Setting Up a New Hobby Machine Shop!
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 31 พ.ค. 2024
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To find your stud finder, just walk about the shop with a stud. It will be unable to resist, and betray it's hiding place.
@@somebodyelse6673 TWO BITS!!! (Couldn't resist!)
Must be an actual stud, not just a potential stud or a random 2x4. Common mistake.
It will manifest itself in most obvious place in plain sight just after last thing will be handed
That's why they still exist and are not extinguished they can't resist the other stud sex 😂😂😂
Just buy a replacement. It will appear magically!
I particularly appreciate that when you were in the US you consistently referred to the distance as "1500 miles" and since you've been in Canada you've consistently referred to it as "2500 km".
@@maxheadroom1506 we don’t have accents ! LMAO
Yes I know, I know, to other regions we do. Too us we sound American, midwest.
While Canada is known for it's tropical climate , one of the things that I've done is glue high density foam to the back of each of the garage door panels and then put pegboard on top of that , you poke a hole in the foam each time you put in a hook, and you can't do heavy tools, but light ones are OK, and it looks better than just the Foam. Doors heavier , but increases R.
Thank you for sharing a little of Sprocket's adventures; she is a good cat 🥰
Sprocket content! What a bonus!
New shop looks great! Love the bonus Sprocket content. I wasn't aware that you had a self-aligning and self-lubricating, Sprocket.
That earned a thumbs up.
Self cleaning, too!
From the speed of motion, Sprocket must be the size of Godzilla! 😅
3:16 Just to share, after searching for studs as Quinn is here (w or w/o stud finder or magnet), it finally dawned on me to dim the lights and shine a bright light at a low angle on the wall. And voila, every divot in the drywall becomes visible revealing studs, screws, etc.
Same idea works wonders for finding small pins, springs, detents and the like that fly off onto the floor. It does however require you to be in an area where the floor is kept clean of chips to see it reflect without thousands of false positives 🤣
@@markfergerson2145 absolutely. I do gunsmithing and many times it's saved me from having to either make or order replacements. Due to my machine tools and my two teardown/assembly benches all sharing a space I've become pretty religious about cleaning chips up so if need be I can fall back to this trick. I also covered the concrete floor with some rubber backed work mats and used gaffer tape to secure it. You have to look for the ones with a short nap that the fabric is glued to so chips don't become embedded too badly to vacuum. Serves 3 valuable purposes. It prevents any parts or tools from getting banged up if they wind up taking a fall, keeps small projectiles from bouncing into the next zip code, and since it's a dull black nearly everything shows up to the naked eye, other than parts that are black oxided.
@@jkalash762 It requires a WHAT?
@@kensherwin4544 🤣🤣 it's basically a pipe dream. I do religiously sweep and built chip guards that trap the majority of metal from escaping but there's always a few escapees.
To find a wall stud using your hole method.drill a hole. Not in the stud? A bent wire hanger can be used to find it.
One tailstock alignment trick I learned from a friend is to use a piece of square bar stock. You can turn the corners down for testing at one end, stop the lathe, run your tool down the flat side of the bar, to the other test area. Works great. From my old friend MN in Phoenix.
The slo mo Sprocket drinking water shot was awesome and adorable!!!
(around 15:40)
SPROCKET!!!! Buddy!!!! 😀
I love the Safety Bits, Twisty Bits, Stabby Bits, and Squeezy Bits labels on your toolbox. This precise labeling schema has now made its way into my shop too.
I've found that while cabinets are great, nothing beats big shelves for the ability to store oddly shaped things! Nothing worse than being 1/4" or 6" short when needing storage space.
A tip for hanging cabinets like that is to add a scrap piece of pine or 2x4 just below where the bottom of the cabinet is going to be. You can rest the cabinet on it and then slightly lift it up onto the wall cleats. I install entire kitchens this way.
kitchen sink water is the best!
@15:43 "Tongue the Wet Sprocket." Oh wait.."Toad the Wet Sprocket". (Remember that band?) There touring now!
Sprockets cool 😎 👌 👍.
Glad the move went well and your new shop space is coming along! My seven year old loves watching with me on Saturday afternoons. The other day he said, “first we do this, as is tradition” to which my wife looked really confused haha
Your son has been "edumicated".
Oddly, Quinn didn't use this line while facing the end of her test bar!
Loving Blondihacks 2.0! Thanks for sharing. :)
If you ever re-arrange your lathe and mill, place your mill left of the lathe where the mill bed is in line with the lathe head. You can mount a steady rest on the mill table and turn extra long pieces on the lathe.
Yay Sprocket 😊 it's thirsty work being that cute.
I give you 300 points out of a total possible of 12 for putting in all quad outlets in your shop !! You can retire most of your outlet strips when you take this action....KUDOS......
The only downside is that everything's on the same circuit. Which isn't necessarily a problem by itself, but it means there's no need to have expensive GFCI receptacles at each location when chaining regular outlets is much cheaper.
@@eDoc2020 It doesn't have to be one circuit.
You can wire all the left duplex to one circuit and the right to another.
You can even break off the bonding tab and have top and bottom of a single duplex receptacle wired to different breakers.
Or you can have one outlet switched for lighting.
@@jimurrata6785 That's kind of what I was saying. It doesn't _have to_ be one circuit but it is. There are only two breakers in the subpanel and one is for the welder.
@@eDoc2020 Yes, it obviously is, and it wouldn't have taken much for the electrician to have pulled another THHN.
But Quinn is solo in her home shop, so it's unlikely she will be using multiple big draw tools at one time. (fortunately)
This is a big step up for her!
In my woodworking shop I have major tools on dedicated circuits. (20" planer, compressor, widebelt sander, etc)
If you ever try and hang something when it is not matching the studs, one trick that I use in my garage is to screw a 3/4" piece of plywood (or 2x4 depending on the strength needed) across where the studs are and then attach whatever it is to the plywood so that the holes line up wherever you need.
The shop looks GREAT! I'm jealous. BTW, I work in a shop converted from a garage - and there is one trick that may help you. You have uninsulated roll doors. Replacing the door panels with insulated ones would probably pay off over time in reduced heating and increased comfort.
Thanks for the shop vid ..and for the sprocket clip!
If you glue some 1-2" foam to the inside of your garage doors, it will help keep the temperature your garage/shop more even.
I always find it amusing when we install wall brackets, we give it nice tug to see if its nice and snug on the wall. The force of the tug is probably a fraction of the actual load the brackets and the fixings will carry, but that tug convinces us that its on there properly :) Sprocket is adorable!
You're also required to say "that's not going anywhere".
@@firesurfer 😁😄
Ahh Canadian Tire, an absolute gem largely unknown to the savages in the south... (Said by cultured savage in the South, who's mother is a classy lady from the North, and who's beloved granddad exposed him to the finer things in life. )
15:44 Sprocket drinking efficiency: 2% .. cuteness: 100%
No matter how much I love my mill the lathe is my #1 by heart ;)
Hey Quinn, when I shipped a toolbox from the East Coast to Texas a few years ago after I settled a family member's estate, I packed everything relatively in place but wrapped it all in VCI paper. When I came back to it after it just sat for 6 months (because grief memories) everything was still top notch. I recommend that to anyone. Well, the VCI paper.
Yay!! It's Blondihacks time!!
If you put those two french cleats on the back of the cabinet and then join them together with a strip of metal (super glue should do as temporary), then you can lift the two joined cleats as one for marking on the wall, will save a bit of time measuring. Super job, 👍
I was surprised when you said Canadian tire. That’s so Kool!!!
I’m from southwestern Ontario.
I’ve seen your channel a while ago and came across it again today.
Love your work!
Hi Sprocket!....🤗☺
Quinn, you've inspired me not to only install a DRO on my mill, but to perform a shop redo. It's time to organize the Quinn way :). Thanks
Nice splash-safety clearence from Sprocket there.
Quinn - congratulations on getting your brand-new shop fully operational. I can see that you and Sprocket will be spending many happy hours there!
Ron, you're everywhere man. I love your videos as well. I've been learning from your teachings for probably 20 years or so. Thank you for your contributions and teachings. And it's great that you're are watching / supporting Quinn with us. She is awesome, and a great teacher as well.
Submitted for your consideration. A welding table on wheels is great,but at the same time there’s nothing worse than chasing a table around the shop when you’re prying or bending. Wheel locks are ok but not fantastic. I’ve found retractable wheels are the answer so that the table has good “traction”for those more violent jobs,but still mobile when you need it to be.
In the defence of the rule, it is stain-less opposed to stain-never
Looking forward to see some chips flying in your new shop. Also, I received the Blondihacks mug, just in time for your this video...Life is good...
My home gamer shop is set up almost exactly like yours. With the precision equipment at the back and the fabrication near the rolling door. What made a huge difference was hanging a plastic curtain between the 2 sections to keep the grinding/cutting, sanding airborne debris off the precision equipment. I used a clear plastic curtain to preserve natural light when the door was open. Only problem with the plastic is that natural static causes the dust to attach itself to the curtain. Cheers...JE
that "self proving" tip was super cool. love stuff like that. makes so much sense intuitively. but I never would have thought of it on my own.
Love the obscure Mel Brooks reference. That's what it was, right?
Shop is looking good. Sprocket is looking good. Didn't know you moved across the country. Definitely shop is not as closed looking as former shop. Keep up the good work.
One of my favorite parts of Saturday morning
LED's under the wall cabinets for mood lighting. Just my two cents! Love the channel!
Looking good Quinn.👍👍
Indeed! And the shop doesn't look bad, either. 😉
I hit the like button before I watched the video. I got trust in you girl.
I do this for all my favorite channels. They deserve it.
Now, own a big workshop, you need some big machines for big projects!
Setting machines and storage cabinets etc. round the outer wall is probably the best usage of space available but don't forget the centre stage. If you take a look at modern kitchen layouts a lot make an island in the centre of the room. I made a double workbench(on braked wheels) with a central riser board so you can put eye level storage either side sort of pegboard style. This island greatly improves under bench storage, gives you 2 extra workbenches for projects or whatever and does not really limit your walking around space, if its on wheels you can move it to one side for bigger pieces/projects.
Loved the sprocket content😺👍
I, for one would like to thank you for the "Sprocket content".🥰
Congratulations on a successful move & shop setup.
Sprockets!!! 😁🐱🏍😻
Glad to see Danger Duck came along and reminded us about electricity dangers
Loved the Mel Brookes movie line!
Fak... Missed it. Now I have to watch the whole thing again to catch the line.
A different route to cutting your own sanding pads is getting carbide sanding discs from duragrit. They essentiall never wear out, because it's carbide on wood. Stumpy Nubs woodworking channel, a creator I trust with woodworking advice, is using and recommending them in many of his videos. You should definitely check them out.
We appreciate the grammar correction of soldering coming from the UK. 🙂
I sped up the lathe bed twist adjustment prosess when I did mine. Do the first cut on your journals and mic them like normal. Then fixture a dial indicator on the cross slide directly opposing the cutting tool. Zero the indicator on one journal, then set it on the other. Adjust your bed shims til you see the difference in journal radius on the indicator. Might have to re-zero it after shim adjustments. Really cuts down on the number of journal cuts you have to do and you can also confirm if you are adjusting the right way or not. Maybe one last round of journal passes at the end for confirmation or ultra fine tuning and you are on your way.
In addition to machine leveling, here's an easy way to adjust the lathe for tailstock centering.
Measure the tail stock quill diameter accurately. Let's assume it's 25.02mm. Set the tail stock at the far end and lock it down.
Machine a short piece of metal to that 25.02 diameter.
Mount a perpendicular dial indicator on the saddle and zero it on the machined part.
Send the dial indicator down to the tailstock and read the spindle. It should read zero.
Adjust the tailstock screws to get the indicator reading zero if needed.
Fast and easy!
What a great idea, I'll have to try that!
Really like your shop layout. Caution on drinking the Water, straight from the tap, it can become addictive.
Now that you are close to a supply of genuine Maple Syrup, this should sweeten up your life. Ha Ha Good to see you have discovered CTC. Been using them since the 1940's I hope you enjoy your new location for many years to come.
You’re supposed to put the cabinets at the perfect height so you bang your forehead into them every time you lean over the lathe!
Or maybe I just did it wrong…🤦♂️
COOLEST SPROCKET MOMENT EVER. :D
Blondi your videos are an inspiration for home machinist and got me to buy a small bench top lathe and milling machine I have worked GE for 30 years doing Turbine and generator inspections and rebuilds so working with Mics is secone nature my learning curve is the lathe and milling machine and it so nice to make or try to make little projects and I only get better each time i do a job.
Love the power feed one shot method 😂
Shop 2.0 look really nice.
yeah! little blue ducky made it too!!!
You are one smart person!
Love the new space, congrats! I may have to drive over the border and buy me some of those cabinets, Canadian Tire has all the good stuff 👍
Thanks Yuchol! 😁
And Princess Auto!
Happiness to me is a blank slate that you get to think about, set up in, change your mind, set up all over again, and then keep thinking about how to improve the setup. Bliss!
great tip on the lathe setup...had one 20 years, and is always a little tapered....never thought to do that calibration.....thanks.
one thing i've been planning to get for my start of my new shop... is a folding shop crane, just the kind used for engines, like yours, but, something different from what you do, a hinge kit for the end so i can lift things and precisely position them, like one of those monitor arms. the wheels on those things are horrible, so i'm gonna replace em with 8" pneumatic casters. i'm not lifting terribly heavy things, but the floor is just a regular bedroom floor, and old.
Quinn, its your shop .. rage on and allow yourself the freedom to be free. I think I would mount some movable task lighting in several places over the lathe and the mill. Maybe hanging from those metal cabinets and um - the wall for the mill? Sad that you needed to move back to Canada but ... I'm sure you will find the Bar Z bash and a couple of other incentives to return occasionally. Stay well and keep on making.
Thanks Quinn
Thanks!
Welcome Home!
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Awesome love the shop lay out . Those cabinet are nice but what good about just shelves is don’t have to hit for stuff just look
Storage, shelving, etc gets expensive real quick. I'm in the beginning stages of a shop remodel I've wanted/needed to do for ~25 yrs. I bought my place & immediately had to remodel before we moved in, so I shoved tools/equipment in, & got to work.
25 years later & it's a disaster of equipment add-ons on top of add-ons.
I started in one corner a month ago, & tore everything out, & have started over, w- a well thought out plan for the entire shop, plus an addition.
Hopefully, I'll live long enough to see it through.
I've found it easy to scavenge free melamine cabinets & shelving, (plastic coated particle board).
What a lot of people don't know is you can buy iron on edge stripping, which allows you to cut melamine to any size & have a finished edge.
Also, I came up with a slick way to make no bracket shelving using melamine.
Start below the bottom shelf & screw a strip flat on the wall. Use that piece as a mount for the bottom shelf. (Screw the bottom shelf to the strip below.)
Place another strip on the wall, above the bottom shelf, cutting it tall enough to make the bottom shelf usable for your needs.
Work your way up the wall.
If your shelves go to a corner at one or both ends, put strips on the corner wall. If you have room, you can put shelving on either of the corner walls.
If you have no corner wall, use a thin, (3/8-1/2") plywood or such to cap off the shelves.
If the shelving is less than 6" deep, won't hold heavy items, you don't need end caps.
The best use I've found for shelves like this is on a side wall/stub wall. I have one under a bench I just built. The shelves vary from 5-7" deep x 25" wide, but I access them from the end, so they become a 25" deep shelf.
I have taps, dies, drill bits, etc on racks made by drilling holes in foam core, construction grade PVC board, (sign makers use it, & scraps are readily scavenged from them.
looking good. Shop really coming together.
You can’t get more Canadian than Canadian Tire and their Mastercraft products. Hopefully a KMS Tools and Tims is nearby. Welcome home.
Anywhere east of cow town - no KMS. :(
Shop space is always a premium, glad to see you have a bit of leg room. Having a crowded shop is discouraging.
Welcome back to Canada!
Very nice glad your safe. Enjoy your new life !
My percussive stud finder is located at the end of my arm directly past the wrist.
Woo Sprocket! :D
May I suggest you put some plastic mirror on the inside of the cabinet doors, you can set them to reflect light onto your machines. Also it would help you see the inside of the cabinets.
What about actual lighting inside the cabinets
As a sea going boat owner friend of mine suggested, stainless steel does just that. Stains less!
Thanks
With a new shop set up, the mind races with the potential new projects. Oh the things that will be made now on the time scale of thought rather than reality. The mind is horrible that way... but it is the ephemeral reward for the hard work of moving, reorganizing and cleaning a shop.
Loving the new shop Quinn, welcome back to Canada. Come over for coffee when you need a break. If coffee is on, give me a shout if you need help from a half crippled, friendly, old guy ! Lol
Nice job on the shelves, studs are over rated !
Hope it was a bonus reward day at Crappy Tire !
This makes me happy.
Yay Sprocket Content!
Yes, from now on we need Sprocket content! Sprocket is the star now and you must rename the channel to Sprockethacks, lol. On a more serious not, congrats on getting the shop sorted out. Looks like it is a much better setup for you so enjoy.
I appreciate your indulging the sprocket fans. I think it was a perfect integration into the video.
Yay! It's nearly a shop again.
And chips have been made, so it's official.
Thanks, and a licky Meow to Sprocket.
Happy you put outlets all around and fourplex box's.
Lesson from my father. "Plug in direct is better than a extension cord"
Love the lights every thing is nice and bright.
Sprocket!
Hi Quinn , been watching your channel for a while ,but this is my first comment.
When tramming a mill do yourself the favour of leaving the .0001 test indicator in the box and use .0005 instead.
this bit of advice was given to me when i started working for a cnc machine tool company ,installing mills and lathes.
simply , the differance in repeatability between the two resolutions is about .0001 vs .0002, but as you identified ,
.0005 is far less twitchy. 0 is 0 either way. 😁
The second and more important suggestion is to indicate off the face of a gage block, dead smooth compared to the table, and smooths
out the roughness that even the very best mill beds have. I used a 1" block, not so tall that it will tip over ,but tall enough for fingers to reposition the block
if necessary.
Oh and don't forget front to back.
So glad you're getting settled and hopefully you can take a breath.
I really appreciate your channel, approach, and perspective and I feel like you're a great example for people who may be interested in creative endeavors of the chip making variety.
Also, heck yes for Sprocket content. There is no TH-cam channel that couldn't benefit from cat content.🐈
However, Quinn appears speciesist, since there is no canine shop critter. Cannot have one without the other! It makes the shop very imbalanced!