Shop Machine Roll Call

[J. Hoffman]

TW-90 Grinder(2hp)
Craftsman Bench-top Drill Press
Powermatic 1150 Bench-top drill press (1hp)
Harbor Freight Buffer w/ paper wheels
Harbor Freight Grinder with buffing wheels
Dremel
Lots of Files
Milwaukee 4 1/2" angle grinder
Wilton Vise
Rotating Knife vise
Lots of hand tools

On the wish list
Porta-band
Disc Grinder (I have a motor, just need a freq drive and disc)
Another Buffer

 

[ERIK KNIVES]

You have a TW-90 and a wish list?

 

[J. Hoffman]

You have a TW-90 and a wish list?

The TW90 was on the wish list. I would like a dedicated slack belt arm for the TW90 though.

 

[jonathan creason]

Still getting my feet wet and trying to save up for some nicer stuff. Right now I'm working with:

-homemade charcoal forge
-small weed burner forge
-Craftsman 2x42 grinder
-a handful of files
-benchtop drill press

I do have a really nice Jet bandsaw with a riser block so I have a full 12" of clearance, but I rarely use it for knives.

 

[NickWheeler]

This thread is really interesting, but it would be super-dee-duper if it had pics in every post. I mean, when you're just looking at a vertical list of text, something like Nathan's

Dynamatronics vertical CNC machining center

Doesn't visually look a lot different than-

Harbor Freight XYZ


But they're certainly in two very different leagues!!!

 

[ERIK KNIVES]

This thread is really interesting, but it would be super-dee-duper if it had pics in every post. I mean, when you're just looking at a vertical list of text, something like Nathan's

Dynamatronics vertical CNC machining center

Doesn't visually look a lot different than-

Harbor Freight XYZ


But they're certainly in two very different leagues!!!

I agree - let's start over! Not shop pics but pics of individual tools, I know, the difference can be subtle.

 

[Salem Straub]

I've got shop pics on another thread- so, a short list of my stuff. Boy, Nick took it easy on us, I think he should have listed the cool toys from storage too!

Olympic Square Wheel grinder, 2 hp, variable
Shop built 3hp bader-ish 2x72, variable, 3hp
Pheer 427 grinder, variable, 2 hp
Viel S5 1x42 grinder for sharpening

20" variable speed JET drill press
small benchtop 3 speed drill press

4x6 ingram metal saw
DeWalt portaband, benchtop
Round column JET 2hp mill/drill

225 amp Sears AC stick welder
110V Cratsman MIG welder

3 oxy/ace setups, BIG, medium, portable

172# Peter Wright Anvil
150# industrial swage block
3 post vises, 6.5", 5", 4"
Blown vertical propane/waste oil forge
Venturi horizontal propane forge
50 lb. Little Giant power hammer
Nearly completed 25 ton c-frame forging press

small wood lathe
12" wood band saw
10" decent table saw

assorted smaller yet handy tools

In the works:
negotiations on a metal lathe
80 gallon 7.5 horse DevilBiss compressor (needs motor)
Disc grinder (have motor and drive)

wishes:
A metal lathe already!
always a bigger anvil or powerhammer
HT oven
A Bridgeport vertical knee mill
Hydraulic surface grinder
Really, I won't list all of them. That would be ridiculous.

 

[efleming]

Oh man... been typing all day...

Click here --> http://www.flemingknives.com/shoptour2012.htm

Sorry for being lazy... Great thread Rick!

 

[JCaswell]

PIX lifted the previous thread.
There's a LOT more I don't have pix for, but here goes....
Pt1:

 

[JCaswell]

Pt2:

 

[JCaswell]

Pt3:

The barn is a new addition.
It's much needed shop storage --- I keep a lot of woodworking/construction tools plus some raw materials down there. :thumbup:


HEY ERIC--got that hammer running?

 

[Don Nguyen]

2 large hydraulic actuated grinders

What in the world are those?

 

[JCaswell]

These were shop-made 2x72 grinders with hydraulically-actuated ways (automatic reciprocating).

Here's a picture of the big one that I (sadly) had to scrap to make room for the CNC.
It had a 36-inch long magnetic chuck on a tilting sine table. It was for squaring/cleaning up sword-length forgings (hence the tilting sine table to accommodate forged-in distal taper, etc.). The X-axis was automatic/hydraulic. Worked like a champ.
RIP, Big Green.

 

[Smithy]

Hello, my name is Teddy and I am a tool junkie. My stuff can't compare to the wonderful shops presented here, but I have a different tool set.

Wilmont grinder with all the attachments.
2 bench top drill presses
20 ton benchtop hydraulic press (Bonny Doon)
5 Foredom flexshaft machines
Vacuum unit (10")
2 electric ovens with digital programing
Gravermeister air operated engraver with 4 handpieces (for trade if anyone is interested)
Centrifugal casting machine
Quatro dual dust colectors
4" dremel table saw
HF metal band saw
1x42 Delta/Rockwell belt sander
Unimat lathe with all accessories
6" diamond wet saw
Diamond pacific lapidary equipment
Ultrasonic and steam cleaners
Lost wax casting equipment

I have been a goldsmith for 35 or so years (time goes really fast when you're having fun). I closed my studio in June of this year and I am in the process of setting everything up at home. I decided that I was going to make knives during my retirement as I made some knives 30/35 years ago and really liked it. Matter of fact---I am finishing up a couple knives that I started but never finished. I will be posting pictures as soon as I can figure out how to do it (in a timely efficient manner). ...Teddy

 

[Tait]

I just have a small home shop in the garage, shared with a car.

Contents:

2x72 KMG
6" bench grinder
Portaband with stand
Toolboxes
Mill drill (no drill press, should probably get one...)
6x18 Atlas lathe (made in 1930s)
Evenheat kiln
A chunk of 3.5" square cold rolled for hammering stuff out
Some hand tools
New 6" Harbor freight buffer

 

[james terrio]

I am a porta-band heretic. I can cut anything y'all can with your finicky $200+ saws (in fact I can work with anything I can clamp down to something, and faster) with my $25 angle-grinder. So there!

 

[Tait]

I started with an angle grinder and it scared me - I realized it would only be a matter of time before I cut myself pretty badly. (For anyone not sure what I am talking about, here is a recent thread that got in to angle grinder safety issues.)

Since this is a hobby, speed is of secondary importance. So, for me, the comparison is not porta-band versus angle grinder, it's portaband versus hacksaw. And the portaband is WAY better than the hacksaw.

 

[12345678910]

I started with an angle grinder and it scared me - I realized it would only be a matter of time before I cut myself pretty badly.

So, for me, the comparison is not porta-band versus angle grinder, it's portaband versus hacksaw. And the portaband is WAY better than the hacksaw.

I have angle grinders, but I use them outside.
There 's something about slinging sparks across the shop I don't care for.

I'll admit it my sweeping is not that good.
I don't really do woodworking, but somehow there is sawdust in every corner and crevice of my work area.

 

[james terrio]

There are definitely concerns to be addressed. You don't want sparks going up your sleeve or into a pile of oily rags. A full face shield, ear-plugs and welding gloves are important. When I use my AG I'm oriented so all sparks go against a blank wall with empty space in front of it - the area is easy to keep clean with a shop vac.

Which reminds me, a shop vac is one of my other favorite tools :thumbup: