you won't believe the machines I stuffed into my MICRO WORKSHOP - Shop Tour
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Chapters:
0:00 - Introduction
0:43 - The Mess Behind Me
2:09 - The Workbench
4:00 - The Band Saw
5:05 - The Drill Press
7:18 - The Edge Sander
8:14 - Dust Collection
9:07 - The Pantorouter
9:42 - The Table Saw
12:54 - The Router Table
14:17 - The Jointer/Planer
18:21 - Conclusion
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I love how honest this shop tour is. Glad you were super transparent about about some of the negative aspects of getting great deals on used items! Some people make it seem like it's all bunnies and rainbows, haha.
Hah, definitely not all bunnies and rainbows. You get what you pay for at the end of the day.
@@ScottWalshWoodworking true, the fact they came from pro shops meant they were worked to death. its possible to get good second hand gear, but id stick to private owners, impressed how you crammed it all in there. my shop is even smaller than yours, which is why the CNC is in the spare room !
Yeah I appreciate the honesty on that one tbh
How is this channel not bigger? It is so entertaining, and quite useful! Keep on going! It is awesome!
Thanks Arpad! I ask myself the same question everyday 😅. I keep plugging away and try to make each video better than the last. Cheers!
@@ScottWalshWoodworking you will get there!
Probably the best shop tour video I've seen. 😎
Thanks Jake!! Next year's tour will knock your socks off
Crazy how you fit all of that into such a tiny space! I look forward to seeing the shop you create when you have a sizeable space!!
I truly respect a woodworker that takes the time to refurbish a piece of equipment. That’s not something I want to do to the point that I pass on some nice old tools. Except hand planes and chisels I’ll buy them.
This is the most encouraging shop tour I've ever seen. The fact that you don't have the biggest and best tools in the biggest and best shop indicates to me that you just don't need those things. Might be nice to wait a little while and spend a little more to get fully functional equipment, but overall, there's no need to break the bank. Thanks!
Edit: Tip…Put a magnetic white board for notes and design ideas on the back of your door! 10x12 ! Luxury mate!…. My craft/work room is a 8x11 spare bedroom. Same problem of too much stuff and no room to turn around…a 6’ assembly bench, an 8’ machine tools bench and a 4’ I don’t know what for bench. A 3’ long low level detail work bench/station with chair. Bandsaw, bench pillar drill, table saw (not yet set up and idk if it will fit), small firebrick brazing hearth with small anvil, bench grinder, bench belt sander and disc, then a dozen black and yellow power tools with their storage cases, waste bin, shop vac and stacking storage pull out bins. I think with enough shelving and wall cupboards I might just get it properly functional as originally intended….but right now it looks more like a junk filled shed than an organised maker den!
OMG this was great! I love the stone cold reality.
Thanks for watching!!!
Thanks for the tour of your "Micro Workshop"! I appreciate that you upcycle/ recycle where you can. My shop is of "Nano" scale, it's 19ft x 7ft, so it's got a bench that runs from one end to the other with a radial arm saw and a benchtop planer near the middle. I don't use a table saw, just a circular saw as a track saw and have a bandsaw for resaw work in the mud room next to my shop. I also made a router table similar to your setup and have access to a drill press also in the mud room. It's all a bit of a challenge, but I make do with the space I have available, as you have done with your available space. I use wall and ceiling space for tool and wood storage. Your shop is an inspiration, the tips you have provided are very helpful, thank you.
Watched a few of your videos. You’re like a motivated version of me. I like you. Subbed!
Dude, I am really digging your channel in every way possible. Love your shop, and your quirky sense of humor. I could see creating something with you would be rewarding as well a pretty fun time. Keep doing what you are doing and thanks for the content.
"Welcome to my shop, I hate everything. ... Except the loc-line, that works."-- Scott. 😁 I have loc-line also; lets me swap between a couple sanders. But I usually don't bother with aiming it at the drillpress. I should.
😂 I didn't realize how cynical I was until I made this video. It's a marketing ploy for some company to give me better machines, lol
I had to watch this again, since your new post about your small shop.
This gives me hope for my 11x20ish space!
Really enjoyed the shop tour and the honesty about your secondhand purchases. Keep the videos coming!
Thanks Steve! I really appreciate it! More content on its way!
This is the best shop tour I’ve ever watched lmao! Love it dude!
Thanks so much for watching!! More content coming soon! 👍
GENIUS! Clearly you have great skills when it comes to using space.
Thank you for making me feel better about my less than ideal shop space and tools.
I like the humour and the honest in your videos. You give me multiple times a smile on my face. Btw, compared with my shop yours is massive. I have a workspace of 3x3m. I placed all of my tools on my own designed flip top benches, a design I haven't seen since built. Maybe one day I will sell the designs.. you never know.
Sounds great! I'm thinking of offering plans soon too
@@ScottWalshWoodworking I just have send you a message on IG. Check it out if you have time. BYE!🤣
I think I was just triggered by "the heart of my shop." Outstanding commentary and for what it's worth, I feel your pain. Bravo.
Great to see how you have sorted out your shop, I think you have fantastic ingenuity. I have a much smaller area and am just a beginner but have learned a lot from you and others. Main thing is I have made some good stuff now and am enjoying myself!
Thanks for the tour. My shop is just a little smaller than yours and I too have all full sized tools (although I do cheat by having my 12" planer in the garage). Your video was the most encouraging I have seen and your message to me is "clean up the mess and organize." Some folks wonder how you do it. I know how, keep it clean and it works so much better. Thanks again.
Thanks so much Lawrence! I worked in a frame shop once which needed to be kept meticulously clean to make sure any dirt or dust didn't end up into customers' frames. After every day, everything was put away and swept up, and I just kept doing the same thing in my shop. I simply don't have the work surfaces to leave everything lying around. I feel like I have more opportunities to be more organized as well, but it's a vicious cycle of buying more tools to build things to organize the tools. Cheers!
Great video, Scott! Thanks for putting in the time and effort to create your video's. Very inspiring to see how you use your space. I can't believe that at this point in time there are only 718 views. Only a matter of time if you ask me.
Thanks so much for the kind words Pete! That means a lot! Stay tuned for some upcoming projects I have in the works.
Ok, anybody who has a curly maple garbage bin has my attention lol you've earned my sub
I'm extra in subtle ways.
love your approach at the small space. Great job.
Good to see Ross from friends is doing well with his new hobby. Loved the video man, I have subscribed and shall be watching through your others 👌
😂 I don't see the resemblance but that's not the first time I've heard that comparison so it must be true! Thanks for the watch and subscribe! More content coming!
@@ScottWalshWoodworking haha, I think it’s the mannerisms 😂
Deadpan funny. And so so so true and real.
That was mostly depressing, but also very honest. Thanks for that.
Thanks for the tour Scott! Great to see you gave a bunch of old tools a second life! Sorry they've given you such a pain!
I like your channel. I’ve been building cabinets and doing woodworking for 50 years I’ve worked in small spaces and large spaces I’ve had great tools and not so great tools I’ve made good money and I’ve lost money I done big jobs and small ones. But one thing I never did was to let a project out of my door until I was proud of it. That to me means craftsmanship more than any tool in your shop. If you love building then build. If you love working on machines then do that. Everyone needs something
Great tour and indeed great channel. Combined with your sense of humor every movie is great fun! Keep going!!
This video gives me hope! I'm currently filming a build series of my little basement shop and often worry I don't have enough space... Think I will steal some ideas from your shop. Thank you!
Thanks Blake! I look forward to seeing it!
6:23 glistening music while saying "not ideal...but nice to have when I need it" - Great perspective. You make good content thats easy to watch. Pretty soon a 2022 shop tour update? I keep working at my shop every year and it's fun to do this to see all your hard work come to fruition. I also enjoy re-purposing shop furniture off the curb and have gotten into metals/welding so there's so much for the taking to practice on. The problem of a builder is bringing home a lot of stuff you may use use sometime never.
Great tour, wonderful video thank you for sharing this with us from Henrico County Virginia stay safe and healthy
Very interesting tour. I really appreciated the lessons learned from used equipment purchases. There were A LOT of bearing replacements. I wouldn’t have a clue on how to do that.
Nice Beaver! Thanks, I just had it stuffed.
A highly organized proper scavenger, I love it! If you came into my EXTREMELY crowed woodshop you would run out screaming like your hair was on fire! Love the vids!
Hey, at least you have a shop with (mostly) good tools. Many people would love to have what you do.
Yep! I'd say about double the size of my tiny workshop, small it maybe but you seem well organised
Love the l wood shop tour, I’m just getting into woodworking. The stuff I build 80 percent of it the hardwood material was found by the side of the road. 😊
Somebody needs to do more research on their used tools before buying...lol, but i like the honesty, unlike people who claims they got the best deal ever.
Yeah, there's only so much research than can be done. Also, sometimes you have to drop everything and run to get a deal before someone else does. In my experience, it's really not about the brand's per say, more about how the machine was used or abused in the past. Sometimes you don't really know what you have until you get it home and go over it with a fine tooth comb. And my jointer/planer doesn't really exist on the internet, so that was a total shot in the dark. Thanks for watching!
Holy Cow! What do you really do for a living? I was a LITHOGRAPHER, ( the process of printing from a plane surface (such as a smooth stone or metal plate) on which the image to be printed is ink-receptive and the blank area ink-repellent). I made pretty pictures.
Started the tour fully energized....slurring speech by the end. Is your woodworking hobby slipping below the video production hobby? 🖖 Thanks for sharing!
More food for thought: how is it possible to bring all these pretty large machines into your pretty small basement? I bet you must have good loyal friends to help you with that!
Hahah that's a whole video topic by itself!
So true!! Not only does it take a loyal friend, but it takes one with amazing arms and incredible upper body strength! LOL
Only yesterday I watched one of your videos. Subscribed immediately. Like your presentation. Thank you. Watched this one to get some tips on how to organize my 20x8 shop. Im curious to know if you have a new table saw. If so, what did you get.
Aside from the functionality of the table saw, what are your thoughts on how you've got it positioned? I'm kinda in the same boat - I got a pretty good deal on a cabinet saw but I don't have a ton of room. It seems that you might have a problem with larger sheet goods since there's not a ton of room between the saw and the wall/door where you stand.
Nice... I though my shop was small. I have an L-shaped basement shop that is abut 350 sq. ft. Nothing wrong with smaller tools... my drill press and band saw are both bench top versions (8" and 10"). The jointer is only a 4" cabinet version (old 1960s Rockwell) and works great for my needs. My old 1969 Craftsman 113 table saw lacks a riving knife as well and makes me nervous to cut without. Best two upgrades I made to it were... (1) splitters on my plates (I use Microjig MJ) and (2) Jessem table saw stock guides. Those are worth every penny and make using the saw great. For way less than a new saw, I upgraded it with extra wings, including a router table wing, and a Delta 36-T30 fence. It can easily do 36.5" rips to the right side now and 10" to the left.
I want to know what roads you're driving down to find all this stuff on the side of the road. Amazing to see what you've done with such a small space. I'm working on converting part of a 2-car garage into a workshop, but since one of the requirements is that the car, canoe & 6 bikes still fit, I have a similarly small amount of space to work with. So it's good to know what can be done. At least in my case, I have the option to pull the car out if I'm trying to rip a full sheet of plywood.
Just bought the same table saw, needed new bearing in the motor and lots of cleaning. I paid a shit load more then you did, but it doesn't have as many issues as yours did... I hope, I haven't set it up yet. Same deal as yours with the safety accessories, none, and king doesn't even have anything compatable. Cool. Great tour. Keep it real
Mine is half that size, luckily I can use the garage for my construction table saw.
I’ve bought a lot of my tools used and have regretted many of those purchases. You feel like you got a great deal at the time. But then spend hours and hours and $ trying to fix and tune them up. Only to still not be happy with their performance. Then end up buying a replacement. I just chalk it up as a learning experience on tool maintenance
sounds like you could use a new bandsaw and jointer and router table and table saw lol. I know that feeling, Ive gone through so many tools in my basement shop. just slowly upgrading to a bit better version of it. Im pretty happy with most of my tools right now, but Im sure that will change lol
In the next video I reveal which company steps up and sponsors my shop tools! Thanks for the tour as I also have been going down the shop tour rabbit hole.
no offers yet, but i'm waiting 😂
I don't know how you do it man. My shop is a fair bit larger, smaller jointer and I don't have one or two of the machines you do and I'm still cramped in there. I guess I shouldn't complain too much.
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Impressive shop, but I think you need a new supplier of bearings.
I have one or two tools in my shop that have regret written on them. I know other woodworkers who have one or two tools in their shop with regret written on them too. But I've never met anybody who regrets all of their tools, with the exception of one or two. Lol. Your shop layout and use of space is well executed, but your luck of the draw for tools sucks. But while your self flagellating and self commiserating your tool purchases, check out a channel called "Makin' Sawdust". He has a small basement shop too. It has a dirt floor, dirt walls, it shares space with all of the houses mechanical, furnace, hot water tank, and plumbing. Electrically he has a lighting circuit, and one 20 amp 110v circuit for all of his power tools. His power tools are a whole other story. I'll almost guarantee you, after watching his first shop tour video, you'll go into your shop, and hug your power tools regardless of their short comings. I know after watching it I went to my shop and said, hmmm this isn't that bad. Thanks for sharing. Cheers. 👋🇨🇦
Thanks for watching Andy! I realized after how cynical this video turned out. I really don't hate any of them by any means, but I had just spent way too much of my time tinkering with the planer/jointer and I was still a little sour about it. When I'm in the middle of fixing a tool with an unexpected issue, I constantly wish I was woodworking. A full blown restoration is different though, and I appreciate that work a bit more. Look out for a new video coming this week, Cheers!
Dude. Duuuude. I so hear you on the machines. The deals are just rabbit holes and you burn SO much time getting that equipment up to spec. Still cheaper than buying new, but people who make it sound like you can just pickup deals and run them like they are... F them.
I've saved a ton of money buying used. I've also lost a ton of money buying used. I actually like my small shop though. I think its fun trying to figure out how to make things fit. Plus, everything is close by when you need it.
I really resonate with everything you said, hah. I have a newer video on used machinery that kinda (almost) puts the nail in the coffin for me. For my next machine purchase, I'm definitely looking at new band saws rather than used.
@@ScottWalshWoodworking I'm still buying used, but only a couple of years old. They take longer to find, but I don't have nearly as many problems, and I still save quite a lot.
How much time do you spend on the side of the road vs on the road? We have to know. lol
As long as I need to find materials, hitchhike, or sell my 'services'
@@ScottWalshWoodworking at current lumber prices, might as well be the latter.
I also have a basement shop full of used tools with problems. It’s an expensive hobby otherwise. How are you managing with the router table between the saw and the wall? Do you scoot things over or just reach over awkwardly? I have my saw positioned the same, so I have been eyeing that space.
it's not great because of the low bulk head. You can see me use it in many of my other videos, like my workbench build. I don;t have to shift anything around to use it.
Golly! May I have the GPS settings for the road you drive down? I don’t have such Bob England
your shop is big compared to mine 🤣 mine is 8'x12' and I have an 8" table saw, 8"x10" planer/thicknesser, router table, bandsaw that will cut about the same as yours, bench morticer, drill press, bobbin sander, radial arm saw, wood lathe, and that is just the big stuff 🤣
Hilarious and informative! Are you a new YT woodworker? I just subscribed and look forward to your next videos.
Thanks so much! I started a little over a year ago but I'm really hitting my stride now 😎
Ah dude! Love your honesty and delivery mate 🤣 Have you had any luck with any machine purchase?! 🙈
Not much it seems! But after a fair amount of effort, both my planer and edge sander are running top notch at the moment. But I will say this!:my next machine purchase will be brand new 😂
@@ScottWalshWoodworking Haha I don’t blame you, especially after putting lots of effort into your used ones, it’ll be a nice feeling to simply get your new machine out the box, plug it in and play 😜🤙🏻
my workshop is a 8ft by 6ft shed in the garden but i try to make it work dont have space for dust collection tho xD
if the bearings keep failing it usually means something is out of alignment or vibrating excessively
Luxury.
“Jigsaw i found on the side of the road” - you put that back in the back of my truck & we can just pretend this did not ever happen.
It’s funny how you explain things on your tools, expecting the negative KZhead comments on what you should be doing 😆
Your "Micro" workshop is huge based on the Mexico standards, usually that is the size of a regular carpentry shop here xD
I like your videos and I just subscribed to your channel. Whenever I subscribe to someone, they inevitably hit 1 million subscribers in the next year or two. I don't know why it works, but I'm like a youtube king-maker. Good luck.
Dang! The pressure is on!!!
@@ScottWalshWoodworking No pressure man. It just happens. Ride the wave.
Oh for a shop full of Martin.
Now that would be a dream!
I’m wondering, where did you get those double 240v outlets? Everywhere I look, I can only find 240v outlets with only one outlet, if that makes sense. But in your video, it seems there are two. How can I find these?
Hey Arpad, I got them on amazon and I can't find them for the life of me now. I'll send you a link when I come across them.
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I just ran to my front door!! Thought it was being …………… 😊 Bob England
Hey everybody, look at Scott's beat up old Beaver drill press
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Just wondering why you would build a project using maple, and then paint it?? I would have just used pine if I was going to paint it. All is not lost, there is a safe non toxic paint remover on the market that is citrus based, and not even harmful to skin, or if it is even ingested. I have a space for my shop that is larger than yours, but I get to share it with items collected over many years, so I'm almost as cramped as you are. My biggest issue in my shop is that I have a huge CNC (1500x1500mm) that is still in it's boxes 2 years after I bought it, because I don't have the room to set it up. With your table saw, when the time comes to replace it, IF you have the room, get rid of the motor and everything else that is not there for structural reasons, turn what's left, into a welding table, should you be inclined to take up welding.
I don't think it's a crime to paint wood 😁, and that's a great idea for a welding table!
I wish i could have big room like this, I made a small and I mean small woodworking hobby room 1.5m x 3.5m, in there I have a rauter table, table saw, mitersaw, drillpress and primitive dust collection. It is my Hobbyroom but I call it my Hobbit room.
Indeed, you have so many expensive and useful machines in such a cramped area... This has to be an issue! I'm just sad we a renot in thesame country, I would rent you my space in a strategy to become a partener!! Have a good day and start shopping for a better place!
Sounds like a lovely endeavor. Unfortunately, where I live in Canada, the price per sqft of real estate makes my 120 sqft shop the most expensive aspect of my shop by a laaaaarge margin. like, several orders of magnitude.
Come in Québec ! It's cheaper and I'll teach you some French! ;P
I’d like to know where you’re from. I’d really like to drive around your roads looking for things!!!😜
You seem to find a lot of stuff on the side of the road haha
norm Abram's is jealous!
You painted maple?
Really sweet shop! I started a custom shop a few months back to make and sell furniture, but I quickly had a stack of custom cabinet jobs so it became a cabinet shop. Mine is just a little bigger than yours and I'm wondering you have a floorplan layout available because I could use some help! My flow is not optimized as I'm always having to take heavy tools outside for parts of the process
Thanks for watching! I would say, this might sound ridiculous, but if this is a full-time professional endeavor, one of your first priorities should be drawing up a business plan that you can go to a bank with and get a small loan. Rent a small commercial space that'll fit a CNC to break down full sheets of ply in a snap. You can be assembling boxes while the CNC is running. The cost of a space and CNC will be covered quickly if you have the amount of work to be constantly building custom cabinets. I'm just a hobbyist, you need a business plan and a business space. The value of your time is paramount. Working in a
@@ScottWalshWoodworking Awesome, thanks a ton for the recommendation! I'll check him out now
"Let me show you my cool shop... " "I hate everything in it "
Hate maybe a strong word. 'Would strongly prefer other machines' might be more accurate though.
I thought I was the only one left who changed his own winter tires. Maybe I'm the only one who still does it without my own driveway or parking lot.
it takes me less time to change my own tires than it does to bring the car to a mechanic to get them to do it. Same goes for an oil chance, but anything beyond that is quicker for the mechanic to do.
And I thought my 16' x 24' shop was crowded.
Hey, at least you have a shop. I live in an apartment and would love to have what you have here. Sorry if I sounded like a pecker head, wasnt meaning to.
No offense taken! Real-estate in the GTA is insane and I don't take my little shop for granted. I've had to deal with my fair-share of apartment living up until now.
@@ScottWalshWoodworking I just wanted to make that perfectly clear. I'm a pretty direct person and people have told me I come off as a dick sometimes...maybe their just too sensitive!!!????? Anyway, thanks for the video. Its extremely interesting watching others optimize small spaces for their specific needs.
@@ScottWalshWoodworking you have given me some awesome ideas as to how to further organize some of my tools and sanding pads. I have a filing cabinet that is going to be used to separate the different grades of sand paper and other odds and ends type "stuff"........
Great shop (nice DIY dust add ons) and tour combined with your dry cynical commentary gets my sub.
Thanks so much! I'm going to be automating my dust collection soon with an arduino, so stay tuned!
"I make do with what I have" don't we all.
Are you McLovin?
That was an unfortunate nickname once upon a time
Could have titled "My small shop and things i don't like about my tools." ;)
Touché! Thanks for watching!
It was a good shop tour. However it seems that your not to keen on precision equipment, that tends to lead to inaccurate woodworking. You seem to enjoy what you do, god bless ya.
Tell me the roads I need to drive along them daily
any wealthy neighborhood on garbage day, better if there's lots of renos happening!
After watching this, I'm really looking forward to this channel taking off and this poor guy getting some sponsors or youtube money to buy a new tool for once
I'm gonna try to remain humble for you guys 😂
Am I crazy or is your finger hole on your zero clearance insert on the wrong end ?
it can be where ever, it doesn't mind
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So, basically you don't like any of the things you use to do the thing you love? :) Great channel BTW
Just like any abusive relationship
trouble but look what u have high end tools nothing money cant fix.
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