Let's see you home work shop.

Good Idea i would not mind checking a few out....

Heres mine. My garage. I have a Fadal VMC15, upgraded controller, 4th axis, 4meg. Out of the shot are a couple Miller welders / plasma, cheapo sears 15" drill press, bead blast cabinet, bench, grinder / buffer and other assorted piles of stuff. I can't believe my wife puts up with this.

Paul.....not on your life! :D I have to little shop and too much stuff and in addition to that I cut wood on a 4th axis that I can't control the chips and dust from......uh-uh...nope not showing mine!

Mike

ps after seeing the pic that nervis 1 put up...if he saw my shop he would be nervous!

C'mon no one out there is going to post up pics of their shop? Lets see those things.

I think you scared everyone off. :)

Well I don't have a shop at the moment. My original building was destroyed by storms last year. But I am putting up a new one now and if the dang rain ceases long enough to let me pour my concrete I might have some good progress pictures. But here is what I have so far.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v512/trilect/Picture003.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v512/trilect/Picture002.jpg

I'm only going 12' x 16' due to cash restraints and I'm putting a 16' overhang to keep my gator, motorcycle etc out of the weather.

Up in the mountians 16 foot over hang sounds like a place to have a party .Whos bringing the burgers????I got the chicken

Up in the mountians 16 foot over hang sounds like a place to have a party .Whos bringing the burgers????I got the chicken

You can pretty much run around naked where I live, the closest house to mine is 2500 feet away.

hmm, thats interesting trilect...;)

Heres some messy shots, figured you didnt need to see the entire mess so a carefully placed shop chair is in a shot:)
-edit- second mill is a buddys that I am converting and designing a cnc kit around:)

Here is my shop located in the basement. It is cluttered, but I know were everything is at. Will be posting a new pic after spring cleaning :)

http://www.cnczone.com/gallery/data/500/My_Shop.JPG

Here's a couple of shots for you, but only since it is tidy! Small shop, lots of gear, no room to move :(

Cool, keep em comin. I dig seeing how other people have managed the task of packing all of the stuff you need to do metal work into a confined space. I have about 6 sq feet to move around in and I just about need new underwear every time the compressor kicks on.

Wayne, so how did you manage to get that 700lb mill/drill down the stairs?

Trilect, totally green with envy here...I'd love the space to build a real shop, damn homeowners association is like the gestapo.

Keep us up to date with the build if you get the chance.

Some of you guys have a pretty expansive idea of a small shop.

Here is my shop:
http://www.wrathall.com/Images/120_2080.jpg

Or an overview:
http://www.wrathall.com/Interests/machining/My_shed.htm

Here's mine, with meh employee.

I know, I know, it's on a pallet on the floor, employee doesn't have safety glasses etc etc.

But the spindle is off and I'm moving in 45ish days, so this is what I get. :D

http://www.cnczone.com/gallery/data/500/medium/Chantz_Mill1.jpg

Hey you got the mill...cool.


Did that little critter come with it or did you have to pay extra? :D

Reason I ask is the wife is looking for another one and if I can find one cheap I'd rather go that route....less wear and tear on the wife, maybe skip right over the diaper stage etc.

Trilect, totally green with envy here...I'd love the space to build a real shop, damn homeowners association is like the gestapo.

Keep us up to date with the build if you get the chance.

Will do, I hope to be somewhat done in 3 weeks. I put 8 ton of DG in there last night and waiting on a decent day for concrete. I currently only own a smithy 3 n 1 machine, radial arm saw, small drill press and misc. tools and my wife is getting a little peeved.

Trilect, the easy solution is to trade the wife for more machinery!
Rekd, love the picture, would have looked better if the babe was holding a finnished piece too ;)

I was always woundering what people were talking about when they said "ground up restore" Now thanks to Trilect I know what their talking about. ;P

Hey you got the mill...cool.


Did that little critter come with it or did you have to pay extra? :D

Reason I ask is the wife is looking for another one and if I can find one cheap I'd rather go that route....less wear and tear on the wife, maybe skip right over the diaper stage etc.


LMAO!

Welcome to my dust bowl.
Lots of room, lots of dirt , and no machinery other than the router.
I had just finished the arcade cabinet complete with computer and monitor. Was been a hero trying to cart it up the hill by myself, on a trolly. You can guess the rest. My workshop is not very friendly to been able to move things easily.
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That was dumb, I formatted my web site
and forgot about all the pictures I had linked to other web sites.
I will fix this soon.

i love seeing all your guy's messy shops makes me feel alot better about my very messy shop lol :P

ynneb i like the look of you setup all it needs is some brick/gravel/cement and some metal siding for a nice big shop :)

Ynneb I bet you get a lot of visitors.. the little furry kind!

Ynneb I bet you get a lot of visitors.. the little furry kind!
No....My wife doesnt come under the house very much. :)

Now that made me laugh...

Your a funny guy Benny...

Murphy

Wayne, so how did you manage to get that 700lb mill/drill down the stairs?

A friend help me move it into the basement piece by piece. Moved the heavy base down the steps with a power assisted dolly. Lifted the base onto the cabinet with a die cart. Then reassembled.
My wife thinks i'm crazy for moving such a large machine into basement.(chair):nono:

Allright. My old lady left so this is all I have left to show off.....

I have three mills and a lathe, mig welder, cutting torch, grinders, drill press, metal chop saw,

I can show you my complete wood shop with table saw, bandsaw, miter saw, spindle shaper, 2 router tables, jointer, planer, clamp set, ........

I geusse you could say I like tools.

here's my shop. No cnc yet, but lots of great old North American iron!

Also some gratuitous shots of the bottom half of a Stuart Triple I've been making (the three throw 3/8" crank cut from solid was the most challenging part so far!)

Now that is a shop! Nice ;)
Engine looks awesome too, let us know how you get on with it!

Is anyone else hearing that annoying fuzzing noise? when you visit this thread?
its horrible!
Im guessing its benny with his flash stuff;)


Jon

Is anyone else hearing that annoying fuzzing noise? when you visit this thread?
its horrible!
Im guessing its benny with his flash stuff;)


Jon

:O/T:

I don't hear it, but then, I don't allow flash to play in meh browser..

Here's why.. (http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=74&e=5&u=/cmp/20050401/tc_cmp/160400719)

Company Bypasses Cookie-Deleting Consumers

United Virtualities is offering online marketers and publishers technology that attempts to undermine the growing trend among consumers to delete cookies planted in their computers.

The New York company on Thursday unveiled what it calls PIE, or persistent identification element, a technology that's uploaded to a browser and restores deleted cookies. In addition, PIE, which can't be easily removed, can also act as a cookie backup, since it contains the same information.

...

According to JupiterResearch, a division of Jupitermedia Corp., 58 percent of Internet users have deleted the tiny files, essentially making many consumers anonymous during site visits. In addition, 39 percent of consumers are deleting cookies from their primary computer monthly.

United Virtualities's PIE helps combat this consumer behavior by leveraging a feature in Flash MX called local shared objects. Flash MX is a Macromedia Inc. application for developing multimedia Web content, user interfaces and Web applications. The technology runs on a Flash Player that the company says is deployed on 98 percent of Internet-capable computers.

:rolleyes:

For Firefox users, the Flash Block extension (https://addons.update.mozilla.org/extensions/moreinfo.php?application=firefox&version=1.0&os=Windows&category=Web%20Annoyances&numpg=10&id=433) would help; it blocks all Flash content and gives you the option of displaying the SWFs that you want ;) And it couldn't hurt to tighten your Flash privacy settings here (http://www.macromedia.com/support/documentation/en/flashplayer/help/settings_manager02.html).

Speaking of Flash, if you're noticing some sites manage to open popups/unders in Firefox, set privacy.popups.disable_from_plugins to 2 (you'll probably have to create this one) and dom.popup_allowed_events to an empty value in your about:config. Or you can get this XPI (http://mozilla.osuosl.org/pub/mozilla.org/firefox/nightly/experimental/popupsdie/popupsdie.xpi) if you don't want to fuss with it. Dirty websites now know that Firefox will block popups spawned by JavaScript's window.open() function, so they exploit the ability of Flash and Java applets to launch pop ups. The Web is a sneaky place.

you shoudl ban benny for that annoyance;)
I took the good ol' ad blocker to that one and its gone:)

That is a very interesting thing they are doing there...

Jon

Here's my shop today...... and yeah, I hear that "snow" when entering...maybe there were supposed to be some legitimate sounds....

Here is mine, not really a shop per se, just a crowded, cluttered third of my garage. You can also see my 65 Mustang in the background, my other hobby and time eater.
Micro Mill is CNC, but burned up motor, currently fixing. Uses Mach 2. Lathe is undergoing transformation to CNC. Bought Hobby CNC kit and Ron Steeles' plans. Probably will use TurboCNC. Rong Fu will be converted when all other projects are caught up.
Way too much to do!!

Yee haa. I managed to pour my pad for my future 12' x 16' shop today. I'm happy. I know its not a shop yet, but it will be :)
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v512/trilect/IMG_0503.jpg

Here's my shop, not much room in there for me, that's why theres the bit of a patio for a lawn chair and cooler full of beers.
And yes, that eternet cable can be a pain when I cut the grass

Hmmm.... looks like your pictures did not get attached ??

This is my little shop in Sarnia,Ont Canada.
I am about 2 years in,had to rebuild the garage first.

Shaaaaaweeet!

My FUTURE shop. My current shop is as packed as everyone elses... I have to climb over stuff to get at my band saw. My air compressor is 6" from my vertical mill.

As soon as the current owners get their new house built, out they go, and the titanic aircraft hangar is MINE... ALL MINE!

:wee:

Mroy0404...Very Nice. I was just in your neck of the woods on sunday, lots of oil and automotive companies around you. What are you fabricating? Is the yellow machine injection?

here's the pictures

My shop, under construction.
<br>
http://www.legendarylands.com/shop/1.jpg
<br>
http://www.legendarylands.com/shop/2.jpg


((haven't resized these yet))

Accidently erased pictures 3 and 4.

=/

I'll have to pull them off the camera.... maybe.

Anyway, up to pictures 29 for all the photos. (minus 3 and 4)

Finished Shop. Roughly 3 days.... yay me.

<img src="http://www.legendarylands.com/shop/24.jpg"></img>

http://www.legendarylands.com/shop/24.jpg

Here is my very cluttered shop for now anyway-

just found this thread...

Heres a couple shots of my new shop.

http://www.norcal-cobras.com/shop/IMG_1782.jpg

http://www.norcal-cobras.com/shop/IMG_1783.jpg

If you are interested in seeing the progress from start to finish, you can see it on this thread: http://www.corner-carvers.com/forums/showthread.php?t=19749

David

Bord -

Now THAT is an awesome shop! Very nice!

That is my dream vehicle, BTW.

Scott

well here is the home shop not much but it takes up half the garage. between cnc, reloading, rc, and just the old project car (69 ford bronco) its pretty full.

Alright I,ll join in,here is the wifey hide out,she won,t come find me here ,she says it ,s smelly.Saw dust is like kriptonite to her.L.O.L.By the way the machine got a new home on a bigger more stable table,and that is why it,s pretty clean.

A couple of pics of my shop. 16' x 32' x 10' ceilings. In the process of insulating it. Should have it done by winter. It is actually part of a larger 32 x 48 building. The rest is used as a garage.

Sweet shop brother,no problems swinging a cat in there eh.Wanna trade.L.O.L :D

Man I wish I had the space you have! I am so packed in I can hardly move. I have too many toys. Oh well, I geusse thats not too terrible of a problem to have to deal with!

here are some of my shop more at my web site
www.lambertsrc.com

here are some of my shop more at my web site
www.lambertsrc.com


How do you like how your Ultimate flies?

David,
Damn, I'm in LUST with your shop!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Phil

cnc

the ultimate flys great just perfect for a good 3.2 or 50cc
it had a few issues building factor but once all that got straitend out it flys perfect

My workshop is a real source of pride for me; I just wish i could it keep it this clean DURING a project!

http://www.runryder.com/helicopter/gallery/2598/

-Steven Balder

My workshop is a real source of pride for me; I just wish i could it keep it this clean DURING a project!

http://www.runryder.com/helicopter/gallery/2598/

-Steven Balder

And where is the operating stage! OMFG that is shiny and clean!

This is the current state off my workshop.
I think a bomb site would be a suitable description. Most off the stuff is waiting to find a home on the shelves which are yet to be installed, which I can't do until the workshop has been insulated. Then all the machines/tools/parts will be juggled around to get some sort off organised chaous.

Then I might be able to start CNCing one off the milling machines (that'll be the one in the bottom right corner off the second photo which has various boxes stacked up on it)


All the dirty/dusty tools (grinders, welders, plasma cutter) are kept in the garage next door.

I think a bomb site would be a suitable description

I just love those exploded views :D

Steven, it's guys like you that keep me from posting my shop :D

Ken

here are some pics of my shop it is wall to wall.the shop is 8'x12' with 8'walls.
i have a hf micro mill/drill,hf 7x10 mini lathe,small cnc x8"-y11"-z2.5",large cnc is x36"-y13"-z3",cutting torch,hobart mig welder,and a lot of smaller tools.

Well this is my first time trying to post pics but if it works here are some pics of my shop.
anyone here near Zephyr Ontario Canada may need some help with some machining

Rob

Here is an old pic of the back half of my shop. It's not the best pic but....

JP

JPMach....yeah, but ya got a VMC in it and that's cool.

Yea...VF-4 with the good stuff options. Outstanding.

Thanks I'll try and get some new pics up in the next couple days of what the shop looks like now.

JP

Wow! You guys can all get into your shops. I hope to be able to do that someday. ;)

Dave

I know that feeling!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Hey guys,

Nice shops. David, that is one outstanding shed mate.
The missus has been pestering me to convert the aluminum siding on my 30' X 40' shed to something nicer, i think i will model it on your handy work.

Can anyone tell me if the sealant on Davids floor is 2 pack? Is this all you have to use to get a good floor seal? I want to do something like this to my shed.

Some guys in here have really nice equipment as part of their stuff.
I just keep managing to fill my shed full of crap. I had to move so much stuff around lately to get my new machine bed in, that it took two weeks.

excellent stuff guys.
I have posted two older pics, this is all i had of my shed.

I cannot resist.

Here kiddiez.

www.clockworkchicago.com/360.jpg


Cheerio

Hey Vac,

did you bring the kitchen into the shop or the shop into the kitchen?

/M

Hey vac, see what I did to your picture. Host it on your site and i will tell you how to display it in this thread.
make sure you view this not on a full sized browser, probably halve it.

don't feel to bad Mikie, it took me 6 months of cleaning to fit that haas in my shop.

JP

my shop is in the kitchen.. we live in a huge(5000sf) office building... we put the kitchen into the room in back, which is also the shop..

metal shaving souffle, anyone?

benny - sweet... i have undergone a massive clean-up since i made that pic though.. i could make a new one... i like the 360 view.. it would be sweet if it had buttons to turn either way, or just have the mouse do it depending on where you mouse-over...

My shop/garage. It's a 35' x 24' attached garage with two little VMCs and still has three cars.

http://evlgt85.com/gallery/maschinen

I found this site not too long ago and thought I would share it. It is mostly about garages but may give some workshop ideals also. The site is http://www.garagejunkies.net/ Just go down to the Garage Gallery link.

Just make sure you put on your Snap-On hat before you visit garagejunkies.net!

I am a member over there, too. There are some pretty intense discussions about how to store your screwdrivers on that site......it gets a bit comical at times, but there are some of the most awesome garages and shops shown on that site.

:wave:

Scott

I would love to post pictures of my shop....when its built that is, its still in a lot of pices has been for a few years but this is the year to get it up so I will put some pictures as soon as I can

I have no shop to show :( a few books a computer ... :rolleyes:

But i liked here, may be later :))

Waiting for your advices :rolleyes:

(sorry for my English)

http://www.takiweb.com/~killtippy/shi/cribs3.jpg


http://www.takiweb.com/~killtippy/shi/cribs4.jpg


It aint much, but its home. Of course that was taken while my machine controlling computer was "down for maintenance" (Read: suffering a slight case of death). Its not very fun trying to work practically climbing on the hood of a car, but ah well.

That's a statement of fact. I have enough yard for a shop. I can about swing building a shop if I eat beans and rice for a while. I can't get approval for the homeowners assoc for a 20x20 finished externally EXACTLY like my house.
So I got "smart" and went up the road about 20 minutes and bought a 1/3rd acre lot in an industrial park. Now I am at the point of I can about afford building a shop if I eat beans and rice for a while but the ^%$#%^%% city wants so much landscaping, setbacks, engineered solution, sidwalks etc. that I can't afford to build a shop. Sigghhhh...

WarHammer



Trilect, totally green with envy here...I'd love the space to build a real shop, damn homeowners association is like the gestapo.

Keep us up to date with the build if you get the chance.

WarHammer,
Sound's like your government needs some house cleaning!

I am kinda in the same predicament, I don't have the homeowners assoc, but when they built my house they put it pretty close to the boarder of my land, Not leaving me with much back yard to put a shop. So my neighbor beside me said he would sell me a portion of his land that runs behind my house. I am in the process of buying the land now. Also the land needed some bulldozing done to get it ready for a shop, like leveling it slightly and getting rid of a few stumps. I actually have a bull dozer and dump truck sitting in my back yard right now as I type. Hopefully tomorrow if it don't rain they will get it done. All of this means that after I pay for the land, and excavation fees, I will have to save all over again to build the shop.

http://www.modelbarrels.com/files/last.JPG

I prefare to build my own machines; heres 3 in this shot
The build threads are all on CNCZone in the Mill/lathe projects log
The big gantry has changed since this shot

Here's my shop, I got one that I do allt he rough work on- CNC mill and conventional lathe with all the usual sanders, drills, welder etc etc. I then take the parts to my Ultra Precision Diamond Turning Lathes which have a resolution on both axes of about 0.8 nanometres (seriously)- as you can immagine the laser poitioning system gets affected by the density of whatever it's passing through (in this case air) so the lab has to be temperature controlled- a variation of 2 degreees will mess all my dimensions up it's fun when it works. I'm making lenses with an optical finish straight off the lathe :-)

Anyone know why it's only shown two pictures and not the other ones plz?

:) Darn, I hate bragging, but proud as a new poppa! Soon my new (used) baby (Compumill 1500 3 Axis Bed Mill - Dynapath Delta 10 CNC) will be here. Having to build on so she will have plenty of room, till then, she will reside in the corner by the door. Had to include a picture of her, ... will need to name her, too. Darn, I hate bragging... Lots of innovative shops out there... and I look for new ideas... surprising what ideas you can get for things... gotta have room for a frig in there somewhere for the XX.

Here is a shot or two of my shop and office. :cheers: I hope to add them to my website soon along with some pics of some of the work I have done.

Of course I don't use the Lagun much anymore as dials just aren't any fun to turn anymore, works good for my dad though. Rather have him screw something up on there then on the big one!

JP

My little tool bench and new drill press :)

bill.

not bad at all

There's nothing quite as "guy comfy" as a workbench that's obviously had the crap beat out of the working surface. Just sort of makes you want to grab a chair and settle in for a nice BS session, cause you just know anybody who uses a workbench that much is a seasoned BS'er and is gonna have lots of fun tales. ;)


Tiger

Anyone else have a shop they would like to share? I will share some photos of mine once I ever manage to get one built.

Another chance to pimp my shop - I will take it!

:)

Scott

Another chance to pimp my shop - I will take it!

:)

Scott

Too Clean. Doesn't count as a shop.

Sorry.

=P~

That's not a shed. It's an operating theater. :eek:

Here is my shop.I should be nominated for the most messy shop.In reality we spend 20 minutes everyday before closing to cleanup.
The saw is a sliding table with scoring.It is a Wadkin from the 60's or better.It weights 2500lbs and is wisper quiet due to the mass.
Larry

Here is my shop.


Ok, now that's a shop.

Here's my shop. Still settin up.