New Brit Workshop Tour - Video

[Stone Message]

Hi Everyone

I have had a lot of very kind people asking to see a tour of my workshop and so have made a short video. I feel a bit embarrassed as it seems so untidy in the video - things that you don't notice when you are working. Here is the link:



Many thanks.

Peter

 

[Brent Taylor]

Thank you for the great tour, I enjoy everything I see that you do. I must say you remind me of a gent I worked for in the early '80s, hearing you speak brings back so many wonderful memories of my time back in his shop.(RIP)   
Thank you again, Brent Taylor

 

[Stone Message]

Hi Brent,

Many thanks - you are very kind.

Peter

 

[DB10]

  Great to see all of the workshop Peter, I forget how cold it gets in the winter time in the UK,
Years ago I used to put thick cardboard down on the stone floor by my workbench, this helped if I was doing a lot of standing in one place.  Your workshop would be too smart for that though. looks nice and modern, also pretty tidy to me.

Mark

 

[Stone Message]

Cheers Mark.

A few years ago we were going to convert our garage (joined to the house) into a large family kitchen and so I built the workshop as a garage and workroom doing a lot of the work myself. Alas we ran out of money and so no new kitchen but I now have the whole of the new build as a workshop  [smile].

Peter

 

[Billedis]

Thank you Peter.  I really enjoy your videos and have subscribed to your You Tube channel.  Thank you also for the advice on Osmo poly X.  I used it on a couple of walnut band saw boxes I made for gifts and it really popped the grain.  Wish I had taken photos before I gave them away.  Bill

 

[Stone Message]

Hi Bill

Excellent - I was so pleased with the new PolyX Gloss on that walnut pedestal desk.

Cheers.

Peter

 

[Tinker]

Peter,
Thankyou so much for the tour.  I have a lot to do today before next snow comes along, so i will take another longer, more detailed look later today.  As with all of your vids, i try to learn something of value and for the most part, I am never disappointed.  with a very quick once over with my attention somewhat split in other directions, among your work setups, i noticed your use of bungee cord.  I have a very low ceiling and have finally given up on using the Boom to handle my CT hose and power cords.  I have several short bungees hanging at various locations up between the ceiling/floor joists.  It is a stretch to move them for different operations.  I like your long stretch and think it is a better system.  I will pick up a couple of longer ones and see how they will work for me. 

I like your benches. I have been looking at a lot of different ones on YT and filing ideas for my own shop.  I laugh when you mention how untidy your shop is.  Compared to what?  Certainly not compared to mine! 
thanks again.  will look more closely later
Tinker

 

[Stone Message]

Peter,
Thankyou so much for the tour.  I have a lot to do today before next snow comes along, so i will take another longer, more detailed look later today.  As with all of your vids, i try to learn something of value and for the most part, I am never disappointed.  with a very quick once over with my attention somewhat split in other directions, among your work setups, i noticed your use of bungee cord.  I have a very low ceiling and have finally given up on using the Boom to handle my CT hose and power cords.  I have several short bungees hanging at various locations up between the ceiling/floor joists.  It is a stretch to move them for different operations.  I like your long stretch and think it is a better system.  I will pick up a couple of longer ones and see how they will work for me. 

I like your benches. I have been looking at a lot of different ones on YT and filing ideas for my own shop.  I laugh when you mention how untidy your shop is.  Compared to what?  Certainly not compared to mine! 
thanks again.  will look more closely later
Tinker

Hi Tinker

I started using the bungee idea as soon as I took delivery of my CT26. I did play around with a home made boom arm type concept but it was cumbersome and took up space.

If you or anyone else would like copies of any of my bench plans or anything else that I have made all I need is to receive a PM with an email address and they get sent out free of charge.

Cheers.

Peter

 

[sancho57]

yours is untidy????? Mines looks like it could be featured on Hoarders
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[Stone Message]

Hi Ron,

Actually I don't think that your workshop looks too bad. Because I have cameras set up quite a lot of the time I have to keep the workshop pretty clean to minimise the risk of dust with the camera kit. So every day I do a clean-up and always vacuum the floor and bench tops.

Peter

 

[mike_aa]

Peter,
Thankyou so much for the tour.  I have a lot to do today before next snow comes along, so i will take another longer, more detailed look later today.  As with all of your vids, i try to learn something of value and for the most part, I am never disappointed.  with a very quick once over with my attention somewhat split in other directions, among your work setups, i noticed your use of bungee cord.  I have a very low ceiling and have finally given up on using the Boom to handle my CT hose and power cords.  I have several short bungees hanging at various locations up between the ceiling/floor joists.  It is a stretch to move them for different operations.  I like your long stretch and think it is a better system.  I will pick up a couple of longer ones and see how they will work for me. 

I like your benches. I have been looking at a lot of different ones on YT and filing ideas for my own shop.  I laugh when you mention how untidy your shop is.  Compared to what?  Certainly not compared to mine! 
thanks again.  will look more closely later
Tinker

Hi Tinker

I started using the bungee idea as soon as I took delivery of my CT26. I did play around with a home made boom arm type concept but it was cumbersome and took up space.

If you or anyone else would like copies of any of my bench plans or anything else that I have made all I need is to receive a PM with an email address and they get sent out free of charge.

Cheers.

Peter

A Safety Warning About Bungee Cord Use
Bungees have the potential to cause serious eye injuries, even loss of vision, if they are under stress and let go.  I once met a person who lost vision in one of their eyes from an injury inflicted by a bungee cord.  I immediately went home and threw out every bungee cord I owned.  I understand the bungees used in Peter's video are under a lower tension than most uses require for these devices so the risk is lessened, however, accidents can and do happen.  An alternative is to use some rope, strapping, or the bungee elastic after removing the the steel hooks from the ends.

Mike A.

 

[Stone Message]

[wink]
My only worry about using rope is if I were standing on a box close to the rope and then slipped. I could get tangled up in the rope and be left dangling for days.

[big grin]

Sorry Mike.

Peter

 

[Wuffles]

Fingers crossed it'd be caught on video. £250 from You've Been Framed for that.

 

[mike_aa]

Hi Peter,

If I've somehow ruffled your feathers with my safety warning, I apologize.  It was not meant to be critical of your video. 

However, making fun of my warning does not help the people who have been injured in this manner.  My intent was to raise this issue so we can all be safer in how we work and with the tools we use. 

My acquaintance is not the only person who lost their vision or had eye injuries inflicted by the use of these devices.  The risk may be very small, but any risk, in my opinion, is just not worth using them.

Mike A.

 

[Stone Message]

Hi Peter,

If I've somehow ruffled your feathers with my safety warning, I apologize.  It was not meant to be critical of your video. 

However, making fun of my warning does not help the people who have been injured in this manner.  My intent was to raise this issue so we can all be safer in how we work and with the tools we use. 

My acquaintance is not the only person who lost their vision or had eye injuries inflicted by the use of these devices.  The risk may be very small, but any risk, in my opinion, is just not worth using them.

Mike A.

Hi Mike

No, there are no feathers ruffled and I do understand the sincerity of your warning. My post is ironic -  that is just a part of our British sense of humour.

For the benefit of everyone who may have missed the  [wink] and the  [big grin] in my previous post....

Please, please take care with bungees as they may cause all sorts of injury. I have, many years ago, been injured myself and sustained a gashed hand from one from a slipped bungee on a roof rack - my father was mortified. My workshop bungees are, as Mike noted, not under much tension at all.

[smile]

Peter

 

[sancho57]

Peter that photo  off mines is after I cleaned it. As long as I have enough room too eat a hotdog with extra mmustard in iit, Im happy.

Does the heater of yours do a good job? I got a small oscillation fan heater that I started using, So faar it does a ok job, makess the temp tolerable for me.

 

[dltflt]

Peter your shop is well thought out and very organized. Mine always looks like a hurricane just came through. I'm hoping to get mine looking somewhat better in the next couple of months while the weather is tolerable. I don't see it being as tidy as your shop ever.

 

[Stone Message]

Peter that photo  off mines is after I cleaned it. As long as I have enough room too eat a hotdog with extra mmustard in iit, Im happy.

Does the heater of yours do a good job? I got a small oscillation fan heater that I started using, So faar it does a ok job, makess the temp tolerable for me.

Hi Ron,

When it is really cold (below 6 deg C in the workshop) I start with a fan blow heater as the oil filled radiator takes about 45 mins to get going. The problem with the fan is that it blows the dust around that might otherwise stay put and not cause any nuisance. If I get up early (the early morning tea is normally about 5.30 am) and switch the oil filled radiator on at about 7 am then I can do without the fan heater.

I have yet to eat a hotdog in my workshop but that could change - maybe I can get you to do it for me !

Peter

 

[jonny round boy]

I have yet to eat a hotdog in my workshop but that could change - maybe I can get you to do it for me !

Alternatively, you could come to Ron's next do, and eat one of his hot-dogs in his garage! [big grin]