How Small is Your Shop?

[Ned]

...I have read from several sources that the bisquits do swell.  In a cramped shop such as mine, that translates into problems with assembly...

Your shop is so small that swelling biscuits affect it?

"I tell you folks, my shop is small, really small."

[audience in chorus] "How small is it?"

"My shop is so small that when the biscuits swell..."

Ned

 

[HowardH]

"my shop is so small I have to go outside to change my mind..."   

 

[TahoeTwoBears]

My shop on the other hand is as big as the whole outdoors, or at least my little piece of the earth. . The climate control, on the other hand, isn't always my favorite feature. And it get crowded in the warmer months when I have to share space with all kinds of useless items like tables, chairs, and umbrellas. Of course, then it doesn't start the day at 27 degrees.  ;D

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Mike

 

[Loren Hedahl]

Each time I dispose of some heavy iron, my shop gets bigger.

 

[Dan Clark]

My shop (garage) is sooooo small...  ("How small is it?!?")  When I sneeze, it cleans out the dust right nicely!  ;D

Dan.

 

[woodrat]

My shop is so small that I have to look up to look down.

 

[jonny round boy]

My shop doesn't exist 

I had some offcuts of 40mm rubberwood worktop, and decided to make a batch of chopping boards yesterday. My improvised 'shop' consisted of about 12 square feet in the corner of my daughter's bedroom....

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and fromthe other side:

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Do I win???

 

[Dave Ronyak]

Rubberwood?  What is that?

Dave R.

 

[Dave Ronyak]

Maybe we should start a new section labeled Festool Fish Stories, or Festool Stories, Lies and Liars Contest, containing strings of the many tales being told.  Tinker and Llap should get sections of their own.  I really enjoy much of what they write.  I say "much" because I cannot understand some of what Llap writes.

Dave R.

 

[Bob Childress]

I say "much" because I cannot understand some of what Llap writes.

Dave R.

That's because he's Welsh and they have all consonants and no vowels to speak of.  ;D ;D

 

[jonny round boy]

Rubberwood?  What is that?

Dave R.

It's wood, from the rubber tree, actually  ;D

Also known as 'parawood'. Very eco friendly, light in colour, and durable. I like the look of it, and it's quite nice to work with too. More info here.

 

[Dave Ronyak]

So there is no "Vowel Language" from the Welsh?

Dave R.

 

[Tinker]

I have already indicated how small my shop is.  I bought a new truck a few years ago.  It had a real short wheelbase, and thus a short turning radius.  it took me a while to get used to it when i was towing my equipment trailer. 

Why was that?

Well, if i cut'er too short, I would drive right up onto the trailer.  ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D

Tinker

 

[Tinker]

JRB, no you don't win because you showed a picture of your Kapex.  NAINA, so that was a nono.
Tinker

 

[jonny round boy]

JRB, no you don't win because you showed a picture of your Kapex.  NAINA, so that was a nono.
Tinker

Bu99er, so I did! I was hoping you wouldn't notice that... 

 

[Bob Childress]

So there is no "Vowel Language" from the Welsh?

Dave R.

Groan!

 

[Tinker]

About 30 years ago, my father gave me a small bandsaw. a 9" delta-rockwell-milwaukee.  that's old, believe me.  for a few yearrs, i had no room in my shop to set it up.  I won't tell you where until the end of the story.

A few years later, i wanted to build a barn.  since the barn was going to be too close to the lot line, P&Z told me I could not do it without a variance.  So, a month or two later I found myself standing before the Zoning Board of Appeals answering dozens of questions and showing my plans.  I had letters from my neighbors telling all that they did not mind what I wanted to do.

Somebody asked what i wanted to do with the barn once it was built.

"I want to store tools and equipment."

"Why is that?"

Well, for one thing, i would like to do some woodworking and i don't have enough room."

"Do you do woodworking now?"

"Yes."

"Why, then do you need more space?"

"Well, I have a small bandsaw and my wife is getting tired of me storing it under our bed."

I got the variance with no further questions,  after it took a few minutes for everybody to stop laughing.    :

Tinker

 

[carnac55]

mY sHOP iS sO sMALL tHAT wHEN i gET a kEPEX (NAINA) i wILL hAVE tO sNEEZE tO mAKE rOOM fOR iT

 

[Eli]

"I know you want me to build you one. But my shop is too small to build a bed/desk/bookcase/set of kitchen cabinets for you, sweety.

First project has to be tear it down and build a bigger shop."

Never miss a chance to punch an upgrade onto the ticket.

You kill me Tinker.

 

[Dave Ronyak]

I want to encourage Tinker to write a full book - or to just sit with a writer/interviewer (I think we all know one at FOG whose name begins with "M") to drawout and capture many of those warm and wonderfully funny stories!  Please keep them coming, Tinker.  I especially loved your series on art-in-the-family.

Dave R.