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The Never
Ending Search For Space
Wednesday, August 12th, 2009
As it pertains to woodworking
and tools, I'd like to modify the verbiage of an old
saying: "My shop is like trying to stuff ten tons of
tools in a five ton space". OK, so I'm sure you all
know the real saying, but suffice it to say when
trying to run a fully equipped shop in a 20' x 22'
garage, space is always at a premium. I am always
looking for new places to store or display my stuff.
Every has stuff (conjures up thoughts of the late
great George Carlin skit).
Everyone always thinks of the
floor and tend to forget the valuable storage spaces
on the walls and near the ceiling. So when I needed
a place to display my old Stanley hand places, a few
antique oil cans from my grandfather (very
sentimental items) and other infrequently used
items, I simply looked up. I decided to build a
shelf that would be supported by rails screwed to
the main carrying beam in the garage ceiling. After
building the shelf and brushing on a couple coats of
paint I eagerly got my old planes, oil cans, screw
jacks (my father had machined in shop when he was
younger; more sentimental items), a manual handsaw
tooth setting punch and some dial gauges and set
them up for display (Figures 1-5 below).
Figure
1
Figure 2
Figure 3
Figure
4
Figure 5
Another often forgotten
storage location in a garage is above the garage
door. Although constrained by height, this space is
excellent for book, magazine and reference manual
storage and also infrequently used items such as my
drop cloth, extra paper towels, and specialty
automotive tools (Figures 6 & 7).
Figure
6
Figure 7
And the most prized possession
in my shop is the wonderful present that my daughter
gave me when she was a little girl (Figure 8). Now a
sophomore in college, she forever remains Daddy's
Little Girl...
Figure
8
If you have any
questions or comments about this blog entry please
do not hesitate to
send me an e-mail. Thanks and be
safe when working with tools!!!
Burgie
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Robert Burgoyne, also known as "Burgie",
has been doing woodworking for nearly 30
years. He started learning at an early
age in his grandfather's garage and
continued while working with his father
in construction. The hobby has now
become a business with Creative
Landscape Accents. Burgie builds
high quality woodworking projects for
the outdoors and also enjoys making
decorative accent pieces for inside the
house. While not working in his shop
doing woodworking Burgie enjoys
computers, restoring his old
1964
Chevy C60 2-ton dump truck and
riding his Harley-Davidson Road King
throughout beautiful Colorado.
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