My Garage Work Space and Woodworking Workshop

Hey, thank you for visiting my new website, my name is JC, aka the Cuban Redneck, and I appreciate you stopping by. As many of you know, we have recently purchased a property in Southwest Florida, Charlotte County, to be more exact! This will be our retirement home, and since it is not new and a bargain, there are many upgrades and fixing to do. Over the next few weeks, I am looking forward to bringing detail on everything we do in the process, hoping that you take away a thing or two that you can implement in your next DIY project.

Unlike the east coast, the west coast is a prime estuary for snook, redfish,  and spotted seatrout, as well as pelagic fish such as dorado, tuna, kingfish, and wahoo just a few miles out into the gulf. That means that I need to consider setting up my garage work space to make lures and soft baits. After some strategic negotiations with my wife, I was able to take control of the one car garage with the condition that she can still get her SUV in there in the event of a hurricane or when we travel! What does this mean? It means multiple things. For one, unlike the house in Miami, space here is at a premium. It also means that I can plan and build a woodworking workspace to make lures more efficient than Miami’s garage woodworking workspace.

I have been making fishing lures for years. I started with plugs and swimbaits, primary for saltwater fishing, and in the last couple of years, I have begun to experiment with conjoined swimbaits and soft plastics swimbaits. Over this time, I have learned a lot about things that work and others that don’t. I guess when it is all set and done, many people will tell you that a fishing lure making shop is nothing more than a woodworking workshop with that addition of a UV drying station, and airbrush station, and a soft plastic lure making station. I happen to disagree with that, and that, I would say it is one of the biggest mistakes I made while building my last woodworking workspace. Aside from building it as a when along instead of planning!

I will use my experience working with multiple race teams back in the day and employing their approach to a workshop layout. What does that mean? Well, I am not sure if this is something limited to race shops, but the idea is to create a workflow workspace where you go from dirty to clean. In other words, a systematic layout where you start working on the dirtiest part of the project, for example, the table saw and work your self to the cleanest part of the shop in this instance, painting, and clear coat station.

If you are looking to build a woodworking workspace designed for lure making, I hope this video gives you valuable information. My intension is not to come across as some woodworking or lure making guru but rather to highlight some tips based on the mistakes I have made in the past! …I also hope to save you some money along the way! If you like this woodworking workshop layout design for lure making, please consider following my newest YouTube channel and feel free to comment on additional topics you would like me to cover.