with the overhead power pendant thingy…
A bit long winded, but nicely thorough. Now I’m going to watch your sharpening video.
Realizing this is an older video, I am curious if you would provide a little more detail on your floating floor. More detail on materials used including thicknesses and overall thickness of floor, how it holds up, etc. I am working on a detached workshop with an uneven slab concrete floor. Thanks in advance.
The rigid foam isulation board on the concrete is 1", the asphalt impregnated board is 1/2" but doesn't hold screws well at all, the plywood is 1/2" and screwed into the asphalt impregnated board below it. If I were to do this again, I'd replace the asphalt impregnated board with more 1/2" ply, alternating the orientation of the two layers by 90 degrees so they overlap. The concrete floor in my garage isn't uneven, just sloping, so I can't say how well this would work on your uneven one.
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Splendid. There are lots of good ideas there. 👍👍
I've followed you on IG for some time but was always curious about your shop layout.
If your gardening’s anything like your furniture making, I’m sure it would be an interesting video.
Great video! I am interested in your lighting. Can you tell me what make and model of light you use? You mentioned LED 4’ 4000K, wondering where to get those. And if they flicker during slo-mo playback (I’m sensitive to light flicker and test this way)
I bought them several years ago so they might not be available anymore. The brand is Parmida LED Technologies.
Great tour. Enjoyed you talking about everything. I just got the same dust collector and assembled it a week ago. Happened to scroll your Instagram again and saw the old grinder wheel setup and that table saw you eluded to. Looked like a rarer saw like those fun Inca saws with the mortise cutter on the side.
Would love an Instagram post of your shoe rack. Curious how you mounted the rods. Maybe cap nuts with tubes in the middle of a threaded rod. Looks cool. Love the ledge strip on the conduit box.
Oh, that shoe rack was store bought by my wife before I even met her.
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Love your content! Thanks for sharing! I'd love to learn more about the object (sculpture?) on top of your tool cabinet and below your clock, if you are willing to share?
It's a center piece/shallow bowl I made from some figured birch and some walnut that was made to look like a rain storm over a eroded mesa in the desert.
Very detailed tour of your shop. Thank you. Just one question: what's the overall size of the shop, in feet, length x width ?
About 24'x19' minus about 20 square feet.
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A good shop tour always gets a subscribe from me as yours did.
Hi. Thanks for another great video, and for sharing all the fine details of your shop. So, without a jointer, do you joint by hand? Or use a sled with the planer? What I'm really asking is: how did you joint all the boards for your bench? Cheers. (P.S. Donald Knuth, the Gandalf of computer science, analyzed kitchen usage and determined that the optimal kitchen would have the garbage can at the very centre... the way you've clustered your power tools in the middle, with the dust collector right at the heart of it... top marks! It's like you just made an entire woodworking problem disappear.)
I joint everything by hand. Thankfully, most of the stock for my workbench was already pretty flat.
Great video. How do you keep you planes from rusting?
Two things: The humidity is very low in my shop (usually around 30%) so that helps. I also wipe down my tools with a rag with a bit of 3-in-1 Oil soaked into it before putting them away.
I’m curious about the Lie-Nielsen box.
It's the box my No.51 Shooting Board Plane was shipped in and I continued to keep the plane in it until I built my tool cabinet. Now I just keep it around with the intention of repurposing it for something... someday.
What’s wrong with the Disston D8 that you said it is just a decorative piece now?
The saw plate is too hardened and brittle to sharpen and set the teeth to my satisfaction.
What is the story of your lonely Stanley plane below your tool cabinet?
That was given to me, and I didn't need it, so rather than restore it, it just sits in my shop looking pretty.
Interesting 🤨