Workshop wall cupboards

[9fingers]

I started these immediately after Christmas and have spent most of my free time building them. just finished some 7 weeks later.

My workshop is very much work in progress but I needed some where to put tools etc other than the bench tops. hence the drive to build these to make some space.

Before:-

during:-
Cupboard carcases made from 12 mm resin coated birch ply with all exposed edges lipped in oak

After:-
Rail and stile panel doors made from oak with 6mm veneered ply fields and satin varnished.

The knobs are cheapy pine ones and have come out a bit dark. I initially used light oak stain which was hardly visible so I tried medium oak - good job I did not use dark oak.

Now I've got to decide on the next job.

Drawers and Cupboards under the bench
Router table ( wood pecker lift at dollar prices on it's way via a friend from the US)
Stand and outfeed table for the bench top thicknesser
Or perhaps I had better put in proper power wiring - everything is on extension leads at the moment.
Install the intercom to the house so I can order coffee and sandwiches from time to time!

The list goes on........

Bob

 

[NeilO]

liking it Bob,
some big workshop you have there, I can only manage 2 std 1000mm cupboards in mine :mrgreen:

 

[stewart]

Looks great, Bob. You're getting very organised there now - an incentive to me to keep getting organised!

 

[Waka]

Bob

Do those cupboards go into infinity? looking really good, you must now show us what is going to fit inthem.

 

[Philly]

Bob
Looks great - would love to see more pics of your shop when you get the time.
Best regards
Philly

 

[Gordon T]

hey up Bob,

Look at the room in your workshop!!!!!!!!!!!

and I agree with the above, more piccies please when you get the chance

GT

 

[Chris Knight]

It's looking great Bob.

And I'm not a bit envious of your miserable tiny space! :^o

 

[9fingers]

Thanks for all your encouraging comments.

There is a slight snag with giving other views of the shop. They would reveal
what a state the rest of it is in!!

Out of shot is the Jet 200mm planer and the belfast sink complete with water heater that still needs wiring up. There is also a brick lavatory style old Startrite bandsaw with 18" throat that I have been refurbishing.
Like this one apart from the Axminster fence I have on mine

the planer and bandsaw are on home made mobile bases.

and

Finally there is a short movie of the Burgess cyclone.

http://s115.photobucket.com/albums/n313 ... i_0217.flv

The rest is working in progress limited by free time - at least until Dec2008 when I retire and I'll be able to devote more time to it, although my wife reckons I'll be devoting more time to her too
:lol:

Bob

 

[Rich]

I don't suppose you can get an old dimplex oil filled rad like that any more either.
Rich.
ps, are you still nusung a taxi to get to the other end of the workshop? :lol:

 

[OPJ]

Good work. It's amazing how much floor space you can save by utilising your wall space properly for storage.

The three-wheeled bandsaw looks interesting. Hopefully we'll get to see more on that in the coming months? :wink:

 

[les chicken]

Very nice Bob

With cupboards that good I am surprised the combination locks don't show. Wicks do some nice nice light oak knobs for cupboards, I used them recently on some oak wardrobes I made and they look fine.

Les

 

[9fingers]

Good work. It's amazing how much floor space you can save by utilising your wall space properly for storage.

The three-wheeled bandsaw looks interesting. Hopefully we'll get to see more on that in the coming months? :wink:

Hi Olly.
The bandsaw is a Startrite 18-S-1. the 18 is the throat depth and the 1 refers to the number of speeds. These machines were made with either a single belt drive, a 5 step cone pulley drive to give 5 speeds and the 10 speed model which has a 2 speed gearbox and the 5 step pulley. The 10 speed machine is quite difficult to find at a sensible price.
I work in metal as well as wood so really need the extremes of the speed range. I have added a second pair of pulleys. One very small on the motor shaft driving the biggest one I could fit in on the driven bandwheel.
This still does not give a low enough speed for thick steel and so as the machine is 3 phase, I have fitted an inverter so I drop the motor speed down using that.

So with a simple belt swap, and the turn of a knob, I can flip between metal and wood cutting speeds. Obviously I need to change the blade as well but that goes without saying.

The refurbishment has mainly involved replacing nearly every bearing on the machine and pumping grease into the motor bearings which so far have stopped screeching. The vendor was so proud to demo the machine running whereas as an engineer, to me it was literally crying out for TLC .

A photocopied manual was obtained on Ebay which whilst not essential has shown what to expect before dismantling.

Like many others, I use Dragon blades which like their service are excellent.

ArcEurotrade supplied the bearings promptly and very reasonably

The OEM fence was not supplied when I bought the machine on EBay for about £150 2 years ago so I arranged with Father Christmas to supply one and that was fitted a couple of weeks ago.


If anyone needs more details, please let me know specifically what you need to know and I'll try and help.

The single and 5 speed models come up on Ebay every now and then and worth looking out for.


Bob

 

[Digit]

Er, Bob, cheeky question. Do you actually use these machines or does the sawdust creep away on its own? :wink:

Roy.

 

[9fingers]

Er, Bob, cheeky question. Do you actually use these machines or does the sawdust creep away on its own? :wink:

Roy.

How do you think the cupboards and doors got made? :?

The 110mm pipes running down the length of the shop end up at the cyclone and dump most of the shavings and sawdust into a bin. See video link earlier in the thread.

The photos were taken after a bit of a clean up for two reasons
1) because I had been varnishing the doors and needed dust free surfaces to allow the varnish to dry.
2) I had a visitor due to plane and thickness some birch for him in return for the welding he did for me on the mobile bases.

The shop is not always that clean - honest

Bob

 

[superunknown]

Wow how odd, that first Startrite you show pictured above, I have spent many an hour using that exact machine!

 

[9fingers]

Wow how odd, that first Startrite you show pictured above, I have spent many an hour using that exact machine!

Did you like using it? I reckon it is the dogs doo dahs. Rock solid and just cuts everything I throw at it.

I lifted that picture from Ebay because it showed the fence that my saw was missing so clearly. It is a very tidy version indeed.
Mine has had a an amateurish respray job before I got it. Hence the picture on the mobile base showing it in non startrite green.

Bob

 

[Digit]

The shop is not always that clean - honest

Now that I can believe! Very nice work by the way.

Roy.