tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8672429826561258985.post239929569050431039..comments2024-02-17T02:30:05.142-06:00Comments on Inside the Oldwolf Workshop Studio: After The WarDerek Olson (Oldwolf)http://www.blogger.com/profile/17266838091596906383noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8672429826561258985.post-13947665719091886762014-02-01T13:25:38.267-06:002014-02-01T13:25:38.267-06:00Derek, you and I are on similar paths, though you ...Derek, you and I are on similar paths, though you are furtheralong than I am. I started my hand tool experimentation back in the late 80's. But when I left the SCA I lost the muse and set them aside until recently. I never used dust collecfion on my machines either. That is until I began to have bronchial issues from the dust. Now that I am doing most of my work by hand again, dust collection isn't a huge thing. But, for the two power tools I still use, I upgraded from a shop vac to a single stage 1hp collector (Rikon). It's on casters, so I can move it around, which works as it really isn't strong enough to power a shop wide system with lots of pipes along the walls. I just plug it in to whatever machine I am going tk be using, and it merrily pulls in all the fine dust that used to coat my lungs. Whatever solution you choose, as long as it does what you need, it's good. Thanks for maintaining the blog, it has been inspirationalAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06054908281080732407noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8672429826561258985.post-25736469195306635642014-02-01T10:36:53.583-06:002014-02-01T10:36:53.583-06:00I will admit, my personal level of workshop OCD ma...I will admit, my personal level of workshop OCD may be a little higher than some and markedly higher than others. I suppose 15 years of handling, organizing, and setting up surgical instrumentation for procedures is to blame <br /><br />My shop is obviously in a garage, but there is enough land next to the garage that I could easily build on a sizable addition and have a real and dedicated shop with big windows, wood floors, dedicated sub panel, and some climate control. If I were to do this I would move my hand tool operations and a few power tools into there and leave a few of the louder and dustier ones out in the old space. <br /><br />Now I guess I have to start buying lottery tickets. <br /><br />In honesty I like the process of setting up a shop in a new space, I like to see processes and workflow come together. I hope you find some enjoyment organizing the garage/shop. <br /><br />And thanks for the kind words about the shop stool, I have to get those refinements in before I make up my mind on how much I like it. You are right though, the mess was worth meeting the challenge of 16 M&T joints in a day (no Dominos here) <br /><br />DDerek Olson (Oldwolf)https://www.blogger.com/profile/17266838091596906383noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8672429826561258985.post-82790570550238837032014-02-01T07:20:15.677-06:002014-02-01T07:20:15.677-06:00We all have different levels of acceptable disarra...We all have different levels of acceptable disarray. Your shop falls well inside my definition of good enough. A little dusty perhaps but you can see 75% of the bench top. <br />It is a pain that you left the top open on your tool box. Chests have so many layers that digging out all the tools will fill that bench top pretty quickly.<br />I had the old shop set up with everything in drawers so dust wasn't a big issue. Now I keep the machines in the garage and the hand tools in the basement shop. I haven't set up the dust collector in the garage since I moved to Richland. The machines are for large projects which are few and far between now. <br />The old house was built in 1891. With that and the farm buildings I did a lot of major construction projects. I collected an array of large machines that made chips and dust like it was going out of style. <br />New house is a ranch style built in the 60's. Paint and landscaping have been the major redo's. I did get a chance to rebuild the little storage barn in the back yard. Current projects are more along the line of picture frames and boxes. I retired in October of last year. If summer ever arrives I intend to set up the garage shop with more access to the equipment. Right now everything is piled up on the bench and jammed against the back wall. <br />After all this rambling I have to say the stool looks great and in my mind the clutter it created is well worth the result. Old Sneelockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08351962349969201851noreply@blogger.com