Topic: Interesting "old school" workshop link

[seaweb11]

Banging around Google today looking for garage/workshop plans and came across this.   Interesting solutions.

http://www.green-trust.org/junkyardprojects/FreeHomeWorkshopPlans.html

[754]

Cool stuff..

What I liked about old magazines was there were lots of projects in them. It seemed more common then to have a lathe & maybe a milling machine.

It seems very few people will even attempt their own stuff anymore.. or they are getting fewer and fewer.

I had thought there may be interest here for a DIY project that actually works and helps your bike... so I put the fork brace project out there. Actually building parts yourself can be enjoyable and boost your confidence to make even more stuff, if you at least try.

Unfortunately there is a limit to what you can build yorself, it seems though that many are more apt to try to buy on the internet than actually try to build anything..

[troppo]

Cool stuff..

What I liked about old magazines was there were lots of projects in them. It seemed more common then to have a lathe & maybe a milling machine.

It seems very few people will even attempt their own stuff anymore.. or they are getting fewer and fewer.

I had thought there may be interest here for a DIY project that actually works and helps your bike... so I put the fork brace project out there. Actually building parts yourself can be enjoyable and boost your confidence to make even more stuff, if you at least try.

Unfortunately there is a limit to what you can build yorself, it seems though that many are more apt to try to buy on the internet than actually try to build anything..

I think the main problem is that people these days dont have the basic know how they did 50 or 60 years ago, back then they did so much more by hand because you couldnt go down the road and buy a new one, so you had to repair the broken bit yourself.
another big factor i think is that a lot of people dont have access to the equipment needed for a lot of metal parts (lathe, mill etc)

I loved that site and have downloaded a heap from it, thanks for the link seaweb
cheers
troppo

[seaweb11]

"a lot of people dont have access to the equipment needed for a lot of metal parts (lathe, mill etc)"

exactly why I was looking at garage plans

[Gregorymoto]

The air compressor is funny, i would love to build one for fun.

What are you looking to make?

[Demon67]

Thanks Seaweb great site I grew up with magazines like that and miss them, and a lot of the books and magazines had things to amuse young minds because we didn't have TV or play station 3, if your mom said go out and play you did, so there was always something on the go, when you got older it was projects like those that kept you going.
Bill.