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[plinkercases]

On ‎20‎/‎08‎/‎2018 at 7:07 PM, JKHelms said:

Here’s mine. 12x24 cabin repurposed for my leather shop.

still trying to figure out where to put everything. 

I dream of a 12x24 CABIN!!! to use as my shop...wow...and yup a nice little wood stove would be great in there.

[cardinal leather]

New space is ready to start move in. Its taken longer than I wanted but then most things do. Have been working in a 7 x 12 space so this 20 x 20 will be nice upgrade. had to take a break to restore this vintage guitar case for a friend.

[cardinal leather]

sorry about the huge photos, not sure how that happened. the brown floor in the entry way was given to me by a guy in a Menards parking lot of all places. the large tile in the center was rescued from a scrap pile then cleaned the glue off the back and dry laid it in the studio. There wasn't enough tile so filled in the rest with osb board and painted it. the cabinets, stone and wood countertops were all recycled from a kitchen remodel. the door to the back storage room was rescued from my basement, the paneling was salvaged from a gun club project. This is a metal building and I could not get at all of the wall spaces so the wires and future plumbing piping runs in the overhead soffits. the window and door trims are cut from sheets of osb, corners routed off then painted. The stone countertops are 1 1/8 inch Cambria, if you could see it closer you would see where I had to recut it to use all of the finish edges. Could of done it a lot faster with new material but I hate to waste good product, so took the time to recycle the old. Anyway that my new leather studio, cleanest it will ever be.

 

 

Edited October 6, 2018 by cardinal leather
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[Sheilajeanne]

cardinal, two questions: what is the thing with the 6 round, black circles on it? And is someone in your family into sewing garments? (Looks like you have male and female busts for fitting.)

[cardinal leather]

that's an old two needle union special surge machine. when the pedestal is set up it holds 6 spools of thread. bought it as a project machine. bought the mannequins from a guy in Texas this year while on vacation.  will use them for something along the way.

 

[Sheilajeanne]

Very nice! I am envious of how much space you have!  I had to do some serious moving of furniture and books in order to fit a sewing machine into my Tiny Perfect Leather Working Station,  a room I share with my office desk, the washer and dryer  a large dog crate, and my library! Oh, and the trap door to the cellar also takes up a big piece of the floor...

Yeah, I thought the black things looked like spool holders. I just couldn't imagine a machine needing that many!  

[YinTx]

Cardinal,

That is a fantastic work space!  You have put a tremendous amount of work into that, definitely something to be proud of and to enjoy thoroughly when using.  Looks better than a lot of apartments I have seen!  If you hadn't told me, I would have never have known it was a metal building.  That wood counter looks awesome.

YinTx

[bikermutt07]

@cardinal leather that is a tremendous awesome space. Looks like you even have room for a cut table. Great job.

[Rockoboy]

4 hours ago, bikermutt07 said:

Looks like you even have room for a cut table. Great job.

I agree with BM. I would have a melamine full sheet 8' x 4' cutting table in the middle of the floor, with lockable wheels so it can be rolled aside if required.

[cardinal leather]

The space was planed for a cutting table, will install a 6 or 7 ft pool table with a cut top on it so that it can be removed. there is a space under counter for a beer I mean a leather fridge to keep cased items over night of course. I mean a guy cant work all the time, can he?