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SoCalToolGuy


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I am an avid woodworker and I am going to have a tough time giving up my shop. Where do you other woodworkers stow your tools and what power tools have you managed to take with you? We will be out in a fifth wheel and weight will be an issue. I don't want to trade our 3500HD for a medium duty truck. Luv my truck! If you guys out there have come up with interesting setups, I would love to see pictures of your shop on wheels. I am not too imaginative so any ideas would be most appreciated. Thanks all and we will see you out there somewhere. Ray and Barb.

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I had (had being the operative word here) a complete word working shop.  I'll bet there are still tear stains on each piece of equipment that I sold.  Anyway, I kept my hand tools skill saw, jig saw, two hand sanders, router and small router table, and power storm drill along with some claps, mitre box, hand saw, etc.  I keep these in the tool box in the back of the truck.  I, also, kept my two B&D work mates that are stored in the front compartment of the fifthwheel.  I've worked a couple of projects, it takes a little more planning and goes a little slower than when I had all of my heavy duty equipment but the projects have come out alright.  Besides, when we are fulltiming we have more time to actually spend on our projects.  Keep in mind that our fore fathers did everything with hand tools.  Good luck, I remember well the pain I felt parting with my toys but as with everything freedom awaits around the corner. 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


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Judy


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I have seen a band saw on a pull out under a fiver, at a campground we were at.


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flyone


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I would think about miniture tools, I have seen a 4 1/2" table saw, a little dremel could be used as a router, small disc sander, little hand clamps.  I'm sure not as good as the real things but maybe they can help.  Take up carving, with a dremel and a piece of bass wood you can create some beatuiful things. 


 


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RickC


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The park we stayed at last winter (Tanglewood in Sebring, FL) has a great woodworking shop rvers can use. It was very well equipped and I plan to bring some nice cherry to turn into sawdust while we are there this season. I also noticed several other parks with decent wood shops.

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I have the same concerns.  While I am working I have the space and tools but no time, but once I go fulltiming I the time but not the space or tools.  I figure I will take up wood carving instead of the wood working.  Depend on the smaller tools, dremel and carving tools.  Besides, carving a piece of wood next to my RV by a lake outside is probably better that breathing sawdust in my garage looking out at my driveway, the neighbor homes, the yard that needs to be mowed, and the hedge that needs to be trimmed! 

I am really happy to learn that some parks have woodworking shops.

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I just ran across this post and eventhough it's old I would like to add my two cents.

I purchased a complete set of battery powered (cordless) tools that came with a nylon bag, it included a 4" circular saw, drill motor, hand held vacuum, flashlight, grinder, jig (sabre) saw and I added a cordless rotozip plus a dremel type tool. This allows me to do just about anything I need to do from a craft stand point and most RV repairs. I carry a few different types of clamps and woodworking type hand tools plus the usual other handtools for repair work. And extra battery packs.

The nylon bag is about the size of a gym bag so it fits in any of our storage compartments.

Like others who have replied, I've seen a lot of the mini-table saws and other mini bench tools like drill press, scrolling and mitre saws carried by other RV'ers. One guy made pens out of all kinds of material. He had all the mini-bench tools including a mini-lathe. They all fit on a slide drawer in his basement storage compartment of the 5th wheel.

I'm always considerate of my camping neighbors and will go over to them and ask them to let me know if the tools get too noisy or bothersome. I tell them it's a hobby so it's no problem to stop and do something else. I always have lots of projects....and of course there's always my favorite past time....Napping.

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what  about locating a Ryobi bt3000 which has a near cult following over in the woodworking 'world' ? (which as you have a shop full of tools, you might already know about as a brand). It has pretty good features for a benchtop saw, and it also is fairly lightweight. Another thought is to get a benchtop bandsaw which will allow most cuts except for stacked dados etc...


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It would be a hard thing for me to give up my shop. I did not have to do that however. We planned for 35 years to fulltime and part of that plan was to have a home base for our barn. Sherri has a shop in half of the barn and my shop is in the other half. When we come back to our base camp we get out fix on working in our shops and complete all our projects before leaving out again. It may be too late for any kind of plan like that for you but it is an idea. It would not be very practical to haul heavy shop equipment around but I guess if you could get by with hand tools that could be done. Some RV campgrounds have wood shops.

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duaneandlouise


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Buy a toyhauler and put your shop in the back. That's what I did. I have a woodcarving shop  in mine. Band saw mounted to the work bench, paint rack on the wall. Just added a dust collector for my power carving. I can work in any kind of weather in here. Love it

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thebearII


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For Christmas my DW gave me a Bob Villa Power8

http://toolmonger.com/2010/04/08/hot-or-not-power8-portable-workshop/


I haven't used it yet, so don't know if it's any good or not.

Lots of stuff in a small package. Perfect for the RV for repairs. Not sure if it would be good enough for a serious woodworker.

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Larry, I would be interested in hearing your review of this interesting tool. My wood shop at least will have a storage place at our home base.

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