Tiny 8 x 6 workshop
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John Brown
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Looks great! Maybe you could come and arrange my l8 by 15 shed out... I reckon however much space I have I'd clutter it up with cr@p.
It looks really well organised lot and versatile. Well done!
nosuchhounds
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Thanks. Only thing im not happy with it the floor is bit bouncy right under the bench and the lighting from from over my shoulder but I have some clip on LED lights for difficult tasks and plans for some LED light boxes from some redundant LED strips I have
Cozzer
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Nice one, nosuchhounds!
Zeroed in on your post because I too am blessed with an 8x6 pent roof job! Same orientation, too, so interested in your photo's of the layout.
I've been waiting for some dry weather in order to empty mine and "start again". That in itself is a task! I currently can't get in mine, as unfortunately it also houses certain garden stuff that can't go elsewhere. For example, two of those extendable pole cutter things that are currently mounted on the rear (longest) wall!
I can't boast anything like your workbench either - yours looks the business. Own build? Very good.
My "equivalent" bench - like yours, under the window and right of the door - is a flat-ish top screwed on a frame.
In my mind's eye, I wondered about re-siting it along the short left-hand shed wall, so that, with the door open, jobs involving longer stuff could still be worked on. Problem is, that would partially block the entrance!
Better buy some tarpaulins, methinks! This could take some time with stuff sitting outdoors, and knowing our weather....!
Anyway, very impressed matey!
Zeroed in on your post because I too am blessed with an 8x6 pent roof job! Same orientation, too, so interested in your photo's of the layout.
I've been waiting for some dry weather in order to empty mine and "start again". That in itself is a task! I currently can't get in mine, as unfortunately it also houses certain garden stuff that can't go elsewhere. For example, two of those extendable pole cutter things that are currently mounted on the rear (longest) wall!
I can't boast anything like your workbench either - yours looks the business. Own build? Very good.
My "equivalent" bench - like yours, under the window and right of the door - is a flat-ish top screwed on a frame.
In my mind's eye, I wondered about re-siting it along the short left-hand shed wall, so that, with the door open, jobs involving longer stuff could still be worked on. Problem is, that would partially block the entrance!
Better buy some tarpaulins, methinks! This could take some time with stuff sitting outdoors, and knowing our weather....!
Anyway, very impressed matey!
8x4 sheets are not your friend then 
nosuchhounds
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Thanks! I had a previous incarnation of this where i had a bench and then another at 90° to that along a side wall. I ripped it all out and started again. Luckily i was able to box up all my tools and machines and store them at a warehouse at work. I used silver loft insulatiion and 18mm osb and clad the whole thing.
First job was to build a bench which i made for CLS studwork and based it on the Paul Sellars design except for the split top.
I have thought about moving to a similar position as you had thought about.
Having a small space means i have to keep it tidy. We actually have a piece of land at the back of our house big enough to put a large unit on but we dont have the money at the moment.
Ive kept this space looking like a shed as well. It needs a good coat of paint outside but having it look a bit shabby from outside deters people, i hope!
There's also yer man ( one of them ) in Ireland @MarkDennehy who works out of a tiny wee shed over at Stochastic Geometry I'm amazed how you all fit all the gear in these places, my hat is doffed.
Cozzer
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8x4 sheets are not your friend then
Er...no.
Even inches in my case!
I did say I couldn't get in at present.
I wasn't kidding!
Lot of gear, but, the main problem appears to be, you don't have enough clamps.
nosuchhounds
Established Member
But how do you sharpen those shears?? 
But how do you sharpen those shears??
Cozzer
Established Member
Molynoox
Established Member
Looks well organised that, lots of machines in a small space.
Weirdly I'm just about to make a cleat for my Magnuson files and Shinto rasp, just like yours... I think I will steal your idea to mount diagonally so you can see the face of the files better. Clever idea.
Martin
clogs
just can't decide
for inspiration.....
Old.bodger
Established Member
This is the problem with posting photos!………………………
sort out the wires on that multi block !
on a serious note what was the materials cost for your bench?
sort out the wires on that multi block !
on a serious note what was the materials cost for your bench?
Jameshow
Established Member
Mods please bar this poster - disgustingly untidy shed!
Ps I'm not showing you my garage!!
Cozzer
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Mods please bar this poster - disgustingly untidy shed!
Ps I'm not showing you my garage!!
You should've seen it before I tidied it!
No...come better weather, it'll be a case of a few tarpaulins, drag everything out, chuck out broken/unwanted/what's-this-a bit-of type things, and start again.
Honest.....
