This is my woodworking shop, any resemblance to St. Roy's shop is purely coincidental. Yeah, right. Actually, the shop was a family project. We built it in 1995. My father in law, Bill with mom in law Betty were visiting from California. Bill asked when I would get started on the shop I wanted. My Dad, at the table too, volunteered some saw mill timbers that he had stashed. Work commenced immediately.The saw mill floor joists are 14 feet long and we had enough to go 26 feet long. Dad helped me with the layout of the foundation and framing the floor. Out of level less than a quarter inch. Saw mill siding. Recycled 2x4 studs from big pallets tossed from my work. Only real hard cash was the roofing and some roof rafters. Nails of course. The two windows in the pic were free, the picture window on the other side was $10. My sons Michael and Jonathan hammered nails in the 1x3 subflooring, two layers at diagonals, then more sawmill boards for finish floor. Still waiting for inside to be finished. Meanwhile running on a 30 amp drop cord. One machine at a time. Good thing much of what I make uses hand tools. I love the space. My wife Diane helped me throughout with planning, window and door placement and good encouragement.
