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Help Me Design My Dream Selfbow Shop
Eric Krewson:
Shop; A big heavy work bench that won't move when you ae doing heavy drawknifing is a must. The 6" jointer is on the left but not in the picture.
I think a dust collector hooked to every piece of equipment is nice to have. I put mine in the adjacent room because it was so loud.
The table in front of the band saw is a layout and glue-up table for bamboo backed bows.
The wall air-conditioned heats and cools.
Kidder:
I’m in the same position as you - building out my shop. I’m 6 months in and closing in on the finish line. I knew I wanted to have a general woodworking shop in addition to the bowyery aspect. My space was 11’ x 38’ roughly. I had both 230v and 115v put in on the one wall and 115v everywhere else. It’s heated and cooled via a mini split. My large tools are all on one wall except my jointer and miter saw so I have to drag my dust cord to the jointer as I don’t have a strong enough collector to go over the top to it. I have two dust systems - one piped in to each machine with blast valves and then an air filter, which I would highly highly recommend. I custom built my cabinets from plywood and made sure I’ve got adjustable shelves and plenty of drawers. I haven’t completely settle on a countertop surface yet, my criteria being itll have to be strong enough to hold ky vise and cleans up decent. A friend that is a cabinet maker recommended plywood with melamine over top so I will probably follow that advice (unless someone has a better suggestion. Here are some pictures.
Selfbowman:
Eric my shop is not clean and neat like yours . Still trying to get it organized. Cedar siding not in yet. But here is some pics.
Selfbowman:
Vice pit
Selfbowman:
Heat bench
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