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Where Is Your Work Space For Builds

Thought I might start a discussion around what kind of workspace cbg buffs craft their intruments. For those like myself,who rent in a small unit you couldn't swing a cat in,it can be difficult working without trashing the carpet etc.I'm sure some of you folks have work benches etc to make a newb like me salivate. I'll get the ball rollin and say I did my first build in the bathroom mostly, on top of the washing machine. And a coffee table by the T.V. I throw a big plastic sheet on the carpet under it to catch sawdust etc.Needless to say I have trashed the washing machine lid and top of coffee table.And a few old books to cut on. Come on folks.I am sure someone has a story bout makin a cbg in bed. Or in the Loo he he he

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Permalink Reply by Murdoc_420 on July 10, 2016 at 10:01pm

Back of my truck, have clamps that are big enough to clamp to side walls.

Keep my bandsaw inside and have extention cord so I can drop my tailgate and use it there. Since I have to carry it in/out I try and plan a bunch of cuts at once.

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Permalink Reply by Jonno on July 11, 2016 at 2:02pm

very nifty Murdoc. mobile cbg.What about delivery to ya door.

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Permalink Reply by JL on July 11, 2016 at 12:19am

Nothing so entertaining here, I back the cars out of the garage so that I can pull my tools and worktable out to use.

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Permalink Reply by Jonno on July 11, 2016 at 2:03pm

You arent tempted to use the bonnet JL?

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Permalink Reply by JL on July 11, 2016 at 11:56pm

not yet, the garage is big enough and my girlfriend "inspires" me regularly to tidy up and not let the clutter take over.

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Permalink Reply by Jonno on July 11, 2016 at 2:09pm

Great commitment Way.Got me thinkin now.My unit is open planned so I can see myself taking things to the dining table soon. Lol there is only half of it for eatin off now. Other half has been crowded out with hand tools.

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Permalink Reply by Richard Wilkins on July 11, 2016 at 12:19pm

I work mostly out in the carport. In Texas that means working in high humidity and high temperatures. At least i don't have the sun beating down on me! I'm sure the humidity change from indoors to outdoors affects the wood, but unfortunately I can't do this inside. Thinking about looking for a small space to rent. Even if I could just swing a cat around it'd be better than working outside!

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Permalink Reply by Jonno on July 11, 2016 at 2:15pm

Get plenty of heat down this way Richard.I'm around 100 miles north of Sydney.Been a very warm stretch since late August last year. I wasnt building cbg during our summer. Never heard of em back then.Fortunately weather is gettin a bit more winter like the last 3 weeks or.Except yesterday and today a tad warm for this time of year. Got a sweat up rasping and sanding my second build neck. Pweeeeww.

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Permalink Reply by Jonno on July 11, 2016 at 2:17pm

p.s Richard. We got a pop and rock guru down here called Richard Wilkins.

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Permalink Reply by Grandpa on July 11, 2016 at 5:51pm

Like JL, above, I back Mrs. Grandpa's car out of the garage and set up my work table. I also have a concrete area on the side of the garage, where my band saw lives under a mobile cover. I am fortunate to have a drill press and router mounted on wheeled carts, so I can move them from the garage to the side yard when the weather warrants working outside, which in So. Cal. is most of the year. I admire and appreciate the creativity that so many builders use in limited space, with limited tools, to create their gits. As several have mentioned, with a few tools and a small area to use them, magic can happen.

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Permalink Reply by Jonno on July 12, 2016 at 12:38am

southern California where the girls are warmer Grandpa. He he

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Permalink Reply by Grandpa on July 12, 2016 at 3:32am

Yes, Jonno, .but I've been to Bondi Beach, and I lived near Torquay Beach outside of Geelong, Vic. Pretty "warm" girls there, too. But I, too, digress. I also have a pedestal fan cadged from the vacant upstairs bedroom that provides a nice breeze across my work area on warmer days. Sweat and breeze creates a reasonable cooling, especially in the shade. A big help when working in the garage or the side yard. I expect that some of you with in-the-home work spaces might even have a little a/c going. Thankfully, pop-up style (ez up) shelters have gotten pretty cheap to buy, so shade can be had by most. Also a handy hang'-up spot for gits at an outdoor selling event. Whoa.....old man rambing on.