Bryon Anderson

Welcome! I had the chance to visit southern New Jersey a few times when I was a truck driver many years ago. I remember being amazed at how pretty it was.

Flies are on their way.

Another good idea

Nice! Those lures are each larger than many of the trout I catch 😄

Nice system Capt. Bob! I like it 🙂

I hear you Capt. Bob - my current shop was a HUGE step up for me from my old one (see photos below). The current one is approximately 4 times the size of the basement room I was in before, and it was just an empty pole barn when I got it.

I promised some pics of my shop - this is the work table in the center. Drill press sits under the hanging heater in the far corner. My finishing room on the right, next to the former spray booth that will ultimately be framed in and climate controlled for lumber storage. Router table on one wall. The little table behind the shop vac is for my oscillating sander and my power carving station. Table saw, band saw, drum sander, and planer on the opposite wall, all connected to the large dust collector, which is just out of frame. It's not "YouTube pretty" but I like it. 🙂 Next big project will be getting some better insulation and drywall for the walls.

Awesome, thanks Steve!

Thanks DFoster! You're right, pegboard is helpful -- providing one remembers to return a tool to its peg after one is done using it...🙃

Thanks Squeezy! I've missed making them

LOL.I like that Mark -- that might need to be on a sign in the shop 😄

Thanks Mike! My shop is definitely messier than I'd like it to be, which is likely to continue for a while as I'm kind of continually moving things around as I make decisions about fixtures, storage, climate control, etc. The basic setup involves a large (4x8') work table in the center of the space, with the stationary machines (table saw, band saw, planer, drum sander, drill press, and router table) lined up down the two longer walls. There are some spaces in the back that are works in progress - a little room for finishing that I made by framing a wall across an open space, as well as a similar but larger space that used to be a spray booth, which, at the moment, is doubling as lumber storage and general junk catch-all, but which will ultimately be framed in and made into humidity-controlled lumber storage only. I'll take some photos after work today and post them up here tonight or tomorrow.

Welcome Kelly! I live in Michigan now, but I lived in Cleveland for a year and did some of my formative fly fishing there. The Metroparks were definitely the highlight of that experience! I look forward to seeing your posts and photos.

Well, after only 5 1/2 short months (🙃) the insurance finally came through and I've been able to get my pole barn -- aka my woodworking shop--back up and running. As of just before Christmas, I am back in the sawdust, making nets (and some other things), and couldn't be happier about it. Here are some before and after pics of the building, and my first net of the new year.