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25 March 2013 at 10:13 am #9786
I’ve spent the last couple months or so building an office/workshop at the end of my garden. Despite the unhelpful weather (rain and snow) I’ve managed to get the main construction complete, ready for internal trims and a LOT of treating.
Here are a few pics of the almost-finished shop. It’s 5x3m (around 16x10ft) exterior, a little shorter on the interior due to having 60mm insulation panels fitted between two 28mm thick walls. There will be my desk (I work from home as a programmer during office hours) in one corner, and my bench will be in the middle of the room at the opposite end. I may build a new one now I can get to both sides of the bench.
Timber storage and a location for a new band saw are my two main decisions now regarding the interior now. I’m going to give the floor a good couple coats of poly first though, to give it some protection – it’s just bare wood at the moment.
The whole thing is a kit from a company here in the UK. It’s slow-grown spruce and seems to be pretty decent quality. I counted around twenty growth rings on the end of some of the 28mm thick wall logs.
Electricity will be hooked up this/next week spending on how busy my sparky is. Will be a couple of weeks before I’m in there but I can’t wait! My workshop won’t be in my dining room any more either, so my wife is extremely pleased!
George.
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You must be logged in to view attached files.25 March 2013 at 11:06 am #9792Congratulations George, that looks really nice. I know you are excited!
Great job, looks fantastic.
You are a better man than me, i would not be able to focus on my day job sitting in wood-shop.  As soon as I had a moment I would run over to the workbench and start to tinker with whatever project I was working on and forget all about what boring stuff I had to do.
25 March 2013 at 1:58 pm #9799Look great George!!! So many windows, I’m very like, enjoy your new workshop!
25 March 2013 at 5:17 pm #9804Thanks guys! I’ll post some more pics when I get the interior finished and my bench installed. Cannot wait!
George.
26 March 2013 at 1:20 pm #10059George very nice indeed, and with all that wood gives it a very warm and cozy atmosphere, and also having wood walls you will be able to hang all sorts of tools on. Â I am not sure if you are familiar with Bob Roziaieski ( Â www.loganscabinetshoppe.com ) his shop is in a room in his house where he surfaced the walls with wood and made special fixtures and racks for his small space, looks and worked out very nice.
Steve
Quite a fine job , you sure did not lose those months , George !
May -I quote :
Finishing is important, not just for looks , but for protection.No matter what project is , even made from cheap lumber that won’t be painted , put a coat of sealer on it.” ( J.R.DeCristoforo , Practical Book of Carpentry .)
Congratulations !
27 March 2013 at 10:34 am #10082You might as well put a little fridge in there cause your not going to want to come out. It looks great.
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