Great videos! I've come across your videos and haven't stopped watch yet! Hahaha These are addicting. I've been a Machinist for 10 years now in NW Houston, and as a child, I grew up in my grandfather's basement, which your garage reminds me of, only more modern machines. I've worked for Halliburton, Baker Hughes, Weatherford, and VAM USA. Epic set-up (Man Cave) you've created!
Thanks for the video Peter. You are very creative in setting up your shop and solving the various problems associated with having machines in a garage shop. As always with your videos there is always something to learn from how you do what you do.
This is genius and impressive. Especially the little folding edge that sits on the support that allows the garage to open which will only reveal a wall. Awesome. Kudos
Great video and love your home garage, I too have a similar setup. I worked with you back in the ESCO days.....you know your machining, and most of all, love your discussion on Autisium......and your courage to explain it. Keep up the great content, wow that titanium shaft you did...awsume
I watched this video a while back, enjoyed watching again. I have a 40 x 60 shop and it's almost as crowded as yours. Great job making a good work space for yourself. Very well organized. It's your property , do whatever you want as long as it doesn't bother the neighbors. More power to you! God bless you: 😊
Thanks. I have good relations with the neighbors and no one has complained. But it could be a deed violation. I took pains to sound proof the garage and not show any evidence that it is there.
I did similar in my garage many many years ago. No restrictions, but a neighbor called County code enforcement and they deemed it industrial in a residential area. They forced me to remove all machines and tools or pay daily fees charged by the county. My other neighbors did home businesses including noisy routers/ wood working, auto repair, selling drugs, but guess that's all ok. Since then I've moved into a business park. Now rent out the house and moved to a new house. Sometimes doing honest hard work is .......
Thats cool to know how much you can get into a tiny space. I like the idea of those heavy thick wall foam panels to keep noise down and keep the heat out. Its a major issue for me being in Oz, last week it hit 35C (95F) you just cant think at that temp. So will look at doing a window aircon unit and the panels. Plus sort out my air lines. Great sets of videos.
Excellent space man, Some people don't understand people like us. Telling me I couldn't have a shop in my home would be my cue to move lol. I share the same dream you do bro, I get it. Again, AWESOME space haha.
I love what you have done, Wife and my 600 square ft shop in a nut shell. Built as attached second garage for house. Except sign with Flint Stone Husband and Wife, with 'Family Cave' cut from steel plate hinging from exposed rafters above Garage door.
I had to buy my own transformer to get three phase. I have a spancrete garage--a VF2ss "upstairs" and a doosan 220 lynx LSYC in the basement garage. Nobody would move it in for me--I rented a 12K pound all terrain for lift to move the lathe to the bottom garage, and rented skates to get it in......I hope I never have to move......my neighborhood isn't so fancy, but no out buildings, even though I'm on 2 acres.......love the vids, keep them coming!!!
“What’s in my garage?" “ oh, just a clandestine mad scientist/engineer maker space“ “What do you do when you’re not working?“ “ Nunnayer Business!“ 😆👌💡🧰🔩🛠⚙️
I love your little space, it's well thought out for such limited area. As for the subdivision, I will never buy a home in one with rules. I bought an older home with a half acre, county law, and no association. I strongly believe for my neighbors as well that your space is yours. Dream what you want to dream with it and make it so. Pretty home but not worth the loss in freedom and imagination.
I just stumbled onto your channel. Sweet Little Shop. I'm about 90 miles east of you. I think I'll have to subscribe now. I used to be a machinist. I miss the work sometimes.
I feel your pain. I've got a Bridgeport EZ Path lathe in my garage right now. So far the neighbors haven't complained but I felt the need to turn down a job with interrupted cuts in it mainly for noise reasons.
built commercial buildings for years and your my cnc hero if lived near you I would have built you a crazy cool shop in that garage for your expert cnc experience
Thanks its nice to hear a encouraging comment. I am trying with my videos to show things that aren't being shown (as far as I can tell) on TH-cam. I know my content is more orientated to people who machine for a living not to the mas viewers. I would encourage people to comment good or bad so I can know better what to show. Some of this is kind of boring but if some one is trying to learn or just wants to know maybe it could help. There are very few TH-cam videos showing more commercial or not hobbyist (Please I'm not saying anything wrong with being a hobbyist) type of information. I guess they want to keep it to themselves.
I love that you show commercial CNC, even though I'm only a (manual) hobbyist! The appeal goes well beyond just people who can benefit directly ito. their day jobs. Your videos are excellent and touch a lot of lives; please keep posting the awesomeness!
Amazing how responsible, successful adults have to "ask permission" from their "parents" i.e. neighbors to do what they want in/on their own property and have to be "sneaky" if their "parents" say no, isn't it?
Agree 100%, I keep a super low profile because some people have nothing better to do than mind everyone else's business, my shop is purely for myself and my channel subscribers/viewers but the normal automatic presumption is always to jump to a conclusion of something sinister like "making a living". Sorry for the rant but just as a point, when I was a kid in the 60's about 50% of the kids I went to school with Dad had a business and worked from home as a plumber, carpenter, electrician, etc, gradually that number has diminished, so much for "freedom to pursue happiness", especially if what you're doing doesn't impact anyone..
Put a simple light duty rack with decoy tools like screwdrivers and bolt to your sliding wall. Use this as a handle to grab on when opening and closing so you do not leave fingerprints on the drywall. I saw that crane and was thinking why? then I saw the 4th and said hey!........... I do not have one of those.
Randy Richard In The Shop thanks Randy. I'm going to try in the future to do more videos. This last year I just haven't had a lot of time to devote to making them. As you know it takes a lot of time to come up with ideas organize you shots edit and upload them. I also need a faster internet connection it takes so long to upload even a 10 minute video.
I have done that with larger videos. I generally us a external solid state drive to store the video content. Than edit and produce that to the external drive run it thru Handbrake to reduce the size to about 2/3 and optimize it for TH-cam. Than drag it to the desktop for upload. I have found it takes longer to upload directly from the external drive for some reason.
Assuming you're OS is running from a M.2 SSD and when you move a file to your desktop, it copies it. Transfer speeds to/from a M.2 are 3x as fast as a standard SSD. Especialy when compared to a external SSD. After reviewing your laptop specs, your bottle neck is most likely with the external SSD. Always use your USB 3.0 slots as well when doing large file transfers. I just finished my first PC build in July 2016. So, machining and computers go hand in hand LOL.
How high is the ceiling in your garage, and the garage door opening?I am facing a similar space issue as well but not a zoning problem.Also looks like your not running the machines with any chip/coolant guard is that for space reasons?Great job, thanks for sharing.
Unbelievable i allways thought that the Gestapo and Co were here in Europe in the last century i never heard of a neighborhood that wouldn't allow to have a shop.. In my house i do what i want (within the laws) here is my kingdom and no neighbor has to speak a word what i do in my house... I would not stop laughing i paid it and my rules are in duty as long as I'm not too loud or it smells bad the neighbor has to accept that... Cool shop... 👍 Not boring could watch these things for hours 🤓
Great garage shop! What brand of tool storage cabinet is that? Looks very similar to what I picked up used a couple of months ago. I have had a hard time finding the dividers, ended up modifying some vidmar ones.
Thank You! Its been a long time since I bought it. I think it is a Rousseau brand. I bought it from Bass Tool on page 1719-1722 in their latest catalog you will find them. On page 1722 They have the dividers.
I didn’t need to. These machines can run on single phase as well as 3 phase. The only thing is they have less power on single phase. Other than that every thing works the same.
Impressive machines and hidden machine room. What's the ordinance issue? No home businesses, or machining, or noise? (I was just in Dallas, 100F!) Happy July 4th to you.
I'm surprised he told us that to be honest. None of us on TH-cam needed to know. Then again, he already said it was his home garage shop, and to somebody whose job it is to care about some bylaw, happens to land on either one those videos, they can be a dick later, and force action if they wanted to bother with it. The way I see it, as long as the neighbours aren't complaining about noise. It's a non issue.
He may just assume there is a bylaw, he looks and acts the honest type. I'm sure if there were such a bylaw it would be an honest mistake. Maybe something like no home business, but this is clearly a hobby. I'm sure everyone here would agree that the only thing those machines are good for is as a play toy for an old machinist. They may appear impressive to a nosy neighbor but we all know that those are just play toys. Not that I would mind having a few play toys myself but only for hobby.
Better to live in places without such onerous laws. When you own a property and they make so many rules that you can't use it as you see fit, do you really own it or do the rule-makers? And when you have to borrow 80% of the money to "buy" it, do you really own it or does the bank? Home ownership is a LIE if you live in a high - cost area with too many rules and no rights. Time to move.
It is hard to find work for small machine, I got rid of my small cnc's, and bought older 30.5" swing Monarch manual lathe, since then I have been getting regular work, and how little overhead I have.
i was reading on the forums a long time ago, a guy put a fadal 20x40x40 in his garage, had to cut a hole in the roof and sacrifice a closet upstairs for the head to rise in.
Hi there, big fan of your channel. I saw a box of used carbide inserts and was wondering what you do with the used ones and also end mills? -Branden from San Diego
I will eventually sell it to a scrap man. Because they pay by the weight carbide usually brings a good amount depending on the current price per pound.
Oh I already looked up where your company is, haha, you mentioned the name of it in your shop tour video. I'm 26, i'm a six year manual machinist but I run CNC's tue and thur nights at the college with the professor for fun, we have five haas machines. We're like you, we make whatever we want to, but for the most part we just hang out and talk about machining and stuff. Well I'm enjoying the videos, I like to see how CNC machinist have to work, so keep making them!
Like to know if the TL-1 can hold tenths. I often have some small parts that need a lathe that can repeat. Thanks and I've made pins with threads out of Inconel. Manual lathe. Fun. Spencer Tool and Grind llc
Mark Spencer , I have been very impressed with this little lathe. I have turned parts and held tenths. I am running it on 230 volt single phase. It doesn't have tons of power on single phase. It also only turns 1800 RPM max. It would be nice to have more speed. All that being said I like the machine. It will thread at its maximum RPM without a problem. Look at my video on the GoPro mount. 1/4-20 thread at 1800 rpm into a small thread relief/shoulder no problem. ID threads to a shoulder no problem.
The current shop I am employed at has one for doing mold cores. Yes it can hold tenths, but you need to take light cuts. Our tooling situation could be much better, which would help for speeds and feeds. Set up your machine with good tooling. The only weakness I have found is thermal stability, AC makes a huge difference.
@@EdgePrecision I think the point is, "what a shame that you need to go to the lengths you did to be able to do something at home that otherwise is 100% innocuous (and 100% legal)" proof neighbors as a rule SUCK!
What model of air dryer is that you have of the wall there? Looks like an IR but I'm curious of model. Do you like it? I've been looking for something for my shop.
Yes its a Ingersoll Rand model DS15. Its been a while since I bought it, but I think I bought it from Granger. (They probably don't have the best price.) My compressor is a 5Hp so this is the size for it. It works fine, I have had no trouble with it. Its a good idea to also put a automatic drain on the compressors tank set to vent moisture at some interval. Thanks.
+backyardcnc Maybe someone did but our neighbors are cool and didn't say anything. I did somewhat sound proof the garage so the noise wouldn't be noticeable. Yes that's what the panels do as well as for the air conditioning.
There is a tap chart located on the wall behind your laptop - who makes that? It looks like it has everything all in one place. I have a good friend of mine who is an old school CNC guy - he's not a Haas fan because of the linear rails. Having used the TL-1 and the TM-1 and space was not an issue - would you go with Haas again? Great videos! Keep up the excellent work!
Yes for Hobby work or light manufacturing these are good machines. The tap chart you are referring to is one from Emuge. It is very old now I don't know if it is still available. If you want some of the best taps available you can't go wrong with Emuge brand.
Nice shop! Is it a noise issue or something else against having the machines in there? Could you get in trouble for just having them there if you're not making noise?
Yes I have run both machines at the same time. I haven't had a problem. Most of the time when a machine is running it doesn't draw very much power. I think you would only run into a issue if both machines were pulling full power in a cut at the same time than maybe. The house has a 200 amp service and my dryer and water are heated with gas. The only other big power draw is the air-conditioning. There is also a 5hp 230 volt air compressor. Off the top of my head I think these machines are rated at about 30 amps full load, that's probably on 3 Phase power though.
The compressor is in a sound room. It makes very little noise even in the garage. You cant hear it outside. I also sound proofed the walls. So unless I’m machining something that’s making a lot of noise you can’t hardly hear it outside. Unless the garage door is open. But even still my neighbors are great and would not give me trouble.
Hi,love your workshop and machines. Are your Haas machines 3 phase and if so how are you running them on single phase please.Have you retired them ?wish to know as I want to buy a Haas Minimill ,which as I’m in the Uk is only 3 phase . Any help would be much appreciated. Kind regards Mike
Thanks Mike. These little Haas machines can run on either 3 phase or single phase 230 volt supply. I am running them in my garage on 230 volt single phase power. When running on single phase I think it reduces the power of the spindle drives somewhat. I don't know the exact amount though. The machines run very well on the single phase you cant really tell the difference from 3-phase power. All of the functions perform the same. I really like these little Haas machines. Of course they don't have the power and rigidity of my large machines at work but they can do small parts very well.
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Your machines at your shop and at home are impressive. My favorite saying is “Why do machinists do what they do is because we can.”
-"What do you do when you're not working?"
-"Working"
That's a pretty good question, also I wanna know too.
This is me lol
Pablo Jungletown 60 an hour 😂😂😂 try again grasshopper
Great videos! I've come across your videos and haven't stopped watch yet! Hahaha These are addicting. I've been a Machinist for 10 years now in NW Houston, and as a child, I grew up in my grandfather's basement, which your garage reminds me of, only more modern machines. I've worked for Halliburton, Baker Hughes, Weatherford, and VAM USA. Epic set-up (Man Cave) you've created!
Thanks for the video Peter. You are very creative in setting up your shop and solving the various problems associated with having machines in a garage shop. As always with your videos there is always something to learn from how you do what you do.
This is genius and impressive. Especially the little folding edge that sits on the support that allows the garage to open which will only reveal a wall. Awesome. Kudos
Great video and love your home garage, I too have a similar setup. I worked with you back in the ESCO days.....you know your machining, and most of all, love your discussion on Autisium......and your courage to explain it. Keep up the great content, wow that titanium shaft you did...awsume
Thanks for the tour of the shop and the other videos.
What a Great looking little shop. I know you have to ENJOY yourself when your out there in it.
I loved this little shop, man.
Beautiful little shop!!!
I love this! Your very good at what you do!
Great garage workshop setup. Those Haas toolroom lathe and mill look sweet.
I watched this video a while back, enjoyed watching again. I have a 40 x 60 shop and it's almost as crowded as yours. Great job making a good work space for yourself. Very well organized. It's your property , do whatever you want as long as it doesn't bother the neighbors. More power to you!
God bless you: 😊
Thanks. I have good relations with the neighbors and no one has complained. But it could be a deed violation. I took pains to sound proof the garage and not show any evidence that it is there.
youre an real engineer for machining!!
so impressive. i envy you
Man that is awesome! I just found your channel and have watched several videos. Awesome stuff!
So awesome i love it!!
I did similar in my garage many many years ago. No restrictions, but a neighbor called County code enforcement and they deemed it industrial in a residential area. They forced me to remove all machines and tools or pay daily fees charged by the county.
My other neighbors did home businesses including noisy routers/ wood working, auto repair, selling drugs, but guess that's all ok.
Since then I've moved into a business park. Now rent out the house and moved to a new house. Sometimes doing honest hard work is .......
Dude! You are living my dream.
Nice setup, thanks for sharing.
Great packed place. Thanks for the sharing
Beautiful setup.....I would love to visit after the Corona is over, when I go to visit my son in Houston....
Thats cool to know how much you can get into a tiny space. I like the idea of those heavy thick wall foam panels to keep noise down and keep the heat out. Its a major issue for me being in Oz, last week it hit 35C (95F) you just cant think at that temp. So will look at doing a window aircon unit and the panels. Plus sort out my air lines. Great sets of videos.
Excellent space man, Some people don't understand people like us. Telling me I couldn't have a shop in my home would be my cue to move lol. I share the same dream you do bro, I get it. Again, AWESOME space haha.
You know what I like more then cnc mills?
Knowledge!!
FUCK YEAA !!!!
I love what you have done, Wife and my 600 square ft shop in a nut shell. Built as attached second garage for house. Except sign with Flint Stone Husband and Wife, with 'Family Cave' cut from steel plate hinging from exposed rafters above Garage door.
You have a very nice garage-shop setup Peter. Those movable, insulated walls are great.
-- Cheers, Gary
Thanks Gary. From what I can see in your videos you do too. Thanks again.
Exactly what i would like to have in my garage soon. Awesome setup
did it happen?
I had to buy my own transformer to get three phase. I have a spancrete garage--a VF2ss "upstairs" and a doosan 220 lynx LSYC in the basement garage. Nobody would move it in for me--I rented a 12K pound all terrain for lift to move the lathe to the bottom garage, and rented skates to get it in......I hope I never have to move......my neighborhood isn't so fancy, but no out buildings, even though I'm on 2 acres.......love the vids, keep them coming!!!
The Joaquin Phoenix of machining...and his garage... Love these vids man
That's a great setup you have there. Thanks for sharing.
GP Tech Glad you liked it thanks!
“What’s in my garage?"
“ oh, just a clandestine mad scientist/engineer maker space“
“What do you do when you’re not working?“
“ Nunnayer Business!“ 😆👌💡🧰🔩🛠⚙️
My garage has my car in it. Beautiful home BTW.
I love your little space, it's well thought out for such limited area. As for the subdivision, I will never buy a home in one with rules. I bought an older home with a half acre, county law, and no association. I strongly believe for my neighbors as well that your space is yours. Dream what you want to dream with it and make it so. Pretty home but not worth the loss in freedom and imagination.
Great job!
I love you work
Nice setup! 👍
Your machine shop is fine & cool.
Really nice setup.
Sweet garage 👌
Sometimes you just gotta do it. Good for you for going going against the grain 👊🏽
I just stumbled onto your channel. Sweet Little Shop. I'm about 90 miles east of you. I think I'll have to subscribe now. I used to be a machinist. I miss the work sometimes.
This is a cool setup. I might have to borrow the sliding partition wall idea.
Awesome shop
Wow awesome setup have small manual shop Bridgeport colchester lathe etc in a 10 x 10 shed rest of my shop in basement
Impresionante taller casero..el sueño de cualquier maquinista..te felicito por el esfuerzo y cariño que le pones a este oficio..un saludo
Gracias! para todo
I feel your pain. I've got a Bridgeport EZ Path lathe in my garage right now. So far the neighbors haven't complained but I felt the need to turn down a job with interrupted cuts in it mainly for noise reasons.
Love it
You have what i want to do thats so sweet im jealous so cool
Incredible
built commercial buildings for years and your my cnc hero if lived near you I would have built you a crazy cool shop in that garage for your expert cnc experience
Nice little setup for such a small space.
Jeffrey Vastine you always have a nice comment thanks Jeffrey.
Super cool, thank you
Very dream garage
Молодец! У меня тоже так было! Я рад за тебя
I do love the haas tl 1 with the hand wheels. I moved to the country cause got tired of regulations like this. thanks for the video.
Throw up a cheap pole barn and you are in business, no small garage or shitty ordinances.
Funny
Planning on doing something like this soon! I'm down in south Texas. I'm about three hours from you!
Peters a straight up G
Hey! great channel. Don't stop putting out videos please. I've subbed!
Thanks its nice to hear a encouraging comment. I am trying with my videos to show things that aren't being shown (as far as I can tell) on TH-cam. I know my content is more orientated to people who machine for a living not to the mas viewers. I would encourage people to comment good or bad so I can know better what to show. Some of this is kind of boring but if some one is trying to learn or just wants to know maybe it could help. There are very few TH-cam videos showing more commercial or not hobbyist (Please I'm not saying anything wrong with being a hobbyist) type of information. I guess they want to keep it to themselves.
I love that you show commercial CNC, even though I'm only a (manual) hobbyist! The appeal goes well beyond just people who can benefit directly ito. their day jobs. Your videos are excellent and touch a lot of lives; please keep posting the awesomeness!
ciao, complimenti per il tuo garage :)
Vilson, Gracias donde esta vivir?
in italia
Sir tamaru garage bau mast chhe
Amazing how responsible, successful adults have to "ask permission" from their "parents" i.e. neighbors to do what they want in/on their own property and have to be "sneaky" if their "parents" say no, isn't it?
Agree 100%, I keep a super low profile because some people have nothing better to do than mind everyone else's business, my shop is purely for myself and my channel subscribers/viewers but the normal automatic presumption is always to jump to a conclusion of something sinister like "making a living".
Sorry for the rant but just as a point, when I was a kid in the 60's about 50% of the kids I went to school with Dad had a business and worked from home as a plumber, carpenter, electrician, etc, gradually that number has diminished, so much for "freedom to pursue happiness", especially if what you're doing doesn't impact anyone..
Put a simple light duty rack with decoy tools like screwdrivers and bolt to your sliding wall. Use this as a handle to grab on when opening and closing so you do not leave fingerprints on the drywall.
I saw that crane and was thinking why? then I saw the 4th and said hey!........... I do not have one of those.
Thats some system you got there.. alot of ingenuity going on there.. im not sure i could deal with a home owner association.. i like my junk.
Good to see you back Peter, tight work space but very nice. Merry Christmas.
Randy Richard In The Shop thanks Randy. I'm going to try in the future to do more videos. This last year I just haven't had a lot of time to devote to making them. As you know it takes a lot of time to come up with ideas organize you shots edit and upload them. I also need a faster internet connection it takes so long to upload even a 10 minute video.
leave it uploading over night. now if we're talking about hard-drive space that's a whole other animal, and might require a bigger hard-drive.
I have done that with larger videos. I generally us a external solid state drive to store the video content. Than edit and produce that to the external drive run it thru Handbrake to reduce the size to about 2/3 and optimize it for TH-cam. Than drag it to the desktop for upload. I have found it takes longer to upload directly from the external drive for some reason.
it might be caching the video in ram as it reads it and perhaps you are low in ram. It should not be slower on an SSD.
Assuming you're OS is running from a M.2 SSD and when you move a file to your desktop, it copies it. Transfer speeds to/from a M.2 are 3x as fast as a standard SSD. Especialy when compared to a external SSD. After reviewing your laptop specs, your bottle neck is most likely with the external SSD. Always use your USB 3.0 slots as well when doing large file transfers. I just finished my first PC build in July 2016. So, machining and computers go hand in hand LOL.
very nice
it's great
Impressive
Nice space
man this the absolut dream.
You can buy a stinger line for making 3 phase. 3 HP Phase Converter - GP3NL may work for your needs.
I have a Mazak lathe in my garage. Same deal as you its not really allowed.. Rules geesh!
How high is the ceiling in your garage, and the garage door opening?I am facing a similar space issue as well but not a zoning problem.Also looks like your not running the machines with any chip/coolant guard is that for space reasons?Great job, thanks for sharing.
tour of the shop tooling? give us your opinion on the latest tooling, insert grades, stuff like that
Unbelievable i allways thought that the Gestapo and Co were here in Europe in the last century i never heard of a neighborhood that wouldn't allow to have a shop.. In my house i do what i want (within the laws) here is my kingdom and no neighbor has to speak a word what i do in my house... I would not stop laughing i paid it and my rules are in duty as long as I'm not too loud or it smells bad the neighbor has to accept that...
Cool shop... 👍 Not boring could watch these things for hours 🤓
Whey 1000th like
What an outstanding job getting that equip in there. What size branch circuit did all of it require.
Thank you. These machines don’t require much power. I run all this on a 100 amp 230 volt single phase circuit.
Great garage shop!
What brand of tool storage cabinet is that? Looks very similar to what I picked up used a couple of months ago. I have had a hard time finding the dividers, ended up modifying some vidmar ones.
Thank You! Its been a long time since I bought it. I think it is a Rousseau brand. I bought it from Bass Tool on page 1719-1722 in their latest catalog you will find them. On page 1722 They have the dividers.
I have an old jaguar in mine. I like yours better. How did you convert to single phase from 3 phase? 🤔
I didn’t need to. These machines can run on single phase as well as 3 phase. The only thing is they have less power on single phase. Other than that every thing works the same.
all the motors/servos are inverter driven which are single phase on small machines
All Haas small machines are in single phase, or 3 phase if you're in larger shop.
Impressive machines and hidden machine room. What's the ordinance issue? No home businesses, or machining, or noise? (I was just in Dallas, 100F!) Happy July 4th to you.
I'm surprised he told us that to be honest. None of us on TH-cam needed to know. Then again, he already said it was his home garage shop, and to somebody whose job it is to care about some bylaw, happens to land on either one those videos, they can be a dick later, and force action if they wanted to bother with it. The way I see it, as long as the neighbours aren't complaining about noise. It's a non issue.
He may just assume there is a bylaw, he looks and acts the honest type. I'm sure if there were such a bylaw it would be an honest mistake. Maybe something like no home business, but this is clearly a hobby. I'm sure everyone here would agree that the only thing those machines are good for is as a play toy for an old machinist. They may appear impressive to a nosy neighbor but we all know that those are just play toys. Not that I would mind having a few play toys myself but only for hobby.
Better to live in places without such onerous laws. When you own a property and they make so many rules that you can't use it as you see fit, do you really own it or do the rule-makers? And when you have to borrow 80% of the money to "buy" it, do you really own it or does the bank? Home ownership is a LIE if you live in a high - cost area with too many rules and no rights. Time to move.
Great vid.
Nice garage setup. Is this where you start you’re shop business?
It is hard to find work for small machine, I got rid of my small cnc's, and bought older 30.5" swing Monarch manual lathe, since then I have been getting regular work, and how little overhead I have.
i was reading on the forums a long time ago, a guy put a fadal 20x40x40 in his garage, had to cut a hole in the roof and sacrifice a closet upstairs for the head to rise in.
That intro reminds me of tai Lopez.
You know here in my garage .
Hi there, big fan of your channel. I saw a box of used carbide inserts and was wondering what you do with the used ones and also end mills?
-Branden from San Diego
I will eventually sell it to a scrap man. Because they pay by the weight carbide usually brings a good amount depending on the current price per pound.
Howdy neighbor.. well you could be my neighbor, I live in Houston as well, great town!
Mawkuh Hunner sorry I just saw your comment. TH-cam comments on my computer aren't not working for some reason. What part of town do you live in?
South belt and 45. Born and raised in League City.
Mawkuh Hunner I live in the north west side of town now. My wife grew up in the area you are in.
Oh I already looked up where your company is, haha, you mentioned the name of it in your shop tour video. I'm 26, i'm a six year manual machinist but I run CNC's tue and thur nights at the college with the professor for fun, we have five haas machines. We're like you, we make whatever we want to, but for the most part we just hang out and talk about machining and stuff.
Well I'm enjoying the videos, I like to see how CNC machinist have to work, so keep making them!
Beauty
Like to know if the TL-1 can hold tenths. I often have some small parts that need a lathe that can repeat. Thanks and I've made pins with threads out of Inconel. Manual lathe. Fun. Spencer Tool and Grind llc
Mark Spencer , I have been very impressed with this little lathe. I have turned parts and held tenths. I am running it on 230 volt single phase. It doesn't have tons of power on single phase. It also only turns 1800 RPM max. It would be nice to have more speed. All that being said I like the machine. It will thread at its maximum RPM without a problem. Look at my video on the GoPro mount. 1/4-20 thread at 1800 rpm into a small thread relief/shoulder no problem. ID threads to a shoulder no problem.
The current shop I am employed at has one for doing mold cores. Yes it can hold tenths, but you need to take light cuts. Our tooling situation could be much better, which would help for speeds and feeds. Set up your machine with good tooling. The only weakness I have found is thermal stability, AC makes a huge difference.
What machines? Some HOAs are s**** b****. Looking good. I have about 10 x 18 foot half of my garage also ,Enjoyed the video.
I love how he shows them run. And acts like hes cooking crack lol
I’m not sure what all that means but thanks I think.
@@EdgePrecision I think the point is, "what a shame that you need to go to the lengths you did to be able to do something at home that otherwise is 100% innocuous (and 100% legal)" proof neighbors as a rule SUCK!
What model of air dryer is that you have of the wall there? Looks like an IR but I'm curious of model. Do you like it? I've been looking for something for my shop.
Yes its a Ingersoll Rand model DS15. Its been a while since I bought it, but I think I bought it from Granger. (They probably don't have the best price.) My compressor is a 5Hp so this is the size for it. It works fine, I have had no trouble with it. Its a good idea to also put a automatic drain on the compressors tank set to vent moisture at some interval. Thanks.
Thanks for the reply. Like the vids.
Did you need to do any concrete work for either of the Haas machines?
No these machines don't need any special foundation.
Did no one notice you loading these into the garage and wonder what you were up to? Do the sliding panels help much with noise?
+backyardcnc Maybe someone did but our neighbors are cool and didn't say anything. I did somewhat sound proof the garage so the noise wouldn't be noticeable. Yes that's what the panels do as well as for the air conditioning.
I was hoping you would show video of how loud the machines and air compressor sound in the garage vs outside.
What a coincidence im working very close to you at brittmoore park
Ray Rojas who do you work for?
Nice Setup, which side of Houston are you on? I'm on the North West side. I have a similar setup but older machines.
My house is in the lakes on Eldridge. At Eldridge and Tanner road.
You are about 15 mins away. I'm on Barker Cypress.
There is a tap chart located on the wall behind your laptop - who makes that? It looks like it has everything all in one place. I have a good friend of mine who is an old school CNC guy - he's not a Haas fan because of the linear rails. Having used the TL-1 and the TM-1 and space was not an issue - would you go with Haas again? Great videos! Keep up the excellent work!
Yes for Hobby work or light manufacturing these are good machines. The tap chart you are referring to is one from Emuge. It is very old now I don't know if it is still available. If you want some of the best taps available you can't go wrong with Emuge brand.
Nice shop! Is it a noise issue or something else against having the machines in there? Could you get in trouble for just having them there if you're not making noise?
I actually took a lot of trouble to sound proof the garage just for that reason.
have you ever run both machines at the same time (curious whether there would be a power issue like you started talking about)
Yes I have run both machines at the same time. I haven't had a problem. Most of the time when a machine is running it doesn't draw very much power. I think you would only run into a issue if both machines were pulling full power in a cut at the same time than maybe. The house has a 200 amp service and my dryer and water are heated with gas. The only other big power draw is the air-conditioning. There is also a 5hp 230 volt air compressor. Off the top of my head I think these machines are rated at about 30 amps full load, that's probably on 3 Phase power though.
Hi Peter
Nice video. Tell me when you have 2 machines cutting and the compressor running, can any noise be heard outside?
The compressor is in a sound room. It makes very little noise even in the garage. You cant hear it outside. I also sound proofed the walls. So unless I’m machining something that’s making a lot of noise you can’t hardly hear it outside. Unless the garage door is open. But even still my neighbors are great and would not give me trouble.
Hi,love your workshop and machines. Are your Haas machines 3 phase and if so how are you running them on single phase please.Have you retired them ?wish to know as I want to buy a Haas Minimill ,which as I’m in the Uk is only 3 phase . Any help would be much appreciated. Kind regards Mike
Thanks Mike. These little Haas machines can run on either 3 phase or single phase 230 volt supply. I am running them in my garage on 230 volt single phase power. When running on single phase I think it reduces the power of the spindle drives somewhat. I don't know the exact amount though. The machines run very well on the single phase you cant really tell the difference from 3-phase power. All of the functions perform the same. I really like these little Haas machines. Of course they don't have the power and rigidity of my large machines at work but they can do small parts very well.
I need that in my garage for winter, I was thinking of a tarp enclosure with convective heat