Thread: Woodturners and their workshops

Originally Posted by issatree

Hi Rodent,
Great to see that Duk Board. Beats all those other ideas.
Wheelin wood have a bit of trouble, but for the rest of us, that is the way to go.

Had a mate, good Turner, stuffed now, because he wood not use anything on the Cement, & in Sand Shoes, talking '90's early 2000's, & he has real trouble walking at all now.

I'm for the Duk Board.

Don't need a Duk Board my set up gets me round the workshop can't put wheels on a Duk Board.

As you can see, the pups do run the sheds, they sometimes allow me to play. the first real pic, is an overview of the turning area, about a meter of clear space between the lathe and bench. the second is the chisel rack and sharpening area, the third is the Yellow Peril, the tools on magnets and I have a range of drives, centres, Jacobs chuck etc sitting in purpose drilled holes in the framework (obscured) and the back bench . . . flat repository for accumulated carp


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If anyone is interested, I could ask MBGitW to get the camera out to take some decent pics, I cannot take pics to save myself

Originally Posted by wheelinround

Don't need a Duk Board my set up gets me round the workshop can't put wheels on a Duk Board.

why not?

Mine is painted concrete and or 50-60mm chips etc, wear thongs come the warm weather and crocs come the cold.

Originally Posted by Sawdust Maker

why not?

Why bother just use the kids skateboard

Originally Posted by Pat

As you can see, the pups do run the sheds, they sometimes allow me to play. the first real pic, is an overview of the turning area, about a meter of clear space between the lathe and bench. the second is the chisel rack and sharpening area, the third is the Yellow Peril, the tools on magnets and I have a range of drives, centres, Jacobs chuck etc sitting in purpose drilled holes in the framework (obscured) and the back bench . . . flat repository for accumulated carp


Hard at it 03.jpgHard at it 02.jpgHard at it.jpgWood Turning Area 01.jpgWood Turning Area 02.jpgWood Turning Area 03.jpgWood Turning Area 04.jpg

If anyone is interested, I could ask MBGitW to get the camera out to take some decent pics, I cannot take pics to save myself

Well March isn't far away Pat and this time we will be calling in so fair warning time to clean up it'll take that long

Originally Posted by wheelinround

Well March isn't far away Pat and this time we will be calling in so fair warning time to clean up it'll take that long

I resemble that last remark

I've heard that one before, bring gifts of bowl blanks and food

PS The stuffed GMC drill is still here if you want the chuck.

My floor is Carolina red clay covered with chips. For those of you with concrete floors, locally we can buy a rubber mat for horse stalls:

Rubber Horse Stall Mat, 4 ft. x 6 ft. - 2219003 | Tractor Supply Company

If you spend a long time on concrete at least wear good walking shoes. Thongs, zoris, etc do have cushion but I have had an accursed skew roll off the bench and fall point side down more than once.

In this wood working hobby we often find that some people are more then just turning. I have a mixed work space and it seems to always overlap. The consistent factor are the shavings; weather from turning a piece or just planning it square.

Then there is the dust from sanding which I sometimes do outside the garage. Just a little hard to move the lathe outside to sand a piece.

Originally Posted by Paul39

My floor is Carolina red clay covered with chips. For those of you with concrete floors, locally we can buy a rubber mat for horse stalls:

Rubber Horse Stall Mat, 4 ft. x 6 ft. - 2219003 | Tractor Supply Company

If you spend a long time on concrete at least wear good walking shoes. Thongs, zoris, etc do have cushion but I have had an accursed skew roll off the bench and fall point side down more than once.

One good point for flip-flops then. It will stop your skew from getting damaged hitting that nasty hard floor and save you valuable turning time resharpening it

The floor of my man cave is concrete painted with Berger Jet Dry paving paint with the True Grip additive added so it is not slippery.

Being in Queensland, there are no problems with cold feet in winter


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Originally Posted by red_budgie

The floor of my man cave is concrete painted with Berger Jet Dry paving paint with the True Grip additive added so it is not slippery.

Being in Queensland, there are no problems with cold feet in winter


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Thats true but you need a pair of flippers and snorkle on odd occasions.

Love he neat look bright and clean I thought mine was compact

That's not clean, it's NEW

It IS pretty new, that's why it's so clean That and the fact that at the opposite end to it is a sewing room for Mrs Budgie and I'm under strict (and I mean strict) instructions not to let any dust get into her fabric stores!

It was all built in an area that used to be an earth bank supporting the house, which collapsed during the rain deluge we had at the start of last year. I had to dig it all out and shore up the back wall of the house, so thought I may as well make a new workshop out of the space!