In this post, we will be reviewing the product named how to set up a complete shop on a budget by Ralph Chapman who is a woodworking expert, and with this product, he aims to help you in building an affordable shop with minimum space and low-cost materials.
This is a detailed guide for anyone who wants to learn woodworking based projects for building a shop that is highly cost-efficient and does not require any external help, so you will be able to do all the technical work by yourself without errors or any other trouble that is quite common while setting up such wooden structures.
In this program, you will learn about the most common mistakes and the biggest roadblocks that are faced when you work on such projects. You will get an idea about the right tools that are not only easy to find but also cheap, with the help of this information you will get in this book, you will save yourself from the trouble of wasting your money on unrequired equipments and materials that often happens while working on such projects.
About the Author
The author of this product is Ralph Chapman who is a small shop expert and has been working in the woodworking field for more than 25-years. After gaining a lot of experience as a woodworker Ralph started to mentor people from all around the world.
When Ralph began to train the woodworkers and spent around 5-years doing this work, he realized all the problems that beginners face and he understood the common mistakes that people with low experience usually make. With his expertise in woodworking and his learnings as a mentor, Ralph created this program that is highly based on the requirement and mindset of a novice so that any person with zero knowledge about woodworking can learn this craft using his methodology.
About the Program
One of the biggest factors that make you spend a lot of money on woodworking projects is the tools that are not even required. People end up spending a lot of money on tools and equipment that are either overpriced or sold by taking the advantage of the laymen. By understanding this major problem, Ralph has provided his specific list of tools and the place to find them at the cheapest price in this program which will save a lot of time and money for you.
This program is a complete guide to building a small shop that is an e-book that contains 6 modules distributed in a total of 246 pages that will enable you to set up a home workshop. The modules presented in this book are as follows:
Module 1 – Tool Selection
This module is all about saving your money and finding the right tools. Here you will find the shopping list for all the tools that you will ever require in the project, with the help of this information, you will be able to find high-quality tools at affordable prices. The author has provided the link to online marketplaces where you will get everything you need. You will also learn the tricks for the maintenance of these equipments. In this book, you will get to know where you can use hand tools and where power tools are required.
Module 2 – Space Selection
In this module, you will learn to find the right place to set up your shop and it will also help you with the space selection for the workshop. Here you will find various ideas and layouts for workshops based on your requirement and the space available with you for your project.
Module 3 – Shop Layouts
Once you have found the right place for your shop, this module will further guide you on how you can set up a shop. It contains various shop layouts using which you will be able to design it based on the area of space available. It also will teach you how you can design your workshop to make it fit in any particular space. Here you will learn various tricks to save space and a lot of smart layout techniques.
Module 4 – Electricity, Lightning and Sound Proofing
In this module, you will find information on the layout of electrical works. They have provided the circuit types and various other technical factors to save money. Here you will also find various techniques for sound-proofing and methods that will highly reduce the noise created by your workshop.
Module 5 – Heating, Cooling, Ventilation, and Dust
Here you will find some cost-efficient methods to incorporate proper ventilation in your workshop and you will find some great advice on various types of heating and cooling solutions that will ensure the perfect temperature for your wooden material storage and safety of the equipments.
Module 6 – Workshop Safety
As we know, workplace hazard is a common issue in woodworking workshops that can cause a lot of damage, so you will get a 10 item checklist for safety in this module. Here you will also get various prevention advice and solutions to various potential risks.
Bonus Materials
- The Workshop Cheat List – In this bonus book, you will be provided with tips on how you can buy lumber and tools at cheap rates without compromising on quality.
- Deal Alert Advice – This is a lifetime subscription where the author will notify you about various deals on tools and supplies. In your inbox, you will get regular notifications using which you will be able to grab a deal that you won’t want to miss.
Final Advice
The complete analysis of this product tells us that it is highly focused on saving costs on woodworking projects. The guide is a helpful material for someone who is interested in building wooden structures for setting up a shop, but it seems that a little prior experience is needed for using this type of program because the book contains limited information on the craft and it is more focused towards tools and materials.
So, if you are entirely new to woodworking, we believe you will need a better training material than this to succeed with your project but the program comes with a 60-days moneyback guarantee, so you can explore this product by taking your time to decide for yourself whether it is useful for you or not.
For more information, kindly visit the product website.
We hope you found this review useful. We would be more than happy to hear from you so kindly leave your comments in the box below before leaving this website. We would be more than happy to answer any of your queries.