Man cave / Shop Plans and Ideas

[PowDuck]

Originally posted by Flyboy718:
Grapes...for all practical purposes it will be a shop for doing odds and ends projects and storing things.  And yes, in backyard, detached from house...do not want to pour a slab.  I was thinking maybe 12' deep X 10' wide with 8' ceiling.

I was told many many years ago while building a shop that if you were going to store stuff in it, too, then figure out just how large you wanted it ... then double it!

So I would figure on 12' X 20' minimum.

[YORNOC]

Fish n chicks,    
Thats what this site is all about. Helping each other out.

[Flyboy718]

fish n chicks:  PM'd ya, thanks!

PowDuck:  I would love to have one that big, but unfortunatly I wouldn't have any grass left to walk on in the back yard and my budget couldn't afford it.

Misfire:  That is an excellent example of what I am looking at doing...what are the dimensions?

[misfire]

I'm not 100% but I beleive it's 12x10.

[Flyboy718]

Wonder where I could find a cheap wood burning stove?

[boznarras]

Consider some double doors or a garage door in at least one wall.
No matter how big you make it, at some point the shop will not be big enough for some project. I put double doors in one end of my shop and it lets me expand out the doors at times. Also, I can line up tools that require a lot of linear space, like the jointer, table saw, and planer and just open the doors for longer stock to feed through. The double doors are very handy when I am bringing in big stuff like plywood sheets, and when I need more ventilationlike when I am putting finish or paint on something.
If I could, I would have double doors at both ends, but one end is against my house foundation.

BTW, if you can look into back issues of Fine Woodworking magazine, through the years they have had several articles on shop design. There was a good one last fall on a small shop design. Some ideas work and some don't for each situation of course, but they are a good resource.
Have fun.
Walt

[fish n chicks]

Jason, got your pm. Give me a day or so and it will be emailed to you in pdf format. You can print it from any home computer on 8.5 x 11, and to a scale. I'd post it on here for others to use if they'd like, but I don't know how to post pdf's.

[Flyboy718]

Originally posted by fish n chicks:
Jason, got your pm. Give me a day or so and it will be emailed to you in pdf format. You can print it from any home computer on 8.5 x 11, and to a scale. I'd post it on here for others to use if they'd like, but I don't know how to post pdf's.

Awsome!  Thanks so much!

[MnFn]

Here we are regulated by the size of our lot. The amount of sq footage of your lot dictates the amount of sq footage of roofs on the property.

I am currently building a 12X16 shop.
Stats: 2X6 walls, lots of installation, electric heater, window, cement floating slab, and one coarse of block so I can hose the floor off without getting the walls wet.  I just wanted a place to do messy work, especially when it is cold outside.

[waiting4fall]

[fish n chicks]

Flyboy, I emailed you those plans. I did what I could with the little time I got, but you can certainly see they will help guide you in the right direction. Please keep us in the loop as to how things are going on the new shop.

Btw, I get the first bow out of it!

JK! Pictures would be just as awesome.

Good luck bro!

[camoman]

[camoman]

Here is the outside.  

[Ricky Wallace]

Dont let your wife store stuff for a "little while" in your man cave,,,,,,,,,,trust me!!!!!!!

[IdahoCurt]

Camoman you must be in heaven every time you're in there!

[camoman]

Yes sir. I lose track of time. Need to expand it a little bit. Need more table room.

[Ricky Wallace]

I like that dust collection system,After I get my new bandsaw next week,thats my next project!

[camoman]

If you are going to be doing woodworking you may not want a flame heater. If you get enough sawdust in the air you may be asking for trouble. I have two radiator heaters in mine. It takes them a few hours to warm up but they do the job. Just turn them on the night before and the shop is toasty in the morning.

When I built mine I put down cinder blocks and built the floor frame on top of it, decked it and then started building the walls. I made it all out of treated lumber in case I ever had a leak. It was a little more expensive but worth the piece of mind. I went with wooden interior walls so that I could hang stuff wherever I wanted and I figured I would probably knock holes in sheetrock. Definately build it bigger than you are expecting. I did and I still need more room.

[camoman]

Ricky, I need to move the dust collection outside. Believe it or not there is still alot of dust that comes out of the bag, plus the noise and I could use the extra room. I was thinking about puting in a cyclone, it is supposed to be a little better.

[Morning Star]

Family and friends helped me build my shop over last Summer.  The only thing I contracted out was the foundation slab. Didn't know how to run the power trowel and would have hated to screw up such a big pour.            I'm working on the inside through the winter, hope to have it done in another couple months. Will be heated, plumbed for a game cleaning station and bathroom, a 15 x 20' enclosed woodshop and I'm also working on a walk in cooler to hang a few deer.  I enjoy seeing your guy's pics.  Definitely have gotten a few good ideas.