Pat Mcgeoch and his Shaping Bay

Me and my shaping bay.

After my my first attempt at shaping in my carport with no lighting I knew I had to build myself a functional shaping bay.

The first one I built was pretty basic, but after doing more boards and figuring out what works and what doesn’t I moved to a house with a shed and got to build this one.

It’s small but functional. It’s a time vortex in here, I’ll come down and put some tunes on, Hendrix or The Doors, maybe some old ZZ Top, The clash, Fugazi or even some Old Crow Medicine Show. I start working away and next thing I know 3 or 4 hours have passed.

It’s dusty and noisy and I have to wear a respirator. But once I get into it all the negatives fall away and it puts me in a creative zone. It’s all part of it.

I still feel a bit strange when I get introduced as a shaper. I hold all those guys that have been doing it for decades in such high regard.

It’s pretty amazing when I get positive feedback knowing that something I’ve made specifically for someone brings them excitement and stoke.

Pat Mcgeoch