Workshop Picture Thread

Inspired by the cleanliness the workshop in the lighting thread **LINK**

They say nothing says as much about you as where you work, so I spent several months cleaning up my workshop for a photo, and failed dismally. But being a nodey sort, here are two pictures in the hope they inspire some others, and spark off some lively discussion!

Right click and 'view picture' to see full size.

Neil

OK I'll throw in.

My shop.

Then i bought one of the larger magnetic swarf sweepers from ARC.

What a difference.

Cannot recomend them enough but advise that you buy two because my first one is till stuck firm to the side of the skip.

John S.

I recon that Neil is brave to post that, bet you know where everything is!

I've been meaning to ask this for some time.

Why is it that some images when clicked upon go full screen while others like John S's beautiful workshop stay as posted???.

Len. P.

Len,

I think it has to do with whether they are stored in your album on ME server or if you host them elsewhere.

All my pictures are hosted on our own servers so we are not reliant on others.

And thank you for the kind remarks on the workshop, I presume you meant the first picture ?

I wish my workshop was as tidy as yours John. At leat I can see the floor of my workshop now.

Thor

Maybe this thread would be better as a workshop organisation tips thread

At sea we used shadow boards for keeping an eye on and organising tooling

Colour coding of tools can also make them easier to find in a hurry

> Shadow Boards

How terribly inefficient! Hexagonal close packing and the application of entropy result in the lowest possible energy state for the workshop.

Joey

Hey John

I seem to recall that we had this picture of your workshop after the "GREAT CLEAN UP" a few weeks ago - and very good it was too. The question is - what is it like NOW? You can't keep posting historical data just to impress us!

Good on all you guys with the nerve to share your secrets - I was thinking I needed a clean up but now I feel a bit better about it. The problem I find with the process is firstly that I will come across some long lost bit which diverts me from the task - so it takes ages. Then, worst of all, when I have steeled myself to take a load of "never to be needed" stuff to the tip I will, within a few days, find an urgent need for it.

Ho hum indecision and apathy rules.

N

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About the same as the fisrt original photo

Hi Guys
I think I live in a time warp with all my old machines . Shed/workshop needs a good clean Nobby

I was always told 'An untidy mind is a creative mind' - I also apply that thinking to my workshop.

Strangely enough, my wife does not agree...............

The photos show my workshop as it was about 10 years ago. later I sold everything

on ebay due to eyesight problems.

Well I don't like a messy workshop and hate having to try and find a space on teh bench to do something. I always have a good tidy up on a sunday when I've finished for the weekend so this is how the workshop looked today.

J

I was going to post some pictures, but I don't think I'll bother now I've seen JasonB's comment, as mine is rather untidy in contrast.

Aw, what the hell, in for a penny in for a pound! Here are a couple of pictures of the machine shop:

Not shown are a surface grinder, pillar drill, furnace and welding gear. Can anybody spot where the 18" shaper is hiding? In the second picture the space by the door on the right is where the Britan repetition lathe is going to go, when I eventually pick it up. That explains why the Clarkson T&C grinder is parked in a funny place, as it is being moved.

Here's a picture of the tooling, cutter and measuring equipment store:

Disclaimer: Any resemblance to a dining room, living or dead, is purely coincidental.

Regards,

Andrew

PS: The first comment is tongue in cheek: I have a high regard for Jason's work.

I like the perspective that makes the red knob as big as the Bridgeport head - or perhaps you just have really big hands. And your press is suppoting Red Nose Day.

Organising Tip. wine bottle racks seem to be going out of fashion. I got 2 for nowt as bar racks recently.

Here's mine, having built it my wife looked at it for a few weeks and then said " it sort of reminds me of a signal box" , cant imagine how it ended up looking like that

[IMG]http://i351.photobucket.com/albums/q474/durhambuilder/P1030396.jpg[/IMG]

and inside

[IMG]http://i351.photobucket.com/albums/q474/durhambuilder/P1030394.jpg[/IMG]

and

[IMG]http://i351.photobucket.com/albums/q474/durhambuilder/P1030395.jpg[/IMG]

Ancient Brown and Shrpe horizontal mill has now gone to a new home, other machines are a Dore Westbury Mill, Boxford AUD and a Qualters and Smith hacksaw.

Edited By Durhambuilder on 02/10/2012 18:38:28

No way in hell am I posting mine - you can't see the bench tops for piled up stuff

Only the lathe and shaper are clear and usable

ok chaps, what's gone wrong with my photos?

Copy the "direct link" from photobucket not the IMG code. Then click on the little landscape icon next to the camera icon at the top of the reply box and paste the link into the URL box where the cursor will be flashing and it should come out like this