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please reconsider being sponsored by betterhelp, they were previously fined $7.8 million by the FTC for sharing sensitive health information with facebook
Better help pays their therapists just over 1/2 market rate and sells ALL of your personal information Except medical (because HIPAA), it may not be a scam perse, but it is still pretty gross. Look up the FTC complaint/charges, seeing well-meaning creators shill their predatory sites (standard, christian, lgbtqia) is depressing.
Actually, Uber for unlicensed therapists sells all the medical information in their system too. From my understanding selling that to Facebook along with the email and the ids of every Facebook account that had signed into that computer is what got them the few hundred million fine in the first place.
I get that content creators need to get paid, so I don't necessarily fault them for running ad reads. But I do wish that they had more self awareness to either be choosier with their sponsors, or if they can't, be cheeky about the reads the way Lazerpig does his World of Tanks ads.
Personally, I think the exposed end of the workbench looks great. I'd much rather see all the little containers than a board of plywood, especially since you've got a nice, purple gradient going from bottom to top. This shop is great. Hopefully, the owners saying they have trouble renting the space means they'll never want to give up their perfect renter.
Lmao, give it another couple of years max of record property value growth and they'll have a buyer banging on their door offering them millions. If you don't own the property you're in, do NOT make any long-term plans related to where you live.
For the dust collector, you need to think in 3 stages: capture as much at the source as possible, have a way to clean up what settles and something to clear the air. I would see if you can talk Oneida into donating you one of their supercell or gorilla units. If you can swing it all get one with a HEPA final filter at the end. If not Wynn environmental can get you set up. You may need a separate circuit for the table saw and dust collector. Some places will do the design of the ductwork if you buy it from them. As far as the clamp rack goes Fine Woodworking has enough stuff on their website to get you started, you won’t need super detailed plans. If you have questions I’ll bet there is a woodworking club you could go to, if nothing else to see who in your area has good service.
Adam Savage has most of his stuff on wheeled carts and it makes a lot of sense to me. Also, GREAT use of space, those little dispenser drawers for screws and stuff; it makes zero sense to waste space for looks in a working workshop.
Adam is also a devotee of the shop infrastructure video. Don't be afraid to share the journey toward your best workspace (like your proposed clamp cart)!
Yes, wheeled tables and carts are great for dynamic layouts and Adam designs around the concept of "First Order Retrievability". I've also found it helpful to start wearing my toolbelt in the shop again, got tired of looking for the tool I just used to find it on the other side of the shop again.
Xyla, modular is all you need to know for the “perfect” shop! Put everything on casters like you’ve done so you can move everything around as needed like a big wooden Tetris game 😊
Shops are never done as long as you keep learning and doing new things. Take joy in how well it works *now* and look forward to the changes that will come.
I’m from Denmark, hearing 240 as exiting is normal here, I have 3 400 volts outlets at the house as well, which is normal for houses from the 70ties. You should do a build video of that table, it’s awesome.
Super cool. A standalone building near the house for a shop is my dream. And it's amazing how a beautiful yard/garden affects your whole psyche for the good. Okay here is the algorithm for populating the wall tool boards that worked for me. Get three giant boxes. Put all candidate tools in box 1. After you use a tool from box N, put it in box N+1. Every so often put everything back in box 1. Maybe a week of shop use. After using a tool that made it to box 3, hang it on the wall. When the wall is full, stop and put what's left into storage cabinets. Kind of a Hunger Games competition where the wall is the prize.
Xyla, you need an industrial sewing machine table and a knitting machine. Where will you put the arc welder, and the sheet metal bender, and the rebar/wrought iron bender, and the forge, and the concrete mold making set up, and the vacuum mold, and the upholstery set up? Life is such an adventure. So many tools, so little time. Way to go kid. Congrats.
@@raycreveling1583 I have one too from the same era. I bought it to do stuff and have fun with my teenage daughter -- then she discovered boys and I never saw her again, but I totally enjoyed exploring all the things I could do with my brother machine, especially knit weaving. Now there is a much cheaper "open source" machine that is actually much better.
The snacklebox is one of the most important tools in the shop! In the summer I always keep a pack of something munchy out there because sometimes you're in the groove and you don't want to go inside but you need a little pep to keep rockin. A handful of almonds or mini eggs or whatnot is just the right lil snack to keep you going.
Some kind of concept I "invented" at my job for finding small things like screws and nuts : It's the same everywhere, after some time you end up with a huge box of mixed "things / stuff". Instead of sorting by precise use, size, type... I sort by basic, very simple specifications : "screw - bolt - washer", "large - small", "for wood - metal"... Since a few weeks, this has proven to be efficient, even on professional scale where time is money and "buy new instead of searching / sorting".
Great start on the new shop! I’d shoot for a jet or similar dust collector - but main question is whether you go for ducting or move to the tools you are working on. I’d also shoot for an overhead filter for fine dusts (the greatest threat to lungs). I didn’t look closely, but I didn’t see anything for fire safety or a first aid station. Get that checked off first.
Put a small used 2 or 1 person couch at a "not too dusty" corner with a reading lamp behind it. Some times I like to sit at the corner of my own place at just stare at the room while playing some nice music while taking a short break from project. Feel protected and safe.
Zyla, Congrats on your new shop! Please remember that a workshop is never completed. It is a constantly evolving entity. One thing with dust collection I have done for many years is to have a dedicated shop vac for each dust-making tool. I open the tool switch box and take a hot wire from the switch to a receptacle on the back of the tool for the shop vac; that way, it comes on when you turn the tool on. In some cases, I have had to increase the size of the wire and install a higher amp switch to accommodate the added load, which is offset by the fact that I don't have to run hoses all over the shop and have a separate switch to turn on each time you use the tool. This would not be practical for a production shop, but for stuff I do and most stuff I see you do, you don't need a large dust collector. This system is less efficient than a large dust collector, so I have a ceiling-mounted system with 2 A/C filters on a variable-speed fan that collects any escaping fine dust out of the air. I have 8 shop vacs in my shop that I have gathered from garage sales, etc., over the years. And last but not least, you are beautiful! I love you!
FWIW I built a glue up/clamp station on wheels it's around 18" x 24" by 35" high. I only have my smaller bar and squeeze clamps on it and the cabinet holds the glue in smaller containers. It holds the associated stuff for glue up, gloves, plastic trays, paint brushes/rollers (glue brushes/rollers). Then I keep the bulk epoxy/wood glue in a cabinet and only wheel around what I use. Makes glue-ups so much simpler and quicker if I don't have to run back and forth for supplies/clamps. My big pipe clamps are still mounted on my wall clamp storage since they are very heavy. I could go on and on for days regarding dust collection, kind of a hobby for me fine tuning my setup. I suggest that really you approach Onida Air Systems and have them do your design, it's one of their services that they provide. I bet they would be happy to help out with the cost of the setup since your videos are top notch and very entertaining. Good luck with the new shop, stay busy. Dave Couch
Your enthusiasm is captivating. The shop is very nice and having a work friendly layout is of the utmost importance. Having movable stations helps cut down on wasted motion. I’ve been in my garage for 22+ years and it has really morphed over time and still it’s difficult to organize and keep up while also maximizing the use of every space large or small.
Love the new shop! As far as dust collection goes, I think the centrifugal dust separator that UnderDunn and Pilson Guitars have made would be right up your alley.
Such a fan of buying plans to start, so much less daunting. I did that for a shed I built many years ago, and it was so great to just lightly tweak that, rather than try and do it from scratch.
I'm so happy for you that you got into a nice open workspace, and you're past the stress of finding a new place and moving your workshop. That workbench - NIIICE!
I came in from picking a couple Meyer lemons off my tree, walked past my carboy where the limoncello is steeping, took a Meyer lemon saffron olive oil cake out of the oven, then hit play on your video. Thanks for turning me on to Wall Control. Box for the studio just arrived today. Congrats on the great new shop and coming back even stronger after another move.
EVERY shop is ALWAYS a work in progress. I look forward to seeing your process for setting up and improving your workspace. Honestly this is the thing I struggle with most as a maker, so I am always interested to see how other makers tackle this issue.
Congrats! Love your stuff!. Re-doing your shop is one of the joys of having a shop. You get to fix everything you didn't do right the first time. I have a suggestion; screw (not glue) a sheet of masonite to the top of your rolling workbench. Then rout a small radius around the edge. It makes a really nice work surface and you can replace it when it wears out.
I don't know if this is something you were considering, but when you do get a dust collector, I recommend getting floor vents. That way instead of vacuuming the whole shop you can just sweep the saw dust over to the vent/vents and it will get sucked up.
That reminded of data centre designs where there is a lifted floor as cables and airflow pipes run under the floor. Good idea overall. Though maybe it could be useful to have some kind of removable “safety grid” on top of those floor vents to avoid accidentally dropping valuable parts there.
@@autiomaa All good points, but what I had in mind was a lot simpler. Imagine a ventilation pipe from the dust collector that has a little square cut into it when it reaches the ground. I'll do my best to add a lil doodle made form dashes and slashes: | I I I
About workbenches being too tall. There are wheels that go on the the side. Instead of locking them, you raise/lower them. There's even ones that latch on/off, so you can fully remove the wheels if needed. This lowers any surface by the height of the wheels. Also, for organizing, maybe pick up a bambu or Prusa XL and print out some of the many preexisting box inserts and such.
Big thumbs up for adding a 3D printer to the collection of tools. Being able to print out custom little jigs can be a big help. Instead of building the jigs yourself, send it to the printer and do other things while the jig prints. (Multitasking FTW!)
No disclaimer needed, you don't need to make it fancy or finished for us. We appreciate you just the way you are...at the stage you are at. Congratulations on finding your new shop! Your ingenuity is truly amazing and inspirational! Keep reaching for the next greatest achievement while expanding your knowledge, and ours, along the way! Thanks!
Have you ever seen one of those collapsible towel racks? That is, the kind that collapse like an accordion but expand to diamond-shaped openings on the sides, leaving long dowels in between to hang towels? I feel something like that would be a good start to a portable clamping rack. No stress on springs when hanging around the dowels. Bonus that it collapses out of the way when you've got all your clamps in use. Congrats on the new shop! 👍
Xyla it's fantastic to see the spark back in your eyes. A definite blessing in disguise! What an awesome new space to create your awesome projects. Congratulations!
Your shop is now nicer than mine. 🤪 Next project can be an automatic lemonade maker. Big fan of everything being on wheels for mobility and versatility. As for DC, i have no personal experience but the Harvey is supposedly quieter. My DC screams like a banshee.
If lifting is an issue consider a unistrut overhead trolley system, assuming your structure is up to it. If not unistrut is still a good way to organize your overhead, especially if you're going to hang lights and cameras. If you're planning on running fixed ducts for your dust collection PVC conduit works better than PVC pipe because of the nice sweeping bends.
When I started planning to build a CNC router I got advice to get a Record Power CamVac dust collector. I did and I am happy with it, it is very powerful for its size. Vacuum cleaners pull quite high vacuum but do not move much volume and often do not like running for hours without stops. The typical large dust collectors with the big bags on top move huge volume of air but do not suck much of a vacuum. The CamVac sits somewhere in the middle, it is intended for long running and seems to have pretty good filtration on the output. I tried my particle sensor in the workshop when running a table saw with the CamVac and I was surprised it did not go immediately into the red on fine particles like it did with a "normal" dust collector. I only had the CamVac for half a year but I am very happy with it so far.
Regarding the dust collector , I didn't realize it until the tool library where I volunteer set one up - even our big 220 unit has a duty cycle, we can't just run it on and leave it on. And back in the day I think April Wilkerson made some good clamp storage.
it's a little pricey, but the Harvey (GYRO 700) dust processor is outstanding. It's clean, quiet, and more than enough power for your small shop. Maybe they will sponsor you. Best of luck with the new shop/home!!
For dust collection, I bought a bunch of 3" PVC pipe, corners, and Ys, a shopvac, a cyclone, and a 20 gallon drum, and a pile of shutter vent thingies. Oh, and some flex hose for the tools. Works a champ and no dust ever gets into the shopvac so it really never needs cleaning. Put it in a sound dampening box and put a hole in the box for the hose. I made sure that one of the blast gates and inlets was at the floor for the sweepings.
Nice shop set up. An inspirational video for me. I also have a shop bigger than my house. The previous inhabitant of this plot of land was in to drag racing. He built a 2100sf shop for his hobby. Of course his children emptied it out before selling the property. So now I have a big empty space to fill. The speed you go from empty space to functional shop just shows how lazy I am at times. Just seeing your shop gives me ideas on how to organize my own. My next project is building a large, mobile, work bench. Keep up the fun and inspiring projects.
My thought for the rolling clamp stand is think A-Frame. Rectangular base, and boards from the long ends of the base angling to meet up at a peak over the center of the base. Put clamp holders on the outside organized how you like. On the inside of the A-Frame, either drawers for small clamps that don't hang well, and/or a sliding vertical wall that has clamps hanging on both sides. For the clamp holders, instead of fixing them into one place, maybe go peg-board (or what ever variant you are using elsewhere in your shop), or use it as an intro to experiment with french cleats.
Xyla, your workshop is looking good. A workshop is always a workshop in progress. As you'll adapt it and improve it as time goes by, as you discover new and better ways to organise it, and change it in ways to suit your needs, and your constant accumulation of new "toys" 🙂🤣 If you ever want any 3D CAD modelling, part drawings or assembly drawings (with parts list) etc doing please let me know. I'm not touting for business and can output files in multiple formats. These would not be for sale, but just for your own personal use. My fees would be very reasonable - just a mention on your channel and an occasional bottle of Gin is all I'd ask. 🙂😎❤
JET 708659K Model DC-1100VX-CK 1.5HP 1-Phase 115/230V Dust Collector W/ 2-Micron Canister Kit. I have one and it's a beast. It will handle some pretty good 4" duct runs to various parts of your shop. I like mine and really like the big canister. You could build a tiny enclosed lean-to outside of your shop to cut down on noise and that very fine dust that comes out of even the best of dust collectors.
You already have your roll around clamp station designed. Take your clamp wall from the previous shop and cut it in half vertically. Each half becomes one side of an A frame structure. Angle them about the same as you would an extension ladder. Now build a tray on wheels like you did for the 4x8 workbench and set the A-frame on top.
Router wrench tip. For corded tools that have a special wrench or spanner. Buy yourself 20 feet of wire rope and a sack of swages. Every time you get a tool with a special wrench make a tether that attaches the wrench to the power cable. That way the wrench stays with the tool it goes to at all times. Safety bonus you have to unplug the tool to mess with the blade etc so there is never a chance of mangling your fingers.
Others have mentioned him already, but when you talked about the shop being a work in progress an an almost apologetic tone, my first thought was "Adam Savage has been building his shop since before *I* was born, never mind a young whippersnapper like yourself, and he still talks about his shop being a work in progress." So I'm pretty confident in saying all shops are works in progress. :) Also, I really hope you got a better contract with this landlord and made sure to write in that you get some sort of credit for improvements made to the buildings and property. Congrats on a successful upgrade!
For a clamp cart, I suggest looking into retail display fixtures. There are are a lot of things out there that normally have rubber feet screwed into the bottom that can be trivially removed and replaced with casters.
Great video. There have been a lot of great comments regarding dust collection options. My thoughts will probably be a summary of many other viewers. Consider putting the dust collector in a small shed outside along with the air compressor. You will get back floor space, reduce the noise and eliminate the need for all of the extra filters. You are a solo worker (most of the time) so you really only need to be concerned with one tool running at a time. This will simplify your requirements. Using a manifold to switch between tools (see Katz-Moses) will eliminate the need for blast gates. Upgrading the dust collection on the miter saw (see Shop Nation) will help a lot. Also adding a small shop vac to the miter saw will cut down on the starting and stopping of the large dust collector for small, quick cuts. The Harbor Freight dust collector with an upgraded impellor (see various TH-cam) would provide a good system for your size shop especially when installed outside. A couple of box fans with furnace filters will do a pretty good job of catching the stray dust. Lastly, as one viewer stated, get a leaf blower. You will be surprised how much dust you can blow out. Keep up the good work.
For the dust collector, I remember an industrial designer called Alexandre Chappel done a video on a DIY cyclone dust extractor. Would highly recommend checking him out as he's even helped a normie like me understand how to do a lot of DIY stuff like that (even how to do clamp storage ;D). Workshop looks amazing already. It looks so much bigger than the last one. I can't wait to see what you make in it next. :)
Happy housewarming! :D It looks like a wonderful space to work in. I'm looking forward to seeing all of the great content and designs you build here! Best of luck!
I love your energy Xyla! What an Awesome new shop, your future projects and builds are going to be bigger and better now. Way to ride, life's waves of downs and ups! I am looking forward to your future build videos, seeing what creative mayhem you get up too. Go Make Limoncello with the lemons life throws at you. You Rock!😀
Congrats on the new shop, looks brighter and bigger and has lemons! For dust collection, I'm no expert - but I know John Malecki and Bob from I Like To Make Stuff have sorted this semi recently (and have videos on it).
Clamp stand idea: A metal pipe (think street sign post) about 1.1 meters tall, attached to a 50 cm diameter round base with caster wheels then at the top a 30 cm diameter hoop with 3-4 supports from the hoop to the pipe. all your clamps hang on the hoop ordered from longest to shortest, maybe a second hoop 25 cm diameter in the middle for extra small clamps. the 1.1 m (plus castor height) should make easy to see/grab the clamps but high enough that all (most?) of your clamps can hang without touching the floor. If you can't make all the clamps fit make a second one, think of it as being like a coat/hat rack on wheels for clamps.
I knew the new shop would work out better. for one you're in control of buying/renting the place, and you wont let yourself get away with worse. and you set it up better using your experience with the last shops.
Wonderful! That 8x4 bench. We had four of them in my last business and I didn't give them a lot of thought. Fitting out my own new workshop at present and seeing your bench.... Well it obviously indispensable now you point it out. On my list build one now. Thanks!
Ohhhh life most def. handed you lemons... the best kinds of lemons too!!!! Meyer lemons are crazy expensive here so they're quite the treat. The shop looks AWESOME!!! AH!!!!!! I'm so happy for you!!!
Congrats! It looks a little like Westchester. Better than the Culver spot you had before. Love the wall of Wiha! My work truck has a bin full of Wiha and Knipex...that bin alone is probably worth 1/2 of what the truck is worth!
I suggest looking at Adam Savage's rolling tool cart. His is for small hand tools but it could also have clamp storage around the back. Since you have a fairly large space now with multiple work areas you could roll the cart from one area to the next so you don't have to walk all the way across the shop to get a pair of pliers for instance.
Also regarding dust collection, woodcraft has a new line of magnetic hose couplers which have magnets on one side and a steel ring on the other so that rotation of the fitting doesn't matter like it would with magnets on both sides. They're calling it "MagFitt". It came out very recently, from what I can tell.
😍😍😍😍😍 I’m so happy for you! And I’m only 3:21 in!!! I hope it gets to be a long term stay and your last rental before being able to buy ya own home! Good on you and all your friends for getting it sorted. I glad to see a long form video on my tele after a few shorts updates (that I never get around to watching on my phone). Here’s to the next few years of creature content!! 😘😘😘😘😘
Mmmmm mini eggs and a rolling workbench that is so well organized it makes me get all warm an fuzzy. I think I'm in love with a workbench. Hope you are having a great day Xyla. Love the new workshop.
Love the new workshop, lemon tree and workbench. You seemed to think your screw wall on the workbench isn't pretty, when I first saw it I thought it was a wall of glass blocks that looked great. So don't worry about it. Plus I loved your Cadbury mini eggs bin!
Love the new shop! The screw organizers are an awesome addition, definitely better than being covered with plywood. I think a video on making a clamp cart would be great
officially motivated to get my shop put together. Its just a livingroom and i dont do the kind of projects you do, but its time. YOUR shop looks amazing!
I would so much rather a nicely fading purple rack of screw bins over a blank sheet of plywood, function and form looks so much better than boring and useless! We are here for your enthusiasm, craziness and mostly competent building skills! It's a joy to watch someone who is having a lot of fun building, especially if they don't always know what they're doing and they bring us along for the figuring it out state. I'd love to see a clamp cart design and fabrication video 😊 Cooking lemon things with Xyla is also a video series I would revel in watching 😂
The shop looks very well set up already, so happy to see you so happy again Xyla. Brightened my day to see how you've overcome things. Found it funny when you called it 4 x 8 we call it 8 x 4 in OZ!
The new workshop is so much bigger for Xyla & crew. So much possibilities and everything moved in. Some of my friends love their tools for the things that they do, so seeing Xyla go so deep into her tools is funny. With all her previous projects, this workshop can easily handle Xyla 3.0 new projects. I just keeping asking myself, 'Is there anything Xyla can't do?'.
The Harvey G700 is wonderful as a whole shop dust collector. It IS expensive, but there some big sales every so often. It was the first purchase I mader several years ago for my new shop (a separate 30ft x 40ft building), it much quieter than other options, is small (fits under shelves) and is on wheels. The suction is amazing.
Oh my goodness, you are a dream come true: brains, can do attitude, creative and forward thinking. I sure wished we had more support for women to learn to build in my day. I would love to do what you are doing. Probably too late for me but going to play with our cnc and laser and learn what I can at 63 years old! I have a grand daughter on the way and I know their math loving, musical and creative parents will give her rich foundation. Keep up the good work Xyla!
Very happy you found a wonderful new shop to use! As far as videos about building things for the shop (like the clamp cart) please do! I love watching shop build videos or improvements as it gives me ideas for my own shop.
Really nice to see workshop organization tips on this video. Especially liked the small ideas on sorting out tools and smaller parts. And the mood in your channel is a lot more positive, compared to a lot of other videos on TH-cam.
I realize that I'm late to this party, but I have one suggestion for a dust collector improvement. I use a plastic trash can for a venturi separator before the actual dust collector. My main manifold is 6" galvanized furnace duct. So I got two adjustable 6" elbows to cut into the lid of the trash can. The outlet is dead center and the air comes straight up out of the trash can and goes to the right towards the actual dust collector. The Inlet is off center next to it and comes vertical from the manifold down thru the lid and then turns 90° to the horizontal aimed at the periphery of the trash can. The result is that cleaning the dust collector consist of pulling a trash bag out of the plastic can. The bags in the actual dust collector have been disassembled for cleaning twice in about 40 years. Also, if you check on Amazon, there are many options for a remote dust collector switch, if you don't want to run back and forth.
I'm glad you landed on your feet and even ended up with an even better space! I'm also super jealous of your lovely shop, it's perfect. So happy for you.
I’ve been following you for quite a long time and have watched you move, I believe all 4 times. I was heart broken with your video saying you had to move again and hoped things would work out for you. I’m glad to see this video and happy to see you smiling again. Congratulations and good luck with future endeavors.
BotalToat Neon Sign - Great idea and I was a bit surprised that you didn't' have one. Today I'm watching a dude build an epoxy table. You have a CNC / Lots of Wood / Epoxy and LED lights to back light the sign are cheep. You could make a very cool epoxy / wood BotalToat sign yourself and a pretty cool video to go with it.
Xyla designs literally anything and builds it is a great video. I always love shop building/infrastructure project videos. Gives me inspiration for the shop space I don't have yet.
Nice video on the new shop. Really like the tilt out storage boxes, but would like to know what brand and where to buy. Also, you hinted about a sign. I just recently retired from the sign business, but still have a lot of materials. Possibly designing a sign yourself would be a great experience. I would suggest using the Total Boat product if possible. But if you would like I could build a small lighted sign for you.
I have a Harvey Gyro-air G-700 for dust collection. It works well for me. There's plenty of videos on TH-cam about it. I definitely recommend steel pipe over flexible hose.
I have a small shop in Echo Park and I recently bought the 1HP Maksiwa dust collector from woodcraft. It’s a single stage that I have upgraded with a Merv 15 cylindrical filter from Wynn environmental. The entire setup was about $600 but I couldn’t be happier. I would absolutely recommend.
More Space! YEAH! I remember clamp carts at a furniture company we used to visit to use their time-saver, were bent tubing and welded together, but had a small footprint
The new shop looks awesome, I think it would be cool to watch the build on the clamp cart. I think the design process is interesting, specifically how things are adapted to fit the space.
Dust Collection; the Oneida big vortex on a 55 gallon drum is INCREDIBLE. I have a Jet 110V dust collector with a folded micron filter that I pulled apart to mount components separately and use to pull air through the Oneida setup and the system is a beast.
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Check the clamp cart from "I like to make stuff"
I thought you were Gina Valentina. Are you related to her in anyway?
Lemons are technically hybrids. So life never gave anyone lemons, There a result of hard work
Ms. Foxlin life did not give you lemons all lemons are GMOs they are a human creation.
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Better help pays their therapists just over 1/2 market rate and sells ALL of your personal information Except medical (because HIPAA), it may not be a scam perse, but it is still pretty gross. Look up the FTC complaint/charges, seeing well-meaning creators shill their predatory sites (standard, christian, lgbtqia) is depressing.
Actually, Uber for unlicensed therapists sells all the medical information in their system too.
From my understanding selling that to Facebook along with the email and the ids of every Facebook account that had signed into that computer is what got them the few hundred million fine in the first place.
Yes, they exploit their therapists and sell their client's data.
Any money from Better Help is exploiting vulnerable people 🙁
Yes, they exploit their therapists and sell their client's data.
Any money from Better Help is exploiting vulnerable people 🙁
Any money from Better Help is exploiting vulnerable people 🙁
I get that content creators need to get paid, so I don't necessarily fault them for running ad reads. But I do wish that they had more self awareness to either be choosier with their sponsors, or if they can't, be cheeky about the reads the way Lazerpig does his World of Tanks ads.
So nice that you got a lemon tree that just happened to have a shop attached.
Personally, I think the exposed end of the workbench looks great. I'd much rather see all the little containers than a board of plywood, especially since you've got a nice, purple gradient going from bottom to top.
This shop is great. Hopefully, the owners saying they have trouble renting the space means they'll never want to give up their perfect renter.
I agree on the screw display! The whole shop looks great
Exactly.
Plus, you'd be constantly opening the plywood cover to get at the screws and eggs any way.
A board of plywood is just a wasted opportunity for extra storage. 😉
Lmao, give it another couple of years max of record property value growth and they'll have a buyer banging on their door offering them millions. If you don't own the property you're in, do NOT make any long-term plans related to where you live.
Wondering where those tilt-out bins were bought from. Can only find them in black online.
For the dust collector, you need to think in 3 stages: capture as much at the source as possible, have a way to clean up what settles and something to clear the air. I would see if you can talk Oneida into donating you one of their supercell or gorilla units. If you can swing it all get one with a HEPA final filter at the end. If not Wynn environmental can get you set up. You may need a separate circuit for the table saw and dust collector. Some places will do the design of the ductwork if you buy it from them. As far as the clamp rack goes Fine Woodworking has enough stuff on their website to get you started, you won’t need super detailed plans. If you have questions I’ll bet there is a woodworking club you could go to, if nothing else to see who in your area has good service.
oneida is definitely the top dust collector but way out of my budget. I bought a grizzly and added a separator. It works very well.
Oneida is great but skip the supercell, it's been a pretty huge disappointment in our shop.
What do you mean a way to clean up what settles? You mean a vacuum for the floors?
Adam Savage has most of his stuff on wheeled carts and it makes a lot of sense to me. Also, GREAT use of space, those little dispenser drawers for screws and stuff; it makes zero sense to waste space for looks in a working workshop.
Adam is also a devotee of the shop infrastructure video. Don't be afraid to share the journey toward your best workspace (like your proposed clamp cart)!
Upvote so she sees this.
I hinestly think that the little screw cabinet looks so much better than just a slab of plywood would
Yes, wheeled tables and carts are great for dynamic layouts and Adam designs around the concept of "First Order Retrievability". I've also found it helpful to start wearing my toolbelt in the shop again, got tired of looking for the tool I just used to find it on the other side of the shop again.
I keep hoping to see an Xyla and Adam Savage collaboration video. They are two of my favorite makers on TH-cam.
Xyla, modular is all you need to know for the “perfect” shop! Put everything on casters like you’ve done so you can move everything around as needed like a big wooden Tetris game 😊
Important note for someone looking to use coasters under work tables: LOCKING wheels!
@@MonkeyJedi99Though not all of them need to lock. On a table that size, locking the 4 corners would probably be enough
I saw the locking tabs, pretty sure they are.
I think the first thing you need to make is a lemonade juicing stand. So you can have fresh cold lemonade in the shop on demand.
Congrats Xyla on no longer having your screws loose! 😜
Shops are never done as long as you keep learning and doing new things. Take joy in how well it works *now* and look forward to the changes that will come.
Reminds of a saying about sanding: "Sanding is never done, it is just abandoned."
Also, free content ideas for years!
I’m from Denmark, hearing 240 as exiting is normal here, I have 3 400 volts outlets at the house as well, which is normal for houses from the 70ties. You should do a build video of that table, it’s awesome.
Super cool. A standalone building near the house for a shop is my dream. And it's amazing how a beautiful yard/garden affects your whole psyche for the good. Okay here is the algorithm for populating the wall tool boards that worked for me. Get three giant boxes. Put all candidate tools in box 1. After you use a tool from box N, put it in box N+1. Every so often put everything back in box 1. Maybe a week of shop use. After using a tool that made it to box 3, hang it on the wall. When the wall is full, stop and put what's left into storage cabinets. Kind of a Hunger Games competition where the wall is the prize.
she is not just a sweetheart but smart, joyful, industrious and is a pleasure to watch and learn from. 👍👍😊😊👌👌
Xyla, you need an industrial sewing machine table and a knitting machine. Where will you put the arc welder, and the sheet metal bender, and the rebar/wrought iron bender, and the forge, and the concrete mold making set up, and the vacuum mold, and the upholstery set up? Life is such an adventure. So many tools, so little time. Way to go kid. Congrats.
You forgot the kiln for ceramics and glass.
@@pattheplanter You are right! How careless. I am so sorry.
Love my Brother Knitting Machine. The best of 1980's tech and eminently hackable.
woodworking lathe, metal lathe, milling machine, bandsaw?
@@raycreveling1583 I have one too from the same era. I bought it to do stuff and have fun with my teenage daughter -- then she discovered boys and I never saw her again, but I totally enjoyed exploring all the things I could do with my brother machine, especially knit weaving. Now there is a much cheaper "open source" machine that is actually much better.
The snacklebox is one of the most important tools in the shop!
In the summer I always keep a pack of something munchy out there because sometimes you're in the groove and you don't want to go inside but you need a little pep to keep rockin. A handful of almonds or mini eggs or whatnot is just the right lil snack to keep you going.
Cave Johnson would be proud.
LEMONS!
I'm so happy for you Xyla, this is amazing.
COMBUSTIBLE LEMONS
Some kind of concept I "invented" at my job for finding small things like screws and nuts :
It's the same everywhere, after some time you end up with a huge box of mixed "things / stuff".
Instead of sorting by precise use, size, type... I sort by basic, very simple specifications : "screw - bolt - washer", "large - small", "for wood - metal"...
Since a few weeks, this has proven to be efficient, even on professional scale where time is money and "buy new instead of searching / sorting".
Great start on the new shop! I’d shoot for a jet or similar dust collector - but main question is whether you go for ducting or move to the tools you are working on. I’d also shoot for an overhead filter for fine dusts (the greatest threat to lungs). I didn’t look closely, but I didn’t see anything for fire safety or a first aid station. Get that checked off first.
Xyla, you are a smart builder making sure the space fits your needs. Your feet reach the ground so you are just the right height.
Put a small used 2 or 1 person couch at a "not too dusty" corner with a reading lamp behind it. Some times I like to sit at the corner of my own place at just stare at the room while playing some nice music while taking a short break from project. Feel protected and safe.
Zyla, Congrats on your new shop!
Please remember that a workshop is never completed. It is a constantly evolving entity.
One thing with dust collection I have done for many years is to have a dedicated shop vac for each dust-making tool. I open the tool switch box and take a hot wire from the switch to a receptacle on the back of the tool for the shop vac; that way, it comes on when you turn the tool on. In some cases, I have had to increase the size of the wire and install a higher amp switch to accommodate the added load, which is offset by the fact that I don't have to run hoses all over the shop and have a separate switch to turn on each time you use the tool. This would not be practical for a production shop, but for stuff I do and most stuff I see you do, you don't need a large dust collector. This system is less efficient than a large dust collector, so I have a ceiling-mounted system with 2 A/C filters on a variable-speed fan that collects any escaping fine dust out of the air. I have 8 shop vacs in my shop that I have gathered from garage sales, etc., over the years.
And last but not least, you are beautiful! I love you!
FWIW I built a glue up/clamp station on wheels it's around 18" x 24" by 35" high. I only have my smaller bar and squeeze clamps on it and the cabinet holds the glue in smaller containers. It holds the associated stuff for glue up, gloves, plastic trays, paint brushes/rollers (glue brushes/rollers). Then I keep the bulk epoxy/wood glue in a cabinet and only wheel around what I use. Makes glue-ups so much simpler and quicker if I don't have to run back and forth for supplies/clamps. My big pipe clamps are still mounted on my wall clamp storage since they are very heavy.
I could go on and on for days regarding dust collection, kind of a hobby for me fine tuning my setup. I suggest that really you approach Onida Air Systems and have them do your design, it's one of their services that they provide. I bet they would be happy to help out with the cost of the setup since your videos are top notch and very entertaining.
Good luck with the new shop, stay busy.
Dave Couch
Your enthusiasm is captivating. The shop is very nice and having a work friendly layout is of the utmost importance. Having movable stations helps cut down on wasted motion. I’ve been in my garage for 22+ years and it has really morphed over time and still it’s difficult to organize and keep up while also maximizing the use of every space large or small.
Love the new shop! As far as dust collection goes, I think the centrifugal dust separator that UnderDunn and Pilson Guitars have made would be right up your alley.
Such a fan of buying plans to start, so much less daunting. I did that for a shed I built many years ago, and it was so great to just lightly tweak that, rather than try and do it from scratch.
You should with with 3x3Custom - Tamar , she moved and had a whole series on deciding and setting up her dust collection.
I'm so happy for you that you got into a nice open workspace, and you're past the stress of finding a new place and moving your workshop. That workbench - NIIICE!
god i am a mini egg fiend don't give me ideas
I came in from picking a couple Meyer lemons off my tree, walked past my carboy where the limoncello is steeping, took a Meyer lemon saffron olive oil cake out of the oven, then hit play on your video.
Thanks for turning me on to Wall Control. Box for the studio just arrived today.
Congrats on the great new shop and coming back even stronger after another move.
EVERY shop is ALWAYS a work in progress. I look forward to seeing your process for setting up and improving your workspace. Honestly this is the thing I struggle with most as a maker, so I am always interested to see how other makers tackle this issue.
02:10 WOW!!!!!
Congrats! Love your stuff!. Re-doing your shop is one of the joys of having a shop. You get to fix everything you didn't do right the first time. I have a suggestion; screw (not glue) a sheet of masonite to the top of your rolling workbench. Then rout a small radius around the edge. It makes a really nice work surface and you can replace it when it wears out.
For dust collector I really love the Harvey G700, it slides under the work bench, and its pretty quite.
I don't know if this is something you were considering, but when you do get a dust collector, I recommend getting floor vents. That way instead of vacuuming the whole shop you can just sweep the saw dust over to the vent/vents and it will get sucked up.
That reminded of data centre designs where there is a lifted floor as cables and airflow pipes run under the floor. Good idea overall. Though maybe it could be useful to have some kind of removable “safety grid” on top of those floor vents to avoid accidentally dropping valuable parts there.
@@autiomaa That's smart
@@autiomaa All good points, but what I had in mind was a lot simpler. Imagine a ventilation pipe from the dust collector that has a little square cut into it when it reaches the ground. I'll do my best to add a lil doodle made form dashes and slashes:
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About workbenches being too tall. There are wheels that go on the the side. Instead of locking them, you raise/lower them. There's even ones that latch on/off, so you can fully remove the wheels if needed. This lowers any surface by the height of the wheels.
Also, for organizing, maybe pick up a bambu or Prusa XL and print out some of the many preexisting box inserts and such.
Big thumbs up for adding a 3D printer to the collection of tools. Being able to print out custom little jigs can be a big help. Instead of building the jigs yourself, send it to the printer and do other things while the jig prints. (Multitasking FTW!)
Xyla needs Gridfinity; she just doesn't know it yet. Also, Buck Fambu.
Buck Fambu, indeed.
Your positive energy is contagious! :)
Thank you for sharing - and I am so glad you got a new place. What you said about moving is so true.
No disclaimer needed, you don't need to make it fancy or finished for us. We appreciate you just the way you are...at the stage you are at. Congratulations on finding your new shop! Your ingenuity is truly amazing and inspirational! Keep reaching for the next greatest achievement while expanding your knowledge, and ours, along the way! Thanks!
Have you ever seen one of those collapsible towel racks? That is, the kind that collapse like an accordion but expand to diamond-shaped openings on the sides, leaving long dowels in between to hang towels? I feel something like that would be a good start to a portable clamping rack. No stress on springs when hanging around the dowels. Bonus that it collapses out of the way when you've got all your clamps in use. Congrats on the new shop! 👍
Xyla it's fantastic to see the spark back in your eyes. A definite blessing in disguise! What an awesome new space to create your awesome projects. Congratulations!
Thanks!
Your shop is now nicer than mine. 🤪 Next project can be an automatic lemonade maker.
Big fan of everything being on wheels for mobility and versatility.
As for DC, i have no personal experience but the Harvey is supposedly quieter. My DC screams like a banshee.
If lifting is an issue consider a unistrut overhead trolley system, assuming your structure is up to it. If not unistrut is still a good way to organize your overhead, especially if you're going to hang lights and cameras. If you're planning on running fixed ducts for your dust collection PVC conduit works better than PVC pipe because of the nice sweeping bends.
When I started planning to build a CNC router I got advice to get a Record Power CamVac dust collector. I did and I am happy with it, it is very powerful for its size. Vacuum cleaners pull quite high vacuum but do not move much volume and often do not like running for hours without stops. The typical large dust collectors with the big bags on top move huge volume of air but do not suck much of a vacuum. The CamVac sits somewhere in the middle, it is intended for long running and seems to have pretty good filtration on the output. I tried my particle sensor in the workshop when running a table saw with the CamVac and I was surprised it did not go immediately into the red on fine particles like it did with a "normal" dust collector. I only had the CamVac for half a year but I am very happy with it so far.
Regarding the dust collector , I didn't realize it until the tool library where I volunteer set one up - even our big 220 unit has a duty cycle, we can't just run it on and leave it on. And back in the day I think April Wilkerson made some good clamp storage.
it's a little pricey, but the Harvey (GYRO 700) dust processor is outstanding. It's clean, quiet, and more than enough power for your small shop. Maybe they will sponsor you. Best of luck with the new shop/home!!
For dust collection, I bought a bunch of 3" PVC pipe, corners, and Ys, a shopvac, a cyclone, and a 20 gallon drum, and a pile of shutter vent thingies. Oh, and some flex hose for the tools. Works a champ and no dust ever gets into the shopvac so it really never needs cleaning. Put it in a sound dampening box and put a hole in the box for the hose. I made sure that one of the blast gates and inlets was at the floor for the sweepings.
Nice shop set up. An inspirational video for me. I also have a shop bigger than my house. The previous inhabitant of this plot of land was in to drag racing. He built a 2100sf shop for his hobby. Of course his children emptied it out before selling the property. So now I have a big empty space to fill. The speed you go from empty space to functional shop just shows how lazy I am at times. Just seeing your shop gives me ideas on how to organize my own. My next project is building a large, mobile, work bench.
Keep up the fun and inspiring projects.
My thought for the rolling clamp stand is think A-Frame. Rectangular base, and boards from the long ends of the base angling to meet up at a peak over the center of the base. Put clamp holders on the outside organized how you like. On the inside of the A-Frame, either drawers for small clamps that don't hang well, and/or a sliding vertical wall that has clamps hanging on both sides. For the clamp holders, instead of fixing them into one place, maybe go peg-board (or what ever variant you are using elsewhere in your shop), or use it as an intro to experiment with french cleats.
Xyla, your workshop is looking good. A workshop is always a workshop in progress. As you'll adapt it and improve it as time goes by, as you discover new and better ways to organise it, and change it in ways to suit your needs, and your constant accumulation of new "toys" 🙂🤣
If you ever want any 3D CAD modelling, part drawings or assembly drawings (with parts list) etc doing please let me know. I'm not touting for business and can output files in multiple formats. These would not be for sale, but just for your own personal use. My fees would be very reasonable - just a mention on your channel and an occasional bottle of Gin is all I'd ask. 🙂😎❤
JET 708659K Model DC-1100VX-CK 1.5HP 1-Phase 115/230V Dust Collector W/ 2-Micron Canister Kit. I have one and it's a beast. It will handle some pretty good 4" duct runs to various parts of your shop. I like mine and really like the big canister. You could build a tiny enclosed lean-to outside of your shop to cut down on noise and that very fine dust that comes out of even the best of dust collectors.
You already have your roll around clamp station designed. Take your clamp wall from the previous shop and cut it in half vertically. Each half becomes one side of an A frame structure. Angle them about the same as you would an extension ladder. Now build a tray on wheels like you did for the 4x8 workbench and set the A-frame on top.
Awesome I'm also moving into a new workshop. I'm trying to decide how I want to see everything up. This has given me some ideas for sure!
Router wrench tip. For corded tools that have a special wrench or spanner. Buy yourself 20 feet of wire rope and a sack of swages. Every time you get a tool with a special wrench make a tether that attaches the wrench to the power cable. That way the wrench stays with the tool it goes to at all times. Safety bonus you have to unplug the tool to mess with the blade etc so there is never a chance of mangling your fingers.
Others have mentioned him already, but when you talked about the shop being a work in progress an an almost apologetic tone, my first thought was "Adam Savage has been building his shop since before *I* was born, never mind a young whippersnapper like yourself, and he still talks about his shop being a work in progress." So I'm pretty confident in saying all shops are works in progress. :)
Also, I really hope you got a better contract with this landlord and made sure to write in that you get some sort of credit for improvements made to the buildings and property.
Congrats on a successful upgrade!
For a clamp cart, I suggest looking into retail display fixtures. There are are a lot of things out there that normally have rubber feet screwed into the bottom that can be trivially removed and replaced with casters.
Great video. There have been a lot of great comments regarding dust collection options. My thoughts will probably be a summary of many other viewers. Consider putting the dust collector in a small shed outside along with the air compressor. You will get back floor space, reduce the noise and eliminate the need for all of the extra filters. You are a solo worker (most of the time) so you really only need to be concerned with one tool running at a time. This will simplify your requirements. Using a manifold to switch between tools (see Katz-Moses) will eliminate the need for blast gates. Upgrading the dust collection on the miter saw (see Shop Nation) will help a lot. Also adding a small shop vac to the miter saw will cut down on the starting and stopping of the large dust collector for small, quick cuts. The Harbor Freight dust collector with an upgraded impellor (see various TH-cam) would provide a good system for your size shop especially when installed outside. A couple of box fans with furnace filters will do a pretty good job of catching the stray dust. Lastly, as one viewer stated, get a leaf blower. You will be surprised how much dust you can blow out. Keep up the good work.
For the dust collector, I remember an industrial designer called Alexandre Chappel done a video on a DIY cyclone dust extractor. Would highly recommend checking him out as he's even helped a normie like me understand how to do a lot of DIY stuff like that (even how to do clamp storage ;D). Workshop looks amazing already. It looks so much bigger than the last one. I can't wait to see what you make in it next. :)
Happy housewarming! :D It looks like a wonderful space to work in. I'm looking forward to seeing all of the great content and designs you build here! Best of luck!
I'm just here to feed on Xyla's sunshine energy like some light starved plant.
I'm happy for your new workshop!
I love your energy Xyla! What an Awesome new shop, your future projects and builds are going to be bigger and better now. Way to ride, life's waves of downs and ups! I am looking forward to your future build videos, seeing what creative mayhem you get up too. Go Make Limoncello with the lemons life throws at you. You Rock!😀
Congrats on the new shop, looks brighter and bigger and has lemons! For dust collection, I'm no expert - but I know John Malecki and Bob from I Like To Make Stuff have sorted this semi recently (and have videos on it).
Clamp stand idea: A metal pipe (think street sign post) about 1.1 meters tall, attached to a 50 cm diameter round base with caster wheels then at the top a 30 cm diameter hoop with 3-4 supports from the hoop to the pipe. all your clamps hang on the hoop ordered from longest to shortest, maybe a second hoop 25 cm diameter in the middle for extra small clamps. the 1.1 m (plus castor height) should make easy to see/grab the clamps but high enough that all (most?) of your clamps can hang without touching the floor. If you can't make all the clamps fit make a second one, think of it as being like a coat/hat rack on wheels for clamps.
I knew the new shop would work out better.
for one you're in control of buying/renting the place, and you wont let yourself get away with worse.
and you set it up better using your experience with the last shops.
Wonderful! That 8x4 bench. We had four of them in my last business and I didn't give them a lot of thought. Fitting out my own new workshop at present and seeing your bench.... Well it obviously indispensable now you point it out. On my list build one now. Thanks!
Ohhhh life most def. handed you lemons... the best kinds of lemons too!!!! Meyer lemons are crazy expensive here so they're quite the treat. The shop looks AWESOME!!! AH!!!!!! I'm so happy for you!!!
Yes to all the videos proposed, especially the limoncello one!!!!
Congrats! It looks a little like Westchester. Better than the Culver spot you had before. Love the wall of Wiha! My work truck has a bin full of Wiha and Knipex...that bin alone is probably worth 1/2 of what the truck is worth!
I suggest looking at Adam Savage's rolling tool cart. His is for small hand tools but it could also have clamp storage around the back. Since you have a fairly large space now with multiple work areas you could roll the cart from one area to the next so you don't have to walk all the way across the shop to get a pair of pliers for instance.
Also regarding dust collection, woodcraft has a new line of magnetic hose couplers which have magnets on one side and a steel ring on the other so that rotation of the fitting doesn't matter like it would with magnets on both sides. They're calling it "MagFitt". It came out very recently, from what I can tell.
😍😍😍😍😍 I’m so happy for you! And I’m only 3:21 in!!! I hope it gets to be a long term stay and your last rental before being able to buy ya own home! Good on you and all your friends for getting it sorted. I glad to see a long form video on my tele after a few shorts updates (that I never get around to watching on my phone). Here’s to the next few years of creature content!! 😘😘😘😘😘
Mmmmm mini eggs and a rolling workbench that is so well organized it makes me get all warm an fuzzy. I think I'm in love with a workbench. Hope you are having a great day Xyla. Love the new workshop.
Love the new workshop, lemon tree and workbench.
You seemed to think your screw wall on the workbench isn't pretty, when I first saw it I thought it was a wall of glass blocks that looked great. So don't worry about it. Plus I loved your Cadbury mini eggs bin!
Love the new shop! The screw organizers are an awesome addition, definitely better than being covered with plywood. I think a video on making a clamp cart would be great
officially motivated to get my shop put together. Its just a livingroom and i dont do the kind of projects you do, but its time. YOUR shop looks amazing!
I would so much rather a nicely fading purple rack of screw bins over a blank sheet of plywood, function and form looks so much better than boring and useless!
We are here for your enthusiasm, craziness and mostly competent building skills! It's a joy to watch someone who is having a lot of fun building, especially if they don't always know what they're doing and they bring us along for the figuring it out state. I'd love to see a clamp cart design and fabrication video 😊
Cooking lemon things with Xyla is also a video series I would revel in watching 😂
The shop looks very well set up already, so happy to see you so happy again Xyla. Brightened my day to see how you've overcome things. Found it funny when you called it 4 x 8 we call it 8 x 4 in OZ!
The new workshop is so much bigger for Xyla & crew. So much possibilities and everything moved in. Some of my friends love their tools for the things that they do, so seeing Xyla go so deep into her tools is funny. With all her previous projects, this workshop can easily handle Xyla 3.0 new projects. I just keeping asking myself, 'Is there anything Xyla can't do?'.
When is a garage not a garage...
XYLA WORKSHOP!
So happy for you and can't wait for more projects.
YOU GO GIRL!
The Harvey G700 is wonderful as a whole shop dust collector. It IS expensive, but there some big sales every so often. It was the first purchase I mader several years ago for my new shop (a separate 30ft x 40ft building), it much quieter than other options, is small (fits under shelves) and is on wheels. The suction is amazing.
Oh my goodness, you are a dream come true: brains, can do attitude, creative and forward thinking. I sure wished we had more support for women to learn to build in my day. I would love to do what you are doing. Probably too late for me but going to play with our cnc and laser and learn what I can at 63 years old! I have a grand daughter on the way and I know their math loving, musical and creative parents will give her rich foundation. Keep up the good work Xyla!
Very happy you found a wonderful new shop to use! As far as videos about building things for the shop (like the clamp cart) please do! I love watching shop build videos or improvements as it gives me ideas for my own shop.
Really nice to see workshop organization tips on this video. Especially liked the small ideas on sorting out tools and smaller parts. And the mood in your channel is a lot more positive, compared to a lot of other videos on TH-cam.
I realize that I'm late to this party, but I have one suggestion for a dust collector improvement. I use a plastic trash can for a venturi separator before the actual dust collector. My main manifold is 6" galvanized furnace duct. So I got two adjustable 6" elbows to cut into the lid of the trash can. The outlet is dead center and the air comes straight up out of the trash can and goes to the right towards the actual dust collector. The Inlet is off center next to it and comes vertical from the manifold down thru the lid and then turns 90° to the horizontal aimed at the periphery of the trash can.
The result is that cleaning the dust collector consist of pulling a trash bag out of the plastic can. The bags in the actual dust collector have been disassembled for cleaning twice in about 40 years. Also, if you check on Amazon, there are many options for a remote dust collector switch, if you don't want to run back and forth.
I'm glad you landed on your feet and even ended up with an even better space! I'm also super jealous of your lovely shop, it's perfect. So happy for you.
I’ve been following you for quite a long time and have watched you move, I believe all 4 times. I was heart broken with your video saying you had to move again and hoped things would work out for you. I’m glad to see this video and happy to see you smiling again. Congratulations and good luck with future endeavors.
BotalToat Neon Sign - Great idea and I was a bit surprised that you didn't' have one. Today I'm watching a dude build an epoxy table. You have a CNC / Lots of Wood / Epoxy and LED lights to back light the sign are cheep. You could make a very cool epoxy / wood BotalToat sign yourself and a pretty cool video to go with it.
Xyla designs literally anything and builds it is a great video. I always love shop building/infrastructure project videos. Gives me inspiration for the shop space I don't have yet.
Nice video on the new shop. Really like the tilt out storage boxes, but would like to know what brand and where to buy. Also, you hinted about a sign. I just recently retired from the sign business, but still have a lot of materials. Possibly designing a sign yourself would be a great experience. I would suggest using the Total Boat product if possible.
But if you would like I could build a small lighted sign for you.
Amazing new workshop Xyla! Honest to God dream shop right there! Workshops are a journey not a destination so enjoy the process of making it yours!
I’m glad you landed somewhere great. It looks like the home of future great projects. Have fun.
Duudee congrats on the new shop! There is so much space!! You definitely should make videos of the shop infrastructure as you go!
I have a Harvey Gyro-air G-700 for dust collection. It works well for me. There's plenty of videos on TH-cam about it. I definitely recommend steel pipe over flexible hose.
So happy for you, Xyla. You look and sound fully recharged... the lemon perhaps. Enjoy the new shop ^^
I have a small shop in Echo Park and I recently bought the 1HP Maksiwa dust collector from woodcraft. It’s a single stage that I have upgraded with a Merv 15 cylindrical filter from Wynn environmental. The entire setup was about $600 but I couldn’t be happier. I would absolutely recommend.
"Giant" workbench on wheels puts me in mind of Adam Savage's shop, where everything is on wheels. Congratulation Xyla!
xylas personality just fills me such joy. thank you for existing
More Space! YEAH! I remember clamp carts at a furniture company we used to visit to use their time-saver, were bent tubing and welded together, but had a small footprint
The new shop looks awesome, I think it would be cool to watch the build on the clamp cart. I think the design process is interesting, specifically how things are adapted to fit the space.
Great shop! For dust collection, remember to have tubing that drops down to your 4x8 work table.
Dust Collection; the Oneida big vortex on a 55 gallon drum is INCREDIBLE. I have a Jet 110V dust collector with a folded micron filter that I pulled apart to mount components separately and use to pull air through the Oneida setup and the system is a beast.