My humble retreat from the world.

[BradG]

From right to left, my gutless pillar drill. I purchased this for drilling ABS boxes. works great for that, i wouldn't like to use it for much else
C2A mini Lathe
Sieg X2 mini mill

The other section of my workbench is reserved for electronic engineering.
Oscilloscope on the far right,
De-soldering station
Soldering Station
Three racks full of components (which are now on the window ledge as there is now a photo studio perched on the end of the bench)
and my bandsaw

A new addition to the workshop my 10 tonne Bench press

and finally, my Rollcab for looking after all my tools and accessories.

 

[srf1114]

too clean... how do you get any work done!

 

[vallealbert]

WOW...it is so clean...it seems more a showroom than a workshop:wink:...are you sure you work there??:wink:...if you see mine...what a mess:biggrin:

 

[bobjackson]

+2 on the soo clean. Nice shop.

 

[BradG]

let me put it to you like this....

The workshop is in the home, and i am married.... if i have a clean tidy workshop i dont get glared at :glasses-cool:

There's method in the magners.

 

[mredburn]

Wow a 10 ton press to assemble pens! I thought I liked overkill!

Oh and another thought strew some parts or tools around for the pictures. You can pick them back up afterwards. That shop area is way to clean. It gives the rest of us a bad image.

 

[Haynie]

before pens what the heck were you into?

Nice shop by the way.

 

[BradG]

before pens what the heck were you into?

Nice shop by the way.

I have a family business manufacturing electronics and i am in the process of building the machines to take the work out of manufacturing the products.

I currently use the press for punching out square holes in sheet metal for mounting components into.

 

[JimB]

Is that in a spare bedroom? Very nice!

 

[BradG]

Wow a 10 ton press to assemble pens! I thought I liked overkill!

Oh and another thought strew some parts or tools around for the pictures. You can pick them back up afterwards. That shop area is way to clean. It gives the rest of us a bad image.

but my tools..... i couldnt do that! they live in my draws when not in my hands!

 

[BradG]

Is that in a spare bedroom? Very nice!

its a second living room i guess. we used to have a second suite in there and a coffee table etc but seemed a waste of space!

 

[Andrew_K99]

Your wife is a very understanding women!!

AK

 

[MrWright]

You take the fun out of turning! If I HAD to clean up after each turning project I would take up another hobby. Ask your wife to do quilting for a hobby, and watch what she does to her area to work with. Cleaneyness is next to - boring. Anyway, you have a very neet place to work your electronic stuff. I know that has to be clean. I used to build radios and antenna in my shop. Now I just do wood work.
A frustrated Ham Radio Operator.

 

[renowb]

WOW! You must be doing some heavy duty pens there! Nice clean shop! I'm jealous!

 

[BradG]

You take the fun out of turning! If I HAD to clean up after each turning project I would take up another hobby. Ask your wife to do quilting for a hobby, and watch what she does to her area to work with. Cleaneyness is next to - boring. Anyway, you have a very neet place to work your electronic stuff. I know that has to be clean. I used to build radios and antenna in my shop. Now I just do wood work.
A frustrated Ham Radio Operator.

A quick blast with a hoover and its all gone doesnt take many seconds to get rid of a bit of sawdust. swarf however off the metal is another story...

 

[bitshird]

Wow a 10 ton press to assemble pens! I thought I liked overkill!

Oh and another thought strew some parts or tools around for the pictures. You can pick them back up afterwards. That shop area is way to clean. It gives the rest of us a bad image.

I saw his shop and tried to crawl under my desk




but I couldn't find the floor.....

 

[Rick P]

Im not even sure mine has a floor! Its in a 8X10 bed room that I converted........so full of stuff I have to open the window to rip a 8 foot board!!!

Tracy has to be one of the most understanding wifes in the world I do lots of antler, bone and ivory work and the "shop" door is only 3 feet from the kitchen!

 

[SteveG]

I noticed the roll of bubble wrap laying right there in the bottom photo. How can you possibly work in such a messy, cluttered shop:question:

 

[BradG]

I know SteveG... after uploading the picture onto my PC and spotting the offending item it was quickly filed away ............... (ok, now i am joking.) Theres just a full size roll of bubble wrap under there now. just squeezes under the bench

 

[Wildman]

Words to live by from Fussy Butts R US Inc, too you!

I busy cleaning my shop as we speak. No film at 11!

 

[BradG]

And a bit extra storage space added today. The top shelf is only 9mm thick, oppose to the bottom shelf being 18mm thick. I plan on swapping the top shelf to the same thickness as the bottom shelf as you can see a slight bit of bowing going on there

 

[Hubert H]

Nice, really nice. I don't want my wife to see your shop even though I will admit it is very nice. Thanks for sharing. HWH

 

[BradG]

Hmm sometimes I think I should have started off with a messy shop as that would have set the standard to keep it as!

Just starting to convert the garage now into a plating and anodising area, along with a spray booth and welding bay. I figured those activities wouldn't of gone down well indoors

 

[Leviblue]

Nice shop. But I would spend more time keeping it that clean than actually working in it. I need to go now, there stuff I need to clean in the shop.....

 

[ohiococonut]

It looks more like a showroom for tools.

I kinda like to wade through my workshop. It's fun sometimes when I find something I haven't seen for a while. :redface: