Woodworking Tools - Creating a Garage Workshop

Creating a Garage Workshop

All the information on this page is from the following book:

Handyman: Complete Guide to Home Maintenance, Banner Press, Inc., 1975. Pages 514 - 522.

Garage Workshop 1

Half of this 2 car garage serves as a workshop and photo darkroom. There are six power tools positioned in the garage along with a car.

1 Bench - 33" x 72" 12 Large panels, step ladder

2 Small-supplies shelving 13 Disk sander

3 Drill press on cabinet 14 Bandsaw

4 Clothes washer & dryer 15 Wood lathe

5 Heating fan 16 Scroll saw

6 Shelving 17 Card table

7 Space required for car 18 Air compressor

8 Not indicated 19 Hand-tool cabinet

9 Low storage chest 20 Waste can

10 Box for wood waste 21 Photo enlarger

11 Garden-tool rack`

Garage Workshop 2

1 T-shaped bench - 28" x 14' 8 Jointer

2 Tool panels 9 Lathe

3 Small supplies shelving 10 Overhead stock rack

4 Drill press 11 Combination disk-belt sander

5 Waste Can 12 Spray booth

6 Grinder 13 Scroll saw

7 Table saw 14 Vacuum cleaner

Garage Workshop 3

Combination one-car garage and workshop, six 11' x 23' which houses five power tools without interfering with accommodation of the car. The left drawing shows tools located along walls to provide space for the car and the right shows how they are pulled out for use when car is parked outside.

1 Bench - 27" x 8"

2 Hand tool panel

3 Small-supplies shelving

4 Waste can

5 Bandsaw

6 Garden-tool rack

7 Overhead stock rack

8 Paint, supply shelving

9 Disk sander

10 Grinder

11 Drill press

12 Drill press and saw accessories shelving

13 Combination saw-jointer

Garage Workshop 4

Two arrangements of an 8' x 10' shop that accommodates four or five floor-type power tools for convenient use plus a 6' bench, a cabinet for hand tools and adequate shelving for supplies.

1 Bench - 27" x 72"

2 Hand tool panel

3 Paint supplies shelving

4 Bandsaw

5 Overhead stock rack

6 Wood or metalworking lathe

7 Shelves for drillpress & lathe accessories

8 Drill press

9 Grinder

10 Small supplies shelves

11 Waste can

12 Combination belt disksander or milling machine

Garage Workshop 5

This 8' x 17' shop provides adequate working space for tablesaw and jointer, making use of doorway for ripping long stock.

1 Bench 27" x 7"

2 hand tool panel or cabinet

3 Small supplies shelving

4 Grinder

5 Lathe

6 Lathe accessories shelving

7 Disk-belt sander

8 Vacuum cleaner

9 table saw and jointer

10 Overhead stock rack

11 Bandsaw

12 Drill press accessories shelving

13 Drill press

14 Spray booth with turntable, pull out curtains, exhaust fan

15 Waste can

16 Paint shelving

Garage Workshop 6

Wood and metalworking shop in a 12' x 18' room that also houses furnace and water heater. This layout can be modified for L-shaped room where furnace is not included.

1 Bench - 27" x 72" 11 Spray booth with turntable, curtain and fan

2 Hand tool panel or cabinet 12 Paint supplies shelving

3 Drillpress accessories shelf 13 Overhead stock rack

4 Drillpress 14 Lathe

5 Bench for sheet metal tools 15 Lathe and miller accessories shelving

6 Disk-belt sander 16 Milling machine

7 Bandsaw 17 Waste can

8 Saw accessories shelves 18 Grinder

9 Jointer 19 Small supplies shelving

10 Tablesaw

Garage Workshop 7

Well equipped 12' x 18' shop for wood, metal, ceramics and lapidary work.

1 Bench - 27" x 8' 14 Tablesaw

2 Hand tool panel or cabinet 15 Spray booth with turntable, curtains and fan

3 Small supplies shelving 16 paint supplies shelving

4 Drill press accessories shelving 17 Lapidary bench

5 Drill press 18 Lapidary bench

6 Overhead stock rack 19 Lapidary saw, grinder and buffer

7 Woodworking lathe 20 Tumbler

8 Vacuum cleaner 21 High-temp oven for ceramics

9 Lathe accessories shelving 22 Grinder

10 Metalworking lathe 23 Forge

11 Bandsaw 24 Anvil

12 Combination disk-belt sander 25 Waste can

13 Jointer