1800 Sq Ft Woodworking Dream Shop! (Shop Tour 2025)

Watch me give a tour of my 1800 sq ft woodshop I run my furniture business out of. It's been almost 5 years since my last shop tour, so I figured it's time to show y'all around. I have learned a lot doing this over 10 years and hopefully some of my tips are helpful to you guys. This is my longest video in a while so let me know what you think!

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0:00 - Intro
2:12 - Shop Overview
3:55 - Lumber Organization
8:06 - CNC
11:59 - Big Oliver Band Saw
18:16 - S4S Machine
21:32 - Surface Sander
24:33 - Planer and Workspace
30:24 - Small Oliver Bandsaw
33:18 - Bench Area
50:01 - Veneer Table Area
58:40 - Air Cleaner
1:01:11 - Conclusion

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[brucegoodwyn]

Great tour, Andy! Thanks for letting us tag along on your woodworking adventures. It's good to know there are still some great master woodworkers right here in town. God Bless....

[TennesseeHeirloomWoodcraft]

Thanks for the shop update, Andy. I recently started my YouTube channel as a way to showcase my work and grow my business. You’ve inspired me over the years to go out on my own and start my own furniture business. Your channel and social media has always been sort of a mentor to me.

[mjconrad]

I love the gas pump outside. Classic touch.

[donovancorbin]

Always impressed with your humility and honesty. I’ve watched you since the beginning and I love the content. You have inspired countless people to get into this craft. You completely deserve everything you have, you worked hard for all of it. You have paid back all of those who helped you along the way by staying true to yourself I’m sure they are all very proud of you. Happy New Year

Corbin Woodworks.

[Hvn]

Damn, you are so right about those old machines. I worked at a company for almost forty years, that was founded in 1893. There many old tools there, including a 36” Clement bandsaw. It is an awesome machine, and still kicking ten years after I left.

[detroitfan]

Great Video Andy, I especially appreciate the tips on how you keep your orders organized and the transparency of how you financially got the shop started, not many people talk about that

[relsanat]

It's a pleasure peeking into the life of a master woodworker. Thank you for all that you do!

[ld]

This is one of the best shop tours on YouTube. Very informative and interesting.

[Ivo_Serra]

I think the best complement I can give is this: after following Andy's work very closely, I feel I could easily do this tour myself!😅 Greatfull for the time given to see it in much more detail! Have a great 2025!

[jamesdabney]

Great Shop tour Always enjoy your videos.

[davidt]

Nice and relaxed tour of your shop. I’m glad you started with hand tools and only developing a talent and love of working with wood did you go to power tools. It’s important that woodworkers practice that form to truly understand the process. Nice shoutout to Paul Sellers, he has helped lots of people in their journey of woodworking. We all stand on the shoulders of giants him too, and someday someone else will give you too a shout out on future videos. You have a nice setup and your talent shows in the work you do. Thanks for taking the time to show us.

[louisnemick]

Andy may God bless you this year and your family.

[FearsomeWarrior]

The Chris Schwarz hardware cabinet has been on my project list for years. Maybe he calls it a nail organizer cabinet. Yours looks awesome even when it is not finished up.

[kennymac]

Thanks, this was a great, probably the best tour I have seen.

Regarding your health, particularly longevity of your health as it relates to your profession, I have a some comments that might help. Although some of the fine dust and particulate data is relevant, it is really a scare tactic to help sell dust collectors and filters. It is hard to find references for what I am talking about because the searches will lead you to the bias for filters and again marketing for these products. The much better solution is to vent the air out of the building. For example, the fumes that were sensed by your little device was likely accurate and why was it high and unhealthy if the air filter was working? Do you have the correct filter? A fan in the window with another open window will function much better, although bringing in ambient air might be a problem for the wood joinery. Cross ventilation is the better solution. There are solutions for exposure to wood dust too but are more specific.

[ndpurvis]

I am a hobbyist in Houston and have been watching your videos for a while. Was so cool to hear that you took classes at homestead heritage as our dog’s breeder is out there and we have visited. I have also ridden bikes with Frank! Anyways, keep it up! Your work is very inspiring

[rs-su]

I'm OCD but during a project our shops could be interchanged w/o noticing other than different layout with respect to housekeeping, however I do not make my living from my shop. If I did it's likely my OCD would not have much time available to organize. Nice spectrum of machinery not much you could not make in your shop. mortising machine is super! Shops can always be larger but yours is well sized for a 1-2 man operation great job. Ray

[Mutant_]

Andy, I'll take what you don't want. I can still work in my shop so, obviously I need more.

[Dancing_Alone_wRentals]

The stories of the saws and how you bought them and what you thought at the time was very interesting.
tHanks for the video

[TheMonkdad]

This is a professional grade shop. I’m so jealous not only of the tools but the square footage. My flattener has to hang from the ceiling because my shop is space limited.

[cameronhochstedler]

Really cool thanks for the update! Blessings.