Video Shop Tour

[cfellows]

Brian, thanks for posting the video. I didn't realize it was a video until just today when I passed my mouse over it and got the little fist with the (index) finger thingy. That is a tiny shop, but obviously very functional. I guess if you are discouraged from buying any new shop tools by the lack of a place to put them? By the way, do you have any bruises from backing into things???

To everyone else, feel free to open this thread up to a general shop tour exposition. Love to see what other people have done. You don't have to clean it up, just brush the swarf off the machines enough for us to see what they are. Special attention to jigs, fixtures, storage, and other useful ideas are always appreciated.

C'mon now, who doens't have a video camera these days...

Chuck

 

[b.lindsey]

Great thred guys. Its nice to see other's shops and one day I hope to have more than just a small workbench in the garage to show off. Thanks for sharing your man caves with us though!!

Bill

 

[vcutajar]

I am too ashamed to show mine (not joking). My wife calls it disorganised and I call it disorganised organisation :big:.

 

[rake60]

I am too ashamed to show mine (not joking). My wife calls it disorganised and I call it disorganised organisation :big:.

Is it really that bad?
I had put a video on my shop on here earlier, but took it back off.

Here it is:

[ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PZON5Lsg2Io[/ame]

I think I'll go back down there and do some cleaning up now. :-[

Rick

 

[RonGinger]

Since I have enjoyed the other shop tours I thought I would post one of mine.

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zg9rMaW6LdQ]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zg9rMaW6LdQ[/ame]

 

[miner49r]

Wow Ron,
When you first stated the shop was on the second floor I gasped. You have a lot of tonnage up there, mister. All you need now is a cot and a toilet.
Alan

 

[smfr]

Ron, your mention of Ray HasBrouck and his plans of steam engines without castings caught my interest. Google finds http://hasbrouck.8m.com/index.htm; is that the right place to see the list of pans?

Simon

 

[RonGinger]

Ron, your mention of Ray HasBrouck and his plans of steam engines without castings caught my interest. Google finds http://hasbrouck.8m.com/index.htm; is that the right place to see the list of pans?

Simon

Yes, that is the web site for Rays plans. There are 9 engines, 4 that are suitable for small launches, #1, #5, #8 and #10. The others are models, a couple are suitable for 2-3 foot model boats.

Ray was a great guy, and a mentor to many of us- Steamer on this forum among them. As I said on the video I was a wood worker first. I found an antique marine engine, a 1908 Grey 1 cylinder, and built a boat around it. I took it to a show where there was a guy selling a small Logan lathe. I bought the lathe, and the same day met Ray, who was selling a simple kit for his #4 engine.

I built the #4 as my first metal working project, and rapidly started building a metal work shop. I met Ray at many model engineering shows after that, and did the web site for him.

I started building a steam launch and decided to partner with a friend, Rollie Gaucher, the Rollie of Rollies Dads Method of lathe alignment. We worked a lot with Ray on the project, and used his #5 2 cylinder engine in it. See http://plsntcov.8m.com/stmbot.htm Thats Rollie with Ray in the Engine room of a liberty ship on the first page of Rays web site.

I am working with George Bullis of Village Press to produce a book containing all of Rays plans. That is going to take a year or more, so I will continue to sell his plans individually until the book is published.

 

[chuck foster]

well after seeing some of these videos i don't really want to show my shop.............but what the hay :

it is small and sorry guys but i didn't clean up one little bit some days it is clean and other days it look like it is worked in.
enjoy!!!

[ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XfBmXSk6P-U&context=C4e8b9c0ADvjVQa1PpcFOgbO3cT2hxIN7LlubP6gD53nRWIAHTaFs=[/ame]

chuck

 

[steamer]

Hey Chuck

Nice little shop! If you think that's messy....you should see mine! :big:

Thanks for the plug!....but that SB looks great just as it is!

Dave

 

[CMS]

Chuck,

More info on the DRO you've got on that ol SB. Would like to have one on my heavy 10. Like the hit and miss engines too. I've a 1 1/2 horse Stover K and a 7 horse Majestic on the fix-r-upper list.

Craig