RV Parks with Woodshop/Workshop

[Ropdoc]

Hello All,

I am hopeing to Travel the US for a year as a Fulltimer. Can you list RV parks that have Woodshops? And please let me know the fees and what you thought of it. And if you don't mind tell me about thier tools too.

Thank you,
Dave

[Ropdoc]

magnusfide wrote:
A word to the wise: You may not want to publish your address on this forum which is readable without membership. Thieves will be swarming your equipment like wasps.

Thank you GM for the offer. And great point magnusfide. We may forget while we are offering to do good for each other that scum is sitting in the darkness waiting for a chance to take.

[magnusfide]

Grey Mountain wrote:
If you, or anyone else, is in my neighborhood (SW Oklahoma) and need access to a woodworking shop, I have just about anything you might need, including a woodlathe big enough to make smallish hot tubs.

GM

GM, that's quite generous of you. How's your personal injury insurance? A word to the wise: You may not want to publish your address on this forum which is readable without membership. Thieves will be swarming your equipment like wasps.

[Grey_Mountain]

If you, or anyone else, is in my neighborhood (SW Oklahoma) and need access to a woodworking shop, I have just about anything you might need, including a woodlathe big enough to make smallish hot tubs.

GM

[Ropdoc]

magnusfide wrote:
Dave, another option if you don't want to haul your tools might be to hit the road for only a few months at a time instead of full time. It's what we do and let's us enjoy the best of "home and roam".

We are selling everythng (except my tools) to minimize our lives. As we travel we will be looking for our final home. Hopefully after a year we will purchase and settle down. But that is a good idea.

[magnusfide]

Dave, another option if you don't want to haul your tools might be to hit the road for only a few months at a time instead of full time. It's what we do and let's us enjoy the best of "home and roam".

[footslogger]

The Great Outdoors in Titusville Florida has the "Sawdust Club", a well equipped woodworking shop on-site. Members can also borrow hand power tools to take back to their own site. Membership is open to owners and visitors. I think annual membership costs $25.

[Ropdoc]

woodgeezer wrote:
Frankly, it's a solitary thing for me, so someone standing over my shoulder at a group shop is not my cup of tea.

I completely understand. Even thou I can't wait to hit the road. I am having trouble leaving my shop behind. I have spent so much time out there working and getting the tools needed for things. That I think twice about going. Is that sick or what ??

TyroneandGladys wrote:
NRA program and stay at Trinidad State Park. There are people that have been going to the NRA program for years.

This is awesome. Thank you

Dave

[TyroneandGladys]

Do not know what your interests are but check out the stock making classes at NRA program and stay at Trinidad State Park. There are people that have been going to the NRA program for years.

[woodgeezer]

I travel with a compact lathe, tools, saws, hand planes and clamps that I can use in a canopy with sidewalls. The tools are small enough they fit in totes in the bays, or under the benches inside. I get a lot of satisfaction out of hand work, and can literally lose track of time. If I need lumber, I go to a commercial hardwood supplier and get what I need, rough cut to length and planed to thickness. Costs only a few bucks, and allows me to quietly enjoy my work.

Frankly, it's a solitary thing for me, so someone standing over my shoulder at a group shop is not my cup of tea.

[Ropdoc]

Thank you all for the info. Lots of help.

[1775]

Check to see if there is a Woodcraft retail store where you will be traveling to. Some of the Woodcraft stores have a full workshop that they give classes in and some of those stores will let someone (who knows what they are doing) come in when there is no class and use the shop for a fee. Not all Woodcraft stores do this, but some do. Of course, call ahead to the store to find out before going there.

[2gypsies1]

Many RV parks would not allow you to set up shop at your site if you had a trailer of woodworking equipment.

The parks that do have equipment are very secure and not just anyone can enter (kids). There's usually a monitor there to supervise and the door is locked when not in use.

[magnusfide]

If you plan on doing a lot of woodworking just get a trailer and put your favorite tools in it. Secure the tools and tow it behind your motorhome. I see art festivals with guys doing this all the time.

[jamway]

Try Google "RV parks with wood shops" and you will find many.

Then go to RV Park reviews to see what some think about them.

[bigdogger]

I am not sure how you would search for such parks, but instincts tell me they are mostly only going to exist in some of the snowbird destinations. Like another poster pointed out, I would bet the insurance on such a feature would be out of this world, especially in a park with a large mix of guests (which means children). I couldn't even imagine the size of a lawsuit should some unsupervised children get into a woodshop full of power tools and a few human limbs joined the limbs from the trees. On top of that, the noise wouldn't be welcome most places, so it would have to be a park with a lot of acreage so they could put such a shop a long way away from the sites. In my opinion, unless your idea of woodworking is whittling like Jed Clampett, expecting to find facilities that would support your hobby as you travel the country seeing the sites will probably be an expectation that will not be fulfilled.