DICKEYBIRD
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Geez, talk about baring your soul! Kinda like walking up on a stage and giving a speech to a big crowd. I've been meaning to add my shop to this thread for a long time.
Anyway, here's my garage workshop. It's 20 x 20 and has been a work in progress since 1990. SWMBO and I agreed before we picked this house that I would have an attached garage which would become my workshop and she would have a fireplace (and everything else.) My loyal autos have to live out in the cold. :'( I do pat them on the dashboard and talk nice to 'em though.
1st pics are from the southwest corner panning east to north. #1, mechanics tool box, spray can & liquids + storage shelving on the far wall; homemade CNC router in the foreground. Used the heck out of that one during my model aircraft designing/building days. Just to the left of the toolbox but hidden by the CNC is a 28 x 48 workbench with a Littlestown 5" vise and a chop saw.
#2, looking towards northeast corner; 30 x 84 central workbench with bulk storage underneath, fastener storage, X-3 mill & stand, mill tooling at north end of bench, 26 x 48 x 72 storage cabinet in far corner, 30 x 78 workbench with bulk storage underneath, 12 x 30 x 62 cabinet along north wall. TV/video/DVD dubbing gear on central workbench is temporary until family video archiving project is done.
#3, looking straight north, on the left side, 38 x 37 x 122 workbench with PC/printer, (where I'm typing this) 12 x 30 x 40 wall cabinet above PC, file cabinet at far end, magazine shelf over entrance door, TV on left end of north workbench.
#4, from northwest corner looking south along the workbench mentioned above, it has a surplus laminate countertop I got for cheap. On the far end is a 1980's era Taiwan 32" drill press, my 1st machine tool, it just works & works without a whimper. There's the rocking chair I snatched from the curb at a neighbor's house. A few dowels, a lathe turned oak bushing for one arm, some Gorilla Glue and some oak strips to fix the rotted rocker bottoms and I have a great place to relax, sip a coffee in the morning or a beverage at night & contemplate the next project. Behind the rocker is a 38 x 48 mobile cart on casters which is home for the old 1950's Craftsman tablesaw I inherited from my father. Also hidden by the rocker is the old Sioux valve grinder I'm modifying.
#5, Middle 80's Taiwanese 8 x 16 lathe my machining buddy sold me in 2004 that completely changed my life. The pegboard and storage cabinets hold a good selection of tooling. The cheaper and shop-made varieties are out in plain view, the more expensive stuff out of sight in the drawers. "Oh, that old thing....I've had that for YEARS; it's not new honey!"
#6, One of the ubiquitous HF 4 x 6 bandsaws sitting on a modified HF cart. Metal storage underneath, round stuff in the upper level, flats in the lower. I added 2 beams on the bottom for stability and wheels on the other end that allow it to be lifted from 1 end and rolled around like a wheelbarrow. I love that thing! The roll-around cabinet with the grinders and homemade disc sander can be seen just to the right of the saw.
I added 1/2" plywood flooring in the attic above the garage and installed a folding stairway in the ceiling. The locations of the central table and the bandsaw were carefully chosen to allow the stairway to be pulled down and the attic accessed without moving anything.
I guess that about does it! Who's next?
Anyway, here's my garage workshop. It's 20 x 20 and has been a work in progress since 1990. SWMBO and I agreed before we picked this house that I would have an attached garage which would become my workshop and she would have a fireplace (and everything else.) My loyal autos have to live out in the cold. :'( I do pat them on the dashboard and talk nice to 'em though.
1st pics are from the southwest corner panning east to north. #1, mechanics tool box, spray can & liquids + storage shelving on the far wall; homemade CNC router in the foreground. Used the heck out of that one during my model aircraft designing/building days. Just to the left of the toolbox but hidden by the CNC is a 28 x 48 workbench with a Littlestown 5" vise and a chop saw.
#2, looking towards northeast corner; 30 x 84 central workbench with bulk storage underneath, fastener storage, X-3 mill & stand, mill tooling at north end of bench, 26 x 48 x 72 storage cabinet in far corner, 30 x 78 workbench with bulk storage underneath, 12 x 30 x 62 cabinet along north wall. TV/video/DVD dubbing gear on central workbench is temporary until family video archiving project is done.
#3, looking straight north, on the left side, 38 x 37 x 122 workbench with PC/printer, (where I'm typing this) 12 x 30 x 40 wall cabinet above PC, file cabinet at far end, magazine shelf over entrance door, TV on left end of north workbench.
#4, from northwest corner looking south along the workbench mentioned above, it has a surplus laminate countertop I got for cheap. On the far end is a 1980's era Taiwan 32" drill press, my 1st machine tool, it just works & works without a whimper. There's the rocking chair I snatched from the curb at a neighbor's house. A few dowels, a lathe turned oak bushing for one arm, some Gorilla Glue and some oak strips to fix the rotted rocker bottoms and I have a great place to relax, sip a coffee in the morning or a beverage at night & contemplate the next project. Behind the rocker is a 38 x 48 mobile cart on casters which is home for the old 1950's Craftsman tablesaw I inherited from my father. Also hidden by the rocker is the old Sioux valve grinder I'm modifying.
#5, Middle 80's Taiwanese 8 x 16 lathe my machining buddy sold me in 2004 that completely changed my life. The pegboard and storage cabinets hold a good selection of tooling. The cheaper and shop-made varieties are out in plain view, the more expensive stuff out of sight in the drawers. "Oh, that old thing....I've had that for YEARS; it's not new honey!"
#6, One of the ubiquitous HF 4 x 6 bandsaws sitting on a modified HF cart. Metal storage underneath, round stuff in the upper level, flats in the lower. I added 2 beams on the bottom for stability and wheels on the other end that allow it to be lifted from 1 end and rolled around like a wheelbarrow. I love that thing! The roll-around cabinet with the grinders and homemade disc sander can be seen just to the right of the saw.
I added 1/2" plywood flooring in the attic above the garage and installed a folding stairway in the ceiling. The locations of the central table and the bandsaw were carefully chosen to allow the stairway to be pulled down and the attic accessed without moving anything.
I guess that about does it! Who's next?
