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    Been meaning to do this for a while. The original thread of the shed upgrade/build in 2011/12 was in the woodies forum but all of the pics got lost so thought it might be time to do a new photo tour. Please note I did not clean up for this so if it seems messy and crowded this is just what it's like.

    Proceeding clockwise from the front door.

    The cupboard holds power tools.
    Atop the cupboard are two analytical balances (10 and 1kg), power tool battery recharging and electrolysis power supply.
    My only bit of peg board holds mostly most used tools.
    PTcupboard.jpg

    Opposite the above cupboard.
    Main workbench with 1m long 3HP 3P linisher on a VFD and small press on top, and map drawers underneath.
    Underneath that are roller boxes containing various metals and plastics
    Overhead are large linisher belts, various PPE.
    MapDrawers.jpg

    Below:
    Sink, with solvent and lube storage underneath, digital radio on HDPE shelf above sink and stereo on shelf above window.
    Also note hammers stored on wine glass rack in front of window
    sink.jpg
    The bench alongside the sink holds grinding/sharpening/soldering/brazing gear, cut off and grinding discs, hole saw sets
    Small drawers on bench hold pipe clamps, bearings, compressed air fittings, plasma cutting and welding accessories.
    On top of drawers are tissues paper wipes and latex gloves.

    Below:
    MW turning corner.
    Shelves behind hold turning/welding and some milling gear.
    The Blackbox hanging on the wall is the lathe VFD housing.
    MWlathe.jpg

    Opposite the lathe is a small mill (also on a pair of VFDs).
    Anvil gets moved away from mill for extended use.
    Mill.jpg

    Weldingbay/fume hood with Welder and PC underneath.
    Usually there is a lot more stuff hanging inside the bay
    weldbay.jpg

    Below
    1.5HP DP on a VFD and gas forge in front of metal storage racks
    DP.jpg

    Green metal BS, 3 grinder turntable. 2 of the grinders are 1HP 3P on a single VFD and teh other is an Abbot and Ashby SP, and behind all that a 3HP 3P WW bandsaw on a VFD.
    trigrinder.jpg

    Below:
    Use of OH hanging space, starting from LHS, angle grinders, die grinder, clamps, various solvent/lube bottles.
    The electronic Gizmo under the roof is CO monitor.
    bottles.jpg

    Below:
    More OH storage, long Ally bar/tube, PVC pipe, long pipe clamps, Polycarbonate sheet roll, small linisher belts
    Oheadstore1.jpg

    More to come

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    Now the Woodie end of the shed.

    Alongside the WW BS in a 1HP 3P WW lathe on a VFD.
    Underneath the bench on the floor are more roller drawers containing sheet metal, and one with WW tools.
    WWlathe.jpg

    Here is another view of the 1m long linisher showing the 12" disc and dust extraction ducting.
    To the right of that you can just make out the press.
    Linisher.jpg

    Opposite the linisher is a TS with a router table attached.
    I use these mainly for Al.
    TS.jpg

    Above the linisher and TS is space for more clamps and PPE
    WWclamps.jpg

    Behind the TS is my WW bench but recently I have been using it mainly for things like metal bluing and electrical work.
    Vertical drawers underneath hot WW tools.
    WWbench.jpg

    Above the bench there is some space for suspending tools and space for short/thin timber rack.
    Oheadstore2.jpg

    Opposite the WW bench are an electrical (LHS) and Paint/chemicals (RHS) cupboards .
    There are 4 VFDs inside the electrical cupboard.
    EandP.jpg

    Alongside the above cupboards is the shelves contains 6 Chainsaws and chainsaw gear.
    Underneath THE shelves and up against the wall is storage for plastic sheeting goods AND SOME TIMBER.
    The thing under the grey BBQ cover is a combo planer/thicknesser.
    The Al tubular gizmo is another chainsaw mill.
    The cupboard on the left holds power tools, sanding accessories and consumables, compartmentalized boxes with fixtures and fittings, some electrical, old tools and PVC fittings.
    CSstorage.jpg

    The Other Chainsaw mill is in pieces above the 3 grinder turntable.
    Its that thing with the chain and wheels
    CSM1.jpg

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    A few more I thought of after I wrote the first two posts up.

    More OH crap.
    PVC pipe, spare LED tubes an that MDF thingo is a small router mill.
    Oheadstore3.jpg

    The big white box is a HEPA room air filter
    In amounts the tangle there is also a 1/4HP, 3P 1200 CFM exhaust fan on a small VFD.
    The compressed air hose roll is for cleaning chainsaws outside the shed.
    Oheadstore4.jpg

    SWMBO's bench - although ATM it has mainly my crap on top of it.
    I get the drawers and cupboards underneath which hold electrical stuff including electrical motors and some power tools.
    On the floor under the bench are roller tubs with wood offcuts.
    SWMBObench.jpg

    Here is a shot of the SS mesh tooling shelves behind the lathe.
    They work really well and in 7 years since they've been there nothing has fallen through to the floor.
    What has fallen (multiple times) are those tools hanging on screws from the front of the shelf
    Toolings.jpg

    Hope this is of some use to folks looking for storage ideas etc.

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    Amazes me how much good stuff we accumulate...

    looks like your with me BobL..need a much bigger shed...lot of my stuff is on wheels so I can move it out of the way to get to other stuff
    Thanks for the tour

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    Thanks Guys.

    The forge is on wheels so it's exhaust can be positioned closer to the fume hood. The two bandsaws and the planer thicknesser are on wheels and occasionally get wheeled to the front door for cutting up long stock. The WW lathe legs are on HDPE skids so's I can slide it out of the way when I need to cut something long on the TS. The Anvil/stump gets moved with a sack trolley.

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    Hi Bob,

    Thanks for the pictures.
    I feel so much better now !
    Someone has more stuff crammed in their man cave than I have.
    Best Regards:
    Baron J.

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    Thanks for the tour Bob. Looks like there isn't much room for you in there, but that seems to be a fairly common problem for many of us.
    It would be very scary to price every single item in there if someone were to duplicate your entire set-up, it would add up to a fair sized Lotto win I would think.
    One advantage of a good workshop is that it keeps you out of the pub, and SWMBO knows where you are.
    Enjoy your workshop,

    Alan...

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    Quote Originally Posted by Uncle Al View Post
    Thanks for the tour Bob. Looks like there isn't much room for you in there, but that seems to be a fairly common problem for many of us.
    It would be very scary to price every single item in there if someone were to duplicate your entire set-up, it would add up to a fair sized Lotto win I would think.
    One advantage of a good workshop is that it keeps you out of the pub, and SWMBO knows where you are.
    Enjoy your workshop,

    Alan...
    Thank Alan.
    It has taken me about 15 years to accumulate this setup and I have been pretty lucky picking up some things for next to nothing or nothing at all.
    The MW lathe, the 3 grinders, the big linisher, the room air filter, the two exhaust fans, the map drawers and the cabinet cupboards and big bench cost nothing to purchase which left funds available to put VFDs on most machines and buy some tooling. Machines like metal cutting BS was well (ab)used when I bought it for next to nothing.
    This also justified spending some money on purchasing a decent welder and plasma cutter.
    None of it is needed to keep me out of the pub because I don't drink, well I have about 1 beer or wine a month.

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    What an amazing studio you have, Bob. Thanks very much for the tour. But I know there's more because I recall you talking about the external dust collector - and I don't know if you have an external compressor?

    Out of interest, what is the floor area width by length of your shed?

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    For those who haven't been in Bob's shed it looks chock a block but surprisingly there is ample circulation space for two people. Unlike mine.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Gunnaduit View Post
    What an amazing studio you have, Bob. Thanks very much for the tour. But I know there's more because I recall you talking about the external dust collector - and I don't know if you have an external compressor?
    Thanks.
    You are correct there's a 3HP [Correction 3P 4HP on a VFD] DC in an noise reducing external enclosure.
    I had to go to this extreme because the neighbour over the back has his pool and outdoor entertainment area right up against the rear fence.
    Final.jpg

    The 4HP compressor is in its own noise reducing external enclosure.
    Complete.jpg

    Out of interest, what is the floor area width by length of your shed?
    It's two sheds joined together - A newer one that is 6 x 4 m and the other is 3.8 x 5.2 for a toTAL OF 42.7m^2
    The 6x 4 shed is 2.4m high at one end and 2.7 m at the other, the other shed is 2.2m his at one end and 2.4m at the other.
    The council wouldn't let me built the newer one any bigger or taller.

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    Quote Originally Posted by BobL View Post
    It's two sheds joined together - A newer one that is 6 x 4 m and the other is 3.8 x 5.2 for a toTAL OF 42.7m^2
    The 6x 4 shed is 2.4m high at one end and 2.7 m at the other, the other shed is 2.2m his at one end and 2.4m at the other.
    Staggering. More or less equivalent to just under 7m x 7m, and you've got about four different factories in there. I think my double garage is 6m x 7m internally, so area just the same as yours, and I couldn't imagine how I'd fit all of that in there - I'm struggling with space as it is.

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    Have you got enough lighting in there? I found my shed happiness increases with how well I can actually see. A day spent squinting really wears you out.

    How do you like the Hercus mill?

    Thanks for the tour!

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    Quote Originally Posted by caskwarrior View Post
    Have you got enough lighting in there? I found my shed happiness increases with how well I can actually see. A day spent squinting really wears you out.
    There are 13 x 1200mm LED tubes for general lighting, plus 2 x 1200mm LED tubes above each lathe, and a extra 2 x 1200 mm LED Tubes above the main assembly bench. There are a couple of other movable bench spots I can use where needed.

    How do you like the Hercus mill?
    Thanks for the tour!
    I haven't been able to stand up for very long in the last few months so I haven't used it much. The last job I did was to mill down the handle bar brackets on the top front fork hub of my brothers Moto Guzzi - I was just ally but it was quite straightforward and now my bro has a couple of other jobs for me. I worked out I have >800 lumens per m^2 which should be O but some of that is blocked by crap squirrelled into the space above head height.

    I should add I have a couple of useful auxiliary spaces, one being a sealed 6 x 4 x 1.2 m high space under the house where I store materials (I even had milled timber slabs under there), bulk lubes, and spares, the lawn mower and the CO2 cylinder for the Soda Stream in the kitchen above. I also repurposed my old 2.3 x 3.3 m study inside the house as an electronics work area. I now mainly use my laptop on the dining room table or the family room.

    SWMBO has taken over the lounge room as a craft room and has a sewing nook in the family room. The front veranda is covered in horsey gear When we have more than a couple of visitors over it's a major exercise to clean up so they can get into the house.

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