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[Potato Pete]

Hi everyone,

My situation is that I have inherited some woodworking tools, and would like to be able to use them.
My first step is to set myself a workshop, probably a metal shed in the garden.

I did make a table in CSE woodwork, but that was some time ago and all using hand tools!
Hopefully this forum will provide some helpful pointers.

- Pete

 

[Bingy man]

hi there, welcome to ukw, the help and advice you will receive from the community here is imo 2nd to none. We all have different opinions so you get to choose what’s best for your abilities..

 

[Jameshow]

Hi everyone,

My situation is that I have inherited some woodworking tools, and would like to be able to use them.
My first step is to set myself a workshop, probably a metal shed in the garden.

I did make a table in CSE woodwork, but that was some time ago and all using hand tools!
Hopefully this forum will provide some helpful pointers.

- Pete

If you build a cheap metal shed you'll end up with condensation. Much better a wooden shed / summerhouse/ log cabin.

 

[Fred48]

Hi everyone,

My situation is that I have inherited some woodworking tools, and would like to be able to use them.
My first step is to set myself a workshop, probably a metal shed in the garden.

I did make a table in CSE woodwork, but that was some time ago and all using hand tools!
Hopefully this forum will provide some helpful pointers.

- Pete

Welcome to the forum. I agree with @Jameshow
Fred

 

[recipio]

Put your money into the largest possible shed. Heat it in the winter. As the years go by it will fill up and you will congratulate yourself on a wise decision however painful it was financially.

 

[Etaf]

what are you thinking of making, and what tools have you inherited , a lot of the older tools can be high quality , my dads , who was a carpenter and cabinet maker all his like had some fantastic quality hand tools

 

[Looloup]

Think of some kind of workbench for whichever structure you decide on ... I made my first project using a Workmate and it was tough ... so my second project was the bench.

 

[recipio]

I now realize that a square shape is the optimum - power tools around the periphery and machinery in the center. You need to allow circulation space as well to move the timber around. How did I end up with a long rectangle.?

 

[DeBangis]

Welcome to UKW.