The title just about says it all. I had always wanted a metal shop and after retiring I've started turning a one car garage into a small shop. On a limited income I'm buying used machines and repairing them and building my own.
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The title just about says it all. I had always wanted a metal shop and after retiring I've started turning a one car garage into a small shop. On a limited income I'm buying used machines and repairing them and building my own.
Hi David - welcome to HomemadeTools.net :welcome:
How is the shop coming along? Any specific homemade tool builds planned?
Hi David,
Welcome! :welcome:
Sounds like a great series of projects. Let's see some pics of your progress on the shop…
What's next on your build list?
Ken
At the present I have a Craftsman 12 x 36 lathe and a Harbor freight 981 mill/drill. I am working on a repair to the lathe QCGB. I'm having to make some new compound gears. I bought the cheapest new Boston 16T and 32T gears I could find on ebay to make the compound gears with. I just didn't want to buy somebody's old gears from a used machine. I hate to see the sellers that buy machines just to tear them apart and sell parts. Besides this way I have new gears and the satisfaction of knowing I made them.
Pic's of the shop are a little ways off. There is now way I'd show the mess that's in there now.
D. Hair
The first tool I will build outright will be a tool/mill grinder. I've looked at all the different models out there and trying to design a simple grinder that will do the touch sharpening of mills and shaping the tool bits I want for my lathe. I think the direction I will be going is a somewhat modified warren style.
D.Hair
Great way to start, refurbishing your tools. Welcome to the forums! :welcome: