Photo of your workstation

[Dave Hulett]

I've posted before on other threads, but I might as well do it here since someone was asking...One of the several reasons I wound up with a Nova DVR-XP was I could buy it withOUT a stand. I made my own incorporating storate. 200lbs of sand in the bottom and an additional 120lbs of dumbell weights. The overhead light is a dental light modified with a 150wt equivalent LED flood light

 

[Paul Heely]

My humble basement studio. The blue US General toolbox from Harbor Freight is the newest edition. Holds all my chucks in the top lift up drawer and keeps the savings out. Other photo is my carving and finishing bench. I'm lucky to have a separate space just for finishing so it doesn't tie up my other workbench.

 

[Mark Jundanian]

No matter how well designed the layout it just doesn't work when someone's sleeping on the job.

 

[Rusty Nesmith]

Tucked in a corner, but for no more than I turn and no better at it than I am…it works.

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How do you like the Harvey with the servo motor? I have worked a lot with large servo motors but not small ones.

 

[Tim Tucker]

My humble hovel...
The last pic is something I been asked about. The vacuum chuck pump is suspended on bungees from the joists above it. It eliminates the vibration hum that was irritating the Mrs. And...we all know that is a good thing!

 

[Lou Jacobs]

Tim, on your rack of tool rests I see one that has me puzzled. Top row, far right, it looks like some kind of pivoting arm attached to the end of the rest. What is this for? I’ve never seen that before.

 

[Tim Tucker]

A bit of an optical illusion I am afraid Lou. It is a Robust box rest sitting in front of a comfort rest.

 

[Lou Jacobs]

Ah! Thanks for the clarification.

 

[Tim Tucker]

My pleasure Lou!

 

[Larry Mitchell]

How do you like the Harvey with the servo motor? I have worked a lot with large servo motors but not small ones.

Like it Rusty, doesn’t stall, it’s smooth, doesn’t get dust or chips sucked inside and it’s different…very pleased.

 

[Kevin Jenness]

 

[Gerald Lawrence]

Kept forgetting to take the pics but finally . This is the new layout. At least until tomorrow

 

[Marvin Jones]

Kept forgetting to take the pics but finally . This is the new layout. At least until tomorrow View attachment 44178View attachment 44179View attachment 44180

I like those shields that let light through and the way you separated and supported them. Guessing shower curtains? Will work for me...using small tarps now.

 

[Jim McLain]

My humble hovel...
The last pic is something I been asked about. The vacuum chuck pump is suspended on bungees from the joists above it. It eliminates the vibration hum that was irritating the Mrs. And...we all know that is a good thing!

Tim - I really like the slated curtain you are using. Can you provide any information on it?

 

[Doug Freeman]

@Jim McLain those slatted curtains are common place in a wide array of commercial/industrial applications.

 

[Marvin Jones]

Tim - I really like the slated curtain you are using. Can you provide any information on it?

I'm retired but used to buy those ribbon curtains from McMaster Carr to install on smoking stations in the refinery.

 

[Tim Tucker]

Thanks Jim-
I think this is where I bought mine - but I would shop them by searching Google with the following search criteria - Clear PVC Strip Curtain

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[Brian Horais]

I've posted before on other threads, but I might as well do it here since someone was asking...One of the several reasons I wound up with a Nova DVR-XP was I could buy it withOUT a stand. I made my own incorporating storate. 200lbs of sand in the bottom and an additional 120lbs of dumbell weights. The overhead light is a dental light modified with a 150wt equivalent LED flood light

I thought I would join in on the fun and post an image of my shop. If you notice my lathe is located in the center of the room and my sharpening station is located just behind me while turning (on the workbench shown on the left) so that I can do frequent 'touch-up' sharpenings while I am turning.

Brian Horais
Knoxville, TN

 

[Gerald Lawrence]

I like those shields that let light through and the way you separated and supported them. Guessing shower curtains? Will work for me...using small tarps now.

Yes it is shower curtains. At first I wanted longer curtains but the 6 to 7 foot length allows easier access to items behind the lathe.

 

[Marvin Jones]

Tiny shop, just rearranged to turn at end of bed for the first time in 16 years, going to take a bit to see if this will work for me.

Bandsaw is behind tarp, shower curtains on wires or bars will work to quickly expose saw to work area when needed.

 

[Odie]

Tiny shop, just rearranged to turn at end of bed for the first time in 16 years, going to take a bit to see if this will work for me.

Bandsaw is behind tarp, shower curtains on wires or bars will work to quickly expose saw to work area when needed.
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Nice homemade grinder stand, Marvin.

You must be tall, or maybe like to get in close to your grinding......?

-----odie-----

 

[Marvin Jones]

Nice homemade grinder stand, Marvin.

You must be tall, or maybe like to get in close to your grinding......?

-----odie-----

Thanks Odie, I have always sharpened free hand, I built it years ago for a carbide tool grinder that you stand and sharpen on the side of the wheel. The old grinder mounted so the feet were in front and back, out of the way. The Rikon had to mount sideways. No, I'm 5' 10" don't see really well.

Put the Rikon up there to see for free hand but found I'm eating my chisels up correcting mistakes. Have the wolverine system on the way, not sure if I'm going to shorten or remove it, everyone seems to like their grinder at elbow height using a jig. Time will tell...

 

[Narayan Nayar]

My lathe and bandsaw—the two largest fine-dust machines in my shop—have been walled off with vinyl curtains for years. I just pull them into place when those machines see heavy use, then they tuck away when done. I purchased the curtains and track from https://www.strip-curtains.com and was (and remain) really happy with the product I received. No affiliation.

 

[Marvin Jones]

Nice homemade grinder stand, Marvin.

You must be tall, or maybe like to get in close to your grinding......?

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Odie, I cut a foot out of the leg on the grinder stand when I put all the Wolverine system on it, just letting you know

 

[Odie]

Odie, I cut a foot out of the leg on the grinder stand when I put all the Wolverine system on it, just letting you know
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To me, that looks like a more usable height, Marvin.....

-----odie-----

 

[Marvin Jones]

It worked well set up high with the cup wheel grinder and sharpening freehand. Johannes Michelson has a video of him freehanding his grind, he talks about how he liked his grinder up high so he could control the bottom of the gouge. Now I had no clue who he was when I made that stand. Note that he brought his grinder back down to the bench after developing the Vector Fixture...

He is why I bought the Wolverine system, I can get close to his grind and I like it alot but need the wolverine system to use his Vector Grind Fixture which is next purchase...

In the meantime I will learn the other grinds I can make and use with the Wolverine system.

 

[Marvin Jones]

Yes it is shower curtains. At first I wanted longer curtains but the 6 to 7 foot length allows easier access to items behind the lathe.

Got the curtains up today, sure lets the overhead light through, tucks away easily when not in use and I can 'Let the Chips Fall Where They May.'

 

[Leo Van Der Loo]

I had shower curtains as well, but hang them higher, like a good foot off of the floor, to try to stop the "high flyers" that get all over the shop, the ones that fall down are not a problem, but I hate having to fish shavings from between the stuff that sits just outside the curtains, and right now I don't have any as the plastic is disintegrating, got to get new ones when I travel to the city .

 

[Marvin Jones]

Leo, there are advantages of living in town but I'd be out in the country in heartbeat if the other half of my living location committee would agree...

 

[Larry Steinmetz]

Marvin, we live .75 miles outside of Alvin, TX, on 7.5 acres. I am 2 miles from Home Depot, about the same from my favorite craft beer pub, and close to other restaurants. Going home through town it just seems that we are, well, on the edge of town. People coming to our place for the first time and take a different route coming from the east always remark that we live out in the boonies. "Nope, just 3/4s of a mile from town." It is kind of the best of both worlds.

 

[Leo Van Der Loo]

I live about 15 km (about9 miles) from a small town and 150 feet from a good highway with trees and shrubs between us and it, closest neighbors are 1/2 mile away, but it is a lot farther to get to the bigger city, like we just got back from the hospital there, had to stay overnight and travel 450 km (280 miles round trip), as our hospital does not have the specialists we needed.
Most other things are here or can get ordered, living expenses are higher here than in the larger cities, but we do like it here, with a very large nature reserve in our backyard that backs up to the one in MN plus more lakes here than there are people by a long shot.
Jus a little cool in the winter , but we can travel south for that time.

 

[Marvin Jones]

I've gotten her to where if the right place came available a few miles out of town, she SAID she would go, but to get her out of the delta and into the hills where I want to be...Larry, I might get her to a setup like yours but Leo, where you are I can only dream...

We just got the only tree at the new house (new to us, built in 1977) cut down, giant oak, just too close to the house foundation. Been busy cleaning up the mess and now I've got to saw and split all the wood. Though we live in town, the house is all electric so we have a heat pump that we had replaced yesterday. We only burn wood for heat, no electricity. Keeps the light bill low in the winter. Now without the shade of that big tree, we will make up the difference in the summer...

Leo, I think I've read where you have pretty good luck making oak bowls. I do not. I can cure them fairly well but when it comes time to finish them, I don't know if those little cracks were always there or I caused them sanding. I've only completed two oak bowls that didn't have hairline cracks open up. I have filled them and finished the bowls but I knew the cracks were there and could see them and I know others that work with wood find them too. I might try to make a couple bowls out of the wood just to have, but won't make many. Log splitter and the big Stihl are fixing to get a workout, lathe, not much in the next week or so.

 

[James Richardson]

 

[Odie]

Now.....that is a dream shop! ^^^^^

I am soooo envious of all the room to spare!

-----odie-----

 

[Odie]

Just thought I'd add this interesting shop here:

And, what the heck is "Another Way" lathe?
View: https://youtu.be/SSZrS1AEGrM

 

[Marvin Jones]

I don't have any good shots just quickies with my phone to answer question for other turners. My grinder and another cabinet with tools,sanders and cole jaws is to the right and slightly to the rear. I put it that far away to make me walk. It releases stress on my back.

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John, I just noticed you have extensions on each end of your lathe and it looks like your headstock is centered on a joint. Thinking about that it would seem to be the strongest, most vibration free place to clamp the headstock. Was that your intent and did you notice a difference?

I am presently turning off of the end of mine, if I change my mind and push the headstock back, I may mount my extension on that end to see if that makes a difference. Not that I have any serious vibration but Stuart Batty talks about vibrations on sliding head stock lathes that he does not find in rigid mounted ones in some of his videos. Thanks.

 

[Tim Tucker]

James...you must be an Engineering Prof at TAMU.....

 

[RichColvin]

Just thought I'd add this interesting shop here:

And, what the heck is "Another Way" lathe?
View: https://youtu.be/SSZrS1AEGrM

Tubal Cain is awesome! Love his YouTube channel.

 

[Doug Freeman]

Stuart Batty talks about vibrations on sliding head stock lathes that he does not find in rigid mounted ones in some of his videos

Stuart also talks about and shows that many times its just dust build up between the HS and bed, and moving the HS back and forth and removing the dust can usually stop it. Sometimes there can be some sight miss-machining, and a piece of paper or other shim can stop the vibration. Our club’s jet 16x42 lathes are bad about getting dust under them, with all the different users, and cleaning it out helps substantially.

 

[Tim Tucker]

Stuart also talks about and shows that many times its just dust build up between the HS and bed, and moving the HS back and forth and removing the dust can usually stop it. Sometimes there can be some sight miss-machining, and a piece of paper or other shim can stop the vibration. Our club’s jet 16x42 lathes are bad about getting dust under them, with all the different users, and cleaning it out helps substantially.

I have made a habit of using my high pressure air nozzle when I want to move the headstock. First - I blow out the area between the bed ways and the headstock by reaching under the headstock, and bed. Then I "tilt" the headstock away from me after unlocking it. This tilting is maybe 1-1/16' to 1/8". Then I blow the mating surfaces out with the air hose. Then, pull the headstock toward me and repeat on the backside of the headstock at the lathe bed interface.
Explaining this takes longer than actually doing it.