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| Shop Tour The Tutorials links are at the bottom of the text box to the right. Just click on the thumbnails and they'll take you there. Enjoy..... I work out of a 1200 square foot shop that used to be a storage shed and carport (which we enclosed). My shop is divided into 3 rooms, 2 are dry rooms (for heat treating storage etc), the other is my grinding room, where all the dirty work goes down. |
| I use KMG grinders for my bevel work and blade grinding. I have 2 of these and they are set up above a 3 horsepower dust collection system that sends particles and exhaust outward of the shop. This is a must for work with carbon fiber and G10. |
| The shop has recently undergone some major renovations and upgrades. All the wiring was replaced and everything was separated to dedicated lines/circuits. I also replaced the induction fan in my dust collector/exhaust unit with a specialized fan that has about 40% more pull. The motor and housing was removed from the floor and is now mounted upside down on the grinder bench. |
| I finally got my surface grinder up an running... It's a old Norton Automatic 6 X 18... It's got power feed for the X & Y axis and it's quickly becoming the most valuable tool in my shop. |
| Above is my Jet JTM-2 mill and my Jet lathe. They have both undergone major modifications and both are invaluable to me at this point. |
| Above are some comprehensive photos of the shop. I try to keep it as open and easy to move around as possible. It is imperative, with all the machinery, that the surroundings are easy to navigate. I am a pretty organized person as I've found that it greatly reduces my production time when things are easier to find. Click on any of the above pictures to view a larger version as they are all thumbnails. The shop is ever changing and this page will update constantly. I have removed the tutorial links temporarily to update the pages... |
| I moved the air compressor from the main room to a separate room. I also ran lines for air connects throughout the shop. |
| Above is my wood stabilizing and processing room. I just recently converted this from a storage room. |
