The "Simple Home Workshop"
The heart of a woodshop is the workbench. I made mine over 20 years ago; the top was constructed using scrap pieces of 8/4 oak from an engineer friend. It has served me well.
The table saw is also the heart of a shop. When I moved to Las Vegas, I sold my old Delta Unisaw and invested in the Saw Stop with sliding table.
The weather here is gorgeous, albeit hot in the summer. It's nice to be able to sit at the edge of the fountain and think about what's next.
Plenty of room to work on bigger pieces.
A nice heavy lathe is useful for bowls, spindles, pens, etc. This one is my pride and joy.
Another view of the lathe area. THe lathe has a built-in vacuum chuck that relies on a venturi effect, hence the air line connection.
You can never have too many clamps.
Lots of storage for tools and supplies such as pen making kits. THe dust collector is a monster, with a built in HEPA filter canister to help keep the air clean.
Closeup view of the dust collector
Compressed air is distributed around the shop via copper piping routed at the top of the walls. There are multiple "drops", one in each corner of the shop plus one by the lathe.
Router bits and dovetail jig.
Sharpening station includes a variable speed 8" grinder with wolverine sharpening accessories and a Tormek slow-speed wet grinder with accessories. Turning tools and accessories in the cart below.
The chop saw, and a mortising machine to make square holes in wood...
Wrenches, sockets, hammers, ...
More clamps
In addition to the main 3 car garage shop, there is a detached garage containing many tools...
Drill press...and a smaller air compressor for this shop.
Dust Collector in Detached Shop
8" jointer with helical head to make an edge very flat
Variable speed drill press and router table
Bandsaw is indispensable for curved shapes and blanks for bowl making.
12" disk, 6" belt sander
20" planer with Helical Head
It's "wood working", not "working", so here is part of the lumber collection
More wood, including some exotic lumber hand selected when I was in Hawaii