Today I moved my woodworking studio out of The Bodgery and in the the garage of my new house. For more than a year, I’ve been searching for a house where I can fulfill the dream of having my own wood shop. My plan is to build a dedicated shop when I outgrow the garage.
I moved three cabinets and a workbench by myself with the help of a cart. Using the carts, the floor, and the hatch of my vehicle, I never had to lift the full weight of anything. Except for lifting the upper cabinets off of the french cleats onto the bench below.
I designed my workspace to mobile. The workbench is a design employing interlocking Chinese joinery. No glue or fasteners are used – everything slides together and the mortised bench top locks everything together. The bench top is 55 lbs without the vise, which made it a little challenging. The cabinets are held together with screws. Now that they have a more permanent home, I plan to take them apart, apply glue, and screw them back together. I didn’t need to take them apart to move them – they fit in my hatch back, barely.
The Bodgery quickly ran out of wood shop area after it moved to its new space, and will be taking back the precious space that was my studio.
I moved everything into the garage and did a little organizing, but it will be a few days before all the tools find their way back home. As I was organizing, there was a definitive moment when it felt like a workshop. It’s when I took the clamps off of the shelf and hung them up. And hanging up my apron emphasized it.
Now comes the purchasing of many, many tools large and small. More to come.