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Setting Up Shop: The Practical Guide to Designing and Building Your Dream Shop stands tenth of 105 in Tool Books and 435th of 5286 in the Books category. The average price of Tool Books is $23.39 and this book is 10th in price. It is 519th in Books at $44.85. It is the 50th ranked book among 244 in the Taunton brand.

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I am currently building my third shop. I have been a woodworker for almost 40 years now and still learned a lot from this book. My new shop is being built around an existing 20 x 50 steel frame building, with the help of the author as well as my own experiences I have been able to make a great layout by adding an additional 16 feet on each side of the original building resulting in a building 52 x 50 with three general areas (equipment room, lumber storage and assembly room, and hand tool/ finishing room) I am very excited about the new shop am looking forward to using it soon (electrical is nearly done!) Robert.

Any book with a picture of Sam Maloof has to have some merit and this is no exception. Sandor's book on designing and building a shop is a great way to start if you are planning a shop and need ideas. It has profiles of lots of types of shops that will help you understand what you might need in a shop of your own.

Don't expect to read this book and be able to design and build a shop, however. It should really be called "The Practical Guide to Figuring Out What I Want in My Shop Dream Shop Before I Hire Someone to Build It." There are other books on how to actually build a shop (none of them very good), but this isn't it. It's probably too big a subject for one book.

Buy this book and read it if you are planning a shop and have never done it before. It will get you on the right track.

This book contains a LOT of information, but honestly it's hard to focus on the content. With each page brimming with vivacious workshop photography, even the most sardonic woodworker will... (More)

I found a lot of good ideas in this book. I am picking up woodworking and am building my shop. This book gives many examples of furniture shops and workplaces. You can easily adapt the tips to your... (More)

Finally in my retirement am I having the opportunity to outfit the woodworking shop of my dreams. I now have ample space both for material storage and working room. Being guided by "Setting Up Shop... (More)