]]>Well I finally got my workshop to the point of needing a dehumidifier to keep the moisture down. It was holding around 70-80% humidity. It is now holding in the mid to low 50’s. So for a $179.99 and free shipping from Amazon.com I am very pleased.
Frigidaire Dehumidifier, 70-Pint Capacity, FAD704TDP
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Belt Conversion for a Sieg X3 with Power Drawbar.
Fixture for 4 Parts that I want to produce
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On to my shop….I have completed framing my walls out, and 95% installed R-19 insulation. I have also run 110v electrical outlets all around my shop, every 4′ so I know I have one where I need. 
So over the next week I hope to finish all the 11v outlets as I have ran out of conduit and of course the local Home Depot is out of stock and it is to late in the evening to get any more this weekend. Hopefully Monday I can find some at a electrical supply outlet or some where. If I get the 110v outlets done I am going to install 4 possibly 5. Seems like I have spent a fortune in electrical supplies. Also thinking I may need to install a sub panel as when I am done with circuits I know I am going to install, my box will be full. Suggestions?
Ok, on too a quick tour of my shop and some of my tools.
Chop Saw
Fans – I am in Texas, and it gets HOT!
Rolling Cart – Currently being used for electrical supplies as I install outlets.
Air Compressor – About to die I think and will be replaced with a 60 gallon unit.
New Hobart Handler 210 Mig welder with Spool Gun, seems like a great deal for what you get with this package, $899 and is only $100 more than the Handler 210 without the spool gun.
I picked up this cart from Harbor Freight for $39.99 (With Coupon) and I got the bottles from a buddy for $100, so $150 for this setup, good deal to me. I priced the Oxygen bottle and it was over $300 if I had to buy one.
Got have some music!
10″ Table Saw (And a pile of stuff) – I want to extend the table on it somehow, any suggestions?
Drill Press
Scroll Saw
Heavy Rolling Metal Table
Old Cornwell tool box, never heard of that brand, and a pile of stuff!
My Main Tool Box
Shop Vac
10″ Miter Saw
Old Montgumery Wards Tool Box
Future Work Bench, about 14′ long.
Temporary Heater until I get a Natural Gas Modine Heater.
More to come!
]]>His and Her Shops!
My Shop view from the house!
My Wife’s Shop view from the house! her shop is 22′ x 37′ x 9′ as we already had a slab from the shop we tore down. It is now FULL of her stuff, and I have a trailer, and lawn equipment in it. So my shop is all for me!
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Machine Shop 1 – Machining Skills for Prototype Development (Length: 40:32)
- Basic tour of the machine shop
- Layout techniques (including transferring hole locations)
- Basic tools: drill press, band saw, belt sander and grinder
- Locating and drilling holes (includes using a center finder and deburring)
- Tapping holes (including using a tap guide)
Machine Shop 2 – Machining Skills for Prototype Development (57:33)
- Drilling holes
- Special drills for plastics and hard or abrasive materials
- Drill press limitations
- Bandsaw
- Suitable speeds, feeds and materials
- Bandsaw setup
- Using the drill press vise
Machine Shop 3 – Machining Skills for Prototype Development (30:02)
- Good practice – clean up
- Small belt sander configurations
- Grinder operations and materials
- Deburring and buffing
- Finishing techniques
Machine Shop 4 – Milling Machine 1 (50:33)
- Parts and controls of a Bridgeport Mill
- Quill feed
- Axis handfeeds & backlash explanation
- Gib locks
- Power feed
- Digital readouts
- Milling machine set-up – squaring/tramming the head square
- Squaring the vise – adjusting the vise so the stationary jaw is parallel to the bed
- Milling machine accessories and work-holding techniques
Machine Shop 5 – Milling Machine 2 (1:03:33)
- Square and hex collet blocks – used to hold/clamp parts to machine features on 4 and 6 sides of a part respectively
- V-blocks
- Hold-down clamps – used to hold large or irregularly shaped parts
- Using angle blocks – used to hold materials to machine features not perpendicular on a part
- Drill press vise – using a vise within a vise
- Lathe chuck with vise – can be used to hold parts in the milling machine
- Double sided tape – can be used to securely hold a part without distortion
- Squaring high aspect ratio parts
- Right angle attachment
- Slitting saws – used to cut slots/slits/features in a part
- Rotary table – used to machine circular parts, grooves, circles, and segments . A dial indicator or Coaxial indicator can be used to square/center the table to the X & Y axes
- 5C collet indexer – used to hold collets and to position parts in up to 24 positions
Machine Shop 6 – Milling Machine 3 (42:36)
- Squaring a part – machining a piece of metal so all of the surfaces are flat, perpendicular and milled to the nominal size . Also covers using a fly-cutter and deburring
- Squaring a plate
- Using the edge finder
- Drilling holes with a mill
Machine Shop 7 – Milling Machine 4 (23:07)
- Reaming holes
- Boring holes with a boring Head – also covers using Plug Gauges to measure hole sizes
- Milling a slot
- Milling a shoulder, conventional and climb milling
- Cleaning the machine
Machine Shop 8 – Lathe 1 (42:37)
- The Lathe components
- Turning tools
- Turning and facing
- Cutting off a part
- Drilling
Machine Shop 9 – Lathe 2 (46:15)
- Tapping
- Boring
- Knurling with a bump knurler
- Cutting tapers with the compound
- Turning shafts – using a live center
- Single point thread turning
Machine Shop 10 – Lathe 3 (29:00)
- Lathe chuck
- Lathe arbors
- Turning between centers
- Face plate irregular shapes
- Face plate thin materials