A shop is always too small no matter how large you build it, usually by 
a factor of 15% or more. If you plan on making a 20 foot long canoe your 
shop will be too small. If you are going out there to escape the house 
and de-rust tools it should be fine. 8 x 12 is pretty small, especially 
if you have guests over. It is also a lot better than what you have now.
Mike

On 03/09/2011 11:12 AM, Tom Dugan wrote:
> > OK, not that I'm in danger of actually completing any projects, but I'd like
 to hear some opinions about something I'm contemplating.
>
> > Right now both of my "shops" are in unheated, un-airconditioned spaces, leav
ing me little time to work in comfort. I'm kicking around the idea of sealing an
d insulating an 8X12 shed that can be heated and cooled with little trouble.
>
> > Is 8X12 going to be big enough? Obviously, wood storage and large power tool
s won't live there.
>
> -T
> PS - Fitted out, the interior would be more like 7X11.
>
>
>> Date: Wed, 9 Mar 2011 10:59:19 -0600
>> From: w.taggart@v...
>> To: eppler.kirk@g...
>> Subject: Re: Re: Re: [OldTools] Drove a Nail (bio update)
>> CC: oldtools@r...
>>
>>
>>
>> On Mar 9, 2011, Kirk Eppler  wrote:
>>
>> :: Foul
>> ::
>> ::
>> :: Foul
>> ::
>> ::
>> :: This whole project process is rigged.  It requires completing stuff.
>>
>>
>> >> Indeed.  If we count projects BEGUN or "in process", I should be a strong 
contender.
>>
>> 384 sq. ft. shop space (16 x 24), way too many projects "in process."
>>
>> >> And I note that the original challenge did not state that they had to be w
oodworking projects, or any type of project in particular - just "projects."
>>
>> >> I currently have a 4-cylinder sailboat engine spread all over my supposed 
woodworking shop, in hundreds of pieces.  The reassembly will begin soon, hopefu
lly.
>>
>> - Bill T.
>> >> - Who also gained a little more potential space last night in the garage, 
with the sale of the spare car.  Wifey already has cautioned against filling up 
said space, however.  I did go out there last night and put the legs on my forge
 (which until that time had been disassembled and buried behind a pile of plywoo
d) and stood it in the middle of the empty space, just to get a feel for where i
t might reside.  As one might imagine, wifey is thrilled at the thought of a coa
l forge operating in the garage, which still houses her car.
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