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Bryan Gilles Inner circle Northern California 1732 Posts |
It has been really cool seeing many of you guys giving the rest of us Café members a glimpse into your workshops. I figured I would do the same. I started a post on my blog regarding the construction of my little garage/workshop as I gradually put it together. Its definitely a work in progress!
I would love to hear tips or resources you have found useful for tool storage, dust control, and handy features you in your own workshops! Enjoy~ http://bryangillescomedymagic.wordpress.com/ ~Bryan Gilles |
seforeman New user 86 Posts |
Very nice workshop Bryan.
Stu
Stuart Foreman
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Michael Baker Eternal Order Near a river in the Midwest 11172 Posts |
I see no dust collection system and NO SAW DUST!! C'mon Bryan... get busy!! He-he-he!
Just kidding... the shop looks GREAT and is lightyears beyond mine!
~michael baker
The Magic Company |
Bryan Gilles Inner circle Northern California 1732 Posts |
Haha... Michael...My wife has a rare case of OCD (obsessive compulsive disorder) called CDO... You know- the letters are aphabetized the way they are suppose to be! She stores a lot of her teaching supplies out there so she is constantly on me about the saw dust so I always do a pretty good job of sweeping after each project. I'm actually planning to install the pipe into the workbench so all I have to do is hook up my shop vac at one end and minimize my sweeping time at the end of the day.
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Michael Baker Eternal Order Near a river in the Midwest 11172 Posts |
Ha-ha!! My dust collection system is me with a broom, although I do have a bag attached under my table saw, and a shop vac connected to the belt sander (the worst offender). Fun day for me is when I have to use the lathe or the thickness planer. I have to try and stay on top of it because the steps that lead to my basement are in the same area, although I have plastic surrounding most of that to keep much of it from following gravity's lead.
Except for those big piles of shavings and sawdust, I tend to put it off, so I can keep on the never ending chain of projects, but do take a couple days a few times a year to do a complete cleaning. I saw a furniture maker's shop near Pensacola once and the shavings in his indoor/outdoor barn-type shop had to be 8-10 inches deep everywhere. That was beyond excessive, but pretty comfortable to walk on.
~michael baker
The Magic Company |
trey Loyal user 291 Posts |
It says that it is password protected?
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Matt Adams Special user Harvest, AL 827 Posts |
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On 2013-04-20 00:48, trey wrote: Yep, I can't see it either. Wanna give us the password?
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ClintonMagus Inner circle Southwestern Southeast 3997 Posts |
Just scroll down the page...
Things are more like they are today than they've ever been before...
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Matt Adams Special user Harvest, AL 827 Posts |
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On 2013-04-23 08:39, ClintonMagus wrote: LOL! Nice call. thx bud
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Bryan Gilles Inner circle Northern California 1732 Posts |
To peek at any of the illusion projects, feel free to PM me. (I password protected it to keep the lay public from seeing many of the workings )
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Eldon Inner circle Virden, IL 1137 Posts |
I'm with Michael. That is a great shop, something to be proud of and way cooler than mine. This is off subject but I just wanted to add that some friends of mine saw your show at The Castle a couple of weeks ago and said it was great!
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gimpy2 Special user 960 Posts |
Bryan,
Nice shop and much cleaner than mine will ever be. I sweep up about every 6 months and saw dust is at the 4" level right now. I decided to put in dust collection a few years ago. Started with a decent size dust collector on a base with wheels. Bought tons of pipe so I could have several work areas covered. When everything was hooked up there was just not enough suction to be effective. Tried to add gates so I could close off sections but that failed too. The only way this worked was to hook the unit direct to the tool in use. This became a hassle hooking, unhooking and rolling the unit over cords and sawdust every time I switched tools. For now I have given up on a complete set up and just hook it up to capture fine sanding dust I don't want to breath. I plan to build a new shop in the future and hope to build the whole shop around dust collection. I think its a go big or go home kind of deal.
Gimpy
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Michael Baker Eternal Order Near a river in the Midwest 11172 Posts |
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On 2013-08-09 12:06, gimpy2 wrote: I do mine about the same but with some quick reorganizing sometimes when I switch projects. Saw dust on the floor actually is comfortable to stand on... beats concrete floors. Saw dust in the same room where I paint is not so good.
~michael baker
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Eldon Inner circle Virden, IL 1137 Posts |
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On 2013-08-09 19:43, Michael Baker wrote: I was just about to ask about that. You can't get the great results you get with sawdust floating around. |
Michael Baker Eternal Order Near a river in the Midwest 11172 Posts |
I try not to cut wood and paint on the same day.
~michael baker
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gimpy2 Special user 960 Posts |
I took over a large room in the house to paint and do finish work. Started off just for paint but found that I could do all my assembly in there too. I even added a big downdraft table so the final sanding could be done inside. Its nice to have a place where I don't need to battle the hot or cold weather.
Gimpy
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