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[BearMan]

Hi Mike,

I got it from Kevin at Hides to Art:

http://www.hidestoart.com/hides_to_art_web_11-10-10_011.htm It holds over 200 tools & works out pretty nice. Also they have some Basket & border stamps that are unique &top quality. Thanks,,, Ed

[AndyH]

Ok so my humble workspace doesn't really compare with all the awesome pics I've seen on here but I guess we all start somewhere... Anyhow I'm happy with it!

And now I cant upload...:-/

For anyone interested, I will post pic(s) of said work area in my gallery

[cdthayer]

Hey Andy, Charlene looks a little grumpy there. Maybe you woke her up from her after-snack nap?

(I have a little work buddy named Rex.)

CD in Oklahoma

[cdthayer]

Here’s a link to your Charlene Photo.

http://leatherworker.net/forum/index.php?app=galleryℑ=22937

CD in Oklahoma

[AndyH]

Hey CD thanks for the link. There's 3 reasons she may be grumpy: 1-it's around 1:00a.m., 2- that space is probably a bit cramped (but the only place she'll lay), 3- she don't like her picture taken...

We have 2 dogs & 2 cats who all love being in the garage/shop with me. I need to install a doggie door!

What kinda dog is your Rex? Charlene is half shi-tzu & half blue heeler (dont ask...) with the personality of a heeler.

Anyone else have "shop pets/mascots"?

[cdthayer]

It’s nice to have a shop dog. I couldn’t get along without mine. He’s a mix, but he looks like a half-sized Black Lab when he “puts on the dog”. My son has a full-size Black Lab that we babysit once in a while, and they’re built about the same, just a different size.

I do a lot of my sewing (canvas and vinyl covers) out on my back patio in his yard where I can have table space to handle large pieces. Rex is just a 3-year old, and a Champion Tennis Ball Catcher (in his mind anyway), so we have to take regular ball-catchin’ breaks while we’re supposed to be working.

When I’m sewing in my small bike shop, Rex will often drop a tennis ball next to me, and if I don’t get it right away, he sits looking out the glass door watching the world go by for a while, and then gives up and retires to his loveseat in the wife’s sewing room until I get up and walk around the next time. Then he comes back, finds his ball, and the whole thing starts over again.

CD in Oklahoma

[AndyH]

That sounds like a pretty good dog! Good age too- out of the puppy stage when everything is a chew toy lol. Mine is 1 1/2 years old. No tricks or fetch-playing. She's pretty serious usually but she does have a monkey toy that is never too far away...

You're right, it is nice to have a shop dog! Especially one that tolerates off-key singing with the radio...which, along with a coffee maker are 2 necessities in my shop.

[RiverCity]

Now I need to insulate the damn garage door........

Chuck

[AndyH]

I like your setup Chuck. Looks very efficient. Is your table reinforced for excessive pounding/ punching/ etc? And if so, with what? I'd like to have a worktable that size! I'd probably need it on casters though.

Ok I already talked myself into it... next project- a table like Chucks!... thanks for the inspiration

[RiverCity]

I like your setup Chuck. Looks very efficient. Is your table reinforced for excessive pounding/ punching/ etc? And if so, with what? I'd like to have a worktable that size! I'd probably need it on casters though.

Ok I already talked myself into it... next project- a table like Chucks!... thanks for the inspiration

I framed it like a house, I don't have final pics with reinforcements before the top went on. It also has secondary cripple studs between the main cripple studs. The top is a solid core door, screwed down well, and the granite I got for free. It weighs close to 150 lbs by itself. It doesn't bounce any amount that is noticeable. Total table weight it probably 200-250 without the granite. 450+ with granite and all the other crap on there.

Chuck