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| Enjoy the tour! |
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This is the main course. A KMG and a disk
sander, both with 2hp motors and variable speed. You can see one of my two dust
collection systems.
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| Here is my metal lathe. It is a Southbend 9A
dating from around 1964. I really wish I was better at machining to be
able to use all the potential this good little machine has. Dewalt portable bandsaw with
homemade stand and table. Rockwell 15" drill press and import small drill press. |
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| Round column mill (Import) with a few home made mods. Note the automated face shield on the bandsaw. |
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El cheapo buffer. I have to get a better one
but mostly a slower one. Buffers scare me. Quenching and etching tanks.
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| Forging/welding area. Hotplate for quenching oil. Toaster oven to temper knives. Trusted Miller
135 Mig with gas. Luv'it! |
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Handle shaping
area with second dust collector. Oscillating sander, small belt sander
and knife vise. I do all
the wood profiling over here so I separate wood dust from metal
dust/sparks in the other collector. Less of a fire hazard. But I still
clean this one too regularly. Can't be too careful
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| Main assembling bench with a few vises. You
can also see the VFD in the red toolbox. |
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| In a small shop, room is hard to find. |
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| Here is my anvil (it was my Dad's) and large vises. Good solid bench to hold everything. A few hammers on there. |
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| Other side of the bench with some more hammers. Can't have enough right? |
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