Bill Satko
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As some know, I moved from the westside of Cascade Mountains in Washington state to the eastside. We love where we are as it a very beautiful part of the state nestled against the Cascade mountains. The only downside there is no garage or shop area. We were not too concerned when we bought it, as we intended to build a combination garage/shop.
Due to the crazy demand for new construction along with the limited workers and price of materials our plans for building a garage/shop have been put on hold. So, I am punting and planning to use a 10’ x 10’ spare room and part of the 14’ x 18’ daylight mechanical room to get back to some woodworking. My wife does pottery and she has another 10’ x 10’ spare room. The large pocket door shown in the pictures below separates the two spare rooms. She has already staked out part of the now coveted mechanical room for her pottery wheel and clay storage. As for the mechanical room, it already houses the well pressure tank, an electric hot water tank, oil fired combination domestic water and heat boiler (we have hot water radiators) and a 275-gallon oil tank.
I had sold all my machinery and what tools I kept are mostly in a storage unit in the nearest town about 8 miles away. All except my good hand tools, as I managed to use this spare bedroom to store the tool box. But what I was without was my workbench. Doing hand work without a bench is very difficult, so I have not have been doing much. It was a huge task just to unload the workbench from the U-Haul into the storage unit. This was all during Covid and we moved ourselves. I knew that it would take more muscle to get it in my pickup and then into the house, so it has been sitting there for almost 18 months. Finally, my brother came to visit this past week and we barely managed to get it in the house. The thing is a beast, great for working on but not for moving around.
This room is going to need some work such, as wall cabinets for storage to really make it functional. I have no table saw, bandsaw, jointer or thickness planer. I do have a track saw and a router, but limited room to use them. This thread will be about setting up my temporary shop and it will be sporadic as I am also remodeling the house and that takes precedent. But I look forward to this coming winter, with snow outside my window, while I work away making some shavings in comfort.
Due to the crazy demand for new construction along with the limited workers and price of materials our plans for building a garage/shop have been put on hold. So, I am punting and planning to use a 10’ x 10’ spare room and part of the 14’ x 18’ daylight mechanical room to get back to some woodworking. My wife does pottery and she has another 10’ x 10’ spare room. The large pocket door shown in the pictures below separates the two spare rooms. She has already staked out part of the now coveted mechanical room for her pottery wheel and clay storage. As for the mechanical room, it already houses the well pressure tank, an electric hot water tank, oil fired combination domestic water and heat boiler (we have hot water radiators) and a 275-gallon oil tank.
I had sold all my machinery and what tools I kept are mostly in a storage unit in the nearest town about 8 miles away. All except my good hand tools, as I managed to use this spare bedroom to store the tool box. But what I was without was my workbench. Doing hand work without a bench is very difficult, so I have not have been doing much. It was a huge task just to unload the workbench from the U-Haul into the storage unit. This was all during Covid and we moved ourselves. I knew that it would take more muscle to get it in my pickup and then into the house, so it has been sitting there for almost 18 months. Finally, my brother came to visit this past week and we barely managed to get it in the house. The thing is a beast, great for working on but not for moving around.
This room is going to need some work such, as wall cabinets for storage to really make it functional. I have no table saw, bandsaw, jointer or thickness planer. I do have a track saw and a router, but limited room to use them. This thread will be about setting up my temporary shop and it will be sporadic as I am also remodeling the house and that takes precedent. But I look forward to this coming winter, with snow outside my window, while I work away making some shavings in comfort.
