Stuart Ablett
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jay, unless you have intentions of doing woodworking for profit i`d advise against renting shop space.....now if you have the fincial wherewithall to buy a building to use as a shop that`s a whole `nuther animal....real estate even in todays climate is a good investment. there`s more than one way to "make do" with your current space, it`ll just take some thought and effort.....the ol` "where there`s a will, there`s a way"...
Even if the way (for me) is underground, or like Ralph.....
8'x6' is enough
I'd not want to rent a place, put a bunch of time into setting it up just right and then, for a multitude of reasons, trip, sickness, family trouble, have to be away from it for an extended period, getting no use, and paying the rent, so you have to move out and then you have wasted all that time you spent setting it up...
Maybe you could scale things back to fit into your space better, if you can find a shop that will charge you a fee to say plane lumber to your sizes, you could do away with jointers and planers, and or a Festool set up (just thinking out loud) Multi Function Table, you could do away with your tablesaw......?
Dunno, but I'd be loathe to rent space.
Cheers!