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    Quote Originally Posted by Ueee View Post
    1915 17"x50" LeBlond heavy duty Lathe, 24" Queen city shaper, 1950's 11"x28" Mars lathe, 1970's G Vernier FV.3.TO Universal Mill, 1958 Blohm HFS 6 surface grinder,1942 Rivett 715 Lathe, 14"x40" Antrac Lathe, Startrite H225 Bandsaw, 1949 Hercus Camelback Drill press, 1947 Holbrook C10 Lathe.

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    Ew, not wanting to hijack this thread (but totally failing), couldn't help but notice the remarkable tool collection mentioned in your footer. Are they in working condition? How do the post war lathes compare to the modern ones? Are they the sort of tools you'd find in a small workshop, or are they more industrial?

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    http://www.grizzly.com/workshopplanner

    any one tried it....wonder if can get me some more room..somehow lol.
    Useful as hip pocket in a singlet.At least to me.
    I have quite a bit of gear to fit in a smallish shed. It may do for outright positioning equipment but what I wanted was tool/equipment scale relative to the shed sizing.

    For example the dog is the size of a f****G grizzly bear.The structural details miss things like windows.Maybe yank sheds don't have windows.As far as machinery/tools,if they don't sell its not shown. It a device to sell more product ,little else, .I don't find it very useful.

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    I lined all the wall of my shed with plywood other than where my welding bench is. I can say that welding and cutting outdoors is as hazardous as indoors having the grass light on fire 10 meters from where your welding always have a fire extinguisher may never use it but atleast its there
    BETTER TO HAVE TOOLS YOU DON'T NEED THAN TO NEED TOOLS YOU DON'T HAVE

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    Quote Originally Posted by eskimo View Post
    http://www.grizzly.com/workshopplanner

    any one tried it....wonder if can get me some more room..somehow lol.
    I used Google Sketchup to plan my workshop layout even before I extended it... You can download models of just about anything through the library, and scale them as required to match the dimensions of your machinery... Works quite well, I did about 3 major reshuffles in Sketchup to get to what I'm actually using, which seems to be a good solution. You can also use a 'fly around' type view, which can give you some idea of what things will look like from eye level.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Stephen H View Post
    Ew, not wanting to hijack this thread (but totally failing), couldn't help but notice the remarkable tool collection mentioned in your footer. Are they in working condition? How do the post war lathes compare to the modern ones? Are they the sort of tools you'd find in a small workshop, or are they more industrial?


    Hi Stephen,
    At the moment most of the machines are in working order. The LeBlond https://www.woodworkforums.com/f65/17-leblond-restoration-148329 and the Rivett https://www.woodworkforums.com/f65/rivett-715-a-175012 are both in for full refurbs. The Hercus drill press https://www.woodworkforums.com/f189/22-camelback-drill-press-183063 and Holbrook https://www.woodworkforums.com/f65/holbrook-c10-lathe-183729 are new additions, the hercus is nearly running again and the Holbrook has just had a good clean.

    The Mars lathe is probably the only machine that would be classed as a home small workshop machine. It will be finding a new home soon as i certainly don't need 5 lathes. If you don't take into account the Rivett and bandsaw the lightest machine is about 1200kg.

    The shaper was built sometime between 1906 and 1927 https://www.woodworkforums.com/f65/hail-shaper-gods-151294 and is probably the roughest of the oldies. She is showing her age but i haven't used another shaper to give a comparison.

    There really is not much difference between the old and newer lathes. The Antrac https://www.woodworkforums.com/f65/antrac-lathe-177258 would have been built in the 80's or 90's i'd imagine, it is very utilitarian, does its job with no frills but no complaints. The older lathes feel a lot more special, smoother and their heavier build really shows. Its a bad comparison though as the Antrac is a Taiwanese machine and the other 2 i would consider to be pretty top of the line for their time. The LeBlonds biggest drawback is the low top speed (300rpm) makes using anything but HSS pointless, where the Antrac pushes negative rake carbide like it was built to....probably cause it was!

    The surface grinder could be sold new today and not be outdated at all. https://www.woodworkforums.com/f65/blohm-hfs6-surface-grinder-174040

    I guess you could say i enjoy owning nice machines and tools as much as i like using them.

    Enough rambling for now!

    Ew
    1915 17"x50" LeBlond heavy duty Lathe, 24" Queen city shaper, 1970's G Vernier FV.3.TO Universal Mill, 1958 Blohm HFS 6 surface grinder, 1942 Rivett 715 Lathe, 14"x40" Antrac Lathe, Startrite H225 Bandsaw, 1949 Hercus Camelback Drill press, 1947 Holbrook C10 Lathe.

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