Thread: Hows this for a start up home workshop?

You are slipping, how did you let them get away with only a 2HP DC?
That aside it sounds like you had fun and it sounds as if they got some good retail therapy.
It must be nice to start with the right size of every thing straight off.
It sounds more like a restart from scratch than a start from scratch.

Regards

Originally Posted by A Duke

You are slipping, how did you let them get away with only a 2HP DC?
That aside it sounds like you had fun and it sounds as if they got some good retail therapy.
It must be nice to start with the right size of every thing straight off.
It sounds more like a restart from scratch than a start from scratch.

Regards

I thought someone would pick that it is only 2HP - they bought that without asking my advice
However, I have a cunning plan about this.
The female side of the couple is a neat freak, so it won't take long for her to say, "Bo-ob, my sheds all messy from sawdust - what can I do about it?" and then we go to the next level.
Their shed this is going into is a decent size, 20 x 10 x 4.5 m and one of the long walls can be completely opened up so ventiilation is not a big problem

Nice thing about these friends is they have a 300 acre farm with a second empty house on the property, with lots of logs and trees (some of which I have already helped them mill) and I can go there and stay as long as I like. When I retire in 4 weeks time I will be going there to help them set up all their new machinery and showing them how to use them.

Just a 14" BS it'll be like a scrowl saw to the rest of the gear 17" at least

Are they members of this forum. If so they should have asked questions and I am sure we would have convinced them out of spending on all those machines. Might get them into hand tools.

Originally Posted by Christos

Are they members of this forum. If so they should have asked questions and I am sure we would have convinced them out of spending on all those machines. Might get them into hand tools.

No they are not and can't see them being either. Both are very product rather than process focussed, that might change but somehow I don't think it will.

Hand tools - that's a long term plan. Sandi wants to make quite large stuff tables and bars etc so starting out doing those by handtools is on the tough side

Originally Posted by wheelinround

Just a 14" BS it'll be like a scrowl saw to the rest of the gear 17" at least

They wanted to get 2 bandsaws a big one and a small one.
I convinced them to get the 14" first and get maybe a 19" when they need it.

If they are starting from scratch and have limited experience, then a table saw with the "saw stop" would be a good thing.
If it saves one digit then it is money well spent. (Just keep the sausages away ).

Despite how well we concentrate when using machinery it only takes a phone to ring, or some startling noise for an accident to happen.