How about Pictures of Your Workshops

[MollyKnly]

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this is un cleaned from 2 weeks work

Whats the acetone for?

[UKRay]

I use acetone to transfer complex designs from a laser print onto leather. Experiment with this idea to find the best way for you, but essentially:

1) print your design onto paper using a laser printer

2) lay the paper print (face down) in the correct position on your leather

3) using appropriate safety procedures wipe the back of the printed sheet with acetone - see: http://www.dow.com/productsafety/finder/acetone.htm

4) peel the sheet away from the leather to leave a reverse copy of the design on the leather.

5) rinse the acetone residue from your leather with water

6) leave the leather to dry naturally - or until you feel it is okay to carve/tool/whatever.

Hope this helps,

Ray

[longtooth]

This is the place that sometimes it's happens and then sometimes it doesn't. Laughing

[Jazznow]

We sometimes have to redye Shoes at work an we use acetone to strip of any old Layers of shoe polish. Additionally the acetone opens the leather cells so it Takes the dye better. But the dye wie use there is a Bit strange. Dont know exactly what it is

[Chief31794]

This is my shop, need more room but I have to live with it.

[Leatherbaron]

This is my shop, need more room but I have to live with it.

So darn clean , my place don't look like that at alll heh heh ....now that I just bought a Cylindar sewing machine ( cowboy ) it will probably get worse

[chancey77]

I am currently looking for a new location, but this was my shop as of last month.

Edited February 15, 2012 by chancey77

[Cyberthrasher]

I am currently looking for a new location, but this was my shop as of last month.

It's amazing how similar that looks to mine

I think out of all these pictures, you're the only other one who has his wall plastered with artwork. I gotta get a picture of my area up now for comparison

[Cyberthrasher]

at least I have a beer fridge handy. Still gotta get the other half of that work bench cleaned.

For comparison, I hit my head on that light regularly!!!

[Leatherbaron]

at least I have a beer fridge handy. Still gotta get the other half of that work bench cleaned.

For comparison, I hit my head on that light regularly!!!

I Like the Fender seat ......

[chancey77]

at least I have a beer fridge handy. Still gotta get the other half of that work bench cleaned.

For comparison, I hit my head on that light regularly!!!

I don't want to burst your bubble...about the beer fridge...but ...

How abou that for a man cave...includes tiki bar and stage and room fro 150 people to get down! hahahaha

This is on the other side of my wall inside my work space:) Got to keep people out of my work room!

[Leatherbaron]

I don't want to burst your bubble...about the beer fridge...but ...

How abou that for a man cave...includes tiki bar and stage and room fro 150 people to get down! hahahaha

This is on the other side of my wall inside my work space:) Got to keep people out of my work room!

You would be too pissed to work on leather with that cave

Rgds

[Cyberthrasher]

I don't want to burst your bubble...about the beer fridge...but ...

How abou that for a man cave...includes tiki bar and stage and room fro 150 people to get down! hahahaha

This is on the other side of my wall inside my work space:) Got to keep people out of my work room!

Yeah, I know - but that's why I said "at least" I have one. That's why I call my area of the house my dungeon. Cramped, small, little comfort, but at least I get blues and brews

[chancey77]

Yeah, I know - but that's why I said "at least" I have one. That's why I call my area of the house my dungeon. Cramped, small, little comfort, but at least I get blues and brews

That is all that really matters!

[chancey77]

You would be too pissed to work on leather with that cave

Rgds

I work in my bed room at home sometimes to...the wife hates that hahahahahaha!!!!!!!!!!!! O.F'N WELL!

[Cyberthrasher]

That is all that really matters!

Lately it's been more Zakk Wylde, Megadeth, Danzig, and Pantera....... But I digress

[CowboyDan]

Hey all!

I remembered this thread from when I was lurking on here looking for ideas for a workbench.

The outer frame is 2x4, the legs are 4x4, the plywood top is 23/32" (Can't seem to be able to get 3/4" any more). The granite is a piece from a local monument company that he was a leftover from making pavers for his patio. Under the granite and the plywood is 2x3s. There are 10 2x3s under the granite, as well as sitting directly on the tops of the legs. The 2x3s under the plywood are spaced about 15" on center.

Leg bracing is 2x4 on the bottom, and the diagonal is a 1x4 left over from another project.

Finish is minnwax ipswich pine, and several coats of polyurethane on the top. Just one or two coats of poly everywhere else.

The LED lights are a $30 set from Lowes, their number 354846. A cheap extension cord runs from the wall to the back of my bench. The switches are hot-glued to the underside of the shelf in the middle.

Well, here's what resulted.

It's a mess, as any good workbench should be. I'm in the process of making organizers and hangers for the tools.

For anyone making a bench, it doesn't take a lot of tools. I did this with a cordless drill, cordless circluar saw, chisels, tape measure, framing square, a 4' straight edge, two c-clamps, and a 5" random-orbit sander.

A shop-vac (even a small one) makes a really great dust collector for sanding. I have a 1x1 that I use.

[Glendon]

Just took some shots of my little family room corner "shop". A little more then a bench, a little less then a full workroom, but I like it. I don't have the space or the tools to do proper woodworking in my current apartment, so I had to buy the desk and bookcase, but thankfully there is an unfinished furniture place not far that gave me a decent deal on a couple of pieces. This is what you can do with about a year of tool collecting and set up.

Edited May 14, 2012 by Glendon

[Charliewz]

Nice! Must be great to work in front of nice windows like that. I have to use use lots of lights.

Charlie

[Glendon]

Nice! Must be great to work in front of nice windows like that. I have to use use lots of lights.

Charlie

Yes, I absolutely love that part of it. I do need to get a couple of lights so I can work better when the sun goes down, but the natural light is very nice. I also like having the windows for ventilation when working with dyes and finishes. Since I'm a couple of floors up, there is always a bit of a breeze going. So all I have to do is pop the window open and it's usually perfect ventilation.

[Chief31794]

Here are a few shots of mine.

Ken

[Bluesman]

Nice setup Chief, neat orderly. You it made.,,,,,,,,,,

[robertmeco]

This was when I first moved from my old small shop

http://s886.photobucket.com/albums/ac65/robertmeco/holsters/holster%20shop/

Edited May 20, 2012 by robertmeco

[Chief31794]

Nice setup Chief, neat orderly. You it made.,,,,,,,,,,

Thanks Bluesman,

It doesn't stay that way all the time I'll assure you.

Ken

[reddevil76]

Love the pictures I've seen here. Someday, I might move to a neighbouring country where an average man can own a house, and I might have my own dungeon.

For now, I have to work within my apartment, and the balcony is the place where I work. In the day, it is a sweltering 32 degree celcius. Humidity is high, so all tools prone to corrosion have to be oiled after use, and de-oiled before use.

Here's my desk, with my supplies like thread, lace, hardware, liquids, all underneath. My splitter is there too. I put it away after every use as I don't like the idea of a sharp bench tool exposed to other family members.

Its a small table, so I have to shift all the stuff to the floor when I wanna open a hide to cut parts. Thus I normally try to cut pieces for a few projects at one go. As I limit myself to small size projects, it works for now.

The only plus I have is that I live on the second floor, so there are no neighbours below to annoy with my pounding.