I give you: The Worlds Tiniest Woodshop

[Leon]

My first post and I messed it up. Try a Spill Plane. I found lots with a google search.

Leon

[mater]

Nice setup Marc. It looks comfy.

[LarryG]

Wow, Marc. I thought my 10 x 19 space with barely six feet of headroom was tight. And, well, it IS tight ... but you've got me covered.

Am I reading those headroom numbers right? Six-and-a-half feet at the highest point, and sloping to a foot less in some places?!? How tall are you?

[lrogers]

Wow, that makes the current REDNECK WORKSHOP look like a palace. At least EVERYTHING is close at hand. I really like that fold out tool storage wall you have.

[Mainemarc]

Larry: I'm 5'8" on a good day. I lost 3/4" of headroom when I put up the wainscoting shorts for the ceiling, but I was darned if I was going to work under bare rafters. Towards the low end of the ceiling, I really miss that 3/4".

Leon: I think you've hit the square cut nail on the head re: the spill plane. I believe those things were actually used to make matches so you could light your oil lamp from the woodstove. All I know is that it has a wonderful iron that takes and keeps an edge and makes lovely rabbets.

[LinuxRandal]

I have a 3/4 basement under the house (full at the time it was built) and it only has six foot ceilings (I'm 5'10"). Since I started getting power tools and don't have a SWMBO I thought about converting the room my grandfather added on to my hand tool shop. Anyone have a shop of somekind in the main house?

[Jim-Iowa]

Well that proves it can certainly be done!!
There are advantages to a shop that size, you don`t wear out shoes walking to where what you need is!
My first shop was 8ftX16ft on a porch, long as projects are not too big. It works nicely. My primary power tools at that time were a Scroll Saw, Router & Drill Press. I had a benchtop saw in the garage to break lumber down before I took it to the shop.

I would hate to do it again, but if building a stand alone shop, I think 12 X16 would be sufficent & efficent.

[rabmaxx]

Well Marc, you are a true craftsman. I certainly will never complain about my space having seen yours.


Ron

[axio]

Marc, I love how you cleverly made space for your hand planes =)

[pierhogunn]

you win, mine is a half a garage as well, but it is still 9X11

Dan

[Mainemarc]

quote:Originally posted by pierhogunn

you win, mine is a half a garage as well, but it is still 9X11

Dan

I'd say we're in a dead heat:

9x11 = 99 sq. ft.
5.5x18 = 99 sq. ft.

Unless of you're on the metric system

[LarryG]

quote:Originally posted by Mainemarc
I'd say we're in a dead heat:

9x11 = 99 sq. ft.
5.5x18 = 99 sq. ft.

Maybe in square feet, Marc, but with your low ceiling, I think you've a legitimate claim to the BT3Central World Champeen title on cubic feet. That 5-1/2 feet at the low side continues to astound me, even more than the 5-1/2 foot width. And I thought my shop was vertically-challenged with exactly six feet of headroom!

[pierhogunn]

that's why he wins, I have a 9' ceiling, almost 2X the shop

Dan

[Mainemarc]

quote:Originally posted by LarryG

That 5-1/2 feet at the low side continues to astound me, even more than the 5-1/2 foot width. And I thought my shop was vertically-challenged with exactly six feet of headroom!

OK, you guys are on to me! I'm actually a midget. My first project was a Shaker inspired step-stool so I could see over the top of my BT3100! I confess!

[crokett]

Wow Marc. I thought my old shop was small at 120 sqft. It certainly had more convenient dimensions being a 10x12. I guess you have no problems ripping veeerry long boards though. That was one problem I had - anything over about 6' long that I wanted to rip I had to feed so it went out the door.