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WORKSHOP sa ART STUDIO sa WORKSHOP FURNITURE & TOOL STORAGE sa WORKSHOP HEATING sa WORKSHOP LIGHTING & WIRING sa WORKSHOP VENTILATION x SHOP Using plastic-coated white wallboard on workshop walls gives you the added benefit of a large "whiteboard" for writing and drawing with erasable markers. Setting up shop. Well-tested solutions help you work smarter, not harder. Three examples of workshop layouts that make the most of shop space. (1) One-car garage. (2) Two-car garage. (3) L-shaped basement shop. Includes 10 tips for getting the most from shop space. Is your shop too small? Tips for making king-size projects in a pint-size shop. Using nesting crickets (low stools), doing more with a router, ceiling-mounted storage, collapsible work stands, easy-to-store glue-up table, etc. Tip on how to set up a temporary work center in basement or garage using a sawhorse, metal shelving, and a work surface made from plywood and 2x4s. How to build a 12x16-ft. workshop and hobby center in a basement. Plans can be ordered. Garage wall workshop. How to add storage and workbenches to your garage and still have room for the cars. Features roll-out drawers, pull-down steps, bin storage, a wall system, phone and intercom. Start a home workshop. The ultimate workshop. Includes 30 great ideas for building your own ultimate shop. Advice on soundproofing a basement workshop. Tips on converting a 12x20-ft. garage into a workshop. Laying a floor, covering walls, insulation, ventilating and heating are discussed. Build your own home workshop. Part 1 (of 5 parts). Ceilings, walls, insulation, floors, doors, storage, vents, humidity, plumbing, and heating. Build your own workshop. Part 2. Heat. light, power, built-in storage cabinets to conceal drainpipes, and a concealed sink unit. Build your own home workshop. Part 3. Including well-planned storage space will help keep things tidy. Build your own home workshop. Part 4. Building proper storage racks and cabinets for your materials (lumber). Build your own home workshop. Part 5. Using hand tools as stationery tools. Constructing a special "gluing table". Workshop safety. A checklist of precautions to reduce the possibilty of workshop injuries. Planning for production. Suggestions for a woodworking shop layout. Eliminate dust and breath easier. What you can do to ventilate your workshop. Shop layout. Templates supplied for common stationary tools, plus ideas on tool placement for best utilization in various size shops. Southpaws in the workshop. Three suggestions for preventing accidents and improving woodworking productivity for left-handed people. Wall-to-wall workshop with storage and concealed pull-out power tools. Build this open-air solar workshop. Use as a shop or a shed. Workspace is doubled by opening the doors and rolling your equipment out onto the concrete apron. Building measures 10x12-ft. 3 great workshops and how they are built. (1) Small/mobile workshop folds into a closet. (2) Medium/one-car garage shop. (3) Large (900 sq.ft.) garage add-on shop. Three great workshops. Includes a large, medium, and small size shop. Plans for two styles of workbenches also included. How to have the best workshop. How to organize and improve your shop. Ideas for a basement workshop and garage workshop. Topics covered include building a workbench, storage ideas, lighting, safety, etc. Tip shows how to make roll-down (plastic tarp) workshop walls for creating temporary partitions. Tip on making roll-down "walls" for your workshop from poly tarp and closet rod. Pulleys and rope make it easy to raise and lower the divider. A mobile workshop. A two-wheel trailer (88"x120") with lift-up sides is used to haul stationary power tools to a job. Tools include a jointer, radial arm saw, drill press, band saw, lathe, disc/belt sander and air compressor. Tip on using insulation to reduce the noise from a basement workshop. Ideas also noted for finishing the basement ceiling with landscape fabric, acoustical tile, or drywall. Setting up a small shop. Five woodworkers tell how they'd do it within the space of a single car garage. Includes their suggestions on what power tools are needed by the serious woodworker. Woodworking shop occupies only 75 square feet. A radial arm saw, workbench, band saw, and jointer/planer are mounted on castered platforms to facilitate movement for use and storage. Mobile-home wood shop. How a fire damaged 14x70 ft. trailer was converted into a workshop. Estimated cost: $7000. Layout for a mobile workshop installed in an 8x40-ft. trailer. Laying out a workshop. Planning for workflow and flexibility. Several layout alternatives are illustrated. Setting up shop. Three pros give advice on outfitting a first shop. Great shop in a two-car garage. Ideas includes a large table saw outfeed table that doubles as an assembly table, various ways of moving large machines, hide-away grinding center, etc. Build a wall of bins for workshop storage of equipment and materials. Modular plan workshops. Workshops that work. (1) Transportable workshop that shares a two-car garage. (2) All-purpose shop to handle typical home and car maintenance shares a two-car garage. (3) Garden workshop in the basement includes a potting bench, grow lights, etc. (4) Garage workshop for automobile repairs. Beat the clock in your home and shop. Increase the time you have for home projects by analyzing your work space and how you move through it. The safe shop. Sensible tips for accident-proof work space. Space-smart home workshops. Ideas for a well-planned compact workshop focuses on storage, workbench, surfaces, etc. How to fit a workshop into a closet. A small workbench built of 2x4s and plywood, pegboard and shelves on the back wall, and a simple storage shelf unit which acts as a closet divider if the "shop" has to share the closet with a water heater, etc. The ultimate workshop. Photos of one man's 28x44-ft. workshop. How to make your own shop manuals that incorporate magazine articles, brochures, etc. Take-along basement. A portable workshop, divider panels, tables and lights which can be moved from house to house. Especially good for renters. Description of one basement remodeling job to make a workshop. Miniature workshop fits in a closet. Features a fold-down workbench, pegboard storage on back of closet doors, and built-in storage drawers. How to choose an auxiliary heat source for a workshop. How to soundproof a workshop. How to convert a single car garage into a workshop and still have room for a compact car. Includes ideas for a sturdy workbench, lumber storage, tool storage, etc. A dream workshop building. Features redwood siding and a paneled roof. Heated with woodstove. Dimensions: 44x24 feet. Est. cost: $10,000. Build an out-of-sight workshop. Line a closet with pegboard, install a worktable and lighting, and you have a "workshop" which can be easily concealed by closing the closet door. Workshop add-on for a garage. A 10x12-ft. addition with a sloping shed-style roof. Est. cost: $1000. Add a planning center to your shop. This lighted desk and bookshelf unit is a useful addition to your shop. How to check your home workshop for safety. Includes a workshop safety cabinet you can build to hold eye guards, ear guards, first aid, etc. A hideaway workshop. An ordinary closet may provide all the space you need for storing tools and simple fix-it jobs. Big shops in small spaces. Tips on making your workspace work harder. Tools and equipment for electronics workbenches. Three styles of roll-away or hide-away workshops. Soundproofing your basement workshop. "Apartment Workshop", a compact shop that looks like a piece of furniture when closed but opens to reveal a work surface, small tool and parts storage and compartments for tabletop machines. The world's best workshop. A look at Al Meagher's woodworker's shop. Dream workshop belonging to Phil Stevens is shown. Photos, floor plan and description of Mel Crosby's dream workshop. An 800 sq.ft. workshop that paid for itself as it grew. The shop of Clarence "Doc" Banister is visited. The elegant workshop of Fred Hale of Winchester, Virginia, is featured. Plans for his 13-drawer oak and maple workbench with raised panel sides and decoratively-routed drawer fronts. Text and photos of Jim Wilson's backyard workshop that is a replica of an Old English barn. Workshop measures 12x17 ft. A profile of the shop of Charles Kastl of Phoenix, Arizona. Set up for woodworking, carving, decoupage, it features lots of storage and top quality equipment. Remodeled basement becomes a multipurpose hobby room. It features a complete workshop, sewing center, and table-top photo studio. Lots of fluorescent and adjustable spot lighting. Sliding walls close off the shop area. Fifteen great workshop ideas from the shop of Russ Cross. Two mini workshops for small spaces. (1) A tall, 4-door cabinet. Bottom 2 doors become legs for the workshelf which drops down. Top 2 doors conceal bookcase or display area. Pegboard back and 4 drawers for tool storage. Constructed of a high-quality plastic laminated plywood. (2) Simple framework covered with plywood paneling to match wall makes this unit appear built-in. Overhead storage uses hinged picture frames as doors. Bookshelves and another bench with 3 drawers complete the remodeling of a small bedroom into a small workshop. How to use a one-car garage as a workshop, gardening center, and outdoor tool storage center and still get the car into the garage. Use of fold-down tables, shallow and between-the-studs shelving, and overhead storage makes this double use possible. Eleven ways to take the hazard out of your home workshop. A look at a master craftsman's workshop that was created in 39 sq.ft. of space. Master craftsman's dream workshop is in a log cabin. Almost all of the power tools have been re-built and fine-tuned by the owner. Special tool stands and storage compartments accompany each tool. Many tips given. 9 ways a professional keeps his shop organized. Includes many ideas for tool storage, hardware storage, tool tables, etc. How to design and equip your own dream garage for doing your own automobile work. Includes instructions for insulating and finishing a garage to house your tool collection. A master craftsman's old world shop. A tour through the woodworking shop of master furniture maker Ernest Glaser of Maryland. The workshop of master craftsman Harold Ionson (Westwood, Mass) is profiled. Includes plans for a wood and aluminum sliding-table miter gauge for a table saw. Dream workshop of August and Susan Capotosto is filled with ideas. Build a woodworker's supershop. Combines a rugged 32"x80" workbench, with a roll-around tool cabinet, wall-hung power tool cabinet, clamp organizer and a 26-drawer small-parts cabinet. Built of maple and maple plywood. The entire shop system requires only 27 sq.ft. of floor space. Plan a workshop that works for you. Illustrates four shop layouts, including a beginner's shop and a "dream" shop. Includes plans for a roll-around scrap box, a 48"x96" assembly table, and a lumber storage rack. Shipshape shop. Superorganized workshop of Wesley Glewwe offers practical solutions to combat tool clutter. Build your dream workshop. (1) Basic shop. A simple, portable and practical workshop to start and grow with. Consists of a large wooden toolbox, a pair of wooden sawhorses and a Black & Decker Workmate. (2) Intermediate shop. Workbenches, storage and bench-style power tools. (3) Advanced shop. Larger stationary tools and more bench space. Safety first in the home woodworking shop. A guide to workshop safety, protection supplies and advice on first aid. Fourteen pages of workshop designs. Multipurpose garage. New ideas for your workshop created for the World's Fair. Split your home shop into two parts. Place the main shop in the basement, but do sawing of large lumber and dusty sanding in a garage shop. Plans for garage shop furnished. Photos of a workshop designed to fit into a long, but narrow space (5x20 ft.). A 10x16-ft. backyard workshop has a large sliding door entrance and Plexiglas skylight which opens for ventilation. There are no eye-level windows and the building is very secure. Grade floor, 2x4 framing and Texture 1-11 siding. Can be built by one person. Alcove workshop tucks behind a rolling wall. Occupies a space only 6x11-ft. Tools on wheels roll out of the way when not in use. How to build a basement workshop that blends into family room for simultaneous activities. Includes lots of storage, a built-in workbench, and duckboard flooring to eliminate underfoot dampness. Vinyl divider for a combination garage and workshop. Rolls up when not needed. Serves to keep dust off of car and contain heat in the workshop section during the winter. Backyard solar-heated workshop. Passive-solar design with woodstove backup. Four large panels backed with aluminum foil open up to reveal large windows to absorb heat and light. Shop area is 10x16-ft. plus an adjacent covered porch 10x8-ft. Shop planning. Advice on layout, electrical power, cabinets, etc. Includes basic construction information for a base cabinet fitted with drawers. A $1,000 workshop. A guide to how to assemble a practical woodworking shop with respectable tools for about $1,000. Setting up shop. How to select woodworking tools to outfit a shop for $1,000, $2,000 $3,000 or beyond. Workshop organizing and storage ideas from master carpenter Norm Abram. Includes a router caddy, under-stair nail storage cabinet, rack to hold caulking cartridges, wood scrap storage rack, etc. Dream workshops. Get the most out of the space, money, and skills that you have. Tips on reorganizing and refurbishing your workshop so that it is easier (and more enjoyable) to spend time there. Containing noise in the workshop. Selecting and installing the right combination of insulation and wall/ceiling coverings to achieve a Sound Transmission Class rating of 50 to 55 or higher. Small woodworking shop layout. How to arrange a shop that is about the size of a single car garage so there is efficient work flow. Setting up shop to build an airplane. Advice on selecting tools, tables, storage, etc. Inexpensive temporary workshop is built on a plywood-floored platform, framed with 2x4's and covered with 6-mil clear plastic. Helps contain the mess during house remodeling. Five strategies to make small shops work like larger shops. Includes tips on making your equipment do double duty. Floor plans for a 10x12-ft., 8x16-ft., and 11x22-ft. shop are shown. Advice on taking pictures and an inventory of a workshop to establish insurance claims. WOOD magazine's woodworking IDEA SHOP described. Strategies for securing a workshop from thieves. Idea shop 2. Woodworking shop shares a two-car garage. Features include: (1) A mobile, drop-leaf workbench. (2) Mobile table saw base with storage drawers. (3) Wall-hung tool cabinets with perforated hardboard panels in both doors and cabinet for maximum flexibility. WOOD Magazine's IDEA SHOP 3, a 12x16-ft. room in a basement. Tip on making your workshop walls double as large writing surfaces by installing the white, slick finished hardboard that you can write on with dry erase markers. Setting up a workshop. Advice on matters to be considered, safety, and correct installation and operation of machines. The craft of cabinetmaking. Part 5. Laying out a workshop. Joinery for profit. How to lay out a woodworking machine shop for maximum efficiency. The emphasis is on large, production-oriented machines. Some tips. Tips on constructing a free-standing or attached building suitable for use as a workshop. Workshop layout. Six different floor plans are illustrated and discussed. Planning your workshop layout. Designing workflow, storage, lighting, etc. Eight suggested floor plans and tool arrangements for laying out a convenient workshop. How to build a garage workshop that fits on one wall and includes a cabinet for a table saw. How to finish off a basement for a workshop. Information on deciding on room size, framing, installing plasterboard, building in storage, etc. How to sound condition your workshop for your health and safety. Your personal guided tour of the WORKBENCH magazine workshop. Build a dream workshop. Tips for building a detached workshop (13x16-ft.). Soundproofing a basement workshop. Advice on insulating ceiling, ductwork and walls to prevent workshop noises from carrying. Suggested layout for an 18x28-ft workshop. SPECIAL SECTION: Set up your workshop. Ideas on layout, storage cabinets, tool maintenance, and lots of tips. Basic framing and materials list for a detached two-car garage and workshop combination. Accessible workshops. Tool and workshop ideas for handicapped persons. Ideas include movable bench-top tool tables, roll-around workbench, wheelchair-accessible designs, etc. Accessible workshops. Tool and workshop ideas for handicapped persons. Ideas include locking movable clamping table or workbench, arm extensions for reaching, homemade power tools, etc. Laying out a home workshop. Use these basic principles to make your shop efficient and safe. | |||||||||
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