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Main Discussion Area => Around the Campfire => Topic started by: Lehtis on September 11, 2019, 09:38:48 am

Title: New workshop´s getting ready
Post by: Lehtis on September 11, 2019, 09:38:48 am

Last spring we sold our house and I lost my workshop along it. During this summer I´ve been building a new workshop at our cottage and it´s getting ready now. I just moved some bow timber under my cottage to the new shelf. Also my new tillering wall has got first layer of paint. Some space now to tiller well over 2 m bows (if needed); the old was only for max 180 cm staves.

Title: Re: New workshop´s getting ready
Post by: Pat B on September 11, 2019, 04:29:38 pm

 :OK   Everyone needs a shop.

Title: Re: New workshop´s getting ready
Post by: Deerhunter21 on September 11, 2019, 05:32:38 pm

Or a garage! :D

Title: Re: New workshop´s getting ready
Post by: Hawkdancer on September 11, 2019, 10:30:37 pm

You need to be careful with garages, though!  They attract trolls and can hide stuff for years and years!  We are having a zen garage cleaning/reorganizing party this weekend, and hopefully it won't upset the troll too much, he/she is prone to hide things very well. (lol) (lol) >:D!
Hawkdancer

Title: Re: New workshop´s getting ready
Post by: Marc St Louis on September 12, 2019, 06:56:16 am

Nice.

Somebody likes Bamboo

Title: Re: New workshop´s getting ready
Post by: YosemiteBen on September 12, 2019, 10:13:38 am

My garage is full of other peoples stuff! My stuff has been pushed into the nether reaches of what used to be my space. We have a shed too but it is also full of other peoples stuff! Built my wife a space for her basket material and the pack rats use it more than she does!

Title: Re: New workshop´s getting ready
Post by: Lehtis on September 12, 2019, 10:38:12 am

Marc: Most of that bamboo is scrap but I have not yet destroyed them. The slats are sold for gardening purposes in 30 packs from which perhaps 10 are OK for bows. Those longer ones were orderd from UK by a bowyer colleague and most of them should be OK.

Title: Re: New workshop´s getting ready
Post by: Deerhunter21 on September 12, 2019, 10:46:08 am

did you build the building like a shed? if so how much did it cost? did you just use a spare room? Thanks!

Title: Re: New workshop´s getting ready
Post by: bjrogg on September 12, 2019, 10:53:59 am

Glad you got a workshop again.
Bjrogg

Title: Re: New workshop´s getting ready
Post by: Lehtis on September 13, 2019, 12:08:01 am

I built my workshop as a new ”shed”. from ”scratch”. I have not dared to calculate the cost exactly but it’s around 10 k€, a bit more in $.

Title: Re: New workshop´s getting ready
Post by: Pappy on September 15, 2019, 06:58:26 pm

Nice shop. :)
 Pappy

Title: Re: New workshop´s getting ready
Post by: HH~ on September 19, 2019, 01:27:55 pm

Nice looks good. Good to season bamboo well.

HH~

Title: Re: New workshop´s getting ready
Post by: Woodely on September 19, 2019, 05:56:41 pm

Looks and great idea to have that shelf up high near the ceiling that's where all the heat is,  that's how I dry my wood and it works great wood usually dry in about 10-12 weeks.