![]() *All of my power tools along the miter station wall are wired separately to a safety switch which makes my shop much more kid-friendly. *My tools are stored safely and securely from my 6 adventurous kids. Small shops need to be HIGHLY organized with this many tools. What I like best about my shop: *My wood storage built into my workbench *All the painstaking time I spent organizing everything has really paid off. I hope you enjoy them and I will work on making my future videos more stable. I made a couple of video tours to try to highlight some of the different aspects of my workshop. I spent so much time building organizers and filling in just about every square inch on the inside of my shop that I feel it will be better to show some of those in separate Instructables. I have not come across any glaring mistakes along the way, but I welcome comments about the construction from more experienced builders. I spent a lot of time researching and educating myself on proper construction techniques. This was my first real experience building a solid floor, framing walls and sheathing/ shingling a roof. However, I think just about anyone could complete this project. This project may look a little overwhelming and I do consider myself pretty handy. I preferred the idea of multiple smaller sheds/ closets because I didn't want to bury everything in one big shed. I use one to store camping and fishing gear, the other I will soon re purpose to use for my kids' sports gear. I later added two small 2x4 closets on the left and right sides of the Garden Shed. The wall provides some insulation from the overwhelming noise they would otherwise create inside the shop. These systems work extremely well for a small shop. I wired separate switched for both on the inside of my shop. My air compressor is on a shelf on the right now and I ran a hose through the wall and to a 25 foot reel attached to the ceiling. There is a large metal trashcan with a dust collection separator to collect the larger pieces of saw dust and chips. I have removed them and found that I get better airflow using an electric leaf blower with the vacuum attachment hooked up to my system. You can see the 2 shopvacs that were originally part of my simple vacuum system. I chose to use clear corrugated roofing to allow natural light into this shed. I used similar framing techniques and built a lean to roof attached with metal hangers. These pics were from early on and I have changed some things in the organization. I need to take an updated picture of the back. I didn't want it so deep that stuff would get buried in it. ![]() I framed in a 4x8 Garden Shed on the back. I do have a secondary area for some cutoff sheet goods and a scrap bin next to my table saw in the garage. I can store a surprising amount of lumber in this area. I just remove the doors and pull out what I need. I can't express enough how easy it is for me to get straight to a board i need with no hassles. This has been the single best idea that has come out of my shop. So my plan for this came at kind of a sudden epiphany moment, when I decided to cut access doors in the front and build my storage into my workbench area. The Shop isn't long enough to pull out 8 foot boards from inside and I would probably have to move things around to get to it anyway. This created a problem: How do I get it out. I decided to use the space under my workbench to store the long boards and I realized that by pulling my bench out from the wall I could slide sheet goods behind it. I also knew from experience that I would easily lay stuff against it and soon be digging lumber and junk out of my way. But I hated using up an entire wall for lumber storage. I had planned on building a wall rack, similar to what I had used in my single car garage. This is where I started thinking about how I was going to store all of my lumber. I thought that by keeping one of the doors closed, I could keep more cold air in during the hot summers. ![]() I had also decided at this point to install a small unused AC in the back wall. ![]() I was worried that the weight of it would cause it to sag over time. ![]() I decided to change my original plan of building a hinged 4 foot door. Then I installed the hinges and hardware. I clamped them in place each day until after I painted. Once I had the walls completely filled in and trimmed out, I built my doors. ![]()
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