New Workshop Setup *Warning, Many photos*

[jeff]

Hey gents,

I was asked to post a photo of my sanding/buffing station recently. While everything is not set up at present, the basic setup is evident. So, I became ambitious after tidying up the shop and thought I'd post photos of the whole setup, FWIW to you all. I've yet to get a central dust collection system and the buffing wheels (which will be mounted on the opposite side of the sanding motors where the drill press and the bandsaw are sitting in the photos) have yet to be mounted and wired. Otherwise, it is pretty much what I will be sticking with sans sandblasting.

Cheers,

Jeff

General Setup w/ Lathes and Sanding/Finishing Bench


Sanding Station (Eventually 4 buffing wheels will be mounted on the other side with the double-madrel setup discussed in another thread.)


"New" Old 12" Craftsman Bandsaw (and for $25, a steal!)


Sanding/Finishing Bench


Lathe #1 (the one that was knocked off its skid when shipped)--Eventually will be setup exclusively for turning.


Lathe #2, the workhorse, for drilling, stemwork, etc.


Sanding wheel setup


New Shelving w/ briar and rod stock storage (a hell of a lot better than the cardboard boxes on the floor used in the past!)

[LexKY_Pipe]

Great looking shop. Can you keep it that neat?

[JMB]

Jeff, great looking shop. Very wish mine looked like that.

[magruder]

Nice LATHE,Dude

^^^ Inside joke. I was gonna get the grey Jet,and he beat me to it.
Great looking shop Jeff :thumb: :thumb:

[StephenDownie]

Jeez, if my shop ever got that clean it'd explode or something! Great setup!

[jeff]

Nice LATHE,Dude

^^^ Inside joke. I was gonna get the grey Jet,and he beat me to it.
Great looking shop Jeff :thumb: :thumb:

I have no idea what you are talking about.

BTW, you must be referring to the white Jet, the grey one was totally legit. And, it was a better deal, I might add.



As to the shop's cleanliness, well, I did mention that I had just cleaned up. It fluctuates between this and pretty stinking messy.

Best,

Jeff

[achduliebe]

Hey Jeff...awesome shop! Your shop is just about as kick*** as your pipes! :thumb:

[jbacon]

hey jeff

in your sanding station what kind of sanding disks do you have hooked up to your motors.

jim

[jeff]

I use 8" 36 grit fiber backed disks for roughing the shape. Then I proceed to a 6" 220 grit disk. I'll be adding 400 grit to the mix this week to make my final sanding go more quickly.

[jbacon]

thanks jeff

any special type of fibre disk. i went to 3m web site and they had several different types and weight. or just a genric fibre disc from like lowes or home depot. sorry to be a pita.

thanks
jim

[jbacon]

and one more question about the set up- there is no backing plate or anything is there. it is just the disc mounted on the motor.

jim

[jeff]

There is a backing plate. I use a plastic one because I like a little flex in the disk. I'll also be using a rigid disk in the near future in addition to this one.