My shop is currently my garage - a one car, 8’ ceiling type of garage that I use for woodworking, leather working and martial arts training. With all that going on it’s configurable, but not configurable enough. It’s too slow to switch between projects, and sometimes between parts of projects - then there’s clearing the space for martial arts. The wall space isn’t particularly well optimized since I just reconfigured what was there before.
So, right now I’m taking a brief hiatus from making things for you and rebuilding the shop space to improve workflows, make better use of the space, and get my full sized lathe out of the corner of the garage and into a usable place.
My new bench will be built around the lathe - I’m setting up a lift for it so I can store it below the bench and then raise it up as needed. My other tools will clamp onto the bench by having them pre-mounted on 3/4” plywood sheets that I’ll clamp to the bench with some vice grips.
I’m filming as much of the process as I can so I can show you all what I’ve been up to first hand - so hopefully I’ll have a Youtube channel up and running early in the year.
To everyone that has supported my work this far and to the new people coming to take a look, you have my best wishes for the new year.