Shop thread - you know where you do all your CSM mods and maitenance

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Ancient One posted a few photos of his shop (DROOL!) so I thought we should have our own thread on this. You know where you service your CS's and perform your CSM mods etc.

Here are a few photos mine. We live on 6500 sqft about 1 mile as the crow flies from the CBD. Most of the block is taken up by the house but I managed to squees a 450 sqft shop onto the back. Besides we have two active dogs and have to leave some room for them.

I managed to still squeeze in 2 lathes, a mill, two bandsaws, a large belt sander 3 grinders a drill press, a welding/spray booth, table saw with router table extension, a 10" planer thicknesser and 7 chainsaws including the BIL mill. My Dust collector and compressor are outside in acoustically isolated enclosures as we have 5 very close neighbours so noise is a problem. The neighbours over the back has a spa right next to the back fence and I managed to get my noise levels down to less than his spa pump generates at the fence line.

As you can see I don't have a lot of space so can only work on small projects inside the shop. Larger stuff I do in the back yard. I use our outdoor table as a bench for a lot of larger projects.

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The black cylinder that looks like it might attract the attention f "homeland security" is a natural gas powered forge/furnace.
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This is my main woody workbench but its also where I strip down and service milling gear. I do a lot of work on electrical motors and the grey looking frame on the bench is a small dyno used to measure torque and HP of small motors (<4HP). The thing covered in grey canvas is the 10" planer thickener. Behind that you can just see teh BIL mll standing up and behind that is wall shelving with the 7 chainsaws on them.
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As you can see I am big on dust extraction (not just for wood but also metal dust and fumes) This is because I have a health condition that may have been cause by dust and don't want to make it any worse
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Oh yeah and I also have a small Electronics shop/desk inside the house.
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Ancient One posted a few photos of his shop (DROOL!) so I thought we should have our own thread on this. You know where you service your CS's and perform your CSM mods etc.

Here are a few photos mine. We live on 6500 sqft about 1 mile as the crow flies from the CBD. Most of the block is taken up by the house but I managed to squees a 450 sqft shop onto the back. Besides we have two active dogs and have to leave some room for them.

I managed to still squeeze in 2 lathes, a mill, two bandsaws, a large belt sander 3 grinders a drill press, a welding/spray booth, table saw with router table extension, a 10" planer thicknesser and 7 chainsaws including the BIL mill. My Dust collector and compressor are outside in acoustically isolated enclosures as we have 5 very close neighbours so noise is a problem. The neighbours over the back has a spa right next to the back fence and I managed to get my noise levels down to less than his spa pump generates at the fence line.

As you can see I don't have a lot of space so can only work on small projects inside the shop. Larger stuff I do in the back yard. I use our outdoor table as a bench for a lot of larger projects.

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The black cylinder that looks like it might attract the attention f "homeland security" is a natural gas powered forge/furnace.
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This is my main woody workbench but its also where I strip down and service milling gear. I do a lot of work on electrical motors and the grey looking frame on the bench is a small dyno used to measure torque and HP of small motors (<4HP). The thing covered in grey canvas is the 10" planer thickener. Behind that you can just see teh BIL mll standing up and behind that is wall shelving with the 7 chainsaws on them.
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As you can see I am big on dust extraction (not just for wood but also metal dust and fumes) This is because I have a health condition that may have been cause by dust and don't want to make it any worse
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Oh yeah and I also have a small Electronics shop/desk inside the house.
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and just HOW, do you move around in there!!! other than carefully!!!!???????
 
and just HOW, do you move around in there!!! other than carefully!!!!???????
Hah, I agree especially I'm not what you would call small. There's very little room but is roomier than my old shop na d many of my local friend's shops. I'm limited in what I can make inside the shop but I usually make small stuff and bigger stuff gets made on the back patio.
 
This is "my end" of the shed I share with my father. Most wood work gets done outside under a lean-to so that it doesn't get too dusty in the shed. We have the issue of too many tools, not enough space to use any of them.


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I have a lean-to next to the barn. 40'x10' Over the 17 years it got quite full :)

I am going to stretch the roof out on the right side of the door and install my sawmill there, it will help with log handling and all.
 

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