A dream woodshop

BARN’s new studio for woodworking and boatbuilding is a dream come true for area woodworkers. It was designed to offer members, students and guests of all skill levels the opportunity to improve their woodworking skills through formal and informal interaction with some of the most talented master crafts people in the Pacific Northwest.

The main shop

The main shop consists of an L-shape space of  3,500 square feet. It has more than 90 feet of wall bench space and six large assembly tables with project locker space underneath. A portion of the main shop has a ceiling height of 16 feet to accommodate building and restoring small boats. A nearby roll-up door makes it possible to move boats  in and out, and a second roll-up door is used to bring in materials and large tools.

The shop houses all  major woodworking tools including:

• Table saws:
  • SawStop Industrial, 52″
  • SawStop Professional, 36″

• Band saws, 14″, 18”,  36″
• Miter saws, 12″ and 10″
  
• Scroll saws
• Drill presses
• Mortising machines (horizontal/ vertical and Domino)
  
• Oscillating spindle sander
• Disc Sander
• Edge belt sander, 10″
• Wide Belt thickness sander, 37″
• Jointers, 8″ and 16″
• Thickness planers,  15″ and 25″
• Shaper
• Line boring (21 holes)
• Router station (one mobile, one built-in)
• Lathes: (six; Powermatic, Jet, Nova, Delta)
• CNC router (future)
• Dust collection:
  
  • Machine specific central vortex system
  • Ceiling box filters
  • Individual shop vacs and dust extractors
    
  • Personal mask protection

The bench room

A separate bench room of 1,050 square feet  has 10 woodworkers’ benches, a good supply of hand tools, and drafting design space, plus a desk for the shop manager.

Reserved primarily for hand tool use, the bench room provides a quieter venue for layout, instruction and presentations.