Members Cyberthrasher Posted February 9, 2013 Members Report Posted February 9, 2013 I'm embarrassed with some of these workspaces that have been shared The first one here is an overall shot showing how small of a dungeon my wife puts me in. Here's a closeup of my main desk where i do my tooling, cutting, and sometimes templating (as you can see here). The soda fridge is on the far left. This is a corner view that shows my wonderful dye rack and leather storage system, plus how I store past artwork. I slap it on the wall for reference while tooling and pretty much just leave it there. Next up is the dye/glue/finish/burnish table. It also has too much other household stuff crammed everywhere. The gray rubbermaid under it is my primary scrap storage. I'm in the middle of dying this strap, so that's why I'm templating the next one at the wrong table. Closeup view of the most ghetto stitching pony you'll ever see . It works for me for the time being. Light box (subbing as more storage at the moment), another scrap box for the little cut-offs, and some seats in various states of work. The beer fridge is on the right. Quote hellhoundkustoms.wordpress.com www.facebook.com/hellhoundkustoms www.etsy.com/shop/HellhoundKustoms
Members billymac814 Posted February 10, 2013 Members Report Posted February 10, 2013 That kinda reminds me of my old shop space. I think it was roughly 100 sq ft or somewhere near that. I sometimes think I was more efficient there, all I had to do was spin 180 degrees around in my chair and I was at my sanding and burnished area and spin 90 degrees more and I was at my stitching machine. I only had to get up to dye and cut. Cutting was a real pain though as I couldn't lay a side out anywhere and that was why I knew as soon as I got a bigger shop I'd have a big cutting table. Quote www.mccabescustomleather.com
Members Cyberthrasher Posted February 10, 2013 Members Report Posted February 10, 2013 Cutting was a real pain though as I couldn't lay a side out anywhere and that was why I knew as soon as I got a bigger shop I'd have a big cutting table. That's one of the 2 main things I'd like to fix. I need a longer tooling bench since most of my work is belts and guitar straps. Right now they hang off either side and I'm always afraid of something rubbing wrong. But, the main thing I need is a better cutting table. Right now I take it over to my bedroom floor on the other side of the wall and roll out my side to cut with a large cutting mat underneath the edge. As it is, a good side of leather barely fits in my floor space with all the other junk we have protruding from the walls. Quote hellhoundkustoms.wordpress.com www.facebook.com/hellhoundkustoms www.etsy.com/shop/HellhoundKustoms
Members needles Posted February 11, 2013 Members Report Posted February 11, 2013 I am really jealous of all you guys, i don't have a work area, its permitted only with written consent from the wife signed by both parents, then i can set up on the dining room table until she and the teenager get fed up with the tapping..then its pack it all away again ..one day.......when i take over the world...err well the spare room if im lucky....working on it.... al Quote
Members billymac814 Posted February 11, 2013 Members Report Posted February 11, 2013 I am really jealous of all you guys, i don't have a work area, its permitted only with written consent from the wife signed by both parents, then i can set up on the dining room table until she and the teenager get fed up with the tapping..then its pack it all away again ..one day.......when i take over the world...err well the spare room if im lucky....working on it.... al Don't feel bad, I used to fit all my tools and supplies in a box like this. And packed them up each night. I eventually got a desk that I could leave them out, then a whole workbench, then a whole room, then the shop I'm in now. Quote www.mccabescustomleather.com
Members Cyberthrasher Posted February 11, 2013 Members Report Posted February 11, 2013 Don't feel bad, I used to fit all my tools and supplies in a box like this. And packed them up each night. I eventually got a desk that I could leave them out, then a whole workbench, then a whole room, then the shop I'm in now. I started with a similar setup, except it was a cardboard box and I was working on our dishwasher because it was the most solid surface available. Finally I put my foot down and demanded some space of my own, so she threw me down the stairs and said "here, have the cold basement crybaby". Not really, my wife is too loving and accepting, but it sounds really funny Quote hellhoundkustoms.wordpress.com www.facebook.com/hellhoundkustoms www.etsy.com/shop/HellhoundKustoms
Members billymac814 Posted February 11, 2013 Members Report Posted February 11, 2013 Once wives start seeing money roll in because of it they tend to have a change of heart:-). I met my wife after I was already deep in it but when we got a house together having a workshop in the living room wasn't going to fly so when we picked out our house it had to have an extra room for a shop space. She was also very supportive when I came home with the crazy idea of buying a shop and going full time, in fact it probably would have stayed a pipe dream if it wasn't for her. She actually quit her job before I did and ran the shop during the day and I came in after work and stayed till 1 or 2 am, which wasn't much different than before except I wasn't home working. Quote www.mccabescustomleather.com
Members Cyberthrasher Posted February 11, 2013 Members Report Posted February 11, 2013 I keep hoping that will happen some day. I love my day job, but I love making money with art even more!! Half the reason I haven't been sleeping well lately is because I have ideas for products and patterns rolling through my head half the night. Quote hellhoundkustoms.wordpress.com www.facebook.com/hellhoundkustoms www.etsy.com/shop/HellhoundKustoms
Members BondoBobCustomSaddles Posted February 11, 2013 Members Report Posted February 11, 2013 OK, so I can say that my shop is not the most organized or clean, mostly because I am always working on a project and there seems to never be enough time to stop and "git-er cleaned". These are a few pics of it as clean as it ever gets. My work space is really comprised of two rooms. 1)the main work room which is 12' X 20' and 2) the cutting room which is 12' X 24'. The pics are of the main work room, since the cutting room is just a plain room with a 10' X 5' cutting table in it, and the storage of my wife's Christmas decorations. I have never posted pics of it before, because it just isn't a big fancy shop like most of you guys have. One of these days, the goal is to have a log cabin built out back to house my shop. Bob Quote
Members Cyberthrasher Posted February 11, 2013 Members Report Posted February 11, 2013 I have never posted pics of it before, because it just isn't a big fancy shop like most of you guys have. One of these days, the goal is to have a log cabin built out back to house my shop. Bob I think the majority of us actually have pretty small areas to work in, it's just that most of us don't share the pictures because it isn't much to look at It's funny that the first thing that caught my eye in your pictures was the fish-tape hanging on the wall - obvious what I do for a living!! How do you have those hand tools attached to the wall above your bench? Quote hellhoundkustoms.wordpress.com www.facebook.com/hellhoundkustoms www.etsy.com/shop/HellhoundKustoms
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