A few days ago I cleaned up and straightened out my shop. So I decided to post some pictures of it.
The shop is an addition built on my two car garage which is built onto the house. It is L shape and the dimensions are 7 feet by 9 feet by 10 feet by 16 feet by 20 feet. We moved into this house in 1986 and built the shop in 1994. I started accumulating my machine tools from the 1960's. Some came from auctions, private sales and two were gifts. I hunted yard sales and the flea markets for most of the small tools. All my machinery is used and the only thing electronic in the shop is a small calculator. There is no NC or CNC. or computerized anything. I have nothing against these things but I like to work with my hands. I very seldom use power feed on my lathe which is the only machine that has it. All dials on the machines are English measurement. I don't work with metrics. I have hot water baseboard heat. It is the same heat system that runs through the house from an oil furnace in the basement. So it is warm in the winter and cool in the summer. By the way, building the shop was my wife's idea and she painted the floor and made the curtains for the four windows. She then helped me move the equipment in. We used two motor cranes. We assembled one in the shop and brought the equipment to the only door with one and then picked it up with the one in the shop.
For a while I made parts and special tools for three Model A Fords we rebuilt and an occasional job for a friend. In July of 2009 I joined this club " Home Model Engine Machinist" and since I have been a member I have built two models - one air steam and one gas. I am currently working on another gas model. I find the people on this forum to be first class and very friendly.
Outside view of shop from front to back. This addition was built onto the existing garage.
The width of the shop here is 7 feet from the corner on left to the white spot on the triangle.
The length of the window area is 20 feet the longest part of the shop.
Outside view of shop from rear. The shop is L shaped The distance from the corner to the white spot is 16 feet that is where the inside wall is.
The shop is an addition built on my two car garage which is built onto the house. It is L shape and the dimensions are 7 feet by 9 feet by 10 feet by 16 feet by 20 feet. We moved into this house in 1986 and built the shop in 1994. I started accumulating my machine tools from the 1960's. Some came from auctions, private sales and two were gifts. I hunted yard sales and the flea markets for most of the small tools. All my machinery is used and the only thing electronic in the shop is a small calculator. There is no NC or CNC. or computerized anything. I have nothing against these things but I like to work with my hands. I very seldom use power feed on my lathe which is the only machine that has it. All dials on the machines are English measurement. I don't work with metrics. I have hot water baseboard heat. It is the same heat system that runs through the house from an oil furnace in the basement. So it is warm in the winter and cool in the summer. By the way, building the shop was my wife's idea and she painted the floor and made the curtains for the four windows. She then helped me move the equipment in. We used two motor cranes. We assembled one in the shop and brought the equipment to the only door with one and then picked it up with the one in the shop.
For a while I made parts and special tools for three Model A Fords we rebuilt and an occasional job for a friend. In July of 2009 I joined this club " Home Model Engine Machinist" and since I have been a member I have built two models - one air steam and one gas. I am currently working on another gas model. I find the people on this forum to be first class and very friendly.
Outside view of shop from front to back. This addition was built onto the existing garage.
The width of the shop here is 7 feet from the corner on left to the white spot on the triangle.
The length of the window area is 20 feet the longest part of the shop.
Outside view of shop from rear. The shop is L shaped The distance from the corner to the white spot is 16 feet that is where the inside wall is.
