"Too_Many_Tools" wrote in message
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I am looking for ideas and examples (with links hopefully) to how
others include a workshop in both their RV and sailboats.

General metalworking and woodworking as the goals.

The examples can be of either type or a combination of both.

Also discussions of having a shop (tools and stock storage) within a
small space and alternative power sources come to mind.

Thanks

TMT

Think small and think minimalist.

Lugging a whole machine shop around with you is a lot simpler if you've
restricted yourself to a mini-mill/-lathe, especially if you're driving a
1-ton dually and dragging a large-sized fifth-wheel RV.

For the U-Drive-It crowd [Class "A", "B", and "C" motorhomes] a modest shop
can be set up in a cargo trailer.

Sailboats are a whole 'nother world: far more limited space, far more
limited weight-carrying capability, a virtual absence of electricity, and
the simple fact that sailboats travel on their sides...

When on the road with my dually/FW combination [21' of truck and 38' of
trailer], I limit myself to hand-held power tools and hand tools. These I
carry in a set of 4 Stanley tool boxes [used as organizers] within a
cross-bed Al tool chest. They are organized as:

Pneumatic
Impact wrenches
Impact sockets
Die Grinders
Air Brush
Supplies, etc.
Wrenches
Ratchets & Speedhandles
Breaker bars
Sockets
Extensions
Adapters
Box-end
Open-end
Combination
Woodworking
Saws
Screwdrivers
Hammers
Files & Rasps
Chisels
Spade and Forstner bits
Sandpaper
Squares
Filler Putty
Misc. "Stuff"
Metalworking
Hammers [Ball Pein, Drilling, Sledge]
Files
Drill Bits
Cold Chisels
Punches
Carborundum stones
Diamond Hones
"Stuff"

Between the Stanley boxes, the Al box also holds a hand-held electric drill,
a "drill press attachment" [that actually works reasonably well], a Dremel
Detail Sander, a couple of 4.5" grinders, an electric circular saw, and a
bunch of other "stuff" including a 10'x13' screen tent. grin

In a rear storage compartment of the trailer is my Dremel gear including
several grinders with most of the available "goodies" from plunge router to
drill press, planer to saw.

Oyea, my compressor [Porter-Cable C3151] rides by the truck's tailgate.

When "Shore Power" isn't available, I just fire up the 7KW Onan generator
mounted in the front of the trailer.

Hopefully this may give you a few ideas...