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This tour starts in the hallway in our basement.  The shop takes up one end of the basement and is about 18 feet deep by 20 feet wide.  The entry doors are two 2/0 doors that swing into the hall. There is a walk-out on the left as you look from this view.  We will step into the shop and begin from the left moving to the right until we take the final shots of the table saw in the middle of the room.

	Standing in the hallway, we are looking at the entry doors of the shop.  There are two 2/0 doors that swing into the hall.  You can see floor to ceiling display cases with glass doors.  It took me two and one half years to build them.
	The doors are opened showing the shop.  The drill press is in the lower left and the table saw is seen in the middle.
	We are now through the doors and looking to the left.  The first tool is my 12" drill press mounted a mobile base that I built.  The drill press has a Woodpecker's/Incra drill press table.  You can see two wings that fold up into place when needed.  Behind the drill press you see several Quick Clamps.
	Moving to the right, my DeWalt 13" thickness planer is mounted on a mobile base.  I have written a review of this tool under Reviews.  The table that it is mounted on can be rotated 180 degrees to present yet another tool; my Delta sanding station.
	Moving again to the right you see the 14" band saw.  I have installed a riser block and 3" dust collection.  Behind it you see several pipe clamps.  The fence system is the Fast Track unit.  The whole unit is mounted on a mobile base.
	Next is the walk-out door.  There is enough clearance to move 4x8' sheet goods into the shop.
	These are the small parts storage bins.  Tons of stuff.  Below them you see the spring clamps, C clamps, Bessey band clamps and two Merle steel band clamps.
	Underneath is the storage location for my 6" jointer.  It too, is mounted on a mobile base.  It can easily be moved into place for use.
	To the right of the jointer is the router table.  Its base is also mobile but I built it into the cabinet.  It has an Incra Twin Linear fence, a Woodpecker's PRL lifter and a PC 7518 router.  There are more pictures of the assembly of this table here.
	Bessey collection which is growing.  Recently added four more - 50 inch.
	Here is my Jet Oscillating Spindle Sander.  As of this update, I have not had much of a chance to use it.  It runs very quiet.  I have written a review of this tool under Reviews.
	Moving the spindle sander out of the way, you can see the 3/0 door to the Dust Collector and Air Compressor "room".
	Here is the Delta dust collector and Craftsman 3 HP, 30 gallon air compressor.  I provided one 20 amp dedicated outlet for each tool.  The DC can be moved out fairly easily for cleaning.
	Moving to the right of the DC door, you see peg board wall storage for screw drivers, chisels, planes, and battery chargers.  On the bench you see my Delta Hollow Chisel Mortiser.  The doors underneath contain several power tools, DeWalt plate jointer, Craftsman air stapler and brad nailer, and a PC laminate trimmer.
	This is the corner that is opposite from the entry door and the drill press.  More peg board wall storage and underneath there is a corner lazy susan.  This is where I keep paints, dyes, stains, solvents, etc.
	Again, moving to the right we are looking at more peg board wall storage and drawers.
	Here is the DeWalt SCMS.  There are more details of it's installation and dust collection here.
	This is the Festool vacuum that I use as much as possible.  You can see some of the adaptations I have made for my various portable power tools here.
	To the right of the SCMS, is more peg board wall storage and in this picture, a bunch of cut offs. :-)
	This is the last of the peg board wall storage.  This is where I keep my table saw blades, Incra miter gauge and several squares, levels and rulers.
	This is the corner to the right of the entry door as you walk in.  You see several more quick clamps as well as storage buckets containing tall and short cutoffs that I get into quite often.
	We are now looking at my wood storage.  It is comprised of fixed shelves and a roll-out  (not easily seen in this picture) that contains cut-off sheet goods.
	At this point, we have come full circle.  The entry door is to the right.  We are looking at the rest of my wood storage bins.
	We are at the door looking in at the Delta Unisaw.  You can see the assembly of this puppy here.  I use the table saw for a construction table.
	Another view of the table saw.  the out-feed table is folded down in this view.
	Finally, the out-feed table for the table saw.  The out-feed table is hinged to allow it to fold down out of the way.  The legs are foldable as well.  The short section of the table is permanently mounted to the table saw and supported with angle aluminum.
	Mounted above the table saw, my JDS air cleaner is a very nice addition to the shop.

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Last Updated:  October 06, 2005