Okay its not exactly the cleanest or most organized shop you've seen but I know where everything is. My shop is shared with an SUV, reloading equipment & bullets, 1 freezer & a cat house.
The following pics are cleaning up the mill & lathe when they arrived, the exception is the mill got used right away and the lathe didn't, I ended up in the ER the same day the lathe was supposed to be on my truck. Lesson got learned that day.
This is the 2527 VH logan w/ cabinet I picked up locally. Actually its a 12x35.
Not in this Photo but the rest of the tear down if you click the pic and scroll through images on the upper right:
Dont mind the fire extinguishers I just dont have any other place to put them.
The Champ Mill
series IV I picked up a couple years ago. If you scroll through the rest of the pic's through this link there are things I documented.
I would add that the mill brand new is about $14K, I managed to get it for $600 its a 1991 model year,
at the time I could have scrapped it and made out with triple my money invested. The major problem with it was the table was jammed, I fixed that. Other issues included rusted & pitted surface on top, the vise had to be beaten off the table with a hammer so I could clean the T-slots and tram it, it took 2 weeks to clean slots alone. I spent countless hours trying to get the to coolant drain and not pool up in the middle.
Steady rest that I built, the first stages of the build.
My videos:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CTLbXRNlm-ohttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Jj2TV7h9RkThe steady rest is 100% complete, it works well for what it made for sometimes I over complicate projects.
Minus the welding slag and grinding dust the garage is much cleaner than it was the first time. I'm actually throwing junk away but still bringing in new things.
ETA: Enjoy the little things!
