Workshop when living in a condo?

[stav]

Here are a couple of shops in small apartments.  The second one is pretty extreme, and was presumably made elsewhere but allows work in a very small space without making a mess.

https://www.youtube.com/user/justin999999999/videos
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCGiuEk4...c1g/videos

That second guy is pretty inventive.  I watched a couple of his videos and that platform he has is very versatile, although somewhat expensive.

[ez-duzit]

I'd rather be homeless than have to live in a condo.

[Stwood_]

I'd rather be homeless than have to live in a condo.

Well, almost +1.

[Cooler]

I built a very simple ship in a bottle when I was in my teens.  That is the kind of woodworking that I image would be OK for a Condo.

[Cian]

Have you considered taking over a spare bedroom and simply going unplugged?

[stav]

Switch to hand powered tools maybe?

[Cooler]

I recently started using a Festool track saw.  With a measuring parallel guide it is a very competent machine and it fits in a box with the track hanging on the wall. 

A couple of good sawhorses and you can saw all that a table saw could do.

Dados are better done with a router.  You can get adapters for Dewalt routers to Festool tracks or you can get the pricey (but very good).

I still use my table saw, but mainly because it is already set up and I don't have to take the track saw out of a box. 

But you can do nearly everything a table saw and radial arm saw can do with a track saw and a router (and a couple of saw horses or even better with a MFT table from Festool).

I originally planned on using the Festool just to breakdown plywood.  But now I use it to cut the plywood to finished sizes.  It is safer than using a table saw for that same purpose.

When building cabinets I still use the table saw to cut the 1/4" nominal dado for the back panel as I can do that with two passes with a standard blade.  But when I am building cabinets that is all I use the table saw for. 

I particularly like carrying small pieces down to the basement.

With the Hilton Head location you probably can work on your driveway for almost all the work.  If you get a battery-powered track saw you will not be tethered to an electricity source.

[SteveS]

I've visited HH a few times when I was living in Savannah. Nice place, but expensive. If you have the opportunity, visit Hilton Head Distillery.

I have a buddy that built a house in Bluffton. You might find more options for renting a place with potential shop space.

When I lived in an apartment in Pooler I did very little WW. I brought some knife projects and an intarsia project where the noisiest operation was sanding. I left all my equipment in my house in WA. I just decided that while living in an apartment, I would find other things to do.

[barnowl]

I am having the same dilemma right now!  I do actually want to move to a new place, however I cannot find one that fits all of my requirements!

BAM .... SPAMMER !!!

[mdhills]

If planning to work *in* the condo, you might like something like Adrian Preda's original setup:
  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ybvuuVRlSWc
(he did later get some dedicated space that allowed for some machines)

Or maybe what you need is a workshop in a van with extension cords, and plan to work in the driveway?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a3xzVl1AYm0
https://inhabitat.com/nissan-unveils-inc...odworkers/

Matt