Show Off Your Shop

[Ruffnek]

Great shops, both of you...Gary and Brent.

Brent, it seems like just recently that you moved but you've got your shop organized well even if it's smaller than your other one. I don't know how big a shop would have to be to satisfy our want for more room.

Thanks for showing.

Gary, you've got a great space and a good layout with some serious tools in there. As for it being a WIP, they stay that way, don't they?

I'm interested in your cyclone, too. It looks like a Pentz design. Did you build it? How well does it suck?

[garyeng]

Jason and Cody,
The cyclone is a Pentz design that I built with my Dad. I have had it for about 4 years and it works great. The best thing I ever did was to pull the filters off of it. I get good suction throughout the shop now and no more spending 3 hours cleaning out clogged filters.

I have though about rebuilding the impeller section as right now it has a 14" impeller on a 5HP motor. I have though abot building it with a 15" impeller to get more airflow but in all reality, it works just fine the way it is. I just know that the motor could handle the larger impeller so it is something I sometimes think about doing.

You folks know how it is. Never really 100% happy with how the shop is setup so it is a constant work in progress....

Gary

[brburns]

Nice shops gary and brent. I'm thinking about building a cyclone myself. I have a hilbilly seperator on a HF dust collector right now.

how big is your shop gary. Looks like a 2 and 2 halfs car garage?

[Keystone]

[garyeng]

Feb 12, 2010 8:56:04 GMT -6 brburns said:

Nice shops gary and brent. I'm thinking about building a cyclone myself. I have a hilbilly seperator on a HF dust collector right now.

how big is your shop gary. Looks like a 2 and 2 halfs car garage?

It is a 4 car garage, 24x40.

Gary

[imahic]

I agree with Larry. Large or small post them all. There are some great ideas in nearly all of them. I finally got mine cleaned up a little bit and took some pictures, now if I can figure out how to post them...lol

Mike

[Joe Lyddon]

Gary,

That's the best way I've seen to handle the main dust control trunk line... Really COOL, efficient, space saving, & easy on the eyes.

GOOD JOB! ;D ;D

[boodrow]

Gary, Brent & Keystone yall all have very nice shops. One thing I seen in all 3 that I dont have is organization! Wished I had some of it.
Boodrow

[Keystone]

It's in the house, so it has to be kept clean!

Also it is very cramped. Keeping things organized really makes the small space usable.

[Ruffnek]

Feb 14, 2010 10:18:03 GMT -6 Keystone said:

Keeping things organized really makes the small space usable.

I think it makes any space more usable.

You do have a very neat, organized shop. I like that.

[Mark T]

This thread pisses me off. You all made me clean mine up just a little bit so I won't be embarrassed. I am anyway. Most of you have well laid out rooms, and mine is a hodgepodge of whatever happens at the time.

But in the spirit of this thread, I'll give it up. So here goes:

Main bay workbench. The Tonka toys are for the grandsons.

Main bay hardware bench (disaster)

Main bay "West Wing" with MGB and Harley parking

Main bay wood pile, compressor, press, beadblaster. Under the blanket is a 1953 Pontiac flathead 8, completely restored to correct.

Main bay welding table (another disaster).The stainless cabinet is my smoker.

Main bay machine shop workbench (yes, still a disaster).
Main bay mill and lathe

Main bay steel pile


Onward to the woodshop:

Radial, miter, and router table

View from TS East

Sanders, scrollsaw

Bandsaw, DC

Central workbench

View looking West

Drill press, shaper

Lathe, jointer, planer

Climate controlled paint lockers


Even as bad as it looks, it is ten fold better than it was a day or two ago. You will NEVER see it this clean again. Promise.

[sawduster]

Very cool shop, Mark. Looks like you're set up for making most anything, wood or metal.

If you get a chance, how about yankin the tarp off of the "B" and snappin some pics of it?

[Mark T]

Will do if the snow ever melts enough to get he little purple car out!

[Keystone]

Way too much cover on the Harley to tell what model ya ride. My current ride is an 09 FLHTCUTG.

And it has it's own place to park!





The other one is my wife's XL1200L.

[deepsplinter]

Whooa! Sweet shop, Mark.


How big is that thing?.........No, wait......What are the dimensions of your shop?

[Mark T]

Super little garage! Wish mine was detached.

The "West Wing" is actually a 12x16 building attached to the building in front of the smaller of the two garage doors. I want to, but haven't, walled in the garage door opening. Everything is covered because of the dust that EVERYTHING creates (especially metal dust from grinding and welding).

The HD is a 2003 FXSTDI. It is the anniversary model in silver and black. I won this bike in one of those $20 dollar raffles. Yes, I really did. State sales tax and Federal income tax later (just shy of six grand), and there she is. Pretty good buy on a new Harley. 5500 miles on it now. I was a Gold Wing guy some time before the HD windfall, but had quit riding a few years prior due to a near death experience. Sold everything, but it's all good now.

So between the fifth wheel camper, the bass boat the wife MADE me buy, the MGB, the HD, and the shop eqipment, nothing gets overly used. All added up, all these things are expensive to maintain, expensive to insure, and hard to store.

But DAMN! Do the wife and I have fun! ;D

[fredbelknap]

Mark that is quite a shop. Looks like you are ready for anything that comes along.

[Mark T]

Sorry Dave. I was yakin about the bikes.

The garage was built directly across the street from my house as a birthday present from my wife. She bought the acre of ground without my knowing, and when I came home from work on my birthday (1989), she had a guy sitting on a 550 JD dozer at idle, waiting for my instructions on clearing the ground. (now you know why I keep her).

The building is 36'X 50' with 13' high ceilings. It was originally built when I was building late model race cars, and has huge imbedded nuts in the floor for straightening frames after bad weekends. That is also why it is block instead of framed… for the threat of fire.

The main garage door is 10x12 (on the end wall), the other is enclosed by the West Wing. I used the small door from it as the door for the West Wing (10x8). I added the West Wing just for the MG and motorcycle. Therefore, half of the garage is the machine shop, wood and metal piles, welding bench, and ‘stuff’. The other half houses my pickup truck (3/4 ton trailer puller) and my work car, along with the main bay work bench and hardware bench. I angle park the vehicles to get them both in. The wife’s garage is in the house proper.

Within the main building, the woodshop is a partition across the far 36’ end and is 12' wide. The ceilings are dropped to 8' which creates a loft over the entire span. I didn't take pics of the loft cause, well, you know. It ain't pretty up there. The woodshop has lowered ceilings because I cannot, or will not afford to heat the entire building. As I do most of my woodwork in winter, the smaller space is easier to heat. I do sometimes wish for taller ceilings.

Incidentally, there are downsides to having such a large space. This may seem trivial to some, but there is a LOT of walking that occurs while working. If you don’t have three or four of every tool, or you forget to pick up that widget, you are constantly walking back and forth. Yeah, I know that sounds like total crap, but I assure you, after a whole day in the shop, your feet, and you, are tired. But I am quite proud of my toy room.

The explanation above is kinda lame, so I’ll get some more pics gathered up to show a better perspective, along with a snap or two of the MG and the HD.

[sawduster]

Man, Mark, YOU REALLY REALLY SUCK!!! ;D

[Mark T]

Hmmm... I get that a lot.