RogerS
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Having consolidated the contents of two properties down into one plus storing a new kitchen, there was no room to swing the cat. One newly installed kitchen later plus multiple visits to charity shops and the tip, I can now reclaim my workshop.
Phase 1 is complete but I've a long way to go. My main weakness is that given a horizontal surface I can guarantee to fill it. Which means forever moving bits and pieces about before I can actually do any work. Phase 2 is more storage!
It's still pretty scruffy but at least I can use the machines!
I have one overwhelming question and that relates to siting the lathe but that comes a bit later...
After messing about with little bits of graph paper I came to the conclusion that with all the current kit plus the wood in stick I could not find a workable permanent layout. So with the exception of the grinder and lathe, all power tools are mobile.
You will also notice a complete apparent absence of any hand tools. They are all currently in the boxes seen in various pictures. I plan to build some wall cabinets and to use some new techniques in the making.
doesn't really show up the huge footprint that the spindle moulder takes up especially with the sliding table. I try to keep its' immediate area clear as my preferred method of cutting panels is still on the floor on top of a sacrificial board and using the Festool. I move the moulder out of the way and then drop the sheets down onto the floor. You can see the panel stock against the wall. What you can't see is that behind the panels are the remnants of the kitchen rebuild, and long lengths of softwood timber from an aborted project.
shows the wood in stick (it's two boards deep) and boxes of stored hand tools, screws, bits and bobs that all need a home. On the floor is the lathe that needs to be sited somewhere.
It's a CT150 planer although I'm tempted to get a larger one seeing as how the other kit has gone up a size. The drawback would be manouvreing a planer with longer infeed/outfeed tables.
is a modified Festool MultiFunction Table (MFT). There's a Triton router underneath plus three angle irons to keep the top flat. It's a Twin Linear router fence from Incra but the MFT top isn't really large enough to allow the full range on the Incra. I can remove the Incra and refit the MFT guide rails for use with the TS55. A DeWalt 621 router is also compatible with the Festool router guide and MFT guide rails and so I can use that for squaring, trimming panels or cutting housings. The three storage drawers came from a Wrighton kitchen that I ripped out from a flat in London. Waste not, want not !
shows the workbench and two walls crying out for some cabinets to house the hand tools. The walls could also be used to bolt the bench to as it does rack a bit.
But here's the rub. Originally I'd planned putting the lathe where the spindle moulder is. Reckoning that I needed a wall behind to store the tools and chucks etc. But then, reading Rowley's book he recommends natural light and so one place to site the lathe would be where the bench is (west facing window). I can make the lathe bench from wood and tie it to the wall to give some extra stability. But then where does the bench go? And the hand tool cabinets?
next to the workbench is the Woodrat. The table saw can roll underneath it if necessary to gain some floor space. In the background is the mitre bench that I just finished. There's a better picture here.
I built it round a 1000mm pan drawer unit surplus to kitchen requirements and still thinking how best to use the two cupboards currently open. The bench has a removeable fence that has a scale fitted to it. Register pins keep it located accurately with respect to the mitre saw and I use the Axminster Perfect Stop to cut timber to consistent and repeatable lengths. Once removed the bench top serves as a glue up bench although I would have like it to be deeper (currently 600mm deep x 2m long).
The rather strange looking drill at the left is from Triton and has a built-in stand that helps guarantee holes are drilled vertically. I've tried several different systems and this one seems the best. One day I will write a compare and contrast of the various systems I've used and try and get some quantitative measurements as to 'verticality'. Another TUIT.
is a larger picture of the router MFT table. It's probably in its' best position and likely to remain fixed there..simply because the wood pile gives a 'hole' to tuck the very long Incra fence in.
shows the machine cluster...being moveable they tend to end up in all sorts of position depending on current requirements. In front is the DeWalt DW746 table saw. It's missing it's very large side and rear extension tables..simply because until I can find a permanent position for it then I can't fit them. Mind you, given my preference for floor based panel cutting it's a bit moot whether I'll ever use these tables. The mobile base of the saw is a joy to use and being solid cast iron, it's very reassuring when you sling on huge slabs of ash or oak that the table saw just sits there.
In the foreground you can see the Mini-Cyclone from Clearvue. Like everything else, it's moveable.
A better view of the machines can be seen here
It's a Delta thicknesser in the foreground. Little and large in the background are the small Axminster AWSBS bandsaw and Scheppach Basato 5. All moveable.
Which leaves this space possibly for the lathe
Upside is lots of light (South facing). Downside is not being able to easily tie the bench back to anything nor any simple wall mounted storage options. One thought is to build the bench out of concrete blocks with a storage cabinet in the middle. It's what Trevtheturner did. But if I do that then I need to be damn sure that that will be its' final site. What do the turners among you think?
Lastly in the bay next door are the remaining planks that I've not yet managed to trim off the wormy wood.
All comments very welcome
Phase 1 is complete but I've a long way to go. My main weakness is that given a horizontal surface I can guarantee to fill it. Which means forever moving bits and pieces about before I can actually do any work. Phase 2 is more storage!
It's still pretty scruffy but at least I can use the machines!
I have one overwhelming question and that relates to siting the lathe but that comes a bit later...
After messing about with little bits of graph paper I came to the conclusion that with all the current kit plus the wood in stick I could not find a workable permanent layout. So with the exception of the grinder and lathe, all power tools are mobile.
You will also notice a complete apparent absence of any hand tools. They are all currently in the boxes seen in various pictures. I plan to build some wall cabinets and to use some new techniques in the making.
doesn't really show up the huge footprint that the spindle moulder takes up especially with the sliding table. I try to keep its' immediate area clear as my preferred method of cutting panels is still on the floor on top of a sacrificial board and using the Festool. I move the moulder out of the way and then drop the sheets down onto the floor. You can see the panel stock against the wall. What you can't see is that behind the panels are the remnants of the kitchen rebuild, and long lengths of softwood timber from an aborted project.
shows the wood in stick (it's two boards deep) and boxes of stored hand tools, screws, bits and bobs that all need a home. On the floor is the lathe that needs to be sited somewhere.
It's a CT150 planer although I'm tempted to get a larger one seeing as how the other kit has gone up a size. The drawback would be manouvreing a planer with longer infeed/outfeed tables.
is a modified Festool MultiFunction Table (MFT). There's a Triton router underneath plus three angle irons to keep the top flat. It's a Twin Linear router fence from Incra but the MFT top isn't really large enough to allow the full range on the Incra. I can remove the Incra and refit the MFT guide rails for use with the TS55. A DeWalt 621 router is also compatible with the Festool router guide and MFT guide rails and so I can use that for squaring, trimming panels or cutting housings. The three storage drawers came from a Wrighton kitchen that I ripped out from a flat in London. Waste not, want not !
shows the workbench and two walls crying out for some cabinets to house the hand tools. The walls could also be used to bolt the bench to as it does rack a bit.
But here's the rub. Originally I'd planned putting the lathe where the spindle moulder is. Reckoning that I needed a wall behind to store the tools and chucks etc. But then, reading Rowley's book he recommends natural light and so one place to site the lathe would be where the bench is (west facing window). I can make the lathe bench from wood and tie it to the wall to give some extra stability. But then where does the bench go? And the hand tool cabinets?
next to the workbench is the Woodrat. The table saw can roll underneath it if necessary to gain some floor space. In the background is the mitre bench that I just finished. There's a better picture here.
I built it round a 1000mm pan drawer unit surplus to kitchen requirements and still thinking how best to use the two cupboards currently open. The bench has a removeable fence that has a scale fitted to it. Register pins keep it located accurately with respect to the mitre saw and I use the Axminster Perfect Stop to cut timber to consistent and repeatable lengths. Once removed the bench top serves as a glue up bench although I would have like it to be deeper (currently 600mm deep x 2m long).
The rather strange looking drill at the left is from Triton and has a built-in stand that helps guarantee holes are drilled vertically. I've tried several different systems and this one seems the best. One day I will write a compare and contrast of the various systems I've used and try and get some quantitative measurements as to 'verticality'. Another TUIT.
is a larger picture of the router MFT table. It's probably in its' best position and likely to remain fixed there..simply because the wood pile gives a 'hole' to tuck the very long Incra fence in.
shows the machine cluster...being moveable they tend to end up in all sorts of position depending on current requirements. In front is the DeWalt DW746 table saw. It's missing it's very large side and rear extension tables..simply because until I can find a permanent position for it then I can't fit them. Mind you, given my preference for floor based panel cutting it's a bit moot whether I'll ever use these tables. The mobile base of the saw is a joy to use and being solid cast iron, it's very reassuring when you sling on huge slabs of ash or oak that the table saw just sits there.
In the foreground you can see the Mini-Cyclone from Clearvue. Like everything else, it's moveable.
A better view of the machines can be seen here
It's a Delta thicknesser in the foreground. Little and large in the background are the small Axminster AWSBS bandsaw and Scheppach Basato 5. All moveable.
Which leaves this space possibly for the lathe
Upside is lots of light (South facing). Downside is not being able to easily tie the bench back to anything nor any simple wall mounted storage options. One thought is to build the bench out of concrete blocks with a storage cabinet in the middle. It's what Trevtheturner did. But if I do that then I need to be damn sure that that will be its' final site. What do the turners among you think?
Lastly in the bay next door are the remaining planks that I've not yet managed to trim off the wormy wood.
All comments very welcome
