Work shops and garages

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LakeOzark53

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Is there a thread I'm missing of everyone's work spaces and/or garages? I'd be really interested in that kind of thread.
 
I, too, am interested in this as I am potentially looking to re-do my garage shop, to include running a 220V outlet (or two).
 
Very nice shops!
Pics of my shop are on my web site: billdeshivs.com
I also am setting up part of my garage to work on guitars and other non-knife projects. I have the work benches set up. Just got a new portable A/C to install. Pics soon.
 
I am thinking about contributing to this thread, however, as my shop is used for many different things (and I am not good with time management), many things tend to happen all at once, and as such it couldn't be further from being organzied or in a shape that I would like to show at any given moment 😅
Though, it might be a good opportunity to tidy up the place a little...
 
I'm in a 9' x 13' corner of my basement. Hopefully by December I'll be in my new shop which will be a 15' x 25' internal space to a 32' x 40' pole garage. I'm looking forward to building out my new shop from scratch. Shop will be heated/cooled with mini split unit and I will put max focus on air quality and dust mitigation.
 
Good idea. I will make a new thread with the title "Shops and Garages"
People can post photos of their shops and any special equipment or features.

I have been posting my shop and forge rebuild status in "What's going on in your shop...".

To find photos of peoples shops, try using the Custom Search R]Engine" in the stickys. Search, "My New Shop", "Photos of my Shop", etc.
 
Stacy E. Apelt - Bladesmith said:
Good idea. I will make a new thread with the title "Shops and Garages"
People can post photos of their shops and any special equipment or features.

I have been posting my shop and forge rebuild status in "What's going on in your shop...".

To find photos of peoples shops, try using the Custom Search R]Engine" in the stickys. Search, "My New Shop", "Photos of my Shop", etc.
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My knife shop is getting a revamp very soon. I have a neighborhood kid who works on Sundays cleaning it up.

My work has morphed over the years. Originally, it was knife repair and jewelry work, and a few gun parts. Later, I began making more knives and customizing others' knives.
Now I seldom make knives and jewelry and Most of my work is restoration and repair primarily. I hope to rearrange, organize, and make it more efficient for repairs. I have parts to build over 100 knives that I didn't have years ago, and other parts and tools. We have put a Unimat lathe and a 4" table saw away to make bench space, but they are still accessible if needed. I do have a larger lathe. We stored one of my 3 pantograph engraving machines.

I'm trying to make the most of the space I have before adding on.
 
Linus Knives said:
Thanks for the mention. Yes, I've basically redone my whole shop recently. https://www.bladeforums.com/threads/whats-going-on-in-the-shop.2036406/
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I’ll go ahead and say it. Downright strange…..way too neat, clean and organized. No way I’d post a pic of my shop after seeing this.

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godogs57 said:
I’ll go ahead and say it. Downright strange…..way too neat, clean and organized. No way I’d post a pic of my shop after seeing this.

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Ha, you wouldn't want to see it now, even though Im trying to keep it neat. Those pictures were taken right after I had finished putting everything back in my shop and organizing/building shelves/3d printing stuff for all the tools. I doubt it will ever be that clean again. :)
 
My garage is filthy! Cleaned it out a bit last Sunday trying to figure out where to install the 220V outlets for the new grinder. My big-ass mill is in the way, but there is really nowhere else I can put it (or even move it myself).
 
Y'all be very careful having your shop in your home as it will negate your homeowners coverage if there is a fire. I've known more than one maker that had their insurance company use a forensic accountant to dig up a payment for a knife and deny homeowners coverage. Usually cities will not give business licences to home based shops. Mine wont. This precludes business insurance, and negates homeowners insurance.

I had two homes that had shops in them. One garage shop and one in my basement. I was careful, and lucky and there was no fire in them. When I moved the business to a rented facility and got business insurance my agent informed me how lucky I was. Be careful. Most fires start in the dust collector.
 
midnight soda said:
I am thinking about contributing to this thread, however, as my shop is used for many different things (and I am not good with time management), many things tend to happen all at once, and as such it couldn't be further from being organzied or in a shape that I would like to show at any given moment 😅
Though, it might be a good opportunity to tidy up the place a little...
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Well, I didn't really manage to tidy up... anything, really. In fact, once I got the 'new' welder that you can see in some of the pictures, I started making a cart for it, then realized that the welder needed some work, then realized that the watercooler for the tig torch needed some work, and so it went until I was doing several more little projects at once, in addition to the ones I was already doing.
On the plus side, I managed to finish most of the dividing wall between what I'm calling the 'grinding room', and what will become a closed off 'dust free room (in massive quotes)/paint cabin'.
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From the main gate looking inside. I try to keep the 'driveway' clear, in case I have to work on a vehicle, or have heavy/a lot of stuff to unload. As such, the forge and heat treating stations are kept as mobile as possible.
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Small machining corner between the mill and the surface grinder.
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Towards the back of the shop, where eventually I plan to completely wall of the back section, for the paint cabin/winter garage.
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Looking back, and to the right, towards the heat treating corner. Main grinding station in the left of the picture.
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Looking in through the entrance of the 'grinding room', grinder on the right, small storage and bench grinding/buffing room head on.
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Said storage room.
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From the argon tank in the last picture, looking invards into the grinding room.
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Steel and scrap storage
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As you can see, everything is neatly organized, with nothing at all out of place, as this desk is flawlessly demonstrating
 
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