Show us you shed mate!

[In Wood]

OK, who's up for a group trip over to Harmony's place!

for the equipment and space of course......
OK we will help him get rid of his excess stock of cold ones

 

[Singeblister]

good idea , and if you put a tarp over the front you could have a sauna as well
I will have to come up and see you some time your not far from me and I go past,ish you when i go to millers dale

 

[Ozhaggishead]

Sorry guys!!!!!!!going to bore you with more shed photos I took today..........
Wee one and front door to shed.

Then the back of door.

Tools on the workbeach.

 

[DoctorSpoon]

Your little'un has such a happy little face haggis

I will have to come up and see you some time your not far from me and I go past,ish you when i go to millers dale

Is that Craft Supplies you mean John? If so they've moved to Bradwell which is even closer to us. Do stop by for a brew!

 

[Grooveski]

Thank you sir! It was a kit, but we did a bit of extra work on it. My daughter did a lot of the sanding and picked out the design for the sound holes.

Managed a couple of weeks of self restraint....
....then gave in and ordered one. A black walnut kit from folkcraft.
Didn't know folk sold them in kit form, thanks for the pointer. Quite looking forward to making it up.

 

[weaver]

Hope you enjoy it and get good results.

We went to a store and picked out the kit so we could see the wood included. Some were not as nice as others.

 

[Grooveski]

That crossed my mind, even the photos on the web site showed a fair variation in grain.

Before ordering I spoke to a pal of my dads who's an instrument maker(luthier?). He's offered to help out if I want to borrow clamps, use the hotbox, etc, and said if I didn't like the soundboard that came with it(or messed up cutting the holes) he'd sort me out with another one.
Funnily enough he used to make dulcimers but they were exotica - a bit outside my price range. My dad has one and it's a gem. If you take a peek at his guitars and mandolins you'll get the idea.

 

[cybertrix]

I'm so poor I can't afford a shed.

I do all my knives in my cellar.

This is my main work area.

My drill and a sander that has about had it.

The old coal shute makes a great heat treat area.

I do all my hammering and stamping on this. As soon as I have the time I plan to hire a still saw and cut the piece of rail in two. That will get me a small peening post and a bench anvil.

It's a bit dark and gloomy and very, well, cellary I suppose.

 

[Harmony]

Cybertrix,

I like your cellar shop. Seems like a good atmosphere to make knives.

I would never get by with striking an anvil in my cellar, that's why my shop is so far from the house.

Harmony

 

[Ozhaggishead]

I love to have one of those railway track anvils.Looks like a nice wee space to work in cybertrix.

 

[Lowlander]

I've got two sheds; OH has a bit of one other one...........

One of mine is a proper shed - got stores, beekeeping equipment, potting stuff and tools in. My other shed - summerhouse-type one - is full of weaving looms, a sewing machine and fleeces. Until this afternoon, when we have to womanhandle a piano in there too............
I'll post pics up when they're nice and tidy - how girlie is that?

 

[Harmony]

Lowlander,

Show us your shed as it would be if we just dropped by for a visit.

We all work in a mess most of the time

Harmony

 

[demographic]

My carpentry tools live in the massive toolsafe of my van so the sheds more bike related than outdoorsy...

Toolchest with new spangly but as yet not bolted down vise on the nice bit of Wenge worktop made from a kitchen sink cutout...

 

[Tadpole]

To all those who fell shed envy, remember we all have to start somewhere. My shed is

a bench seat in the spare/guest/computer/box room. my garden is 13x16 (that's feet) and already has a tool store/bike store. If i put anything else in it, it would be all shed space and no garden.

 

[Grey Owl]

Your 'shed' may be small, but it looks far more organized than most of the examples and certainly than my own. Sometimes necessity forces us to a higher standard.

Well done!

 

[Arth]

Everyones workshops look nice a tidy, I'll think i will pop off and give mine a little clean up.

 

[DoctorSpoon]

Tidying your shed is a well known work avoidance strategy. You know the situation, you've several things you should be doing, they're all going to avoid fiddling around, faffing on etc etc, maybe I'd just better tidy my shed first. If that fails, popping to the shop to buy some tool you've been needing / meaning to buy for ages is another good one

 

[weaver]

Then there are those of us who are knee deep in sawdust and shavings and really must tidy up before anything can get done. :sadwavey:

 

[shep]

After a house move and busy job which has seen my summer pass by in a flash, I've finally got my new inner sanctum sorted. It's got a place for big jobs, like wood and metal work...

a place for small jobs in leather and general tinkering...

a bench with a view...

and a place for big beats...

Don't sheds look nicer in sepia.

 

[Harmony]

Now that is what I need in my shed, a drum set,
should cut back on my cussing.

Harmony