I live in northern Illinois and can have my workshop down stairs or I have a 10 X 24 addition that I put on the back of my garage. It is well insulated and heated. My questions is with the summer time would the humidty and heat hurt the planes. Just not sure if I should move it out there or not. The addition is alot bigger that my space in the basement. What s everyone else doing for there workshop.

You say your addition is well insulated, then your addition probably has a moisture barrier to help keep moisture and heat out. You should have no problem with your planes out there. If moisture ends up being a problem, just get a portable dehumidifier. I have my workspace in my garage with no problems, I keep it heated at 70. No problems here even with my wifes van melting off everyday during the winter.

Terrell

My work shop is the 3rd car garage of my 3 car garage. It is heated and I do have an air conditioner for the summer if needed. Good Luck, Dave

My workshop is my basement but the finished planes and heli's stay in the well insulated garage. No problems at all. I keep the heat at 45 or so when i am not out there and run a dehumidifier during the summer.

Get a small window A/C unit, does a great job of keeping the humidty out in the summer.

My work shop is in the basement but all finished planes are in my unheated garage and I have never hade a problem. My shop space is 8 X 12. i would love to have more room.

All my planes and work that I do on them is done in my basement. Yes; during the summer the humidity goes up, but I have a dehumidifier that I keep on 45 to 50%. I don't have a drain in the basement to run the dehumidifier to, so it gets dumped about every 2 days. Durning the winter the humidity goes down and dehumidifier gets emptied once every 3 to 4 weeks, but still stays at the 45 to 50%. They have been down there for years with no problems.

Bad thing is; I have to share the basement with the whole families junk!

My workshop is in the basement. I keep the planes I am activly flying at the time in the garage during the flying season, and in the basement the remainder of the time. My basement is dry and conditioned, but the garage is not. Unfortunatly getting my planes to and from the basement requires a treck through the house as I do not have an outside basement access. I have found the trip through the house causes a lot more damage due to hanger rash than the heat and humidity may cause.

My workshop is my room in my apartment. I open the door when using glue. And I keep the ceiling fan on. I use a 5 foot folding table I bought at Home Depot. I was able to build my first plane ( a PT-40 kit). I have to say that I had to do a lot of sanding outside.

That's all I got and it worked.
 

I use my kitchen table. I place a hollow door on it which serves as my work surface. Must have understanding wife. A two week project is a monumental accomplishment. I built my Coroplast Flying Lawnmower that way, and all my other SPADS, including my current Swept Wing Pusher SPAD.

My shop is a small building out back of my house at one time i used it to park my cycles in it the bikes and replaced it with RC airplane.Should have done that a long time ago .As of now i have 15 planes and building my first sailplane and my wife bought me a LA 40 racer for Xmas.I tryed to down load some photo's but it keeps telling me images to big .SORRY.

mine is right next to my bed. its a heavy duty table 6 ft long, with a small drill press. life with out females is great

Basement of the LHS satellite TV, 15% discount to club members, 8 build/assembly areas, drill press, band saw, all the scrap balsa, ply, you'll ever need. Only drawback is that it is at the local hobby shop (they close at 9pm during the week, 6pm on Saturdays, and closed Sundays). Rightnow we have 2 kits and 3 ARFs being worked on.A few guys come in on Tuesday nightsto help out and socialize. This way we keep our wives in the routine that we'll be gone on Tuesdayevenings during the flying season. It's fun to hassle the model RR guys in the next room too!

I have an insulated 12' x 24' building equipped with TV, computer, AC. Just enough room to build in.

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I'm in a 5.5' x 5.5' washer and dryer closet (we don't have either) in the apartment that my girlfriend and I share. My building board sits on a cardboard box and I sit on a small drink cooler. I'm usually working in there with a small fan to keep the air moving and my ipod for some background noise.<div>
</div><div>I tried building on the kitchen table but the mess and the smell didn't work out for me or her. I'm getting ready to start building the wing on my kit and might have to build on the floor because I don't want to trust the cardboard box to stay flat and possibly warp the wing. I don't have to worry about the weather where I live so it's nice, well lit, and ventilated. It's better than nothing.</div>

Javelin flyer,

Go to a home depot type of store and buy one panel of a bifold type door. It will be about twenty inches wide. Pick one that is really flat. You now have a building board that will store in a closet.
Use large metal shelf brackets and pipe sleeeveing to hang your planes nose down along any wall you can find.
I built a lot of planes while living in small apartments!
Where there is a wll, there is a way!

My airplane workshop is currently in the basement, but would love for it to be out in my pole barn. More space would be nice but the number one reason I would like to move out there is I just can't seem to get fuselages up and down the stairs without hitting something. [:@] Unfortunately the barn is not insulated and working out there in the winter would simply be out of the question. [&o]

Some day I'll section off part of the barn, insulate and heat but for now it's the basement.

Lifer,

thanks for the bifold door tip. i'll have to check that out. I like the metal shelf storage tip too, that will be a must.<br type="_moz" />

For all of you dealing with limited space, maybe you can help me.
I am trying to have shelves on my room to place my planes.
The brackets sold at Home Depot are OK for wings but not long enough to support the fuselages.
Any suggestion on how to keep the planes on the wall so I can have more space on my table which is my workshop in my room.

Thanks,

My planes are built and hang in the garage in Brisbane, Australia. The fuselages hang from the ceiling and the wings are on racks on the wall.

Moreton Bay (i.e. the ocean) is at the end of our street. Summers are very humid and hot, and the garage gets even hotter when the car is parked in there. I've never had a problem with the planes.

Good luck,

Joel

I had a room above the Garage that i used but with the addition of two kids the wife wanted that room for a family room! So I got what I always wanted. A 16x24 workshop out back. I had the pad poured before I left for Iraq last year and when I got home the end of the summer my uncle and I built it. The tables have since been finished, sealed and capped! I have AC and heat but only use it when I go out there. I have not put a dehumidifier out there but I moved everything in after the weather started cooling down so this summer I might have to get one.

Thanks for all the feed back. I'm currently building a trainer in the basement and I think I will move my workshop out in the additon I put on the garage for the future build this summer. Thanks for the pictures to, that has given me some more ideas..

My workshop is now in the garage. If the economy keeps up like this, I'll have to move outdoors.

Do build in that addition if you can. I "build" in a bonus room above the garage where it is nice and warm, part of the central air and heat system. I store all my planes in the garage below which is finished but unheated. I'm in OR where it gets WET for more than 6 months and humidity is high. My planes don't wrinkle or get soggy or anything adverse out there in Winter or in the "hot" Summer. My one suggestion for your layout is to put a table in the middle of the room. It is especially helpful when working on larger planes, to be able to walk around the plane rather than flipping it around on a table next to a wall, and dinging it on the wall or ceiling. Jon