In my new new shop...

[johnnparchem]

Ben,
the room was basically dug out to be 12 by 20 feet. I used three feet of the width for the cabinets and dust closet. Luckily I was able to dig out a couple of more feet for the paint both, so it is close to 5 X 5 feet. That left me with 9 feet by 20 feet for the floor space of the shop.

Kevin,

I have been happy with the Rikon deluxe 14. It has been easy to setup and change blades. I do not do any resawing on it but I did cut out a couple of book matched blades to make my rosette. I keep a 1/4 inch blade in it as I am mostly profileing backs and tops and cutting out sigs.

I was lucky when I went to Woodcraft to look at 14 inch bandsaws. Two of the woodworking instructors for south seattle community college were also looking at 14 inch bandsaws for the school. With them was a regional manager for Woodcraft. They let me tag along for about an hour and a half going over all of the 14 and 16 inch saws. When they finished up they thought the Rikon offered the best features for the money. They were also happy with the way it was built ... So I bought one.

[Kevin Sjostrand]

Thanks John for the commentary. I am still undecided, and won't purchase until next year sometime, but I like what you get with the Rikon for the money. There are other saws I like, but they don't come with a fence, or they don't have roller bearing guides, or you have to add a riser block, etc, etc, etc. I like the Grizzly. My friend has a 17" Grizzly, and my wifes uncle has a 19" Grizzly. I'm impressed with them both.

Kevin

[tippie53]

If you want to resaw you should consider ceramic guides. I have the Grizzly 19 inch and with those guitars I can do a very good resaw.

[Kevin Sjostrand]

If you want to resaw you should consider ceramic guides. I have the Grizzly 19 inch and with those guitars I can do a very good resaw.

Really? I thought having bearing guides was the ultimate setup?

Kevin

[tippie53]

Nope Ceramic isn't cool blocks. My ceramic guitars do spin . Do some research first so you can educate yourself . Learning how to set up a tool is very important .

[johnnparchem]

I will close this post with a picture of me making a mess in the shop. I will post more in my guitar build blog. The shop is working out as I had hoped. It is great to have the tools ready and organized. It was so much easier to move with a natural flow from one step to the next.

[seanbig]

John,

This is great! I hadn't known you were even done with the shop. Glad to see that you're making saw dust already.

[tippie53]

Good dirt , see the dust on the floor absorbs liquids as you spill them , this makes a nice mud that tracks into the carpets like cement , Niiiiccceee

[Jim_H]

Nice John! I really love this pic!

Lets play a little game of "Find The Lutheir Tools" in that pic!

Let's see..

1. A Go Bar
2. A Lie-Nielsen Block plane (a 103?)
3. Several sanding blocks of various shapes and sizes
4. A Boone Mini Plane (I love these.. i have two of them, although I scarfed the blade out of one to use as a scraper!).
5. A (Blue Spruce?) paring chisel?
6. A Cam Clamp (on the table leg) and perhaps another (in the shelf storage area?)
7. A 6" analog caliper
8. Not one, but TWO dust masks.
9. Stew-Mac "Guitar Repair Vice" (I LOVE these things, especially the urethane jaws)
10. Radius dish

That's an impressive concentration of goodies! =)

How did I do? Did I miss anything? :p

I will close this post with a picture of me making a mess in the shop. I will post more in my guitar build blog. The shop is working out as I had hoped. It is great to have the tools ready and organized. It was so much easier to move with a natural flow from one step to the next.