Workshop Picture Thread

[JasonBModerator @jasonb]

Just as well, you wouldn't want any hay above those welders and plasma cutters

[John Stevenson 1Participant @johnstevenson1]

Oh forgot some boxes of pencils, 10,000 in all

John S.

[Ady1Participant @ady1]

Unfortunately the dog ate my camera so I will be unable to show you any pictures of my immaculate and orderly workshop

[NJHParticipant @njh]

John

….."some boxes of pencils, 10,000 in all" — !!!!!!

What ARE you doing with ten thousand boxes of pencils! Do you have some advance warning that all the computers in the country are about to fail? Are you going to use them ( like matchsticks) to build an Ark? – though that might just be a good scheme this year.

N

[John Stevenson 1Participant @johnstevenson1]

Used to make pencil sharpeners and needed a few to practise on

Seriously though a professional sharpener running flat out although they tend to throttle them back for quality can do 24,000 per hour.

Normal running is 12,000 to 15,000.

These pencils are rejects although they look OK, might have the lead slightly off centre or similar fault.

John S.

[Anonymous]

Posted by Bazyle on 02/10/2012 18:32:03:

I like the perspective that makes the red knob as big as the Bridgeport head – or perhaps you just have really big hands. And your press is suppoting Red Nose Day.

Bazyle: It does look a bit odd doesn't it. The pictures were taken with the camera on it's shortest focal length, 28mm, which I guess is fairly wide angle, hence the distortion. Mind you, it is the weedy Bridgeport varispeed head, only 1.5hp. My hands are actually quite small, never knowingly done a hard day's work in my life.

Gray: Your shop may be smaller than mine, but yours is perfectly formed, whereas mine just grow'd, like Topsy. Had I known how much old iron I would acquire I would have organised things differently. I do still have a plan though; in the second picture the white shelving is due for replacement with the chipboard just to the right of it. There's also another set of white shelves off shot to the right which are also due for replacement. The one big disadvantage of my machine shop is that there is no natural light; the only possible place to put windows faces north.

Regards,

Andrew

Nobody spotted the shaper yet?

[Flying FiferParticipant @flyingfifer]

Andrew,

Do you use the shaper to nudge the folding machine over a bit when you need to use it??

A few potential H & S hazards in there me boy! Must give our local inspector a nudge.

Only joking. I`ve spent the last fortnight attempting to clean out my workshop (a large double garage) (ie bin the junk & things in the cuminandy boxes) but I keep finding useful things. Don`t tell me to put a partion wall up so I can put up more shelves to to put things on or to floor the roof space cos I`ve already done that.

Now where the hell am I going to put the large sandblaster I was given today?? And no it won`t fit where the sun don`t shine.

Regards Alan

[Martin WParticipant @martinw]

Andrew

18" Shaper how about in the kitchen ? Could be good for making chips or slicing vegetables etc.

How is it we all seem to fill all the space available and then look for more. I bought a garden shed with the intention of putting my engineering bits in there but it suddenly filled up with other stuff not related to engineering and I now can't move in there so the workshop stayed in the tiny store attached to the house. Well I suppose it less to heat in the winter and everything is well within reach from the middle. I am really envious of the size of some of the workshops shown but then my bits wouldn't fit on one wall .

Martin

Edited By Martin W on 03/10/2012 00:53:12

[Nicholas FarrParticipant @nicholasfarr14254]

Hi, well my camara don't seem to want to work in my garage at the moment, 'cause it's so cluttered up it might evoke some elf-n-safety issues. (not only that, but someone might say something too)

I do have one end of a small room just off my kitchen though, where I have an old office desk where I can tinker and fiddle with small items. (I think is was a pantry in the olden days) It also has some handy shelves in there as well, where I keep all me mics, verniers, levels, twist drills and other stuff that I don't leave in my garage. This room has also got a bit cluttered of late as well, with stuff starting to build up on top of one of the two fridge/freezers that I have in there also. There is not a lot of visable space to be seen on the office desk at the moment. Not at all orginised at present

Andrew, I think I might have spotted your shaper in the far corner behind that bench thingy in the first picture, but I'm probably wrong.

Regards Nick

[Another JohnSParticipant @anotherjohns]

Thor – like you Emco Compact-8 lathe. It's my favourite lathe that I've had; not too big, not too small, and I don't have to wear ear plugs to use it, like I do with my Kerry 1124 lathe.

8-|

I, too, like a tidy workshop, but it does take time to tidy it, so mine goes from "eat off the floor" (well, not quite) to being "where's the floor" especially when wearing ear plugs and using my Kerry.

Another JohnS.

[TerrydParticipant @terryd72465]

Hi all,

I now feel happier about my own workshop having seen some of the pictures here.

Regards

T

Edited By Terryd on 03/10/2012 06:02:42

[TerrydParticipant @terryd72465]

Hi DB,

Jason's solution is best but you could also use your links as in your first post but delete the [IMG] and [/IMG] html commands, theninsert the pistures by clicking on the square 'insert image' icon next to the 'camera' icon and paste the url in the labelled space. Also set the width (I used 350 px – it depends on the original size of the image) otherwise you will get those elongated pictures you sometimes see in these pages. Why the software doesn't do it as a matter of course is beyond my ken.

 

 

Best regards

Terry

PS  I forgot – click the 'padlock' icon when setting the width, that locks the aspect ratio of your picture

T

Edited By Terryd on 03/10/2012 06:26:43

[NJHParticipant @njh]

Jason

Looking at your very functional workshop I can't help noticing what look like a couple of crates of beer stored under your lathe….. !

I agree with you – I like a bit of tidyness as searching for stuff or struggling to find somewhere to put something down is a pain. Stuff on the floor is just plain dangerous. I do find however that "life" is inclined to take over and divert me so one job is put down when another, more urgent ( and probably D – I – Y ) , takes over. You have pricked my conscience however so workshop tidying is my task for today!

Watch this space (maybe!)

N

[Anonymous]

Some people have found the shaper, well done! Here's a picture with the shaper identified for those who haven't found it yet:

Alan: The shaper is positioned so that it just misses the box and pan folder, but I do need the garage door open to use it, likewise for the guillotine to the right of the shaper. My workshop doesn't meet H&S, but it's for personal use, so it doesn't need to. I wired up the lighting myself, but the 3-phase supply and ring main for sockets were done by a friend who trained as a professional electrician. As well as the 3-phase distribution board he also installed a new consumer unit for the house, to replace the old 'wind yer own fuses' one. One useful aspect of the tight packing of the machines is that it keeps me slim. If I put on too much weight I won't be able to get through the gaps! I do have a fire extinguisher, first aid kit, eye wash kit and a 'phone to hand.

Martin: Even I might draw the line at having a shaper in the kitchen; anyway the kitchen is already full of traction engine castings and parts. Mind you, if I ever buy a CNC lathe it'll have to go in the kitchen.

Nick: Is the shaper where you thought it was?

I would like to say thanks to Neil for starting this thread. It's a fascinating insight to see other workshops and what is often a very personal space.

Regards,

Andrew

[Ian S CParticipant @iansc]

Thats all you get,just multiply it, the workshop is 54sq m. Ian S C

[JasonBModerator @jasonb]

Norman, sorry to disappoint you but they are not beer crates under the lathe, even if they were it would be no use to me as I don't drink. You can also see the most used tool in the workshop just to the right of the two boxes

And just for those that thought I had all the jumk piled up in the other corner I'm also sorry to disappoint. The shed is a 16×8 but that partition separates my wood lathe which takes up about 5ft of the shop, may move it about some time as I don't do as much woodturning as I used to.

Oh and the junk is not all piled up in the garage either although I can't get a car in there and before you ask Norman those are six packs of dogfood!! For an idea of some of what comes out of the garage look here and here

J

[NJHParticipant @njh]

Well Guys ( and especially you Jason) you've shamed me into it ! I have spent all day in the workshop, have produced nothing, but at least it now is much tidier!

 

It will now be a while before I make any progress on my projects as I don't want to mess it up again! I must confess to having a lot of projects on the go which I feel a bit bad about – I really should finish some – but on the other hand I just like using the kit and that's where I get the most satisfaction.

Jason – you are not only great with metal but also a star in the woodwork department !

My Father, Grandfather and Great Grandfather were all cabinet makers. I chose not to join the family business but I can appreciate good work when I see it.

My workshop is half of my double garage and the other half is, amongst other things, the woodworking department. For the sake of completeness –  and to make John feel at home –  here is a picture of that.

Edited By NJH on 03/10/2012 18:23:18

Edited By NJH on 03/10/2012 18:34:29

[modeng2000Participant @modeng2000]

All you folk who have been tidying their workshops will now discover that they can not find anything

John

[Bob PerkinsParticipant @bobperkins67044]

Here is another. Only partially tidied

[DurhambuilderParticipant @durhambuilder]

Here's mine, having built it my wife looked at it for a few weeks and then said " it sort of reminds me of a signal box" , cant imagine how it ended up looking like that

and inside

and

Ancient Brown and Shrpe horizontal mill has now gone to a new home, other machines are a Dore Westbury Mill, Boxford AUD and a Qualters and Smith hacksaw.

[Nicholas FarrParticipant @nicholasfarr14254]

Hi Andrew, no the shaper is not where I was thinking, I was looking at the corner just to the right hand side of your white milling machine. But it was getting a little late when I posted mine and my blinkers were almost staying shut.

Regards Nick.

Edited By Nicholas Farr on 04/10/2012 06:29:23

[Peter HallParticipant @peterhall61789]

Posted by Ian S C on 03/10/2012 12:05:08:

Ian, Aren't you in Christchurch NZ? We all heard of the devastation wrought by the earthquake but it's sobering to see it up close.

[John Stevenson 1Participant @johnstevenson1]

Posted by Peter Hall on 04/10/2012 08:52:58:

Posted by Ian S C on 03/10/2012 12:05:08:

Ian, Aren't you in Christchurch NZ? We all heard of the devastation wrought by the earthquake but it's sobering to see it up close.

.

LOL, that made my day.

I must admit i do need for fresh pictures because time moves on and the the big shop has pictures of the big TOS lathe that's now gone to the scrapyard.

That has been replaced by a very nice bench with inbuilt tool boxes for building up and testing small CNC's but the original clutter made from scrapping the TOS still hasn't been cleared up, part of the price you have to pay in a working shop where customer deadlines have to be met.

John S.

[David Clark 13Participant @davidclark13]

Hi Durham Builder

Where did you get the TARDIS unit?

Definitly bigger inside than outside.

regards David

[Ian S CParticipant @iansc]

That photo was taken about 8 mths before the first quake ( that was the one most felt in my area), so its not earthquake damage! Its all done by me, there are areas of the floor etc., that can be seen. That was just a quick shot of my Ross Yoke ALPHA hot air engine, just to record the finishing , well to working state of the motor. Ian S C

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