Thread: My workshop

Gatiep


It is indeed a B&D Drill Bit Sharpener and I also got it as a present. It works okay but you have to be very careful to grind both sides the same time to get the point centered. Also they tend to overheat the bit. I mainly use it to get more life out of broken bits.

Regards


Peter

Daniel

The duct work in the new part is complete but not in the main workshop.

The mitre saw box needs some modification , the main outlet needs to be lowered to the level of the bottom of the box and the back corners need to me angled instead of square.

With these alterations I think it will work well. In any case the dust will fall within the box and it will be easy to sweep it into the dust outlet.

Regards


Peter

Folowing the installation of the jointer I have built and rearranged the shelving in both parts of the rear part of my workshop and built starage for the sanding beltsetc. next to the sanders. Note some of the dust collection duction has been built in to provide more tool hanging space.


here are some pics


Peter.

and another view of the left section

Peter

A view of the right section


Peter

And another view of the same section. Note the floor sweep of the dust collector in the corner.


Peter.

its very white and looks a bit like a laboratory.

My friend, it is a laboratory - a gadget & jig production laboratory! At a very recent woodworking club meeting Peter was asked if he ever had time for woodworking.

His answer was something like, "What's that?" (Just kidding.)

I totally love your setup. I work for a commercial joinery company doing CAD and feeding their CNC & Beamsaw with code, And even we dont have a more precise, easily accessible setup.

Your dust extraction setup puts many commercial setups to shame.

G

Peter
Mate, you're an inspiration. My workshop will also be under my house and at the moment I've moved probably fifty wheelbarrow loads of dirt out. I still have all the piers at mostly five or six foot intervals. Will have to use beams and removve a few. Any advice on this process? At the moment I have a dirt floor which is a pain. I'm very jealous but really inspired.
By the way what horsepower DC are you running to suck through all that ducting? Is it true that the flexible stuff you've used reduces efficiency?
Any advice you've got, I'll gladly accept.
Cheers
Jim.

Hovo,

I have a 2HP DC with a 44 gal drum extractor which is outside the workshop under the house - see http://www.woodworkforums.ubeaut.com...&pagenumber=10
Main duct work is 4" plastic pipe with blastgates at each take of with 4" or 3" flexible hose to the machines. There are a number of stop blast gates in the system to shut of sections of main ducting whilst not needed. Whilst a cyclone would be better it still works very efficiently.

Removing piers and strengthening bearers is not difficult but care must be taken. I bolted extra bearers on both sides of the existing ones, added new double thickness stumps and only then removed the old ones. Just make sure that the new bearers can take the load of the new span. If you want more info on this send me a pm.


Peter.

Peter that is an AWESOME workshop. That is what I will aspire to when I have space and the time to start playing. WOW!!!

Thanks, been doing a bit of reorganising and improving the layout etc. I have a few more things planned , when completed I might take some more pics if people are interested.


Peter.

Of course we are interested - pls post more so that we can be inspired and jealous.

Cheers