I ran across this and thought the people in these groups would be
interested. It deals primarily with a Canadian's workshop in Tokyo. He
has a liquor store and the shop ("The Dungeon") is in the basement.
The ONLY access to the shop is through a 4-foot square hatch in the
floor of the building's parking area.
Warning - part of the charm is that this guy takes pictures of
everything! He seems to spend WAY more time on making things for the
shop than for his house, but there is nothing wrong with that :-)
Some things that were interesting: pictures of a Japanese "Home Depot
like" store that carried everything from MANY pulleys to exquisite log
flitches; a "noodle cooling" trough for a Japanese BBQ; lowering logs
and huge machines down the hatch; and many innovative solutions to
numerous problems he faced.
Enjoy - http://ablett.jp/workshop/index.htm
/Ed
