Show Off Your Shop

[CarlLaFong]

I don't think there is anything, inherently, wrong with a RAS. You still see them on construction sites, lumber yards, etc. For the home and small shop, the compound miter saw has become the tool of choice, for most people. I got rid of my RAS because it was heavy and awkward. Also, they really require a permanent installation to function properly. With wall space at a premium, I chose to get rid of it. My chop saw is mounted on a folding stand. In about 30 seconds I can set it up, extend the outriggers and be good to go. If I need to get closer to the house or go and case out someone's doors or windows, I can fold it up, roll it or toss it into the back of my truck. If a RAS is what you have and you're happy with it, good. For someone setting up a shop, I would recommend a miter saw first. If, later on, if he wishes he had a RAS, they're all over Craigslist for a song.
We had a 16" DeWalt RAS at work that was a beast. I think it would crosscut 24"

[prohandyman]

I thought this thread was for shop pics...anyway here's mine...kinda full of campers at the moment...25x36, spraying area off to the right

[davidniebeling]

I thought this thread was for shop pics...anyway here's mine...kinda full of campers at the moment...25x36, spraying area off to the right

WOW, nice shop !! I wish I could find some other TDers in my area to get together with and do builds. Any advice for starting a "building group"?

[Lonnie Mac]

For those who didn't get enough of my messy shop in the previous post, I uploaded the entire video to Youtube. This is the lost, final directors cut with six minutes of additional chaos, spider webs and sawdust
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YCqOjaMb ... e=youtu.be

Ha! The shop of my dreams! There is not a tool you don't have.

[CarlLaFong]

For those who didn't get enough of my messy shop in the previous post, I uploaded the entire video to Youtube. This is the lost, final directors cut with six minutes of additional chaos, spider webs and sawdust
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YCqOjaMb ... e=youtu.be

Ha! The shop of my dreams! There is not a tool you don't have.

I was very fortunate to have a job where I earned enough to buy the tools that I wanted. Many of them, I have had for nearly 50 years. Many were scrounged, found, given to me or just seemed to appear. As I mentioned in the video, there are 13 Crescent wrenches in the drawer. I can recall buying one. Screwdrivers multiply like rabbits. I have, probably, 300 sockets. I've bought, maybe, half of them. I got two milk crates full of end wrenches and sockets from work. They were going into the trash. Every one was a quality American tool. Government waste at it's finest. I kept the ones I wanted and eBayed the rest. A lot of my stuff came from pawn shops. Some were my Dad's and my uncle's. Some, unfortunately, were my late son's. The big lathe and a bunch of other stuff came from a friend's estate. Some are home made. I mentioned to an old guy up the road from me that I didn't own a Sawzall. He came back the next day with a brand new one and handed it to me. Said he had 3 of them and had gotten this one as a gift. I think when you're a tool guy, tools just seem to find you somehow. Now that I am on fixed income, I will not be making any more big purchases, but that's cool. I have all I need..................for now

[davidniebeling]

Ha! The shop of my dreams! There is not a tool you don't have.[/quote]I was very fortunate to have a job where I earned enough to buy the tools that I wanted. Many of them, I have had for nearly 50 years. Many were scrounged, found, given to me or just seemed to appear. As I mentioned in the video, there are 13 Crescent wrenches in the drawer. I can recall buying one. Screwdrivers multiply like rabbits. I have, probably, 300 sockets. I've bought, maybe, half of them. I got two milk crates full of end wrenches and sockets from work. They were going into the trash. Every one was a quality American tool. Government waste at it's finest. I kept the ones I wanted and eBayed the rest. A lot of my stuff came from pawn shops. Some were my Dad's and my uncle's. Some, unfortunately, were my late son's. The big lathe and a bunch of other stuff came from a friend's estate. Some are home made. I mentioned to an old guy up the road from me that I didn't own a Sawzall. He came back the next day with a brand new one and handed it to me. Said he had 3 of them and had gotten this one as a gift. I think when you're a tool guy, tools just seem to find you somehow. Now that I am on fixed income, I will not be making any more big purchases, but that's cool. I have all I need..................for now[/quote]

I have alway found that tools are a great way to build friendships and relationships. I have a rule that I don't loan out tools, but I'll come over and help with a project and bring my tools. Recently my son and I laid down a new floor for a friend who is in a wheel chair. He was so excited he was in tears.

[Jim Edgerly]

This is where I fabricated my teardrop over the winter. It is a major project to turn a 2x4x8 foot around because the workshop is only 8.5 feet wide by 26 feet long...





This is where I dry fit everything together to make sure it fit over the winter...











Final assemby in the driveway in the spring...





You don't need a huge workshop to build a small camper...you just need the courage to start it.

[Corwin C]

Roly, with still 4 fingers and 2 thumbs, and plan to keep it that way.

What happened to the other 4 fingers? Are you pulling our collective chains again?

[davidniebeling]

You don't need a huge workshop to build a small camper...you just need the courage to start it.[/quote]

Jim, I know what you mean about a small shop. Mine is 12'x12' and I love it I build outside so I'm a slave to the weather but I had the courage to start it...and the will power to finish it!!!

[sagebrush]

Roly, with still 4 fingers and 2 thumbs, and plan to keep it that way.

What happened to the other 4 fingers? Are you pulling our collective chains again?

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[Greg M]

I assumed he was just describing one hand.

[davidniebeling]

I assumed he was just describing one hand.

Does that mean he has 2 thumbs on one hand? COOL!!!

[Greg M]

Better to grasp tools with

[Woodbutcher]

Here is mine....it is a big mess right now. As soon as the weather warms up I get my gas lawn blower in there and really clean things out. It does a good job!

[davidniebeling]

Here is mine....it is a big mess right now. As soon as the weather warms up I get my gas lawn blower in there and really clean things out. It does a good job!

Why would you want to clean out the saw dust. It adds patina and has a pleasant arouma!