The canoes already get built in the garage. The shed would be for
joinery=2C mostly.

-T

> Date: Wed=2C 9 Mar 2011 11:24:08 -0600 From: mike@g... To:
> oldtools@r... Subject: Re: [OldTools] Drove a Nail (bio update)
>> A shop is always too small no matter how large you build it=2C
>> 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=2C 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=2C Tom Dugan wrote:
> > OK=2C not that I'm in danger of actually completing any projects=2C
> > but I'd like to hear some opinions about something I'm
> > contemplating.
> >
> > Right now both of my "shops" are in unheated=2C un-airconditioned
> > spaces=2C leaving me little time to work in comfort. I'm kicking
> > around the idea of sealing and insulating an 8X12 shed that can be
> > heated and cooled with little trouble.
> >
> > Is 8X12 going to be big enough? Obviously=2C wood storage and large
> > power tools won't live there.
> >
> > -T
> > PS - Fitted out=2C the interior would be more like 7X11.
> >
> >
> >> Date: Wed=2C 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=2C 2011=2C Kirk Eppler wrote:
> >>
> >> :: Foul
> >> ::
> >> ::
> >> :: Foul
> >> ::
> >> ::
> >> :: This whole project process is rigged. It requires completing
> >> :: stuff.
> >>
> >>
> >> Indeed. If we count projects BEGUN or "in process"=2C I should be a
> >> strong contender.
> >>
> >> 384 sq. ft. shop space (16 x 24)=2C way too many projects "in
> >> process."
> >>
> >> And I note that the original challenge did not state that they had
> >> to be woodworking projects=2C or any type of project in particular
> >> - just "projects."
> >>
> >> I currently have a 4-cylinder sailboat engine spread all over my
> >> supposed woodworking shop=2C in hundreds of pieces. The reassembly
> >> will begin soon=2C hopefully.
> >>
> >> - Bill T.
> >> - Who also gained a little more potential space last night in the
> >>   garage=2C with the sale of the spare car. Wifey already has
> >>   cautioned against filling up said space=2C 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 plywood)
> >>   and stood it in the middle of the empty space=2C just to get a
> >>   feel for where it might reside. As one might imagine=2C wifey is
> >>   thrilled at the thought of a coal forge operating in the
> >>   garage=2C which still houses her car.
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