Small workshop ideas anyone ?

[Tom K]

Paul they both look wrong to me the braces should run up from the hinge side.
Hasn't the closed door got a bolt on the right top corner and hinges to the left as we look at it?

Regards Tom

 

[Woodmagnet]

Hi Kevin, have a look at my thread on the workshop site, I'm no expert at building, in fact I'd never done it before, but I placed my 12'x8' shed
8' away from the back of my old brick built workshop and then filled in the space between, this gave me a workshop measuring 20'x8', having said that I could still do with more width but it would mean encroaching on the LOML's garden and thats a definite NO.
Regards, Rich.

PS, Sorry to hijack your thread Paul.

Thanks Rich, my shed is about 6' away from the brick building and i have a bit of decking in between then it drops about 2 1/2 to 3 ft to the shed, but i do have a lot of 8'x3''x1/2'' spruce on hand so i'm thinking about extending the shed another 6 to 8ft . That would make the shed about 14 to 16 ft in length and 6ft wide. This would be for certain machines/jobs etc. and the brick workshop for my lathe and main workbench for hand tool jobbies. :wink:
Sorry Paul for also hijacking. The cheque's in the post. :lol:

 

[LarryS.]

Paul they both look wrong to me the braces should run up from the hinge side.
Hasn't the closed door got a bolt on the right top corner and hinges to the left as we look at it?

Regards Tom

Yup, closed doors hinges are on the left with a bolt on the right, just my luck !

Think they have been up for about 10 years (only moved in a couple of months ago) so may leave as is for now (or put to the bottom of a very long list of jobs)

 

[LarryS.]

Paul, you might find this book very helpful, I have the whole series and it was a good investment.

Martin thanks for the link, have you built many of the projects in there ?

 

[motownmartin]

Paul, you might find this book very helpful, I have the whole series and it was a good investment.

Martin thanks for the link, have you built many of the projects in there ?

I haven't built any yet Paul but I don't think it will be long as the workshop is getting crowded :lol: