Full Shop Tour After 5 Years!

A full tour of my shop after 5 years!

Upper Cabinets:

Miter Saw Station:

BEEFY Outfeed/Assembly Table:

Outfeed/CNC Table:

Router Table:

Drill Press (Any Benchtop Tool) Cabinet:

Under Table Saw Cabinet:

Tools/products:

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[chrisroyak]

You had me at "I'm not one that's gonna have a big shrine of Woodpecker's tools up on the wall" 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[GK-qzcm]

John, thanks for the shop tour. Most timely for me as I am building an addition to my house with a basement similar in size to yours. I will definitely be copying a lot of what you have. Yours is the best I have seen that fits my needs. I am basically a recreational woodworker since my retirement. At 74 I am hoping to have several years still ahead of me.

[oilcitywoodworks]

Your shop s about the same size as my shop, so I loved this tour. As I continue to fully convert our 2-car garage to a dedicated woodworking shop, and as I continue to buy more tools, I love seeing how others layout their shops. Very cool. Been a sub for a few years now and I always enjoy your videos! Thanks from Texas.

[mtnjak]

How interesting that I was searching for shop tours today and yours was near the top of the list. Then I quickly realized, this could be similar to what I had roughly planned out: a 24x30 shop with a basement. I do some milling and dry my own so my thought was shop on main floor with a milling station and wood storage in the basement. It's still a dream at this point though. Also, seeing how you mentioned Rural King and I see Tool Shop brand it appears you are either near St. Louis, Peoria or Chicago burbs. Myself, I'm in East Peoria. Thanks for sharing!

[nutsmcflurry]

Great choice on the gray floor and cabinets. Photographers call that a balance card, or 18% gray, which is a particular color for checking color balance.

All around a very well balanced and efficient layout.
The arrangement of tools

[WoodworkingWarrior]

Thanks for the tour. I've only been in my current shop for a little over a year, and it's in the beginning stages of transformation.

[AngieWilliamsDesigns]

Great shop space. Really organized.

I have the zipwall system as well as my “paint booth”. I am really glad I found them.

[jeremybuchanan]

Great shop and great tour. Thanks for sharing with us. I have a garage in town that is also 24' X 32'. It started out as a garage where we parked both of our cars and I had a few tools. It has morphed into my shop that will no longer allow a car to fit with everything that I have accumulated. We are looking for a place in the country where we can have both a garage and a shop in 2 separate buildings. I love seeing other people's shops to get ideas for how to lay my new one out when I get it. You have some great ideas that I will use in my shop.

[gefaber]

Thanks for the tour John. You gave me a great idea with your "pullout" sander. Can't wait to try that out!

[matthewson]

I really like your shop. I run a custom cabinet shop from my garage as well. I have to share it with the exercise equipment and other storage stuff. I can’t wait to get more space some day. Thanks for posting this!

[brantlers]

I did enjoy going through your drawers

[scottrevere]

Thanks John! Lots of great updates to your shop. BTW, several of your upgrades I have made to my shop, like the outfeed table and table saw cabinet. Keep up the great work.

[thewestendwoodworker]

John, thank you for showing us your shop.

[markraisner]

Thank you for making a full shop tour, very enjoyable!

[johnstup]

Thanks for the shop tour John! I have a space 14x20 in the basement that will eventually be dedicated to my shop. It is partially finished. Just waiting for the wife to get her craft "stuff" moved upstairs. 🙄😁

[christophsan]

It’s great watching your shop transform over the years to what you have now. Wonder what it looks like 5 years from now. Maybe a woodpecker shrine? 😂😂

[Lwimmermastermetalart]

Very clean and well thought out, I love the grey tones. Great organizing as well. 👍🏼👍🏼

[nikkihopson]

Great video! Love your organizational skills! Wonder where you get that from lol!😂

[jimrosson]

Shop looks great man. Thanks for sharing

[mikeh]

Awesome shop! Been watching you for a couple years now.

Everyone loves a good dust collection video! I'm sure you would do well with one. Oneida is fantastic but there are quite a few of those in recent years. I'd love to see you come up with something unique! 🙂