Photos Let's see your shop!!!

[KnuckleDownKnives]

Ah ok. Just started following him on IG not very long ago. What's the point of the bolts underneath

This explains it very well.

 

[JoshRG]

My small shop. Would love to have triple the space and a whole lot more tools/machines but for now this will do.

 

[Justin Schmidt]

This explains it very well.

I built a ghetto one out of some wood I had laying around. I'm gonna have to grab some bolts and hdp or uhmv to put over it.

Josh thanks for sharing man. You have some of the sweetest grinds out there man. Your belt finishes are superb

 

[LARRYZ10]

JoshRG, I love that you have your grinder next to your garage door. Mine is like that also but my door is on the left and I have a twenty inch fan just 2 feet off my right shoulder blowing straight across my tiny work rest. I live in So. California so my door is open every time I grind. I still wear a mask but almost all steel dust falls straight down or blows out. One thing I have to say about all the photos posted on this thread is that your shops are too clean. Don't you guys ever do any work? Larry

 

[JoshRG]

Larry, yep I had initially set my grinder up with the intention of doing something similar with the garage door especially since I'm in SoCal also. However, my shop sits a little way up on a hillside and there is almost constantly a breeze running through. Its definitely nice to help keep cool but it makes a mess of the shop blowing dust all over the place.

 

[120 Acres]

Definitely some OCD characters here!

Great pics guys, keep them coming.

 

[Maelstrom78]

Kuraki awesome shop! Consider looking into some rubber mats to stand on away from your forging area.

 

[Justin Schmidt]

JoshRG, I love that you have your grinder next to your garage door. Mine is like that also but my door is on the left and I have a twenty inch fan just 2 feet off my right shoulder blowing straight across my tiny work rest. I live in So. California so my door is open every time I grind. I still wear a mask but almost all steel dust falls straight down or blows out. One thing I have to say about all the photos posted on this thread is that your shops are too clean. Don't you guys ever do any work? Larry

Larry I think you have a belt problem lol

 

[kuraki]

Kuraki awesome shop! Consider looking into some rubber mats to stand on away from your forging area.

There will never be a rubber floor mat anywhere in my shop. I hate them with the burning flame of 1000 vehement suns.

 

[Justin Schmidt]

There will never be a rubber floor mat anywhere in my shop. I hate them with the burning flame of 1000 vehement suns.

Why? Thought they were good for your feet

 

[kuraki]

I think they make about as much sense as inflatable rubber roads and stone wheels on cars. I'm 300 lbs. I've spent my entire career walking, kneeling and standing on concrete. I have never had a problem dealing with foot comfort by getting appropriate footwear and/or insoles. On the rare occasion they're actually positioned where you intend to stand on them, they're only halfway there, so your feet are half on half off this stupid thing, which is like standing with the ball of your foot hanging of a snot soaked 2x4, as you rain down metal chips around it and into it. Then you have to clean up, so you pick up this prickly pin cushion of oil soaked rubber nonsense because inevitably it will be placed in a position between two pieces of equipment or work tables in such a way it's impossible to slide, and flop it down somewhere else where, and like the hellspawn demon who invented them intended, it magically releases all of those chips and dirt that it was holding so you can sweep up another area.

Bonus feature: They stink and like to curl at the edges to provide a tripping hazard just in case there wasn't already enough benefit to having them littered about your workspace.

No. Just no. It's my opinion they have no redeeming qualities and are the prime examples of safety devices that cause work areas to be less safe.

 

[DanF]

LOL, c'mon kuraki, tell us what you REALLY think of them!

 

[kuraki]

He asked

 

[Maelstrom78]

He asked

 

[HSC ///]

here u go, the new shop, spent the last month acquiring and setting up,
full HVAC, 3 phase power and a sealed grinding room
now I just have to go make some knives....

 

[timos-]

probably not a great practice but It got cold and I had to do some wet grinding...once the charcoal settled down it worked well enough

 

[Justin Schmidt]

Looks great. Glad that guy could help you with the vent and you helped make his first knife. That was really cool to see,

 

[Geoff Flato]

He asked

The worst are those ones with all the stupid holes. I've got them everywhere in my shop and HATE them. I really don't know why I keep them. Not only are they impossible to sweep chips or grinding dust off of, but if you're someone like me who sits on a stool to work whenever possible (chronic back problems, can't stand being on my feet) the holes are nearly the exact size of the bottom of the legs of a regular shop stool. Worthless crap....

 

[Geoff Flato]

I posted a bit of an in progress shop tour on Instagram the other day, its there if you want to see it. I'll post one here once I actually finish it

 

[Brock Cutlery]

probably not a great practice but It got cold and I had to do some wet grinding...once the charcoal settled down it worked well enough

Isn't this a pretty quick way to a carbon monoxide induced death? Tim? TIM!? Anyone seen Tim?