NavyDiver
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Ken, you have given me a severe case of shop envy! 
SHOW US YOUR WORK SHOP
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jjenk02
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Ken, your giving me a complex, my shop has NEVER been that clean.
Chris, I have 3 fire extinguishers in my shop, with a dirty shop you need more fire Extinguishers
Chris, I have 3 fire extinguishers in my shop, with a dirty shop you need more fire Extinguishers
bnoles
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Ken.....
I am without words.... that shop is just not right [}]
I am without words.... that shop is just not right [}
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JDPens
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Wow! I'll have to disagree, that shop is just right! Nice shop!!
Nice shop!!
arioux
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This is not a shop, this is a livivng room !!!
Alfred
Alfred
stevers
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Hey Ken, don't let them get to you. Thats a beautiful shop. A clean shop is an efficient shop. That actually makes me want to clean my own shop. I turned a blank and didn't clean it up.
ctwxlvr
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Don't laugh to much, this is my corner in the spare bedroom of a three bedroom apartment, it is a work in progress, a true bench will come this summer when it is warm and dry enough to work outside.
jaywood1207
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Looks like you've utilized the space well. Was there a sale on box fans somewhere? []
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thetalbott4
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Is that your fan club?
Jim in Oakville
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It's about time I posted my shop I guess too, here it is....well part of it..
stevers
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Is that the very corner of a Jet lathe I barley see to the right?
ctwxlvr
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the box fans you are seeing are not what you are seeing along the wall is a mounted mirror from an old bed frame, so you are seeing double the number of box fans, and yes there was a sale at wally world last year $5 per fan, we live in the top floor of an old victorian apartment house, insulation whats that...
johncrane
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Jim! wow you have some "wicked" tools there mate.[]
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fiferb
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As I was standing at my lathe and looking out the door I was looking at this picture and made me think of this thread. So, I thought I'd share. I did not clean or move anything for these pictures. This is my usual mess. My shop is in the basement which is also the garage which is in the back of the house.
This is the view from my lathe looking at wisteria and the lake across my back yard.
This is a better look of the lake from in the back yard.
This is standing at the garage door looking in.
This is from the front of the shop on the right hand side looking toward the back.
And from another angle.
This is from the back of the shop looking forward.
And this is the biggest gloat. Sunset from the deck above the shop.
This is the view from my lathe looking at wisteria and the lake across my back yard.
This is a better look of the lake from in the back yard.
This is standing at the garage door looking in.
This is from the front of the shop on the right hand side looking toward the back.
And from another angle.
This is from the back of the shop looking forward.
And this is the biggest gloat. Sunset from the deck above the shop.
stevers
Member
With a view like that, I wouldn't get any work done. Thats beautifull. I see the dust collection on the lathe. Good man.
bnoles
Member
Bruce,
Excellent shop, but I see the temptation calling of giving up woodworking and taking up fishing [}]
You have a dream shop for sure.
Excellent shop, but I see the temptation calling of giving up woodworking and taking up fishing [}
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Malainse
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Bruce, If you look at my Sig. I would be at a loss as what to do.
fish, turn, fish, turn........ Turn a fish..[)]
fish, turn, fish, turn........ Turn a fish..[
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jjenk02
Member
Fish on good weather days and turn on bad weather days....
johncrane
Member
Bruce!! you lucky bugger they are views l would kill for.and you shop looks good too!l see you have the beer fridge too' thats a must have item also.
jthompson1995
Member
I finally got around to taking some photos of my shop
And I've got a little bit of wood, too [}]
Some still needs to be cut up
And I didn't get a chance to take pics of the 100 lb cherry burl, spalted red oak burl, boxwood and apple that's outside.
And I've got a little bit of wood, too [}
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Some still needs to be cut up
And I didn't get a chance to take pics of the 100 lb cherry burl, spalted red oak burl, boxwood and apple that's outside.
jjenk02
Member
Jason, thats the way a workshop should look, messy like mine.
NavyDiver
Member
Nice Shop!
jthompson1995
Member
Originally posted by jjenk02
Jason, thats the way a workshop should look, messy like mine.
It may be messy, but I know where everything is.
[^]hanau
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where can i find the clips that you have hanging on the board that have your bushing in them?
jthompson1995
Member
They are plain shower curtain rings I got at HD at $1.50 for a dozen. I labeled each ring and they just hang on pan head screws in the masonite board.
its_virgil
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Those are metal shower curtain rings. Here is a closeup for you. Got mine at one of the big box home centers.
Do a good turn daily!
Don
Do a good turn daily!
Don
jthompson1995
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huntersilver
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Wow you guys are really organized!!
jthompson1995
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You must be talking about Don, no one has ever referred to me as organized before>
PenPal
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Starting at the end of my workshop my most valued Hercus Metal Lathe made in 1967,I use it to modify live centres,drill and cut Cartridges,make spacers and more,it is used most every working day in the workshop.
PenPal
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My Taig lathe with shop made live centre,used for drilling bullets for slimlines and special tasks.
PenPal
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Two Woodfast Bowl Lathes.Right hand one has out board attach variable speed control,really solid lathe.Rear similar but lathe not raised as high with a built on 14 inch disk sander outboard and narrow jaws to drill Corian etc.
PenPal
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Old Woodfast long bed Lathe
PenPal
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Dedicated drill press,note double Vee horizontal and vertical.I use the vertical to drill blanks with X and Y axis and the blank in the horizontal Vee to ream the end of blanks with brass in after facing on the 14 inch sander on the Woodfast lathe outside.
PenPal
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Vicmarc Vl100 dedicated for pens mounted on a steel welded shop made sit down bench(most comfortable)Fitted with aftermarket variable speed control vac cleaner wet dry type under thru the rails shop made tool rest to reach the pen made necessary to get around the vac tube.Shop made live centre with brass insert drilled for snug fit on the mandrel(no wobbles here)holds about 1/2 an inch of shaft,tension from the tail stock.The collet mandrel is locked in to the head stock by threaded rod in the thread already cut in these 2 morse taper units. Sit down enables me to use a bearing press to assemble pens on a stand next to the lathe at eye height to make square presses.
Will one day take pics all round,my workshop is double garage with two extensions single garage size out front plus numerous sheds etc.
Will one day take pics all round,my workshop is double garage with two extensions single garage size out front plus numerous sheds etc.
fiferb
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I think you have too many lathes, I'll be by to pick one up.[}]
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Woodlvr
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It would be a long journey, Bruce. But well worth it.
Mike
Mike
johncrane
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Hi Peter you have some top gear there mate,you must have many years of wood working. []
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PenPal
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John,been fascinated since the seventies with wood,after collecting and making my first wood lathe my wife said I would be dissapointed when I got to turning rather than remanufacturing,modifying,testing.I have been really dissapointed at the way woodworking machinery is made compared with metal machines but where there is a will it can be made better and more precise.I really feel for the retailers when mingy buyers like me can not get a rolls royce for another make for a song,the discussions for example on live centres,design of live centres,shafting on pen mandrels,when you buy simply roll them on a flat surface,measure your drills before you buy ,check the shaft sizes taking a pen brass to feel how loose or firm etc.Have fun Peter
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TellicoTurning
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Bruce,
I think wysteria is my favorite flowering plant.. probably goes back to my grandparents place.. they had one that completely engulf a kataba tree, and spread across the yard into a huge old cedar.. the branches on the wysteria were big enough that my dad put a swing on one for my younger sister... he put mine and my older sister's in the kataba.. so we wouldn't fight over the swings..
with that set up, you need to custom turn a couple of rod handles and then "test" them off that dock.. very nice view.
I think wysteria is my favorite flowering plant.. probably goes back to my grandparents place.. they had one that completely engulf a kataba tree, and spread across the yard into a huge old cedar.. the branches on the wysteria were big enough that my dad put a swing on one for my younger sister... he put mine and my older sister's in the kataba.. so we wouldn't fight over the swings..
with that set up, you need to custom turn a couple of rod handles and then "test" them off that dock.. very nice view.