The shaping bay has all the shaping tools along with custom racks for storing blanks and shaped boards before glassing.
The workshop has a 16’ workbench with more custom wall racks hanging above and along it for hanging glassed boards and boards to be glassed.
I have some custom fllor racks for glassing, sanding, etc. and a portable set for other applications out in the yard, etc. We have a heavy duty air compressor, ventilation unit, fire alarms, extinguishers, and only enough chemicals and materials to still be classified as a hobby. If the firemarshall wanted to stop by they would freak at how clean and up to code everything is. I don’t mess around with safety and zoning codes. All that hard work could go right out the window if you aren’t running things the way your city wants you to! Hobby or not!
Craigslist hooked me up with everything I need to do wood boards…
16" Delta Bandsaw… like new ($25 score)
A Kitty K-5 wood working multi-machine complete with 8" tablesaw; 6" planer; 6" jointer; and wood shaper… like new ($300)
24" Craftsman professional scroll saw… heavy steel… like new ($35)
Belt and disc sanding machine from HArbor Freight… ($50)
and I already had everything else… clamps… glue… tools… etc.
I still haven’t made a wood board yet, but I plan to soon. I have a baby due in March, so my time has all been spent on my wife, my house, the garage shop, and my teaching job.
I still have templates to cut out from my board collection, some from my friend’s shop, and some from Paul Jensen that still need to get unrolled, glued and cut out (and a butt load that I owe Paul Jensen, sitting in a mail tube in the corner… long story… but he’ll get them one of these days provided I don’t go off on another of life’s tangents and get sidetracked again…) Once things settle down on the home front with my new marriage and new baby, I plan to make hard copies of all the templates, make some foam boards, and make a hollow board with the How-To kit I got from Paul. I have a ton of board curve templates and fin templates (which were mostly given to or handed down to me), so I don’t mind passing them along to others and hooking up new shapers like people hooked me up (Paul Jensen, Roy Stewart, Robbo, Hess, RB & ML, Ryan Gerard, Brewer, Velzy, Ingham, Takayama, Noll, Curren, Bing, Skip Frye, Carson, Greenough, Nuuhiwa, Pearson, Blake, Edwards, Con, Wegener, Eberly, Hollingsworth, Merrick, etc.) who’s designs and hard work have taught me how to design my own curves that work in specific conditions and situations, and have gotten me where I am today with board building.
Dave