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The new entrance next to the driveway. Yes we have grass
now.
As we enter, to the left are cabinets donated by my sister,
(she remodeled her kitchen last year). Finish area in the foreground. You
can see part of the machine room in the back ground. That's the older part
of the shop.
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To the right, sump pump under the counter, sink, and small
tool hangage on the pegboard. The step on the other side of the bench is
actually the footing of the old foundation. This space is 6" lower than
the machine room, more headroom for assembly.
Look...No dust!!!!
Standing in the old shop looking back toward the entrance.
The cast iron heaters give me a nice even temperature.
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Plenty of tool storage now, no excuse for having clutter
everywhere! I even have my own 100 amp elec. panel!
Too much open space on that counter top!
Over all, the room is only 11' wide. But it's more room
than i had before! All this stuff used to be crammed in the other shop!
Now turn around and walk into the machine room, right pic....
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...More space in here! I wonder how long the floor will
be this clean?!? (Didn't take long to make this place look like the
atom bomb went off in there!) This is the older part of the shop. Until
the wall was taken down, this was the only space I had, making it hard
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The back wall of this room has a sanding station
to the left, chop saw, and 10" radial arm saw. This saw was covered under
the Craftsmen recall, which covers the guard and a new bench top. I recommend
ordering this free retrofit,
click here
to see if your saw is covered!
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Radial arm saws generally like to climb over your stock,
causing them to "lunge" toward you. A
blade with a negitive hook helps prevent this. To the right of the
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The heart of any shop is it's table saw. I converted my
old '81Craftsmen 10" contractors saw into this setup with the help of plans
from WOOD
Magazine.
The larger work surface and built in Router table make
my life so much easier in my little shop. Altho it's very heavy, it rolls
around easily. More
info about how I made this here!
This pic shows the new on the left and old on the right.
It looks like the layout makes sense, but i won't know for sure till I
get to work down here.
There are a few pics
of my lathe here. I don't know too much about it's age, so if you can
educate me, please do!
Thanks for touring my shop!
My youngest, he wants to play, or pummel me with snow
balls?
Springtime at Bink's Shop
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