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[Fire88]

Plinker great looking shop!!!

[Sheilajeanne]

Thanks, Clinker! There's a Princess Auto not too far away. Will see if I can find some. If I'm going to use my stitching horse on the bench, rather than sitting on it, I am going to need some clamps.

[plinkercases]

37 minutes ago, Fire88 said:

Plinker great looking shop!!!

Thanks Fire and now I need to get the time to use it since it is finally functional.

[Mjolnir]

23 hours ago, plinkercases said:

So I wanted to do some work over the holidays but since I have now dragged everything from home shop to the farm I realised the farm shop was not set up (i.e. I could find anything so I could make anything!)  and so I spent the break setting up and think it is a now a good working space. I little bigger than the city submarine shop and cozy with the stone walls.

not sure how they appear but we have:

• Bench is 2 x 12 two layers cross ways with 3/4 inch ply on top with 4x4 post legs corners and centre to concrete = solid
• left side of bench for detail cutting, prep/process  etc stamping. punching and such - I inch stone slab with self healing flooring on top - bench has 2 stack of drawers and place to store the stool underneath
• right side of bench for the mechanical/assembly stuff that gets swapped around and held with hold down clamps etc - also has the swing out hanging pouches for punches etc.
• examples of how the press, last, splitter attach
• press station
• large pattern, colouring and cutting surface 3x6 foot  1/4 HDPE
• buffing, sanding, burnishing station (also shooting bench!)
• table machine and leather storage
• and my banging hitting things

 

I'm drawn to the chest of drawers. that is cool. your tool rack is awesome!

[plinkercases]

Mjolnir thanks.

The chest of drawers was a gimme from a friend who was moving and didn't think it matched the new vibe.

well if you look close the tool rack for stamps was a quick knock off (I like to say prototype fro anything that I dont take the time to do really well...) a 2x6 full of holes and screwed down at an angle....but it works.

[bikermutt07]

@plinkercases how does that homemade book press work?

Do you use it for molding only or can it be used as a clicker?

[Sheilajeanne]

12 hours ago, plinkercases said:

well if you look close the tool rack for stamps was a quick knock off (I like to say prototype fro anything that I dont take the time to do really well...) a 2x6 full of holes and screwed down at an angle....but it works

LOL! Mine is a piece of 2x4. I've already used up all the space on it, so I bought a cheap plastic Tandy tool rack to supplement it during their pre-Christmas sales. I think they charge a ridiculous amount for their tool racks, but I don't have a drill bit large enough to drill holes for the hefty handled tools, so I though it was worth the on-sale price. The alternative would be using my largest drill bit to ream out multiple holes in another piece of 2x4, a time-consuming process. Most of the new tools I've purchased lately have hefty handles.

Edited January 24, 2018 by Sheilajeanne

[plinkercases]

11 hours ago, bikermutt07 said:

@plinkercases how does that homemade book press work?

Do you use it for molding only or can it be used as a clicker?

Mutt it work very well for molding and pressing. I haven used it as a clicker as I don't have any dies. I suspect it may not have enough oomph for that.

it is a wine press screw and handle set form our favourite place Lee Valley Tools but I am sure you could get at any winemaking supply store.

[bikermutt07]

1 hour ago, plinkercases said:

Mutt it work very well for molding and pressing. I haven used it as a clicker as I don't have any dies. I suspect it may not have enough oomph for that.

it is a wine press screw and handle set form our favourite place Lee Valley Tools but I am sure you could get at any winemaking supply store.

Thanks, Plink.

[Black Dogg]

I guess I'm a little late to the party (considering this thread's 14 pages long already) but here's my shop set-up:

I posted the original thread two years ago and just recently finished the walls and updated with some new pics.

To everyone who's posted pics of their shop here: They are all pretty cool and some quite ingeniously set up for the limited amount of space they're in !! I might have to steal some ideas from you folks !

 

Black Dogg