Other than a few hand tools, I have what I need to start working. I’m working to make stamps right now, but expect to start buying silver within a couple of weeks. Of course it doesn’t even begin to compare to the studios you guys all seem to have, but I always worked with a limited number of tools anyway, so I don’t consider it a hardship. I’m Creek and Cherokee, and I make my jewelry staying as true to traditional methods as is practical; the only kind of casting I will use is tufa stone, which might not be practical in my present circumstances, though I haven’t yet dismissed it entirely.
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Looks beautiful!! Congratulations!! I love your kitty assistant.
Jeff
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It’s a beautiful space. I’m envious of the natural light! Kitty looks happy too. 
Thank you, Jeff and Pam. The two tomcats do an excellent job of supervision from their bed on top of my polisher. The only other machine that I will probably add is a drill press, simply because I dislike drilling holes with a flex-shaft. So far I haven’t yet used my Meco Midget torch for anything but annealing some old files, but I see that it is so different from my old Prestolite that learning to solder with it will be interesting. I intend to start by making some chains to keep it simple while I relearn.
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I’m part Mi’k Maq and have a small space as well. Yours is fabulous, and I wish you well working within it. I would like to post my space but I can’t get a pic to download to show it on the site.
Respectfully Yours,
Marita
Hi Marita:
Thanks for the kind words. I would really like to see what you have done with a small space. I think the only tools I will miss from my younger days when I had an Indian jewelry store with my studio in the back would be lapidary equipment, which I cannot come up with any way to fit in. All the best in your future endeavors.
Michael
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Hi,
congratulations on your well thought out studio space! it looks amaxing!
julie
Hi Julie:
Thank you. It’s taken awhile to put it together, and it would never have happened without the support and encouragement of my wife. For instance, had she not have insisted, I would not have chosen nearly so nice a workbench. It has been over thirty years since I lit a torch, and I look forward to finding out if soldering is at all like riding a bike.
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Hi,
Yes, your bench looks like the Ferrari of benches! Beautiful!
I am especially envious of the drawing board/ surface under the pin!
Julie
Hi Julie:
I like it a lot. That surface is really handy. I have my drawing stuff and an old set of drafting tools in the drawer just above it. It has a nifty pullout soldering-board just above the drawer, which I am as yet uncertain as to whether I will ever use it for its intended purpose.
Michael
You have an amazing maker space. I wish I had a home setup. I’d be so much more productive. LOL. I love supporting First American jewelers!
Looks lovely!
Thank you jenarchie and Brennan. I’m getting pretty impatient to put it to work now.
Love your studio. I am wondering if the cover for your polisher came with it, or did you get it separately? I need one but it is hard to find one big enough. I am in Canada.
Emily
What a beautiful place to create things. I find my converted bedroom a pleasure as well, but it does have a lot of black gunk collect daily. I’ve added an air purifier for my own health safety.
That is a lovely setup. Love the black cat!!
Hi Marilyn:
I got my polisher here:
It is on sale right now. Pepetools also sells a cabinet with fan motor that might suit you better if you already have your main motor.
Michael
Thanks Maryjob. Oliver pretty much goes wherever I go.
Michael
It looks real nice! Looks like you have an outside door, so out you go for casting!
Thanks miketayse. As to casting outside, that’s a no go. What lies outside the door is a wooden balcony where I tend our bonsai trees, but fire would not be welcome.