Lets See Your Shop!

[churchjw]

Ok last set of pictures.

Here are some general shots of the shop.

1. Cabinet with some sheet metal tools.
2. Same cabinet files and chisels. I hate putting files in a drawer.
3. Outside of cabinet with tap chart.
4. Buffer and drill press.
5. Compressor and blast cabinet. This is a cheap plastic cabinet from harbor freight that I have modified.
6. Electronics bench. I don't do enough work here
7. Layout tool storage.
8. Stock storage.
9. Shot of storage room with the cabinets closed.

Jeff

 

[churchjw]

Missed a few mill pictures

Here are a few pictures I missed.

1. Magnetic plexi glass chip shields. The magnets are a pain if working with steel but I mostly work with stainless and Al. I have a dozen or so of these in different sizes.
2. Tool tray for the table. The bottom has 6 rare earth magnets. Holds the tray to the table and cutters on the tray.
3. Cool tool holder. Lets me position to coolant spray.
4. I am vertically challenged (short LOL) so I use a step stool often. I redid the base on the mill to add leveling feet and bolt downs as well as add weight. While I was doing that I added a 6" riser to the mill head. The combination of the two made the mill a little to tall. Oh well so much for careful planing.

Jeff

 

[ScrapMetal]

Jeff,

Welcome to the forum. Looks like you've got a great set of toys there. It's not a toy but I was really taken with the whiteboard on the wall behind the lathe. That is a great idea.

Thanks for sharing,

-Ron

 

[churchjw]

Jeff,

Welcome to the forum. Looks like you've got a great set of toys there. It's not a toy but I was really taken with the whiteboard on the wall behind the lathe. That is a great idea.

Thanks for sharing,

-Ron

Thanks ScrapMetal
It comes in very handy. The only down side is once in a while I get a light cutting fluid spray on it. I'm not sure about your state but NC has a state auction site that schools sell off stuff on. That board was a brand new steel board with ceramic coating that I got for $5.00 from the NC site. Nice thing about that is that magnets stick to it so all of the markers etc... have little magnets hot glued to them and cutting fluid just wipes off.


Jeff

 

[pdentrem]

My shop is so clean ,you could eat off the floor

This is the beginning of the new shop. Been raining ever since the pour.

 

[bonneblktrk]

Bought the old lathe and mill this summer. Setup a little machining area. Seems to work okay, been learning the machines.

 

[Uncle Buck]

My little two car garage is a serious mess, but I am going to post up pics of my machines anyway. This is my stuff.

MY LITTLE HORIZONTAL/VERTICLE ATLAS MILLING MACHINE


TWO OF MY THREE METAL SHAPERS, THE GREY IS AN ATLAS 7B, THE BLACK ONE IS AN 8"SHAPE RITE
BOTH SHAPERS ARE TOTALLY COMPLETE WITH ALL GUARDS AND FACTORY VISES.



MY CRAFTSMAN/ATLAS 12" SWING METAL LATHE. I HAVE MOST EVERYTHING BUT A TAPER ATTACHMENT FOR THIS MACHINE.






1957 VARIABLE SPEED DRILL PRESS AND 14" BAND SAW, ALSO CIRCA 1957



I might just as well face it, I don't need this old Atlas drill press, and I believe the old Craftsman to be a far better machine, but I just cannot bring myself to part with it so it sets in the corner waiting for it's restoration.


I love this ol 7" Craftsman grinder


Old Craftsman power hacksaw, it works great.





Craftsman horizontal bandsaw

Old Western Auto bench drill press. Actually not half bad, in fact, a lot better than it looks!

Dake arbor press.

My air compressor

My old Gerstner top and Kennedy roller.



I don't know why, but some of them failed to show. Oh well......

 

[Uncle Buck]

Wow Uncle Buck! You sure do have a very nice collection of tools there. :thumbzup::thumbzup::thumbzup:

Ed

Thank you Ed. The tools are nice, the small 2 car shop and too much clutter is not so nice. I hate getting rid of machines or tools though so I keep trying to clean the mess up and keep hoping for a move to a place with a bigger shop one of these days.

 

[Uncle Buck]

Buck,

Thanks very much for showing them, seems you are quite well stocked.

A really nice collection of tools and machines.

DaveH

Thank you, yes I am heavily stocked with mechanics tools, some carpentry and woodworking machines are buried in there and some decent precision measuring and layout tools as well. I am just way short on shop space.

 

[Kennyd]

Here goes...

First the "woodshop" side of the basement.