Wood shop's coming along

[JimmyR1rider]

Well, been pretty busy among other things building the wood shop in the basement. All the tools except the scroll saw, lathe, drill press and router/table are grizzly. They're all heavy as heck and were a bit of a challenge getting them down to the basement being I did it 95% on my own. The only 2 left are the planer which is in the garage and the table saw(left grizzlys facility today) but the planer is 678lbs and the table saw is 703 altogether so I'll be renting a skid steer to hoist it into the Bilco doors and lower them with a chain hoist to get them down. Pretty soon I'll be able to build whatever I want with actual attention to detail which is all but lost now a days. I'll update with pics as the progress continues. Once the table saw and planer are in I'll decide final placement, run the 220 lines and the ductwork for the dust collector. Sorry about the fuzziness on the one side of all the pics. This iPhone has been through hell and submerged into a pool. It's camera is pretty shot.

 

[cmantis]

Way to clean you should get some sawdust and just sprinkle it around for now!

 

[jdino]

Jimmy it looks great. I have so much of my Dads equipment and tools I am not going to use. Send me a pm if you are looking for anything I might be able to help. All the stuff you have I'm looking to sell. Plus some woodworking tools.

 

[JimmyR1rider]

Way to clean you should get some sawdust and just sprinkle it around for now!

Lol. For now I've only used the scroll saw and drill press. Table saw shipped today so it should all be laid out in a couple of days to a week from now. Then I'm sure it will be somewhat dusty but I'm a freak when it comes to tool and shop cleanliness. Too easy to slip and get hurt with a clean floor, nevermind with built up sawdust on it.

A couple of jigsaw puzzles I did so far. Pretty easy stuff:

Jimmy it looks great. I have so much of my Dads equipment and tools I am not going to use. Send me a pm if you are looking for anything I might be able to help. All the stuff you have I'm looking to sell. Plus some woodworking tools.

Thanks very much!! I'm always up for clamps and hand planes and sanders. Me me know what ya got. Good luck selling it all. I know it can be hard to find buyers for things that are worth good money.

 

[lnevo]

Looks awesome Jimmy! Wish i had access to a shop like that

 

[Tonyscoots84]

looks great so far. Wish i had a full basement ... Damn yankee basement.

 

[JimmyR1rider]

So I made my first project and small gift for my fianc?, a hand turned pen. Came out pretty good

 

[usctom]

Nice Pen. How hard are the puzzles to make? I assuming that was all on the scroll saw.

 

[JimmyR1rider]

Nice Pen. How hard are the puzzles to make? I assuming that was all on the scroll saw.

Thanks. They're not too hard if you use the right blades. Yes on the scroll saw. I find it much easier to do the puzzles with a spiral blade. No turning the piece to follow the lines, you just push the wood at different angles.

Takes a little getting used to though. They're just time consuming. Shop will be up and running 100% next week. Can't wait to start building furniture and stands. Workbench gets built first though.

 

[KathyC]

Very nice Jimmy!
First class - as always

 

[duromega]

Jimmy can you make drumsticks for me ?

 

[Reefinny]

Nice Shop!!! That pen looks very nice.

 

[ducati335i]

So are you going into wood working or something? Do you finish ref tanks skins and moldings? Pm me if you do

 

[JimmyR1rider]

Very nice Jimmy!
First class - as always

Thanks for the kind words Kathy.

 

[JimmyR1rider]

Jimmy can you make drumsticks for me ?

I could but it may be cheaper for store bought depending on how long it takes me to turn one to the exact specifications of the sticks you like. Either way we can see. I can always make a pair, see how long it takes on the lathe and we can go from there.

 

[JimmyR1rider]

Nice Shop!!! That pen looks very nice.

Thanks

 

[ENB]

+1 on the pen!
Do you sell the puzzles? They look awesome.

 

[JimmyR1rider]

+1 on the pen!
Do you sell the puzzles? They look awesome.

Thanks so much! I won't be selling puzzles until I get better on the scroll saw. There are some imperfections you can't see in the photos. Eventually in the very near future I'll have some up for sale.

Anything I'll ever sell to anyone I want to have perfected or I won't feel comfortable charging money for it. I'm a picky person on build quality of what I buy and will be the same way as a seller.

 

[JimmyR1rider]

looks great so far. Wish i had a full basement ... Damn yankee basement.

Thanks scoots. I'm glad I have a full size basement. I just have to frame a wall separating the shop from where the furnaces are so no dust that the collector can't get will make it to the systems filters.

 

[JimmyR1rider]

Got the table saw and planer in the other day. Rented a bobcat with forks and used a chain hoist to lower the tools down the Bilco stairs into the basement. Worked like a charm:

Now to run the 220 lines and frame a quick wall to separate the shop from the rest of the basement and it'll officially be up and running.