The community woodshop we hope to build would have about 4,000 square feet fothe shop itself, plus about 500 square feet for bathrooms, an entry and a small library and lunch room. About one-third of the shop space would be devoted to large power tools, including a separate, sound-insulated room for the noisiest equipment (planers, jointers and possibly some routers). The remaining two-thirds of the shop will be filled with workbenches. There would be enough space so that people can work on individual projects even while a class or two is under way.
Not your typical bus shelter
The first houses in the new Ferncliff Avenue affordable housing project are just beginning to be built, but a beautiful amenity of the neighborhood—a timberframed bus shelter—is already in place. Volunteers from Bainbridge Island Community Woodshop assembled and finished the structure in mid November, using wood from trees that had to be cleared from the site to make way for the development. Coyote Woodworks, a Bainbridge sawmill company, milled the wood, and timberframers at Salisbury Construction cut the joinery. See how the structure took shape.
