Mekkemikkel's new workshop WIP

[jlawrence]

The only way I've ever adjusted legs is with wedges.

 

[Mekkemikkel]

Another update from Norway;

The bench tops, made of two layers of 19mm MDF, are now glued and screwed together. 260 screws!

Then I made the SCMS-table with dust extraction and blast gate, just like the one in the downdraft box.

The top to the right of the SCMS, got 156 holes in the downdraft area. 156 10mm holes give about the same area as the 125mm pipe, so I thought that would be ideal to keep the airflow to a maximum.

And then I applied the first coat of oil on both sides of the tops.

 

[Henning]

This is very quickly turning into a workbench of dreams, Mekkemikkel!

Nicely executed this far, i'm following this thread very closely and taking notes :-D

 

[Mekkemikkel]

Thanks Henning!

I'm going in to bit of a delay now... I'm planning birch aprons, and to make those I need my new PT.
Axminster tells me now that it probably won't be delivered to me until late January!

 

[Ironballs]

Coming along well and it looks like you have a bit of snow there too

 

[jlawrence]

I'd be interested to know how well the dust extraction for the scms works.
I'm not that impressed with my extraction (on the DW707) but it's still better than nowt.

 

[Henning]

Thanks Henning!

I'm going in to bit of a delay now... I'm planning birch aprons, and to make those I need my new PT.
Axminster tells me now that it probably won't be delivered to me until late January!

ouch! Bad luck, mate! I have an Axminster order to pick up tomorrow :-D
But that was probably not what you needed to hear maybe?

Hope it arrives quickly!

 

[Mekkemikkel]

I'd be interested to know how well the dust extraction for the scms works.
I'm not that impressed with my extraction (on the DW707) but it's still better than nowt.

Me too!

The black plastic thing on mine don't do anything impressing either, so I'm thinking about removing it, and just let the dust fly against the wall and in to the airflow.

Maybe I'll build some kind of box around the back of the scms... :?


And to Henning: :twisted: :twisted: :twisted: :wink:

 

[Henning]

And to Henning: :twisted: :twisted: :twisted: :wink:

What? Me? :duno: (Ah, where's the innocent angel smilie when you need it? ;-) )

I haven't come across a SCMS with good dust extraction yet. Seen some of the 'Muricans use a sort of large box with integrated extraction, though, which seems sensible.
I have double extraction on my Makita flipsaw (Regular and below table), and it still throws dust around.

 

[Mekkemikkel]

I've been slow with the updates, time is flying before the big holiday!

I decided to try tidying up a bit, waiting for my new PT, and REALLY tired working with all the mess in the shop.

So, to get the mess away from the floor, I need shelves... and to have shelves I need a wall to put them on...

With the wall in place, I finally got the permanent electrical installation finished.

And then a simple storage solution replacing my wheeled sheet-rack, which saved me a lot of floor and wall space!

I'm starting to see some of my floor now!!

I have started building the wood-rack, but it will not be finished this year - I think.

 

[Mekkemikkel]

Happy new year!

Just a quick update on the progress in my shop from 28.10.2009:

to 02.01.2010:

A couple more days tidying the place, and then I can actually begin to make something in there!

 

[Henning]

It's really starting to look excellent!

WHAT a place it will be!

Nice to see you've gotten the woodrack finished too. I have a feeling that might have helped clear a little floorspace

 

[flying haggis]

Hi Mekkemikkel
As we here in the UK are suffering ! with a couple of inches of snow in places I was wondering what your location looks like at this time of year.

The pics from your windows are stunning so can be cheeky and ask on behalf of the other members on here what it looks like at this time of year

Thanks

 

[Mekkemikkel]

Well.. here is some shots of the shop entrance and my view about 5 minutes ago..

 

[rileytoolworks]

Wow. This country would be utterly cabbage with that snow. We (as a nation) don't seem to be able to cope with an inch of snow...


Adam.

 

[jedmc571]

How ironic that you should make that comment Adam......I'm snowed in this morning............In Chester :lol:

We're doomed when we get anything more than in inch of snow.


Mekkemikkel,

Your shop is fantastic, I'm watching this one with great interest :wink: I love the built in extraction on the bench.

Cheers

Jed

 

[flying haggis]

Well.. here is some shots of the shop entrance and my view about 5 minutes ago..

Thanks for the pics, as Riley said in his post an inch of snow knackers britain

 

[Mekkemikkel]

Hello everybody!

It is time to wake up from hibernation and show what I've done in the «den» since Christmas.

The project with the bench halted due to delivery problems with my new toy. But after a few weeks wait it finally arrived:

First thing I put through the JET was som birch for the aprons around the MDF top.

First attempt at hand made dovetails on the apron corners.

And then I made some simple doors for the cupboards. Painted MDF frames with ply panels.

Next up I fixed an Health and safety issue by making an crown guard for my table saw

The latest thing I've been working on is the dust collection. This week I could finally move the dust collector down to the garage. I bulit a very temporary drop-box, and am thinking about building a cyclone at some time in the future...

 

[Chems]

Wow your workshop is really coming along! Looks great.

 

[Henning]

This seems to quickly become the workshop of dreams!

Good work there, mate!