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27 March 2013 at 10:54 am #10083
@smassiesr I’ve seen a lot of his saw sharpening videos. Seems to have quite a nice workshop setup! I’m still not sure what to do with tool storage – I think I’m going to have to work in there for a while to see what would work well. I’d really like some sort of cabinet to keep dust off and humidity out (it’ll be heated by body heat unless it’s still too cold and needs a small fan heater). The problem with attaching things to the wall logs is that I can’t screw something into two logs that are at different heights, due to expansion & contraction. If each wall log expands by 1mm or so, the ceiling will go up by an inch. If something was screwed to two logs it’d constrain the movement or destroy whatever was screwed to it!
@mgr You’re absolutely right! Protection is my main concern. I’ve spent a fair amount of cash on wood preservative, oil based varnish and polyurethane varnish to make the cabin last as long as possible. The preservative is giving a really nice warm glow that’ll hopefully last once the oil is on top of it to provide some UV protection and more water resistance. The floor is going to take the most wear, so the poly will help protect that.
@chukka63 Haha! Don’t give me ideas!27 March 2013 at 11:27 am #10084George I understand what you are saying about movement and of course that depends on humidity and also how dry and stable your wood is. I have lived in the South my entire life except when I went to College and the humidity can get pretty bad at times, especially when you are surrounded by an Ocean and the Gulf of Mexico. I use a plywood wall with custom tool holders and I also have a tool cabinet I made all most 40 years ago made out of Baltic Plywood. I plan on making a tool chest soon to house the tools I use most frequently.
Having said that and getting back to Logan’s Cabinet Shoppe, Bob used a lot of french cleats going around his wall’s and made wood “tool Boards” to house tools with special hangers he made. One of video’s does give you a tour of his work shop. I think he did a great job with tool placement in his shop which looks neat and tidy. If you find that video or “blog” I can’t remember exactly where it is on his web site you may get some good ideas.
Good luck with your shop and I am sure you will enjoy it immensely, looking forward to see progress pictures.
Steve
7 April 2013 at 9:07 pm #10594Great job George. I’m looking to build a workshop in my garden. You said yours was a kit, who was the manufacturer? Also do you have photos of it mod construction before it was cladded? I’d be interested in seeing the framing?
7 April 2013 at 10:44 pm #10597@kbowkett
It’s from a company called Dunster House. It’s not cladded – the logs stack on top of each other with a tongue and groove, and notches at each end. The construction involves putting the first logs of the outside wall on top of the bearers, nailing the floor boards to the bearers, then stacking the exterior and (optional) interior walls until you get to roof height, putting on the apexes and purlins, nailing roof boards, then windows, doors, insulation, etc. There are some videos on Dunster House’s website that show the process.
George.8 April 2013 at 9:22 am #10602The electrician finished on Saturday and I now have lights, plug sockets, and a network connection (which I still need to finish myself). I’ve also put six coats of polyurethane on the floor to give it some protection from wear and tear. Bench is moved in but all my tools, timber, etc, are still in boxes while I arrange some sort of storage. Really pleased with it overall!
George.
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You must be logged in to view attached files.Thanks Ken, your unintentional thread bump made me notice this thread. 😉
Great workshop George. Very warm/inviting with good light. Your bench looks like it blends in with the room. Makes my unfinished concrete garage look dreary by comparison.
I did not know the slang term for electrician was “sparky”. Brilliant! Looks like he/she did a nice clean job with the conduit. I may add two more circuits to my garage, but I am afraid to be told the price… 🙁
Have fun.
1 May 2013 at 10:02 am #11462Thanks, Scott! Adding circuits shouldn’t be too expensive if there is room for the circuits on your fusebox and the cable can be laid easily. The electric work for the shop cost a small fortune but a lot of the cost was the 10mm armored cable (about 40m of it) and the work involved in getting it from the back garden and under the floor in the house to get it to the main fusebox.
I think ‘Sparky’ is an English term. It’s fairly well known, more so in the trade world though. There are others, too. ‘Bricky’ for brick layer, and ‘Chippy’ for carpenter (although it’s more widely used to mean a fish & chip shop!). I’m not sure if there is a similar term for a plumber or other tradesmen though.
Work’s still progressing on the shop. Albeit slowly due to work, birthdays and other commitments. I made some corner shelves from a couple of spare floor boards, which are being used to hold tools before I build a tool cabinet. Everything else has been put away in big plastic boxes for the time being. Curtain material will be ordered today or tomorrow so my wife will be busy making those this weekend. The cat-6 cable is all hooked up and I’ve put a WiFi router in the shop so there’s broadband available and an IP security camera installed.
I’ve also done a bit of work on the roof. Before starting it, I had conflicting advice on whether or not to cover the nail heads. Some people said it doesn’t matter, others said they have to be covered. It was snowing when I was fixing the shingles in place so I didn’t bother making sure they were covered by the shingle above. A couple of forum members messaged me saying that it’s very important to cover them, and gave sound reasoning behind their advice (thanks again!), so I figured for the sake of half an hours work and £10 spent on a tin of fiber based roof repair material (horrible but amazing stuff!), I might as well do it to be on the safe side.
Guttering is almost finished, too. There’s no drainage at the end of the garden so the downpipe will go straight into a 210l water butt.
Oh, and I’ve gotten my wall clock, which is actually a weather station, hung on the wall!
I’ll post some more pics this weekend.
George.
21 August 2013 at 10:32 pm #16873It’s been a while since the last update so I thought I’d post a pic of the very messy shop! I’ve been using it for a couple months now and it’s a fantastic environment to work in. I still need to sort storage so I’m moving stuff around constantly. The components on the band saw table are for making Paul’s storage unit – waiting for the next blog post on how to assemble the unit.
George.
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You must be logged in to view attached files.Hi George, I too bought a record power bandsaw, the BS350s, slightly smaller than yours. Do you find the miter guage a bit sloppy, I’ve tried to find a better after market one but the slot in the table appears to be non standard and I can’t get one to fit. I just wondered how yours was working out?
22 August 2013 at 2:04 pm #16883I only really use the band saw for rips and resaws so haven’t used the miter gauge much but I agree that it’s not exactly sturdy. I’m surprised that it’s a non-standard size though. The track on mine is 20mm wide – is yours the same? There seem to be plenty of designs on the web for making your own sled, which could be an interesting project.
George.
22 August 2013 at 2:57 pm #16884Very nice, George. A right proper workshop. Mine is still just a vision in my head for now; have to do with a corner in the garage for the time being. Wish I had someplace to build an actual shop, but unfortunately just not an option. Still trying to convince the wife to let me turn one whole side of the garage into a workshop instead of just a corner, but she still isn’t sure about the whole idea of me partitioning half of it off with a wall and such. Have to make her a couple more nice things to convince her. Win-win, as they say. 🙂
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