Thread: where do we do our stuff? Put your workshop aka shed up here for all to see

Originally Posted by Colin62

Unfortunately there are also some retirees who will fill their day by being offended by what their neighbours choose to spend their day on.

I have one at the back that wont talk to me

Originally Posted by hughie

I have one at the back that wont talk to me

Same here, he's the one into restoring V8's. We have no Issues with them even though we suspect they had a hand in a few trees mysteriously dying. Mind you the trees were here long before the subdivision. One was a huge poplar gum. Cost us a small fortune to remove.

OK, here's my retirement present, built over a slab 6x6m carport 10 years ago. Layout has not changed much except for adding recycled kitchen cabinets down the left side about 5 years ago, and adding a 2.2m wood store on the outside left wall earlier this year. The shed was getting so full of timber that projects became impossible without shifting stuff around all the time. Should have done it years ago. My only shed regret is the 2hp Hare and Forbes 4" cyclone extractor system I installed at the start. I've never been sure whether its my poor installation set-up or the system but its not a particularly effective unit, even though i only use 1 machine at a time. I was about to change to a Clearvue 1800 when things went pear-shaped so still stuck with it. But one day...

We're on an acre so nearest neighbours are 100+m away, but I still installed decent noise and temperature insulation, probably overkill in hindsight. Anyway, like for many of us, my shed has been a sanctuary for making fun stuff. Two recent pieces: a Queensland maple chest of drawers with burl fronts for our newest grandson. Design is by Mike Pekovich from Fine Woodworking. Waterfall hall table has black bean top and silver ash legs - my experiment to see how to attach legs to a waterfall top.

Sorry, I seem to have real problems with getting phtotos to load ??

Cheers Charlie






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Originally Posted by CharlieZ

The shed was getting so full of timber that projects became impossible without shifting stuff around all the time.

That in a nutshell is my problem - timber hoarding.

Being in Townsville we get our fair share of cyclone warnings etc. My hoard is "permitted" by my very tolerant wife Jen "as long as it can be stored inside when a cyclone comes." So, I do my best Dr Who's Tardis storage trick.

One thing I have found very handy is the "one trip" wire pallet cages which although they limit the length of timber stored to less than 1m in length they suit my needs for storing wood turning stock & blanks. They are stackable and when fully loaded can be mounted on a castored dolly platform single handed with minimal effort using some dunnage packing and a simple lever to raise the cages high enough to slide the dolly under.

Originally Posted by Mobyturns

That in a nutshell is my problem - timber hoarding.

Being in Townsville we get our fair share of cyclone warnings etc. My hoard is "permitted" by my very tolerant wife Jen "as long as it can be stored inside when a cyclone comes." So, I do my best Dr Who's Tardis storage trick.

One thing I have found very handy is the "one trip" wire pallet cages which although they limit the length of timber stored to less than 1m in length they suit my needs for storing wood turning stock & blanks. They are stackable and when fully loaded can be mounted on a castored dolly platform single handed with minimal effort using some dunnage packing and a simple lever to raise the cages high enough to slide the dolly under.

Lol timber storage, now theres something we all have to deal with and the only really certain thing is that, if not now, then at some point this hoard will be greater than our life span. My wife largely ignores it as long as its not in the way.

Originally Posted by hughie

Lol timber storage, now theres something we all have to deal with and the only really certain thing is that, if not now, then at some point this hoard will be greater than our life span. My wife largely ignores it as long as its not in the way.

Yes we all have that problem. Luckily for me, Mobyturns kindly bought all my white silky oak off me yesterday so I can fill that space with more hoarding.
Rgds,
Crocy.

Originally Posted by old croc

yes we all have that problem. Luckily for me, mobyturns kindly bought all my white silky oak off me yesterday so i can fill that space with more hoarding.
Rgds,
crocy.

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Here is a photo of the outside of my workshop. A relatively tidy view from the outside...

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Inside is another story! Not enough room in there to stand back and take a photograph.

The short version of a longer story about my workshop is that it was my professional pottery workshop before it progressively became my woodturning workshop. It still has all of my pottery equipment in there (large kilns, clay mixing machines, pugmills, pottery wheels) plus all of my woodturning gear nowadays. There literally isn't enough room for a second person to be anywhere in there with me when I'm working there. So, no chance of a photo that would make any sense.

I do have a second 'shed' with some allocated space that is a bit more organised in which I keep pieces that have been wet turned that are waiting to be re-turned and also some of my wood storage ...

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I am Little different as I have virtually no half turned pieces waiting to dry. Just about all that I have is well seasoned and I havent turned a green piece of timber in years

This is a small workshop and how he does professional grade videos in there has everyone puzzled

Originally Posted by hughie

I am Little different as I have virtually no half turned pieces waiting to dry. Just about all that I have is well seasoned and I haven't turned a green piece of timber in years

That may change Hughie when you move to the country, where you will probably have plenty of storage space and someone offers you a very large freshly felled tree of a wood that you particularly like turning.

However, you may have enough seasoned wood in store to last you for the duration... and you will say, "No thanks, I already have more really nice seasoned wood than I will ever be able to turn in my lifetime"...

Originally Posted by Chris Parks

This is a small workshop and how he does professional grade videos in there has everyone puzzled

That looks more to me like a 'clean laboratory' than a workshop!

Originally Posted by NeilS

That may change Hughie when you move to the country, where you will probably have plenty of storage space and someone offers you a very large freshly felled tree of a wood that you particularly like turning.

However, you may have enough seasoned wood in store to last you for the duration... and you will say, "No thanks, I already have more really nice seasoned wood than I will ever be able to turn in my lifetime"...

Maybe, I had friend who was on acreage in the Southern Highlands and where Blackwood grows in abundance. When ever he called I went and over time he showed what must be the biggest Blackwood tree in NSW if not the country, it stepped out with a girth of about 2.5m and the branches were around 1m. Old growth Blackwood is hard to pass up although the big one is still up and will probably remain so for many years to come.

Originally Posted by NeilS

That looks more to me like a 'clean laboratory' than a workshop!

Neil, have a look at some of his videos, he is truly a master craftsman albeit self taught.