nc_cooter Posted June 20, 2009 Share Posted June 20, 2009 I have not been doing any hammering lately, but I haven't been totally inactive in the shop. Over the last 5 months I have been reorganizing my shop and adding a dust room and dust collector. My main shop area is now measures 10'x32' and is insulated and cooled by 2 small window AC units. Picked up both AC's used for $50 total. This old Phart can't take the heat like he used to. The dust room was an absolute necessity. Everything in the old shop was covered by grinding dust and saw dust. The first 2 pics show the new dust room. Everything is on wheels for flexibility since the room is only 10'x10'. I built a grinding dust separator that actually works. It has a baffle between the inlet and the outlet and water in the bottom. It is attached to a Steel City 1 1/2 HP dust collector, wired for 220vac. When grinding, the dust bag is not used and the exhaust just dumps into the room. For sawing, I can hook it to either the band saw or the table saw in the normal manner. The next 2 pics show the rest of the main shop. The next 3 pics show my forging area. It has a crushed stone floor and measures 12'x27'. thanks for looking. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arftist Posted June 20, 2009 Share Posted June 20, 2009 Thanks for the pics. I really have to figure out how to post pictures. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimmy seale Posted June 20, 2009 Share Posted June 20, 2009 that's way too clean.best get to work and mess it up some. nice set up any way, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nc_cooter Posted June 20, 2009 Author Share Posted June 20, 2009 Jimmy, it took all day to clean up everything. I even found some things that I forgot I had. It won't look this way again anytime soon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bentiron1946 Posted June 20, 2009 Share Posted June 20, 2009 Nice looking shop. Now tell me about the turtle in picture number seven.:cool: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nc_cooter Posted June 21, 2009 Author Share Posted June 21, 2009 Bentiron, that's my shop mascot. He is cast iron and feels right at home in the forge area. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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