As clean as it gets
Clamp Rack was a huge improvement
Remind me not to use the router table without the DC running
It only snowed once this year
"The Big Sucker"
My neighbor Larry is 6'-2"
He helped me carry the parts up and assemble it
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Company Name: Thomas Fugate Furniture Maker
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Contact Name: Thomas Fugate
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Location: Williamsburg, VA 23185
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Year Founded: 2007
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Sq. Footage: 600
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Employees: 1
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Gross Sales:
1
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Website:
www.thomasfugate.com
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Product Specialties:
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Furniture - Custom Furniture
Furniture - Furniture Reproductions
Furniture - General
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Shop Equipment:
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Powermatic - PM2000 Tablesaw
Powermatic - 15HH Planer
Powermatic - 54HH Jointer
Powermatic - PM701 Mortiser
Delta - Benchtop Drill Press
Porter Cable - 7518 Router
Dewalt - 12" Miter Saw
Dust Collector System - Grizzly 3 HP Cyclone DC
Other - Hand tools too numerous to list
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Viewer Comments:
Posted By:
Frank Williamson [03/07]
Thomas, AWESOME! thanks for posting such a great shop.
Posted By:
Justin Anderson [03/08]
WOW! Sweet shop. i have the same exact router table. do you like it. i wish i would have got the jessem set up though. my router r lift sags and also doesnt sit flush with the surrounding table. how does yours do? i love your shop, its so clean and tidy and so color cordinated.
Posted By:
jeff [03/08]
is that a new yankee workshop clamp cart? by the way...nice clean shop.
Posted By:
Tom [03/08]
Thanks for the comments.
Justin, I agree about the router table. Its fine -- not great, but works OK. I got a package deal at a Rockler store -- basically paid MSRP for the router and lift (about $600 for both) and everything else was thrown in. I built in the cabinet around the stand and added a dust port to the back side (Wyed off from the rockler fence dust port). Works pretty well. You can adjust the level of the rout-r-lift underneath with a couple of set screws. Mine needs adjusting after awhile. A better fence and table will be a smart upgrade.
Jeff, I came up with the clamp rack design on my own but later saw several very similar versions. Perhaps I saw that design somewhere along the way and it stuck in the back of my head. Since this photo was taken I have upgraded the wheels to 5" urethane wheels -- the bigger the better. Rolls like a dream now.
Cheers!
Tom
Posted By:
GC [03/09]
Nice well laid out shop. I'm envious.
Was there a sale on Powermatic somewhere? lol. The coffee table looks pretty good too. Do you post in the project area too?
What about dust waste? do you have to carry it down from the attic? From the looks of it, thats the difficult thing to deal with in your shop.
Posted By:
Tom [03/09]
Thanks. I haven't posted projects yet... and yeah, I sort of got on a Powermatic kick. You identified the single biggest PITA in my shop -- dust and chip collection. It was either that or have that beast taking of critical shop space. Up there it is quieter and out of the way. Not a bad compromise.
Thanks,
Tf
Posted By:
GC [03/09]
Would it be possible to duct the dust down to a barrel in the shop? Maybe a blastgate or something that to stop any leakage of vacuum?
Also, do you heat this space? If you have heat and are removing that volumn of air it should "make-up" air somewhere so you don't pull carbon monoxide into the room from your heat sourse.
Be careful! NICE shop!
Posted By:
tom [03/09]
GC,
I thought about all that WRT dust collection and decided it would not be that big of a deal to climb the pull-down stars every week or so -- (or more when I'm doing a lot of planing). I have though about placing a supplemental trash-can style cyclone down stairs when I'm planing to catch the bulk of the chips. That would significantly reduce my trips upstairs to empty the DC bin. Yeah, the space is heated & cooled with a ductless (heat pump) split system -- so no concern about CO contamination. I prop my attic door open a few inches when the shop is closed up in the winter to allow the filtered air to return.... or a window during hot weather. We are lucky to have have a long Spring and Fall here in the mid-Atlantic and only a few months of weather hot or cold enough to run the air.
cheers,
Tf
Posted By:
Roy B [03/18]
Truly an excellent shop, Tom. My first thought was, golly, does he do any work in there, and then I saw the beautiful job sitting there (and a little dust on the floor) and all was well. Great work, Tom.
Posted By:
tom [03/19]
Thanks Roy. I appreciate the comments. I do try to keep a fairly clean shop -- although it RARELY looks like it does in the "clean" photos. Every day I take 10 minutes at the end of the day for a quick sweep and tool round-up... makes starting the next day so much nicer. The table in that photo came out nice. you can see the finished product here: http://www.thomasfugate.com/index_files/tables.htm
Cheers,
Tf
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