Jim Bress Posted January 7, 2022 Author Report Share Posted January 7, 2022 To conclude, the shop is finally setup and ready to start getting messy. Posters will slowly migrate to the walls and maybe a shelf or two. However, the clutter of “bits of this and that”, wood storage and other stuff will be restrained to an adjacent “storage room”. Thanks for everyone’s input! Cheers, Jim Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rue Posted January 7, 2022 Report Share Posted January 7, 2022 Looks good! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Burgess Posted January 7, 2022 Report Share Posted January 7, 2022 Jim, what would you think about painting a couple of fake windows on one wall, and a fake skylight on the ceiling? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brad Dorsey Posted January 7, 2022 Report Share Posted January 7, 2022 Also, a fake swimming pool in the floor. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Violadamore Posted January 7, 2022 Report Share Posted January 7, 2022 I like how the stark minimalism is offset by the giant blue smiley trying to hide under the desk, as if it's frightened by all the lights. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brokenbow Posted January 7, 2022 Report Share Posted January 7, 2022 2.5 pages of comments and no one has pointed out the obvious question. What color(s) were the walls of Stradavarius' workshop? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Bress Posted January 7, 2022 Author Report Share Posted January 7, 2022 (edited) 31 minutes ago, David Burgess said: Jim, what would you think about painting a couple of fake windows on one wall, and a fake skylight on the ceiling? Hmmm, maybe a BIG SCREEN on the ceiling with a live feed from an outside camera pointing straight up. Kind of a Hogwarts effect without the floating candles. Okay, now I want floating candles. Thanks David Edited January 7, 2022 by Jim Bress Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Bress Posted January 7, 2022 Author Report Share Posted January 7, 2022 20 minutes ago, Brad Dorsey said: Also, a fake swimming pool in the floor. I have room for a kiddie pool. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Bress Posted January 7, 2022 Author Report Share Posted January 7, 2022 15 minutes ago, Violadamore said: I like how the stark minimalism is offset by the giant blue smiley trying to hide under the desk, as if it's frightened by all the lights. Please don't pick on GBS, he's very shy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Bress Posted January 7, 2022 Author Report Share Posted January 7, 2022 17 minutes ago, brokenbow said: 2.5 pages of comments and no one has pointed out the obvious question. What color(s) were the walls of Stradavarius' workshop? Actually Davide suggested lime white as a historically correct color back on page one. I went with a color that happened to match the yellowing pages of an old book I was reading at the time. I've renamed the color of the walls "old parchment". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brad Dorsey Posted January 7, 2022 Report Share Posted January 7, 2022 1 hour ago, Jim Bress said: …I've renamed the color of the walls "old parchment". Excellent. If the violin thing doesn’t work out for you, you could probably get a job naming paint colors. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Don Noon Posted January 8, 2022 Report Share Posted January 8, 2022 I remeber when I first set up my workshop, it looked sorta like that. Now there are no bare horizontal or vertical spaces left, so wall color has been replaced by a kind of camouflage. More stuff has been added in the 7 years since the bottom photo, but you get the idea... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Bress Posted January 8, 2022 Author Report Share Posted January 8, 2022 47 minutes ago, Don Noon said: I remeber when I first set up my workshop, it looked sorta like that. Now there are no bare horizontal or vertical spaces left, so wall color has been replaced by a kind of camouflage. More stuff has been added in the 7 years since the bottom photo, but you get the idea... Yeah, when I visited your shop sometime between the bottom photo and COVID it kind of reminded me of a cockpit i.e., enough room for you to get in and out, and everything within reach, but no wasted space. However, 2 years living on a buoy tender way back when has cured my of holding onto anything that I don't need. Also, my machinery will be in the garage instead of in the basement workshop. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Don Noon Posted January 8, 2022 Report Share Posted January 8, 2022 13 hours ago, Jim Bress said: Also, my machinery will be in the garage instead of in the basement workshop. I have a garage too... with the lathe and small mill. And tons of non-violinmaking crap, forming a cave where the car barely fits. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
christian bayon Posted January 8, 2022 Report Share Posted January 8, 2022 Organised wall. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Burgess Posted January 8, 2022 Report Share Posted January 8, 2022 16 hours ago, Jim Bress said: Yeah, when I visited your shop sometime between the bottom photo and COVID it kind of reminded me of a cockpit i.e., enough room for you to get in and out, and everything within reach, but no wasted space. A swivel chair is about all you need to access everything, when making violins. When making cellos, more space is required, so that's where wheels on the bottom of the swivel chair come in handy, so you can scoot between one tool or another. Scooting on a high-center-of-gravity wheeled chair is a high-level skill. Be sure to wear a helmet until you have mastered it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Bress Posted January 8, 2022 Author Report Share Posted January 8, 2022 Very nice Christian. Now that the thread topic has concluded, and we've seen a couple more shop pics. How about other makers show off their shops with some current pics of their workshop. I say current because there have been several "show me your workshop" threads and I'd rather see new pics than recycled pics from different threads. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
christian bayon Posted January 9, 2022 Report Share Posted January 9, 2022 And the Zen one in Amsterdam. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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