Tool Layout & Storage Ideas for Small Shops!
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- Опубліковано 2 чер 2024
- Come take a tour of my small woodworking shop & layout and see what's changed in the last 1.5 years! My small shop is 11X20 and is located in the third bay of my garage. I do all of my woodworking in this shop and in this tour, I explain all of my woodworking tools, equipment, and shop furniture. If you have a small workshop and are trying to optimize your layout or space, take a look and see what ideas you can add to your shop. Also, let me know if you have any ideas of things that I should add to my shop layout in the comments!
Plans for the workbench, miter station, and flip top tool stand, are available on my website: www.eveningwoodworker.com/buy...
Videos referenced in the tour:
Storage Workbench: • Massive Storage Workbe...
Miter Station Part 1: • Practical Miter Statio...
Miter Station Part 2: • Practical Miter Statio...
Flip Top Tool Stand: • Flip Top Tool Stand wi...
Lumber Storage Rack: • The EASIEST Lumber Sto...
Shop Sound System: • Garage Sound System wi...
Small Parts Storage: • Simple Small Parts Sto...
Plywood Storage Rack: • Easy Plywood Storage R...
Mortiser Tool Stand: • DIY Tool Stand made fr...
Dovetail Door Casing: • How to Build a Dovetai...
Do You Need a SawStop?: • Do you Really Need a S...
5 Shop Layout Tips: • Workshop Design - 5 Ke...
Tools used in my shop (affiliate links):
Ridgid Spindle Sander: homedepot.sjv.io/vd1Ej
Ridgid Router 2.5hp homedepot.sjv.io/MeoRo
Husky 30gal Air Compressor: homedepot.sjv.io/mdro1
Dewalt 13in Thickness Planer: homedepot.sjv.io/LkoRY
Worksharp 3000: amzn.to/2UM88qs
Dewalt 12" Sliding Compound Miter Saw: amzn.to/2UWVRiR
Jet Jointer JJ-6CSX: amzn.to/2UwVywd
Jet Mortiser: amzn.to/2QXtFLA
Dewalt 20V Drill Driver Combo: amzn.to/2JBEwXy
Dewalt Random Orbital Sander: amzn.to/2R5qP7t
Hegner Multi Max 18 Scroll Saw: amzn.to/34hF5iV
Portable Belt Sander: homedepot.sjv.io/XBEK3
2hp Dust Collector: amzn.to/2VbkKHV
Workshop Vac: amzn.to/3bF7ul6
Polyurethane mallet: amzn.to/3bVgl2z
Ridgid 12V Drill Driver Combo: homedepot.sjv.io/7gKK5
Hudson Shop Apron: amzn.to/2R5oSIb
Also check out my social media pages:
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/ eveningwoodworker
Website: www.eveningwoodworker.com/
I am an engineer by day and a woodworker by night... usually after the kids are in bed and before the neighbors call the cops!
I have a passion for building things out of wood and all things woodworking. I am always looking for new projects that look fun and challenging. My woodworking inspiration comes from my kids, my wife, and the forests around my house. I consider myself a serious hobbyist and I hope you can learn something and get inspired from the projects and mistakes that I make. I will also show you how I organize and work in my small shop in 1 bay of my garage. I will share videos of my past, current, and future woodworking projects with the goal of getting you out in the shop making sawdust! - Навчання та стиль
Check out all of my favorite woodworking tips & tricks: ua-cam.com/video/5yuq34HQAdc/v-deo.html
well organized for a small space. Nice to see a shop that's not a display for Woodpecker and Festool . Good job!
Yeah I can't afford their stuff!
Dude! That’s an amazing amount of potential in a limited space. Very impressive! Only feedback I have is I didn’t see a fire extinguisher anywhere. That’s $40 that could save your whole house. A nice touch on the dovetail doorframe would be a piece of diamondplate on the door. Great space--hope you get many years of wood therapy in there.
Nicely arranged.
I love the router table wingnut lift you came up with.
Building a shop is the easy part. Having the vision to see what works best is the real talent. You sir have said vision. Well done.
Thank you! It works well for what I'm building.
Nice. Some great ideas in there.
Thank you so much you gave me several great ideas
Nice. Thanks for sharing.
Fish on the wall. . . priceless
Looks great, Brotha!
Thank you sir!
Love this, awesome shop. Thanks for making the video.
Really awesome space and setup!
Thanks!
Love the router table!
Great stuff! Thanks for the tour
I am redesigning my shop and you gave me some great ideas! Thanks.
Nice and organized. Looks good
Great video. Thanks for the ideas!
I have a shop about the same size. This gives me ideas. Love the tour
Awesome!! Love it!! Thank you 🙂
love the french cleat wall.
Appreciate the tour! It gave me some good ideas
Great shop tour.
Great site, wery usfull. Hello from Denmark
Seems a very efficient use of space. Enjoy.
You've put together a great small shop. If you can't store sheet goods flat, your swing out system is the way to go. It is especially elegant for the space between the garage door track and the wall. Though I have a huge machine room, if I was starting again, I'd french cleat all the wall space except the cantilever lumber storage. Then even the art and memorabilia could float around to where it fit best at the moment. 3/4 or even 1/2 ply makes economical french cleat material over conventional stud spacing.
Thanks! Yeah I'm probably going to add the french cleats in other places as well. They're super versatile!
Great job on your shop build.
Awesome vid! several ideas I'll be implementing in my shop!
Highly impressed with your router table lift top... Genius!
This is cool. Getting ready to put together my shop using half of a two car garage with no partition wall so this was very helpful!
That router table setup is genius!
Love the router table. Best one I’ve ever seen
This is super helpful for me as I work on planning a basement workshop which is nearly identical in size. Thanks for sharing!
Fantastic
I will need to watch this again and again. Wow I especially like the thicknesser storage and the router table for easy adjustment
I love a shop tour. Some great organising there.
Thanks!
Doing a little research for my upcoming small shop tour vid. You've given me some great ideas. Thanks, Jared. Keep up the great work1
Dude flip flop ssnding/ planer was legit! I'm going to steal that idea!
Go for it! I love using it
Power strip on the *front* of the workbench - genuis. I have watched several dozen shop tours and yours is the first with such a feature. Love it!
It's the best location for it... no cords across the table!
Nice tour, and that router table design is dope!
Great video. I'm planning my first workshop for next year, it will only be an 8'x6' shed, I will have some additional storage in my house. You have given me some great ideas and I loved the router table with opening lid, along with piping for the compressor and the shop vac. Keep up the good work.
Good work! Thanks for this and all your videos. Really like what I saw of the bandsaw mobile base, and the router table design is brilliant.
Thanks! Glad you liked it
I love these videos! I'm setting up my shop right now so these ideas are really helping me out. Thanks for your excellent videos and keep it up!
Awesome! Good luck
Excellent video. A lot of creative storage ideas.
Glad you liked it!
I am really thankful for your videos. They are very helpful and smart.
Thank you!
Some great tips there I will be borrowing for my little shop in the UK! Thanks!
I'm glad it helped! Good luck!
You did good
Very nice, I need to plumb some air in my small shop. I need to search out those wall mounted connectors the look perfect.
Excellent tour sir. Got some great ideas from it. I especially love the router table with the nifty-lifty top. Probability going to do that to my table. I'm sure videos like this take a long time to shoot and edit, so thank you.
They do take awhile! My goal is to make it useful and not boring...
Jared, this shop is amazing! You have so much functionality worked into a space the same size as I use! I'm just starting out so I have far fewer tools but I love seeing the organization you have created. I'm saving this as a favorite!
Great! I hope it gives you some ideas as you develop your space.
I wish I had a shop this size. Mine is only 8x8. Have to make it work for now though until I can get something bigger.
I like that you don't have a fence for you miter saw and the stop block can be in the t slot. The only place it needs to be square is next to the blade. Now you have bench space all the way back. Bravo!
This is awesome. I have a 12x24 section of my garage that’s currently being built as my dedicated shop. You have given me some great ideas!
Great! Good luck on your setup!
Nice job. I’m building out a shop in the same space and this very helpful.
Good luck! It's doable, but you gotta plan it out.
Thanks for this. Building a 16x20 shop at the moment, so this makes me feel pretty good about those dimensions.
It's totally doable!
Jared a great video with lots of very useful ideas!! I’m in a similar size space and I can implement some of these ideas! Have a great week!
Awesome! Thank you!
I watch a lot of workshop tours and this is likely one of the more compressed shops that I've seen. A full jointer and mortiser! Nice.
Thanks! It's tight but it works. Just gotta fit a lathe in there too
A workshop I can relate to-complete with built in pantry.
Haha yep it's right there!
Very enjoyable tour and obviously jealous of the space being form GB. Just wanted to say that your efficiency in organising and storage is wonderful. Hope I can muster the same drive for something similar.
Thanks! For some reason I hear that a lot of the shops over there are pretty small. I guess the land on an island is always limited!
Like your plywood storage. That is a good way to keep tight against the wall but able to slide pivot it out.
Thanks, I made a video about how it works and how I built it: ua-cam.com/video/WM5tuxVWib4/v-deo.html
You can put a shelving unit between your shop and the other garage. I put plywood on the shop side for wall storage, or visa versa.
Great video, Thank you!
I have approximately the same size one car garage as you and I just started to turn it into my woodworking shop. So far I built my mobile miter saw station and next I want to build a loft area in the back of my garage for more storage of lumber and anything else. I really like how you made that plainer/sander flip table, very cool. I think I will want to make that too. All the best!
Good luck in your shop!
Great video! That flip top router was a great idea. Also that dovetail door frame is a very cool addition! Keep up the good work!
Thanks glad you liked it!
That flip top stand is probably the best upgrade I've made to my shop.. it's perfect for a sander.
Impressive small shop! One of the best thought out shop spaces. I have a 16x24 and its really tight with the amount of machines I have but its setup productive. I really wish i could incorporate a mitersaw and radial arm saw station in my shop but just some have the room
As long as you keep it clean, that size can work well!
I really like your style and am definitely planning on subscribing to see what sort of projects you're up to. As for your shop I really don't think there is anything more possible in that space. Cheers !
Thanks! I just gotta fit a lathe somewhere!...
Hi there Mr. Evening Woodworker, I do like the addition of the French Clete wall. I am new to your site, you have a GREAT Presentation style. I'll be back to view more TIPS AND TRICKS. Thank you,
Sam's Wood Shop
Thanks Sam! Welcome aboard!
Wow nice work on this!
I am coming from a big shop into a 10'6" x 24' shop. Lots of great tips here that I think I'll use!
Must have been fun just to build that shop.
Thanks! It's been a constant work in progress, but fun to see each piece come together!
@@EveningWoodworker How does your dust collector work for you?
Setting up my new shop id love to have a rock solid system to handle any dust since its only a 2 car garage and my wife will be parking in the other side.
The Oneida SuperCell seems like the most ideal one but dang, I'm having a hard time pulling the trigger on that price tag.
Very inspirational. My situation is that I have a two-car garage and two cars…. I have a small room off of the garage I call my workshop with a bench and shelves. No space for table saw, etc. So I have my contractor saw on a fold-up cart that I can push to the side. I have a Kreg ACS and track that folds up and goes into a closet. I have a Kreg 2 x 4 fold-up worktable that I hoist up high with a pulley hoist made for bicycles. I have a dust collector cart with cyclone separator that scoots into the side away from the car. My concept is that on the weekend I can unfold everything, kind of like setting up a campsite, use my tools, and then fold everything up and put it away. I’ll look at your shop for ideas about how to use my wall space and ceiling space. I would like to see more woodworkers like me show off how they fit their workshop AND cars into their garage.
That sounds like an impressive set up; you should do a video!
Nice shop, wish mine was that big, only 8 x 10...always moving something. I like the miter station with the handles, nice job. Also, I have some storage like yours near the miter station and what I'll do is mark the ends of the boards so I can quickly pick out a piece by length. Nice setup.
That's a good idea so you don't pull a board off the shelf and realize it's only 3 feet in length!
Thanks
Adjusting router table depths was never a "fun feature". Until NOW! Well done, sir.
Very nice! I work out of my disconnected garage so as you can imagine it’s tight and not temperature controlled. I do most of the work on a mobile workbench that has the miter saw and table saw integrated along with lots of features. It’s a mobile shop. But that only works on the fair weather days. So I’m building a shop in my basement which means lots of dust collection. But I do love miter station you built. So I’m copying that from you if you don’t mind
Go for it! Good luck in your shop!
I also have a small shop and have the same table saw you have. I have a Bora Portamate PM-2700 Adjustable Conveyor Roller which works great for with the table saw.
Great tip! I'll look at that.
A great shop tour! You have made excellent and efficient use of your spaces. I see your sectional garage door is not insulated? You might do that for a warmer (or cooler) environment. Thanks again.
That's a good upgrade idea!
Great tour. Drill press demo footage looked like hand tool workbench parts. Ugly corner? No way the Hegner classes it up. Maybe make walls that slide or hinge to swing into position of the upper area to hide the water heater. I’m sure you have ideas. :)
I like the idea of having something on the door that would slide or swing out... good call!
I spy a WV sticker on your band saw. ( :
Man, I thought I squeezed alot into my shop. I gotta do a video soon on a shop tour, probably after I build my next 2 main tables.
Deff inspired me to get a mortiser though...
I am including a onefinity journeyman CNC (it's their biggest model) in my shop, but it's very difficult to fit in. SO, I decided I'm going to build a MASSIVE outfeed table, put hinges and shocks on the table top, and make it lift like a car hood. Then I'll put the CNC underneath the outfeed table.
As far as dust collection goes. I have the same harbor freight 1. Here's some awesome things you can do. You can run it in 220 mode, which isn't a big deal as is, but that enables you to put a bigger Impeller inside, getting super powerful dust collection. Another thing you can do, is mount the motor on the wall, then put a cyclone below it (I use Oneida), it takes up less floor space this way. Then pipe the exhaust directly outside the shop. The cyclone cat he's 99% of the dust, as long as it's not filled. The benefit of this is you don't need to run a filter, this means no restrictions on the exhaust, boosting performance on the dust collector, big time, also reduced maintenance, and less consumables like bags.
Great tips! I may use some of those ideas when I get around to my dust collector update...
Thanks for sharing, lots of good ideas. I have the same 3rd-car garage-as-a-shop setup, including massive water heater in the way. Are you able to run the dust collector + table saw on the same circuit? --Edit: never mind, just saw your other video where you installed 220V for it
Yep two separate circuits
Can u put the compressor up w the water heater on really heavy bearing slides and close in so quiet when humming along.. great shop, amazing space!!
That's not a bad idea... that thing can get loud!
Shop Envy!! WOW, keep up the good work. Nice job!, with your skills what is your day job?
Thanks! I'm a mechanical engineer by day
Fantastic! I love your router table so this design is incredibly efficient. I gotta say if my husband made me take 1 x car garage space as my workshop vs the double….I’d be swapping those over quick smart. Build a carport if you want to keep snow off yr cars a workshop is an everyday necessity man. And nobody needs that many xmas decorations. The food storage can go into stackable bins in the double car garage. I love the reversible table when I get my thickneser I’ll be using this idea. How do you change yr angles on yr compound saw with the dust cover??/ do you remove it for those times?
I can do at least a 45 in both directions but don't usually do a lot of compound cuts on the miter saw. If I need to, I can take the cover off.
Replace the top of that HF dust collector with a Powertec filter, and then loosely drape a large clear plastic bag over it to prevent dust from piling up on the filter. I used the plastic that my drum sander came in. It is a game changer and the powertec filter is DRASTICALLY better than the stock HF one. $30 on Amazon. You won’t see that cloud of dust every time you turn the thing on.
Great tip! I do need to upgrade that thing!
Thanks for the great video! I am curious as to which HVLP gun you are using with the compressor. I bought the same compressor 2 years ago but I am still looking for a good gun to spay finishes with it like you do. Thank you!
I just use a cheap one from Harbor Freight, cause I don't do a ton of spray finishing. It seems to keep up pretty well though.
Can you create plans for the router table, love it
I don't have any plans right now, but I may be able to add it in the future.
Great shop tour! Lots of ideas to incorporate here.
Quick question - with all your adjustable shelving at 5:11 for your power hand tools, etc., did you buy the slotted wood or is that just plywood with dados cut all throughout? Thanks!
I just cut those with a dado blade into normal plywood
@@EveningWoodworker Nice! They all look so clean and perfect I thought maybe they were off the shelf. Definitely going to borrow that for some storage in my shop. Thanks!
Heylo, in reference to your WorkSharp, have you seen the video by Stumpy Nubs on how he improved his and made storage for accessories? I don't personally own one yet, but once I do I will likely make something similar to his design.
Yes I've seen that and it's pretty slick. Maybe for the next iteration...
Nice video a lot of cool ideas. Can ask on your French cleat wall the are vertical boards on each side. Are those for aesthetics or do they serve a purpose? Thanks
Honestly that is purely aesthetics. I just think it looks better!
@@EveningWoodworker thanks. That’s what I thought. It does look better.
Amazing.what can I say.I am envious being in the UK.I know in US there is the luxury of space which is scarce in UK.Perhaps you should do another video for beginners to design a work space around
Clamps
Wood storage
Dust collector
Mitre saw on stand
Zig saw
Circular saw
Mobile table saw
Router.
Work bench.
Is it possible to have these in 10 feet x four feet ?
I want to build a work shed around these tools.I am a beginner and hobby woodworker.
RIP Chromecast audio devices! I have one and attached it to my home intercom system... Wish I had several more
Yeah I wish they had continued those. I bought one extra before they were gone so I have a spare
Great video. I have about half that space. :-(
Dang! You should be making a small shop tour video too...
Thanks for sharing your wonderful workshop it's just what I wanted to see 👀 as I'm in the process of building my own workshop and it happens to be the same size as yours!!!
It just shows me that I can make great use of the size and what I can put and where is best to make great use of the space!!! As always buddy 💯% 👍 🇬🇧.
P.s I don't know how or why but I was subscribed to your channel and somehow watching this video I noticed i was nolonger subscribed, anyhow I have corrected that mystery and re-subscibed, so let's see if it unsubs me again in the future. Hopefully not!!!
Thanks for watching and subscribing again! Good luck with your shop!
@@EveningWoodworker I can recall the very video that made me subscribe in the first place, it was the amazing indoor jungle climbing activitie bedroom/playroom you made for the children and the best looks on their faces you can possibly see 👀 ever !!! Do they still use it to this day and have you updated anything with it?
I might have missed it, are your french cleats 1/2 or 3/4"? I happen to have a good supply of nice 1/2" plywood on hand, considering using that...
Mine are 3/4". I think 1/2" could work but I wouldn't hang lumber racks on it
After about 25 years I'm getting back into woodworking, and your videos have been helpful. Thanks much.
I'm interested to build a router table like yours. Do you have instructions you could share?
Sorry, I don't have plans for that. I think you asked this in an email too right?
@@EveningWoodworker Thanks much.
Say there evening w .w. got an idea to run by you when you build walls around your hot tank use 2"x2" an 1/2" ply on them an put Hinges on the corners with drive out pins if you have to work on it to change a element , just drive out the Hing pins an set each side on the floor.--you can even paint it an no taking out the screws to get it apart.---just an Idea for you--- ha ha ha
That's a great idea! I may do something like that eventually.
Keep your lungs happy and upgrade that dust collector filter!
I know man, it's coming!
Do you have the tables/benches leveled? My garage is sloped both towards the center and towards the door or does it not matter as long as the surface is flat/in plane with the work piece?
Most garage are sloped towards the door, but I don't find that not having them exactly level is a problem. Just in plane with each other is sufficient
Did you or will you do a video on how to build a French cleat wall as I didn’t see one.
Here's my video doing the French cleat wall: ua-cam.com/video/MPE1EB0rPdE/v-deo.html
I like your shop apron; do you recall the brand or where you got it?
Here it is: amzn.to/2R5oSIb
Link is broken
Jared, I noticed that you have a DeWalt DW735X planer without a large dust collection system and wanted to ask how you deal with the chips ...................I am searching as I have ordered one and haven't decided on how to keep the chips flying to a minimum...........
I have a cheap dust collector from harbor freight and especially on this planer, there's plenty of force blowing the chips out so a cheap one can work fine.
Man I love your shop. Unfortunately I am rebuilding my house so I don’t have time to build a shop right now. I will be missing a walk when I build my shop because I have a two car garage and going to use half of it for the shop and the other half for my car. I do have a question. I was thinking about making a bench along my wall and inserting my tools into it so that I have out feed and in feed with every tool. Some of them would be removable in case I needed them elsewhere and some on a flip table. Is there a reason people don’t do it this way? I ask because I have not found anyone doing it this way and you didn’t do it.
That sounds like it could be an innovative solution, but I'm trying to imagine exactly how it would work. The challenge with having all of the tools inserted into the work bench is that it may not give you much workbench to actually work on. Depending on the size of your projects it may be doable, but I often have my workbench full and then need to go use a tool to trim or modify something. Something to think about, but not necessarily a deal-breaker- good luck!
@@EveningWoodworker I have thought of that. My answer is flip tops. This way I will have the entire bench open. But I'm open to any feedback, good or bad.
@@EveningWoodworker I wasn’t clear with my answer. What I meant is that I will have a flip top for my machines and have an insert that covers the hole. The only thing I haven’t figured out yet is how to lower the machine a little so that the insert will fit. I haven’t given it a lot of thought but there is always a way and I’ll figure it out.