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A SPACE

TO WORK

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hen you think ‘wood shop,’ you normally think of a fairly big space with

lots of tools on the walls, machines on the floor, and wood everywhere.

This is just one type of shop but it’s the one we see all the time in books and

magazines. My shop used to look like that until I started to go the Minimalist route.

There are plenty of us out there who don’t install the table saw first and then

try to cram everything else in around it, especially when space is a premium.

What if I suggested starting with enough space for a 20" x 60" workbench and

some hand tools? Would you have enough room then? My first shop space was

40 square feet located under the basement stairs. I wasn’t able to stand erect in

the first third of the shop but I had a pegboard wall and tool storage under the

bench. I wasn’t making large things but I was making something. Now when I

look at my 170 square foot shop, in comparison, I feel like I have tons of space.

So what am I trying to say here? You don’t need a big space to make things

out of wood. The truth is you can woodwork almost anywhere. Whether that is a

basement, garage, pantry, or spare room, embrace the space you have and work

within it. You may have only a stout kitchen table and an understanding spouse.

That will work fine. The point is that a lack of square footage should not stop

you from woodworking. There are always two things a woodworker wants: more

clamps and more space. However, if all you’ve got is 100 square feet, use it.

We’ll talk about tools in more depth and why I chose what I did in the next

chapter. For now, let’s take a look at a few different minimalist shop layouts. If your

space doesn’t match one of these, you can likely draw from these ideas to create

your own home workshop.