SHOW US YOUR WORK SHOP

[byounghusband]

My shop?? Kinda cramped, but I like it... 2/3s of 1/2 of a two car garage is bacically what I have to work with.

Click on the pics for a larger view.

Shop layout drawing



From the outside looking in....


Door to the house and my band saw.


Moving to the left


Left rear corner, workbench, DC and wall cabinet.


Left Wall, Table Saw, Lathe and mobile tool cabinet.


Lathe, lumber rack/storage and miter saw.


Looking out from inside and storage cabinets.

Tools....


Jet 1014 Lathe on mobile cabinet/stand



Hitachi 16" Drill Press


Grizzly 14" Band Saw with 6" Riser Block


Mobile Grinder/Sander/Scroll Saw cabinet. Each tool is mounted to MDF with 1" holes front and back. 7/8" dowels on top hold teh tool in place while in use. Carpet reduces vibrations. Storage bays have one dowel to hold the unused tools in place.

 

[CSue]

Reminds me of a place I lived in once - where you could stand in one place and defrost the frig, add rinse to the laundry, Cook dinner on the stove and do some woodwork just by turning in a circle.

 

[n7bsn]

I did some panorama merging in Photoshop and loaded them to my website (warning the images are large)

This image(http://www.ralphandellen.us/Wood/Shop1.jpg). Starting on the right is the lumber storage, jointer, dust collector, planer, sanders, drill-press, (door), bandsaw, tablesaw, bench, welder, sharping station, bench with the Nova-DVR in the foreground (with my first segmented bowl). Overhead is the air-filter and lights

This photo set (http://www.ralphandellen.us/Wood/Shop2.jpg) is taken from near the tablesaw. From right is bench and tools, welder, bench (with microwave), turning stock (with Nova-DVR in front), lumber, dust collector, jointer, planer, thickness sander, radial-arm drill press and disk-sander.

The last photo set (http://www.ralphandellen.us/Wood/Shop3.jpg) is taken from near the lathe. Starts on the right with the jointer and progresses around to the wood.

 

[NavyDiver]

Nice collection of goodies!

 

[jkirkb94]

Here is my pen shop. Never got around to hiring an electrician to run electricity so I am just using a 12g cord. Have to watch what I run at one time so I don't pop the circuit. At least I insulated most of it. Can actually use it in the winter with a small cube heater and have air conditioning. Can use the air and the lathe at once but nothing else. Kirk

 

[PenPal]

Main Pen Turning area using my Vicmarc VL100.First one overall area as is the second. Then table, pipe mounted at eye height for the pen press and buff,reason for this the bench is a welded,sit down one.The lathe overall,then pic showing the variable speed control in the brown box and three phase 415volt 3/4hp motor.Detail of the buff a converted lab stirrer with switch and variable speed on rhs of the motor.Sitting on my swivel chair I can access pen parts etc in drawers behind on the right rear,pen chisels in the two buckets and heavier ones on the rhside wall.I concentrate on removing dust since chips go where they want anyway. Peter

 

[PenPal]

Try agin for pics.

 

[jeff]

Peter: Get rid of the square brackets in your filenames (i.e. change the filename on your pc, then upload) and it will display properly.

 

[PenPal]

Jeff,
I have tried all my best ways to understand what this is please can you explain in more detail. thanks Peter

 

[jaywood1207]

Peter,
Change the names of your pictures on your PC before uploading them. It looks like you have left the name the camera assigns like DSC0001 with some characters such as % in the title. The site won't allow those. Change the name to shop1 or something like that and it should work fine but make sure there are no spaces or special characters in the name.

 

[PenPal]

My VL100 Lathe on the sit down bench

 

[PenPal]

Lathe VL10 Vicmarc made in Queensland Australia.
On the left the brown box houses the variable speed control,240 volt in to 415v three phase out.
Wet/dry vac under to the lathe through the bed rails under the mandrel,I can not catch the turnings ie all of them but have the dust beat.
Shop made tool rest deeper to reach the pen past the vac tube.
Shop made live centre in steel with a brass sleeve a snug fit hole in 1/2 inch deep to fit the end of the mandrell removable sleeve can be interchanged to suit pen type.
I only turn half a pen at a time.
Collet mandrell 29 dollars aussie 2 morse taper held in the head stock with 3/8 threaded rod secured in the hand wheel end.
Some smaller chisels in he bucket.
Small pipe mounted table with a 1 ton bearing press modified for pens.
This is eye height when seated to enable clear sighting when used.
Buff on RHSide half shown.

 

[PenPal]

VL100 from slightly above to show bench top mounted motor 415v three phase,the belt drive housed in wood cover.
Some small tools in white buckets.

 

[PenPal]

Small buffer.
In a former life was a verticle lab stirrer,fitted a brass sleeve and buff.
On RHEnd on off switch and variable speed knob.

 

[PenPal]

Press and Buff.
Press fitted with new anvil table topped with thin Corian and the stem has a thin Corian base on the stem to protect the pen when pressed.
Buff alongside,in front 3 sets of Olive Blanks from this District about 80 kms away,10 yrs dry.
Sundry turning tools on right wall.

 

[PenPal]

Jeff and Jamie indebted to you both followed your advice and it works.
Jeff could you please remove the previous non entries for me. Thanks Peter.
I know we are upside down under but we can take advice. Thanks again.

 

[johncrane]

hi PETER you have some top off the range gear there mate!thanks for sharing with us.

 

[mdburn_em]

Well, I guess I can show off my shop, although "show off" doesn't quite seem like the right words.
Here's the quonset.

Drill Press to the left

About 20 feet down is my "sharpening station". Ceramic waterstones, fine diamond hone, leather strop underneath. The Delta has felt wheels for power honing. One is rounded and the other is squared.

In the center of the building, across from the sharpening station is my assembly area. You can just see an antler tip in the lower right part of the picture.

Some of my antler. Mule Deer, Whitetail and Elk.

All the way to the back of the quonset is my working area. My lathe and Bandsaw.

Table saw and wood/blanks

More Blanks

And still more...

I suppose I should take the planer out of the box. I've also got a Shopsmith I'm attempting to put back together.

 

[les-smith]

Originally posted by mdburn_em

Drill Press to the left


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Man, That's one nice looking vise you have there. And, you have antler laying around your shop like I've got candy laying around my house. Lucky.

 

[mdburn_em]

I don't know what I would do without my PH vise. I figure it's already saved me about $20 in blank blow-ups. That's based solely on my failure rate from last year. It's been in use less than 2 months.
If you can't find some antler in Montana...where in the world could you find it?

 

[Woodlvr]

Will you guys quit showing off your supply of antlers? I know that we have plenty of deer here in Utah but I am having a hard finding free or close to free antler. I am jealous but good for you. You have a nice little setup going there. Happy turning and take care.

Mike

 

[johncrane]

nothing wrong with having plenty of d/horn .[]

 

[gjoffrionjr]

Here is my current shop.

 

[fiferb]

Bump.

 

[Firefyter-emt]

LOL... Now ya done it!

 

[TowMater]

This is the only picture of the shop I have available to me at work, I'll try and post more later. My shop is a 21' X 24' space in the basement, this particular picture is of my cabinet saw that I bought at an auction for $200.00 and then refurbed.

 

[GaryMGg]

Todd said, "my cabinet saw that I bought at an auction for $200.00 and then refurbed"

And, that is a drive-by gloat If I ever saw one. Beep-beep. [8D]

 

[TowMater]

There's another gloat just to the left and behind the TS if you look real close[8D].

 

[WWAtty]

This year I finally moved my shop out of the garage and into a small shed I built in the back yard. I chronicled the process (in excruciating detail) along the way, and have posted photos and narrative on my site here:
http://users.goldengate.net/~kbrady/construction1.html

Thanks for looking.

Cheers.

 

[Firefyter-emt]

Ohhhh... an Emmert, very nice, what model is it?? It's not a No-2 by chance is it???

 

[R2]

Looks like blokes really are the same the world over!
I'm impressed with the improvisations, the nifty storage ideas. the clean and tidy workshops,the variety of lathes the use of small spaces. I'm even more impressed by the Shops (sheds that look like mine.
One other thing Women just don't understand, do they!?[:X][:X]

 

[TowMater]

FF- No it is actually a type T 3.2. I know the one you are thinking of and I have that one also, but it was in such bad shape that I will be parting it out in the new year.

This one came from California complete except for the tilt adjustment bracket. The Rod is in place and complete. I paid just a little more the the vise than I did for the saw[8D].

Todd

 

[negid]

Here is my humble workshop. I just have the very basics, but i've only spent about $300 on tools.

The two white sets of drawers hold all my blanks and supplies.

 

[palmermethod]

Yes, I am one of those who, out of frustration, may BUY a SECOND tool because I can't find the first one. Thank God for Ebay!

 

[johncrane]

Neqid only $300 bucks you've done well mate!
Bob! your shop looks good compared too my Dad's nightmare.[}]

 

[negid]

Originally posted by johncrane

Neqid only $300 bucks you've done well mate!

Yeah, I got a steal on all three pieces of equipment brand new.

Jet Lathe - $150 new
Miter Saw - $65 new
Drill Press - $70 new
4 Clamps - $10

I got the MS, DP, and clamps at a Lowe's that was closing down for 50% off.

 

[stevers]

Hey Bob (palmermethod), you seem to really like that Grizzly green.

 

[palmermethod]

Originally posted by stevers

Hey Bob (palmermethod), you seem to really like that Grizzly green.

I guess I do. I like their stuff and they do a good QC job, pre-testing etc. Plus parts for things that wear out. I've had to rebuild the 6 x 9" sander bearings and replace a on/off switch on a jointer. Otherwise it all works as intended. Plus the Grizzly owner makes his own guitars so he can't be a bad guy!

 

[Aderhammer]

What about Grizzly Tan? Our bandsaw is probably older than i am and is a light shade of grizzly tan instead of the familar green. I really think people look down on the grizzly too much, they really do have quality products.

 

[stevers]

Oh, don't get me wrong, I completely agree.