peteh
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Post by peteh on Feb 10, 2017 6:19:19 GMT
Not quite the whole - here I sit in Perth, W.A. in track pants and hoodie, trying to keep warm. Also way to wet to bother getting to my workshop Sorry Jim! Mind you it will be getting back to us soon!
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Post by Lisa on Feb 10, 2017 6:20:39 GMT
I imagine Lisa up in Ipswich is finding it a trifle warmish in her workshop too. "Workshop," also knows as "the spare oven." Though it's not as bad as direct sunlight, I went out to get the paper earlier, and the possibility of spontaneous human combustion was a concern.
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Post by atgordon on Feb 11, 2017 1:17:01 GMT
I have been amazed for years by the quality of work that is undertaken by fellow listers in workshops that are limited in scale and equipment, but not limited in imagination nor resourcefulness of the model engineers to do things using a Myford that would challenge anyone with a full VMC setup. The workshops above reflect that just that spirit: I'm a little embarrassed when I see how little I have done on my S/Simplex build in what is a pretty good setup. Plenty of other projects that have to be completed first (including the frame off restoration of the TR6 in the picture). My shop comprises the 24'x36' building (panoramic photo), plus a 12'x18' outbuilding containing sheet metal tooling and hydraulic press stuff. This is still being used part time for small scale commercial custom metal machining work, mostly CNC - the Kondia CNC 50"x 12" mill is in the far corner, plus some hobby work by SWMBO (the birdboxes in the foreground).
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jem
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Post by jem on Feb 11, 2017 17:49:11 GMT
Well my first workshop photo came out thanks to Rogers excellent instructions , sorry its was a bit blurry so here are some more of my metal workshop. I also have a wood workshop , a welding yard covered, and Furnace area. I built my house myself, and so was not constrained to size as much as most people are. The trouble with being able to build yourself is that you never stop! I will put in a plan next time, so that you can see how it all fits together. best wishes Jem Main workbench DSCF3312 by jeremy joel, on Flickr back of the milling machine showing the motor and gear box for the z drive, which I find incredibly valuable. DSCF3313 by jeremy joel, on Flickr electrical workbench DSCF3311 by jeremy joel, on Flickr Myford, and dore westbury at the end a quorn cutter grinder These were my tools before I bought the Warco Mill and Lathe. DSCF3309 by jeremy joel, on Flickr
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Post by Roger on Feb 12, 2017 11:33:26 GMT
For a minute, I thought I could see a piece of unused wall, but I was mistaken.
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jem
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Post by jem on Feb 13, 2017 17:55:52 GMT
True Roger, there isnt even space to but a book shelf up. Trouble is I never throw anything away, as if I do, I need it a year later. I am lucky I built my house and workshops myself, so when I run out of space, I build a bit more. Anyway more photos to follow.
best wishes
Jem
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jem
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Post by jem on Feb 13, 2017 18:02:26 GMT
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Post by roger the dodger on Feb 19, 2017 22:32:28 GMT
New Workshop as of today. More pictures will follow.
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jma1009
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Post by jma1009 on Feb 19, 2017 23:40:44 GMT
Hi Roger,
I am afraid your 'new' workshop looks like a Victorian solitary confinement prison cell!
I like lots of windows onto the garden, and sunlight. It should be a relaxing place to spent time in and enjoy. Warm, cosy, and welcoming. I want to look out onto the garden in full summer bloom and see the birds and the odd Heron swooping along the River Sirhowy at the end of the garden. It is a place where I want to be at peace with the world and enjoy nature whilst I bash or machine metal.
Mugsy the cat has a habit now of climbing on the lathe and over the bench! How he hasnt yet had splinters of swarf in his paws is beyond me!
Cheers, Julian
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Post by oldnorton on Feb 20, 2017 9:55:48 GMT
Hi Roger from Essex
Well done! It's great to have somewhere that you can develop into a place of your own. You'll have fun collecting stuff to build a workshop.
Ignore Julian's rude comment - he hasn't worked out that friendly banter comes across badly in print and he says the same things to all of us as well.
Norm
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Post by ilvaporista on Feb 20, 2017 10:32:29 GMT
Rodger the Dodger. I have my shop below street level so there are no direct windows as such. The benefit is much more wall space! I tend to work in my shop when the family is asleep so the lack of natural light does not bother me, plus nobody can look through the window and size up your tools for a break in.
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Post by Jim on Feb 20, 2017 12:06:36 GMT
Hi Roger from Essex Well done! It's great to have somewhere that you can develop into a place of your own. You'll have fun collecting stuff to build a workshop. Ignore Julian's rude comment - he hasn't worked out that friendly banter comes across badly in print and he says the same things to all of us as well. Norm I agree Norm. Jim
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Post by GWR 101 on Feb 20, 2017 14:01:21 GMT
Hi Roger from Essex, not wanting to cast any doubt on the good people of Essex, but the lack of windows reduces the options for unwanted visitors gaining access. A neighbour of mine was so fed up with break- ins to his wooden workshop that he built a brick one inside it. That solved his problem. Regards Paul
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Post by simplyloco on Feb 20, 2017 17:16:00 GMT
I was most conscious of security when I built my 12 x 8 ME workshop: it is at the rear of the good lady's pottery which doesn't require quite as much! Both are built of fly ash bricks, clad on the inside with plasterboard and on the outside with pine tongue and groove. The workshop door is 30mm thick, is secured with a six lever lock, and the jamb is reinforced with a 4mm x 30mm x 600mm strip of stainless steel on the inside! The windows are big enough to provide light, but small enough to deter entry. No break-ins so far... John
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jem
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Post by jem on Feb 20, 2017 17:29:24 GMT
Windows take up far to much wall space, put them in the roof if you want natural light. A workshop is for working in, not looking at the garden!! and windows are perfect for break ins. Roger the Dodger your room looks like a perfect place for a really good workshop those walls will be perfect for some heavy shelves, NO windows for me.
Jem
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Post by John Baguley on Feb 20, 2017 18:28:04 GMT
I must admit that I like the big windows that I put in my outside workshop as I much prefer the natural light to work in. It's also not so claustrophobic. They have disadvantages as has been mentioned. They are due to be double glazed which should make them more secure although if someone is determined to get in then there's not a lot you can do to stop them. They take up a lot of wall space and I have found lack of storage to be a problem but I'm getting around that slowly by better utilising the space that I do have. The above photos were taken not long after the workshop was completed in 2014. A lot more has been fitted in since. All the spare wall space now has shelves, drawer units, and storage bins fitted wherever possible and the wooden drawers under the micro mill have just been replaced with two Bisley 10 drawer units. The wooden drawers will be fitted under the workbench to add even more storage for tools etc. Just across the way is another steel shed which is going to be used for more storage for materials etc. John
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Post by GWR 101 on Feb 20, 2017 19:19:15 GMT
Hi John, a nice looking shaper, I know some people are not devotees but us older apprentice trained members remember them with some fondness, also useful for cutting keyways. Regards Paul
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Post by roger the dodger on Feb 20, 2017 20:17:28 GMT
Windows take up far to much wall space, put them in the roof if you want natural light. A workshop is for working in, not looking at the garden!! and windows are perfect for break ins. Roger the Dodger your room looks like a perfect place for a really good workshop those walls will be perfect for some heavy shelves, NO windows for me. Jem I'm the same no windows for me too, all wall space is more important to me, not watching the flowers grow. Well that picture was just a teaser as it was late at night and ran out of time to post more.
I know it is scruffy and old but this unit is five mins walk from my house so would great when I retire. Where as the rented workshop I have now is a half hour drive away which I go to after work on my way home a couple nights a week. It is nearly 20ft x 25 ft with walls knocked out as you can see from pics. That is the previous tenants toot that will be going at the end of the month. So I will have a blank canvass. Landlady says she will get it painted up and sockets on the wall for me, and best of all Three months rent free period for moving in my stuff from the other workshop. Got my work cut out then.
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Post by roger the dodger on Feb 20, 2017 21:03:01 GMT
This is an old pic of the workshop/barn I want to give up as too far away. Have been there for about five years and not achieved vey much apart from taking things/machines apart with the intention of painting them. But it's only a hobby not a business. I had to build the upper floor in there as it was all open, and is so strong as I have heavy Three phase equipment up there. Inc Clarkson cutter grinder. Sand blaster, compressor all upstairs. Oh and an Atlas Lathe. Which I have not used as yet. Shelving and storage etc. Sad to leave it but the new one is much closer to home and a bit larger. About the same cost too.
Here is how it looks today.
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Post by jma1009 on Feb 20, 2017 23:49:06 GMT
Hi Norm,
How can it be described as "rude" to suggest an enclosed bricked space with no light is akin to a 'Victorian prison cell' for solitary confinement? I have been in many such prison cells, not as an inmate, but in a professional role. It is a very accurate description. It isnt "rude" to describe same.
It is a simple statement of fact.
Have you ever been into a UK prison and seen the conditions of the old Victorian prisons on the 'Rule 42' wing and solitary confinement wing? I have been into at least 5 on a substantial number of occasions.
I have visited UK prisons over 400 times.
I have always been lucky to have lived in homes with a very nice outlook and pleasant locations. Others may not be so fortunate in their forced choice of workshop accomodation; but that does not require that you, Norm, need to personally denigrate me on this forum.
Cheers, Julian
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