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Arbalist:
There was a thread on one of the forums about a serious accident a Lathe operator suffered whilst reaching for tooling located behind the Lathe. I'll try and find it, but for what it's worth I agree that it's a really poor idea to put tooling there.
Update. Here it is:
http://www.homemodelenginemachinist.com/f40/lathe-accident-tool-organizer-bad-idea-13762/
bertie_bassett:
--- Quote ---You could easily slide that lathe away from a wall Berty.
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thats what i did last time, had to unbolt from floor then swivel lathe out with a crowbar, is a pain in the backside though . i did wonder about cutting a hatch through the wall to access from outside!
re putting the mill in the left corner, im concerned the concrete wont take a mill, that corner has already cracked and subsided, i think the weight of a mill may cause issues. though i can cross that bridge when i come to it
PekkaNF:
I have a normal garage, that has a double doors at the other end and normal door athe othe other end. This allows me stuff the posessions on this principle:
* I keep all long bars, angle irons and such next to double doors, because I unload them form drive way side.
* I also use grinding machine and welder on this "dirty" side.
* I have 6 kg fire extinquishers at the both end. I would hate to run out before having a chance of dousing content of 6 kg extinquisher on possible fire. Nearby is fire station that has family day and my wife and daughter practices with me one day every autum.
* At the other 2/3 garage it is the "clean" side that houses lathes and a milling machine. The milling machine is at furthest away in the corner and it's heaviest at about 1500 kg mut it hasn't moved in years and that is the least obstructive place.
In between I have a band saw and trolley type toolchest and few heavy objects on dollys. I have to move them around ocassionally, but this aragement allows me to work most of the time all doors closed. Pretty handy in winter.
This is my way of working, smaller or bigger machines and samller or bigger work might change priorities. Also if I didn't have the other exit, I probably would do all the hot work and dirty stuff at the dead end, just to make sure that I can get out of there at any eventuality.
I tried to do woodworkking and metal workking on the same space some years and it did not work for me. But maybe it is just the scale of things.
Pekka
Jonny:
--- Quote from: Arbalist on May 13, 2014, 05:24:07 PM ---There was a thread on one of the forums about a serious accident a Lathe operator suffered whilst reaching for tooling located behind the Lathe. I'll try and find it, but for what it's worth I agree that it's a really poor idea to put tooling there.
Update. Here it is:
http://www.homemodelenginemachinist.com/f40/lathe-accident-tool-organizer-bad-idea-13762/
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Sorry but in that respect deserves everything he got.
Common sense.
Nothing wrong with racking above and behind
RussellT:
--- Quote from: Jonny on May 14, 2014, 08:16:40 PM ---Common sense.
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The trouble with common sense is that it's not as common as it's name suggests.
Russell
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