Welcome back to The Renaissance Woodworker Podcast episode #4. This week fresh from a major power outage I started thinking about the elements of a hand tool shop and how it differs from a power tool shop. Subtle but major differences all at the same time.
I also talk about the latest Pop Wood magazine and some ideas brought up by readers and listeners about making hand planes and lathe projects for the show.
Finally I mention several links throughout the show:
Bridge City Toolworks Commemorative Tool #15
Khalaf Oud Luthiery: Getting to Know Roubo
Popular Woodworking’s Greene & Greene online extra
Workbench Magazine’s shop planning tool
Here is a link to Amazon for “Hand Tool Essentials” one of my favorite books
Here are some pictures of my shop and a short video that will help to illustrate what I have done and my vision for the future.
This is a series of pictures moving from the front at the garage door towards that back wall showing the original fixed cabinets.
You can see that I am really limited on flexibility with all these fixed cabinets. Great storage space, but no room for a bench. Check out this video on the current state of things.
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1 Chris // Jul 2, 2010 at 1:06 am
Just started listening to you and thought I would start at the beginning! anyway, Bob Rozaieski over at http://logancabinetshoppe.weebly.com uses a very small “footprint” for his hand tool only shop… a very efficient use of limited space.