More fun with 80/20...??

[nclemmons]

That looks great.  Like the french cleats and how you use on the wall as well as the front of the bench!

I see you have a Swag table on your portaband.  I have one as well.  Thinking about making two bench top tables for the sides for holding stock that is longer or when I want to cut an accurate angle.

I just made this table using a Dewalt battery operated portaband, a Swag table and a MIG welder with a battery powered hand grinder.

Amazing what you can do with patience and a few tools.  Excited to see what's next coming out of your shop!  Thanks for sharing!

neil

 

[rvieceli]

Very nice Richard.

 

[Cheese]

Richard Im impressed and I don’t impress easily.  [smile]

Great job and I’m humbled with your tenacity to turn an area that’s the size of a postage stamp into a full fledged shop. Kudos to you.  [big grin] [big grin]

Every day I P&M about how small my 30’ x 20’ shop is and then you post this and by all means your shop is a totally functional facility which includes welding facilities.

I need to just give thanks for what I have and to reinvent the space. Thanks for the post. I’ll endeavor to do better in the future.

 

[rmwarren]

That looks great.  Like the french cleats and how you use on the wall as well as the front of the bench!

I see you have a Swag table on your portaband.  I have one as well.  Thinking about making two bench top tables for the sides for holding stock that is longer or when I want to cut an accurate angle.

I just made this table using a Dewalt battery operated portaband, a Swag table and a MIG welder with a battery powered hand grinder.

Amazing what you can do with patience and a few tools.  Excited to see what's next coming out of your shop!  Thanks for sharing!

neil

[member=167]neilc[/member] I like the herringbone pattern, assume you are adding a glass top? I have a couple more slabs squirreled away & once I finish the current one for a niece I plan to tackle a particularly beautiful maple crotch for our home. Tables have been the shop specialty for the past several years but I'm burning out on live edges since they have become the YT rage. I really want to explore some more artistic metalwork and push myself to beyond my utility trailer building level of skill.

The legs for this one, which I'm only middelin' happy with the design of, are underneath the welding table waiting for patina and the top to be finished:

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Yep the FC TS55 thingie has saved the saw from being tugged off the cart by the retractor on the hose/cord countless times. Next up is a simple/small FC router table attachment for the DW palm routers.

Like [member=44099]Cheese[/member] I am fortunate to have the space and tools I that do, no complaints however I am sometimes wistful when I recall the former ~800 SF-ish shop I left behind in PA. Trade off required to live @ the shore.

I've been seriously impressed by what the current crowd of welding/makers can do with a 4.5" grinder, a couple files & a buzz box. It's given me a severe inferiority complex considering the riches I have available to work with.

Buried under the welding cart is a cold chop saw that does most cutting but the portaband makes short work of smaller or more intricate metalwork. I upgraded to DeWalt 20V/60V last year and added the small bandsaw but the tool that's gotten the most work is the 4.5" grinder. Cordless is the only way to go IMHO.

Adding the welding tools really sidetracked me for about a year, reorganizing to make room to actually be able to work. Now it's time to get back to using the space/tools to actually make cool stuff. Spring is the best time around here for so many reasons, not least that I can move projects outdoors when the rain-gods permit.

Thanks all.

RMW

 

[rmwarren]

Richard I’m impressed and I don’t impress easily.  [smile]

Great job and I’m humbled with your tenacity to turn an area that’s the size of a postage stamp into a full fledged shop. Kudos to you.  [big grin] [big grin]

Every day I P&M about how small my 30’ x 20’ shop is and then you post this and by all means your shop is a totally functional facility which includes welding facilities.

I need to just give thanks for what I have and to reinvent the space. Thanks for the post. I’ll endeavor to do better in the future.

Aw shucks & geeze... & thank you.

Been following the LED's thread, thank you for making that knowledge available. I didn't realize heat was the issue it is until you posted your work. That'll probably keep a lot of us from making costly mistakes.

RMW

 

[nclemmons]

Richard -  the table is for a TV.  No glass. Just open top.
I think of it as the table you’ll never have to dust!

I like the foot detail on your welded base. 

 

[rmwarren]

Richard -  the table is for a TV.  No glass. Just open top.
I think of it as the table you’ll never have to dust!

I like the foot detail on your welded base.

Even better Neil, I'm not a fan of glass tops since every time I pass one I'm tempted to clean it...

Thanks,

RMW

 

[rvieceli]

Richard I follow a few welders on Instagram. These two are among the stand outs.

This guy can make a weld disappear. @blend_fabrication

This one if you like to see the welds in all their glory. @focusonthearc

Take a look.

Ron

 

[Michael Kellough]

I like the X legs!

Your new work surface is inspiring me to build an 80/20 frame around my newly relocated washer/dryer. That way I can salvage some lost space. (Giving part of my shop to my wife)

 

[Cheese]

I just made this table using a Dewalt battery operated portaband, a Swag table and a MIG welder with a battery powered hand grinder.

Nice job on the table neil...I like the herringbone in-fill.  [big grin]  I concur with using the RA grinder. I use a Milwaukee M18 for everything. 95% of the time it wears either a PFERD flap disc, a .040" cut-off wheel or a diamond wheel for smoothing concrete & stone. I've sold all of my corded RA grinders.

I need to check out the Swag table. My Milwaukee band saw is in a Milwaukee table but that is an old school style that was designed for cutting pipe.

 

[rvieceli]

[member=44099]Cheese[/member] I have been thinking about this saw:
https://www.trick-tools.com/Femi_78...MI4bGOuauH4gIVgobACh0YuASzEAQYASABEgLjBPD_BwE

Ron

 

[rmwarren]

[member=44099]Cheese[/member] I have been thinking about this saw:
https://www.trick-tools.com/Femi_78...MI4bGOuauH4gIVgobACh0YuASzEAQYASABEgLjBPD_BwE

Ron

I have the cheap WEN version cluttering up my office if anyone wants to take it off my hands cheap. Thought it'd replace the chop saw and portaband. Nope.

RMW

 

[rvieceli]

Obviously what would be really nice is this HEM 260 BSA but I don’t have the room or a spare $9000 laying around.
https://www.redlinestands.com/catal...mi-hem-saw-260bsa-double-miter-bandsaw-p-2712

The HEM 782 gets pretty good reviews for what it is. This one is probably a bit more robust but it’s 2.5 times the cost.
https://www.trick-tools.com/Femi_NG120XL_Benchtop_Mitering_Bandsaw_F_008485_001_00_2211

Ron

 

[Cheese]

[member=44099]Cheese[/member] I have been thinking about this saw:
https://www.trick-tools.com/Femi_78...MI4bGOuauH4gIVgobACh0YuASzEAQYASABEgLjBPD_BwE

That's interesting Ron...never heard of Femi before. All of their tools, even the inexpensive ones, appear to be made in Italy.  [smile]  I like the blade guides but I really like how the throat size is adjustable for a better cut. The old Milwaukee/Portaband models don't have that feature.

Femi also offers M42 bandsaw blades. [thumbs up] [thumbs up]  That's probably the reason they state you can cut stainless with it.

One thing to note though if you are interested in purchasing the 782XL, the 2-speed model will NOT cut stainless as the blade speed is too high. You need to purchase the variable speed model.

 

[rmwarren]

Yahoo! Houston, we have ignition.

Just to round out the shop usability update, I had a chance yesterday work in the new layout and... it works.

I actually used the bandsaw, disk sander & drill press along with the welding table without needing to move anything outside the 4 walls.  In my world, this counts as success. I can reposition the bench tools as needed/if needed depending on type/length of materials:

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I think I'll move the CNC (now at the LH corner of the new worktop) over to the right into the dead corner area above to the welding table which should make the bench tools even more usable without moving anything. 

Welding table in use:

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Steel storage - I got a wee bit over enthusiastic when I bought the welder, happens when I visit Joseph Fazzio's. 500# or more of steel that's been standing in the corner now has a home:

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And everything's back in its place at the end of the day:

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I did have a disappointment when I thought I'd finally have a place to use the Z-vise. What's wrong with this picture?

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For the first time in I don't know how long there is nothing in the shop that doesn't have its own at least semi-permanent place. Feels good, and just in time for spring/summer shop season. We even got the flowers, 'maters & peppas planted, our Mom's day tradition.

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Happy M-Day to any moms out there.

RMW

 

[Klemm]

Richard - I can't believe I'm seeing what I'm seeing!
You have sent some serious time thinking this through. The homs shop equivalent of the TINY HOUSE movement.

Thank you for sharing this inspiration.

Hans

 

[rvieceli]

Looks good Richard. On the vise, is it just handle hitting the work bench? Can you get rid of the handle and substitute something that you could use a ratchet and a socket on?

Ron

 

[Cheese]

Nice stuff Richard...although I do think the Milwaukee chop deserves a better position than being just 2" above high tide.  [poke] [poke]

 

[Bob D.]

Fazzio's is a great place isn't it Rich. Been going there for 30+ years, back when it was just a hole in the wall and nothing but surplus and nuts-n-bolts.

 

[jaguar36]

Does Fazzio's have 80/20?
I've frequently bought Aluminum there, but haven't seen any in the front section.

How do you guys buy steel when you go there?  Do you have to call first and get a quote?  I like their Al section where you can just go and pick out what you want.