A few weeks ago we moved 5000+ miles, moving involved boats, planes, automobiles and trucks, taking my large tools or machines was not an option.
Luckily my wife understands and accepts my projectitis so she agreed to buy a new home with a shopspace and let me do whatever I wanted with it. So now I'm in the fortunate position to get to rebuild my shop to my needs.
The space is a single width, double length garage, with an insulated overhead door that is easy to reach by truck (good for delivering heavy parts) it has a good solid concrete floor, insulation and sheetrock and most of all; ample power, 2- 220v single phase 20A circuits and 1-400v three phase 16A, should be enough to power some
toys tools.
So far I've got and brought from Texas:
- Every handtool known to mankind (and then some)
- Engine hoist to move machines and heavy parts
- Collection of partial projects and supplies
- HEAVY welding/beating table
What I've added:
- HBM 45 Profi mill with DRO
- Some ISO30 tooling (Drillchuck, Collets from 3 to 25mm (1/8" to 1"), Saw arbor+saws, 50mm surfacing, 22mm arbor chuck)
- Metric hold down kit
- tool grinder with HSS and carbide stones and drill angle holder
- small desktop drill press
- shopvac (a big one) to remove all the chips I plan to make
- compressor
- collection of mostly Mitutoyo metric measuring tools
- 3 150cmx64cm hardwood topped workbenches
- old kitchen cabinets (4 of them 100cmx60cm each)
- 12 double bulb 120cm fluorescent lights
- 5m 400v 3-phase/16amp extension cord
Still to come:
- Lathe (likely a AI Hembrug DR1S 4000rpm)
- 1200+C degree oven (alu melting, tempering, annealing)
- TIG AC/DC welder
- Propane forge
- Anvil
I'm VERY happy with my new shop and even started making some parts yesterday for a small pen knife with a homemade damascus blade.
Not trying to brag here, just excited that I get to rebuild my shop after a 5,000 mile+ move and after selling my place in Texas. There are many nice used machines available here and there is a machinist toy store about 20 minutes up the road.