• The forum upgrades have been completed. These were moderate security fixes from our software vendor and it looks like everything is working well. If you see any problems please post in the Forum Technical Support forum or email us at forum_moderator (at) aawforum.org. Thank you
  • February 2026 Turning Challenge: Cookie Jar! (click here for details)
  • Congratulations to Matt Carvalho for "Red Mallee Folded Form" being selected as Turning of the Week for February 9, 2026 (click here for details)
  • AAW Symposium demonstrators announced - If the 2026 AAW International Woodturning Symposium is not on your calendar, now is the time to register. And there are discounts available if you sign up early, by Feb. 28. Early Bird pricing gives you the best rate for our 40th Anniversary Symposium in Raleigh, North Carolina, June 4–7, 2026. (There are discounts for AAW chapter members too) For more information vist the discussion thread here or the AAW registration page
  • Welcome new registering member. Your username must be your real First and Last name (for example: John Doe). "Screen names" and "handles" are not allowed and your registration will be deleted if you don't use your real name. Also, do not use all caps nor all lower case.

New shop photos

john lucas

john lucas

AAW Forum Expert
Joined
Apr 26, 2004
Messages
8,732
Likes
4,831
Location
Cookeville, TN
Got the shop up and running now. Just put up all the lathe tools and put another wire shelf up to hold my parts bins. Still have a lot of boxes to unpack which is why you see so many empty shelves and wall space. Also have to find a place to hand over 100 clamps. But at least the dust collector is working and everything is hooked up and roughly in place. Gotta stop now and work on getting ready for my AAW demos. I still have to find some of the demo pieces and possibly get a few started since there isn't enough time for glue or paint to dry during the demos.
 

Attachments

  • DSC_0001.jpg
    DSC_0001.jpg
    158.9 KB · Views: 238
  • DSC_0002 .jpg
    DSC_0002 .jpg
    148.8 KB · Views: 243
  • DSC_0003.jpg
    DSC_0003.jpg
    170.8 KB · Views: 229
  • DSC_0004.jpg
    DSC_0004.jpg
    117.1 KB · Views: 192
The happy for you and jealous feelings are fighting it out right now. I hope someday to build a nice shop like that. Apparently putting kids through college comes first.
 
Been there Russel. This is my 7th shop. This one is smaller than the last one but the lessons learned from setting up the other 6 have played off and I think this is going to be my most productive.
 
Yea Dean I found out that Lowes sells 9foot panels of the 7/16 for 1/3 the cost of the 8 foot thicker panels. The 7/16 might be too thin but so far it's worked out.
 
Nice shop. Needs some chips and sawdust on the floor. Surprised you didn't call me to take the photos.;)
 
Thanks, will take up the invitation. Thinking about going back to work to get some rest. Will be in touch.
 
No it's still sitting on the floor and probably will for another few weeks. I have too much to do to get work ready for Raleigh. I'm kinda putting it off because I don't know how we are going to lift it 6 feet in the air to put it where it's going. It's really heavy. Thinking about screwing some 2x4's to hinges and make a sort of ramp. Then I'll put 2 more as supports so we can set it on the ramp, lift it until one of the support legs locks into place. Then repostion our bodies and hands so we can lift it to shoulder height where another set of legs will lock. then we should be able to slide it along the ramp and into the housing. Might try using the chain hoist instead if I can fasten strong enough anchor points in the ceiling steel.
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top