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The Workshop (2009-2011)

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My 10' x 60' Hobbie Workspace. I'm just south of Seattle, about 5 miles from the old Boeing Surplus store (may it rest in peace). All play, no work. I'm lucky enough to have a family business that I can share space with.

What may seam like a small fortune in tools actually cost me very little. Craigslist, eBay, pawnshops, garage sales, Goodwill, HF and dumpsters are awesome places to get cheap-ass tools. For instance, my scroll saw cost me $10 at the pawn shop. I tried not to laugh as I was walking out of the store.

If you get jealous of my pegboard tool cart then Click here! to learn how to build your very own.

10 comments

Feb 18, 2012. 8:18 AMMachine says:

Oooh! I'm envious. Wish I had tools and space like that. Your workshop looks good and well organized. You are obviously a craftsman. What are you working on lately?

Thanks for showing us.

Jan 6, 2012. 5:14 AMkparent2 says:

I love hoarding too. I used to have a shop like that then moved and am in process of building up new one.

Feb 7, 2011. 9:08 PM

lebowski says:

Wow, that's a lot of tools!

Feb 22, 2011. 2:30 PM

pfred2 says:

That's not a lot of tools. This is a lot of tools!

http://www.instructables.com/id/Pauls-Electronics-Pit/

and

http://www.instructables.com/id/My-Mixed-Media-Garage/

I've quite a bit more stashed away here and there but lets not get carried away huh? Mostly I get my tools the same way sensoryhouse does, I've just been at it longer is all.

Feb 18, 2011. 9:05 PM

daveofwar says:

Man that's an awsome collection!! Great job, organizing is one of my great passions too haha.

Feb 10, 2011. 6:40 PMvincent7520 says:

OMG
sensoryhouse has everything… at least in triplicate !!!…
even the space …

how can I convince you to visit me with a modest cargo of you less used tools along with some of your space and help me create my own work sop which will be 4sq meters at the most !!!…

sensoryhouse you don't know how lucky you are !!!…

Feb 9, 2011. 11:32 PMmarvin311 says:

This is an awesome looking workshop i wish i had a workshop with all that equipment mine is so full of junk i can hardly get in little lone do any work

Good Luck marvin311

Feb 9, 2011. 12:39 PM

ynze says:

What a GREAT workshop you got! I'm drooling over the pictures. Really cool!

How do you manage to keep everything in it's place when you're working on a project? If this was my workshop, things would be messy...

Feb 9, 2011. 6:38 PM

sensoryhouse (author) says:

I have spent a lot of time organizing and reorganizing. Everything has a specific place, from stainless steel rods (scavenged from old scanners and copiers) to scraps of acrylic to torque wrenches. It hasn't always been like that, I find the older I get the easier it is to keep the place clean. Probably because it takes a while to catalog a 10,000 item inventory in my brain.

Having lots of labeled drawings and containers really helps too. Oh, and being a little OCD doesn't hurt either, haha.

Feb 8, 2011. 9:18 AMdiggerevans says:

That really is a splendid collection of cool tools, of course not many of us are fortunate enough to have such a large workshop, but it looks marvellous indeed