I used to watch The New Yankee Workshop with Norm Abrams back when I was first putting together my workshop. That was a dream shop that made me envious with every episode. Your shop is one to be proud of, keep up the good work.
Some very good ideas for shop space efficiencies. I found the same inefficient use of peg board, but didn't scrap the whole thing. I used hot glue on the peg board hangers that I wanted to use, to keep them from falling out. I then made custom hangers for other tools and attached them to the peg board after I laid out all the tools that I wanted on my frequently used tool wall. Nice looking shop.
Awesome shop! Really nice layout and use of space. I also like used to hate pegboard for the same reasons, until I found that a dab of hot glue keeps the pegs from falling off when you remove a tool.
Nice shop. I managed to pick up a few ideas for my shop. Right now I’m in the middle of a shop renovation project getting it cleaned up and organized. Thanks for the tour.
Oh wow, what a beautiful shop you have! I can only dream about one day having even half of the space you have. You have some amazing tools too. Isn’t it wonderful that you have so many tools from your dad and granddad. Your shop is equipped with every tool you would ever need. Congrats on having a great shop and I’m excited to see what all you start building out of your shop.
WoW what a difference a year makes, i remember the island table you had with you old contract saw, and how you built the flip tops in it. Congrats on your new toy the Saw Stop, i'm looking forward to seeing some projects being made on that. You have come along way since your early videos, and i for one can say i have seen all your videos as well. It's well deserved what you have done and become, and i hope you have many more good times ahead. Great Video Tour. Barry (ENG)
Seen a guy with a shop and he had a heat stove and burned his sawdust didn’t have to get rid of it and heated his shop in winter ,his dog loved it I like your idea with the tilt panels for your machines brilliant
Nice upgrade. When you go to redesign your camera boom, to help keep it level you might look at doing a counterweight, think of the big building cranes. They have a weight out the backside so it can have a longer arm out the front.
I envy that drill press. I just bought a current manufacture Jet drill press and it cant not wipe the shoes of yours. Nice shop, gave me a lot of ideas.
Pegboard hook problem solution: I know they have these at Home Depot. There is a blister pack available that has black plastic double hooks that mount over the pegboard hook and clip into a hole on each size of the hook. They work great for me. Also, there are hooks that have an additional 'peg' below the traditional part that is inserted into the pegboard hole and the additional 'peg' fits into the hole below the traditional hook. They aren't perfect but are a big improvement over the run of the mill hook like the ones that come in an assortment set. On your finishes freezing when left in the shop during the winter: I saw this tip somewhere, but don't remember where, so I can't give them the credit. Acquire a non working (upright takes less floor space) freezer, run a cord into the inside and install a 60 watt light bulb (probably have to be a halogen if you can't find an incandescent bulb). The tip said a 60 watt bulb would put out enough heat to keep your finishes from freezing. In Wyoming, you might have to go to a 75 or even a 100 watt bulb, you'll have to monitor the temperature and decide what works best for you weather.
It's funny when you first move into a space that's bigger than you need... you just tend to spread stuff around. Then as you start to fill it up you have to get clever about making room for it all!
If you use reflective blinds or a couple car dash reflectors across the windows it will help on your heat gain, also I made spots for caddies on shelving for temp. sensitive supplies, much easier to relocate back and forth.
For your tool wall I’ve found a semi hybrid system between a French cleat and a permanent tool walk to be working pretty good. Basically 18” to 2’ wide plywood panels hanging on the French cleats. Allows group of tools to be hung while still allowing you to move stuff around depending on where and what you are doing.
Love it, Mark! Wish I thought of using magnets like you did, that's such a good idea! And I was surprised that you got the Xcarve... that's gives me some ideas on how to do a collab with you. I'll be in touch. :) Great looking shop, buddy! And I drooled all over my keyboard when I saw that new SawStop.
Gunflint- Watch April Wilkerson's video on the installation of her dust collector. They touch on why they are plumbing the setup the way they did, to prevent all of the heat /AC in her shop being exhausted outside. I think you will understand why that happens to your system and it is an easy fix. ~Dolly
My RAS has a smaller footprint than my old SCMS and can crosscut wider boards. Most SCMS have to sit 12 - 16" away from the wall so they take up a LOT of space.
On your pegboard, i've had a similar problem. What you likely have is 1/4" pegboard, and what you have is likely 1/4" OR 1/8" Pegboard hooks, and yes, they SUCK! look for some specifically only 1/4" Pegboard hooks online, and it'll fully fill the hole and wont fall out every time you reach for a tool. Hope it helps man! really like your setup!
They make window and floor a/c units with more cooling power. It just sounds like its not powerful enough man. If nothing else add a second powerful a/c.
I think you are going to love the XCarve. I have a Shapeoko3 XXL and I use it almost every day. You will definitely want a dust shoe on that cnc. I would imagine the Suckit dust boot folks would spot you one for a review. Make sure that dust collector bag is good quality and rated for 1 micron or less. Building your own cyclone is a fun project and will keep the bag from clogging for much longer. Marius Hornberger, Matthias Wandel and Justin Depew have good video builds of cyclones on RU-vid.
I live in oilfield country, so there are TONS of old heavy duty pipes laying around for the taking. Lots of stuff ends up getting built out of materials that are far more stout than they need to be, but it is the cheapest option here.
Great tour! I really like that drill bit holder for commonly used bits. Might build a version now, but will definitely incorporate if/when I upgrade my drill storage
Great new shop tour buddie nice to see you have gotten a saw stop we have 3 in the shop I've been looking into getting 1 but can't pull my self into spending the money when my ridgid works great haha. Can't wait to your upcoming videos with the saw and can't wait to see what you do with the xcarve keep it up buddie. Buying 1 of your shirts on amazon Friday when I get paid 👍👍👍👍
I've only used it a little bit so far, but I am impressed. I can't believe how much quieter it is than the job site saw was. Thanks for the support - let me know how you like the shirt!
They are much quieter then the job site saw and way safer but dust collection isn't the best well at least at my job but we're on them a lot. I will definatly let you know about the shirt just waiting for some hats hoping you get some more hats made hahah
10:52 I did that once while turning something. My shirt got caught between my work piece and the lathe! Ripped my shirt off like tear away track pants.
I have a Rigid Radial Arm Saw and I really like your blade cover behind the fence. Do you have any pictures or video of a close up of that? Really nice design! I saw it first in the rolling pin video.
I don't think I have showed that part up close anywhere. I might have to make a dedicated video to do that. If you're curious, look into Frank Howarth's videos on his radial arm saws, he has the best dust collection setup I've ever seen.
As soon as you said you were going to post a shop tour, I stopped the video to get a piece of paper to make a mark every time I was jealous... I'm up to 9, but I'll credit you 3 for the pipe problem Then you showed the wood from your family's tree farm... In the immortal words of the Archer Cartoon... " SPLOOSH" Then, as if an afterthought..... the X-Carve Then you tug at the heart strings talking about all the house projects ( which were fantastic ) Ok..... here's the score. I have 12 points of jealousy, minus the 3 for the pole + the wood + the X-Carve - the house projects = 7. Not really sure what that means, but I look forward to you fixing the problem. Bob
Hahaha! First of all you get +8 for the Archer reference. After that, I really don't know what this scoring system is good for, but it made my day, so I'll give you another +8. You're up 16 points Bob!
Just bite the bullet and put in a mini split or an old through wall AC unit. You can cool the entire place no problem, especially with a huge through wall.
Mate I totally forgot why I subscribed to your channel I like your viddies but it was the flip over bench wen I build my workshop I will go back and watch it again cheers boyo and good luck
I’m thinking of exhausting my two stage dust collection out side , I’m going to put a silencer on it but my question is to you. How much small dust does yours exhaust outside , and do you think it will be a mess. I live in a residential Nieghbour hood . Thanks Don
Mine seemed to put more dust out side the longer I used it that way. Certainly more than I wanted. I think if you went with a true cyclone style separator instead of the kit I used, you wouldn't have any trouble.
Hey saw your video and was wondering what kinda jointer you had? I'm needing one for my shop and don't know what i want exactly nothing huge but something usable.
Mine is an old Craftsman that I got from my Grandpa's shop a few years ago. I'm not sure anyone makes anything quite like it anymore. I've heard good things about the Ridgid and it wouldn't be much bigger.
I can tell you that with the pins in the corners I have stood on top of it many times without any flex or movement. It's weakest time is during the act of flipping, but I think it would still take a lot more weight than mine puts on it.
Congratulations. What did you do with the best cabinet I've seen for a dewalt table saw DW745 from your video: "My Table Saw Workstation - A Jobsite Saw Loaded With Extras"?. Regards.
It is the new home for my CNC machine. I gave the saw to a friend and repurposed the bench. Having the electrical in it really comes in handy. Watch the end of the video again and you'll see it.
Maybe insulate those windows behind your storage boards to keep the heat or cold in or out. You might have already done this but I'm new to your channel..
I hear you on the pegboard, BUT over the years I have found that pegboard really is the best for eye to waist level. I like french cleats above that to the ceiling, and I like either cabinets or old crappy dressers with the fronts either cut out or replaced with plexiglass below to the floor. I do have some areas which are french cleat from waist to ceiling (no pegboard). They make plastic pegboard 'keepers' to help keep the hardware on which work pretty well and someone else mentioned hot glue. Also, older/better hardware has a 'nub' that helps keep it on. Try what you want but do yourself a favor and don't burn the pegboard.
use a lazy susan-style swivel bearing to fit around the pipe and put a counter-weight on the opposite side of your boom arm. 360 degree camera mount will be back in action.
If you still have the pegboard and don't like having the pegs come out when you remove a tool...use a bit of HOT GLUE in the pegboard hole around the pegs, after removing each tool. Replace the tool once glue has cooled...VOILA'... the tool pegs stay put and you didn't even have to remove the pegboard from the wall to fix the pegs onto the board ! That's what I did in my shop a few years back for the exact same reason.
Love ur shop, I like how it's...gritty. Some shop tour videos I've being watching, have pristine shops that belong in magazines, but they're too damned polished for my liking. It's a shop, not a damn museum!
Just in case nobody has offered this up, I've got the solution to your pegboard problems. Talon Hooks. They just WORK. Seriously. I used to hate pegboard also. Now, I can hang almost anything on my pegboard using the Talon Hooks. I have NEVER had one fall out. I hang chisels, prybars, hammers, hell, I've got a #7 bench plane on 'em, HORIZONTALLY. And no, I haven't drilled a single hole into any of the tools I've got on my pegboard.
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great looking shop. it has changed a lot (for the better). are you planning change the height of the workbench to match the TS height. that looks like that would be annoying to work around :>) I have a couple of other comments about the shop tour but I don't want to overwhelm you with 10 comments all at once :>)
April Wilkerson made a workbench that has a style of wheels that might accommodate mobility and lower the height of the table. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-x9XIrfiNyUA.html
So far I actually like that the saw is lower than the work bench. It allows me to have longer pieces hanging over the side of the bench without running into anything on the saw. We will see what happens as I use it more.
That's a good idea. FYI, I hope you are going to build an A/B blast gate for the dust collector exhaust. if you do, I would love to see your ideas on that subject. BTY, did you get rid of your old tablesaw?
Haha, glad I could help! I actually made that strip as a rifle cartridge display YEARS ago. I stopped using it for that, but couldn't bring myself to throw it away, or even pull the magnets out of it. So I wandered around looking for a use for the darn thing and this finally just clicked! If I was making one for this purpose from scratch, I would make a few modifications.
