Small Woodshop Tour // EP 070

[@markreinert5415]

Hey Chris, really appreciate the thoughtfulness given to your shop set up and for laying it all out in a video. More importantly, I appreciate your service to our country. Keep Chuggin!

[@benchtopwoodworks]

Mark, thanks for watching and taking time to say hey!

[@gsftom]

Cool layout!

[@benchtopwoodworks]

Thanks, Tom!

[@jamesdabney9479]

Thanks for your service !!!!!

[@benchtopwoodworks]

I appreciate the support, James.

[@DeansWoodworking]

Thank you for your Service to this great Nation. I love the way you setup your shop to be moveable. great ideas. Thanks for sharing.

[@benchtopwoodworks]

Thank you, Dean! Great to have you along!

[@hortonao]

Great video Chris. I made the planer lift a few months back and love it. I'm shocked how similar our workbenches are considering i never saw yours before building mine. Even our placement of the table saw, planer, miter saw, etc, and how the dust hoses and power are run are exactly the same. Nice work. I like your shop

[@benchtopwoodworks]

Thanks, Andrew. Glad to help where I can.

[@chipshot4429]

I love the mobile system since you have to move so often. You thought about a lot of solutions especially for electrical outlets and dust collection. Thanks for the great video. God Bless and thank you for serving.

[@benchtopwoodworks]

Thanks Chipshot442, I'm glad you enjoyed it! Thank you for watching and v taking the time to leave a kind comment!

[@glenschumannGlensWorkshop]

Thanks for doing another tour. Your shop is impressive.

[@benchtopwoodworks]

Thanks for watching, Glen. I'm glad you enjoyed it!

[@andrewpinson1268]

I saw a number of ideas in your shop design which I will be going back to this and other of your videos to copy. I like that you are mentioning some of the things you would have changed if you could. The vacuum design , size and type seems to be one of the major things to solve in a small setup like this.

[@benchtopwoodworks]

Thanks Andrew, I really appreciate it!

[@Njao6q4vrv73]

Love it

[@benchtopwoodworks]

Thanks! And thanks for taking the time to comment!

[@DezRAT1990]

Oh, I know about PCSing...was in the Army too...just a scout, the CI...how do you move all of that when you have to move? Disassemble it all?

[@benchtopwoodworks]

Here's my 2020 move: kzbin.info/www/bejne/rmaQo3SOnsl6Y7c

[@DezRAT1990]

Question, have you ever looked at Paoson Woodworking contractor saw/ router station build? Love to get your thoughts on it.

[@benchtopwoodworks]

Absolutely, I've been following him since he started publishing. He has some great designs. My own goals are to minimize setup times/interferences and keep outfeed from all machine s parallel to allow for a narrow workspace.

[@todddpeak]

Thank you for your service!

[@rtgray7]

Bravo!!

[@benchtopwoodworks]

Thank you

[@richsaal892]

Hi Chris... I’m so glad I just discovered your video, it’s perfect timing for me because I’m in the middle of sketching out a table like this for myself. Can you say why you chose to position your table saw to the left of the outfeed surface as opposed to the middle or on the right? Is it personal preference, or is there a functional reason? I’ve seen it both ways. Thanks for sharing your ideas, and thank you for your service.

[@benchtopwoodworks]

My table saw was originally aligned with the "left" edge of my table design. This v is to maximize clearance between tablesaw outfeed and mitersaw. When I built my table, decided to cut my top down from 48 to 40" due to a perceived constraint for using moving crates... but I kept the table saw position to maintain rip capacity. I recommend keeping a full 48" table width if you have space in your shop. I kept the original 48x96 when I drew my plans . I'll actually be talking about this on one of my upcoming videos in detail. Check out my free shop layout guide if you like, it shows the original layout and has tools to check interferences. Thanks for watching, I hope that helps!

[@rickanthony5147]

Hi Chris, what size bolts do you use to connect both tables and what size and Species of wood are they in. Thanks love the tool wall as well

[@benchtopwoodworks]

I used 3x 3/8" x ~5" long carriage bolts with wing nuts to attach the two halves together at the top. The plywood on my work cart is birch veneer and the framing is Douglas fir 2x4 dimensional lumber (ripped to 1.5" x 1 3/4). The tool wall is B/C Pine single side sanded of several thicknesses. All of these things are also detailed in my plans including suggested materials and often links to references. I hope that helps, thanks for watching, Rick!

[@rickanthony5147]

@@benchtopwoodworks Yes, it helps a lot.

[@sumosprojects]

G’day mate, so many American KZbin woodworkers are in the army or services, good for you & stay committed to the craft 🎥🔨👍, cheers from Oz 🇦🇺👍👍👍🔨🔨

[@benchtopwoodworks]

Cheers Sumo, great to hear from you! Hope all is well in your shop Down Under!

[@sumosprojects]

@@benchtopwoodworks Yes we’re going alright here DownUnder buddy & appreciate your reply, keep providing us with your nice content 🍻👍

[@scottmedori1437]

How do you hold your saws on the wall? Assuming magnets

[@benchtopwoodworks]

Scott, my mount uses wedges and 3/4" dowels as rollers. I made a video on it if you would like to watch it.

[@scottmedori1437]

@@benchtopwoodworks Thank you- I will check it out

[@alastairblair384]

Hi. I was particularly taken with the toolboxes for kids. I would love to make these for my great grandchildren but how is the interior sculpted to for,the tools. Alastair from Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

[@benchtopwoodworks]

Alastair Blair, these were made freehand routing. The tools were selected and laid out, then make a pattern of the tool layout, transfer the outlines to the wood and a plunge router was used to carve the relief for the tools in incremental passes. Thanks for the question and for watching!

[@alastairblair384]

@@benchtopwoodworks thanks for that. Will be an interesting task. Keep up the good work.

[@benchtopwoodworks]

Thank you, and best of luck!

[@johnbowden9578]

I couldn't imagine trying to make PCS weight and having a workshop. Do you do Dity moves? Rent a Pod or moving truck?

[@benchtopwoodworks]

We're always under our weight. I've done DITY/partial...with moving truck last 3x. We've also done crates. Weight is a big reason I will stay with benchtop machines. I have 2x videos if you'd like to watch someone else move

[@sheelshox345]

@@benchtopwoodworks Would you happen to know off-hand what all that stuff weighs? I'm putting together a shop at this duty station and I'm trying to figure out how close I am

[@benchtopwoodworks]

I'm sorry, I don't. You could get in the ball park by adding up all the machine weights and raw material weights. I would estimate the main cart as close to 1000lbs

[@SmallWorkshopGuy]

I shared this in the big Facebook Group - Small Workshop Woodworking Community - let me know if you want it taken down for some reason. Stay safe during your deployment.

[@benchtopwoodworks]

Thanks Paul! No issues, I appreciate it.

[@pietjepuk9575]

Is that a single car garage in the U.S ? 🤣🤣🤣 must ride huge cars over there, a European garage is the half of that 😂😂😂😂

[@benchtopwoodworks]

Haha, nice. No, I was being precise with my language, "single bay" of my current 3 car garage. I've had this same setup in a single car garage, 2 car, and my current one and I want to demonstrate to others that it's very possible to have a complete shop in that space. Trust me, I'm appreciating every extra cubic mm of my current space when I'm working and it's raining outside thinking back to ways I've worked in the past. Thanks for watching and for calling me out 👊