woodbloke
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Starting off in mid-Sept with a mammoth job of reinforcing the 'shop floor, I'm just about ready to start making stuff again in some sort of a serious way :roll: . So starting off with the Tool Wall, which has remained substantially unchanged, though there are:
...one or two new trinkets 8-[ :-" on the bench that I've been playing around with. Moving onto the Sharpening Bench:
...nothing has changed here either, except the Tormek has now been shifted next to the SS films. All work surfaces have been remade as well, including this one, using 18mm ply, mahogany lipping and 3mm Oil Tempered hardboard over the top to make a smooth surface. On the other side of the door:
...is the new Jet pillar drill with the Ax table. Big hand to Tiddles for helping lift this onto the bench. Going round to the right...
is my original Incra bandsaw on a new stand, with a dedicated extractor underneath. Next along is:
the new Jet 260 p/t, complete with a 'Boblock' Having played with the 260 this afternoon all I can honestly say is ...'wow!' The Jet is extracted by the DX system:
...powered by the Camvac 386. Much to my surprise, the Ax lid thingie sits directly on top off a 210l water butt and by fitting a couple of 90deg elbows inside the butt...it actually works. There's nothing inside the Camvac except a minute amount of dust. Don't do what I did though, and switch the Camvac on with all the gates shut
...the vacuum almost squashed the butt flat and it took some beating with a lump hammer to get it more or less round again. Anyone spot where I've missed a gate? Going round clockwise again is:
the new Jet disc sander and Record Midi lathe, again sitting on a custom made bench and further round is the:
Startrite 352E complete with on of Ian's long lasting M42 blades. In the centre of the shop is the new Charnwood W650 tablesaur:
with it's new take-off table and dedicated Sheppach extractor. This is a great saw, 'specially when fitted with a Wealdon 40t blade :mrgreen: It's dead accurate, but did require some fettling to get it even better. There's still some stuff to do on it (zero tol insert plate, new riving knife and guard) and there'll be a router table later on where the side table is at present
Big, huge thanks to Tiddles, Bob9fingers and Harbo (Rod) for all their invaluable help, guidance and muscle in getting a lot of this gear into the 'shop and setting it up. Comments, as ever, appreciated - Rob
...one or two new trinkets 8-[ :-" on the bench that I've been playing around with. Moving onto the Sharpening Bench:
...nothing has changed here either, except the Tormek has now been shifted next to the SS films. All work surfaces have been remade as well, including this one, using 18mm ply, mahogany lipping and 3mm Oil Tempered hardboard over the top to make a smooth surface. On the other side of the door:
...is the new Jet pillar drill with the Ax table. Big hand to Tiddles for helping lift this onto the bench. Going round to the right...
is my original Incra bandsaw on a new stand, with a dedicated extractor underneath. Next along is:
the new Jet 260 p/t, complete with a 'Boblock' Having played with the 260 this afternoon all I can honestly say is ...'wow!' The Jet is extracted by the DX system:
...powered by the Camvac 386. Much to my surprise, the Ax lid thingie sits directly on top off a 210l water butt and by fitting a couple of 90deg elbows inside the butt...it actually works. There's nothing inside the Camvac except a minute amount of dust. Don't do what I did though, and switch the Camvac on with all the gates shut
...the vacuum almost squashed the butt flat and it took some beating with a lump hammer to get it more or less round again. Anyone spot where I've missed a gate? Going round clockwise again is:
the new Jet disc sander and Record Midi lathe, again sitting on a custom made bench and further round is the:
Startrite 352E complete with on of Ian's long lasting M42 blades. In the centre of the shop is the new Charnwood W650 tablesaur:
with it's new take-off table and dedicated Sheppach extractor. This is a great saw, 'specially when fitted with a Wealdon 40t blade :mrgreen: It's dead accurate, but did require some fettling to get it even better. There's still some stuff to do on it (zero tol insert plate, new riving knife and guard) and there'll be a router table later on where the side table is at present
Big, huge thanks to Tiddles, Bob9fingers and Harbo (Rod) for all their invaluable help, guidance and muscle in getting a lot of this gear into the 'shop and setting it up. Comments, as ever, appreciated - Rob
