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Quite the odyssey. It always feels good to get done with these big projects. You are a good woodworker.

May I ask Dave what are the bearings you used? Cheers.

LOOKS FANTASTIC‼️‼️ Vinny 🇺🇸

Lovely job 👏🏻

Excellent video, thanks. Enjoy the new space.

Hi, Wow ! amazing workshop, what a great build I bet your over the moon with it , I know I would be if it was in my back garden. Well done , can't wait to see where it goes from here. Great video Take care

I too have a Syil x4 and like you modified it a lot. Essentially I have replaced everything but the chasse of the machine. It now runs Masso controller which allows me to use a probe and a tool setter and I replaced the stepper motors with slightly more powerful closed loop steppers. I now have 5000mm/m X,Y,Z. I also replaced the head with a 3.5kw spindle and ER25 collet giving 18000 rpm. I set mine up with high pressure coolant and a cabinet. It is accurate to .05mm if a run a spring pass. Like you the Z dove tail is its weak point and if I push an 8mm end mill things get a bit funky. That said I am astounded how fast you can cut steel 4mm or 6mm end mill and I regularly cut some pretty serious parts out of steel and get exceptional surface finishes. For what I do, I think its pretty good value for money. I run mine most days. People asked me what will I do with it when its finished. Honestly I had no idea really, I just wanted one. Now that I've had it 4 years and its running very good I don't have enough hours in the day to machine all the things I want to make. The downside for me is all the cad time. I have become very proficient using Fusion. I have a manual mill but I got so quick at knocking out quick 3d models and a get it done program I'm way faster at even simple jobs on the CNC. My mill has 5 times the power of the little Syil but the Syil removes material way faster. Its not even a close race. So yes you lose a bit of time sketching and programing but beyond that the Syil will easily get things done faster and far better finishes. If you throw a bolt pattern in there or threading the CNC could be faster by an hour or more. The thing I now focus on is designing parts. I try and get my design work done at night and have everything sorted so when I get to the weekend I can run parts. I made some air cooled cylinder heads for a 2 stroke last weekend and that was a pretty satisfying project. Although the parallel tool path took 3 hours to run the part came out beautifully. I'd say I spend 2/3 of my time designing and programing and 1/3 cutting. Its crazy how fast you can cut parts on a cnc even with manual tool changes. I'm getting more and more confident with 4mm cutters in steel and getting them full flute deep slotting now and it blows me away how fast you can cut parts out. I think I'll move to 4mm cutters more and have them do the line share of the work as they seem to be lasting well and it saves me changing tools. 6mm cutters are typically my go to in steel and alloy roughing out I use a 16mm index end mill. The Syil handles alloy with few limitations. Great hobby.

am 12mins in and I can tell you window headers are gonna sag under the weight of the roof 😲😲😲😲

osb is not always square from the factory , good job on the workshop tho 👍👍👍👍

I hope you live a long, healthy life and continue to pass on your skills to your juniors.

Beautiful shop, can’t wait to see how you trim and fit it out !

Looks the dog's pal, bet you can't wait too start all the projects you have in mind.

Not sure how I stumbled on this video but what a build! Out of curiosity, as I’m about to do something similar, why did you decide on a timber frame and not concrete blocks? I’ve priced mine up and it’s almost half the cost using concrete blocks vs timber.

My personal preference would be to stay away from OSB, i know its cheap and fast to install, but it ofgasses and if wet gets to it its done. My barn and workshop was clad with European Larch, expensive and difficult to source but fit and forget. Even spruce cladding would be a healthy option to osb. I hope everything works out and you enjoy your time in the workshop.

What a build. I’ll start following your channel and be checking in on your progress. I’m very similar to you, in the way that I mostly work alone and end up in situations where I’m in one place, unable to move, and the tool that I need is at the opposite end of the room, or just 2” out of my reach. I recently had my dream garage built. Only a 36 sq meter, but in two levels with an equal sized basement and a 1x4 hole in the floor, aka a pit. My dream garage.

Hope you have many’s the productive day in there. Great job 👍🏻

Great build. Look forward to seeing the next one where you complete it.

Some great ideas regarding the door.

Enjoying your videos, yew sound like a Norfolk boy to me (as am I), I don't detect the upward tone rise of a Suffolk boy

Really great video, yep thats a lot of work. Cant wait to get things completed in my own garden workshop and stuff. Just sitting watching others for a couple of months atm while recovering from having a new hip. The joys of age and retirement lol.😂😂

Great video, I really enjoyed this, especially as I can relate to a lot of this as I’ve just converted my double garage into my new workshop. I’m looking forward to more of your videos 👍🏼

Hi my names Matthew and I just found your channel a few day’s ago. I am just working my way through your videos and I am really enjoying them ! I am on the DIY brush sanding at the moment Please keep posting new videos ! Regards Matthew

Brilliant what a great job well done 😊

you get a like to this video for leaving the drill !! , thats a serious bit of grafting well done , also nice clean joints on the roof framing

Absolutely awesome workshop build Built my own a few years ago but not as magnificent as yours 😅

Envious to say the least. Very nice video, great to hear Jerry Blake's music too

Hi, great build .. and nice gentle commentary. I'm a cabinet maker by trade and need to build one in the garden myself this year. I was wondering if you needed planning permission on the height? (It looks more than 2.5 in the vid and less than two metres from the boundary fence). If you did get planning permission, was it fairly straightforward? . Thanks

Awesome workshop, I live in Australia now, previously North Wales, most roofs here are tin, hated it when we first moved here but love listening to the rain when it happens now! Oh and by the way, I supply off grid and grid connect solar systems with batteries here in Western Australia!

It is called OSB the some thing you called it over there

Fantastic effort, well done. It’s a great size workshop.

Wow! That would make a fabulous model railway room.

Great video

What a fantastic build. I want to replace an existing workshop in my garden built in the 70 or 80’s , but the building regs and having to please a building inspector is putting me off. Any chance of a video on how you found the reg. process? (Probably only of interest to people in the UK though!)

Very good, really interesting. The only thing that I'd query (not a criticism) is the roof vapour barrier being laid directly on the waferboard in regards to condensation/lack of breatherbility. It may not be an issue but I think I have ocd anyway 😊......the 'overhang' construction on the gables are called gable-ladders by the way. 👍🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

Very impressive that you did that mostly by your self. But a couple of questions - did you insulate the ceiling ? And what about ventilation? Here we have to ventilate the attic space.

Fantastic job. It looks amazing!

It was a blast for you to build and it was a blast to watch. I never tire of testing the nail gun a few times when I haven't used it in a while...

I loved watching and listened to this. I'm retiring soon and want to have a workshop. This has filled me with ideas. Thank you.

Absolutely brilliant, thanks so much for this video as I’m about to embark on a similar, but much smaller project myself. the subjects you have covered so professionally will be of enormous help.. yes you can always get the professional’s in, but the satisfaction and learning by doing it yourself is as important to me as the finished project. Thanks again

Excellent build. A tremendous amount of planning went into you drainage and electrical ground works. For your next concrete project 😊 you can have concrete mixed on site. It’s called onsite mixed concrete. No waste and whatever mix and fibres you need. A very useful way of using fusion360 to calculate volume. 👍👍

Nice build! Shame about those screws on the cladding but noone will see them, except us 😉

I'm a joiner/engineer and its a simple build but done in a very professional manner. Good job enjoy your new space.

Cost as much as a small family car… but still wow! What a fantastic build. Honestly it is better than some of the flats I’ve lived in. I’m in the process of clearing ground for a shed/workshop myself. I’m not going to do anything as good as this, but then mine will have to do. You have given me a lot of ideas. That’s been a real pleasure to watch.

Lovely build looks like the perfect workshop to fill with tools. How about making a short video explaining the planning application process / building control, this would be really interesting to see.

Would be great to see a cost breakdown. Lovely space!

Great video. You’ve done a fantastic job there mate. Mike. Derbyshire.

With the price of building materials now a days that workshop must have cost you a fortune

Nice job having built many timber frame house's in my time Those long wood screws you used on the studs were not necessary

Really lovely job, it's no fun getting older. I'm just about to move to southern Italy and build tree houses and cabins for air BnB. Up side is warmth for your joints.

Looks great, mate. I'm in the midst of assembling my play shed, right now. Can't wait to get to where you are. So many projects to come.