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    New Shop Ready for Action

    I think I am ready to proceed to my first "inside shop" project. All the tools and most of the tooling is in place.
    You may notice the California Air Compressor under the lathe bench back in the left corner and the little shop vac also.
    The Lathe and Mill sit on the same table with "chip shields" in place. I am sure I will need to improve them. All machines are quiet enough to run in the house with out bothering anyone in another room. Makes about much noise as a sewing machine!. There is a table dedicated for layout and test with my little surface plate and two lamps.

    Both the lathe and the mill may share the Kill-A-Watt power monitor so I can keep track of machine loading on these light machines.
    Both the lathe and the mill have their own electrical control boxes to indicate power is applied and provide DRO power and a light
    plus one extra outlet for another lamp or accessory power if needed.

    The bench with the two oak drawer cabinets were made 20 years ago for my "other hobby" use and now are loaded with tools and tooling.
    The Oak tool box on the left end is shop made by me again about 20 years ago. The one on the right is an el cheap O.
    The upper "door" cabinets are from the home store and were unfinished so I just gave them two coats of clear Watco Danish oil.
    The computer organizer was made 20 years ago along with the 12 drawer computer "stuff" storage. There once was a time when most of the drawers contained 5 1/4 and 1.44 mb floppy discs! Now they are full of other stuff!.
    The open shelving unit on the left and above the oak drawer cabinets has also been in my hobby room for 20+ years.

    Interesting how one's hobby room evolves. Much fun through the years.

    Cheers, JR
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    Beautiful shop jjr2001
    looks so nice I would hate to dirty the floor with chips, LOL

    Now make us a project to show us what your new equipment will do, cheers

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    That shop is ready for the photo shoot from Better Homes and Machine shops! I could never get a place that clean let alone keep it like that.

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    Very nice, bright and tidy working area.

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    Thank you for the photo shop tour. It is an inspiration seeing the setup and tool cabinets.

    A couple years ago we installed at the house in Yorba Linda, CA at 100kWh/day ground mounted 55 panel solar PV system on our south facing lower slope in a box canyon. The solar array receives sunlight from dawn to sunset everyday. I will look into the Kill-A-Watt power monitor for my shop. So far we produce over 1 megawatts per month in excess electricity back into the SCE grid but I am still very mindful of our electricity consumption and despite being a net producer of power I am always looking for more ways to conserve power. We did a 100% conversion to LED lighting inside and outside the house and install second generation variable speed pool pump before going to solar. It was a smart investment because each each year seems to be much warmer.

    Regards,

    Paul

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    Thats so tidy cut some swarf for the floor... he he..ha ha...ho ho

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    Swarf pictures soon. I think I will use a mix of brass and aluminum for the photo!

    Paul, I think you have a mini power company there. Very nice.

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    My ship is at anchor and I'M a wait'en.......

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    Lets see your solar panels.......

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    Thanks jjr2001! We've added your Home Shop to our Storage and Organization category,
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