The Shop

I just wanted to give a quick tour of my basement shop.  The shop is roughly 14.5 feet by 22 feet.  I have to admit that most of my projects tend to be things for the shop.  My goal is to get rid of all the "not built by me" stuff.  I am close, I just have a big tool chest and an old office desk left to go.  I am a pretty big fan of Grizzly tools as you will see, the store is not that terribly far away from where I live, and the price always seems to be right.  All of my major tools (Table Saw, Band Saw, Jointer, Planer, and Dust Collector) are from Grizzly.

The shop cabinets were one of my first really big projects.  The plans came from ShopNotes (my favorite woodworking magazine) Volume 17 Issue 97.  I built them a few years ago.

Just recently I decided that I needed an outfeed table.  I started building it a few weeks ago.  I tried to keep true to the shop cabinets and make it match.  I think it looks pretty good.  I still have to add the back, sides and doors, but it should match quite nicely once I paint and finish it.  I added a drawer on the bottom shelf for a bunch of tools.  The table is pretty heavy now, and will get even more so when I add the back, sides, and doors (almost a full sheet of 3/4 MDF).  I already need to make a change to put it on casters.  But that can wait for now...

Quick final note...  The shop is NEVER this clean.  I rearranged and cleaned the entire shop this weekend (for like 5 hours) to get it ready for this post.  In future posts you will see the mess it becomes.