Just thought I'd post a few pictures of my cave (shop) as my S.O. refers to it. It's in the corner of my 2 car garage so it's not real big. I don't have any big machinery so I guess it's fine that way.
This is a picture of my lathe. It's a Taig with a Leeson 1/4 hp DC motor with a variable speed controller from surplus center. I rigged up a leadscrew for it and made the crank handle for the crosslide.
This is my milling setup. It uses a dremel with an 1/8" end mill. I have to take light cuts with it but it'll do until the budget allows for a regular milling machine. Does work pretty well though and did I mention it was cheap?
Finally here's a picture of my assembly/layout/drawing/computer desk. I just picked up that drill press from H.F. today.
I started up on my first real project tonight. It's the upshur farm engine. I will post some pictures in the work in progress section later today.
Thanks for having me, this is a great forum.
Jenaro
This is a picture of my lathe. It's a Taig with a Leeson 1/4 hp DC motor with a variable speed controller from surplus center. I rigged up a leadscrew for it and made the crank handle for the crosslide.
This is my milling setup. It uses a dremel with an 1/8" end mill. I have to take light cuts with it but it'll do until the budget allows for a regular milling machine. Does work pretty well though and did I mention it was cheap?
Finally here's a picture of my assembly/layout/drawing/computer desk. I just picked up that drill press from H.F. today.
I started up on my first real project tonight. It's the upshur farm engine. I will post some pictures in the work in progress section later today.
Thanks for having me, this is a great forum.
Jenaro