Celebrate 7000 Members and Growing with the "Show Us Your Shop Giveaway"!

[EquatorTwo]

I work out of a small 1-car garage stacked to the rafters with mouldings that I'm sure I will never use but can't bear to throw away. So it is vitally important that all of my tools are portable so I can do as much work as possible at the jobsite. Festools allow me to work quickly and quietly in the hope that I will be invited back. I have cherry picked some of the unique tools from Festool's lineup where a quality tool makes the job easier and faster. The first Festool I bought is my table saw replacement, the TS 55. I have driven the saw into the ground, let it cool down, and in a short while it's back making sawdust. Don't want the weight of the TS 75 when the 55 will do everything I ask of it. From there it was all downhill the slippery slope, with the Domino kit. It completely changed how I did joinery. Thanks to all of your posts and pictures on the FOG, I have used it in ways I would never have imagined. I vividly recall staring in amazement at a picture a member posted a year or two back of a heavy driveway gate he had fastened entirely with dominos. Never had one fail yet, and I use them by the bushel. Also use the ETS 125 sander, which you'd have to pry out of my hand to make me give up. It is ideal for paint prep. Know many of you don't like it, but it's the perfect balance of weight and size. My newest toy is the T15 drill, an absolute joy to use. Completely indefensible, but pure bliss to use everyday.

Thanks to all of you for the entertainment and information, and to Matthew Schenker for giving us his labor of love!

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[nclemmons]

Attached are a few photos of my basement workshop.  Overall space is about 18 x 27 with a separate room for dust collector and air compressor.  Ceiling is about 9' high with plenty of flourescent as well as task lighting.  

You can see a coffee table that I am in the process of finishing in a couple of the photos.  I'll post in the projects thread when it's completed.

Festools include Kapex, Domino, MFT/3, MFT/Kapex, C12, T15+3, TDK12, CT22E, PS300, MFK700, OF1010, ETS150/3, TS55EQ, DTS400EQ, RO150EQ, rails, MFS set, clamps, the hole drilling set and assorted Systainers for additional storage.  Those and some 25 year old Inca's and an assortment of Bridge City and Lie Nielsen tools let me do the bulk of my work - furniture, remodeling, cabinetry, etc.  Most of the Festools are either in the two-sided base for the Inca jointer / planer, or one of the other cabinets or benches in the workshop.

neil

 

[alanz]

Ok, my turn

Now that the sons are out of the house, I doubled the size of the basement shop in our 100 year old house to include the area that was their playroom.

The shop is two rooms, with vaulting 6'3" ceilings.  Being short statured has its advantages!

The "saw" room is 8'x18', tThe "lathe" room is 12'x11'

Most of these photos are from the saw room.  Lathe room photos will follow, along with some text describing the equipment.

Full size photos can be found if you click here

The Festoolian equipment includes TS55, MFT/3, CT22, ETS150/3, OF1400, PSB300EQ

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[monte]

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Portrait of a Festool - Centric Shop as seen through the process of building a dining room table.......

I design and make furniture and architectural elements for a living here in Los Angeles.
My inside shop space is approximately 1500 square feet, spread over three rooms that are linked together like a train.
The first two rooms have a 12 foot "doorway" between them, the second and third rooms have a 5 foot doorway.
My first room has my large inca cabinet saw, the middle room is mostly devoted to assembly and Festool and the third room is crammed with a collection of bandsaws and sanding machines. (and more Festools)
My collection of Festools include all of their sanders, routers (except for the 2000), the TDK12, a bunch of rails, an MFS set up and a bunch of MFT1080's and 800's.
The position of the equipment in the first two rooms are fluid, depending of the project at hand.

Footnote,
The table you'll be seeing in the following posts measures 11' by 5' by 4" thick. (my client needed to seat 14 people)
The concept is a torsion box construction with solid core rails all around and a 1/4 " "veneer" mitered top.
......and all the edging around the table needs to curve inwards from the top edge an 1 1/4" to the bottom plane.

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The photos above and below are showing my bandsaws (the light grey and green Inca bandsaw has a dedicated resaw blade and fence setup)
The two roller drumsander is below. (in the last posts I'll have more pics of this room)
That little black tablesaw to the left of the blue Inca (not the Inca 259 in the foreground) is a sweet little Byrnes Tablesaw - great for small fine cuts.
http://www.byrnesmodelmachines.com/tablesaw.html?id_mm=1018MM835011

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Below is an Inca 2200 Cab. saw, to the left out of camera sight is a 12inch Delta compound miter saw.
The Ct22 with boom arm is hiding (almost) to the right of the clamp wall and it serves both rooms.
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above and below you see the two -880 pound (each) motor lifts that I needed to install for this project.
As I basically work alone and I needed to flip that 11 foot puppy several times during the process.
(the table, not the white creature observing the whole process)

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[monte]

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After the torsion box became a one sided box, (before the top was put on.) I moved from a four MFT1080 set up
to a two MFT 1080 set up. In the process of flipping the table over one needs to completely remove the tables and
bring it to the floor in order to re-work the belts, and after the table has structual integrity one only needs two tables.

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Below I'm setting up the TS75 to cut one of my four miters over the double stacked top elements.
Together with the rails & the TS75 I came up with perfect miters for an 11' by 5' table.
In place of the thickness of the blade I then applied an inlay as you'll see in the later pics.

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Above, I'm using the TS75 as a jointer as well as ripping my mahogany stock to be used for the
surrounding rails.
Below, I'm Domino-ing the solid rails to the composite substructure together.
I use 5' by 3' restaurant mats throughout the studio for a comfortable floor surface.

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[monte]

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When gluing up 11' plus end rails to the torsion box construction the Bessey extentions for the K-bodies sure come in handy.
.....and yes those are the largest dominos I'm using throughout the table.
Adhesive of choice....Unibond 800.

Below, I'm using the TS75 to pre-cut the angle before hitting it with my "little" round over shaper bit in the 2200 Festool Router

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In my middle room the motor hoists move back and forth on barn-yard door rails attached to the ceiling, and braced to the walls.
My #36 hose goes back and forth on the same principle which is fed through a U- clamp. (the U-clamps are used in the electrical world
for raceways for cables, etc.) The Festool Hose track is suspended & moveable on the two barn yard tracks.

Below I'm about to use my 2200 with a custom made round-over router/shaper bit, over the pre-cut edge.
The "bit" is 6 inches long with a 4 3/8" cutting edge.
The diameter at the widest is 3 1/2", with a 5/8" bearing.

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[monte]

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And my guiding light was the Festool Rail system and micro-adjust guide coupled with a bridge system suspended on MFT 800's.
Note- When your using a bit that is a little over 3 1/2 inch at the base, which leaves about a fat 1/8" clearance to the routers side walls-
Break out you broom for the big stuff!

P. S. I went 32 linear feet without a hiccup. (.....and yes I have video for a later date/sysnotes)

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Using the RS-2 to even out the top.
My Festool collection live mostly in their cases and partly in those two stainless cabinets.(the everyday sanders)

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Using the RTS400 with a double pad to smooth out the contour.

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Fine tuning with the ETS 150-3 (with Brilliant disks) . . .

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With the finish coats  . . .

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Working on one of the  bases with my TDK12.

Most of my lighting in the shop are with T-8 Fluorescents with a plastic cover. ( to protect against swinging timbers)
these.... http://www.lowes.com/lowes/lkn?action=productDetail&productId=86124-13537-86124&lpage=none

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To the right is the Eunemia Radial Arm Saw, with more Festools below,
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Inca's 570 in Jointer mode & 570 in Planer mode.
Not in camera's POV is an edge sander & oscillating spindle sander.
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Parting shot,,,

ps. the table stands fit into the recess of the table once the MFT's are removed.
(More photos of the table installed at a later date.)

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[monte]

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[Jesus Aleman]

I'm speechless Roger.  What are the specs on that round-over bit?  I can see that the 2200 was built for that.

 

[monte]

I'm speechless Roger.  What are the specs on that round-over bit?  I can see that the 2200 was built for that.

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I specced it out near the bottom of post #88.

The 2200 worked flawlessly with that size bit.
Keep in mind that it is very important not to chew off too much at one go & to pay great attention to one's setup.
All of that being said, I would actually go bigger, length wise if need be in the future.
I maxed out at the width though.
I used low rpms as I went forward, actually the lowest setting.

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[RONWEN]

Just another average day in the life of Roger Savatteri. 

Beautiful work Roger!

 

[Administrator_JSVN]

I would like to thank everyone who participated in our Show Us Your Shop Giveaway.  Our randomly selected winners have been chosen and are listed below.  I know I have enjoyed seeing the various spaces that members use for their shops.  I saw some interesting things that I will likely incorporate in my workspace and I hope others did as well. 

Congratulations to our winners!

• Chuck Kiser
• deepcreek
• mhoy
• neilc

Winners should have received a PM from me requesting their prize selection and shipping information.  If members have ideas for future giveaways, feel free to share them.

 

[Mac]

Nice one guys, congratulations.

rick

 

[mhoy]

Nice one guys, congratulations.

rick

Wow, I never (well now, almost never) win anything!!!! 

I have to say, I've certainly come up with some ideas from this, (primarily I should clean up my garage before posting a picture).  ;

Thanks,
Mark

 

[nclemmons]

Many thanks Shane and Festool for sponsoring this.  I agree that seeing the other shops provides a lot of ideas for my shop and work process.

Glad to see that I was a winner.  I sent you an email for the prize shipment.  Looking forward to more contests, and the Stabila / Festool level.

neil

 

[RONWEN]

Great contest and great shop pictures!

 

[mwhafner]

Congratulations to the winner.  This was a fun thread to follow. 

 

[ForumMFG]

I would like to thank everyone who participated in our Show Us Your Shop Giveaway.  Our randomly selected winners have been chosen and are listed below.  I know I have enjoyed seeing the various spaces that members use for their shops.  I saw some interesting things that I will likely incorporate in my workspace and I hope others did as well. 

Congratulations to our winners!

• Chuck Kiser
• deepcreek
• mhoy
• neilc

Winners should have received a PM from me requesting their prize selection and shipping information.  If members have ideas for future giveaways, feel free to share them.

Do you think you could modify this posting to include a picture or 2 of each shop that won, I can't view the pictures for some reason.

 

[justinmcf]

congratulations guys.

regards, justin.