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Builds, Repairs, Show Your Machines! => Collections & Pictures => Topic started by: Steamburns on February 16, 2024, 06:31:47 pm
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Here is an update to my madness. It’s growing. [attachimg=1][attachimg=2][attachimg=3][attachimg=4][attachimg=5]
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Well done.
You have talent! :)
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Looks plenty good from here .... often Neurenberg did no better and some worse!
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A winter exercise - I attempted to "doll-up, as Von Dutch would say" my track tools tool box. It was beat to crap, and the rough surface proved difficult for pulling an even line (I am a beginner striper) But a fun project none the less.
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You can't beat tinplate trains to dress up a shop, along with the engines! Wonderful photos.
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Very interesting thread, I am thoroughly enjoying visiting with all these other shop spaces.😄
Me too Bruce.
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Very interesting thread, I am thoroughly enjoying visiting with all these other shop spaces.😄
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No empty spaces. My kind of shop! :)
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Well folks, here are a few shots of my modest workshop, adjacent to my train layout in the basement of our 110 year old center city Philadelphia rowhouse. I am the son of a machinist but I never had formal machine shop training, I just learned what little I know by tinkering. So I do what I can to get things cleaned up, repaired and running again. I try not to ever give up on a piece!
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This is quite literally my OFFICE of steam! ;D ;D [attachimg=1]
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Charlie, so much eye candy, a real "man cave" with an actual animal skin on the floor. Cool :)
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Great shop Doug, and I bet you could get another 10 pounds in that bag. :)
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I took some more detailed pictures of my Steam Cave aka the Garage that I thought I would share. The space is the size of a single car garage.
This is my main workbench.
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Test Bench.
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Milling Machine
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Mini-Lathe
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Second Work Bench and Tool Chest
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Rolling Steam Tables
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Usually I don't do this, but I guess we are at the "if you show me yours, I'll show you mine" stage.
First, the queen of the shop.
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It's the Office of Steam favorite, a South Bend lathe. Specifically a 1974 South Bend 10K, aka the Light Ten, in the UMD configuration (Under Mount Drive) with factory cabinet. It's very similar to the 9A that others have shown as it has the same bed, just a few casting differences to account for the larger swing. Also a different spindle and a few other minor changes. This one has a hardened bed, which was unusual for SB's smaller lathes. Along with a complete re-wicking, I also installed a VFD for better speed control.
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Close-up of the T-Slot cross slide that was machined last year with the great help of Paula's guide. The red things are 3D printed T-Slot inserts to try and keep the shite out.
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Technically my first piece of metal shop equipment, an import drill press. Nothing special, but it has 3 pulley rows for the lower speeds you need for drilling metal and a hand crank table lift which is just nice. These features are hard to find on older, smallish domestic drill presses.
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This is the vertical mill, a Grizzly G0678, which I bought directly from the Muncy, PA store the last week they were open. Major improvements were a power feed and 3 axis DRO. I don't have room for a Bridgy and it's difficult to find the older domestic medium-sized knee mills so I'm glad I bought this when I did. It now costs almost 3X what I paid for it 9 years ago. Somehow my paycheck has NOT inflated at nearly the same rate!
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Old Craftsman grinder my dad bought back in the seventies. It's on a stand and I roll it to the door for the rare heavy grinding session. Kalamazoo 1x42 sander which is great for cleaning-up after saw cuts. A cheap slow-speed import grinder which works fantastically for de-burring with two Scotch-brite wheels.
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Workbench area with an old Wilton bullet vise and a tiny Dake arbor press on the side and lots of fastener storage.
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Main workbench area. Since I've started building a model engine, the surface plate (Chinese tombstone) is deployed where it is usually parked in it's garage under the stereo.
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Shop radio for streaming audio plus various power supplies. Tiny Cameron drill press beside the receiver.
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Main fine-work building area surrounded by toolboxes with machinist and smaller tools. I bought the Gerstner box on the left from the original owner who was a retired Tool & Die machinist. Not sure of all the different places he worked, but not only was smoking permitted but it must have been strongly encouraged! For a year or so every time you opened a drawer you could smell stale ciggys. Anyway, it finally drew out and it's a great box.
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Mill tooling and various other storage. The stand on the right I fabricated from square tubing to hold a bunch of those Harbor Freight organizers. Wish I had room for another one.
Not shown is Big Orange the 20T arbor press and a ubiquitous 4x6 drop saw.
Pretty much 10 pounds of shit in a 5 pound bag. :)
Thanks for sharing the pictures of your awesome Shop!
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Usually I don't do this, but I guess we are at the "if you show me yours, I'll show you mine" stage.
First, the queen of the shop.
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It's the Office of Steam favorite, a South Bend lathe. Specifically a 1974 South Bend 10K, aka the Light Ten, in the UMD configuration (Under Mount Drive) with factory cabinet. It's very similar to the 9A that others have shown as it has the same bed, just a few casting differences to account for the larger swing. Also a different spindle and a few other minor changes. This one has a hardened bed, which was unusual for SB's smaller lathes. Along with a complete re-wicking, I also installed a VFD for better speed control.
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Close-up of the T-Slot cross slide that was machined last year with the great help of Paula's guide. The red things are 3D printed T-Slot inserts to try and keep the shite out.
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Technically my first piece of metal shop equipment, an import drill press. Nothing special, but it has 3 pulley rows for the lower speeds you need for drilling metal and a hand crank table lift which is just nice. These features are hard to find on older, smallish domestic drill presses.
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This is the vertical mill, a Grizzly G0678, which I bought directly from the Muncy, PA store the last week they were open. Major improvements were a power feed and 3 axis DRO. I don't have room for a Bridgy and it's difficult to find the older domestic medium-sized knee mills so I'm glad I bought this when I did. It now costs almost 3X what I paid for it 9 years ago. Somehow my paycheck has NOT inflated at nearly the same rate!
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Old Craftsman grinder my dad bought back in the seventies. It's on a stand and I roll it to the door for the rare heavy grinding session. Kalamazoo 1x42 sander which is great for cleaning-up after saw cuts. A cheap slow-speed import grinder which works fantastically for de-burring with two Scotch-brite wheels.
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Workbench area with an old Wilton bullet vise and a tiny Dake arbor press on the side and lots of fastener storage.
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Main workbench area. Since I've started building a model engine, the surface plate (Chinese tombstone) is deployed where it is usually parked in it's garage under the stereo.
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Shop radio for streaming audio plus various power supplies. Tiny Cameron drill press beside the receiver.
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Main fine-work building area surrounded by toolboxes with machinist and smaller tools. I bought the Gerstner box on the left from the original owner who was a retired Tool & Die machinist. Not sure of all the different places he worked, but not only was smoking permitted but it must have been strongly encouraged! For a year or so every time you opened a drawer you could smell stale ciggys. Anyway, it finally drew out and it's a great box.
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Mill tooling and various other storage. The stand on the right I fabricated from square tubing to hold a bunch of those Harbor Freight organizers. Wish I had room for another one.
Not shown is Big Orange the 20T arbor press and a ubiquitous 4x6 drop saw.
Pretty much 10 pounds of shit in a 5 pound bag. :)
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I'm always a little bit envious when I see other peoples shops and tools, especially when they can also display some of their wonderful collections in the same space.
My shop is a 10' X 20' shed out back, a bit cramped and usually needs a good clean before I can work on anything.
I thought it would be nice to show my small but efficient space so I spent the morning sweeping out the corners.
Three of my small lathes, a Unimat which I refurbished with new spindle bearings and added a quick change tool post to.
The Guilder model maker lathe, also a refurbish which I've posted in another thread, and a Swiss made, Star watchmakers/Jewelers lathe complete with case and accessories.
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A South Bend 9" workbench lathe,
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A Powermatic Millrite, also shown in a thread last year when I moved it into my shop.
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and here's the view looking from the door towards the back of the shop.
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and a shot looking back towards the door.
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The little guy looking back at you is Eldon, he's about a year old.
Cheers,
Bill
What a wonderful shop Bill.
I am sure you have had many hours of joy in this space.
Thank you for sharing the pictures.
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Like the other equipment in the shop, it sits idle for long periods of time until needed.
Actually, its a lot like me. :)
You just need to "fire her up" and make a new batch of steam accessories...😁
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Like the other equipment in the shop, it sits idle for long periods of time until needed.
Actually, its a lot like me. :)
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Who doesn't love a mill with a racing stripe? You got a heck of a deal on it, almost bought it for scrap value. I think you have a bigger shop than mine and definitely less clutter. Very nice equipment and I like the tiny lathes.
Do you use the Tormach much?
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I'm finding I have a love/hate relationship to this thread, I love seeing what tools & machinery that other members have....& I hate that I don't have some of these fine tools...lol, Bill, you've packed so many fine tools into that shop that there's no way its 10'X20' :D , I also spotted a metal roller/brake & are those dies on your hydraulic press for boiler end cap making?
FYI...something I just found out is Jim Byrnes has passed away last year & they are not selling any machines at this time, only parts, so sad, I hope they continue on. I have one of their thickness sanders & it's really a nice tool.
Bruce, we have many of the same tools and the same love/hate relationship to this thread. :D
The dies on the press were from when I made a new "copper boiler" to replace the rusted out one a Line-mar atomic steam engine.
very tedious and time consuming, lots of heating and re-heating, I'll not be doing that again.
I did not know that Jim had passed, very sad.
Bill
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Wow, Bill, your shop is great! (Attachment Link) My envy is the same shade of green as that Powermatic mill!
Your lathe is almost the same model as mine, though I see you have the much sought-after v-belt secondary drive. I also see you have a 5C collet chuck for your lathe. I only recently fitted one to my lathe (a Bison) and I don't know how I got along without it.
A Tormach CNC mill? Now I really hate you. :D I have a Byrnes table saw like yours, which I don't use very often, but I'm sure you know what an amazing machine it is. The last time I used it was to rip some .045 x .155" Mahogany strips for cylinder lagging.
I see you also have a number of vintage hand drills. One of the first tools I every bought for myself was a Millers Falls hand drill, a model 1425. I think this was sometime in the mid-sixties. I don't know whatever happened to that drill, but I recently found the exact model on eBay, new in it's original box! It even had the little set of straight-flute drills in the handle. 8)
Thanks for the pictures. I really dig your shop!
Paula
PS, Eldon is cute as a button!
Thank you Paula, glad you enjoyed the photos.
The Powermatic is a recent addition, Great deal by the way, I payed $100.00 for it on the condition that I moved it myself within two weeks of purchase.
I think my lathe is a little older and a lot more worn than yours. :) Yours looks almost new in your photo.
It came with a 4-jaw chuck and I added the 3-jaw and collet chuck over the years, also Bison.
The Tormach Has been there for several years now, hard to believe I got it through that little door.
The table saw is just plain awesome, I love it.
For some unknown reason I just can't resist the egg-beater drills when I find one, the three on the right have all their original bits in the handles.
One thing that is hard to see in the photos is my metal cutting saw, here's a picture of it after I rebuilt it.
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Cheers,
Bill
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Speaking of Jim Byrnes I'm really sorry to hear of his passing. I'd admired his tools in the past and intended to one day buy several but never got around to it. Hopefully they will eventually continue manufacturing them in the future so I can remedy my error.
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I'm finding I have a love/hate relationship to this thread, I love seeing what tools & machinery that other members have....& I hate that I don't have some of these fine tools...lol, Bill, you've packed so many fine tools into that shop that there's no way its 10'X20' :D , I also spotted a metal roller/brake & are those dies on your hydraulic press for boiler end cap making?
FYI...something I just found out is Jim Byrnes has passed away last year & they are not selling any machines at this time, only parts, so sad, I hope they continue on. I have one of their thickness sanders & it's really a nice tool.
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Wow, Bill, your shop is great! [attachimg=1] My envy is the same shade of green as that Powermatic mill!
Your lathe is almost the same model as mine, though I see you have the much sought-after v-belt secondary drive. I also see you have a 5C collet chuck for your lathe. I only recently fitted one to my lathe (a Bison) and I don't know how I got along without it.
A Tormach CNC mill? Now I really hate you. :D I have a Byrnes table saw like yours, which I don't use very often, but I'm sure you know what an amazing machine it is. The last time I used it was to rip some .045 x .155" Mahogany strips for cylinder lagging.
I see you also have a number of vintage hand drills. One of the first tools I every bought for myself was a Millers Falls hand drill, a model 1425. I think this was sometime in the mid-sixties. I don't know whatever happened to that drill, but I recently found the exact model on eBay, new in it's original box! It even had the little set of straight-flute drills in the handle. 8)
Thanks for the pictures. I really dig your shop!
Paula
PS, Eldon is cute as a button!
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I'm always a little bit envious when I see other peoples shops and tools, especially when they can also display some of their wonderful collections in the same space.
My shop is a 10' X 20' shed out back, a bit cramped and usually needs a good clean before I can work on anything.
I thought it would be nice to show my small but efficient space so I spent the morning sweeping out the corners.
Three of my small lathes, a Unimat which I refurbished with new spindle bearings and added a quick change tool post to.
The Guilder model maker lathe, also a refurbish which I've posted in another thread, and a Swiss made, Star watchmakers/Jewelers lathe complete with case and accessories.
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A South Bend 9" workbench lathe,
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A Powermatic Millrite, also shown in a thread last year when I moved it into my shop.
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and here's the view looking from the door towards the back of the shop.
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and a shot looking back towards the door.
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The little guy looking back at you is Eldon, he's about a year old.
Cheers,
Bill
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The machine shop corner and the project bench. (Attachment Link) (Attachment Link)
Such a pleasant visage
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Dang , that's one of the most complex tig Miller welder ? I've ever seen. Nice shop .
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The machine shop corner and the project bench.[attachimg=1][attachimg=2]
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I should point out that though I am now overcrowded in a storage/shop situation that is only semi-workable, and rather seasonal at that, it wasn't always this way.
I once had this shop available to me:
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.... and add to this a cut-off bandsaw, power shears with 4' throat, 8' bending brake, arc & gas welding rigs along with a few other odds and ends that could be very useful.
Of course I mostly worked in that shop, "on the clock", so had to come in after hours to make personal use of it, which didn't happen as much as I might have wished. But I did use it some. The problem being, if I was there and something needed fixing (pretty much a constant), or the boss had some new hair-brained (often brilliant too) scheme he wanted built or modified, then I'd get the call whether on the clock or not!
Did build some amazing things there, but the last thing I did on that job, was take delivery of my Grizzly G0704 mill on the loading dock. ;c)
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[attachimg=1], Gil!
Paula
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Panoramic* View of My Work Area
*In 6 pictures
My work area is basically a hobby/machine shop. For making formal videos, I simply lay a bath towel over my (disgusting) bench top, and place a 2'x5' piece of tempered hardboard as a neutral backdrop.
First picture shows my main work area, consisting of workbench made from random pieces of 2x4's and plywood top. From left to right: Wilton bench vise, Grizzly tool chest, jars of various solvents (some resembling urine specimens), parts storage drawers, miscellaneous this-and-that on shelf above, oxy-acetylene outfit and petrified Sackrete bags below. On the right is a 2-ton arbor press:
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Second picture, left to right: South Bend drill press, Gerstner tool chest, S & D drills, manetizer/demagnetizer, surface plate, misc. round stock, and world's crappiest bench grinder:
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Third picture, 1947 South Bend 9A bench lathe, Grizzly G0619 bench mill:
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Fourth picture, Baldor grinder pedestal (for Baldor grinder, being upgraded), another shot of Grizzly mill, Grizzly 14" bandsaw:
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Fifth picture, brooms, Tormek sharpening station, Delta wood lathe parts, Skat-Blast abrasive media blast cabinet:
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Sixth picture, Enco cut-off bandsaw, Jet combination 4x6 belt & 12" disk sander, 1948 Whizzer engine (restored), Paragon heat-treat furnace (below), which brings us back to the workbench:
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(No, I don't have a pump well in the middle of my shop! :D It's being restored to go in the yard.)
Not shown: South Bend shaper, Miller 211 wire welder, Quincy 5hp air compressor
Paula
Love your shop, Paula!
Especially the magnificent South Bend lathe you restored.
Gil
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All I have are some screw drivers and wrenches ... I do have a nice grinder but I have to hold it down on the garage floor with one hand and grind with the other hand. One day its going to get away from me ... every time I use it I tell myself I need to mount it on my garage workbench or at least be able to screw it down when I need it (which isn't often).
I seriously need more space but getting a bigger place has past me by - either I'll become homeless or die in this place LOL. My '72 Chevy C10 LWB and '69 AH Sprint call most of the garage space home, so no place to put cool stuff in there.
Then my "worktable" I showed before, is surrounded to the brim with other crap I collect ... Pinball, Video game (my last of many I've had) Audio/Video equipment, Dell servers with a robotic IBM DAT tape storage, and general other crap! My place is like a sliding-block puzzle!
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...here is my Atlas 618 from several years ago, as I was completing installation of a cheapy, sorta Z-Axis DRO:
https://hosting.photobucket.com/albums/h449/Real49er/Around%20Home/.highres/IMG_7723_zps3jn4g8ef.jpg
Superb Atlas there, Stoker! Atlas was my first love...
Here is a brand new (now 8 yrs old), just unloaded and assembled little milling machine, pre-DRO. It actually ended up about two feet to the left and rotated CCW 45 degrees:
https://hosting.photobucket.com/albums/h449/Real49er/Around%20Home/.highres/IMG_3456_zps9bsemxne.jpg
Sweeeet mill! [attachimg=1] Looks quite capable.
Paula
Thanks!!! :c)
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Certainly some nice bench's/shops in this forum. Great thread Travis 😊
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...here is my Atlas 618 from several years ago, as I was completing installation of a cheapy, sorta Z-Axis DRO:
https://hosting.photobucket.com/albums/h449/Real49er/Around%20Home/.highres/IMG_7723_zps3jn4g8ef.jpg
Superb Atlas there, Stoker! Atlas was my first love...
Here is a brand new (now 8 yrs old), just unloaded and assembled little milling machine, pre-DRO. It actually ended up about two feet to the left and rotated CCW 45 degrees:
https://hosting.photobucket.com/albums/h449/Real49er/Around%20Home/.highres/IMG_3456_zps9bsemxne.jpg
Sweeeet mill! [attachimg=1] Looks quite capable.
Paula
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Holy MACKEREL! :D
Amazing...!!
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I can only repeat what rails4ever said: HOLY MACKEREL! (Attachment Link) (Attachment Link)
Paula
(PS, hope you've disabled that garage door opener!)
Funny. I had a friend over last night and he asked me the same question. The Answer is yes. The Garage Door Opener is not electrified. In addition, I have C-clamps on the rails, plus the mechanical locks on each side of the Rails. 🤠
I also have two security cameras in my alley. Unfortunately, we can’t have basements in Texas.
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Well my "shop" is really quite a bit larger than the photo shows, as that is just my workbench "nook". About eight feet to the right, out of the picture, is my Grizzly G0704 mill, that I have added a three axis DRO to and about ten feet to the right and essentially behind me is another tight little nook where my Atlas 618 lives. All the rest of the space in the "shop" is shelving, and a large free-standing pantry, with lots of stacks of boxes wherever they can be stacked!
The wall immediately behind me taking the workbench photo looks like this .... when the boxes are moved out of the way:
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Then here is my Atlas 618 from several years ago, as I was completing installation of a cheapy, sorta Z-Axis DRO:
https://hosting.photobucket.com/albums/h449/Real49er/Around%20Home/.highres/IMG_7723_zps3jn4g8ef.jpg
Here is a brand new (now 8 yrs old), just unloaded and assembled little milling machine, pre-DRO. It actually ended up about two feet to the left and rotated CCW 45 degrees:
https://hosting.photobucket.com/albums/h449/Real49er/Around%20Home/.highres/IMG_3456_zps9bsemxne.jpg
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Wow I'm impressed Paula....were I able to work with metal and use tools like those!
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I can only repeat what rails4ever said: HOLY MACKEREL![attachimg=2] [attachimg=3]
Paula
(PS, hope you've disabled that garage door opener!)
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Paula, it sure looks like you have been successful at packing ten pounds of "stuff" into the proverbial five-pound bag, and kept it organized at a level that allows you to get to and operate any of your wonderful tools quite easily!
Good on ya!!!
Thanks! Like most folks, I suppose, I could easily use twice the space. I have some long term plans to improve the layout, and also free up more bench space by relocating the arbor press and drill press. Will it ever get done? Who knows.
Now my "shop" has more like fifty pounds of "stuff", but still fitted into only a five-pound bag, such that to do almost anything at all, I have to move stuff around which in winter is mostly a no-go because outside is typically off limits.
Perhaps you'd consider "contracting" an organization operation here in my shop? But no, you'd not take that contract, and I'd not wish it on you in the first place! ;c)
Thanks, Stoker. You just made me feel better about my shop! ;D
Here's how it was before it got crowded:
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Well, that looks very... um... cozy! ::) It reminds me of when I was but a child, I commandeered a hall closet, and made it into my "workshop". Open the door, the light comes on automatically, and I'm "in" my shop! (I.E., standing in the hallway.) For me, the goal has always been about tools. Often, I'll buy a tool that I don't even have a use for, just because I love tools. I sometimes wonder if my hobbies are not just excuses to use my tools. Nah, couldn't be! [attachimg=1]
Paula
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Great shop Paula! You have almost everything a model engineer could ask for.
I recognize that lathe! Your MLA T-Slot cross slide build from long ago was very helpfully when I machined one for my SB 10K last summer. It's a very useful addition to the lathe and I've only started to unlock the new features (line boring). Looks like your old South Bend his holding up well.
Thanks! Congrats on machining your own cross slide. You are quite right, it opens up a lot of possibilities for machining parts on the lathe that do not work so well on the mill. I wouldn't be without it now. Yes the old South Bend has held up very well. I've had it for almost twenty years now.
I almost had a nice 6x48 belt sander a few weeks ago, not as nice that Jet but a Delta that was still domestic and had the nice cast iron tables. Talked to the guy on the phone and it was still there, arrived at his house and found out he had two Delta sanders and he though I wanted the oscillating sander. :( Ahh well, at least he was only 10 mins away. As you know, the heavy sanders are nicer than grinders for grinding tool bits and such.
Bummer! I used to have Delta 31-730 (combination 6x48 belt & 12" disc) sander. It was a nice tool, but I sold it a long time ago when I moved. It was purchased around 1990, when Delta machines were still pretty well made. Not long after, they started a long, slow decline in quality. The Jet turned out to be much better quality than the Delta machine. You can read my Amazon review at:
https://www.amazon.com/gp/customer-reviews/R3AJBKP0ID8PF?ref=pf_ov_at_pdctrvw_srp
Hope you can find a nice one for your shop. Thanks for the comments!
Paula
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I'm very interested in your magnetizer though.
Yes the Mag/Demag, as I like to call it, comes in handy! Here are some close-ups:
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My brother gave this to me. When he got laid off from his job back during the 2008/09 financial crisis, he started going around to auctions and buying stuff to sell on eBay. He would occasionally put something aside for me, and this was one of those items. It's quite handy for magnetizing screwdrivers to place a fastener in a tight location, and then demagnetize again. (As I'm sure you know, a magnetized tool is NOT handy for normal use.) It works much better and faster than one might think.
Thanks for your comment! :D
Paula
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Holy MACKEREL! :D
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Paula, it sure looks like you have been successful at packing ten pounds of "stuff" into the proverbial five-pound bag, and kept it organized at a level that allows you to get to and operate any of your wonderful tools quite easily!
Good on ya!!!
Now my "shop" has more like fifty pounds of "stuff", but still fitted into only a five-pound bag, such that to do almost anything at all, I have to move stuff around which in winter is mostly a no-go because outside is typically off limits.
Perhaps you'd consider "contracting" an organization operation here in my shop? But no, you'd not take that contract, and I'd not wish it on you in the first place! ;c)
Here's how it was before it got crowded:
https://hosting.photobucket.com/albums/h449/Real49er/STWWW%202013/.highres/IMG_9587_zpsffe8f1dd.jpg
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Very nice! Love it all.
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Great shop Paula! You have almost everything a model engineer could ask for.
I recognize that lathe! Your MLA T-Slot cross slide build from long ago was very helpfully when I machined one for my SB 10K last summer. It's a very useful addition to the lathe and I've only started to unlock the new features (line boring). Looks like your old South Bend his holding up well.
I almost had a nice 6x48 belt sander a few weeks ago, not as nice that Jet but a Delta that was still domestic and had the nice cast iron tables. Talked to the guy on the phone and it was still there, arrived at his house and found out he had two Delta sanders and he though I wanted the oscillating sander. :( Ahh well, at least he was only 10 mins away. As you know, the heavy sanders are nicer than grinders for grinding tool bits and such.
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Love your shop Paula , we have a lot of the same type tools in common, and we both have wood dust making tools in with our metal working tools...lol. I'm very interested in your magnetizer though.
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Panoramic* View of My Work Area
*In 6 pictures
My work area is basically a hobby/machine shop. For making formal videos, I simply lay a bath towel over my (disgusting) bench top, and place a 2'x5' piece of tempered hardboard as a neutral backdrop.
First picture shows my main work area, consisting of workbench made from random pieces of 2x4's and plywood top. From left to right: Wilton bench vise, Grizzly tool chest, jars of various solvents (some resembling urine specimens), parts storage drawers, miscellaneous this-and-that on shelf above, oxy-acetylene outfit and petrified Sackrete bags below. On the right is a 2-ton arbor press:
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Second picture, left to right: South Bend drill press, Gerstner tool chest, S & D drills, manetizer/demagnetizer, surface plate, misc. round stock, and world's crappiest bench grinder:
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Third picture, 1947 South Bend 9A bench lathe, Grizzly G0619 bench mill:
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Fourth picture, Baldor grinder pedestal (for Baldor grinder, being upgraded), another shot of Grizzly mill, Grizzly 14" bandsaw:
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Fifth picture, brooms, Tormek sharpening station, Delta wood lathe parts, Skat-Blast abrasive media blast cabinet:
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Sixth picture, Enco cut-off bandsaw, Jet combination 4x6 belt & 12" disk sander, 1948 Whizzer engine (restored), Paragon heat-treat furnace (below), which brings us back to the workbench:
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(No, I don't have a pump well in the middle of my shop! :D It's being restored to go in the yard.)
Not shown: South Bend shaper, Miller 211 wire welder, Quincy 5hp air compressor
Paula
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Not much of a workbench but its the space that I have ;-)
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Now that I have 2 engines and have some WIP’s, I thought I’d share my first steam “corner” / basic work bench. It’s nothing like some of ya’ll have… but it’s a start. Basic little tools and a corner for me to blow off some steam. Ha! Feel free to share yours.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rSp8CIuSZdc