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Bedroom Machine Shop Build
- Thread starter wildo
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Its the first Machinist Bed and Breakfast I have ever seen, where do we call to reserve?
Seriously you have an amazing shop!
The first of us to be able to have an idea in the middle of the night, sit up in bed and take care of it!
Actually, as a guy who has set up his shop in an 11x11 apartment bedroom in Greenwich Village, I'm super impressed. My place does not have a bed, and the first visit since I put in the lathe by a family member who sleeps on an air mattress in that room will be in May, so I'm curious to see how it works. I won't hijack this wonderful thread with my pictures, but will add that the detritus of the lathe and the bench grinder do become problematic. My main workbench, for my fountain pen restoration work, which the lathe is mean to complement, is six feet away and keeping it clean enough for pen work is a new challenge. It is not easy to have oily fingers and then move to the desk and/or bench where oil isn't welcome, or to use the bench grinder, even with relatively dust-free HSS, without getting it around. I'm impressed with your plans for dust collection and removal; it will be needed.
Tim
Actually, as a guy who has set up his shop in an 11x11 apartment bedroom in Greenwich Village, I'm super impressed. My place does not have a bed, and the first visit since I put in the lathe by a family member who sleeps on an air mattress in that room will be in May, so I'm curious to see how it works. I won't hijack this wonderful thread with my pictures, but will add that the detritus of the lathe and the bench grinder do become problematic. My main workbench, for my fountain pen restoration work, which the lathe is mean to complement, is six feet away and keeping it clean enough for pen work is a new challenge. It is not easy to have oily fingers and then move to the desk and/or bench where oil isn't welcome, or to use the bench grinder, even with relatively dust-free HSS, without getting it around. I'm impressed with your plans for dust collection and removal; it will be needed.
Tim
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yeah, I'm a little worried about that. Will walk in there barefoot for the preceding week to make sure I've got it all picked up...Air mattress + chips
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Oh ok, simple recessed light drop ins. You must have designed your own little mounting means then. That's what threw me off I suppose for I was thinking they were a specialty light of the sorts. From the looks of things in the pictures, it appeared there was some sort of clipping component (specialty perhaps) which were designed for the angle on truss work. Thank you
Great design and implementation! On one or two occasions I have kidded my wife about turning our third bedroom into a machine shop 
Also great to see another fellow hobbyist who appreciates old arn as they call it at owwm.org.
Also great to see another fellow hobbyist who appreciates old arn as they call it at owwm.org.
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I see you have the Millrite (aka Rockwell). I am interested in those but I understand they weigh 1100lbs. My shop floor is wood so...maybe? I assume your floor is slab? I did not see pics of you moving it? Did you disassemble it for moving? What was that process? I am going through the same calculus you did about the PM 727, PM 30 , Millrite, etc.
Robert
Robert
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