Workshop slide

geigerpipes · Post by **geigerpipes** » Sun Jan 06, 2008 6:15 pm

My Freind Ervin has been hanging out in the shop latley photographing us as we work and I have been putting togheter a slide show that I intend to put on my webpage eventually...

Still need to add 10 or so more pictures of the blasting room ect.
rearange the order some and spellceck.

Please have a Look
and tell me what you think

...anything missing?

LatakiaLover · Post by **LatakiaLover** » Sun Jan 06, 2008 7:25 pm

I think you forgot the link.

pierredekat · Post by **pierredekat** » Sun Jan 06, 2008 9:20 pm

Wow, awesome slide show. And that's really cool that you have Sara working with you.

So far, I have only gotten my Adriana involved with sewing pipe socks. But if I ever get things going well enough that I can't keep up, maybe I will try to get Adriana involved with sanding and such.

RadDavis · Post by **RadDavis** » Sun Jan 06, 2008 9:50 pm

LatakiaLover wrote:I think you forgot the link.

Hey George,

Click on the word "look".

Love,

That sanding belt set up is pretty amazing!

Great slide show.

Rad

LatakiaLover · Post by **LatakiaLover** » Sun Jan 06, 2008 10:07 pm

Thanks Rad. (My browser doesn't show that in a different color.)

RadDavis · Post by **RadDavis** » Mon Jan 07, 2008 12:26 am

LatakiaLover wrote:Thanks Rad. (My browser doesn't show that in a different color.)

Mine doesn't either, and I couldn't find the link, but when I read Robert's post, I figured it had to be there somewhere, so I just moved my cursor around over words until the little hand showed up.

Rad

geigerpipes · Post by **geigerpipes** » Mon Jan 07, 2008 2:26 am

Thanks

Rad yeah the belt sander is great but not operational yet need to fund a frequencly moduator that can run it (2,2 kw

) so i can slow it down as it runs at 3000 rpm..

Having Sara in the shop is a great resorce after all we have been working on the pipes togheter for a while now and we are starting to comunicate well without trowing things at each other

sethile · Post by **sethile** » Mon Jan 07, 2008 7:18 am

Great slide show, Love!

Thanks very much for posting those pictures. I really enjoy seeing shop set ups and various procedures taking place like this. It seems like I always pick up a new idea or two. It looks like you have a fantastic set up.

I hope to get a home brew flexible belt sander set up one of these days, although I've heard it's a long learning curve. Lately I seem to be able to destroy things pretty quickly with the material removal options I already have

TreverT · Post by **TreverT** » Mon Jan 07, 2008 9:54 am

I will nag you now over one thing - Dude, seriously, you really need to get yourself a respirator to wear while you're doing sandblasting. No matter how well it's filtered, you'll always have fine dust getting out into the air, and you don't want to be breathing blasting media year after year. [/nag]

Awesome pics! Dang, you two are neat and tidy. My workshop is one giant pile of stuff with narrow passages between stacks.

bluesmk · Post by **bluesmk** » Mon Jan 07, 2008 10:03 am

Thanks Tever, I was thinking the same thing about my "Hobbit hole" shop ! LOL
Dan
Gabrieli Pipes....great slide Love !

hollywood · Post by **hollywood** » Mon Jan 07, 2008 10:49 am

What a wonderful Slide show, Love! For someone new; it's a glimpse into what we may have gotten ourselves into!!

Thank you for sharing it with us!

LexKY_Pipe · Post by **LexKY_Pipe** » Mon Jan 07, 2008 11:27 am

Love, thanks for the amazing pictures.

geigerpipes · Post by **geigerpipes** » Mon Jan 07, 2008 11:31 am

Thanks you guys I'm happy you like them..

Trever you are right I need to dust of the respirator and the shop is only this clean when doing slideshows or expecting important visitors

JHowell · Post by **JHowell** » Mon Jan 07, 2008 12:04 pm

Great slide show! Trever is right, wear a respirator. Silicosis is no joke.

geigerpipes · Post by **geigerpipes** » Mon Jan 07, 2008 1:15 pm

Jack..

Of cource you and Trever are right..I've been sloppy with the respirator the last few years and I feel it in my lungs...but for the pictures I thought it would look cool without one kinda like riding a motorbike without a helmet... actullay the blasting pics where taknen by myslef I had 10 secs to run over to the cabinet and pretend blasting

JHowell · Post by **JHowell** » Tue Jan 08, 2008 1:16 am

Gotcha Love, not trying to be a pain. Maybe this would be a good time, though, to reiterate to everyone who does blasting to wear a respirator with particulate-rated filters. What happens is that the sharp particles get in your lungs and create a continuous irritation by cutting the delicate tissues. The damage doesn't heal, the scar tissue created replaces respiratory function. The people at greatest risk are those with occupational exposure to fractured mineral particles, like working in a sandblasting company or a mine, so I wouldn't say that blasting a pipe every now and then without a respirator is horribly bad, but it's not something to be taken lightly. Let's see, what else. Rad and I covered the part about not leaving drill bits in the tailstock . . . I guess that's all the nannyism for now. Be careful out there.

Nick · Post by **Nick** » Tue Jan 08, 2008 9:35 am

Just awesome bud. What a fun view into your pipe making. Great pics. Essy looks like a little cutie!

Thanks for sharing that Love.

hazmat · Post by **hazmat** » Wed Jan 09, 2008 10:19 pm

Excellent slide show, Love! Glad I finally got a chance to sit down and look at it. Gotta ask... those vises you were using for the stem shaping and finish sanding... something you made up or something that can be purchased? I've been looking for something that sits up off the workstation like that for a while but haven't been happy with anything I can get locally. Those seem like they're perfect for what I have in mind.

geigerpipes · Post by **geigerpipes** » Thu Jan 10, 2008 3:27 am

The vises you mention where bought here in sweden so I don't know if buying them from here would be economical you must be able to find something similar clouser to you anyways I bought them from Jula
http://www.jula.se/e-Sales/esa/ItemDeta ... @EQ=149642

They are nice for just what we use them for as you can swivel the and angle them in just any way you like but not rigid enough for heavier work like sawing ect.

Frank · Post by **Frank** » Thu Jan 10, 2008 5:15 am

hazmat wrote:Gotta ask... those vises you were using for the stem shaping and finish sanding... something you made up or something that can be purchased? I've been looking for something that sits up off the workstation like that for a while but haven't been happy with anything I can get locally. Those seem like they're perfect for what I have in mind.

Matt, you could try the PanaVise: http://www.tequipment.net/PanaViseCombinations301.asp, it comes with a couple of different types of jaw including nylon;
or the Proxxon Vise: http://www.turtlefeathers.com/text/prox ... tools.html.
I have the Proxxon clamp on vise. It comes with rubber jaw covers for non marring.

They're not as fancy as Love's vise, but they also cost a lot less.