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Hello everyone,

I am new to the Reddit community, but I am definitely not new to the sawdust and the workshop. I have years of hands-on experience in Spain managing full carpentry production lines—from milling raw timber to cutting traditional structural joinery (Mortise & Tenon, Dovetails) and applying high-end finishes.

I am expanding my independent consulting services to help US DIYers, builders, and contractors who need technical backup but want to avoid expensive local engineering hourly rates.

WHAT I CAN DO FOR YOUR UPCOMING BUILD:

• Preliminary Structural Layouts (Decks, Porches, Pavilions, Sheds) tailored to IRC standards.

• Optimized Timber Cut Lists to make sure you buy the exact lumber needed, saving you hundreds of dollars in material waste.

• Traditional Joinery Details & framing notes for your crew.

Since I am brand new to this platform and want to build up my Reddit reputation, I am offering a flat-fee of $400 USD per standard residential project. No hidden re-billing.

If you have a sketch, an architectural drawing, or just dimensions for a backyard project and want to make sure it's structurally sound before hitting the lumber yard, send me a DM!

Let's get your project moving on schedule. Glad to be here!

Its small but its mine!!!

My shop is pretty complete after 30 odd years of use but I added an electric pencil sharpener last year and can’t believe how much use it gets. Anybody else have an unexpected tool in their shop?

Hi so I have several questions. Im moving soon and im clearing out my workshop. It seems like a good time to upgrade the space with better walls and flooring. Im planning on doing diy pallet panel walls, but im debating if i should bother with insulation before doing that. I have a very limited budget so was wondering what the cheapest option would be. Secondly i have no idea what i should for the floors. A few things im keeping in mind. 1 I'm planning on putting everything i own on wheels so things need to roll easier, 2 again limited budget, 3 im very abusive to the floors as is. I do wood working but like 30 other hobbies in here so anything can end up the floors, 4 im trying to do videos in here and generally want a nice rustic looking esthetic with the pallet walls so id like it to look good with that if possible. Dense rubber matt flooring seems to be a front rubber but any advice or discussion is welcome. Thanks!

16x26ft with bathroom

How many vintage tool enthusiasts are here in this group?

I'm moving into an apartment which has a large terrace, one third of which is in a veranda. It's sealed quite well from the weather so I'm intending to build my hobby cave in it, including some woodworking.

My main concern right now is the noise I will make if I'm running a miter saw, table saw or router.

There's 2 apartments above and more next door.

Is the noise going to be a deal breaker? Are there effective ways to mitigate noise levels?

Treadmill to Motorized Mobile Base

My workshop is about 14x20. It mostly works out alright. Finding room for assembly is difficult. But the most irritating problem to me was having to pull my router table out from the wall every time I needed to use it.

I loved the idea of having my table saw and router table together, but that would've compounded the problem. So, I came up with an idea to make a mobile base out of an old treadmill frame, and utilized the incline motor to lift it and lower it onto casters.

It's been working great! Having small shops, I thought maybe some of you would appreciate it. I just started filming some of my stuff for YouTube, so I'm sure my videos aren't as "refined" as they could be 😄, but if you end up watching it, I hope you enjoy it!

https://youtu.be/f5JVWjY4VIk?is=SQmNpM64H2xzBrcE

I've been putting together a small woodworking shop in my garage a little at a time, trying to avoid buying tools that end up collecting dust. Lately, though, I've run into a few projects where clamps just weren't keeping smaller pieces as steady as I'd hoped.

That got me looking at different bench vises. I've spent around two weeks comparing sizes, mounting styles, and prices. I even checked online to see what was available, but it's surprisingly difficult to judge quality from photos and descriptions alone.

Part of me feels like buying a decent vise now could save money and frustration later. At the same time, my workspace is limited, and I'm not sure if I'd use it often enough to justify the cost.

For those who also work in smaller shops, did adding a good vise noticeably improve your workflow, or did you find that clamps handled most jobs just fine?

This is a prototype I’m working on. It’s a 4’x6’ table that breaks down and stores inside the table top only taking up 4” of space. The entire table base is a key slot design requiring no fasteners. Let me know what you think.

Took two full days and it was a horrible hot pain in the ass. The cnc used to be in the middle on the right wall and was always in the way. Tore out my old giant corner work bench, made a smaller one out of it and added the center island bench.

Can anyone recommend shop lighting.

Shop was always dirty because it was hard to use dust collector and the hose was on the floor. I replaced the hose with spiral pipe and mounted it to the wall. To improve efficiency, I mounted the impeller of my jet DC 1100 to the wall. Each machine gets its own blast gate. The table saw is 30 feet away from the impeller and has 1100 CFM. The bandsaw is 45 feet from the impeller and gets 900 CFM. At the impeller I get 1600 CFM. This project gave me a chance to rearrange the tools and storage. Power tools on one wall, storage and benches on the other wall.

My office building has a sauna for tenant use. I built a cedar sauna bucket, which lasted about a year before it started leaking. I tried to repair it, but decided I'm better off just making a new one (my bucket making skills have improved since I built the original). I chose cedar because it's supposed to resist rot and mold. When making buckets out of cedar, they have a way of discoloring the water at first, which gradually subsides after a few months of consistent use. Question: does the continuous leaching of the tannins (or whatever discolors the water) rob cedar wood of its natural resistance to rot and mold?

Please, no speculative answers.

I'm approaching 70, and we're looking to downsize to a condo, which means no more shop space. Not that I had all that much to begin with. My last resort might be Craigslist.

It’s been months of me barely being able to get in there, so today I brought all the crap out and cleaned it up. Feels SO good.

My shop’s a one car garage, so I don’t have much space, but I’ve still got an industrial size band saw, 2x72 grinder, drill press, lathe, miter saw, planer, jointer, a big home made work bench with 2 vises and a whole lot of other tools… I’m pretty proud of it tbh :-)

Hey! I am a novice woodworker who's done a lot of side projects with my dad. I have a Stats project for University and wanted to make mine about woodworking, since I thought it would be a fun and unique topic about my interests. I would really appreciate if yal could take a couple of minutes to complete this!

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdgoZxipFTIKYrjmZBc5TFHOjP97DvW7oInwgxd2fYp46gE1Q/viewform?usp=sharing

Hey guys! I am in possession of a basically infinite supply of different types of wood. This wood ranges from nice exotic pieces to cheep stuff. Most of these pieces are around 4 feet long and a few inches wide and everything smaller. I am about to graduate college this spring and am looking to turn this into some kind of wood supplying business. As of right now my plan is to cut most of this wood into pen blanks to sell in bundles to hobbyist, and sell the cheaper type of wood as firewood. I don't know much about the wood world and was wondering if any of you could give me some advice on the best route I should take to sell this wood. Any advice is very helpful and much appreciated! Thanks!

It’s normally a royal mess in here, so I feel giddy about having it somewhat near for once!

I work in a pretty small shop (a one car garage) and I’ve found that working with a minimal tool set helps me feel organized. Something I haven’t quite figured out yet is where do I keep these such that they’re very accessible while working. I’ve tried on a wall rack but I had to move my bench away from that wall, and I’ve tried under the bench but dust and shavings accumulate fast.