The shop was originally built in the mid seventies and has had a couple of additions to the original floorplan since then. It no longer is the place where square things are made. Furniture and boxes have given way to the making of round and carved things. The shop is always in flux and this is where all turning, carving and finishing takes place.

My carving room is mostly soundproof and keeps the dust and sawdust contained. Clean air is pumped into into the room and airborne dust is pulled through a filter box and an axial fan plenum to trap particulates. Laminar flow is maintained and air is exhausted from the carving room through a ridge vent at the top of the shop. Having this room gives me the ability to work late at night without disturbing anyone. It’s nice to have a place that will contain the mess that is generated from carving, and that is set up with tools ready to go. I can close the door to the room when I need to stop and just open the door and go back to the piece I was working on later on.

The finishing room during construction and filled with work in progress

Some of the wood storage areas.

Roughed out pieces that need to be seasoned in a hurry go into the insulated humidity controlled dry box. Most other times pieces are simply moved up to drying racks in our attic after a suitable time has passed for initial moisture equalization.