Thread: On the Move Again!

Four times in the last 4 years actually .

The one four years ago was even longer than your current one at 3733km and a driving time of 35.5 hours.

I moved from the tropical north right across Mainland Australia to Melbourne.

In a tropical humid area like where I moved from you need to keep everything oiled after use and REALLY watch the wood movement between the humid and the dry times.

The biggest thing to watch in setting up a new workshop is to make sure that everyone else understands where your workshop is and make sure nobody puts anything else in there "just for a couple of days". Once they have a foothold in your space you have a job getting them out.

Work out your layout, and put your shelving in first, before anything else, so that you can unpack your things into their permanent place or at least off the floor and out of the way while you fine-tune the positioning of everything.

Dont expect that the new work area will be better or worse than what you left. Be realistic about what will fit in if it is bigger or smaller.

Good luck with the move, and let us know how it goes.

CHeers

Doug

Much to my dissapoitment I can beat you both. 4 times in 2 years. And another one on the cards in about a year. The joys of a job where you can be sent anywhere in Australia and renting.

My big tip, watch the movers like a hawk, especially with machinery. Some things should only be lifted a certain way.

Good luck.

Are you prepared to face a few Hurricanes?? If so make sure your shed is well tied down and that everything else is
secure or easily put out of harm's way.

Otherwise what Doug has to say is about it.

Cheers Pete and good luck withe move!

Thanks guys! I'm guessing that I'll be back in a garage shop, and we're looking for a CBS constructed home (concrete) so it'll be fairly safe from a hurricane perspective...as safe as one can be I guess! Not many hurricanes in New Mexico, Minnesota and Colorado!


I've never had to worry too much about rust. How often do you guys treat your tools with oil/wax/topcoat?

Originally Posted by mn pete

Thanks guys! I'm guessing that I'll be back in a garage shop, and we're looking for a CBS constructed home (concrete) so it'll be fairly safe from a hurricane perspective...as safe as one can be I guess! Not many hurricanes in New Mexico, Minnesota and Colorado!

I lived in cyclone-rated houses made of concrete both times I have lived in Darwin. I had plenty of under-cover working ares but unfortunately not much "lock-up area for tools and machinery. We would have been safe in a cyclone though.

Originally Posted by mn pete

I've never had to worry too much about rust. How often do you guys treat your tools with oil/wax/topcoat?

Anything ferrous was kept with a film of oil over it at all times unless it had to be wiped off for use. I would re-oil them as soon as possible afterwards and again the following day.

I kept an oily rag in a ziplock plastic bag in the workshop/tool storage area and would regularly check all the tools, reoiling as required. Despite this I still found the occasional surface rust on tools and tabletops. It can be a very unforgiving environment in coastal tropical areas. Part of the problem is that you sweat as you are working and the salty sweat gets on the tools and work surfaces promoting corrosion.

I did a fair bit of turning in Darwin so that I did not have to worry too much about wood movement. I am not as much into turning as I am into other things but it kept me occupied on worthwhile projects without the frustration of wood movement. This resulted in some surface rust on my turning tools until I started wrapping them in oily rags when not in use.

Its realy a matter of selecting projects that suit the working environment.

Cheers

Doug