I got a little bit moved today.
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New shop.
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The more I paint the bigger it looks.
I invite you to revisit this comment in a year or two.
Now to get all that non woodturning stuff out
Rusty, when you hung the drywall, did you do anything to mark the locations of the studs and joists for future fasteners?
The walls are plywood and the ceiling is OSB. Easy to see where the studs are.
Then I will probably be complaining about the shop being too small.I invite you to revisit this comment in a year or two.
Very deluxe, but that's got to have been an upcharge from drywall. How thick is the plywood?
Plywood and OSB are all 1/2”. I went with plywood so I could put a screw in and hang something anywhere I wanted.
You really have been busy Rusty! Everything looks real nice so far.
A couple of pages back, somebody mentioned storage on top of rafters. Technically, those are engineered trusses and the bottom boards are called chords.
The point here is not internet troll pedantics, however. Those trusses are intentionally made with as little material as possible and the bottom chords are not supposed to carry any live load at all. People often get away with throwing a few 2x4s or a kayak up there, but a decent quantity of lumber is quite heavy, and there is a very real risk of a catastrophic failure from loading the bottom chords of engineered trusses.
Rusty probably knows this, but not everyone does. Please, for your own safety, do not put loads on your trusses, and don't cut, drill or modify them in any way.
The point here is not internet troll pedantics, however. Those trusses are intentionally made with as little material as possible and the bottom chords are not supposed to carry any live load at all. People often get away with throwing a few 2x4s or a kayak up there, but a decent quantity of lumber is quite heavy, and there is a very real risk of a catastrophic failure from loading the bottom chords of engineered trusses.
Rusty probably knows this, but not everyone does. Please, for your own safety, do not put loads on your trusses, and don't cut, drill or modify them in any way.
main body of my shop is 24 x 36 also, but with a 14' ceiling up to a 12x36' loft with 8' ceiling. Note the bare studs above the 8' level: Most construction projects I have started are never finished. The are simply abandoned when they reach a state of usefulness. Red tractor is long gone
Nothing like a custom sized shop. Curious how your managing dust control, have you designed to have your dust equipment move particulate directly outside of the building?
in the area where I keep my planer, I run it thru my DC blower and run it outside into a pile. The stock Powermatic planer in the photo has been replaced by a Rockwell planer with a helical head. The horse is already out of the barn on breathing dust in the main part of the shop, but when the planer is in use, without dust/shaving extraction, one would be up to their knees in shavings in no time
...I like it. Thinking of doing the same myself.
Came home from the symposium and found a dust collector. I will be adding a cyclone to it, my air compressor and then adding walls to enclose it all to help with noise.
My back ordered router extension came yesterday.
My son helped me tear out the big bench in the old shop to make room to move out the rest of the things that don't belong. We also got the bench made for the small tools.
I got rid of the rest of the stuff that didn't belong. Finished painting and organized a little. Also built my miter saw bench. All of the space under the miter saw bench will be cabinets and drawers.
That gave me a laugh. Nicest red tractor I’ve seen
I finished installing the lights, moved the CNC in and hooked the dust collector up to the table saw.
Dust collection is coming along.
Finished it today.
Tom Gall
TOTW Team
Looking good, Rusty. Might I recommend moving the blast gate on your tablesaw from the floor to the wall to avoid having to bend down - similar to your lathe and bandsaw setup. Are your main lines (ceiling) larger than your drop-downs? ... hard to tell from the photos.
Everything is 4”. The reason I have the blast gate on the floor is so I can separate the table saw from the router table. I need to make one for the router table too but it will be a different size.
Tom Gall
TOTW Team
Aha! I assume the blue covered Y is for the router table. You can still move the main blast gate to the wall (eliminating the one on the floor) and add another one for the router which will be higher off the floor. Just a suggestion.
I was thinking of leaving the one for the table saw open all the time unless I need to close it for some reason.
Any open gates will reduce airflow and may not allow good function of the system. I always close the not in use gates and only have one in use at a time
I realize that. I ran with two open and all went well. Closed one so only had one open, did the same thing and saw no difference.
I am still going through withdrawal. It was one of 14 built as a street legal factory racer: an absolute blast to drive and the exhaust note was intoxicating. Here is a photo of my shop. No air conditioning or dust collection. It is also home to 7 spoiled rotten feral cats. There are no rats in my barnThat gave me a laugh. Nicest red tractor I’ve seen
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I’m starting to get shop envy. And tractor envy!
This is my orange tractor (KTM 1290 Super Duke, 1301 cc vtwin). Ever been to tractor pulls? It pulls like a john deere running nitro
I made my lathe cabinet the last couple of days.
