A soggy Hello from Seattle Washington

[magaoitin]

I finally got my little lathe setup after 5 years of collecting dust while I built out my woodshop and got distracted by an endless list of DIY projects. It will probably be another 5 years before I am finished moving stuff around, if ever and get settled.

The pen bug got me again this month when I uncovered the boxes (and boxes...and boxes) of pen kits and blanks I had stored away.

It was really satisfying to turn a pen again. This is one of those great hobbies that you can put down for a while and come back to without having to worry about deadlines or massive projects/builds that take months. An hour at the lathe creating something, and suddenly no need to check in with the therapist this week calm is restored.

I look forward to the endless reading of all your adventures for inspiration of my own.

 

[d_bondi]

Welcome from Utah.
I realize that pictures can be deceiving for space, but that looks like quite a nice shop you have.

 

[Woodchipper]

Welcome! Addictive, isn't it?
Read a Seattle joke: What do they call three consecutive days of sunshine in Seattle? Answer: Summer!
Wife's late uncle lived in Everette. Loved it.

 

[ccccchunt]

Hello from across the water in Silverdale!

 

[Hippie3180]

Nice shop, and yes..such a satisfying hobby.

 

[magaoitin]

Welcome from Utah.
I realize that pictures can be deceiving for space, but that looks like quite a nice shop you have.

Thanks! I got pretty lucky with finding this piece of property. The shop was definitely the selling point (in retrospect the house should have bene torn down and I should have started over). It's a little under 30'x30' with 13' eves and a 10'x30' mezzanine. Was just an empty pole building without power or lights and I spent the first couple years building it out.

I think I have more pictures of my shop buildout than my father ever took of me growing up.

 

[d_bondi]

Thanks! I got pretty lucky with finding this piece of property. The shop was definitely the selling point (in retrospect the house should have bene torn down and I should have started over). It's a little under 30'x30' with 13' eves and a 10'x30' mezzanine. Was just an empty pole building without power or lights and I spent the first couple years building it out.

I think I have more pictures of my shop buildout than my father ever took of me growing up.

Impressive, you have come a long way since you started. Nice work. And the Mezanine... BONUS!! Thanks for sharing the pictures.

 

[Alan Morrison]

Welcome to the forum, Jeff.
Nice bit of space, you have.

 

[jrista]

Welcome, Jeff. If you've caught the bug, there probably isn't any better place to be. ;P

Your shop looks amazing. Looks pretty spacious! I'd love to have some space like that. I am constantly rearranging my shop. It keeps improving, but, somehow, I keep finding ways to improve it more. Be it tool access and reach, general layout, suitability for the various tasks I do and the order I do them in, whatever... I'd say its great...but, after a while it kind of gets exhausting! I sometimes wish I could shut that part of my brain up and just turn...

 

[egnald]

Greetings from Nebraska and welcome to the IAP community. - Dave

 

[mark james]

Welcome to IAP.

Seeing your first picture, I was going to respond with a very playful sarcastic comment that you needed a 'larger' dust collection hood. Yours is 'way too large' to be effective. But the later photos from the footprint of your shop - you'll figure it all out and be able to get where you need to be. Enjoy the ride. A random comment - be mindful for dust collection/air filtration/lung protection.

Be well.

 

[Jim15]

Welcome Jeff.

 

[tomtedesco]

Welcome from Colorado.

 

[TDahl]

Welcome from California

 

[Sataro]

Welcome from Texas!

 

[Lew]

Welcome from the hill country of Texas

 

[sorcerertd]

Welcome from NC! Are workshops ever really finished?