I won’t spend a lot of time on this phase of my shop’s evolution.  I’ll just use it as a point of reference because I really want to get on to shop improvements and reorganization that will optimize the space available for my small shop.

Between Phase I and Phase II, I replaced my original Ryobi Portable TS with a Delta Contractors TS and T2 fence, added a Grizzly Belt/Disk Sander, built a cabinet to set my BT drill press on, a bench top carving bench to use in my summer Wood Carving for Furniture class and a couple of other jigs.  This really made the shop cramped.

A couple of years ago, when our kids were too old to want to go camping with us anymore, we were able to sell the tent trailer that was taking up half of the garage space.  This allowed me to expand my shop area to about 10’x20’.  At first, it seemed roomy enough.  In fact, there was enough room for me to start building a double-sink vanity for our master bathroom as a project for an Intro to Face Frame Cabinet Making class at Cerritos College.  That vanity is now taking up most of what had been free space.

Below are a few pictures of the shop at that stage.  Due to health issues, the shop has remained unchanged until recently.  But, that’s a subject for many posts to come.

Here are two photos taken of my allotted shop space at the beginning of the vanity build.

Here's the same shop toward the end of building the vanity.  Kind of like an elephant in the shop.

If anyone has any suggestions or ideas for maximizing small shops, I’m anxious to hear them.

Have a great and creative day,

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