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I've finally gotten pretty settled from my move and have my shop set up again. I haven't been able to turn anything yet- too busy hanging out here and other stuff from moving. Plus, I have to get more hose for my DC, so I suppose I should wait on that before I start making dust.

This shop has more creepy crawlies than where I had just been, and it just feels more like an older basement (exactly what it is), but it does have better lighting, which is VERY nice, no real space problems, except in ceiling height, so DC had to be taken off the feet, making it non-mobile. My next place of residence will hopefully be something I have taloir made and built and I'll definitely be having a nicely designed shop area!

First there's dad, AKA buzzb, working on helping me getting things set up

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Then dad again promoting shop safety by mounting a fire extinguisher



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Then, ta-da, the finished product!

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And- this one's for you Billy- proof that I have a pile of wood in my shop- albeit a small pile!



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I have seen operating rooms that were not as clean as your shop!

Very nice shop, by the way.
 
Looks great, Angela. I hope you have a truly great time in your new shop.

If I may, where did you get your height adjustable chair? I can't find a stool with a back like that and would like to get one.
 
Originally posted by wdcav1952
<br />Looks great, Angela. I hope you have a truly great time in your new shop.

If I may, where did you get your height adjustable chair? I can't find a stool with a back like that and would like to get one.
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Cav, I ordered the chair from officemax. I learned that what I was looking for is called a drafting chair, since architects use those high drafting tables to work at. Here's a link to the section at officemax that has a wide selection:

http://www.officemax.com/max/solutions/product/thumbnail.jsp?BV_UseBVCookie=yes&expansionOID=-536880778

The one I got is the one on the top left- I skipped arms, thinking that might be a little too comfortable to be in a shop! [:)]

The only problem I've had is that I want the wheels to stay in the position where it can roll freely and I kept hitting the little things that need to stay in the up position to keep it rolling, pushing them down and then one wheel would stop moving. So I came up with the oh so clever and inventive "Angela jig" where I tied pink string around them to keep them in the up position- they stayed in place until the move and after that I had to replace 2. You can just barely see the pink in the picture. I'm sure many on here could come up with a better jig, but this worked for me. The chair can even be the right height for turning at the lathe if I wanted/needed to do so- I did check that out. Hope that helps!

And Joe- I actually am not heat/AC savvy enough to know if it officially has heat and air. There's ductwork for the heat and air for the rest of the house running through there, but I haven't found any direct vents. But it sure stays cooler than the second floor does. Hopefully in the dead of winter, it'll stay warm as well.
 
Holy cow that is nice!!!! i showed it to my wife and she wants to know if your dad can come to our house and fix my shop up better. i'll give him a call. i'm sure i can find him some local geocaches and maybe i can find a reason to get phyllis to come along too as i really need to talk to her. hahahaha
 
Very nice wish I could have a set up like that. I do have one concern though I see a gas fired hot water heater next to your lathe. I understand you have a dust collector but still would be a large concern of mine. If you can move the lathe I would as it doenst take much to plug the ports on the burner on the water heater and also the possible firehazard. Just a thought.
 
Very nice shop. I also have a neat, organized, and clean shop. Just my work habit to clean when you finish a job. But to be honest, the next-to-last photo of all the bottles and cans lined up so neatly under the table even bother me. Looks like my OCD daughter has been in there helping! (one night she lined up about 200 blanks that were on a shelf by length, and all 200 are within an 1" of each other but she still managed to sort them [:)])
 
Originally posted by fritzmccorkle
<br />Holy cow that is nice!!!! i showed it to my wife and she wants to know if your dad can come to our house and fix my shop up better. i'll give him a call. i'm sure i can find him some local geocaches and maybe i can find a reason to get phyllis to come along too as i really need to talk to her. hahahaha
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I don't think Phyllis is available- EVER!!!! And she's often on phone restriction so you can't get her that way either, or is it that she can't get you? I can't remember, there hasn't been a recent phone restriction schedule published. But dad's much more liberal and might be available, accepting and less bothered by whatever you might have to say... I think he'd advocate for everyone having things like I do!
 
she's in my cell phone so i don't think it's gonna be that much of a challenge to reach her. hahaha. man ang, do you hear them saying they think you may have OCD? you're the pro. are they right? hahaha
 
Originally posted by wdcav1952
<br />Angela,

Thanks for the link on the drafting chair. If you don't mind, I may choose not to use the pink yarn, though. [8D]
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Aaawwww... why not? It's OK for men to wear pink, so it should be fine to use on a man's chair!! I could even send you some from what I have left, so you wouldn't have to buy any! [}:)][}:)]
 
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Originally posted by wdcav1952
<br />Angela,

Thanks for the link on the drafting chair. If you don't mind, I may choose not to use the pink yarn, though. [8D]
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Aaawwww... why not? It's OK for men to wear pink, so it should be fine to use on a man's chair!! I could even send you some from what I have left, so you wouldn't have to buy any! [}:)][}:)]
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Thanks, but I'll just unravel a bit off my favorite pink long johns and use that. [;)]
 
Great set up Angela!! Looks like something out of WOOD magazine!!! Way too clean though, I bet I could mess it up in twenty minutes [}:)][:D]
Great Job
Gary
 
I can only wish that I'll have such a shop someday, look at all the ROOM you have there.
In my shop the bench on which the lathe is set is also the drawing board and the finishing bench combined....

Congradulations! and make a lot of shavings!
 
Just wanted to report back that I did move the lathe away from the hot water heater. I pretty much swapped the one set of gorilla shelves and the lathe for each other. Thanks for pointing that out Don- good eye!

Cav, I had to laugh at the thought of you with pink long johns on! But sshhhhh... the truth is, I own a pink pair! Guess that's OK though since I'm a girl...
 
Originally posted by angboy
<br />Just wanted to report back that I did move the lathe away from the hot water heater. I pretty much swapped the one set of gorilla shelves and the lathe for each other. Thanks for pointing that out Don- good eye!
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That is definetly good to hear that.
 
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