FINALLY!!!!
The shop has reached a point where I can start building again, it's coming close to a year since I have done any building at all and I've been anxiously waiting to get cracking. We had the Garage door replaced a week ago, and we had to move all the tools out of the way so they could install the new one. I've been unhappy with our floor epoxy because we did it in winter and it never took for one thing and the color never came out like we wanted, so down to Home Depot I went and this time I bought a slate grey to go down first and then the red I wanted.
So we prepped, scrubbed and finally painted and this is what we ended up with after two coats (a base and then the color):
It looks much better now, while we did that the last of the dust collector parts came in and I was able to get it finished and working, this time when we moved the tools back in we took our time and made sure everything would fit where we needed it. We pretty much stuck to the original plan with a few variations for space, I also put up some temporary shelving until I could finish the cabinets.
So at this point the only things left to do are build the new shop cabinets (that includes the new setup bench), install the air conditioner (when it shows up) and get the CNC up and running (more on that in a bit). The new garage door really cuts down on the heat in the shop, so all the sweat over insulation and making sure the door has a good postitive seal paid off in spades. It was in high 90's today and the shop stayed in the low 80's the whole day.... Nice...
Here are some picts of how everything is layed out:
This is looking down towards the side door...
Looking the other way
Down along the side wall...
This is the setup for the table saws dust collection, I put some UHMW over the back access and ran a splitter so that some air can go to the dust guard on the top and the rest will pull through the table. The real test was that I cut some MDF and normally I get a cloud of dust and my jeans are coated, this time I got neither.... SWEET!!! The gate on the dust arm is so I can turn it off if I'm running something like a dado blade... The other gates are for the router table and the jointer, all these gates are wired so when you pull them the unit comes on...
This is the vacuum press area, those shelves will eventually become an actual cabinet with more storage up there, but for now they work fine.
This is the Bandsaw and the Drill Press area, I ran an extra dust collection outlet for the drill press since I do sanding there from time to time...
Here you can see my temp shelving, all this will be replaced by my setup bench (which I'm still working on getting drawn up)...
Gotta have a place to store cold drinks and yes I have some beer in there, along with sodas and gatoraide, probably the most used tool in the shop
This is my layout for a cabinet that will hold all my hand planes and chisels, one side is hand planes as you see here and the other part will be for the chisels, I'm going to use magnetic strips to hold up the chisels.
And finally my first project in the new shop!!, I need to build a couple of small jigs for this based on the stew mac plans. I was tempted to replace some of the parts like the heel and neck blocks because they aren't very well done (not to my standards at least) but for the class I'm teaching I'll just fix what they provided. It's not a bad kit at all, just some of the parts are a little rougher than I expected, but nothing I can't fix.
I gave my wife a list of supplies I needed from various places to get the guitars going and she rolled her eyes, especially the SM and LMI ones... hehehehe
But it's been a flippin year and I let my common supplies run down, my LMI white glues got frozen so they have to be tossed... so I need new stuff
Has anyone use the Titebond white glue?? I'm curious if it would work on the uke, I'll use hide glue for the braces, but was thinking of yellow or LMI for the other parts...
Cheers
-Paul-
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