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Well, I finally got the machines in position, power everywhere, and most of the lights hung. I figure it's a good time to post a few shop pictures. My shop is a 12'x 14' room built in the two car garage attached to the small house my wife and I own in Simi Valley, CA, America's Safest City according to the FBI.
The shop is small and I'm a bad photographer, so please make allowances for the quality of photography:
That's it at the moment. There's my 1954 Bridgeport step pulley Series 1, my very customized Hardinge lathe, the most recent addition, my Yuasa 6x12 surface grinder and all my other tools. It looks a little cramped, but it's a pretty comfortable layout at the moment. Of course I could add another machine or two and really screw that part up.. I need more storage shelves or cabinets, but I'm stingy in certain areas and will have to wait until I find the right ones used at a good price.
The pile of stuff on the table under the dart board are parts of a 2x72" belt grinder I'm building for grinding knife blades on. It's planned to sit right where that table is, between the Bridgeport and the surface grinder.
You'll also note in one of the photos my shop foreman, Blade. Blade is a two year old purebred Alaskan Malamute. He's an awesome dog and a wonderful part of my life.
The whole shop is freshly plumbed and fed from a dedicated 75 amp sub panel. I've got 5 240V outlet around the perimiter, as well as 8 110 outlets, plus four individually switched lighting outlet in the ceiling and a 110cfm exhaust fan.
The computer takes up more space than I like, but I got tired of running to the far end of the house in my office to check out something quickly for a project in progress. Besides, I always have some spare parts around from upgrading my machine, and I got the 17" Sony monitor at a garaage sale for only $10.00! The only thing I had to buy new was the case which was $29.00 at Frys. It's an old Pentium III 600mhz box tapped into our 3mbps cable modem network so access is pretty speedy. Just for fun I put a TV Tuner card in so I can listen to the History channel or Speed Vision when I'm doing non critical work (just tinkering or cleaning).
John
The shop is small and I'm a bad photographer, so please make allowances for the quality of photography:
That's it at the moment. There's my 1954 Bridgeport step pulley Series 1, my very customized Hardinge lathe, the most recent addition, my Yuasa 6x12 surface grinder and all my other tools. It looks a little cramped, but it's a pretty comfortable layout at the moment. Of course I could add another machine or two and really screw that part up.. I need more storage shelves or cabinets, but I'm stingy in certain areas and will have to wait until I find the right ones used at a good price.
The pile of stuff on the table under the dart board are parts of a 2x72" belt grinder I'm building for grinding knife blades on. It's planned to sit right where that table is, between the Bridgeport and the surface grinder.
You'll also note in one of the photos my shop foreman, Blade. Blade is a two year old purebred Alaskan Malamute. He's an awesome dog and a wonderful part of my life.
The whole shop is freshly plumbed and fed from a dedicated 75 amp sub panel. I've got 5 240V outlet around the perimiter, as well as 8 110 outlets, plus four individually switched lighting outlet in the ceiling and a 110cfm exhaust fan.
The computer takes up more space than I like, but I got tired of running to the far end of the house in my office to check out something quickly for a project in progress. Besides, I always have some spare parts around from upgrading my machine, and I got the 17" Sony monitor at a garaage sale for only $10.00! The only thing I had to buy new was the case which was $29.00 at Frys. It's an old Pentium III 600mhz box tapped into our 3mbps cable modem network so access is pretty speedy. Just for fun I put a TV Tuner card in so I can listen to the History channel or Speed Vision when I'm doing non critical work (just tinkering or cleaning).
John
THAT'S IT. I CAN'T KEEP UP.
That is really a nice setup, and you got all the requirements right - power, ventilation, dartboard... Blade looks like good company, be careful he doesn't get any chips in his eyes while he's watching you work!
