Ideal workshop size?

[sclittlefield]

Here is a really fine workbench that I built and use a bunch. Stows well and holds stuff as well.
Maybe this would be something that would work.
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Yeah, but you'll need to grow a mustache to do that one.

[UCMWINGS]

WV, if I were building a dedicated gear shop and wanted to hang hammocks, what better way than between two trees. Log cabins use trunks for supports inside and out and if you don't have access to cut your own I'm sure there is a log cabin builder in your area that could find you a couple.

[Shug]

Yeah, but you'll need to grow a mustache to do that one.

Haaaaaa..... As a red-head, my mustache just looks piddely!

[BrianWillan]

Doesn't anyone just use a plain old 50' X 100' steel outbuilding anymore?
That leaves e enough room for a workbench, gear, turkey bowling, skating rink and an indoor drive-in theater... just in case..

50'x100' is the size of most housing lots in suburbia where you are packed in like sardines. I am also a woodworker and would consider getting baltic birch plywood which comes in 5'x5' and 5'x10' sizes.

Actually I would go with the size that will work for about 90% of your projects and then have add on extensions attached in any number of ways which will be used for the remaining 10% of your needs.

Cheers

Brian

[wisenber]

50'x100' is the size of most housing lots in suburbia where you are packed in like sardines. I am also a woodworker and would consider getting baltic birch plywood which comes in 5'x5' and 5'x10' sizes.

Actually I would go with the size that will work for about 90% of your projects and then have add on extensions attached in any number of ways which will be used for the remaining 10% of your needs.

Cheers

Brian

Always go with an area zoned "agricultural". That way you're neighbors don't get to vote on what you can and cannot build.

[wisenber]

Once again, many thanks to all. I can't believe how many great ideas have come forth. I had sort of thought a foldout table could be used for layout and cutting, but now the idea is getting refined to include infeed and outfeed surfaces for sewing, better storage, more room to move around, and lots more. (Let's see ... do I want a roof with that?) We all have similar needs, don't we? I could single out people to thank, but every single post has been valuable, even friends Wisenber and Gargoyle who help keep things in perspective.

50'X100' is also a good "starter" size for your wind tunnel. It's important to know the precise windspeed that your tar can withstand. You can work your way up to determining drag coefficients later.

[WV]

50'X100' is also a good "starter" size for your wind tunnel. It's important to know the precise windspeed that your tarp can withstand. You can work your way up to determining drag coefficients later.

No need for wind tunnel tests, Walter. I did my thread injector apprenticeship with 25 years of building kites, some larger than my tarps. Building tarps strong enough to fly is just second nature.

By the way, kite builders are all gram-weenies.

[patermagnus]

Don't forget to think about heating and cooling. You are in WV, so you will likely need both. Depending on your construction, it may be too cold to use in the winter and too hot in the summer...that will really restrict your time in the shop. Not to mention rust forming on your tools. Heat may mean portable heaters and cooling may mean just a window fan...but would think this over carefully.

Being of the woodworking vein, I'd go as big as the budget would allow. In a dream world would also have a sink and a toilet so I didn't have to leave for nature's call.

[WV]

Don't forget to think about heating and cooling. You are in WV, so you will likely need both. Depending on your construction, it may be too cold to use in the winter and too hot in the summer...that will really restrict your time in the shop. Not to mention rust forming on your tools. Heat may mean portable heaters and cooling may mean just a window fan...but would think this over carefully.

Being of the woodworking vein, I'd go as big as the budget would allow. In a dream world would also have a sink and a toilet so I didn't have to leave for nature's call.

Thanks, Patermagnus. Should have put rustic hvac on the list. Will have a sink. In WV when nature calls, we step outside.

[Shug]

Thanks, Patermagnus. Should have put rustic hvac on the list. Will have a sink. In WV when nature calls, we step outside.

Same here ...... go mark the wood-pile!!!!!
Shug