With the basement out of the way, we were all done with urgent projects. Time to do something about my workshop. It would be no exaggeration to say that the basement/workshop space was a huge part of why we chose this particular house. Well, that and the double garage...!
The PO had left a bunch of old kitchen cabinets on the back wall in the workshop, and on the other side was the old L-shaped kitchen countertop and sink.
The other side of the was basement was basically an open space when we first moved in, and we quickly filled it up with boxes...
Samuel Bear put his workbench and desk on the other side of the workshop
This was pretty much how the workshop stayed for at least six months until I got around to replacing the crappy florescent strip lights with (a lot more) modern LED strip lights.
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| Two over the workbench and table saw |
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| Three in the main workshop area and another over the sink |
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| Another one over the grinder/drill press bench |
While I was doing the lighting I also upgraded to outlets in the workshop. I was lucky that the sub-panel had plenty of space for extra circuit breakers so I put the table saw on its own breaker - no more flickering lights when the blade chomps on a particularly tough bit of wood!
I installed an (almost) 8' x 4' sheet of peg board above the workbench at the expense of the central cabinet.
Made sure to fit it around the new outlets.
This is how the other side of the workshop looked up until this point.
Installed two sheets of 0.5 inch plywood to make a solid surface.
Parked some shelving units in front of the panels.
Installed my extensive collection of parts drawers
Filled the shelves up with all the usual workshop-related junk. Bring on the next project!
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