hey welcome into the shopfix channel a communityÂ
joined together for the love of woodworking so  really excited about today's episode so i'm goingÂ
to give you a full tour of the new redesigned  shop and i've recently redesigned it because iÂ
needed to save some more space to work on larger  projects and to add some more tools so withoutÂ
further ado let's get right into this shop tour  shop fix it's for the love of woodworking let'sÂ
start this tour off at the miter saw station and  i want to show you all the features of thisÂ
cart that i built so right off the bat one of  the most important features that i think is theÂ
dust hood that contains all the dust so i have  two dust collection hoses on either side of theÂ
miter saw that sucks up all the dust shooting  off the blade and then the box keeps all theÂ
other dust basically contained and so that's  been great ever since i built that i did buildÂ
an extension table to hold boards and i can put  really long boards on here and the length fromÂ
here to here can support a really long board and  if i'm doing a really heavy board that's kind ofÂ
teeter-tottering because it's so long i can use  this hold down clamp and so it doesn't really needÂ
to be any longer than that because either a i just  hold it with my hand and it's just fine or i justÂ
use this hold down clamp so either way works so i  don't really need to make this any longer thanÂ
it has to be i did add this fence right here  and really the main reason for that is because iÂ
like clamping on a stop block so if i'm trying to  cut out a bunch of boards at a certain measurementÂ
i'll just clamp a square right here and then  you know they'll all be the same cut and so that'sÂ
primarily why i have this now what's really cool  about this miter saw station is that it has aÂ
ton of lumber storage so underneath here we have  all of my cutoffs so everything that i'm cuttingÂ
like if i'm cutting a really long board and i get  like a 12 inch cut off well i can just immediatelyÂ
put it down here and it's really handy this thing  holds a ton of lumber i have a couple of sheetÂ
goods down here that are wider panels and then  a bunch of cutoffs and then underneath i can storeÂ
some wider panels as well so that's super helpful another important feature of this miter sawÂ
station is that it can be leveled to the ground  and it has casters so the castersÂ
can be engaged with this lever and now the miter saw station is up on thisÂ
wheel and so if you engage all four then it  can be mobile when you release that then the miterÂ
saw station goes onto the leg levelers and i'm in  a garage and like all garages they're slopedÂ
downward and so i have to level the far side  up way more than this side and the leg levelers doÂ
that perfectly and it makes it to where i have a  flat level surface to work on the last thing iÂ
want to mention about the miter saw station is  that i'm using the dewalt dws 779 miter saw andÂ
it's worked really great i highly recommend the  dewalt brand miter saws so that about wraps upÂ
the miter saw station let's move on to the next  section the next thing i want to share withÂ
you is the flip cart that i recently designed  so i used a 3 4 thread steel pipe for the middleÂ
of the flip cart i used 3 4 sheavy material  for the tops of the flip cart and then for theÂ
middle to make the box i use strips of 3 4 ndf  and i just drilled a hole in the center of the mdfÂ
that's the diameter of the steel pipe so it fits  snug but can flip on the steel pipe and so letÂ
me show you how it works so these dowel pins on  either side basically hold it flat and level andÂ
when i remove them then that enables it to flip so  flipping this thing is a breeze you just have toÂ
start it flipping and it goes all the way around and then this 2×4 right here  it basically rests on the 2×4 of the structureÂ
of the flip cart and then once you're there you  can take the dowel pins again and putÂ
them on the opposite side of this 2×4 and now it's locked in and what'sÂ
even cooler is i actually routed  dust collection right to the station andÂ
so i simply can put my dust collection  right in and then i'm ready to go and to flipÂ
it back over pop it off put it to the side take out the dowel pins and then it flips back the other way and then put the dowel pins inÂ
the opposite side of the 2×4 and that's how it works and obviously withÂ
the dewalt planer that dust collection  you have to add on this so that just pops onÂ
and then i can grab the dust collection hose  and pop it on and so you can see how quick thatÂ
can be um because i was thinking like all right so  maybe having a flip cart would be an inconvenienceÂ
because i'd have to flip it i'd have to you know  do the dust collection all this stuff everyÂ
time i want to use the machine but honestly  flipping it like that takes what 30 seconds youÂ
know i mean it doesn't take much time and it saves  an incredible amount of space in my workshopÂ
so i definitely have liked it so far the last  thing that i would mention about the flip cart isÂ
that it's on four locking casters and it makes it  really easy to move around the shop wherever iÂ
need it so that about wraps up that flip cart  design and while we're in this area i can coverÂ
a couple other features over here so i have  this cabinet right above me here and this justÂ
stores some of my glue some of my adhesive and  of course you gotta have wd-40 but yeah just someÂ
random odds and ends in there uh what's cool is  though that my brother mikey actually built thisÂ
and so uh he built this i believe in woodworking  shop class at high school and he didn't reallyÂ
need to use it anymore but i was like oh bro  let me get that like it'll be perfect in my shopÂ
he built it really nice got some nice trim up here  it's on a french cleat and it actually matchesÂ
this cabinet this one's on a french cleat too  this one i built and this is that of locallyÂ
sourced cherry and it has this cool natural  stick for shelf supports and i really likeÂ
this i was going to put in the house but  i had to keep it out here because i'mÂ
spending most of my time out here anyway  i also recently designed these mallets so thisÂ
one's made of an osage tree so that was pretty  cool i keep my pencils up here just for quickÂ
access so i can grab them always any pencils  you can never have enough and keep them sharpÂ
sharp pencils definitely help out in woodworking  you don't want to be using dull ones i actuallyÂ
keep a whole jar of sharp pencils because as  soon as they go dull i'll just like put them inÂ
a pile and grab a sharp one always working with  a sharp pencil that's important i got my clock upÂ
here that i made and that's just out of pine and  i don't know i just really like it i put itÂ
up there um a cool feature of the workshop  and probably one of the coolest featuresÂ
in my workshop is this picture my dad  made for me so it's printed on metal and so it'sÂ
a perfect shop picture can't get damaged but it's  a collage of some of my early woodworking uhÂ
more importantly woodworking with my grandpa  and so he found all the best pictures of me andÂ
my grandpa woodworking together and i have some  of his machines like the drum sander i'll showÂ
you later in this tour i actually still have that  sander so that's pretty special i have his scrollÂ
saw as well so i think that's pretty cool but me  and him did a lot of woodworking together and he'sÂ
a primary influence of why i got into woodworking  and why i kept woodworking and it's just reallyÂ
cool that i had this picture to remind me  um of the times that me and him spentÂ
in the woodshop so that's pretty cool all right so that about wraps up this areaÂ
of the workshop so let's go on to the next  area now we're at the back of my workshop whereÂ
i house most of my lumber on this 2×4 lumber rack  and i try to make it as big as possible becauseÂ
honestly the number one thing that i need in this  workshop is lumber storage because i want a lotÂ
of lumber on hand to be able to use for projects  and i want it up out of the way so this 2×4Â
lumber rack came in great handy it has 45Â Â degree supports and can hold a ton of weight andÂ
so that's the main feature in the back here i have  an air filter here a shop fox air filter and i runÂ
that most of the time when i'm woodworking just  to keep the air clean and it's best to positionÂ
these off to the side of your workshop so that  the air can circulate in a circular direction iÂ
guess the only other thing would be this clamp  rack i built i just built it out of scrap wood andÂ
basically just made sure they had slots that were  the correct size for the clamps that i'm using andÂ
so that was pretty cool design and it just uses  these little 45 degree supports to help hold upÂ
the weight and then the whole thing is screwed  into the studs and so that basicallyÂ
covers it for this side of the workshop  as far as temperature control goes in the workshopÂ
when it's hot in the summer months i use the  ceiling mounted fan and then when it's really coldÂ
in the winter months i use this thermal infrared  heating unit and both work really well to getÂ
it more comfortable to work out here when the  temperatures are in their extremes so that aboutÂ
covers the temperature control and this is kind of  where i house that it is wired into a dedicatedÂ
uh circuit on the ceiling so everything that's  plugged in the ceiling is on a dedicated circuitÂ
and that's routed all the way from the breaker  and that's kind of what i did in the workshopÂ
i brought two 20 amp lines all the way to the  workshop so that i can have one line dedicatedÂ
for everything on the ceiling and then one line  for all the machines and then i also have one moreÂ
line for the dust collector that i'll show later  this area of my workshop also houses my handÂ
tool cabinet so let me show you that next so my hand tool cabinet housesÂ
everything from measuring devices  all the way to pliers and everything is hungÂ
on dowel rods and the dowel rods just sit in  a piece of cherry lumber that's in the back ofÂ
the tool cabinet and so i also have these bins  that organize smaller parts i have a ton ofÂ
room left for any odds and ends that i need  and this hand tool cabinet is positioned rightÂ
behind my table saw workstation so i figured  let's cover the table saw workstation next soÂ
the workstation houses a dewalt jobsite table saw  and ever since i built this it's been like theÂ
bread and butter of my workshop and that's mainly  because of the large work surface that it createsÂ
so i have a three foot by five foot work surface  to build projects to do glue ups on it's justÂ
so valuable in a workshop and it's the largest  work surface that i have in here anotherÂ
important aspect of my table saw workstation  is the storage underneath the table saw so iÂ
have two large shelving units down here to store  all my table saw cutoffs and then allÂ
the table saw accessories and jigs  and so that saves a ton of space i love havingÂ
all that room accessible under the table saw  now this table saw is also on leg levelers just asÂ
my miter saw station is and that's super important  to get a level surface to do all my projectsÂ
on and then i also have it hooked up to my dust  collection unit and can be turned off and onÂ
with the blast gate and so that covers all the  important aspects of this table saw workstationÂ
let's go on to the next area of my workshop  all right so on this side of the workshop i houseÂ
my 60 inch workbench i have a 12 inch variable  speed drill press by when i have hardware storageÂ
i have some upper cabinets here for more storage  and i also have three drawers in the workbench forÂ
storage so i house all of my bits and such for the  drill press and the drawer in the workbench rightÂ
here so i have all my brad point drill bits and  then i got my forstner bits in there and thenÂ
i have some specialized drill bits like a hole  cutter and countersink bit and such and there iÂ
store some of my chisels in the bottom one but  mainly this area is for you know building stuffÂ
on the workbench and then gathering materials i  have so much hardware here this houses everythingÂ
as far as screws bolts nails springs electrical  wiring nuts i have screw anchors hooks things forÂ
picture frames i mean i have it all right here  over here towards the front of my workshop i haveÂ
a lot of my power tools and some of my bigger  machines so i have my central machinery wood latheÂ
here i have my drum sander by delta and this was  passed down from my grandpa i use this as a littleÂ
kid so that's pretty crazy i have this scroll saw  which was passed down from my grandpa as well andÂ
then i have a delta bandsaw that works super well  for resawing over here and it is on wheelsÂ
so i can move it wherever i want in the shop  the central machinery the drum sander and scrollÂ
saw are actually all on wheels so i can move those  wherever i need to so that's pretty nice in theseÂ
cabinets i have various things so in this one i  have some things for the wood lathe i have myÂ
kreg jig and then some electrical stuff in there  in this cabinet i have all of my stainsÂ
and finishes and i also have glue in here  so i have everything from boiledÂ
linseed oil to like polyurethane  i have some wood filler and everything i need toÂ
stain with all in that cabinet and this cabinet  i just have some odds and ends i have someÂ
clock parts some corner plant vices gloves  just all sorts of stuff in there and then the mainÂ
cabinet back here houses all of my power tools  so these are just all power tools that iÂ
use often during projects and i have them  accessible in these cabinets here and then aboveÂ
this cabinet tree right here i house two ladders  and that's super important i use the ladder a lotÂ
in the workshop if i need to access stuff on the  ceiling or some of the top shelves so last but notÂ
least we'll cover the dust collector that i have  so i was able to fit this dust collector backÂ
here in the corner and so it doesn't really  waste any space and that's kind of niceÂ
to just have it back here in the corner  this box of the miter saw actually kindÂ
of insulates the sound a little bit so  that it's not too loud it's kind of in a almostÂ
like a half box so it kind of keeps it quieter  the one thing about the super max dust collectorÂ
is it doesn't have a second stage and so when you  think about getting dust collection in your shopÂ
you want to make sure that you get something that  has a second stage or you buy a second stageÂ
because what will happen is if you're planing  lumber or jointing lumber all of those chips goÂ
straight all at once into the tube and into the  dust collection unit and all of it just gets stuckÂ
right at the entrance of the dust collector and so  then it just stops sucking up any of the chipsÂ
or the dust and so what the second stage does  is all the chips get dumped into the bucket andÂ
if they're too heavy to be sucked up in well it  just stays in the bottom of the trash can and thenÂ
all the fine dust particles get to filter through  and so it keeps collecting all the dust and soÂ
that's super important and i definitely recommend  routing dust collection to your miter stationÂ
that helps out a lot and i would say the planer  and the jointer make the most material wasteÂ
that gets sucked up so i would definitely route  dust collection to a planer and a jointer andÂ
riding the dust collection unit to a table saw  is also not a bad idea that'll keep your tableÂ
saw really clean well that about wraps up today's  shop tour but i really hope you found this videoÂ
valuable in deciding how to design your workshop  or maybe you wanted to redesign an aspect of yourÂ
workshop and this video gave you an idea if it did  smash that like button that really helps me out aÂ
lot and if you haven't subscribed to the shopfix  channel consider subscribing today for a longÂ
time subscribers i bet you can tell how much of a  difference this redesign made in the workshop andÂ
so i'm excited to build new projects with you and  with the space that i have now i can buildÂ
much larger projects so i'm also excited about  that well i wish you the best of luck withÂ
your future woodworking projects take care
