: Hi Malcolm,

: Right now I'm trying to get my garage under control. Made huge
: strides in that direction yesterday, should pretty much finish
: that today. Having a lawn tractor and cart makes for lots less
: lifting :)

: Once the gargage is ready, then I'll start on the basement where
: the shop is. Driving me crazy (assuming I wasn't already) having
: no shop and no way to get at the tools.

: All my stationary tools aren't anymore, they all are on wheels. The
: Bosch folding table for the tablesaw is an excellent tool for
: this, allows the table saw to "hide" using much less
: space than it normally would and still a couple minute job to
: get it ready for use. Even with the much larger house I find
: that storage is at a premium. Seems you can never have too much
: space :)

: Soon I'll be hanging the kayaks in the garage, with a 10' 6"
: ceiling height, there is lots of room for kayaks in the ceiling
: out of the way yet still easy to get at for use. With a 3 car
: garage I have room for perhaps 15 or 18 boats in the ceiling :)

: Bill H.

Just got my workshop back under control after several weeks of frenzied garden activity, new pathways, planting, tree felling etc. which left the workshop looking like the sorting floor of a busy recycling depot. I decided much of my problem was lack of space, or more specifically too much of it tied up storing boats. Felling the trees is giving me access to a fence where I can now store my very small sailboat vertically, and a new extra-wide pathway alongside the garage has enough space for an exterior canoe and kayak rack. My wife thinks this is all a great coincidence, poor dear! The workshop is slowly returning to its (relatively) spacious, organised look of a few years ago, before the recent spate of boat building. This is great as I will soon be able to start on my next project. er, that's a new boat build - you had to ask?