Give us a gander at yer shed!!

[Wild Dingo]

As Im now about 12 months from getting seriously into some boatbuilding... (oh dont worry Ive started just not gotten SERIOUS yet is all... have to build a new house first... She has decided a kit home is the way to go... meaning "build the buggar yourself Shane" so anyways I thought Id while away some free time before it becomes a rarity by starting a "give us a gander at yer shed" thread

So to kick it off here is a wander through of Dingo's Cave at Dingo Creek West Aussie... 9mtrs x 6mtrs is just way way too small eh?

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid225/p620dfca5c0e84b42d27ef6679dc470a5/e92cd850.jpg

Enter

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid225/p0244b2a6bfa413669e7cdae91cfddf31/e92cd840.jpg

Take a step to the left

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid225/pd4cef3b4565a46190539184b28a0ae1b/e92cd834.jpg

I levitate did you know? a float to the right

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid225/pbf370a207442db172f334da656876e3c/e92cd71f.jpg

and slowly twirl effortlessly to the left

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid225/p1684aba0ca2e0ba1e18946c23c2dfe2a/e92cd706.jpg

and over the 18in bandysaw into the corner

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid225/p6b1e4c7ef44e698164646cd587cf0f9f/e92cd6cf.jpg

And into lathe corner

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid225/p83d9ef1564049f0fda155eb37da3acd7/e92cd690.jpg

and around back to the right to the workbench corner... notice the canoe moulds resting UNDER the bench?

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid225/p8a908a6a160d9cbecffeff84d69c336c/e92cd4f3.jpg

The lack of sawdust and stuff is due to having just completed the Jarrah bench in pic 4... well the top is Jarrah while the skirt is Durian the rails on the carcass are Sepiature and the legs Kapur... near busted me gronicles moving the sod... bloody bobby dazzler though... and I still have a few tools to get

This shed is becoming the timber storage as soon as the new house is up and Ive demolished this present on it morphs into another shed... so for now its me tool shed... all in about 12 months HOPEFULLY

Anyways... Give us a gander at yer shed!!

[The Bigfella]

Shane - ya need an icebox in case ya chop ya bits off ......


...... just joking mate! Take it easy in there

[WX]

Jeezes Dingo, I don't know about any of these other blokes...but I'm green with envy over some of yer gear mate.

[LLaver]

Oi, where did ya swipe that road sign from, I'm guessin it was from the corner of Dingo rd and ......... :D

Just how many Dingo roads,streets,etc are there in Australia?

Lee

[boatbear]

'... a place to hang yer hides, ter hide what's bein' dried ..', with apologies to what'sisname.
Nice shed, but you could do with another hectare, mate. Mine's a dusty mess at the moment. (shame)
Charlie

[Wild Dingo]

'... a place to hang yer hides, ter hide what's bein' dried ..', with apologies to what'sisname.
Nice shed, but you could do with another hectare, mate. Mine's a dusty mess at the moment. (shame)
Charlie

Ol whatsisname bein ol Rolf Harris el Bassendean boy now permanent expat to blighty? that be him ;)

Got the extra hectare ol son... just gotta build another house then tear this one down and rebuild it into another shed tacked onto the one above an shes apples! :cool:

Ian mate I can make it from the shed to the house in less than 2 secs... found that out the other month with da finga chomp :o

WX... I actually downgraded many of them and the shed after the flood so theyre not quite what was planned but Im steadily upgrading and sorting that wee issue out... should make a heck of a difference when the house gets built and the seatainer is finally mine!!... oh yes I forgot to mention the seatainer behind the shed will be the finishing room once her bloody highness vacates it of her gear the kids gear and the sundry gathered whatevers that shes and they have chucked in there :rolleyes:

Lee... How many Dingo roads? Ive no idea... young daughter and her fiance found that one somewhere out the back of somewhere or other on one of their many journeys into the scrub :cool: Instant thought when they saw it was "DAD!!!" and so it came to me... sorta cool eh! ;)

Sooo? wheres the sheds??? mmmm? comeon dont make this "all about Dingo" make it about yer sheds!! :cool:

[Spokaloo]

2 car garage, but SWMBO's car must fit every night:

http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b65/fighterama2/cloud%20cap/nina2008.jpg

Not much space, but conveniently I also lack tools!

http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b65/fighterama2/cloud%20cap/nina5001.jpg

You do with what you have, eh?

http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b65/fighterama2/cloud%20cap/nina8008.jpg

View out the back:

http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b65/fighterama2/wherry008.jpg

No space, no tools, big ass boat.

E

[Tom Robb]

"No space, no tools, big ass boat."
Million dollar view out the door:cool:

[Andrew]

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid15/p2e6bab4d3f1edf099738ab3ec5895002/fde89a53.jpg

My 1st shed, second boat, a Tom Hill Charlotte.

[Yeadon]

My "shop" in it's entirety consists of a 12 by 25 foot platform built from second use lumber found on Craigslist, topped with a $200 Costco carport. Warmth supplied by a propane powered Mr. Heater. Electricity via extension cord.

From the back deck ... Probably the best feature of working like this is that when it's time to sweep up, I just push all the shavings, saw dust, etc, right off the platform into the boat rubbish pile behind the tent. (I should really get a photo of that. Giant pile of cut-offs. The neighbors love me, I'm sure.)
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/156/382521171_1d6c342220_o.jpg


In the photo below, note the world's smallest jointer in the background.
I'm on the left. My neighbor Pete is in the background. On the right is Eric Hvalsoe. I took a lapstrake boatbuilding class from him a couple of years ago at the Center for Wooden Boats. Great class.
He came by the house to help me install the rails on my peapod. (Now, you oughta see his shop. That's a good show.)
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/206/505528512_21ba34aeab_o.jpg

[Jim Ledger]

Well, that's sure a nice peapod.:)

This here's mine. Scuse the mess, Dingo.
http://i104.photobucket.com/albums/m193/searover1916/P1010079.jpg

[Bill7254]

Another two car garage that must accomodate the wife's car between building stints.

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid205/p090b3b89c01cec7a957a05387f52bbf7/ef0f0480.jpg


http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid225/p0da6d5a3d3fd794eb5cb685ba8b82224/e987f961.jpg

[outofthenorm]

Here's my home-away-from-home for the last 2 years. Just yards away from Lake Ontario in the storage lot of a marina. The big power tools are at home - mostly hand-held here. - Norm

http://web.mac.com/outofthenorm/iWeb/Site%202/Library_files/000_0060.jpg
http://web.mac.com/outofthenorm/iWeb/Site%202/Library_files/door1.jpg

Nice view of the Lake sometimes.
http://web.mac.com/outofthenorm/iWeb/Site%202/Library_files/000_0126.jpg

Planking bench on the right, tool crib in the back and assorted junk.
http://web.mac.com/outofthenorm/iWeb/Site%202/Library_files/000_0125.jpg

Looking up. Lots of room to work on deck. A layer of canvas keeps the heat gain to a minimum.
http://web.mac.com/outofthenorm/iWeb/Site%202/Library_files/100_0080.jpg

[outofthenorm]

Above is the boat shed - here's what's at home. The link goes to a page of a WIP website with a full tour. There's a slide show button at the top. - Norm

http://web.mac.com/outofthenorm/iWeb/Site%202/Photos%201_files/100_0122.jpg


http://web.mac.com/outofthenorm/iWeb/Site%202/Photos%201.html.

[S/V Laura Ellen]

Laura Ellen's current boat shed

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid225/p7d207c22cbb5a67fa1336569439f6e40/e9bbf5c3.jpg

[John B]

Jim, whats the big machine out by the door?

[kc8pql]

whats the big machine out by the door?

Widebelt sander

[outofthenorm]

... car must fit every night:

... two car garage that must accomodate the wife's car ...

I've never understood why anyone would ask you to keep their car in your boat shop. Don't they get it? .;)

[Jim Ledger]

This machine John? That's a wide belt sander, a pretty handy machine. Pictured in front are the belts it runs. It'll open up to 8" high and flatten anything up to 42" wide and as long as you like. Entire doors, table tops, drawers, teak grates, laminated stems, laminated anything you like, run it through.

I was really tempted to put that rudder through, but got talked out of it. Would've been cool though, had it worked.

http://i104.photobucket.com/albums/m193/searover1916/P1010081.jpg

[John B]

Nice:cool:
funny,'teak grates' reminds me, I have this joke going with the boatbuilders out at Rainbow and Rawhiti. The rainbow guys are saying I'm just out there to pick their brains' shsssh don't let him in on the secrets'( big grins of course).
I asked Paul if they'd thickness some teak for me to make a grate , then I had this joke with Pete out at Rawhiti
" so they've been really helpful,( I said to Pete) they've told me how to make a grate. First you cut all the strips up.........." should have seen his face LOL.

[Barrett Faneuf]

All of you people with more than a foot between any two given objects are making me jealous. I can't take a pic of my shop because it's impossible to get far enough from anything to see many things.

How's this? Bay 1: boat, plywood stack, and lumber stack 1.
http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid225/p089ef397dec1cac466551e123c58ebf3/e92aec21.jpg
Bay 2: take all the tools that used to be in Bay 1, plus all the tools that are supposed to be in Bay 2, and jam them together with lumber stack 2 and 3 in the same space that used to be occupied with just the tools in Bay 2.

[The Bigfella]

I could really use a shed. I do my work outdoors - I posted a shot of my backyard workshop up in Building & Repair yesterday - and everything bar major fabrication work for the Grantala rebuild has been done on deck, on the water.

Here's Bazza's shed, where the cabin sides were made, beams laminated, etc. This is my son spraying his Industrial Tech project last year. We turned a whole heap of teak into shavings here yesterday - taking it down from 20mm to 16mm.

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid225/p6a1ab620136d7c74b633791056119ec9/e92ad626.jpg

[PeterSibley]

That workshop of yours looks toooo clean and neat for my taste Shane ...muck and dust please ! :D Lovely collection of gear though :)..

Boat boat boat boat boat boat boat boat boat boat

[Wild Dingo]

Hey Peter mate... I'll do yer a deal alright?

When you finally show us yer majikal mystery boat in the bush and I'll start to building... with pics!

Hows that? ;)

Man that belt sander and the table saw which I also noticed are friggin awesome!!... I am severely green eyed :o

Cheers everyone... always makes me feel good when I see some of the tiny spaces other people have to work in... now whenever I belt my hip going between the thicknesser and table saw I will say "there are many worse mate" and come back in to have a look... and then I can go out there and say "Not to bad at all ol boy! stacks of room!" ;)

Some great stuff mates :cool: keep them coming...

[The Bigfella]

I'll second that Shane - we want photos Mr Sibley.

I'm encountering major environmental problems in my shed at the moment - ie its raining - bucketloads. Everything has come to a halt - so it was off to the basement this morning to cut more teak plugs, but I've run out of dry scraps - the rest is out in the rain. Arrghhh.

[Paul Girouard]

Back of the shop ,

http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b299/PEG688/June2nd2.jpg


Front of the shop ,

http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b299/PEG688/June144.jpg


Thats a older photo , the camper is gone , might be nice place for a restored boat eh, also a different salvaged door is on the shop now ,



Table saw with the extention on it for ripping stock over 18' long,

http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b299/PEG688/longslid3.jpg


Tablesaw , outfeed side lookin back '

http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b299/PEG688/longrippingsled2.jpg

Lathe area,

http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b299/PEG688/feb51.jpg


Assembles / work / sanding / etc area / bench , 4'x8' dbl 3/4" P.lam top ;)

http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b299/PEG688/sandinglight.jpg


Low assembly area , 4'x 12' dbl 3/4" PB top :D Chopsaw station in the back .

http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b299/PEG688/Jan14th8.jpg


Drill press area,



http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b299/PEG688/sept17036.jpg

There's that newer door ,

and a snow shot ,

http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b299/PEG688/Nov27snow5.jpg

[PeterSibley]

Sounds reasonable ....especially as I've finally bought a digital camera :D.
Not much to show though Shane ,I've had a few other concerns lately .

[The Bigfella]

Everything OK Peter?

[PeterSibley]

Pretty good now Ian , my eldest daughter had a massive stroke about 7 months ago .She is unable to talk ,but walking now . We have her and her 2 children with us now (2 and 5) , all in all a bit traumatising all round .

So what with work and building extra accomodation for the influx............the boat hasn't been looked at for a while ! It will be though ...I need the promise of sailing her across an ocean or 2 to keep my head up ,

cheers ,
Peter

[PeterSibley]

Pretty good now Ian , my eldest daughter had a massive stroke about 7 months ago .She is unable to talk ( though slowly relearning .....another year perhaps ?? ),but walking now . We have her and her 2 children with us now (2 and 5) , all in all a bit traumatising all round .

So what with work and building extra accomodation for the influx............the boat hasn't been looked at for a while ! It will be though ...I need the promise of sailing her across an ocean or 2 to keep my head up ,

cheers ,
Peter

[The Bigfella]

I'm glad she's getting better. A friend of mine had a stroke around the same time - he's slowly improving - but no youngsters to complicate things. He worries me a bit though - he's sold up in Canberra and moved onto a houseboat up at Forster

[Wild Dingo]

Peter... glad to hear shes on the mend however slowly... havin her an the nippers around would be makin yours and the missus lives a tad "interesting" eh?! ;)

No worries on the boat mate first things first and all that.

Thanks for the shed pics mates!! Man some of yous fellas have the bloody ducksknuts of sheds and some mean tools!! :cool:

I have to say though the costco carport thingy under the trees? We actually gave that a whirl here but when it ended up 100mtrs away in the creek after the first big wind we gave it a miss :rolleyes: we do get some nice blows around here and anything thats not tied bolted and blocked down seems to head for the creek in a rush... Ive still got one of the covers (the roof and sides) and was thinking of using some 3x3s to make a more solid frame for it... but well other things intrude on the plans of mice an men an all that

Paul that reminds me I really must make an outfeed table for my table saw... been promising myself one for a time now but other things have intruded so not there yet... I was thinking of installing rollers every foot or so at the same height as the table to assist the movement of the timber through do you reckon thats worth the effort or just use some laminate covered stuff?

Barrett I see your still as tightly squished as ever! :D Amazes me how you ever get a boat made in the space you have :cool:

outofthenorm... mate is that made with 2x1s?... you or anyone else have some rough drawings of that setup?

And some of the veiws!! BEAUTIFULL AND STUNNING!!! :cool:

I love those wooden sheds!! :cool: Man theyd be so warm comparably to the tin things we have over here

[Paul Girouard]

Paul that reminds me I really must make an outfeed table for my table saw... been promising myself one for a time now but other things have intruded so not there yet... I was thinking of installing rollers every foot or so at the same height as the table to assist the movement of the timber through do you reckon thats worth the effort or just use some laminate covered stuff?




I'd go with the P.lam setup.

With rollers I'd think a plank with tension in it might / could find a way to slide between/ cross under / and over a roller and cause a "Dingo" :eek::eek: (/ kick back / bind up etc ,) in the makin ta happen:o :D . Solid top would be mo betta .

I just wax that one I have with butchers wax ever couple of months / or when I see / feel it not sliding as nice as I like it to.

Good thread Dingo:cool:

[Robbie 2]

Hi Dingo...Robbie here..I don't have a photo account set up but can send you a couple of photos of my build set up if that was ok.
You can then post them.
Regards
Robbie:)

[outofthenorm]

Dingo, it's all made from lumber store 1x 4 (ridge and "chines") 1x3 (verticals) and 1x2 (diagonal strapping, collar ties), 1x10 (gussets) with 2x10 around the perimeter. All 8 ft lengths or shorter. Screwed it all together with deck screws and put it up with just me wee wife to help - all in one Fall weekend. There was no way to anchor it onto the ground, so it's actually tied off to the boat for stability. Been standing now for two and a half years. - Norm

http://web.mac.com/outofthenorm/iWeb/Site%202/Mystic%20Aug_files/000_0056.jpghttp://web.mac.com/outofthenorm/iWeb/Site%202/Mystic%20Aug_files/000_0052.jpg

http://web.mac.com/outofthenorm/iWeb/Site%202/Mystic%20Aug_files/000_0057.jpg

[Wild Dingo]

I'd go with the P.lam setup.

Good thread Dingo:cool:

Cheers Paul... thanks for that... and yeah it is pretty good eh! :cool:

Thanks for the closeups Norm... thats the go eh! :cool:

Robbie go for it just email them and I'll zap them up to Imagestation or shutterfly and post them for you

Norseman... havent seen the book mate but will have a sticky beak around for it :cool: Ive got ALMOST all I think I need still have a couple more smaller things to get and a heep of jigs to make but Im gettin there... still will be good when this house comes down and it becomes an extention of the shed!! ;)

keep them coming!! am getting some great ideas from this I can tell you :cool:

[Robbie 2]

Robbie go for it just email them and I'll zap them up to Imagestation or shutterfly and post them for you

PM me your email address and I will send a couple.
Regards
Robbie:)

[Paul Girouard]

Cheers Paul... thanks for that... and yeah it is pretty good eh! :cool:

Ive got ALMOST all I think I need still have a couple more smaller things to get and a heep of jigs to make but Im gettin there... still will be good when this house comes down and it becomes an extention of the shed!! ;)

keep them coming!! am getting some great ideas from this I can tell you :cool:


Jigs ya say :cool:

Straight line ripping ,

http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b299/PEG688/8.jpg


High fence for rabbiting larger panel's , raising panels ,




http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b299/PEG688/14.jpg

Drops right over the fence

http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b299/PEG688/15.jpg

Beveling jig for surface planer,

http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b299/PEG688/18.jpg


Another jig for what ever , this one is really handy , I keep on coming up with "new " not orginally intended uses for this one ,

http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b299/PEG688/17.jpg


Just a couple of weeks ago DDeaton needed a sloped sort of shoulder idea,

http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b299/PEG688/May28th2.jpg


http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b299/PEG688/May28th22.jpg

Notice the shop made zero clearance blade inserts as well ;)

Now we'll see if I'm over my limit on images , Yup so no rolleyes smiley, ;-((

[Paul Girouard]

Few more jigs , then we'll see what shakes out eh,

Cross cut shed ,

http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b299/PEG688/readytocut.jpg


1" spacer puts the fence tapemeasure back in play , never use two guides ona tablesaw , it will bind and kick back , the block indexs the stock , but is not in play when the blade is cutting ,

http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b299/PEG688/1inchspacer.jpg

Out feed side tapering jig shot ,
http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b299/PEG688/aug2005024.jpg


Push sticks make plenty , keepum handy , eh Dingo;)

http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b299/PEG688/pushsticks.jpg


http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b299/PEG688/tapeingrjig.jpg

Inserts I rarely use the ones that came with the saw ,

http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b299/PEG688/tablesawinserts.jpg

I don't like the big wide gap if and when i'm using a push stick , plus the stock is better supported with a zero clearance insert , less splitting, chattering etc , just better all round IMO.

[Jim Ledger]

Here's a nice dowel boring jig.:D Newton B-100 borer. Two spindles, interchangeable bits, adjustable centers, adjustable height and depth. Step on the pedal and the whole table and workpiece pushes into the bits.

Comes in handy from time to time.

http://i104.photobucket.com/albums/m193/searover1916/P1010104.jpg

[Paul Girouard]

Jeesh nuttin on the jigs , :confused: not even a safety lecture:rolleyes: about NO safety guards :rolleyes:

HELLO anyone out here:confused:

Why I oughta :(

[The Bigfella]

Hmm - a transition from sheds to jigs. I think a FAQ sticky on jigs would be nice

[Paul Girouard]

I thought they'd been removed for clarity ;)


Oh ya, that the ticket :D

[Wild Dingo]

Jeesh nuttin on the jigs , :confused: not even a safety lecture:rolleyes: about NO safety guards :rolleyes:

HELLO anyone out here:confused:

Why I oughta :(

Paul Paul settle ol mate settle... I was just takin it all in ;)

Jigs are great... havent made too many as yet just the zero clearance insert the day I set up the table saw the sled and a router circle cutter thingy... push sticks are not jigs they are NECESSITIES!!... I have made one double angle sled for doing mitre cuts but found it wasnt accurate enough so Ive gotta figure that one out again... made a tape jig once but it didnt work either seems I either had it set on the table wrong or something as the timber binded on the blade as it went into it so before it could hangup on itself and belt me in the kisser I took the thing off and tossed it... will look into it again soon.

As Ive got an Incra fence on the table saw one of those mortice tenon jigs would be next to useless for me... I still have the Beisemeyer type fence that came with the saw but prefer the Incra now :cool: So Im gonna have to figure another way around that issue

Actually awhile back someone sent me a jig for a circular saw for cutting strips... which I made the other day but Ive had to put to one side since I cant remember how he said he managed to keep the plank still while cutting it... a piece of ply fixed to the base of the cc and another set at the distance required for the strip ie: 1/4in 1/2in etc... works well... just cant work out how to keep the sodding length of timber still without clamps! and the damned clamps keep getting in the flamin way of the jig... I was cutting them on the table saw and probably will make a simple jig for that like I had a few years back (just a block screwed to a slider that went into the left hand side runway the smaller block on top has a screw and you just slide the whole thing to the blade (ahem turned off of course!) and match it to it then screw it back till you have your thickness then slide it back 3in or so toward the operators end of the t/s and screw tight... move your plank to the fence move fence with plank to the screw and cut continue until all done... worked okay I just want something a bit better.

Oh and I have also done away with the cowling and pawls on my t/s Paul... so Im not about to say anything about safety!... mind you Im presently trying to work a way of cutting the riving knife off the unit and reinstalling it behind the blade... just to stop the binding Ive always found the pawls to be a) too flimsy to be any good b) move out too far to hold 1/4in strips and tend to bind them to the riving knife... so Ive taken the thing off.

Okay... looking at the pics of that taper jig thingy... I can now see where I went wrong :o If Im seeing this right where I went wrong was I was keeping it stationary at the infeed side of the table and trying to send the leg through without the jig supporting it on its journey? duhhh... okay back to the drawing board for me! so why dont people give you instructions when they show jigs eh? EH?? people like me are left to guess!! not a good thing that one... it may seem simple and bloody obvious but for some of us were visual types and need to see how the things work

Anyway!! That looks a fine way of boring the dowel holes Jim! I always seem to JUST miss the exact spot and so theyre always JUST a tad too tight :rolleyes: aahh another shopping trip!! WHAHOO!! :cool:

[Paul Girouard]

Dingo of all the jigs the tapering one is the scaryist , by far . Lots to keep track of as you feed the stock thru. Adding once couple of sides are tapered it becomes more , ah , challenging to track , hold , etc.

I've found no other way to get accurate tapers , so slow and easy , sharp minded , middle of the day work , if ya get my drift.

Not last minute !, I'll just do one more thing after 8 hours of "other stuff" ! gotta get er done today !! Type work .

Can ya say DINGO in the makin ?? I think ya can :D

And about fence's that's why I like the biesmeyer fence , very user friendly for jigging off of , and accurate simple set up etc .

One shop I worked at had a Uni fence , POS , IMO , I liked the old "jet lock " fence better. But to each thier own eh:)

[mizzenman]

Here is my "shop"
The black ting is to deflekt rain from the bow, which portrudes half a meter outside the flooring:D

http://pic30.picturetrail.com/VOL1492/8413327/16767617/258699474.jpg

From the inside:

http://pic30.picturetrail.com/VOL1492/8413327/16767617/258699463.jpg

[S/V Laura Ellen]

There is a show on TV now called "Canada Worst Handyman". The premise of the show is that each of the people nominated by a "friend" as the worst handyman had to build one eco-shed.

The show covers some of the tasks that they butchered during the building process. None of these people should be allowed to touch a tool of any kind (not even a hammer). They were so bad it was painful to watch the show.

http://www.discoverychannel.ca/content/?pid=331

[Bill Perkins]

Now , the Classic Shed only slopes in one direction . Nice table saws and jigs though .

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid203/pbaf0fe33033937660ff7424458fb9a65/ef8d9147.jpg

[Paul Girouard]

It amaze me what some of you folks work in:eek: I got it good from what I see:cool:

Show me some real determine folks out there:cool: Good on ya !

[Wild Dingo]

So I got an email this morning sometime from Robbie up there whos shed I shall now share with one and all :cool:

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid225/pffdb4e3e6407654736896080813e43f4/e919e677.jpg

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid225/p3c470b716eed982c25f7eb3e3697002f/e919e77c.jpg

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You know the one thing this thread is bringing home to me each time I open it up? That I have it soooooo good I will never groan about the lack of space again!! I mean sharing with the missus car is one thing sharing with the bikes I can accept but sharing with the washing??? Good greif!! :D

No offence meant Robbie... its just that my missus wouldnt be game to stick the washing anywhere near my woodworking area let alone hang it over it... She KNOWS me!! I see that sorta encroachment and Id have to slip and splash those new rags for my use with terps or kero or SOMETHING!!! :eek: I wouldnt be able to resist ;)

I admire yous blokes building boats in such sheds... your friggin legends! :cool: Me I HAVE to have it just right... nothing else will do... and so far Im nearly there but not quite so I still stutter around doing smaller boat things rather than the large stuff... cause I just dont have the room!!.. okay thats not quite right is it? okay lets try this then... cause none of my machines are on wheels! YEAH!! :cool: that'll do ;)

[WindHawk]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v290/WindHawk/mystery.jpg

[Jim Ledger]

Here's the boat shed a few years ago, before I launced the boat. Nowadays seeing duty as firewood and garden implement storage and as a general staging area for various household projects.
http://i104.photobucket.com/albums/m193/searover1916/P1010042-1.jpg

[WX]

mizzenman, that's some stack of firewood you have there.

[Wild Dingo]

Hey Jim no doubt youve told me sometime awhile back but what breed is she?

Surely your not saying that is your shed Bill???? STREWTH!!! truely what some of yous fellas will use as a shed is absolutely flamin amazin!! SERIOUSLY!!

Paul... I couldnt for the life of me get the beisemeyer fence to line up straight or stay that way the outfeed end would always tend to drift toward the blade no matter what I did... so safety bein the better part of valor and having a choice with the Incra to hand I took the incra... but I still retain the other one... Im still having a few slight issues with the incra in regard to attaching jigs but for acuracy? you just cant beat the thing dead smack on EVERY TIME!! (an purty ;) ) I havent worked out all the measurein stuff yet and so far only work of the main central one but I know theyre there for a reason and one day I will figure it out!!... Id have a go at tryin to figure it but gotta do some work on the big bitche tomorrow so thats gonna have to wait for another day :cool:

Cheers and keep them coming!! Excellent stuff mates!

**Big Bitche = 15in thicknesser the bane of my machine life :rolleyes:

[chuckm]

Actually the tent-shed workshop has it's merits. Especially in hot summer months. It's open and you can move long boards and material around. Just turn on the power blower and blow away. I'm a fan of the open air.http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid225/p242bd916376e38d70b22f184390c17b5/ea17b469.jpg

[Bill Perkins]

Shane ; that was a setup I made on a rare free spot in the city of Atlanta .It was good from Spring to early December one year . I could stash my table top saw in that plywood bench thing ,and used my Bosh jigsaw for curves .The building of the hull happened in a real building equiped with the tablesaw and a bandsaw .The cabin I worked out under the tarp.The final painting happened inside Margos' mega shed , which was a huge upgrade ! She may have us all whupped as far as size of shed goes .
http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid223/pf546a857dafc0a788e13c515693d36d8/eace460d.jpg

[Paul Fitzgerald]

Is that a Pete Culler boat Bill?

[Bill Perkins]

Yeah ,he drew a nice sheerline which you may recognize ,and liked to run his stems a bit long ,with lots of wood forward of the rabbet . Maybe you recognizing that as well ?

[Paul Fitzgerald]

So is that the 24 footer with your design cabin, or did he design the cabin as well?
It looks like he would have deigned it, but I havn't seen that one.
Sweet boat, how much power are you using?

Sorry about the hijack Dingo

[Wild Dingo]

Sorry about the hijack Dingo

Theres a hijack Paul???? :eek: I dont see one!! Yarn away mates... thats the beauty of a shed thread we get curious about other peoples doins in the shed and thats how yer learn more stuff :cool: like the wopperdoozy sander thingy... I mean how many yobs have one of them in their shed eh? buggar all Id say but look theres one!! AMAZING!!:cool:

Its all good.

[Bill Perkins]

Oh Well ,there's often a bit of thread drift by page 3 .I'll just say a 115 hp 4stroke pushes her at 31 knots with just me on board ,in smooth water . More typically I'm going a bit slower with passengers and gear aboard . It's the 24 footer .The cabin design is mine , though of course I looked at his cabin on the 30 footer as well as allot of other boats .Send me a PM if you want to yak about the design ,which I like of course .

[Bob Adams]

I've got to dig up my old shop pictures. Katherine's gonna love them. It was the end of the line of the Owens Yacht Company plant. 10,500sq ft clear span, 4,000 sq ft covered in water, 20 ton overhead trolley cranes to haul and launch. Damn I miss it.

[Robbie 2]

You know the one thing this thread is bringing home to me each time I open it up? That I have it soooooo good I will never groan about the lack of space again!! I mean sharing with the missus car is one thing sharing with the bikes I can accept but sharing with the washing??? Good greif!! :D

No offence meant Robbie... its just that my missus wouldnt be game to stick the washing anywhere near my woodworking area let alone hang it over it... She KNOWS me!! I see that sorta encroachment and Id have to slip and splash those new rags for my use with terps or kero or SOMETHING!!! :eek: I wouldnt be able to resist ;)

I admire yous blokes building boats in such sheds... your friggin legends! :cool: Me I HAVE to have it just right... nothing else will do... and so far Im nearly there but not quite so I still stutter around doing smaller boat things rather than the large stuff... cause I just dont have the room!!.. okay thats not quite right is it? okay lets try this then... cause none of my machines are on wheels! YEAH!! :cool: that'll do ;)[/quote]

No offence taken Dingo...I actually started this project outside and behind the shed under a proper temporary cover but 3 storms in 4 months that destroyed/wrecked it before I even began the on the boat proper convinced me that it was better to move inside.There are space issues at times but nothing that can't be worked around
regards
Robbie:D
PS...Robbie and Robbie2 are one and the same...My son Daniel ran a computer clean program and wiped me off the map if you know what I mean. I had to reregister on this forum and that set my post clock back from 180 to a big fat 0.:mad:

[J. Dillon]

Boy O Boy, Thats some pretty good work shops above .

Years ago there was on American TV a show where the craftsman made great looking stuff with the most ordinary tools not one powered.:D It was in direct contrast to all the elaborate giant shop that "Norm " had with every possible power tool made On This Old House show.:eek:

I was wondering if any one here produced a boat with out any power at all, just using hand tools ?;)

JD

[John B]

I have shed envy.
I have a miserable little 1 car garage at home I can do a small job in. And I have boat corner in the workshop at work, but its filled with palletts of stuff and stock and...:mad: junk.

[Brian Palmer]

Boy O Boy, Thats some pretty good work shops above .

Years ago there was on American TV a show where the craftsman made great looking stuff with the most ordinary tools not one powered.:D It was in direct contrast to all the elaborate giant shop that "Norm " had with every possible power tool made On This Old House show.:eek:

I was wondering if any one here produced a boat with out any power at all, just using hand tools ?;)

JD

I think you mean the "Woodrights Shop" with Roy Underhill. A friend said that one week on TV, he saw both Roy and Norm produce Adirondack chairs, one with hand tools, one with power. Sort of ironic.

I saw Roy Underhill in a Burger King once in Durham, NC. Seemed a little out of place after watching him on TV in an 18th century woodshop setting.

--Brian

[andrewdarius]

I had followed this thread, but thought my shed too unspectacular to show... until the local fellows made a modification to it. Now I can't help but smile every time I see it. It is just a simple bow-roof style shed. It is set up about an hour from where I live. Some may think that's too far away, but there are a number of metal and wood shops on the compound and I only pay $50 a month. The locals apparently couldn't help but consider it some sort of Gothic place of worship. I came to the shed one Saturday to find this...

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid225/p3201a43407405b2afa25082aba39b223/e88d3446.jpg

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid225/p72c250f103db3045a57d0f7d30dd845d/e88d1b49.jpg

I'm Andrew Slavinskas and the boat under restoration is Auk. They certainly have a sense of humor around here.

[outofthenorm]

That's hilarious Andrew. Made my day. We will now bow our heads and pray.:):) - Norm

[Andrew]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v290/WindHawk/mystery.jpg


Ghost Boat.:)

[CarlT]

HAHAHAHAHAH Thats just to funny Andrew!

So the follow up question is; Whats in the shed?

[Mrleft8]

Too damn clean if ya ask me.....

[andrewdarius]

Hi CarlT, that is a Crowninshield Dark Harbor 17-1/2. Thanks for asking.

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid225/pa34e1dc63a9005ab4f068e8171cc2d38/e88d3327.jpg

[andrewdarius]

Oops, maybe you meant the other Andrew...

[CK 17]

Sorry for the links. I can't seem to post using the same procedure I've used previously.

This shed held up well to winter new england storms and several inches of storms. I cost about a $1000 to prep the site and build the shed. I used 8 mil uv resistant shrink wrap. It is streched tight over the frame--no shrinking. It would get drum tight in the cold and sag a bit in the heat.

It's 14 by 30 feet. 12 feet high. all the framing are 1 by 2 strapping. the ends are 2 by 4s

The plans are avaliable from stimson marine.



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[Stiletto]

Hey Larry, you win top marks for self awareness.;):D

I'm too embarrassed to show pix of my shed.

[WX]

My shed is fairly new, looks old...and I've filled it already. I'm slowly, very slowly roofing over the boat parked alongside, so that will double the space.

[gert]

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