Well folks, some of you were a bit worried about why i wasn't posting as much lately so i will deliver the fruits of my labor in the last weeks, a fire in block 8 had kept me away from the shop for almost 2 weeks, when i returned, iwas busy making a few jigs for fellow OLFers and myself and pursued the reorganization of my shop which is now more spacy than it was. I think Bruce Dickey once said that it takes a couple of years to get things set up in an orderly fashion, it will be 2 years of guitar making in march so i better get that shop better organized soon!
the main workbench on rebuilt bedframe base(now easier to roll aside or around)schmack in the middle of the shop, i took the time to add my guitar vise at the end of this bench, it was on another bench before but i think it will help me better on this one. I plan on sanding the top and repainting it white.
At the far end of the shop is(left to right) the zoot rack, the dust collection set up, the rolling go bar deck and the drum sander. you can also see a smaller vise and a little anvil at the othe end of my central workbench
Here is the other rolling workbench with bedframe and casters, grey drawers, it can be pushed around with one hand and i have installed my big Lee Valley vise in the middle of the bench, the grinder and the jointer/edger are on each side of it. Above the bench is my chisel collection, i made a rack for it, thanks to Arnt for his shop pic!
Right next to this bench is my 14" bendsaw on wheels and another workbench that is not on wheels, the side bender, drill press and a tray containing bolts, nuts and washers is on it, i also store metals and miscelaneous things in there that i use to build my jigs.
Now on this view, the cental workbench is moved to the left side to have a view of all the walking space i now have, we can see my awesome Ryobi BT3100 TS(
) and an old dresser with the 9" bandsaw that my Godfather gave me when i started building guitars.
One good reason to go back to this...
and give it to him!
Thanks for watching!
Serge
