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  • Otter
    Senior Member
    • Nov 2003
    • 865
    • Cumming, GA, USA.
    • Delta Left Tilt UniSaw

    #1

    We all have been out GLOATED

    Seen your WOOD mag this issue.

    There workshop and the fact the have a distribution system of puttting us to shame. Man do I have alot of catchup to now.

    He who dies with the most tools wins.
    All men dream, but not equally. Those who dream by night in the dusty recesses of their minds wake in the day to find that it was vanity: but the dreamers of the day are dangerous men, for they may act their dream with open eyes, to make it possible

    T.E. Lawrence
  • Stormbringer
    Veteran Member
    • Feb 2005
    • 1387
    • Floral Park, NY
    • Bosch 4000

    #2
    Originally posted by Otter
    Seen your WOOD mag this issue.

    There workshop and the fact the have a distribution system of puttting us to shame. Man do I have alot of catchup to now.

    He who dies with the most tools wins.
    Yeah. It came yesterday. Don't feel bad, they only have three table saws.

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    • crokett
      The Full Monte
      • Jan 2003
      • 10627
      • Mebane, NC, USA.
      • Ryobi BT3000

      #3
      I don't get Wood mag. What'd they do publish an article about the Wood mag shop?
      David

      The chief cause of failure in this life is giving up what you want most for what you want at the moment.

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      • Otter
        Senior Member
        • Nov 2003
        • 865
        • Cumming, GA, USA.
        • Delta Left Tilt UniSaw

        #4
        Originally posted by crokett
        I don't get Wood mag. What'd they do publish an article about the Wood mag shop?
        Yep they did. It is a total in your face gloat........It is sweet.
        All men dream, but not equally. Those who dream by night in the dusty recesses of their minds wake in the day to find that it was vanity: but the dreamers of the day are dangerous men, for they may act their dream with open eyes, to make it possible

        T.E. Lawrence

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        • Pappy
          The Full Monte
          • Dec 2002
          • 10490
          • San Marcos, TX, USA.
          • BT3000 (x2)

          #5
          My dream shop is 28x40 with the front 8' partitioned off into three rooms (finishing, supplies storage, and 3/4 bath). This would leave a 28x32 work area (896 sq ft)...just over half their's!
          Don, aka Pappy,

          Wise men talk because they have something to say,
          Fools because they have to say something.
          Plato

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          • Wood_workur
            Veteran Member
            • Aug 2005
            • 1914
            • Ohio
            • Ryobi bt3100-1

            #6
            I'm with Pappy on the dream shop- maybe a little bigger, but I would change the rooms to: Finishing, Sanding (I hate sanding dust on everything, and less space for an air cleaner to clean.), and whole bath. (you never knw with all the chemicals today, when you might need to jump into a shower really, really fast.)
            Alex

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            • kwgeorge
              Veteran Member
              • Jan 2004
              • 1419
              • Alvin, TX, USA.

              #7
              Those with little to no shop always dream of a big shop. Those of us with small shops also dream of a bigger shop and that’s pretty much every time we are working in our small shop! Those with big shops dream about, , well hum, I cant imagine what they dream about!

              Personally I would like a shop about the size of a 3 car garage. I would build a finishing room for sure that would be sealed really well from the rest of the shop. I would also very much like an assembly area where I could make a large table for that purpose. I would create work zones with all the proper tools in those areas. I don’t do much sanding anymore since I got into scraping but I still do some so I think I would make like a big kitchen hood above the assembly area to draw all the dust up and away. Since I have no interest in production work I really don’t need big monster industrial tools and I can imagine why I would need 3 table saws as I can still only use 1 at a time!

              Oh well, since we were dreaming….

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              • gjbivin
                Established Member
                • Jan 2005
                • 141
                • Gilbert, AZ, USA.
                • BT3100

                #8
                Since I have no interest in production work I really don’t need big monster industrial tools and I can imagine why I would need 3 table saws as I can still only use 1 at a time!
                Rip blade, crosscut blade, dado.
                Gary J. Bivin
                Gilbert, AZ

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                • gmack5
                  Veteran Member
                  • Dec 2002
                  • 1972
                  • Quapaw, Oklahoma, USA.
                  • Ryobi BT3000SX & BT3100

                  #9
                  Originally posted by Otter
                  Seen your WOOD mag this issue.
                  There workshop and the fact the have a distribution system of puttting us to shame. Man do I have alot of catchup to now.
                  He who dies with the most tools wins.
                  Yes, I saw the Wood Mag Shop!
                  Made me a little GREEN with envy, but I'll get over it (I hope)

                  In our new home (closes on May 31st) my major Shop area will be 21' X 25', with a "Dog house" off the back to contain the DC and Air Compressor, probably a 12' X 21' Add-on room, maybe larger if I feel the need to add Storage and a Finishing Room.
                  My Design Studio will be in the house, along with my Computers and other stuff of that nature.
                  Last edited by gmack5; 05-14-2006, 11:55 AM.
                  Stop thinking why you can't and Start thinking how you CAN!
                  Remember, SUCCESS comes in CANS!
                  George

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                  • Jim Boyd
                    Veteran Member
                    • Dec 2002
                    • 1766
                    • Montgomery, Texas, USA.
                    • Delta Unisaw

                    #10
                    Originally posted by kwgeorge
                    Those with little to no shop always dream of a big shop. Those of us with small shops also dream of a bigger shop and that’s pretty much every time we are working in our small shop! Those with big shops dream about, , well hum, I cant imagine what they dream about!

                    .
                    I'm dreaming of another 900 sqft for metal working. A good 12" swing engine lathe and a nice Bridgeport mill come to mind
                    Jim in Texas and Sicko Ryobi Cult Member ©

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                    • crokett
                      The Full Monte
                      • Jan 2003
                      • 10627
                      • Mebane, NC, USA.
                      • Ryobi BT3000

                      #11
                      Bah. I'm not jealous. Its a woodworking magazine so whadja expect? Besides, if there is one thing I've learned it is the craftsman and not the tool and the corollary more tools do not replace lack of skill.
                      David

                      The chief cause of failure in this life is giving up what you want most for what you want at the moment.

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                      • Warren
                        Established Member
                        • Jan 2003
                        • 441
                        • Anchorage, Ak
                        • BT3000

                        #12
                        Those shops are usually stuffed with people working on different projects.

                        I have a friend who has a shop tha'ts close to 40 by 60, he's the only one who works in it. It has a loft for wood storage, finishing room, bathroom, all the bells and whistles. Heated floors and a nice DC system, still uncompleted. The ceiling is about 30 feet high in front of the loft, heated floor and a garage door big enough to a 40' van. More tools than you can shake a stick at. A couple of RAS's, 3 tricked out contractor saws, lathes and God knows what else. I've seen two DP's.

                        He's 73, never finished the shop and probably never will. It's packed with the effluvia of a lifetime with narrow trails to the tools he does use regularly. He knows exactly what is in the shop and it's approximate location. It's unbelievable.

                        His rat packing is the one reason I've tried to keep my shop a reasonable size. I find that the as the space grows so does the collection of stuff. I can barely keep my 25 by 14 neat and orderly enough to work safely in.
                        A man without a shillelagh, is a man without an expidient.

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                        • kramer katt
                          Established Member
                          • Aug 2004
                          • 375
                          • SO CAL, USA
                          • BT3100 and Craftsman 100

                          #13
                          OK
                          I think I can think of more good reasons for keeping my shop small.
                          (like: no other choice?)
                          Some of you make us others green but I guess the definintion of a hobby is a varied as the personalities that practice it.
                          kk
                          Everything should be made as simple as possible, but not simpler
                          --Albert Einstein

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                          • jziegler
                            Veteran Member
                            • Aug 2005
                            • 1149
                            • Salem, NJ, USA.
                            • Ryobi BT3100

                            #14
                            It is quite a shop.

                            Certainly too much for the average home woodworker. I wouldn't know what to do with that many tools. Of course, it is designed for multiple people working in it at the same time.

                            But, you know, that shop is about the same size as the finished living space in my house. Kinda sick when I think about it that way.

                            Jim

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