Topic: Lets see a photo of your SHOP!

[Kelly E]

My wife and I did the space and peace thing in 2000 before we had kids, it's great. And it's true that no matter how big the shop is it will get full.

[Gurp]

I've got 4. 2,4,5, and a 12 years old.
Never too much peace but enough haha.

[scottly]

I got finally got started on the post mounted operations today, after doctors appointments, violent electrical storms, and a minor flash flood. I also had to figure out how to use the "cutter compensation" feature of the control software, to adjust for the slightly smaller diameter of the end-mill after being re-sharpened. The manual didn't make any sense,and even with help from an experienced CNC machinist, it took a while to get it dialed in.
   

[scottly]

I finished up the post mounted mill operations on the clamps yesterday. The last machine operation was to cut a small bevel on the inside end of the bore on both ends with the clamps mounted on an arbor in the lathe. Once I had it set up, I recruited my friend Clare to run the lathe while I set up the mill to make straps. All that is left now for the clamps is to de-burr and clean them up!
The fixture for the straps mounts on top of the vice, and holds two 7ish inch long 1/4" by 1" bars. The first step is to clamp the bars in place with "bridge" or "strap" clamps, then drill the clearance holes for the 5/16" bolts. After the holes are drilled, screws are inserted to clamp the bars to the fixture, and the bridge clamps are removed. The bevel is then machined, and short lines are engraved to aid in cutting each bar into 3 separate pieces on the band-saw.

[RAFster122s]

Looks good, so Clare is your Machinist Mate to use naval parlance

[PeWe]

I finished up the operations with the clamps mounted horizontally in the vise today! Next step is to clamp them on a vertical post to mill the outer profile, after cleaning up the chips for the third or forth time.

I found this now.
Good to know that these very useful clamps are still produced.
Both my running CB750 have them. I have had much use of them.

[grcamna2]

I finished up the post mounted mill operations on the clamps yesterday. The last machine operation was to cut a small bevel on the inside end of the bore on both ends with the clamps mounted on an arbor in the lathe. Once I had it set up, I recruited my friend Clare to run the lathe while I set up the mill to make straps. All that is left now for the clamps is to de-burr and clean them up!
The fixture for the straps mounts on top of the vice, and holds two 7ish inch long 1/4" by 1" bars. The first step is to clamp the bars in place with "bridge" or "strap" clamps, then drill the clearance holes for the 5/16" bolts. After the holes are drilled, screws are inserted to clamp the bars to the fixture, and the bridge clamps are removed. The bevel is then machined, and short lines are engraved to aid in cutting each bar into 3 separate pieces on the band-saw.

Looks very nice 

[newday777]

4 years ago I built a 10'x11' room in my friend's barn basement that he rents out bays for car storage so I had a place to store my K5 in while I wintered in San Diego. It worked well while I was away but last winter I stayed in here in NH, so I had to stuff my K5 and my Goldwing in there along with my other parts and pieces on the shelves.
This past April I got a call from a friend of 4 years asking if I'd be interested in half a dozen 750 carcasses and an 836 motor from a chopper I had expressed interest in as he was preparing to move west. So we struck up a deal and loaded them on a trailer....now where to keep them... so I asked my other friend where my storeroom was if I could rent the rest of the bay in front of the storeroom and build a wall to partition it off. He even had a couple of used garage doors to use so I only had to frame up about 7' of wall between the door panels, where I put in a 32" man door so I don't have to enter through the existing garage door, saving loosing lots of heat over the winter.(I just put the man door in today). I bought a bunch of used 2'x8'x4" thick Styrofoam panels a few weeks ago to insulate the wall with.
So now I have 11'x36' including the storeroom.
I spent the summer getting deals on a couple lifts, got the Kendon first and then the Harbour Freight a couple weeks later. I worked off of a folding table for the summer until I scored a 4' Craftsman bench cabinet and the pieces of a workbench I took out of another friend's garage a couple weeks ago that is moving and downsizing.
This past week I've been building the workbench and moved a 4' cabinet to the door wall for another bench, put up shelves I built along with putting the man door in place and added a couple more lights. Next up is moving stuff in the storeroom to insulate that wall and make room for the K5 to go in for the winter while I work on the project bikes to sell one or 2 in the spring if it all happens, Lord willing and the creek don't rise.....
I think I have a pellet stove lined up to get to fend off the winter cold, for now just have been using a couple electric heaters.

[grcamna2]

4 years ago I built a 10'x11' room in my friend's barn basement that he rents out bays for car storage so I had a place to store my K5 in while I wintered in San Diego. It worked well while I was away but last winter I stayed in here in NH, so I had to stuff my K5 and my Goldwing in there along with my other parts and pieces on the shelves.
This past April I got a call from a friend of 4 years asking if I'd be interested in half a dozen 750 carcasses and an 836 motor from a chopper I had expressed interest in as he was preparing to move west. So we struck up a deal and loaded them on a trailer....now where to keep them... so I asked my other friend where my storeroom was if I could rent the rest of the bay in front of the storeroom and build a wall to partition it off. He even had a couple of used garage doors to use so I only had to frame up about 7' of wall between the door panels, where I put in a 32" man door so I don't have to enter through the existing garage door, saving loosing lots of heat over the winter.(I just put the man door in today). I bought a bunch of used 2'x8'x4" thick Styrofoam panels a few weeks ago to insulate the wall with.
So now I have 11'x36' including the storeroom.
I spent the summer getting deals on a couple lifts, got the Kendon first and then the Harbour Freight a couple weeks later. I worked off of a folding table for the summer until I scored a 4' Craftsman bench cabinet and the pieces of a workbench I took out of another friend's garage a couple weeks ago that is moving and downsizing.
This past week I've been building the workbench and moved a 4' cabinet to the door wall for another bench, put up shelves I built along with putting the man door in place and added a couple more lights. Next up is moving stuff in the storeroom to insulate that wall and make room for the K5 to go in for the winter while I work on the project bikes to sell one or 2 in the spring if it all happens, Lord willing and the creek don't rise.....
I think I have a pellet stove lined up to get to fend off the winter cold, for now just have been using a couple electric heaters.

Stu,in picture #7 it looks like the foundation has large stones,or is that wood?
How cold does it get in that space if un-heated ?

[newday777]

It is a stone foundation. There is @7'-8' of block wall at the end of the stone wall that was put in sometime in the past 30 years which has ground against all the stones @ 2/3 of the blocks. The stove vent will get drilled through a block.
Before I put the wall up, the whole barn basement(5 bays) got pretty cold. My inclination is looking for keeping it around a workable 50 degrees this winter with a pellet stove now that I've got some insulation up. Anything above that will be gravy. Hopefully we won't have a tough winter with deep sub zero temps as can happen around here.....I remember one winter in the early 70s we got 42 below 0. If that happens, I'll probably have to use a Kerosene salamander to supplement to make it workable while in there.....

[BenelliSEI]

Stu.... I have a long, skinny shop too. I often wish I had partitioned off one end, so I could throw extra heat in a “working area”. The lift, tools, and my current project really take up little space. I wish I’d set it up so that was the only area that needed real heat...... something to consider?

[newday777]

Stu.... I have a long, skinny shop too. I often wish I had partitioned off one end, so I could throw extra heat in a “working area”. The lift, tools, and my current project really take up little space. I wish I’d set it up so that was the only area that needed real heat...... something to consider?

I might. I could put up a tarp from a beam but probably won't put another wall up.

[grcamna2]

It is a stone foundation. There is @7'-8' of block wall at the end of the stone wall that was put in sometime in the past 30 years which has ground against all the stones @ 2/3 of the blocks. The stove vent will get drilled through a block.
Before I put the wall up, the whole barn basement(5 bays) got pretty cold. My inclination is looking for keeping it around a workable 50 degrees this winter with a pellet stove now that I've got some insulation up. Anything above that will be gravy. Hopefully we won't have a tough winter with deep sub zero temps as can happen around here.....I remember one winter in the early 70s we got 42 below 0. If that happens, I'll probably have to use a Kerosene salamander to supplement to make it workable while in there.....

Those stones can get cold  it's good you've got an insulated section for your shop. 

[BenelliSEI]

I was in a fellows work shop today, in the end of an old drive shed. His shop is probably 15’ X 30’, well insulated, but he doesn’t leave any heat on full time. He had some heavy curtains hanging from the ceiling, to seal off (sort of) a small space at one end. He switched on an electric, overhead “infra red” heater just behind where he stands at his bench. I was impressed how quickly it warmed the smaller area! I might try something similar, at one end of my shop.

[Gurp]

I think before next winter I'm going to insulate my shop. I keep trying to keep myself from doing to much telling myself it's only temporary but I'm still going to be in there till we sell or rent this place out on the next few years.

[70CB750]

I think before next winter I'm going to insulate my shop. I keep trying to keep myself from doing to much telling myself it's only temporary but I'm still going to be in there till we sell or rent this place out on the next few years.

My shop is enclosed but not insulated - I use a kerosene heater.  Its enough for Virginia to keep me comfortable. 

[Gurp]

It's currently 20° outside and I am definitely ready to fire up the heat but it'll probably be tomorrow and get in and do some work. Got my shipment of hardware in from Kimball West. Need to organize and work on finishing my last little shelf.

[Kelly E]

My shop always looks the same, packed full of stuff with a random bike on the lift. Today it's the 77' KZ 1000 LTD.

[BenelliSEI]

My shop always looks the same, packed full of stuff with a random bike on the lift. Today it's the 77' KZ 1000 LTD.

Kelly..... is that MGB putting down roots yet? Your shop looks great! John D.

[Kelly E]

My shop always looks the same, packed full of stuff with a random bike on the lift. Today it's the 77' KZ 1000 LTD.

Kelly..... is that MGB putting down roots yet? Your shop looks great! John D.

Yeah I think it has put down roots.
After tax time I'll be able to start picking away at the MG's.

[newday777]

I picked up a pellet stove a couple nights ago, it's a 65,000 btu big stove with a 3 bag hopper(120 lbs) so it should last a few days to a week at 50 degrees setting if I don't get up there every day(work gets in the way of playing still)
I borrowed a 4" carbide hole saw with a SDS drill for the vent hole in the block wall and got it hooked up late yesterday, then fired it up before I left last night. It puts out some serious heat on high. Left it set at 60 degrees, it has a thermostat setting.
I'll find out how it does tomorrow as it's supposed to drop from the high of 48 today with lots of rain with this high wind storm followed up by a flash freeze to a low of 10 degrees tonight and Saturday night, 21 degrees F for a high tomorrow, Sunday 26 and not so white a Christmas though there may be some more snow tonight during the freeze drop at the end of the precipitation changeover..... Hopefully the power doesn't get knocked out.

[Stev-o]

My garage has been converted into a green house!   That major cold front hit Central Texas yesterday and had to move my wife's plants inside.
It's currently 16F outside and 48F inside the attached garage....

[newday777]

Lots of the south is freezing even Florida

[Alan F.]

That pellet stove is pretty impressive Stu. A friend's parents had a similar model in the 80's but they added a 2 foot sheet metal extension above the hopper so it'd hold much more and last longer unattended.

I was wondering yesterday if clockwork pellet feeders were available for those stoves? They'd certainly do the trick in NH where the grid can be sketchy in the winter. I'd suppose it'd be great for off-grid too. Come to think of it, one could probably engineer a bi-metallic thermostat to keep some kind of control over temps too. I really need a shop of my own again.

[newday777]

This one has a built-in thermostat to regulate the temperature. The sensor is on the lowest point of the back, 10" from the door(insulated).
I have a thermometer on the wall 20' away and it's at 60 degrees. The stove is set to 62 so it's close enough.
I'm comfortable albeit that it's 55 degrees outside right now...