Thread: How bout some Workshop Pics??

Very nice and tidy shop. A shop to aspire to! I need to get mine organized as good.

One day I will have a workshop like that. At the moment my work shop is my desk and the small space on the balcony out side my room. The desk serves as my workshop, my office, my bookshelf, a place for my tea pot, and where my computer sits.

Heres mine

It is a work in progress...

Here in Florida your shop is either in your yard, A seperate building or in your garage, as in my case. I have my eye on a house in the Country with 12 acres. (That's a lot for Flordia, believe me) Once there, I'll have a proper shop. For now, the garage and my small bench area will have to do. Maybe some pics later.....

Wow I'm inspired to get the shop cleaned out this weekend...

Wish me luck!

Originally Posted by Undream

Heres mine

Hey Undream,
How well does that Skil Bandsaw work? I need to pick up a bandsaw, and that seems to be the best deal available, however there have been very mixed reviews online about the product. For some people they say it works great after following the adjustment guidelines in the manual and others say that the saw is a load of dookey. What say you? Does it work well enough on hardwood and/or metal? and does it cut accurately and straight with the rip fence? Would you mind giving me a little mini review to assist me in my purchase? Thanks!

Well, I paid 95.00 for it, so, I didn't really expect the world from it.

My only attempt at ripping down stock wasn't very good -- but it was probably due to me being unexperienced and using a dull blade that was too thin (3/16") and had too many teeth per inch to be effective as a ripping blade.

I decided to wait to get a better blade for ripping stock.

Since then I've just been buying cheapo 1/8" blades and have been using it to rough blanks, spacers, etc. G-10 does a number on whatever blade I use though -- it kills them. as long as I stick to acrylics and wood it works awesome...

No problems so far with the operation of it, it runs smooth....and the two times that I've broken a blade, nothing bad happened. I know they say a well tuned band saw you shouldnt be breaking blades...well..when u are cutting micarta and stuff on a 1/8" blade,...its gonna happen I think... plus, im buying the $6 blades from lowes. might not be the best but they work for what I do...

Again, I'm probably using it more like a scroll saw than a true band saw..but at the price it has paid for itself IMO.

Awesome! Thanks a lot Brad. I think I will at least give it a go and see how it turns out. I'll let you know.

Here's my messy shop. I've shown these before and it still hasn't gotten any cleaner.