3DPrinting

I have an old garden shed I converted.

I'm looking to replace the Bambu printers, but they're what I have for now.

Not the best to give advice, but I follow the "jet mechanic" philosophy. I make bags and boxes of tools of a give common task (i.e. all the things I use to build computers in a bag, all my quick wood worker stuff in a bag, etc). Then try to keep supplies near the best workspace for a give place (normally based on space, messiness of the hobby, power and vent considerations).

Again it works somewhat for me, the bags replace ADHD piles and are more useful, but I'm a mess lol

Something I love too is have an away spot for supplies and a in use spot. So my wood scraps are away on shelves on the wall, and my PC parts are in filing cabinets. I keep an active parts place and basket on my desk, that I try to clean up when I'm done working (either project done or just over it for a while).

Away spots are the good places to put things really out of the reach, but try to keep it visibly accessable.

I bought a couple 30" deep 6' long butcher block counter tops. I coated them with polyurethane sealer and mounted them to the wall with 24" deep brackets. So I have a huge amount of desk space without any clutter of legs underneath. On the wall is multi board.

It's a hell hole.

I have an addiction to antique crates. My desk is from the 1920s, and instead of shelves, I stacked crates on top of it. It's hideous but it holds everything I need, and it's incredibly sturdy. Between my desk and a 1950s sideboard, there's room for my PC, Cricut, Chromebook, inkjet printer, 3D printer, dual displays, and stacks of filament, vinyl, and other various craft shit. My mouse and keyboard live in a drawer unless I'm actively using them. I have my desk covered with a giant play mat with Middle Earth on it so it doesn't get scratched, and because I am a nerd. All my printer tools live in a 3D printed tool organizer that's screwed into the side of the printer.

This weekend, I'm painting and mounting pegboard too.

currently reorganizing my own. it's about 4m x 4m x 2m

I'll have a combo station for electrical and miniature hand painting. A combo station for post print cleanup and sanding/air brushing. Enclosed insulated and ventilated cabinets for my FDM and MSLA printers. print medium storage. chemical storage. tool storage.

I'm also making a space for a small laser cutter/engraver that's also part of the ventilated cabinet.

I'm also installing a small chem lab that will help me recondition IPA solvents and test/manufacture my own resin recipes.

I've also got a drill press and tiny craft tablesaw I need to find a home for.

I'm hopeful to finish it and potentially start streaming some of the crazy ass shit I do.

Mine is a single garage that is a mixture of workshop and gym. Squat rack at one end, cabinets down one wall and bench down the other. There is also a bike work stand too, but the bikes are all stored elsewhere.

In the middle is a massive pile of empty boxes, because it is a garage and my wife keeps dumping them there.

My knee-jerk reaction is to answer "Like shit". Mostly stemming from the fact that I don't have a proper workshop. However, what I do have:

• A "printer room" in the basement. When we were remodeling the bathroom upstairs, this ancient dungeonesque bathroom in the basement was used temporarily. It had a bathtub, a washing machine, and misc other things you'd associate with a bathroom. (Note: Not toilet. That's a different room). When the upstairs bathroom was completed, the basement one was no longer needed. The bathtub ended up cut in half as I needed to test my new angle grinder, and other than that it was mostly left as is until I figured I could temporarily keep my printer there. Temporary became permanent, and the old unused washing machine is now a "printer pedestal". One of the first things I printed was a cover for the drain, and then I put in a huge dehumidifier so that the room is nice and dry, despite its original function.
• A halway with a large storage furniture. Its height happened to be the perfect height for standing up kind of work, so I've annexed the top, which now holds a PSU, a soldering iron, a bunch of things I'm working on, and a 5x5 gridfinity storage shelf with drawers. A substantial amount of Digikeys overseas revenue is in that hallway.

I had a single desk in my bedroom set aside for projects. Above that desk I had a pegboard for some frequently used tools and a small shelf next to the desk where I out anything that has its own case.

Not that great but it worked for me.

My 3D workshop? A somewhat large custom fitted closet. The printer sits on a extending/sliding base and there are shelves with the filament boxes (I use resealable containers).

The printer is fully enclosed (adapted U1 with a chamber heater, a chamber air filter), but the cabinet itself can also be ventilated with a exhaust going through a custom made filter array (HEPA and activated charcoal. A mate of mine is builds those for a living/has a PhD in it, so it is somewhat sophisticated) or unfiltered. Additionally I installed a light and various temperature probes in it.

These days a small display should arrive that I want to fit outside it, so I can control the printer, vents,etc. from there, via Home Assistant. In the long term I will also slowly replace the cheap hygrometers I now have with ZigBee ones so I can list all humidities in the display.

Additionally I have a Chitu E1 and a Gratkit for drying. While the Gratkit fits, I haven't found a good space for the Chitu yet.

Next to the closet is a height adaptable desk I use for electronics and things like that so I have my post-processing tools there as well.