Workshop- in progress , Wood Area

[c5r363]

has to be said,the gold standard!

 

[RobWoodCutter]

I see what looks like Biesemeyer table with the Kapex.  Is that the 3' one on the left and the 8' one on the right?  Did they line up with the Kapex table height?

Karl

Karl, I had to tweak the height a little with the Biesemeyers. Yes, 3' on left, 8' on right.

I glad if I was able to help out my fellow woodworkers being accused of too many clamps or too much wood.... ;D

Note that the bar clamps all sit on the knee wall and the wall brackets just keep them aligned. The knee wall will be for running all the electrical.

Gwerner, the only tools still on mobile bases are the CMS and the 14" bandsaw and the lathe.

Thanks for all the compliments..

 

[copcarcollector]

Rob - AMAZING shop, wow! What kinds of projects do you make with all of those great tools and lumber?

 

[Stone Message]

After starting my adult life with absolutely nothing - just a few clothes and a soldering iron I have learnt that ambition is an important driver and jealousy is counter productive but this workshop is... simply brilliant. First having so much space is super and then so many lovely tools.

Do you open the doors to the public at certain times of the year?

Peter

 

[#Tee]

jaw dropping! that TV needs an upgrade tho

 

[SittingElf]

Sweeeet! [big grin]

You need a Festool Clock - NAINA, but they are still available if you can get someone to send you one (Cheap too).

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Cheers,

Frank

 

[gsdvorak]

Rob,
Fantastic shop!  I don't know what I would do with all that space... oh wait- yes I do- same thing you did, fill it up with nice tools!  [big grin]

I agree with Frank though- it needs a Festool clock!

Question on your CMS bench:  are those standard T-LOC handles or did you make them yourself?

Regards,
Gerald

 

[wow]

What is the chance you can show us a floorplan / top view. With the way you have everything organized I'll bet you have one...

 

[Len]

You've got me drooling over the PowerMatic equipment.

 

[UncleJoe]

so I always wondered what a lottery winners shop would look like. Just kidding. Looks very nice. Is this a hobby or a business shop.

 

[VW mick]

Hi I've looked over this post a lot of times .dont know what to say really ,,

absolutely fantastic

 

[Gary in Texas]

I kinda in awe and can relate to UncleJoe's comment about hitting the lottery!!!  I've only seen a couple of shops that can come close to being outfitted like this.  You've just gotta love all that Powermatic tools!!!

So the question still begs to be answered, is this a hobby or professional shop?  Regardless, well done.  I "was" happy with my shop until I saw yours this morning... [eek]  LOL.

 

[JPF Woodworking]

I echo everything that has been said about your AWESOME shop! you truly deserve a lot of credit and I am (also) left wondering when you sleep?

But I do have a follow up question...can you explain how you uploaded all of your pictures in such a nice neat presentation? all with wonderful  descriptions? I'd like to share more of my stuff but have such difficulty getting the pictures to cooperate....

 

[Bob Wolfe]

toys are nice, but it is what comes off of them that is important.  Any pics of that?

 

[nclemmons]

JPF - to your question on attaching images...

Upload your images as you did in the lighted cabinet post.  Note the order that you attach them as you can reference that order in the post.
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neil

 

[RobWoodCutter]

What Neil said. I just type in the text for each pic first and then hit attachments, selected the picture to upload, then put the cursor where I wanted the pic to go and select for the pulldown "insert fullsize".

Thank you for all the kind comments.

Guys, I spent three decades building cabinets, furniture, desk, candle sticks, medal display case, magazine racks, sheds, etc. using just corded hand power tools and many of them are still solid as the day they were built. I had a Craftsman router, circular saw, jigsaw, drill, belt sander, orbital sander. At one point I did have some of the craftsman floor model tools but had to get rid of them because working 80 hours a week just did not allow me time to use them and being out in a shed they were going to rust.

I worked on my deck outside or in a spare bedroom on a B&D workmate. When I picked up a 10" craftsman mitre saw and a heavy duty belt sander, I was in hog heaven.

This shop is being constructed for my retirements years. I have made a few small gifts but most of what I make is the shop itself. The shop was built as a shell and I completely finished the inside, including the drop-in ceiling and lights. I have been trying to collect all of the major tools that I think I would like to have to use in my retirement years for enjoyment so that everything will be set and ready to go. With all the wood I have stashed and all the tools (toy as someone calls them if they aren't used to make a masterpiece Green-Green or some fancy chest [big grin]) I should be all set.

So nearly everything I have ever built has been given away as either gifts or made just because it was something someone needed. When I started this hobby, the internet did not exist, so I never thought to take pictures of things as I made them and they went out the door.

Once the shop is completed and my real job allows me more free time, I will spend some time building the masterpieces that folks seem to expect when they see a nice shop like this.  [wink] [wink]

Rob

 

[WastedP]

What is not obvious from the pictures is how the tools are aligned for maximum infeed/outfeed.

The Kapex has 9.5' to the left and 16' clear to the right. The mitre table is higher than the CMS and the OSS.

The CMS can shift forward and can have 16' clear on both sides.

The 8" jointer is clear wall to wall.

The 16" jointer has 16' clear in/out. The shaper table is a 1/2" lower but in alignment with the 16" jointer outfeed and can be used for outfeed support.

Wood can get stacked on the tablesaw before running through the 18" bandsaw. A support board can be clamped to the 16" jointer outfeed table for outfeed support of wood coming off the 18" bandsaw.

The table saw can handle a full sheet of plywood if needed and the end of the sheet can be rested on the infeed of the drum sander and the workbench is at a lower level than the outfeed table of the table saw for full outfeed support.

The radial arm saw uses the table saw outfeed for support.

The shaper can be raised 1/2" to use the 16" jointer as an infeed table support if needed.

The 14" bandsaw is set beside two lower tools for plenty of infeed/outfeed space.

The 20" planer is turned diagonal to run 12' long boards.

This is what took most of the time in arranging the tools.

Rob

This is what's missing from almost every shop I've ever walked through.  Your space planning is admirable.  I echo the earlier request for you to post a floorplan/layout drawing, if you have one.

I can't believe how many "professional" shops are just crammed with a bunch of machines that outfeed into each other.  The level of consideration you've taken to get this right is really impressive.

 

[Linbro]

Fantastic set up, Rob.
That 16" jointer is a beauty, what breed is it?

 

[3PedalMINI]

[eek] Just incredible! 

My mom Grew up in Yorktown, Most of my aunts and uncles are still around there, In-fact once a year we bring our jet skis down and ride around the york river (right next to yorktown)

 

[RobWoodCutter]

The 16" jointer is a 1920's J.A.Faye and Egan. I am told that it started in life in an musical instrument case shop in the Richmond area in the 1920's. One of the local craftsman west of Richmond would help out on custom cases and when there was a backlog. When the shop closed down they offered the jointer to the local craftsman. He had the jointer refurbished. The tables/fence were milled flat. The babbit bearings were abandoned and the cutter head raised with new fafnir pillow bearings and a new leeson single phase 5 hp.  Hence the tables are about 2" higher than the original. It weights somewhere around 1600 lbs. as best we can tell. I will eventually replace the cutter head with a smaller diameter shelix head similar to what I did for the 8" jointer and the 20" planer.

I have a older CADD plan of the space but I have shifted and move so much from that original layout. If I can find the plan, I will tweak it and create a pdf and post.

Rob