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tom osselton:
Nice shops!  two little drill presses separated by a grinder practicing our Feng Shui are we?
How do you find the Princess Auto lathe I have been debating on getting one just for metric or a bigger lathe to do both when the garage mods are done. I have the same little 100 amp tig they work not bad.
I travel from the basement to the garage this year building a vacuformer for use at Protospace (a makerspace type place) but find the tools get draged around making it harder to find them but it shows me what I need more of.

inthesticks:
Hi shipto believe me mine gets pretty messed up in the middle of a project I like to stay on top of cleanup and organization between projects or it gets to a point where I'm wasting time looking for stuff. As for storage, granted I have lots of space but as John B said it just means you collect more stuff. I find that for materials, salvage and rarely used stuff, bankers or other strong boxes work well under workbenches. You can fit a lot more in boxes than on shelves and if you label everything it makes it easier to find.

Hi Tom considering what I paid for my asian imports they will get me by my learning stages. If I had more machining experiance I would have spent my money on something of higher quality but it is what it is and for a little money I can gain some experiance. Hopefully I can fit out my South Bend by the time I am ready to move on.

On the subject of shop clean up here are some pics of my dust colletion system. I was to cheap to spend 500 bucks on a 2 HP collector so I put together a 1HP collector and boosted it with a 3/4HP portable blower to get the suction I needed for my extensive pipes and hose, cost 250 bucks :) I plugged them both into a remote starter so I could start them from anywhere in the 3 heated shops. enough suction to pick up anything except course or oiled metal which I avoid. As far as particulate matter goes cleanup is a breeze.Hoses will reach all parts of the 3 shops and all of the machines, the radial arm saw is hard piped.

Cheers
CB
 

tom osselton:
We all start somewhere then look to upgrade when a good deal comes along it's a never ending process checking kijiji,  ebay, and the used tool stores! 

inthesticks:
There are a few more pictures I should add here to finish this up.

1. This Delta 12 X 40 was a rebuild I did 5 or 6 years ago. Got it at auction for 1/10th the retail. rusty, damaged variable speed mechanism and 3 phase electrics. Repaired and cleaned up nice, now runs 1 HP single phase.
2. Two of the box full of accessories I got with the lathe, new set of Marples chisels and copy attachment.
3. Buried in the dust is 8" Delta jointer, got it half rebuilt 3 years ago and got pulled away, need to get back to it soon. I have a 6" import so have not had a need to rush it.
4. My South Bend still waiting.
5. And this is a much older General bandsaw, pretty rough but all the parts are there. Hope to revive it as a metal cutting bandsaw.
    I also have all the parts for a Delta 20" bandsaw which I plan to use in a small band saw mill build down the road.

And lastly followers of my threads may have noticed I like 3 legged pipe stands. I have them on 2 of my vices, my sheet metal former and the latest, my welding fixture. I find they are very stable, will take a lot of abuse as my vices can attest to and they are portable so you can move them to where you need them.

I think this is really done now.  :)

Cheers
CB

inthesticks:
 :update: Ok I lied I'm not done. The couple of pictures of my garage/workshop didn't do it any justice in the condition that it was in. Got it all cleaned up and reorganized the other day. Figured these pics, would be a better representation, ya I know to clean  :bugeye:  Ready for the next project, unfortunately " winters coming".

Cheers CB

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