Don't be startled; some of the most admired, compelling and inspiring wood pieces that are exhibited in museums and galleries were created in far less space and with far less tools than Mr. Morlan has!

It is no secret that for 23 years Johnny's shop studio was 405 square foot or smaller in size, {new shop studio is 750 square foot}. All of his tools are average priced. Even with the shops the size they were, he still built small wine, humidor and stereo cabinets. Johnny takes great pleasure in showing and teaching hobbyist woodworkers that have a one-car garage or basement work area how to produce heirloom pieces with an minimal investment cost.

He keeps about 500 board foot of lumber in the shop, the rest has always been stored in a small shed. Up until a few months ago, his radial arm saw cabinet/table was the largest cabinet/table he had {30" wide x 96" long}. Since he moved in to his 750 square foot shop, he has built a 4 foot x 8 foot work table. When completely finished with all the doors, shelves, partitions and being fully loaded, it will probably weigh over 1000 pounds. It will have an awfully large amount of storage space, over 90 cubic foot.

In his shop, everything has its place. Lots of cabinet space to store all his hand tools, hand power tools, stationary & hand power tool accessories and homemade jigs.

Eventually as his free time permits he will fully enclose the office area which is approximately 12 foot x 12 foot. With that end of the shop having 15 foot ceilings, he will end up with another 144 square foot of floor space over the office.

He designed and built all the cabinets, benches, tables and jigs in his shop. The jigs take the danger out of most of the procedures, operations and steps that Johnny utilizes in the building process of his creations. Some of the aforementioned items were built as much as 23 years ago. They were all built with economical materials that anyone can obtain, such as 2x4 studs, construction grade lumber, CDX plywood, particle board, MDF board, standard and tempered masonite. He has painted these items with a durable paint as it is easier to keep everything looking neat and clean and is cosmetically easier to repair.

As stated previously, all of his tools are average priced; however to keep the sharpening down to a bare minimum his saw blades, planer blades and router bits are {C4 or C5} grade carbide. His woodturning tools are APS series steel rated 2060 and other hand cutting tools are {Rockwell Hardness Scale 60-70} high-speed tool steel. Johnny also sharpens the blades, hand cutting tools, etcetera when needed as some are ground at special angles for maximum efficiency and to help him in producing quality easier.

Dust is controlled with a Shop vacuum and simple dust port attachments that either came with the machines or were designed and built by him. Safety precautions are also taken by utilization of a high quality respirator mask, ear plugs and safety glasses.

There are a lot of motivational and philosophical proverbs hanging on the walls of his studio. He lives and teaches them. He loves teaching people who like and are interested in woodworking the true {art} of woodworking!

Below left photo is, {Shop Studio} South Wall Motivational & Philosophical Quotes, Proverbs & Sayings

Below right photo is, {Shop Studio} North Wall

Below left photo is, {Shop Studio} South Wall

Below right photo is, {Shop Studio} East Wall

Below left photo is, {Shop Studio} West Wall

Below right photo is, {Shop Studio} Northern Part Of West Wall As It Is Now.

Below left photo is, {Shop Studio} NE Corner

Below right photo is, {Shop Studio} NW Corner

Below left photo is, {Shop Studio} SE Corner

Below right photo is, {Shop Studio} SW Corner

Below photo is, {Shop Studio} Industrial Ceiling Fan

The main difference between a home/house ceiling fan and an industrial ceiling fan is the amount of air they move. Even a real good home/house ceiling fan $200 - $250 will only move approximately 6,000 {CFM} cubic foot of air per minute on high. This fan moves 31,500 {CFM} cubic foot of air per minute on high. Most industrial ceiling fans also have solid steel blades.

As this is an internet based business and 99% of my gross sales come from the world wide web I spend approximately 2 1/2 - 4 hours per day inside the office answering e-mails with questions, doing e-mail quotes and talking on the phone.

It is 12 foot x 12 foot {144 square foot} and has 7 foot tall ceilings. It has its own small electric 115 volt wall heater and refrigerated air conditioner. When I am in the office, I can shut the heater or air conditioner off in the larger shop area conserving energy. The Solar Board which is {OSB} oriented strand board with foil one side reflects the heated and cooled air back into the office.

Painting the exterior of the office walls with the light almond color really made the shop area a lot brighter. The extra wall space also will allow me to put up shelves on the inside of the office giving me even more room.

Overall, it works out well, giving me another 144 square foot of space. This end of the shop, the SE Corner has 14 - 15 foot tall ceilings which allow 6 foot 6 inches - 7 foot 6 inches of headroom standing on the loft floor. The floor is 25/32 inch CDX plywood and the joists are 16 inch on center so it can hold a lot of weight.

Below left photo is his Router Table, it weighs over 400 pounds. It is loaded with features such as a Router Bit Lazy Susan Drawer. The top is 24" x 48" x 1 1/2" thick. The router plate came with 4 different size diameter insert plates. He has taken another 18 or so blank plates and drilled different sized holes in them so that virtually any bit he uses goes through one of the plates with zero clearance. It is featured in the Handyman Club of America magazine, Handy Works Section, November 97 issue.

Below right photo are his two Router Table Fences. Front one is 8" tall and the back 11" tall. The back fence has a sliding jig that allows him to route the end width of say a 6" wide x 24" long piece of wood.

Below left photo is his Router Bit Lazy Susan Drawer. The Lazy Susan is 15" in diameter and holds 91 bits, {60 - 1/2" shank and 31 - 1/4" shank}. The drawer bottom will hold another 12 - 1/2" shank bits bringing the total to 103 for the whole drawer. The drawer is featured in the Handyman Club of America magazine, Tips Section, January 98 issue.

Below right photo, is his 4 In 1 Tool Table Cabinet. The top has his 10" Bench Top Table Saw, 4" Bench Top Planer/Joiner, Stained Glass Cutting Bench Top Bandsaw and Bench Top Stained Glass Grinder. The left bottom part of the cabinet has a Lazy Susan Turntable that he stores 4 Power Hand Tools on.

Below left photo, is his Sanding Accessory File Drawer.

Below right photo is his 4 Drawer Mini Lathe Cabinet Table. He designed and built a dust hood {not shown} with a dust port that a shop vacuum hose connects to. It also has compartments in the back to hold 8 inch or shorter pieces of turning block stock and wood.

Below left photo, is the 4 drawers of his Mini Lathe Cabinet Table.

Below right photo, is his Air Conditioner, Fan & Hand Power Tool Cart.

Below left photo, is his Radial Arm Saw Cabinet Table.

Below right photo is his Stained Glass Bin, Tool Box, 3 Door Cabinet and 4 Drawer Bin. The Tool Box is made from Sugar Pine and has 3 lift out trays.

Below left photo is his Stained Glass Bin. It has about 65 pieces of stained glass and the old glass patterns used in the 1920's, 30's and 40's. Some pieces are multi colored, having as many as 7 or 8 different colors.

Below right photo is his bin that holds slats of wood, 1/2" - 1" wide x 1/8" thick x 6" long he uses for inlaying and to make earrings. There are 84 different species of wood in the bin.

Below photo is his new 4 foot x 8 foot work table with Gloss Black Formica top. When completely finished with all the doors, shelves, partitions and being fully loaded, it will probably weigh over 1000 pounds. It will have an awfully large amount of storage space, over 90 cubic foot.

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