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30th July 2020, 03:12 PM #1Senior Member
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Fitting out my little shed
So, over the last school holidays, I built a shed to do woodworking in, in the backyard. Compared to most other sheds on here, it's pretty tiny - 4m x 2.5m, but that's as big as I could go without a building permit, and as big as my wife was prepared to tolerate (and, as far as costs went, that was as big as I was prepared to pay for). So that's what I've got to work with.
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The shed doesn't have power to it (more cost, more digging, more faffing around), but since I'm a mostly hand-tool user these days, I decided to rely on an extension cord to run power out there (I figure, the most I'll be running is a 3/4hp lathe, a 1hp dust collector and 10-12W of LED lighting at the one time). I came up with a nifty set of trapdoors to let the power cord through the wall without needing to run it out of the door or the window. The angle of the two doors relative to each other cause the cord to angle down as it leaves the wall, so that any rain or moisture will run away from the building. The doors stay closed naturally, so I haven't put any latches on yet.
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I haven't had a place of my own to do woodworking in for the last 4 years, with half my stuff in storage at my in-laws, and the other half at my parents. I've picked up my stuff from the in-laws (they live 2km away - all well socially distanced of course), but will have to wait to pick up my lathe, grinder and drill press and miscellaneous hand tools from my parents until lockdown lifts as they're in Gippsland and I'm in Melbourne). I thought I would post here as I gradually move in and get it all fitted out and sorted out.
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One of several trailer loads of tools and equipment
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I used my canoe trolley to move the bench across gravel paths and muddy lawns. I don't think I could have moved it before summer if I didn't have large wheels like that.
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The bench in what is hopefully its final resting place.
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30th July 2020, 04:54 PM #2
Hi,
What ever you do, DO NOT use that power lead with the lead rolled up. Loop it loosely on the floor or hanging up so it can run cool or you will have smoke and fire and all sorts of fun.
Yours in the hobbyHugh
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30th July 2020, 05:10 PM #3
We all have to all get by with the space we have and my shed is not much larger than that. Mostly hand tool too. That said by stealth and over a period of time I managed to install a lathe, bandsaw, tablesaw, jointer, thicknesser and dusty in the garage. All on wheels so the car can still get shoehorned in at times. I did get the nod to put up the shed as a way of freeing up the garage so I cant take it all. Anyhow keep posting on the fitout.
Regards
John
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30th July 2020, 06:25 PM #4
100% agree with Hugh re using power lead rolled up, NEVER use a lead rolled up, they get very hot very quickly and let's the magic smoke out . Get one of these . All the tradies use them , mandatory
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Ray
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30th July 2020, 06:53 PM #5Senior Member
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30th July 2020, 07:46 PM #6Senior Member
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Currently, the shed looks a bit like this, with boxes and tools all over the place, and nowhere to put them.
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It's now a slow process to work out where things go, and even whether I really need to keep everything. As I've been sorting through the various boxes, it's fascinating the useless junk I've kept hold of over the years.
First thing I put in is a shelf over the window, made from a couple of floorboards from our old house. It filled up remarkably quickly. But it gave me a bit of space to put some things away and clear out a couple of boxes.
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Then, I made a little 'safety' wall next to the door, to hang an apron, safety glasses and a fire extinguisher. Still to come there is a small first aid kit (currently first aid in the shed is some tape and a bit of paper towel).
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A couple of scraps that made the trip from the old house to storage and back again became my solution to how to put away the safety glasses.
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30th July 2020, 09:46 PM #7
Looks great, love your bench.
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30th July 2020, 11:33 PM #8
What's wrong with tape and paper towel?
Pat
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31st July 2020, 10:42 AM #9.
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Agree in general, but disagree with NEVER.
Extended use on a lighter duty cable in poor condition can definitely let the smoke out.
Intermittent light use (eg corded drill or circular) with a HD cable in good condition, the risk from a fully uncoiled cable on a floor can represent a greater risk than the overheating of the lead.
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31st July 2020, 03:28 PM #10Woodworking mechanic
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Mine has a thermal overload switch as a safety just in case.
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31st July 2020, 06:27 PM #12SENIOR MEMBER
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Badger Workshop on YouTube has a very small workshop. Might be worth checking out to get some idea.
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31st July 2020, 09:42 PM #13Senior Member
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Thanks Pete, his is one of the many workshops I have looked at to get ideas - some things I like, some things that I don't think are suited to the way I approach things or the tools I use. I'm still sorting out where the bandsaw, drill press and lathe are going to go (which is a bit hard, given the drill press and lathe are 200km away and I'm in a lockdown zone for the forseeable future), so in the interim I think my next move will be to build an underbench cabinet to put things like chisels, files and rasps, measuring and marking tools etc... into. That should at least clear most of the stuff off my bench and empty another box or two.
Then it will be a decision as to whether the planes and saws go in an open till or into closed cabinets - I'm still of two minds there. Maybe I'll build open tills that could have doors fitted later?
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1st August 2020, 01:30 PM #14
If you put an access door high in an end wall to give access to the eves space, then you can store timber on the roof joists.
Alternatively, a mate has a small shed with lower roof than yours - the roof joists are only 2.1m above floor height. He screwed VJ pine panelling to the underside of the joists, creating a lot of overhead storage. Sort of like this:
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1st August 2020, 02:58 PM #15
That is a neat idea and better than just stuffing random things over the joists.
Regards
John
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