Total Re-Design of Workshop · Sawinery Woodworking Guild

Total Re-Design of Workshop

I have been wanting to make some MAJOR changes to my shop layout to make it easier to use and more efficient. This is the first corner I have tackled .. my miter saw/lumber corner. Here are a few pics of before/after .. just excuse the sawdust in the after pics .. I had to use my miter saw without dust collection to get it built! Lol

This is the before pic .. very disorganized with one large overhang wood storage and my blue lumber bin toward the back wall. Very hard to work with and I kept hitting my head on the overhang (I'm 6'-1" tall).

Next pic is my after pic .. excuse the saw dust!! Lol I built 1' wide shelf brackets out of 2x3's I had laying around instead of spending $50-$75 on purchased metal wool brackets! I have a closeup of the bracket I built as the next pic! I used a 9" piece for the wall bracket, a 12" piece for the shelf and I cut a 45° wedge for a corner support. This is all glued and screwed to make them as rigid as possible. Then I screwed the 9" side to the wall using 3-2 1/2" wood screws. I set the 1/2" laminate press board as the shelf.

I straightened up my wood bin and now I have an efficient miter saw corner. I also purchased a kitchen island from a local auction house for $6 which now is my miter saw table. Since I used everything I had laying around collecting dust .. this whole thing cost me for the screws (had them on hand but the largest cost of this project) it cost me about $30-$40 for everything. That was less than the metal brackets would have been if I had purchased them!

I just want to show that with a little thought and time .. you can set your shop up and it can be efficient to how you work! I will post more of my Re-Design as I progress!!

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