Show me your shop

[user 188535]

I am building a tiny home-style workshop because my dad needs the garage to store his tools in the garage because he is a contractor/handyman. will be building a 7x8 shop and I want to see what you guys have to get some inspiration. It will be a lean-to style with a metal roof and that is all I have figured out for now.

 

[spuldup]

You're limiting yourself a bit on space. The bench will take up almost half your floor space. No way to extend the lean-to out a few more feet?

 

[user 188535]

You're limiting yourself a bit on space. The bench will take up almost half your floor space. No way to extend the lean-to out a few more feet?

I am not building it that way anymore.

 

[SS396driver]

I have two work areas . The barn at my moms 30 x44 only thing we didn’t make the roof trusses high enough for the lift . So I can’t stand fully upright and my shop at the rentaland I still need more room

 

[user 188535]

and I still need more room

Really?

 

[sundance]

I am not building it that way anymore.

So, the well thought out plan lasted 30 hours?

 

[user 188535]

So, the well thought out plan lasted 30 hours?

Not necessarily. My mom told me that I am not allowed to build any separate structures. I will be building it on the end of my open air carving shop underneath the "tree house" or, "club" as me and my family call it.

 

[SS396driver]

Really?

Seems no matter how much room you have you fill it up . My little work area in the basement two benches in the corner I try to keep clear but usually I’m on the losing side .

 

[lone wolf]

Really?

You always do!

 

[user 188535]

Seems no matter how much room you have you fill it up . My little work area in the basement two benches in the corner I try to keep clear but usually I’m on the losing side .

Yep.

 

[GenXer]

If your not allowed to build anymore structures, have a look into the smallest sea-can you can find.
Those can be moved.

 

[sean donato]

If his mom doesn't want another structure, I highly doubt she will be willing to let a sea container sit in the back yard.

 

[sean donato]

Good luck kid, I'm in the middle of building a 24x30 shop, and already planning on an addition off the one side, at least another 8 to 10 feet wider. Should have just went 30x32 and been done with it from the get go. Still wouldn't have even enough room.
Best I can say, is don't buy stuff you don't have a real need for, and map out where everything will be going inside the space you're looking to build. I did it on paper a few times, and settled on the 24x30 size, but clearly since I've been putting it up, it's just not enough room for storage and a work space with all the crap I've got.

 

[user 188535]

If your not allowed to build anymore structures, have a look into the smallest sea-can you can find.
Those can be moved.

I changed her mind. I am building it against the treehouse.

 

[user 188535]

Good luck kid, I'm in the middle of building a 24x30 shop, and already planning on an addition off the one side, at least another 8 to 10 feet wider. Should have just went 30x32 and been done with it from the get go. Still wouldn't have even enough room.
Best I can say, is don't buy stuff you don't have a real need for, and map out where everything will be going inside the space you're looking to build. I did it on paper a few times, and settled on the 24x30 size, but clearly since I've been putting it up, it's just not enough room for storage and a work space with all the crap I've got.

Well. That's the other thing. I was gonna build it in the garage and the space was gonna be smaller than a new building.

 

[chipper1]

Well. That's the other thing. I was gonna build it in the garage and the space was gonna be smaller than a new building.

How big are you able to make it now.
No matter what you build you'll want/need more space. That being said, theres a lot you can do with a well organized small place, you'll just need to narrow down what you find most important. Being focused isn't always a bad thing.

 

[northmanlogging]

I am building a tiny home-style workshop because my dad needs the garage to store his tools in the garage because he is a contractor/handyman. will be building a 7x8 shop and I want to see what you guys have to get some inspiration. It will be a lean-to style with a metal roof and that is all I have figured out for now.

this is an image of my shop > < or a tatami mat to keep me out of the mud, or an arkansas creeper.. (cardboard)
I do have a DISservice truck, and the forge shed, which is where most of the saw maintenance goes down.
All that said, my folks have a HUGE shop 60x70? 3 stories tall with a pit and an A frame hoist, was grandpa's and was used for a logging outfit in the 60's
Its not big enough for dads projects (mostly snowmobiles and POS square body bow tie rust buckets)
So take this as it is, YOU CAN NEVER HAVE A BIG ENOUGH SHOP OR BARN, build as big, or bigger then your budget will allow, in 4 years you will not regret it.
As its stands now I own a Bridgeport mill, and a Lathe is pending, but neither has a permanent home, let alone a dry place to work on my fleet of trucks. even my dads shop is likely too small for what I've become in 15 years (besides his ins't for sale, nor would I like to live in that town ever again...)

 

[user 188535]

How big are you able to make it now.
No matter what you build you'll want/need more space. That being said, theres a lot you can do with a well organized small place, you'll just need to narrow down what you find most important. Being focused isn't always a bad thing.

Well. It will be about 6.5x 9.5 with a tin roof I can go pretty far back but I don't have the money to make it any bigger. There will be 2.3 feet between the benches. and 7.5 feet tall at its highest point.

 

[sean donato]

Better then nothing. Still awful smallish. Better make sure you have everything organized real well.

 

[VW Splitter]

It's a good start. Run with it. Maybe you can add on later or overtake dads space one day.