Dave wrote in news:02fb0734-0491-431d-9281-
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Wow, thanks everyone for the great replies.

To answer some questions:

I live on Long Island, NY, so a good part of the year the shed will be
too damn cold or dark to do anything. I can make dust march -
november, after that I'll just pine.

Hand tools don't take much space to store or to use. Ever watch Roy
Underhill on the Woodwright's shop?

Planning is an absolute must. Not only am I going to be trying to
sqeeze a work bench, tools and the rest in the shed, I'm going to have
to put all my yard tools/mowers/other junk in there. She is already
planning moving a bunch of stuff from the house to the shed too.
*sigh*

Ah, so you won't have a shop, but merely a storage area. Don't worry,
you can work with it. Claim a space by the doors for your tools and
defend it. Others will clutter it up, it happens to me all the time.

I have two windows in the front of the shed for some light, and I'll
have the doors open when I'm working.

My first projects will be making a good bench and a good wooden
toolbox. Anyone have any good plans for a bench? I do wonder tho if
having a workbench on wheels i a good idea. Don't want it moving when
I am trying to use the table saw. (Table saws scare the f***k out of
me).

You could take a look at the Google Sketchup gallery. They've got tons
of plans for things like that there. [Btw: If anyone's submitted
anything to the 3D gallery, thanks! It really made workshop planning in
Sketchup easy.]

I've not quite gotten around to designing my bench, but one of the things
I intend to do is have several shallow drawers for screwdriver/chisel
storage and several deeper drawers for larger items.

A good table saw is too heavy to place on a bench when you want to use
it. There's one Ridgid makes that folds up into a rather convienent
size, has tool storage on the side, and can be rolled out when you want
to use it. I've never used it, but it gets recommended every once in a
while so it's probably a good tool.

I'll take pictures and paste the links here as I get going.

Thanks!
Dave

Hope this helps,

Puckdropper
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