Teh GRIMESPACE workshop

[JiveTurkey]

When I saw the thread title; I have to admit it made me think of Slobber Rod's workshop thread (said, of course; with all the love in my heart Slobber )

must have missed that one. Link?

http://www.guitarampboard.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=17&t=29927
You were already there; just forgot about it. He needs to do an update on his progress as well

[Tortuga]

Sweet workshop dude. I'd love to extend mine a bit for messy work. My repurpose the basement for woodwork stuff. Also kreg jigs are awesome. I had one but someone stole it

Thanks man. Gotta agree about the Kreg stuff - easiest way to do joinery, and it's solid as fuck. Sometimes a little hard to get perfect alignment, but can't be beat for knocking things out fast. My dad did and entire kitchen's worth (carcasses and faceframes) of cabinets in maple using all pocket screws, and it turned out phenomenal.

When I saw the thread title; I have to admit it made me think of Slobber Rod's workshop thread (said, of course; with all the love in my heart Slobber )

must have missed that one. Link?

http://www.guitarampboard.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=17&t=29927
You were already there; just forgot about it. He needs to do an update on his progress as well

Oh shit - now I remember. ET cart for the win!

[Telephant]

Damn this is really awesome dude! Like everyone else mentioned, these are very valuable skills to know! Very cool!!!

[Zozobra]

I've built a few cabs with kreg screw pockets and they turned out great. I keep umming and arring over buying a replacement as I have a few things headshells to build and it would simplify things hugely.

[Tortuga]

Damn this is really awesome dude! Like everyone else mentioned, these are very valuable skills to know! Very cool!!!

Thanks Shea

I've built a few cabs with kreg screw pockets and they turned out great. I keep umming and arring over buying a replacement as I have a few things headshells to build and it would simplify things hugely.

I'm pretty sure I'd be buying another if I lost mine, plus the new ones have a vacuum attachment and improved spacers, which I'd love to have!

[mortatone]

Hell yeahz

[Tortuga]

Hell yeahz

[Riffraff]

Impressive, I love it!

I used to have a nice set up like that for my woodshop. I've got a bunch of stationary woodworking tools, vintage '50s and earlier all cast iron stuff and a few late '80s Delta pieces (10" tilting arbor cabinet saw, 3 wheel band saw, drill press). My grandfather was a cabinet maker. My father used those tools to build just about every piece of furniture we had in our house when I was a kid including the black walnut desk I'm sitting at right now as I type this. When he died they went to me. I built a bunch of furniture too. In a previous marriage I had a 3 car garage and the 3rd bay was extra-wide and deep. I put dedicated circuits in there for all of my tools and had a great set up. That marriage ended badly and I eventually upgraded my woman and remarried. We live in a 96 year old farm house and my woodshop is in an unheated barn with a dirt floor. Unheated + cast iron + dirt floor in the northeast = RUST. I have to scrape the surfaces of all of my stationary power tools with a razor blade and buff them out with a scotch pad every spring. It's a bummer but at least I have them.

[Tortuga]

Impressive, I love it!

I used to have a nice set up like that for my woodshop. I've got a bunch of stationary woodworking tools, vintage '50s and earlier all cast iron stuff and a few late '80s Delta pieces (10" tilting arbor cabinet saw, 3 wheel band saw, drill press). My grandfather was a cabinet maker. My father used those tools to build just about every piece of furniture we had in our house when I was a kid including the black walnut desk I'm sitting at right now as I type this. When he died they went to me. I built a bunch of furniture too. In a previous marriage I had a 3 car garage and the 3rd bay was extra-wide and deep. I put dedicated circuits in there for all of my tools and had a great set up. That marriage ended badly and I eventually upgraded my woman and remarried. We live in a 96 year old farm house and my woodshop is in an unheated barn with a dirt floor. Unheated + cast iron + dirt floor in the northeast = RUST. I have to scrape the surfaces of all of my stationary power tools with a razor blade and buff them out with a scotch pad every spring. It's a bummer but at least I have them.

Dude - it is so awesome to have something that your dad made for you. Nothing like it. I've got a few things mine made me, including the studio we built in my garage a couple years ago (see my sig for the build thread). Also, I don't know how you could possibly deal with a house that was built just after WWI Is the wiring upgraded or all knob & tube? Mine was built in '62, and it's got it's own issues, but at least they're somewhat current.

As for the rusting machinery, you gotta get yourself some of this for your LAST scraping session


...and some of this to protect the clean surface


I shit you not - this is the greatest anti-rust / chain lube product on the fucking planet. I used to put 5-10k miles a year on my road bike, and mechanics could not believe how long my chains and gearing lasted. I put that stuff on the machined surfaces of my machines, and they never rust.

Boeshield is the bomb http://boeshield.com/catalog/

[Riffraff]

Thanks for the tip. I'll grab some pronto. I really want to take care of these things and pass them along to my son as they were passed to me. My son is 26 and is a natural with tools. He has been working in the trades since he was 16. They will be in good hands with him. Some of the vintage power tools in my collection were actually added by me. I think they are cool and in some circumstances are made better than the stuff you can buy today. I've got a pair of Walker Turner made Craftsman 12" bandsaws from the '30s, a '40s Homecraft scroll saw, a '50s King Seeley made Craftsman joiner and a '50s Dewalt GWI radial arm saw. See, tube amps aren't the only old shit I hoard.

[Tortuga]

I was going to remark that, based on the vintage amp gear you have, you must have some pretty cool, old tools - the kind that aren't 60% plastic and have to be replaced / upgraded every other year.

[Riffraff]

Yeah, I liked scooping stuff like this cheap off of CL for a while.

$100



$35



Traded a skid of firewood I was doing nothing with (tree fell in my yard) for this and the matching table saw then sold the table saw.

[Tortuga]

Have been having 'interesting' things going on this past week. My #1 employee is moving on to another job, which has caused quite a bit of turmoil in my schedule (including killing my day off last Friday), but I did manage to get some things done...

First step was relocating my 220v feed for the tablesaw, so that I could flip it around and not have the cable dangling across the floor.

This is where it was





Extending the conduit - it's only semi-permanent for now. At some point (when I pull an entirely new subpanel into the room and get the work areas / machines all established), I'll be rewiring everything.



New box installed, plug relocated and everything buttoned up, ready to rock. Also got the saw flipped around so that things are located much better now.



And, successful test



That pretty well comprised my Saturday window. Sunday coming next...

[Tortuga]

Next up was the back table for the tablesaw. This is going to make things far safer, as I'm usually having to balance long pieces of wood off the back edge as I cut them, because I'm usually too lazy to put up my roller stand. This is just the first part, which will be fixed in place. I'll install hinges along the back edge that will attach another section that can fold up. More on that later.

Unfortunately, this is about as far as I got on Sunday morning. The long pieces here are being assembled as a frame, which will then be attached to the rail along the back of the saw. Then, support pieces will extend down to the angle iron and I'll put a 12" piece of melamine on top of the whole mess. Hopefully that gets done this Saturday

[RIFF]

.... ....Any man who doesnt just run 220 via a couple of extension cords from the laundry room, on out across the dirt to the shed... just AINT no REAL man!

[Tortuga]

I say unfortunately, because I made the mistake of starting a *small* plumbing project around lunch time. I mean, how long should it take to install a new kitchen faucet? Shut off water, loosen hoses & bolts, yank the old, in with the new, tighten everything, and turn on water. Right? Right?

Wrong

While I did get the kids involved...





Then we tried test-fitting the new faucet we got from Costco (just to hold us over until we can redo our kitchen). The thing was made wrong, and wobbled on it's seat Wife takes back to Costco, argued with the guy at the return counter ("Yes, I think my husband does know what he's doing, and if he says it's not made right, then it's not made right..."). Jeezbus

Get the new one here and try it - turns out that the new faucet already had hoses attached. Just the wrong size for the stops

Run to Depot, get new stops. Actually managed to get the right size for once, and only bought the one - usually I either make 3 trips or I buy all 3 possible sizes and then have to return the two I didn't use

Installed the stops, installed the faucet



Turn on water...

"TURN IT OFF, DAD!!!! IT'S LEAKING!!!". FAAAAACK

I didn't replace the compression sleeves - compression sleeves not cooperating. Have to cut sleeves off pipe, cut pipe, cut and install new extension piece, then reinstall stop



Turn water on. TaDa!!!



...and my Sunday (and weekend) is over

Stay tuned for next week's episode

[Tortuga]

.... ....Any man who doesnt just run 220 via a couple of extension cords from the laundry room, on out across the dirt to the shed... just AINT no REAL man!

Dude, I know I live in the IE, and the IE lives in me, but NO FUCKING WAY AM I FUCKING DEALING WITH FUCKING EXTENSION CORDS

And the 220 in my laundry area was disconnected a loooong time ago

[RIFF]

If you dont do things unsafely, 8 IE meth freaks will come picket your house!

[Tortuga]

:lol: If you dont do things unsafely, 8 IE meth freaks will come picket your house!

Cool - I'll put 'em to work digging up my failed sprinkler system

[Riffraff]

I'll do electrical work any day over plumbing. Plumbing SUCKS!!! Your plumbing experience sounds like how mine go every time.

[Tortuga]

I'll do electrical work any day over plumbing. Plumbing SUCKS!!! Your plumbing experience sounds like how mine go every time.

I'm right there with you, brother

[Meelocheck]

Awesome that you got the kids involved. My dad did that too while my brother and I were growing up and now we can pretty much fix anything, assuming it can be fixed...That is a great workspace too. I'm very jealous. Right on.

[VTM]

When I saw the thread title; I have to admit it made me think of Slobber Rod's workshop thread (said, of course; with all the love in my heart Slobber )

must have missed that one. Link?

http://www.guitarampboard.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=17&t=29927
You were already there; just forgot about it. He needs to do an update on his progress as well

I need to take pics of my safe today. I dug it out of the shed this weekend.

[VTM]

.... ....Any man who doesnt just run 220 via a couple of extension cords from the laundry room, on out across the dirt to the shed... just AINT no REAL man!

Which is exactly what I do when I need power in my garage.

[VTM]

Awesome that you got the kids involved. My dad did that too while my brother and I were growing up and now we can pretty much fix anything, assuming it can be fixed...That is a great workspace too. I'm very jealous. Right on.

Agreed. Grimespace is like super dad or something.