Again watching and enjoying the wood shop build series. Love from Pakistan

You're worth your weight in Platinum...You Sir are a hellva determined Master of Smithing, and Carpentry...My Hat off to You...

I can only imagine the amazing things that will come from your new space.

My favorite part. Demolition!

You are a master of many skills Sir. Thanks Agree light helps a shop.

Someone once taught me that every vertical space left over, after getting all the machinery in, should be transformed to horisontal space for storaging. Smart storage space is extremely important in a workshop. Also, make a plan beforehand where you want your main workbench, the bandsaw, the drill, the mighter saw etc Saves alot of work later. And outlets. Outlets freaking everywhere. Even in the cieling! Its sooo convenient to have a outlet where you need it =) Maybe even plan for sawdust exhaustion lines/pipes? Otherwise I think it will be hard to suggest anything you havn't thought of already, considering how smart you seem to be.

It promises to be great. I like watching someone do something perfectly.

Your videos feel like Christmas for so many reasons!

I bet you already have the most epic scandinavian cast iron wood stove to heat the shop with offcuts and dust. Can't wait to see what's next.

I greatly appreciated the use of a natural material to isolate the sides of the windows.

Maximise your horizontal space by utilising your vertical space for storing tools and the like. Also utilise the space above 7 feet high for storing long pieces of wood and jigs and such. A false floor/mezenine area helps keep the heat around your working area and as heat rises will be the driest part of the shop. Good luck

AWESOME VID!!! Can't beat natural lighting!! i always liked screwing my screws directly into the shims for a firmer hold :-)

French cleats on the wall to attach things to making it easy to move things around until you have it perfectly the way you want

I never thought that the simple act of watching a guy tidying his shed and building a work space would be so thrilling to watch.thank you for sharing this. Also how many tools and objects did you find that you thought you'd lost?

Great work! looking forward to this series! Love from Florida

We must be brothers . I have a cabinet shop and a forge. Turning is great fun and I hope you enjoy your new shop.Best regards Frank

Put A LOT of thought into engineering a vacuum and exhaust system to keep the dust at bay. I would recommend a system where the vacuum is outside with its registers spread out near your machinery. Another good idea is a good air compressor. This can be housed with the vacuum in an outside enclosure to keep the noise down. Using it for blowing off saw dust as well as pneumatic tools would make it indispensable. Also as others have recommended use french cleats for hanging tools, shelves and any other items.

That's great. I like your metal products. Now I will look forward to the products of wood. Workshop well. It's a pity that I do not have a workshop.

Great video again, Torbjörn! One thing I think many people do not spend enough time thinking about is the light. Think carefully where you will have your workbench, your machines and tools. Then set up lights so that they shed good light and where it does not cast no shadow when you work. But you have already thought of that, I can imagine. :)

Putting things on wheels is a great idea for small spaces. You can put tables, benches, my 80 kg anvil, etc in front of storage areas and just push them aside when you need access.

Good job! Looking forward to part 2. Greetings from Bulgaria!

I'm looking forward to how your build unfolds!

Good luck, enjoy the process. I have a small shop myself and having as much as possible on wheels really helps make the space work no mater what the project size. Ample power outlets are very, very useful too. Can't wait to see the end results.

Thanks for sharing. More light, it's a good place to start.

Great video mate! Can't wait for part two!

I am an experienced wood worker. I am sure I can offer some advise. That band saw and lathe looks great by the way. Dust is always a problem with wood. One of my favorite systems, if you can afford to build it, is a vacuum system with vents near the floor allowing you to sweep dust directly into them. Also, dust collection tubes right at the machines are useful too. Dust is one of the biggest issues when dealing with wood. One of the first wood projects I would recommend is a wood tool carrier. Very useful for small tools and keeps the shop from collecting small tools on all surfaces. Judging from your other work though, organization is not a big problem for you, so I am sure you got that handled. I did not see a table saw. If you will be working with sheet material, a table saw is very useful. You seem limited on space though, so if you do decide to get one, you might want to consider a portable one so you can move it out of the way when not in use, and even take it outside for large sheets. You can make due without a table saw though using other small saws like jig and circular saws. Depending on what you want to do, a bodger's bench is really handy. It lets you use a draw knife a lot easier and faster to shape wood. They are great for making tool handles, and are also great projects to work on your woodworking skills.

Hello again, there is nothing like real light in the shop even a sky lite would be great . Happy Trails .

Wonderful video....inspiring! Youre off to a great start. Can't wait for Part 2!!

Really great video torbjörn, hope to see it all finished up. Great job!

Very beautiful work, Whether it be Smithing or Woodwork, excellent job!

Good luck With the workshop. Looking forward to next instalment

Love your videos there amazing

Hello from Serbia, this is great!

cant wait for more! i always enjoy watching your videos. cheers!

I'm a molecular biologist who works for a pharma/biotech company. I design all kinds of synthetic DNA constructs. This is some hyper- advanced cutting edge molecular research. But it is also really abstract and I sometimes have a hard time pointing on something I made or accomplished. All I produce after months of work is ideas, plans, manifested as papers and electronic files, out there *somewhere*. Watching you make tools with your hands, real things that someone can touch, hold, find useful and use, is realxing, fulfilling, inspiring and enjoying for me. Making an actual object with a purpose is beautiful.This is all I wanted to say. Thank you!

Love your videos! 😊

Looking forward to the rest of the videos.

That was way too short! Really looking forward to more on the wood shop!

Looking forward to seeing yet another perfectly organized shop. I have envy.

Great job and very hard work

Ich bin schon auf die weiteren Folgen gespannt. 👍

Love your videos keep up the great work. I look forward to seeing what you make out of wood.

You have probably thought of this but I am going to suggest a vacuum system for the shop. Makes clean up and your lungs cleaner.

Looking forward to see next videos, I love that barn door, don't change it :)

Cool. Nice start

Moveable and adjustable workspaces make the space endlessly reconfigurable as well as offering a change of scenery for a long project

Seal and paint the concrete floor, using epoxy paint. It makes it much easier to keep clean and dust free.

Cool idea👍

Hey, you are doing what I did but in reverse! I built my wood shop first and now building a metal shop for blacksmith work! Very nice! One thing that I have really appreciated is my dust collection system. It has made clean up a simple process and no dust to breath. The miter saw is the messy one and I had to build a special table with a backing board and dust port below to keep the mess down. Good luck with your shop!

That will make a good wood workshop good to hear you too.

Your life is so precise

I think I will put cleaning and organizing our storage room on hold until TÅ's shop is complete...that would be excuse # 85 or 90. Thanks Torbjörn!

Vad spännande att få se dig med ett sånt projekt!😃 Ska bli roligt att se vad du plockar ihop fortsättningsvis😃👌

@2:10, you just found the material for 2 classic woodworking tools- a scraper, and a scratch stock. I make mine from old panel saw blades as well, just the right temper to hold a sharp burr for the scraper or cutting a clean bead when used as a scrather. This is a good sign from the gods of woodworking, they favor your idea.☺

Favulous video!!! Waiting for seccond part!

Torbjörn ciao, sei un grande, anche io dovrei rivestire il mio garage come hai fatto tu , così attacco tutti i miei attrezzi e mi vedo sempre il legno intorno. Complimenti per la finestra! Buona serata e un forte abbraccio

Nice to see this new project of yours. There are plenty other KZfaqrs out there with great videos on building their own wood workshop if you somehow haven't watched that for some inspiration. One great example is actually the first related video to this one by Frank Howarth

Its looking good

Una gran envidia de ver el gran espacio con el que cuentas para trabajar,y hacernos partícipes de tus proyectos!!! Buen trabajo!!!!

Hi Torbjorn Best of luck with your new shop! My shop is in my garage (heated) and space is always less than desired. One thing I find indispensable is to have my machines on wheels. Not using tiny wheels but large enough to roll on my concrete floor . I also include leveling bolts so the machines do not rock during use. warm regards vic

Snyggt! Spännande projekt.

Looking forward to this new series Torbjörn! :). I see that french cleats are already mentioned, nothing to add. Have fun!

I started out with candle stick holders on my lathe. I personally thought it was a good way to get a feel for the tools. Super excited to see what you do with it.

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Not sure if you already watch him or not but Matthias Wandel has some good videos on woodworking shop layout, especially from when he still had his (relatively) small basement shop. Also, was totally not surprised to see that you drive a wagon/estate haha

Windows are a good start i would also go with LED shop lights makes it bright and cheerful

This is gonna be great I just know it.

T-Riffic Torbjorn. Looks like a quality lathe and band saw to get you on your way to mixing mediums...Awesome! You know of course this means making/buying more tools...it's a good thing too. Think this will be fun for you and us, once you get it insulated³. ~¿@ What is the flooring? Loved your humor below too. Hope you get over your Man Cold soon, but nice to hear your voice. Thanks Much! ~PJ

spännande! kommer definitivt att följa

Dunno if relevant or not, but any window surface you might have, make it triple layered. Thin glass on the outside, and a sheet of plexiglass on the inside. Sealed inside a standalone (ala thermopane glass) wood trim. This will insulate those windows really nice.

If your plans are also for making videos, be sure to add plenty of lighting options from the beginning. It will be much easier than having to retrofit lights everywhere, or have mobile video lights to constantly move around.

Oh, I am looking forward and I hope there will be something with the saw blade...

very cool base yoi are working from i would add as many multifunktional things(like a second foldable workbench our stuff like that) in there as i can because of the limited space in your shop

If your forge is lit regularly, you can transfer a lot of waste heat and use it in your wood shop. Various ways to achieve that.

Nice video, Thorbjörn. Wow, you have a nice project ahead of you, if you want to set up a wood workshop. In a wood workshop you need a lot of light. I do not know when you want to work in the workshop. I would set myself there a wood stove (which is fueled with wood), then you can dadrin work in cold temperatures. Looking forward to the first wood videos.

Great! I had the same idea for a long time too, i badly missing a dedicated woodworking area that are closed off from those with open fire... I also hawe a room like thet filled with crap (i would be a lie to say it´s always clean and free from trash in all barns and ewery little corner in the outhouses... :D But one sometime do som realy cool finds when celaning up the mess, i also found some old hacksaws and stuff. Maybe a topic for a video. :) ) Your videos are always filled with so much inspiration and gives me energy back to continue on my own projects!

Think about were to put electrical outlets, and were machines will be.

winter has come :)

Brasil. Muito bom

I don't personally own a shop, metal or wood, but from a perspective of "I like to watch stuff online" I get the feeling that dust-collection is by far the biggest buzzword right now... so you might want to look into that ^^

No suggestion because I am very new to my new shop. I do think a few extra windows is a must

I would suggest insulation if you are planning to heat the building, seeing we have more then enough global warming going on i doubt we need you to heat it even more... keep that warmth on the inside ;) ... from other smaller woodshops on youtube i think the wisest lesson was probably to try and mount things on wheels. That way you are able to move things around as you work at different 'stations' and are able to create enough working space to do so safe and comfortable (also allows one to have a tad more equipment inside than would otherwise be reasonable for the space). I saw you remove these big square 'holders' near the ceiling, would advice you to put those back once the inner wal covers the insulation (mark the studs), as those make pretty nifty spots to store wood, out of the way. Bit depending on your goals for woodworking, a sheet-trolley was also something that looked mighty handy.

There will be much brihter . Nice work.

You should have your kids paint it it might be fun

The sound of a dying battery in a cordless drill...............lol Nice windows. What are you going to heat the new shop with? That lathe is awesome wish I had that one.....................

french kleat system would be very practical in your case too

The windows is good idea always. Just I would personally install them a little lower in order get more light.Now you see the gutter.

what’s the material you used to fill the gap between the window and rough frame ? some kind of felt ? Here, we would use blown foam insulation. It’s interesting to see the variances on building methods between countries 😁

You should restore that rusty saw blade, maybe turn it into a functioning saw again.

A good exhaust system will remove sawdust quickly; sawdust is quite the fire hazard. Heating, a good old-fashioned wood stove would heat the entire building, allow you to set a percolating coffee maker on it while you're working, and a pot for soups and stews for lunch time. Scrap wood can be burned in the woodstove to save trees.

Det var fina svensktillverkade maskiner du hittat, grattis! Take care with that Ejca bandsaw though, they usually came equipped with a foot operated brake and if so, couldn’t judge that from the video, the brake pad is likely made out of asbestos. As long as you don’t use the brake you should be fine but if you do it might produce fine asbestos particles which are very harmful to inhale in the long run. I know that some people have exchanged the mechanism. Myself I just don’t use the brake. Good thinking with those extra windows. If you want more daylight you can perhaps install windows in the gates too, that way you won’t lose any more wall space.

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Great video, I would just say it's a good idea to add some supporting studs under your window framing so they stay level

I like the way you caulk that window. Never steen that before. Question: Why die you place the window this high? Do you get so much snow over there? Top part of the wall is ideal for storage and tools. The light intro your shop is now partially blocked by the overhang of the roof, and it's much nicer to have all the light from your window directly on the worktop.

I love the the work bench.any chance you could share dimensions and construction in later videos ?

One tip I have is get a wherever you decide to put your bandsaw get a piece of wood about 3 feet longer than you think you'll ever use and see if you can cut it comfortably then move your bandsaw if needed

looks great torb... was that wood shop already your? did you buy the land? a family member owned it? either way love it!

A new workshop is good :) Question: why do not you use the mounting foam? Instead, sealing the window with felt.

I'm wait like usually.... 😁

Is there a way you could make your larger tools on casters so when not in use they could be placed out of the way making additional floor space available for larger projects. I've seen welding tables with casters you could raise and lower to move the table and then swing up and out of the way when the table is in a stationary position. Just a thought, hope it helps!