What do your workshops look like?

[Oded Kishony]

Thanks

BTW there is an audio portion to this slide show too. It was done as part of an article that was written by a local newspaper about my work

Oded

[Ken Pollard]

Well done, Oded -- just what a shop should look like.

But now I have to tidy up my shop!

Thanks for posting the link.

[joerobson]

Ken,

Tidy? hmmmm. A varnish maker's shop is some how simpler and ....messier.

On we go,

Joe

[Jacob]

That doesn't look to bad Joe - in fact, it almost reminds me of a nice home-made bouillabasse. If one were to believe some old manuscripts, I would have expected your workshop to be situated in some burnt-out suburb outside the town walls

[Ken Pollard]

Joe --- that looks like lunch. Nice to work in a pot.

Here's a quick shot of my work area as it is right now. Not as tidy as Oded's, and not as wonderfully bright as Ratcliffiddles' old digs.

Ken

[Janito]

It is good to see the maker in his environment, so plaudits to Oded.

ps Please tell me that that is not a Zaret-type bassbar and it's simply the work in progress...

[Berl Mendenhall]

Oded,

Beautiful slide show. Your work and your shop look great.

Berl Mendenhall

[Carlos Juan]

Preparation for cutting f-holes

 

 

This is the main bench and tool-rack.

 

 

And a view of the workshop (it’s a
garage still with space for 2 cars)

 

[Oded Kishony]

Janito,

No not a Zaret bass bar I'm just trimming a cello bar.

The pictures don't show another section of the shop wich has a very comfortable working mess. ;-)

Oded

[apprenticerose]

This is my humble corner of the world....I work on fiddles to de-stress between touring and teaching.

http://img.photobucket.com/alb...j/shop%20fun/shop.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/alb.../shop%20fun/shop2.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/alb...20fun/lotsfiddles.jpg

The dark-haired lady is my mother, aka my first apprentice. She's done a great job so far, and it's nice to finally have the company in the shop. I told her she'd have fun, and she is!

All these pics taken at the end of a very loooong day. And no, I'm not nearly as young as I look.

Rose

[C.B.Fiddler]

My shop is a fourth bedroom that I have taken over. I made the bench and fastened it to the wall. This picture is a bit dated - I have since added an actual overhead light and overloaded the poor pegboard with 2x as many tools that have slowly been purchased as needed or mysteriously migrated in from the garage. You also have to picture a few failed c bouts strewn across the floor

[matthew tucker]

Ah yes I remember the "drilling into cinder-block" polemic some time ago ...

[Carlos Juan]

C.B Fiddler, is this under the bench a dremel scrollstation? I once considered purchasing one of those, primary for cutting neck and plates outlines. How does it do the job?

[C.B.Fiddler]

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Carlos Juan

C.B Fiddler, is this under the bench a dremel scrollstation? I once considered purchasing one of those, primary for cutting neck and plates outlines. How does it do the job?

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High Carlos,

That is a Ryobi 16 inch variable speed scroll saw. It works great for exactly what you mentioned. Next time around, I would buy a little more substantial one - Due to a good portion of this one being aluminum instead of steel, it tends to vibrate more than the betters ones. It helps to bolt it to the bench.

CB

[Ratcliffiddles]

This is my new workshop, not as roomy, but more cosy.

Peter

[John Vergara]

Here is my shop. A little cluttered for my taste. Its in an attic,

and I get robbed of space because of the pitched roof. Its nice to

have a work space of my own anyway.

[marie bayle]

It is really good to see how everyone is making use of space, as I

have to source inspiration for my new workshop very soon! Thanks

guys and keep posting your photos! I shall post mine when it is

built!

[Seth_Leigh]

Yeah, it's definitely an inspiration to me to see how densely and efficiently people can use their space. I've got a fair bit of space and I'm struggling to figure out how to use it efficiently. I appreciate every single workshop picture that anyone cares to post.

[David Tseng]

I am feeling a bit guilty after making nearly 150 violins and I don't have a work shop. I work most of the time at kitchen table. The band saw is in the garage. I am buying a computer desk with strong steel frame to convert it into a workbench and building a tool and accessory chest out of walnut and teak.

[Jacob]

It sounds like a productive kitchen table - but where do you prepare food and eat?

[Woodland]

When this thread went around last year it got me motivated to redo my workshop. This is as clean as it gets, perhaps a little too clean:

[David Tseng]

Here is how I carve the scroll. I made the gouges to suit my style of carving. The small knife with slightly convex edge is for caving channel under the scroll. Only a tea towel and no vise or cradle is needed. I can look at the work piece and change position quickly. A small basket is beside me to collect shavings. There is no mess. Yes, I carve with 2 hands for roughing the plates. In this case, I use one C-clamp to loosely hold the plate edge and a long pine board as a stop. This is hardly one hour job and I clean up the wood chip afterwards. What's about wood preparation and joining? They are done with power tools; I don't have much respect for 45 degree/bevel down bench plane anyway. All the hand tools are kept in the drawers and no trace of violin making can be seen in the house except a pile of tonewood beside the fireplace. One time a guest asked me did I use the fire place a lot; I said NO.

[greenshamrock]

Hello!

I have just gone into business and here is a picture of my brand new workshop!

[DarylG]

Hello!

I have just gone into business and here is a picture of my brand new workshop!

You need to resize this pic, best if around 100k and 800x600 pixels.

[~ Ben Conover]

From the outside my workshop looks like a traditional stone farmhouse, with a proper slate roof.

It's about 30 feet long and 13 feet wide, with a 20 foot ceiling, plenty space.

Basically, it's where the cows spent the winter, 200 years ago.

When I started work it had no roof, there was cow muck and hay everywhere.

It's walls are 3 feet thick, the floor is concrete with a ply overlay, and I currrently have 4 benches.

I also have a bandsaw and the usual other violin makers tools hung on the walls, on boards.

Planes chisels and gouges are on shelves at grabbing level.

The main problem is light, I have skylights and other small windows, but I need more light.

Cheers.