Workshop Challenge - Scroll Saw Challenge

[Woodmaster1]

So far the shops look less cluttered than mine. Hoping to post some pics tomorrow. I have to cleanup a little. I spent about an hour fixing the heater. It turned out to be a dirty heat sensor. A little sand paper and furnace was up and running. The house furnace had the same problem but not ever working on it called the repair guy cost me $122.00 next time it will be free. 

[jbrowning]

Hi Les, can you tell us what you think of your two bandsaws? What do you and don't you like about them? I have been looking for like a 10" bandsaw but can't decide on what to get.

Thanks

Jim

[Rockytime]

17 minutes ago, jbrowning said:

Hi Les, can you tell us what you think of your two bandsaws? What do you and don't you like about them? I have been looking for like a 10" bandsaw but can't decide on what to get.

Thanks

Jim

Hi Jim, The small band saw is a 9" Horrible Fright saw. For the cheap price it serves me well It is the one I use all the time. Size is the limiter. I have made a small sled and use it for cutting pen blanks as well cutting out wood for smaller scrolling projects. If I were to buy it again I would want the steel bed. Mine is aluminum and the demo at HF is steel. The Craftsman is an old 12". Fortunately it is in perfect shape and one of the finer things Craftsman made. I bought it on CL for $100, a real bargain. If I were to have only one and did not mind the size limitation of 10" I would look at the 10" Rikon. I do not have one but it has an excellent reputation. I would certainly consider it over most all the other cheap brands like Ryobi, Wen, and others. I have no problem with others it is just that Rikon has excellent customer service and makes a quality product. My HF has done well so far but I would perhaps not buy another.

[Woodmaster1]

Here it is clutter and all.

[MrsN]

The kids have been a bit like caffeinated squirrels this morning so no detail shots.

This is my school shop. I teach 5-12 grade wood shop, grouped by age and interest level. I am at a setting 4 facility for kids with disabilities or other special needs so I have small groups of less than 10 kids at a time.

We got a new Delta scroll saw earlier this year that my kids love. We also have a saw stop cabinet saw and a big timesaver sander. The drill press, jointer and bandsaw are all jet.

[justdraftn]

...you know.....I think a shop that is not cluttered....

....well, there isn't much going on in that shop.

 

.....just say'n.

 

[Fish]

You folks have some nice work shops!  Here’s my half of the garage.  It’s Heaven compared to my last one.  It’s a mess right now ( usually ).  I still have a lot of my work I’ve completed.  Band saw, my new scroll saw, spindle sander, table saw and a lot of wood.  I have a hard time throwing anything away.   My wife gets the other half if the garage once in awhile when I pick things up. Also I have the best shop monitor you could ever have. 

Edited April 6, 2018 by Fish

[Woodmaster1]

MrsN nice shop for the students. Be glad you have groups around 10. I know my first year teaching woodshop I had groups of 35. I was constantly on the move. I have a special needs son and he enjoyed working in the shop.

[MrsN]

47 minutes ago, Woodmaster1 said:

MrsN nice shop for the students. Be glad you have groups around 10. I know my first year teaching woodshop I had groups of 35. I was constantly on the move. I have a special needs son and he enjoyed working in the shop.

Last year I was in a different school and had classes of 28-34 so I know how lucky I am to have 10. I love it!

[trackman]

One thing I have noticed (maybe someone else has pointed this out) none of the shop pictures look anything like the ones we see on TV LOL.  These are true working shops.  Not a lot I can add to what the pictures show of mine.   Behind the Jet Air Filter you may be able to see a red dot.  That is a reflection in a mirror so I can tell the setting of the system speed and time to run.  Where you see the air compressor you can see a hose going into the cabinet that is were the shop vac is.  It runs when the scroll saw does and I use it for the chop saw and bench sanders.  The tool turn table I got at an auction for $10 great buy.    PS thinks for the pictures of your shops, maybe get my wife off my back about mine not looking like the TV guys LOL

Edited April 6, 2018 by trackman

[Chunkthekid]

Here is where I am at in the new shop. Now that I finally have the room, I am starting to grow my tool collection. I haven't been at this very long at all, so my shop feels a little empty compared to some of the others, and everything is still shiny and clean. There will soon be a table saw under my filtration unit so I won't smoke my head on it all the time.

[justdraftn]

2 hours ago, Fish said:

 

Nothi'n makes a shop more like a shop than have the supervisor around.

Cute pupp'ner dog.

[Woodmaster1]

Trackman looks like you have room for more things. Chuck your setting a bad precedent your shop is too clean.

[Chunkthekid]

23 minutes ago, Woodmaster1 said:

Trackman looks like you have room for more things. Chuck your setting a bad precedent your shop is too clean.

Honestly, I'm still just having fun playing with the dust collection. The light hum through the floors scares the heck outta my wife's cats, so I am never stingy about using it.

[new2woodwrk]

Great looking shops one and all!

Thanks everyone for sharing

@Woodmaster1/George - that is insane dust control through out

Well done!

 

Edited April 6, 2018 by new2woodwrk

[Rockytime]

Great response from you guys! Terrific shop photos. I love seeing them.

[spirithorse]

Well, I'm  a real private type  person so, I don't even know why I am posting these but, here you can see a couple of over-head cabinets I made for the tape, stains,, etc.
A 10' long section of bowling alley used for my main work table. My Craftsman 18" scroll saw, a planer, a harbor freight dust collector, a belt sander and also a 5" wide sander (on the floor under a trestle table) and a roto-zip and router hidden under there also. A good, large heater in the corner and I can put a window air conditioner in every summer. Over-head storage for lumber. The small barrel on the right side of pic 1 is for small cut-offs that can be used for other projects but, as you can see, the place is a mess and a lot of those pieces of wood are on the other tables. The tarp isn't really hiding anything. We got our 5 year old grand-son a 125CC atv for Easter and left it in the garage to clean it before putting it in the storage shed where it belongs.

God Bless! Spirithorse

 

[meflick]

Ok, I'm only showing my "corner" of the shop.  Hubby is a woodworking hobbiest. He has been for more than 20 years.  He usually builds furniture pieces.  He also started turning in the past year or so.  His shop space is a garage bay with a bit more "bump" out on one side for a little more space.  It is separated with a wall from the rest of the garage in which we park our cars (and collect other junk! ) The shop vac sets outside the actual shop but all the equipment is tied into the shop vac. My ever growing wood collection is also outside the shop area.

Since its hubby's shop, it means there are lots of tools and equipment in his shop available for my use (or my asking him to use for me.  Actually now, I will use most things like the band saw, the miter saw, the drill press, BUT I will not use the table saw yet (even though he got the Saw Stop a while back - I really encouraged him to get that, I wanted him protected  ).  When I picked up working with the scroll saw (which we already had so maybe I should say - tried again since I was the one who had him buy it originally but that is another story.) I started with the scroll saw almost two years ago now (next month) and since then, he kindly has given me a "corner" of his workshop to use.  He even moved some things around to create my "corner".  However, all those sanders in "my corner" are also used by him.  The only sanders I added to his shop was the flex drum sander with the wonder wheel on the motor in the middle for my Intarsia work and the Foredom with the small drum sanders for the small pieces of Intarsia.  (He can thank Judy Gale Roberts classes for those purchases. ) Pretty much the only thing he doesn't use is my scroll saws (and I think he has even used them a time or two for a quick cut! ) He hasn't whined too much about me invading his space.  Fortunately, I mainly use it during the day while he is at work anyway.

The first pictures shows my corner with the scroll saws on the right and the sanding station in the back. The second picture shows my two scroll saws that are setup for use around the "bend" from the sanding station area and final picture shows the "sanding corner" station.  It has all the sanders except for the SuperMax 19 38 drum sander which is on the other end of the shop by the garage door. picture shows looking down the "aisle" past the saws to the sanding station.  All those storage bins and stuff above the sanders are his.  I try to keep my area "straightened" up which is why I can show you pictures of my corner.  His area, not so much! 

 

Edited April 7, 2018 by meflick

[Travis]

What a fun thread! I'm loving it! Keep em comin!

 

@MrsN  The shop class reminds me very much of the one I was in when I was in Jr High.  So much fun!

 

@trackman  I used to have that train plaque in my bedroom growing up.  Had it for many many years!  Boy, that brought back memories. 

[Sparkey]

I love pictures. Really enjoying the pictures and videos so far. I am going to go out and get some pictures of everything tomorrow. Great thread.

[Charlie E]

Not a very detailed shot but this is my happy place. My daughter and grandson made the string art Pop's Shop sign with his little hand print!

 

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[RangerJay]

We built the garage 30 years ago ...... no car has ever seen the inside  ...... we now call it "The Shed" - upstairs attic is typical seasonal storage and lifetime junk, main floor is roughly 1/3 sauna and 2/3 workshop (grudgingly shared with the lawn tractor and its attachments) ......

The winter shot was taken a couple years ago.

 

[barb.j.enders]

Here is my work shop

[Woodmaster1]

A better look at the shop machinery.

Edited April 7, 2018 by Woodmaster1

[RangerJay]

Clutter seems to be a very common theme - with subtle variations of earthy brown coloring ...... pretty sure I could feel very comfortable in every shop that has been pictured - actually - they all make me kinda feel at home .....

Jay