/diy/ - Do It Yourself

>>1583358
the area between your mothers legs.

>>1583358
Im embarrassed of my garage.
I have way too much junk in it. But I may post a pic of it later.

I don't see a welder

>>1583491
I see a welder with an argon tank and a foot pedal.
Are you blind?

Nah I'd get roasted because I'm basically a slob.

>>1583385
Women will do that

What's that big blue thing in the middle?

>>1583596
Thats a toolbox from harbor freight

>>1583358
Its a work in progress

>>1583600
Other side

>>1583358

I am really getting jealous of all the lathes and mills in the in the garage

Beppo will get mad at me

>>1583358
the compressed air line is a nice touch.

>>1583620
Listen, there’s no way I can be as pissed as your neighbors already are.

>>1583623
I want to put a big compressor in my attic so bad and run one of those hoses down.

>>1583649
i'd put a line in the kitchen too. air tools are so handy.

>>1583649
They don't care as long as I dont complain about their gospel music and the sexual predator who rents a room from them.

I'll take a new picture of the yard tomorrow.

Yea yea whatever it's always like this

>>1583657
That was my dream if I build a custom house. Every outlet will have a quick connect air outlet plus 220V all over.

Perpetual mess here.

>>1583669
>Skateboard
>Battery pack

What's your project?

>>1583697
He’s like me. Cram a bunch of extra 18650s in plastic containers and wait for the garage to burn down.

>>1583683
I dont like how you have those cords stored.

>>1583700
There’s a mess of them on the other side too.

>>1583358

very nice and i never thought about the overhead air line thats pretty neat you could do that with extension cord reels too keeps em the fuck out of the way because holy mother of fuck i hate extention cords laying all over

one time a guy i work with whose a total fucking mess left an unused air line strung out across one of the bays. literally unplugged his tool and just dropped the air line and walked over/stepped on it for like 4 days before he finally fucking reeled it up. its on a reel for fuck sakes come on. usually ill just clean it/reel it up and go on with my day just because i like shit to be tidy but this time i left it just to see and holy fuck

>>1583702
You still a brony???

>>1583669
Bubba the love sponge is a beta faggot

>>1583697
I had 2 good controllers, 2 good motors, rebuilt the battery packs of 2 old non working memeboards and had a 500w dual motor board for 250$. The only thing that really pissed me off about this project was that the remotes would NOT link to both boards simultaneously, so I taped them together until I can run the communication line. Problem is the 2nd board doesn't fit in the original housing, so I have to protect the wiring real well underneath the board, and it's proving to be more hassle than it's worth. I'm going to start over with wider trucks, dual motor on rear axles, one controller.

I also built batteries for other boring crap, but all of my cells are recycled from laptops and I swear I find a new dead cell every time I go to my stash.

>>1583788
He ruled this place once, for a long time too

>>1583848
Honestly ive never listened to Bubba all that much.
I was a huge O and A fan, and they had a problem with him for a while.
But on the other hand, I was a big Ron and Fez fan too, Fez was related to Bubba in some way.

Yeah its a mess, but its MY mess. I wish I had more space

straightened it up a bit for you guys

>>1584021
My paper towel holder is actually a Galileo thermometer.

>>1583378
Post it you fucking sissy

Wish I had one, I just come here to LARP.

Here and /out/

>>1583600
>Its a work in progress
That's every workshop ever.

Hate me beppo

i feel like i'll have to throw more stuff out. feels bad man
>inb4 electric lawnmower

>>1583683
>WAT sticker
very nice

>>1584153
does your car fit in there or is it only for harley?

>>1583683
man your dad's got a lot of nice tools.

>>1584181
Car is pushed out so I can work on a new engine for it. I move a few things and it slides right in.

>everyone has lathes and mills now

When the fuck did that happen?
I never ever heard about machining on this board, now suddenly a ton of anons have em.

>>1583702
>bep doesnt over/under

why am i not surprised in the least

Bow shelter

Lift is rated for 27k lbs.

>>1584188
>I never ever heard about machining on this board
uhh...

Any basement work areas? I'm moving to a cold part of the country where most people have garage workshops (easier to insulate and temperature/humidity control). I'll probably insulate the garage anyway and use it to store things that are not temperature sensitive. Any advice on setup?

>>1583973
You have some nice tools there Anon, what kind of mill is that?

>>1584188
Don't be fooled, most of them own them but don't have the breaker installed to use it, don't know how to use it, and never will use it

>>1584236
>its hard to buy machine tools
>its hard to use machine tools

People spend more on a gaymer PC or laptop than it costs to get a mill or a lathe. And it used to be taught in school to retarded high school kids. Its not some otherworldly skill anon.

>>1583596
why the fuck are you on this board

>>1583358
>Mill
>Metal lathe
>Proper SWAG table for the portband

I hate you almost as much as I hate AvE

t. poorfag

>>1584153
The only thing I hate about this is the boomer Chebby sign. It’s the driveway and yard that would infuriate me if I lived next to you.

>>1584185
Kek, you can easily tell in the pics. The “KR” stuff is from the dead man.

>tfw the only reason I have tools instead of being a soiboi is because of a shitty dad and a single mother

>>1584185
>>1584270
In fact, I actually got this toolbox (excluding the middle part) when I was maybe 13-14 years old and my dad had been ran off for being a piece of shit and my mom was pretty much like “Welp, you’re the man of the house now, let’s go to Sears and get you some tools” and I used some of my tendies dollars my old neighbor lady left me in her will to get the box and a big Craftsman mechanic’s set.

>>1584270
This yard?

>>1584282
>tfw your neighbors are just praying for a hurricane so the neighborhood will look nicer

>>1584220
It's a Precision Matthews PM727M
I just bought the CNC4XR7 plans to cnc it, but honestly the "plans" are kinda garbage

>>1583491
the only time I've seen welding equipment was on take your kid to work day when my dad brought me to the metal shop he worked in when I was 9 but I think this is some kind of welding implement

>>1583669
are you one of those deaf-mutes?

>>1584270
Stop smoking pls x.x

>>1584270

lol "KR"

I got a 30 day ban for posting your receipt, son of "KR".

>>1583562
What's your damage?

>>1584412
Thx.

>>1583718
>>1584284
why wont you answer me

>>1584762
I’m trying.

>>1584816
Women love useless holiday decor and clothes they don’t wear and they want to jam it all in the garage.

>>1584930
My uncle didn’t put stuff in my butt as a child so I have never been one.<div class="like-perk-cnt">&#x1F308;</div>

>>1584961
why are you lying, when did you get rid of the buick??

>tfw european
>tfw these workshops are the size of my entire house

>>1584262
not everyone lives in 56% land dumb ass

>>1584564
I thought what I'd do is, I'd pretend i was one

>>1583602
but anon you don't even have a toolbox dedicated entirely to the lathe that i can see

I've run out of money for now.

>>1585019
is that a turret lathe back there?

>>1585019
that little shaper is pretty neat too

where did you find an entire garage full of small machine tools?

>>1583693
Didn't you post your shop like a year ago when it was a disgusting mess?

>>1585032
Nah, I don't have anything fancy like that. You're probably looking at the Hercus AGMH, with the geared headstock.

>>1585036
At auction and used sales. Some of them are still waiting on some electrics but they're all in running order, which is surprising given the age of some of them.

>>1584188
Boomers.

>workshop
I wish.

/o/ checking in

Working on a work bench right inside that door at the moment. Got an old drafting table that needs some TLC I'm converting to a work bench.

>>1585165
with one car in

>>1585167
With several cars in.

>>1585167
>>1585169

/o/ here. awesome. pls post videos of the cars being driven in.

>>1585165
consider investing in a broom

>>1585179
I have one, I've since cleaned it out since those photos were taken. Dead box elder bugs near the window and shitloads of leaves also make their way in.

>>1585177
Also the ZX3 is now outside, picked up the wagon this last weekend.

CE at the shop getting work done, wagon not yet titled. Fiesta is GFs.

>>1585179
Also why fuck with a broom when I've got a shopvac and a shitload of accessories for it.

>>1584045
> Bong
> Calls it a "Galileo thermometer"
Whatever dude

>>1583600
Mine is a lot more of a work in progress

>>1585050
>but they're all in running order, which is surprising given the age of some of them
Obviously built when longevity was a selling point.

>>1585284
:DDDDD

>>1585277
What’s the point? Then you never have an excuse to buy the newest and greatest devices.

>>1585291
4/10 almost got a real (You) from me. Better luck next time, namefag.

>>1585284
>>1585286
>dat tyrone on the second picture

shieeeeeeeeet

>>1585182
You use a broom to get 90% of it into a pile, then vacuum the pile up.

>>1585284
>>1585286
This makes me feel better about myself.

>>1585284
>>1585286
This makes me feel better about myself.

>>1585286
hmm, Sweden or Finland?

>>1585300
>>1585530
finlan :DDDDD

>>1585585
That giant bandsaw too

godspeed you bastard

>>1583358
made this when I was a dumb teenager

>>1585284
Why is there a huge dick on the wall with a face on it?

>>1585708
>dumb teenager
I guess I can tell does it really still stand? I'm surprised the joints didn't work loose. Also I've seen much worse

>>1585711
Surprisingly yes, never gave me any trouble

>>1585284
>>1585286
>>1585585
My summer car 2 looks great

I can't find better pics but here are some from our forge corner

The sign in the back

>>1583693
> Bessey bar clamps

A man of fine taste

>>1585922
Bessey clamps seem very well built, I'm glad the tool stores in my town carry them.

>>1583693
Entry way to purgatory anon... get your life in order

>>1583973
Can I come consult and organize your life, I can send a reasonable quote. Like Jeb, it's just a mess anon

Work in progress please no bully

>>1585982
Not much you can really do without getting rid of tools. The pictures doesnt do it justice, I have a LOT more tools that it looks crammed in all sorts of places.
I had a 2 stall garage for years and years, recently threw it all in the 1 stall.

>>1585165
Pretty fucking aesthetic and well organized imo

>>1585983
lol

>>1584445
this is pretty comfy

>>1585019

nice riggin, do you ever use any of them

>>1585182

because only a retard that owns 3 cars would vacuum a fucking concrete floor

>>1585922

cant live without about a dozen bessey clamps, theyre hands down the best shit goin

>>1583358

>>1586150
why are you so mad at how I decide to keep my area clean

>>1586150
Yeah, I've got a few things to do like turn some bosses for some missing levers. I have very little in the way of tooling and virtually no stock to turn so things are uber slow.

On the upside I'm doing trial work for a machine sales/repair + fabrication outfit. I made a deal to get my pay in tools from their shop since I'm on paid leave from my current job, so it won't be too long before I can really sink some time into it.

>>1584236
>Don't be fooled, most of them own them but don't have the breaker installed to use it,

Just size the wires and conduit according to code and the motor name plate!

>>1584282
>This yard?

kek

based and redpilled

>>1584207
>all that space
>just empty
>can afford to waste precious storage space on fucking rims
>my two-car-garage face when

>>1586150
>because only a retard that owns 3 cars would vacuum a fucking concrete floor

I mean, a shop vac with a wide head on it is both faster and does a better job...

>>1586150
>he brooms
Nigger pls...

I would almost consider getting one of those cordless blowers just for the garage.

>>1584412
find someone on youtube that did a good job and ask them, that's what I would do.

the couplings can't be too flexible, probably the wrong place to cheap out. Honestly CNC is so awesome it would be a shame not to use servos.

>>1583378
I heard the hydraulic lift broke.

>>1586537
and don't buy those chinese thread rolled ball screws, they should be ground, and dual ballnuts are awesome too.

even the tormach ballscrews are properly ground

>>1586565
That would annoy the shit out of me if i had to take half a dozen wrenches off a hook to get to the one I wanted.

>>1586568
me too, and I just throw them all in a big akro-mils bin.

got one for screwdrivers, one for hammers, one for snippers clippers and nippers, one for adjustable wrenches, one for paper and pencils

all on a small desktop vertical rack, the bigger bins fit on there across two or more of the hangers

https://www.amazon.com/Akro-Mils-98600-Louvered-Mounting-AkroBins/dp/B000189CW8/ref=sr_1_30

>>1586522
>cordless blower
you'll use it more than you can imagine. I take 30 seconds to blow out my mudroom, car trunk, truck bed, garage, etc.. every couple times I use them.

>>1586522
>>1586635
I just dont get why he had to hate on my shopvac. I love my little succ can. Plus it also has a blower output if I want to use it.

>>1586736

hey sorry it was just a quick jab nothing personal.

really though i love sweeping much more than listening to the artistic REEE of a shopvac

>>1586281

>no stock

feelsbadman.png

>>1586566
>>1586565
Are you seriously implementing my dream to make a fucking human sized hexapod? Show schematics you cunt. Got I hate you with passion.

I've only made it this far, no progress in sight.

>>1586743
I'm overly autistic about sweepers, have been since I was a little kid. Not sure why just always found them interesting. Dad always had a shopvac so that's what I got when I got my own place. Because it was always there like, of course I have one I assumed every garage had some form of wet dry vac.

>>1586764

pretty sure i dont like vacuuming because of the constant "someones right behind you going to stab you in the kidneys" type anxiety that unleashes itself when im alone and cant hear my surroundings

>>1586775
That's quite a specific fear, Anon. I personally like constant noise around me, it helps to disassociate myself from my surroundings and lets me think more deeply about the task at hand.

>>1586775
Lay off the meth for a bit.

>>1587074
>>1586775
Even diy/ is filled with damaged people. I drink to avoid these fears. Unfortunately that made my woman leave me

>>1587196
>that made my woman leave me
>my woman
>my
Yeah, it was totally the drinking that did that, not that you think of her as a possession.

>>1587210

>>1587210
Your parents must be proud.

>>1587210
>and here's my lovely wife
HOW DARE YOU THIR THE'TH NOT YOUR PROPERTY

>>1587210
oy vey

>>1587256

>>1587257

>>1587256
I'm noticing a distinct lack of machinery.

>>1587270
Assuming they're mostly in the cabinets, but the standard drill press, vise, and some kind of welder/torch is definitely missing.

>>1585922

The little F clamps are Bessey, the bar clamps are Dubuque.

>>1587256
>>1587257
>>1587258
why do you have no tools

>>1587310
There's a toolbox right there...

>>1587311
bro that toolbox could hold a set of sockets, some screwdrivers and some pliers
what the FUCK are you on???

>>1587312
Alcohol.
There's also the cabinets.
He should have at-least presented some HF powertools.

>>1587257
What gas is in the blue tank?
And nice to see the fire extinguisher, though I'd go bigger if you're using any torches.

>>1587127

nah i think i got some sort of undiagnosed anxiety disorder. ive had that feeling as long as i can remember. as a kid i had a bad feeling even taking a leak because it always felt like there was someone behind the shower curtain. even if i check and theres nothing there i still felt like there was somebody gonna jump out. just always feel like theres something watching me you know.

not to mention ive always had this really fucking annoying sensation that im suffocating. no matter what i do or how deep i breathe i just always have the same suffocating feeling as holding my breath for like 30 seconds

drives me fucking bonkers

>>1587210
>my friend
>my wife
>my dad
>my brother
>my grandfather
>my son
All good
>my woman
Omg you must hate women you racist misogynist pig!
Yeah fuck off, sick of people like you. My ex would tell you the same. She was far stronger than any s o y boy faggot like you too.

>>1587314
>Alcohol.
noice.
my kitchen has more tools than his shop

>>1587317
>it always felt like there was someone behind the shower curtain
that feel when you shut off all the downstairs lights and start walking upstairs and the darkness is behind you

>>1583358
not bad opie. im jealous.
but still
under bench space filed with stuff triggers me. i hate that
and i'd prefer to have that compressor tucked away in a far corner and enclosed inside a walled-off compressor closet, for neatness, safety, and noise mitigation

>>1587321

fucking fuck there cant even possibly be anything down there but still gotta fight the urge to run for my gun like some kind of nancy

>>1585708
i like that its on wheels

>>1584282
lel, I have a neighbor like you. Other people get mad at the private junkyard but I don't mind.

>>1585893
Krombacher Pils ftw.

>>1587457
You would mind if you were trying to sell your house and it was valued at $20k less than it should be because of your neighbor’s shitheap.

>>1587464
I know. Fortunately I live in a low price area (countryside) where I didn't pay much to begin with and didn't fall for the real estate jew. Plus I prefer a junk yard that is minding its own business to neighbors who start a fight with you about how much your hedges are growing or shit like that.

>>1587457
Except it isnt a junkyard. Sure theres a bit of scrap metal but that's behind the tree and another fence, no one sees it. The truck is a project I picked up in February and am actively working on, along with the car in the garage and I have a buyer lined up for the motorhome.

>>1587464
Are you the pedophile who lives next door and rents a room from my mom's cousin?

>>1587464
fuck you, i'm trying to buy a house right now and some neighbor with a shit heap is the perfect excuse to not pay %10 over asking and covering all closing.

you nigga's don't know what this market is like rn.

>>1587546
Kek keeps the property taxes lower as well

>>1587270
>>1587276
>>1587310
I have a construction company, most of my tools are in a trailer so I can take them to job sites. I back the trailer in to one of the bays when I need to use the tools in the shop. I mostly use the shop for building cabinets and other off-site carpentry, sometimes it's used for working on my vehicles and other random shit.

>>1587316
Sometimes I close off the temporary wall in the middle and rent half the space out since I rarely need the whole thing. The last renter didn't take the tank when they left, I'm pretty sure it's gas for a cutting torch but I haven't really looked at it.

>>1587257
> that tiny fire extinguisher

Anon. I see that space is at a premium, but safety is important. Get a bigger fire extinguisher, even if that means your fourth car no longer fits.

>>1587541
> prefer a junk yard that is minding its own business to neighbors who start a fight with you about how much your hedges are growing

This. I'd take the junkyard neighbor any time. He won't give a fuck if I run my table saw late at night and if I need to weld something I can borrow/use his gear. The insurance salesman who complains about your hedge is no fun to talk to and absolutely useless in terms of bumming tools.

>>1587228
>>1587232
>>1587234
>>1587235
>>1587318
Nice catch for such weak bait, lmfao.

>>1587627
>bumming tools
Yeah nah, fuck off mate. Your the reason I don’t tell anyone about the lift.

A pigsy

>>1587692
fucking gross man

>>1587692
Your tools are crap too. I've had to use a drill press with that much plastic on it once. The head casting might as well have been made out of plastic too. It was about a rigid as a week old loaf of bread.

>>1587699
I know where my tools are

>>1587692
This place is a health and safety video waiting to happen.

>>1587692
Yikes. Read up on 5S mate.
>>1587730
Yeah, somewhere on the floor or about to slide off a failing shelf.

>>1587724
post your machine tools

>>1587677
The old
>I was only pretending to be stupid
Again? Got me

>>1583358

I just covered this with a bunch of free pallets and painted it white with a shot of black. I've got a hole dug for the shipping container to attatch to the basement foundation.

http://www.ube-yanagiya.com/html/products/surimi%20products/imitation-crab-meat-plant.html

>>1583683

>mfw realise pex is rated for 300psi.

Welp, all of the sinks are plumbed with glued pvc drains and ball valves now with another ball valve to a male quick connect.

Gotta run water and electric anyway. May as well spend $100 on another 50' pex run and fittings.

>babe the bathroom sink won't drain.

>hooks line to sink drain
>grabs ball valve

BOOF!

Either the line is now clear or I'll be upgrading the blown shitter pipe.

>air matress has no pump.
LOL!

>>1583699

KEK!

Speaking if that you get to try out those nickel strips yet?

>>1583848
FUCK.

i hust bought a fucking pallet load of dell laptop batteries off ebay.

SIGH

>>1584057
that pic. Kek

>>1584153
>i see a tranny
>fag

>>1584191
Just be glad they aren't tossed in the driveway being ran over for months on end luke mst of us

>>1584262
To troll retards with 0 fucking effort. As you've just proved

>>1584266
AVE is a yankee faggot anyway

>>1584990
Wtf did u mean here?

It's so easy to anger beppo. Today's work bench.

>>1587857
See? It sounds glorious.

>>1587858
Nah I just got home from chilling with the girl so maybe I will short out this battery I found next to the dumpster a couple times. I still don’t have a 5s balancing board that will fit in that XRP case though.

>>1587866
I got one of those. Pic related.

>>1587880
I understand you’re gay, but why do you people feel the need to flaunt it everywhere with rainbow bumper stickers and sockets?

>>1587858
>>1587898
Charging li ions is simple, I still don’t understand lead acids. This thing seems to dip down close to 10v so not sure if it’s a dead cell and I will blow it up at 14v or what. That’s why I’m only charging it at 500mA though.

If it has a dead cell, the other 5 will still put out some decent current or no? The original youtube vid I saw had the guy recommending a ~100cca battery to spot weld those strips so I was hoping this dumpster battery would maybe do that. I think that I ran 10AWG or 12AWG to those little nails and I put it through a relay that was rated at 40A so who the fuck knows.

When I originally tried it with no relay or switches and just a couple short lengths of wire, it blew holes through the nickel. When I put everything together with more wire, it took like 1.5sec to start melting it with some random bits of metal.

>>1587773
Sure, if you like potato quality photos of grime covered can't iron. Or, I can post the nice factory photos of the stuff I have like I did in the first place

>>1587858
>>1587900
I also have some good size caps I can salvage but I haven’t gotten so far as to understanding how those work. I sort of just figured out resistors and pots. Those little blue pots with the screw are my favorite.

>>1587769
>5S
Fuck that shit. They shove it down our throats at work every moment they get, to the point we're spending more time trying to be efficient than actually fucking working.
Not to mention the fucking 10 hour "training" we have to take every quarter.

>>1587817
The classics never really die.

>>1586150

>vacumn
>cement floor

Anons I'd just like to not roll around in the chiggers and teust a 200 year old tree to hold my motor up

ugh, fine

prototyping is always a fucking mess, I'm just now getting the place sort of cleaned up.

>>1588508

>>1588508
that rickety table on the left there holding up my life's work is probably the first thing to be replaced shortly

looking at some of these: https://www.uline.com/BL_595/Uline-Welded-Steel-Flat-Shelf-Carts

>>1586150
You can sweep your concrete floor for ages and it's still going to have dust all over it.

>>1587541
No, it's not junkyard. It's projects. I get it. Like the boat my neighbor has, and the Camaro and the Opel with the front taken off. And some odds and ends he'll need.

>>1587901
Keep going, show us your vast collection

>>1584961
>Women love useless holiday decor and clothes they don’t wear and they want to jam it all in the garage.
ayy lmao story of my life

>not a single massive borehole digging apparatus
0/10 guys i'm sorry

>>1589029
And a fucking rabbit cage for some reason

Started Spring Cleaning my little wood shop today and decided to rearrange/redo the whole thing. Big mess at the moment. Maybe I post after I get it back together.

I'm super envious of all these battlestations. We moved into my grandparent's house and my grandma was a hoarder. We have a two story shed outside full of her old shit. It's a pain to get in to, it's falling apart in some places, and it's just cluttered from wall to wall. It has wasps in the summer so the only time you can get in there without being attacked is in winter. It is filled with rat shit and boxes that have fallen over. A lot of old, shitty magazines that my grandma didn't want to throw away.

One day I'd like to get it cleaned out but it's so disgustingly daunting. I really want to make it into a workshop with some storage or something upstairs but Christ almighty. It's seriously discouraging to go in there. It's been sitting there for, no joke, ten years. Maybe I'm lazy but it's seriously going to be terrible to clean.

>>1589263
put everything in plastic totes

>>1589263
Mercari and Let-go

Liquidate everything

>>1589283
>>1589287

It's getting to that point in the first place. I've talked to my mom and we have a sort of plan but we never really go through with it because we look at it and go, "fucking hell that's a lot." Like I said, it's daunting to even begin to tackle.

>>1589323
>>1589263
You have to start somewhere, so just fucking start. There doesnt need to be a set plan, do it as you go.

Also remember, letting it sit infested with rats and other junk can damage the building itself.

>>1589263
>Maybe I'm lazy
A can of paraffin and a box of matches doesn't take much effort, Anon.

>>1589263
Why do hoarders love to collect magazines and newspapers so much? All of that shit is on the internet now.

>>1589263
Buy a tyvek suit, respirator, safety glasses, and some thicker nitrile gloves. You should have no fear wearing these.
Buy some extrication (i.e. cutproof/biohazard proof) gloves if you think you'll be thrashing into some nails.

Rent a dump trailer, back it up to the shed, fill it up and cover with a tarp.

Go to the dump, dump it in. Problem solved.

Once you learn how effective the barrier is, these things stop bothering you.

t. an apartment/housing maintenance anon who has to clean up after evicted hoarders and other nasties on a weekly basis.
Sometimes literal piles of shit filled with heroin needles.

ive inhereted a barn and garage full of tools, and im having so much trouble organizing.
i got most of the tools, but uncles took shelving and most benches.

I can't believe I have no pics of my shop. Here is a basic layout with some images from some projects. I'll have to do a proper walk through this weekend.

My eventual goal is essentially a mini darpa shop lol. I am moving this year at some point and I'm trying to find a spot with an industrial steel building outside or the space and zoning to add one. I want to eventually get a decent lathe, mill, wire edm rig, cnc plasma cutter, laser etcher, welding corner, and a small office space for my design work with a couple 3D printers, obviously a basic bitch FDM machine and a small SLA set up from Form.

Soon.
Soon.
You wait and see my autism cave in 5 years.

>>1588999
I ain't taking pictures of all my fucking tools. Half of them are buried under a bunch of other stuff anyway. All I have is an old digital camera and getting stuff off it is a pain. Suffice to say all of my shop tools were made prior to 1975.

>>1589833
gotta join that cnc craze we got going on

>>1589029
Jesus christ this. I have restricted my girl to her own closet in the back and underneath the stairs to the basement for her clothes/holiday foo foo bullshit respectively. Ain't no room in my garage for that crap.

>>1589752
So buy or build more shelving and a new work bench. Come on anon, be the master of your own destiny.

>>1589833
>Suffice to say all of my shop tools were made prior to 1975.

Aka you have a drill press and nothing else, therefore you feel compelled to talk shit about other stuff.

>>1590017
Let's see your collection, mongoloid.

>>1590404
As I said, the shit is grimy and in some cases buried behind other stuff.

>>1590406
Some of you might remember this one. I got it for cheap with a bucket of drill bits and such. It has a Craftsman "Vari-Slo" speed control system on and an x-y table of unknown manufacture. Only had the need to use it a few times since I got it but it was very handy when I did and well worth the $100 I paid for it.

>>1590412
Probably the newest shop tool I currently own. 1973 IIRC.

>>1590413
17 inch DP-600. This is my main drill press because it has a head height adjustment. The Buffalo has a tapping attachment on it.because it is the most rigid DP I own and taking it off is a pain. So, it gets used less often.

>>1590419
24 inch Delta scroll saw. I use it as a die filter. Haven't used it in a while because die files are fucking rare as fuck now. When not filing metal it is more like a sewing machine than a saw. Very quiet compared to the bandsaw.

>>1590420
Murderers row. Back when I was a poor college student I picked these little guys up for between $30 and $45 each, mostly because they came with tooling/drill bits. I used the middle one as my first grinder. The bandsaw in the back was part of a package deal I couldn't pass up but honestly, it is too small to be that useful.

That's just a selection of the stuff that is easy to access. I have a Unisaw table saw that is being used more as a table than saw at the moment. I also have a 6 inch Rockwell/Delta planer that's super buried in the back. My woodworking stuff doesn't see too much use these days. I do have a shed project in the works so that will change. I also have a number of quite useable professional grade vintage tools I've picked up and restored. Some nice drills, a beast of a belt sander, electric screwdriver with 3/8th in square drive. That kind of thing. And grinders. Lots of grinders. Can't ever have enough grinders (or clamps). I hate changing the media on 'em so when I see one cheap I just buy it and put my next least used whatever on it. I mostly use grinding discs but every now and then I need a wheel, sanding disc, or a cup or something and it is easier to just plug in a new tool then find my wrench and switch shit out, fuck with the guard, etc.

Plz no bully. I am a poorfag and building as I can but it works for my needs.

>>1590492
That's....
That's actually a really clean damn shop anon.
Jealous AF.

>>1590404
How many nickels?

>>1590492
Which poorfag drill press is that? I kinda want to add one to muh garage and word on the street is some of the cheap ones aren’t bad but I’m not sure I will use it enough considering the real estate it will take up.

>>1590496
I took that tonight after finishing spring cleaning, actually. My ancient shop vac ended up seizing today but I knew it was going to die soon, that's sadly going to have to be my next shop item instead of the scroll saw I was looking forward to.

>>1590498
It's the HF drill press. I followed all the tutorials I could find on YouTube on tweaks and mods for it, especially for the notorious out-of-the-box chuck slop, and it works well enough for my needs so long as I center punch whatever I'm drilling.

That said, seeing how impressed people are with the Wen benchtop, I wish I had spent the extra $25 bucks for it because the Wen rotary tool next to it is frigging amazing for $30.

>>1589914
yeah, currently building fish tank stand, so i can take the tank off the storage shelves and put them in the garage where they were supposed to go in the first place
the one bench i got has wooden screws for the vises, its pretty neat.
too bad i dont do very much woodworking

>>1590431
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>>1590406
>>1590404
Sometimes when I drink I get mad enough at anonymous to put a lot of effort and time to defend my anonymous comment too.

Honestly cool stuff though man

my dad's workshop/trash/whatever. sometimes i am glad he is alive, and sometimes i don't want to know why is that saw turned upside down

>>1590498
who not buy a floor model? it takes up hardly any space and won't take up space on a workbench.

>>1590940
I like warranties with electrical stuff which is why I have to think real hard before spending >$40 at HF on anything with batteries or moving parts.

That $75 Wen doesn’t look bad, add another couple dollhairs for a clamp and should still be under a hundred.

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>>1590406
>>1590404
>owning that many drill presses and not owning a lathe or a mill

But why anon?

>>1591023
y'all need small cnc mills for real

>>1591023
Because he doesn't actually use any of them to make things. You can tell by the cobwebs.

He doesn't /diy/ and it shows.

He just shows them off to his buddies who also don't /diy/.

He's that dude who sets up a "workshop" in his garage but can't actually make anything that isn't a kit.

>>1591023
he's probably selling them or something

>>1591023
I do have an old Craftsman wood lathe but no metal lathe. I haven't been able to find one locally that wasn't $500+ and I am not going to buy some POS 'midi' lathe from China. Strangely, things like drill presses and band saws pop up all the time for pretty cheap but rarely any lathes and even more rarely metal lathes. I have seen exactly one mill that wasn't either Chinese or industrial sized sell in this area and it went for $600 even missing parts. If I really need a lathe for something I just have the local college make something for me.

>>1591030
The cobwebs are because the winter here was nasty and my 'shop' is not in a garage, it is in a carport. No walls, no heat, spiders everywhere. That is only about 3 months worth of dust. Only now getting back in there. Even then, I am a weekend warrior. I work full time and have a family to look after so I can't spend as much time playing in there as I would like.

>>1591081
I have flipped some tools on CL. Mostly when I find something better and replace the original. Most I just horde drill presses. They are cool old tools and every now and then I need to repeat operations so I use them as a poor man's gang unit.

is this thing worth $170? I've wanted a router for a long time now and I generally love bosch shit, but ive heard it's a mixed bag.

Also, what ever happened to woodworking general?

>>1591030
wow I use my little machinery about every day, I suppose I'm practically a hero to you guys.

>>1588508
>>1588510

>>1591253
It's a router table. Just get a router and build the table yourself. Plenty of guides online.

>>1585001
Im cleaning out the one on the table for that

>>1591435
looks like a nice box, the lid should keep out most of the critters.

>>1586281
This thing is pretty sexy.

When can you show it cutting?

>>1592478
If I'd seen this earlier I'd have filmed the little bit of work I did with it a couple of days ago. As it happens, later this week I'll be using it again so I'll see if I can record it.

>>1593453
Damn that cutter and overarm look beefy.
I would start with just a cutter in the spindle though, the overarm is nice too, but I have never actually used a horizontal and my boner for horizontal boring mill type work is intense.

here's a pic of a few of my Huot boxes. Damn nice they are for cheaply organizing cutters. Still need to figure out which reamer box I want, and where to put a Silver and Deming (reduced shank drill bits) box. As I understand it most folks on /diy/ don't actually use their tools, so I'm sure no one cares, but being able to quickly and easily find the right drill bit size I want (and how many spares I have) makes it a lot more fun to do prototyping stuff. Also notice the decimal equivalent for each size is printed on the labels as well.

I have to say, clear ridge caps on the old barn make for damn nice natural lighting during the day as well.

muh drills

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>>1593482
>all your taps bumping and grinding together
shiggity diggity doo

>>1593465
Seeing all those drill bits is making me green with envy. I need some drawers and lots of tooling but I have a problem.

While I was working for the machine sales group, they picked up a vertical mill from a school and they're going to sell it second hand. I could get a tool chest and some tools to go in it or I could get the final piece I need to complete my machine set. Where I live these sorts of machines are very difficult to come by, especially in the condition it's in which makes it really hard to decide which choice is best.

I'm leaning towards getting the mill because it's a once-every-5/10-year opportunity but the tools will always be available to some degree.

Pic related is the smaller brother of the mill. The one that I'm looking at is the same design but scaled up by about 2. Also it's green like all my other machines so the temptation is very strong.

>>1593497
They're alright just hss and hsco. Need more spiral flutes. Been buying batches as needed.

>>1593506
I admire your collection, but which item would hold its value better and which can be used to make more money?

>>1593497
Not that anon.
When you run a machine shop taps and drills are basically consumables.
If he has jobs every day those taps will be worn out long before they have any effect rubbing on each other.

Even then, using the things puts far more wear on them than bumping each other in the drawer will.

do you guys make stuff in these workshops?
seems like a lot of you just take shit apart and make a mess

>>1593517
Guy with the tormach and hot bins here. I make stuff, waiting on material for a small production run.

>>1593517
Half of the people on this board are NEETs LARPing as tradesmen.

The other half are people with lives that occasionally post stuff but in general don't have time for the bullshit the NEETs post.

Basically,
>a lot of you just take shit apart and make a mess

But sometimes,
>>1593518

>>1593517
I'm making a kantele at the moment. Waiting for my zither pins to arrive.

>>1593517
I take stuff apart and make a mess, and I work 40+ hours a week so it takes a long time to put it back together.

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>>1593571
thanks for the replies.
i wasn't really trying to be a dick, i was just wondering what you guys make, if you actually make/build stuff.

>>1593585
Mostly knives for me. The kantele is an experiment.

>>1593591
hey that looks nice!
thanks for posting
i like knives and find the creative process very interesting, but i don't think i have the patience to learn the craft.
please post some more examples of your work

>>1593615
It's Zen to me. I find it relaxing to grind a blade.

>>1593622
understandable.
i guess we all have something that puts us in the zone. or hopefully we do

>>1593627
Opiates

>>1583358
Nogarage cause dutch feelsbadman

>>1593517
Meh you’re pretty spot on.

Not really making much, but I do occasionally get something on the workbench that is 100% broken and make it only 40% broken.

>>1593470
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>>1593482
I’m gonna post *my* Ingersoll Rand 1” impact wrench when I get to work tomorrow. My giant compressor as well.

>>1587692
>tfw grew up in a house where this was the garage
>promise myself I will never let my garage ever look like this

Just organize the fuck out of it one day and just keep on it dude. You probably spend more time looking for tools than using them.

>>1593585

i have been making knives up until i finished my last one. just about spring time finally and i want to get my tractor going. 1963 minneapolis moline diesel with a loader. its currently ripped apart trying to find the source of a hydraulic system gremlin. also have an old john deere crawler loader i would like to tear the motor out of this year, the bottom end needs rebuilt

ill try and remember pictures tomorrow

>>1593956

forgot pic related

>>1593957
you made that? it looks nice!

>>1593779
tell me more about this compressor

lots of CFM? electric? how loud is it, what brand is it, is it two-stage, how many HP?

>>1583358
no, im to ashamed, its a huge mess, but it works for me....

>>1593465
lean as fuck

>>1593512
I'm not quite sure which item you're referring to, anon. Do you mean one of the machines I already have, or the one I'm looking to get?

>>1594052
I'm ok with mess and clutter, as long as it's not literal trash on the floor.
Picking up garage does wonders

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>>1594597
>>1594594
Nice classroom

>>1594598
It’s my shop. Why would my classroom make chemical metering skids

>>1594043
Kek, I don’t even know exactly what it is because it’s upstairs in the back. It runs the oil guns and has no problem with the 1” impact. It’s loud but most tools only make it run for 15sec to refill and it’s in another room.

I was just thinking it would be fun to steal the air system off a semi truck and build a compressor with that using a 110/220v motor. They normally have 2 or 3 5-10gal tanks and will pump up to ~125psi and then the compressor kicks in again around 100psi. Running at cruise RPM, it will build pressure from 100psi to 125psi in 10sec.

>>1594594
>>1594597
what do you build there?

Ha-ha!

Amazon box arrived.
Silver and Deming (reduced shank drill bits) box arrived.

>>1594718
Chemical metering systems

>>1594740
kek I have the same yardstick

>>1594597
OMG i have that same step stool !
bro.

>>1594971
I just buy the 2 dollar tape measures and cut them off at 36”. I prefer my tape to be measured in 1/8 increments with 1/16 small tics.

>>1594604

a lot more trouble than its worth

truck compressors are gear driven by the clockwork, lubricated by engine oil, cooled by the trucks cooling system, and the supplied air comes from the charged intake air.

not to mention their duty cycle is surprisingly low, as truck air systems (assuming no hydraulic over air) only use lots of air in stop and go traffic or turning around/pulling in, that type of thing

>>1593585

i make knives and wish i found the hobby sooner

i remember thinking "making knives sounds boring and gay"

after i made my first knife i pretty well havent stopped

>>1587370
I still don't know what that last one is.
Is it supposed to be a kind of hydraulic wrench?
Do you have a video of it working?

>>1595190
Acetylene torch.

>>1583358
I wonder if OP would be willing to take apart his PM lathe and look at the cross-slide for us?

I would be willing to bet $5 it looks better than my Grizzly one.

>>1595172
Damn I didn’t think the duty cycle would be that low. A leaky truck will be running like 50% even in highway driving and I have never had issues besides the leaks.

They gotta be pretty beefy though compared to the consumer compressor motors and pumps. Even on 15+ year old trucks, I have never had problems with the actual compressor, it’s always valves and air lines and brake chambers.

How'd I do boys?
First shadow board.

>>1596640
you put your micrometer and calipers vertically??

ME BTFO

>>1596652
Ya, why not?
Every tool board at my work (aerospace) is situated like that.
Only difference is we are going to extruded aluminum from plywood boards.
Making a shadow board right now.
Pic related.

>>1596640
damn hope it doesn't fall down

I hate table saws. Only use them for ripping.

>>1587692
I can't imagine what your "house" looks like.

>>1594740
I think I remember your post from a few months ago. You basically make PVC thingamajigs that are sold for a few thousand dollars to chemical companies. You guys don't even have any formal/college degrees or anything. Just monkeys attaching shit according to specs. Pretty cool gig.

>>1596715
Those boards are at an angle. So nothing falls off, even if shook
Guess /diy/doesn't know about Shadow boards.

>>1596760
still a high-risk scenario for any shadowbox to be placed like that - it's much more difficult to drop tools from a horizontal shadowbox, even if your vertical one is at an decent angle. I wouldn't want to drop a 1-2-3 block on my foot just 'cause it was mounted vertically

And nice Mitutoyo calipers aren't cheap...

the cut-outs are pretty decent though, I appreciate that you made holes for grabbing them properly.

>>1596773
My work has hundreds of those boards and not once have I ever seen a tool drop out
It's not a problem, ever.
The foam keeps them snug, and they are angled backwards.
The micrometers we're also free from a friend they are only accurate to 0.0004in

Pic is one I made today. Specifically for oil changes. Still needs some storage underneath.

>>1596773
and did I mention that all precision instruments are usually covered to protect them from things like laser sparks or a anti-spatter.

>>1593517
i only make stuff i wouldn't need if i didn't have any tools in the first place.

>>1596779
> laser sparks
> anti spatter

what in the fuck are you on about anon?

>>1596798
Kek