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I just moved my workshop fully into the basement (from a fairly standard basement/garage setup) and thought it would be interesting to see what kinda shops you guys have.

My shop is a 10'x15' room in the basement (it would be more but two walls have storage shelves). Here's what it looks like from the back corner:



The bench is just screwed together out of birch plywood and 2x4s. The drill press and router table are kept under the workbench and the mitre saw is in the garage. The dust collection goes to a shop vac in another room.



On the wall beside the bench is a french cleat system. For those who haven't heard of it, its just some boards with beveled edges and attachments with matching angles. I really like how its working, and when that one overflows I'll definitely be putting up more boards. I used a 30 degree angle. Shoulda used a 45 degree angle, i wouldn't have had to modify my attachments to keep them from falling off the wall .



The wood pile:


My old 14 inch busybee bandsaw. Got it used, made in 1989:

Muskr I'm at work and can't see your pics so I have to wait until
I get home.
I put building on hold so I could build a shop.
I'm framing a 12'x12' room for the "dirty" work/big tools -plan to have
work benches for fretting etc. around in the "clean" area.
I've done very little carpentry work so it's been a slow go.

Needless to say but I'm having withdrawals from not building so it's hard
not trying to rush completion. Long way to go but getting there.

Nice shack, Michael!
I'd be interested how much the materials will end up costing on that.

Thank you Alan.
I can only guess but it currently seems like it will be
around 20 thousand.
I'm paying as I go and have 14,500.00 in it which includes
the French door ( so I can get my Harley in and out) and window for the front.
The "dirty" room doors I will make.

When I finish the end walls and tie-in to the building-
run the electrical conduit I'll have the inside spray foamed.
Then it's coating the floor,wiring and sheet-rocking.

I hope to be set-up and back to building by spring.

I'm holding off on heat and air until I see how the building
is-as is.

I just moved into my new shop two weeks ago. I live in a daylight rambler on a hill where only the daylighted part of the basement was used for the house. Looking for a place for a shop I noticed that next to the finished basement I still had about 12 feet of foundation before it stepped up the hill. So my son, a few of his friends and some day laborers dug it out, so that I was able to make a 12 foot by 20 foot room. I had to get a concrete cutting guy to cut the door through the concrete foundation to make a door in to the room.

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Now that's thinking outside the box! Looks like your efforts paid off though .


What's the total dimensions of the shack? Looks like it will make a great shop!

Anyone else?

24' x 30' - I have no plans for the remaining area. From a previous thread about
shops I agree with "it will design itself" as per my needs.
I wasn't excited about building before I started but it has become an enjoyable
project. Learning and acquiring new tools are great benefits

I realize this thread is in the Electric Guitar & Bass Construction section, and I usually make acoustics, but since I just did a "shop tour" thread on another forum, I hope its OK if I post it here too.

I have a basement workshop, but since my house is built on sloping ground, only half the basement is below grade. That means I have pretty good daylight, and convenient access from the outside. I am just putting the finishing touches on a new spray booth in an my garage, which is a separate building. It insulated, heated and well ventilated, so I can use it all year.

My workshop has evolved over the years, but about 3 years ago I did a major overhaul and built it into its current configuration. I used some elements from its predecessors, and based on my experiences from those drew up a plan with a machine and bench layout that suits my work style and tooling, and made efficient use of the available space.

The concept is one “clean” bench / assembly room, and one “dusty” machine / wood processing room (and now, the third room, for finishing). Actually there is one more, small room, connected to the machine room, which is where I keep my dust collector.

Here’s the plan








First, some snapshots from the bench room...

The main workbench. Whatever I’m working on is usually on the “island” bench, while plans, parts, jigs, glue-ups etc are kept on the bench along the wall. For one thing, I have better access that way, but it also eliminates the chance of tools dropping on it etc.








I sometimes work on different things on either side of the bench, as the large work surface allows it. The bench also acts as a clamp rack, and holds a cabinet with abrasives, sanding blocks etc. I also keep a large 230/115 V stepdown transformer, a shop vacuum, trash can etc under it, and the added weight makes it very stable.







A closer look at some of the stuff over the wall bench; all within easy reach from my usual position between the two benches.







This is my sharpening bench. I use water stones, hence the HPL countertop. The wall cabinets are for books, the little drawers for small parts and supplies.








I enjoy working with hand tools, and an ancient planing bench is great for some of those tasks. The clamshell type cabinet holds most of my bench planes and regular woodworking tools








I monitor and control RH closely








Wood storage







Bridge blanks, headplates etc








More storage; tuners, pickups, strap buttons and whatnot. I like to keep this stuff fairly well organized, so I don’t have to waste time looking for it.








Works in progress








Various routers, jigs etc







That was all in the bench room, here’s the machine room:

Two bandsaws (one 24”, the other 12”), in front of my stash of Honduras mahogany.








Table saw with home made router table, and drum sander in the background








Jointer and edge sander

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Great shop Arnt

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A great tour of a wonderful shop! Thank you Arnt.

Wow, That's giving me a serious case of shop envy! Great shop Arnt, thanks for showing us.