The_Workshop

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  • Band Saw Working

    The saw is mounted to it’s stand. There’s still more work to be done, electrical wiring to the automatic shutoff. A pump and tank for the cooling fluid. And a hydraulic cylinder to better control the cutting speed with thin material. We have all the parts, but for now there’s other more pressing projects so…

  • Moving the milling machine into place

    Now that the band saw is on it’s stand and working with temporary power connections, it was time to move the milling machine from the driveway into the shop. First, clean a space to move this large, heavy machine. Next I removed anything that was easy to remove from the milling machine such as the…

  • Hooking up mill and saw

    Our milling machine and the band saw both require 380v, 3 phase power. This is very common in industry but rare in residential buildings. Our electrician left a wire hanging from the wall so I could complete the connections. Today I did that…almost. First I determined where everything would go. The circuit breaker enclosure is…

  • Band Saw Stand

    We’ve been working on this a little at a time, we’ve been very busy lately. Here’s what it currently looks like. The wood has been coated with a protective finish and the steel painted. There will be a thin metal cover over the top shelf as that will have the cutting fluids running onto it.…

  • Shelves!

    We put some shelves in the workshop so we now have a place to start storing tools and supplies. Tomorrow we go back to working on the bandsaw table so we can get that up off the floor and on wheels.

  • Hoist in action

    Here’s the hoist being used to get two heavy boxes into the workshop. While these are heavy, the hoist can lift much heavier loads.

  • Band saw stand

    It’s time to stop kneeling on the floor to use the bandsaw, so I’ve started making the stand. Not done yet, can only work part of a day on it at a time due to other things that need to be done. This stand will have a flat top with a lip to catch the…

  • Hoist installed

    I finished welding and cleaning the trolley and then Sharon painted it. After the paint was dry, I bolted the trolley onto the hoist. In this picture it’s upside down because the other side of the hoist is round and it would roll over. The hoist is heavy, so I used two ratchet straps to…

  • Hoist Trolley

    We got really busy so I haven’t had time to work on the shop until today. I finished cutting and drilling the steel for the hoist trolley. This allows the hoist/winch to roll back and forth on the I-beam we have over our outside work area. At the moment the wheel brackets are only “tack…

  • What’s wrong with this photo

    There are at least 6 things wrong with this photo. One is circled. Who can find the others?