{"id":7,"date":"2025-03-25T15:24:11","date_gmt":"2025-03-25T15:24:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jbswoodcrafts.com\/blog\/?p=7"},"modified":"2025-03-30T04:22:11","modified_gmt":"2025-03-30T04:22:11","slug":"welcome-to-the-workshop-jbs-woodcrafts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jbswoodcrafts.com\/blog\/index.php\/2025\/03\/25\/welcome-to-the-workshop-jbs-woodcrafts\/","title":{"rendered":"Welcome to the Workshop: JB’s Woodcrafts"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Welcome to JB\u2019s Woodcrafts, a one-man operation run by me, JB, out of my home workshop in Perth, WA.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

When I suddenly found myself back on the job market a few years ago, what started as a lifelong passion for woodworking quickly turned into an opportunity. With nothing but time on my hands, I threw myself back into woodworking and, naturally, JB\u2019s Woodcrafts was born.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Over the years, my work has evolved between small, hand-crafted wooden products, as well as custom furniture and restoration projects. I like to use salvaged wood when I can, including fallen trees all the way from the Pilbara to the Perth bushlands.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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At the heart of JB\u2019s Woodcrafts is my<\/strong> workshop<\/strong>, and I invite you to step inside and take a look around.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Where it started<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

In 2018, we purchased a house and made the move to Perth. The house was a good fit for my family, but most importantly\u2026 it came with a shed that was four times bigger than the garage I\u2019d been set up in for the last 20 years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2026Sold<\/em>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, it wasn\u2019t all smooth sailing. The shed started out as two<\/em> sheds \u2013 which only became a real problem when we discovered that the concrete flooring had been poured over<\/em> the base of the dividing wall, so we couldn’t easily tear it down. Not only that, but the flooring was higher on one side of the wall than the other.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We persevered, and the wall was eventually removed. The effort of it is memorialized by a sloped joint that now runs all the way down the middle of the workshop (as seen below). I\u2019d say it adds charm.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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There were other safety and functional improvements to make, too \u2013 replace the lights, sort out the ventilation, insulation, wiring, install some overhead cable management, etc. \u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

How it\u2019s going<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Fitting out the workshop was a gradual process. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

It started with building custom storage for the tools I already owned. Over time, as I purchased new tools and machinery, I would build custom cabinetry, housings and workbenches for them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Slowly, I made my workshop as functional as possible to suit the way I like to work (a little organised chaos never hurt anybody).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Below are a few photos of the workshop over the years. Stay tuned for future posts to see a spotlight on some of my projects!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Where we started – crammed into half of a two-car garage!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Work in progress! Taken shortly after moving in.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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And here it is today – spacious, and purpose-built.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Welcome to JB\u2019s Woodcrafts, a one-man operation run by me, JB, out of my home workshop in Perth, WA. When I suddenly found myself back on the job market a few years ago, what started as a lifelong passion for woodworking quickly turned into an opportunity. With nothing but time on my hands, I threw […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[12,9,10,16,11,8,14,13,15,5,7,3,4,6],"class_list":["post-7","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-australia","tag-craft","tag-handmade","tag-local","tag-perth","tag-timber","tag-wa","tag-western-australia","tag-wood","tag-woodcraft","tag-woodshop","tag-woodwork","tag-woodworking","tag-workshop","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jbswoodcrafts.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jbswoodcrafts.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jbswoodcrafts.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jbswoodcrafts.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jbswoodcrafts.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/jbswoodcrafts.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":41,"href":"https:\/\/jbswoodcrafts.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7\/revisions\/41"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jbswoodcrafts.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jbswoodcrafts.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jbswoodcrafts.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}