I particularly appreciate that when you were in the US you consistently referred to the distance as "1500 miles" and since you've been in Canada you've consistently referred to it as "2500 km".
3:16 Just to share, after searching for studs as Quinn is here (w or w/o stud finder or magnet), it finally dawned on me to dim the lights and shine a bright light at a low angle on the wall. And voila, every divot in the drywall becomes visible revealing studs, screws, etc.
Same idea works wonders for finding small pins, springs, detents and the like that fly off onto the floor. It does however require you to be in an area where the floor is kept clean of chips to see it reflect without thousands of false positives 🤣
@@markfergerson2145 absolutely. I do gunsmithing and many times it's saved me from having to either make or order replacements. Due to my machine tools and my two teardown/assembly benches all sharing a space I've become pretty religious about cleaning chips up so if need be I can fall back to this trick. I also covered the concrete floor with some rubber backed work mats and used gaffer tape to secure it. You have to look for the ones with a short nap that the fabric is glued to so chips don't become embedded too badly to vacuum. Serves 3 valuable purposes. It prevents any parts or tools from getting banged up if they wind up taking a fall, keeps small projectiles from bouncing into the next zip code, and since it's a dull black nearly everything shows up to the naked eye, other than parts that are black oxided.
@@kensherwin4544 🤣🤣 it's basically a pipe dream. I do religiously sweep and built chip guards that trap the majority of metal from escaping but there's always a few escapees.
While Canada is known for it's tropical climate , one of the things that I've done is glue high density foam to the back of each of the garage door panels and then put pegboard on top of that , you poke a hole in the foam each time you put in a hook, and you can't do heavy tools, but light ones are OK, and it looks better than just the Foam. Doors heavier , but increases R.
I love the Safety Bits, Twisty Bits, Stabby Bits, and Squeezy Bits labels on your toolbox. This precise labeling schema has now made its way into my shop too.
A tip for hanging cabinets like that is to add a scrap piece of pine or 2x4 just below where the bottom of the cabinet is going to be. You can rest the cabinet on it and then slightly lift it up onto the wall cleats. I install entire kitchens this way.
Hey Quinn, when I shipped a toolbox from the East Coast to Texas a few years ago after I settled a family member's estate, I packed everything relatively in place but wrapped it all in VCI paper. When I came back to it after it just sat for 6 months (because grief memories) everything was still top notch. I recommend that to anyone. Well, the VCI paper.
Glad the move went well and your new shop space is coming along! My seven year old loves watching with me on Saturday afternoons. The other day he said, “first we do this, as is tradition” to which my wife looked really confused haha
Setting machines and storage cabinets etc. round the outer wall is probably the best usage of space available but don't forget the centre stage. If you take a look at modern kitchen layouts a lot make an island in the centre of the room. I made a double workbench(on braked wheels) with a central riser board so you can put eye level storage either side sort of pegboard style. This island greatly improves under bench storage, gives you 2 extra workbenches for projects or whatever and does not really limit your walking around space, if its on wheels you can move it to one side for bigger pieces/projects.
I always find it amusing when we install wall brackets, we give it nice tug to see if its nice and snug on the wall. The force of the tug is probably a fraction of the actual load the brackets and the fixings will carry, but that tug convinces us that its on there properly :) Sprocket is adorable!
If you ever re-arrange your lathe and mill, place your mill left of the lathe where the mill bed is in line with the lathe head. You can mount a steady rest on the mill table and turn extra long pieces on the lathe.
If you ever try and hang something when it is not matching the studs, one trick that I use in my garage is to screw a 3/4" piece of plywood (or 2x4 depending on the strength needed) across where the studs are and then attach whatever it is to the plywood so that the holes line up wherever you need.
The shop looks GREAT! I'm jealous. BTW, I work in a shop converted from a garage - and there is one trick that may help you. You have uninsulated roll doors. Replacing the door panels with insulated ones would probably pay off over time in reduced heating and increased comfort.
My home gamer shop is set up almost exactly like yours. With the precision equipment at the back and the fabrication near the rolling door. What made a huge difference was hanging a plastic curtain between the 2 sections to keep the grinding/cutting, sanding airborne debris off the precision equipment. I used a clear plastic curtain to preserve natural light when the door was open. Only problem with the plastic is that natural static causes the dust to attach itself to the curtain. Cheers...JE
If you put those two french cleats on the back of the cabinet and then join them together with a strip of metal (super glue should do as temporary), then you can lift the two joined cleats as one for marking on the wall, will save a bit of time measuring. Super job, 👍
Looking good. When we moved into our house over 10 years ago the kitchen badly needed doing but I started on the workshop first. New IKEA kitchen cabinets above the lathe, painted the walls, IKEA worktops etc. but my Wife soon let me know about the imbalance and how nice it looked! Needless to say the kitchen was next!
With my new wife and new house, I built the new shop first but didn't populate it. Instead, I took the old kitchen out to the studs and set it back up in the big empty shop. The kitchen contractor (yes I know that was my first mistake) claimed he would be done in 6 weeks (insert disbelieving chuckle here) but I wanted supper sooner than that. Once the new kitchen was done, the old one went on the trailer and the shop got moved in. Everybody happy.
I use the same Crappy Tire cabinets in the back of my truck for odds and ends storage. Very durable, and when I assembled them i used some thin sealing tape in between the pieces which made them almost/ not quite / somewhat water tight.
I was surprised when you said Canadian tire. That’s so Kool!!! I’m from southwestern Ontario. I’ve seen your channel a while ago and came across it again today. Love your work!
One tailstock alignment trick I learned from a friend is to use a piece of square bar stock. You can turn the corners down for testing at one end, stop the lathe, run your tool down the flat side of the bar, to the other test area. Works great. From my old friend MN in Phoenix.
Happy you put outlets all around and fourplex box's. Lesson from my father. "Plug in direct is better than a extension cord" Love the lights every thing is nice and bright. Sprocket!
Shop is looking good. Sprocket is looking good. Didn't know you moved across the country. Definitely shop is not as closed looking as former shop. Keep up the good work.
Hi Quinn , been watching your channel for a while ,but this is my first comment. When tramming a mill do yourself the favour of leaving the .0001 test indicator in the box and use .0005 instead. this bit of advice was given to me when i started working for a cnc machine tool company ,installing mills and lathes. simply , the differance in repeatability between the two resolutions is about .0001 vs .0002, but as you identified , .0005 is far less twitchy. 0 is 0 either way. 😁 The second and more important suggestion is to indicate off the face of a gage block, dead smooth compared to the table, and smooths out the roughness that even the very best mill beds have. I used a 1" block, not so tall that it will tip over ,but tall enough for fingers to reposition the block if necessary. Oh and don't forget front to back.
I give you 300 points out of a total possible of 12 for putting in all quad outlets in your shop !! You can retire most of your outlet strips when you take this action....KUDOS......
The only downside is that everything's on the same circuit. Which isn't necessarily a problem by itself, but it means there's no need to have expensive GFCI receptacles at each location when chaining regular outlets is much cheaper.
@@eDoc2020 It doesn't have to be one circuit. You can wire all the left duplex to one circuit and the right to another. You can even break off the bonding tab and have top and bottom of a single duplex receptacle wired to different breakers. Or you can have one outlet switched for lighting.
@@jimurrata6785 That's kind of what I was saying. It doesn't _have to_ be one circuit but it is. There are only two breakers in the subpanel and one is for the welder.
@@eDoc2020 Yes, it obviously is, and it wouldn't have taken much for the electrician to have pulled another THHN. But Quinn is solo in her home shop, so it's unlikely she will be using multiple big draw tools at one time. (fortunately) This is a big step up for her! In my woodworking shop I have major tools on dedicated circuits. (20" planer, compressor, widebelt sander, etc)
I'd keep the welding bench just off the door so you can roll it up when doing (gasless) welding , set up a box fax and get a nice cross draft to get rid of fumes
Glad you got more outlets in... not enough outlets is my constantly recurring nightmare. And I loved that dramatic re-enactment... If you hadn't labled it up so clearly, I'd have never noticed the difference. ;)
I sped up the lathe bed twist adjustment prosess when I did mine. Do the first cut on your journals and mic them like normal. Then fixture a dial indicator on the cross slide directly opposing the cutting tool. Zero the indicator on one journal, then set it on the other. Adjust your bed shims til you see the difference in journal radius on the indicator. Might have to re-zero it after shim adjustments. Really cuts down on the number of journal cuts you have to do and you can also confirm if you are adjusting the right way or not. Maybe one last round of journal passes at the end for confirmation or ultra fine tuning and you are on your way.
It's all looking great Quinn, congrats! I've put together multiple shops for myself and others and very much like the humble "screw to the wall" shelf standards and adjustable brackets found in every hardware store. If screwed properly to a stud or anchored to a cement wall they are very strong, I've never had one fail and I load them down! If you have a step ladder handy you can go right to the ceiling (least used stuff highest up). Re - your workbench: Once I wanted to build a big woodworking bench from an old, thick (3"), laminated maple commercial kitchen work table. After considering how best to flatten/clean the well worn/stained top I ended up just flipping it over to use the unworn underside. It's still going strong 30 years later. Last: I agree with another commenter that (as you have room for it) a strong, free standing workbench would be a valuable addition to consider. It's amazing how one improves work flow.
May I suggest you put some plastic mirror on the inside of the cabinet doors, you can set them to reflect light onto your machines. Also it would help you see the inside of the cabinets.
one thing i've been planning to get for my start of my new shop... is a folding shop crane, just the kind used for engines, like yours, but, something different from what you do, a hinge kit for the end so i can lift things and precisely position them, like one of those monitor arms. the wheels on those things are horrible, so i'm gonna replace em with 8" pneumatic casters. i'm not lifting terribly heavy things, but the floor is just a regular bedroom floor, and old.
I've found that while cabinets are great, nothing beats big shelves for the ability to store oddly shaped things! Nothing worse than being 1/4" or 6" short when needing storage space.
Blondi your videos are an inspiration for home machinist and got me to buy a small bench top lathe and milling machine I have worked GE for 30 years doing Turbine and generator inspections and rebuilds so working with Mics is secone nature my learning curve is the lathe and milling machine and it so nice to make or try to make little projects and I only get better each time i do a job.
I am from Ontario and we have days with heavy condensation on cold surfaces. You can prevent this condensation on the metal parts of the machines by putting newspaper over them, that until your garage doors are replaced with insulated doors.
Loving the new shop Quinn, welcome back to Canada. Come over for coffee when you need a break. If coffee is on, give me a shout if you need help from a half crippled, friendly, old guy ! Lol Nice job on the shelves, studs are over rated ! Hope it was a bonus reward day at Crappy Tire !
Pleased your all settled into your new workshop with I assume zero damage from the move. That in itself is an achievement. Good luck in your new location, stay safe Quinn and I await your next video with some anticipation.
Havi things in front of a roll door can be handy for the fact that if it's good ng to get smokey or fume heavy. Just open the door for extra ventilation. Also now you could probably expand into casting billet stock at least with brass and copper pieces. Though if you go into iron casting, make sure to have water on hand for cooling or fires, but do be careful of steam explosion.
cats LOVE running water, glad you are getting the shop set up . just got a 14x24 portable shed for my wife's stain glass workshop well be a little while till she can use it but i have electrical started( i work in stages) good luck and have fun in the new shop!!!!!!
Submitted for your consideration. A welding table on wheels is great,but at the same time there’s nothing worse than chasing a table around the shop when you’re prying or bending. Wheel locks are ok but not fantastic. I’ve found retractable wheels are the answer so that the table has good “traction”for those more violent jobs,but still mobile when you need it to be.
Quinn, its your shop .. rage on and allow yourself the freedom to be free. I think I would mount some movable task lighting in several places over the lathe and the mill. Maybe hanging from those metal cabinets and um - the wall for the mill? Sad that you needed to move back to Canada but ... I'm sure you will find the Bar Z bash and a couple of other incentives to return occasionally. Stay well and keep on making.
As a hobby machinist and one of your patrons, I think you’d make a great neighbor. You hve so many skills and are an entertaining educator. Oh, and a kick-butt machinist. I too can recommend the Canadian tire shop cabinets, tables etc. they always go on sale
looking good I like it, your doing what I've always wanted for myself when I was younger but alas it never transpired that's why I like seeing what you've achieved and I admire you for it, I used to work in heavy engineering all my life but it takes it toll and never found the time to build my own workshop that said now I just enjoy watching, I wish you well and good luck from BRIAN in the UK
My sentiments entirely Brian. I learnt to turn on my father's lathe back in the late 50s early 60s and have always had a workshop space in my garage but never quite got it fitted out to Blondi's extent. Now in my late 70s I'm still looking at the small lathes available and thinking, what if...............
I really enjoy your videos. They are informative and fun. I find you to be articulate, witty, knowledgeable, and you have genuine presence. Thank you for your videos, I have picked up a lot of valuable tips. I'm glad to see your move went well and looking forward to seeing/learning more videos from you.
Great look on the new digs!!!... Small suggestion follows ..... Look on Amazon for the motion activated LED strip lights(I prefer the cordless rechargeable ones to ease the electric spaghetti in my shop, and they last a very long time between charge cycles)... Mount these under the cabinets, above your lathe/workspace.....it makes a BIG difference in useable light(since the cabinet isn't shadowing the overhead lights for the lathe/workbench area)
So glad you're getting settled and hopefully you can take a breath. I really appreciate your channel, approach, and perspective and I feel like you're a great example for people who may be interested in creative endeavors of the chip making variety. Also, heck yes for Sprocket content. There is no RUclips channel that couldn't benefit from cat content.🐈
Rivnuts are great. Well worth the investment of the correct installation tools and a selection of sizes. Plus the right sized drills to allow the installation of all those sizes.
So good to see you settled in again Blondi! Very much looking forward to some more machining and am really glad you are more comfortable in your new workspace!
I recently watched Stefan Gotteswinter's video about tailstock alignment where he turns a bar that has the same diameter of the tailstock quill and then uses it to align the tailstock by sweeping the quill and the turned bar. The approach is far quicker although I reckon it assumes the internal taper in the quill runs true. Any advantages of turning between centers over sweeping the quill ?
To find your stud finder, just walk about the shop with a stud. It will be unable to resist, and betray it's hiding place.
@@somebodyelse6673 TWO BITS!!! (Couldn't resist!)
Must be an actual stud, not just a potential stud or a random 2x4. Common mistake.
It will manifest itself in most obvious place in plain sight just after last thing will be handed
That's why they still exist and are not extinguished they can't resist the other stud sex 😂😂😂
Just buy a replacement. It will appear magically!
I particularly appreciate that when you were in the US you consistently referred to the distance as "1500 miles" and since you've been in Canada you've consistently referred to it as "2500 km".
@@maxheadroom1506 we don’t have accents ! LMAO
Yes I know, I know, to other regions we do. Too us we sound American, midwest.
Thank you for sharing a little of Sprocket's adventures; she is a good cat 🥰
New shop looks great! Love the bonus Sprocket content. I wasn't aware that you had a self-aligning and self-lubricating, Sprocket.
That earned a thumbs up.
Self cleaning, too!
From the speed of motion, Sprocket must be the size of Godzilla! 😅
3:16 Just to share, after searching for studs as Quinn is here (w or w/o stud finder or magnet), it finally dawned on me to dim the lights and shine a bright light at a low angle on the wall. And voila, every divot in the drywall becomes visible revealing studs, screws, etc.
Same idea works wonders for finding small pins, springs, detents and the like that fly off onto the floor. It does however require you to be in an area where the floor is kept clean of chips to see it reflect without thousands of false positives 🤣
@@markfergerson2145 absolutely. I do gunsmithing and many times it's saved me from having to either make or order replacements. Due to my machine tools and my two teardown/assembly benches all sharing a space I've become pretty religious about cleaning chips up so if need be I can fall back to this trick. I also covered the concrete floor with some rubber backed work mats and used gaffer tape to secure it. You have to look for the ones with a short nap that the fabric is glued to so chips don't become embedded too badly to vacuum. Serves 3 valuable purposes. It prevents any parts or tools from getting banged up if they wind up taking a fall, keeps small projectiles from bouncing into the next zip code, and since it's a dull black nearly everything shows up to the naked eye, other than parts that are black oxided.
@@jkalash762 It requires a WHAT?
@@kensherwin4544 🤣🤣 it's basically a pipe dream. I do religiously sweep and built chip guards that trap the majority of metal from escaping but there's always a few escapees.
While Canada is known for it's tropical climate , one of the things that I've done is glue high density foam to the back of each of the garage door panels and then put pegboard on top of that , you poke a hole in the foam each time you put in a hook, and you can't do heavy tools, but light ones are OK, and it looks better than just the Foam. Doors heavier , but increases R.
The slo mo Sprocket drinking water shot was awesome and adorable!!!
(around 15:40)
Sprocket content! What a bonus!
I love the Safety Bits, Twisty Bits, Stabby Bits, and Squeezy Bits labels on your toolbox. This precise labeling schema has now made its way into my shop too.
A tip for hanging cabinets like that is to add a scrap piece of pine or 2x4 just below where the bottom of the cabinet is going to be. You can rest the cabinet on it and then slightly lift it up onto the wall cleats. I install entire kitchens this way.
Hey Quinn, when I shipped a toolbox from the East Coast to Texas a few years ago after I settled a family member's estate, I packed everything relatively in place but wrapped it all in VCI paper. When I came back to it after it just sat for 6 months (because grief memories) everything was still top notch. I recommend that to anyone. Well, the VCI paper.
Quinn - congratulations on getting your brand-new shop fully operational. I can see that you and Sprocket will be spending many happy hours there!
Glad the move went well and your new shop space is coming along! My seven year old loves watching with me on Saturday afternoons. The other day he said, “first we do this, as is tradition” to which my wife looked really confused haha
Your son has been "edumicated".
Oddly, Quinn didn't use this line while facing the end of her test bar!
Setting machines and storage cabinets etc. round the outer wall is probably the best usage of space available but don't forget the centre stage. If you take a look at modern kitchen layouts a lot make an island in the centre of the room. I made a double workbench(on braked wheels) with a central riser board so you can put eye level storage either side sort of pegboard style. This island greatly improves under bench storage, gives you 2 extra workbenches for projects or whatever and does not really limit your walking around space, if its on wheels you can move it to one side for bigger pieces/projects.
Thanks for the shop vid ..and for the sprocket clip!
I always find it amusing when we install wall brackets, we give it nice tug to see if its nice and snug on the wall. The force of the tug is probably a fraction of the actual load the brackets and the fixings will carry, but that tug convinces us that its on there properly :) Sprocket is adorable!
You're also required to say "that's not going anywhere".
@@firesurfer 😁😄
kitchen sink water is the best!
Quinn, you've inspired me not to only install a DRO on my mill, but to perform a shop redo. It's time to organize the Quinn way :). Thanks
Yay Sprocket 😊 it's thirsty work being that cute.
Thanks!
To find a wall stud using your hole method.drill a hole. Not in the stud? A bent wire hanger can be used to find it.
I've been enjoying following the big move. Nice setup you have going on in the new shop!
Thanks Adam! Not as fancy as your new shop, but we’re both happy I think. 😁
Thanks
Yay!! It's Blondihacks time!!
that "self proving" tip was super cool. love stuff like that. makes so much sense intuitively. but I never would have thought of it on my own.
If you glue some 1-2" foam to the inside of your garage doors, it will help keep the temperature your garage/shop more even.
@15:43 "Tongue the Wet Sprocket." Oh wait.."Toad the Wet Sprocket". (Remember that band?) There touring now!
If you ever re-arrange your lathe and mill, place your mill left of the lathe where the mill bed is in line with the lathe head. You can mount a steady rest on the mill table and turn extra long pieces on the lathe.
If you ever try and hang something when it is not matching the studs, one trick that I use in my garage is to screw a 3/4" piece of plywood (or 2x4 depending on the strength needed) across where the studs are and then attach whatever it is to the plywood so that the holes line up wherever you need.
Love the new space, congrats! I may have to drive over the border and buy me some of those cabinets, Canadian Tire has all the good stuff 👍
Thanks Yuchol! 😁
And Princess Auto!
The shop looks GREAT! I'm jealous. BTW, I work in a shop converted from a garage - and there is one trick that may help you. You have uninsulated roll doors. Replacing the door panels with insulated ones would probably pay off over time in reduced heating and increased comfort.
LED's under the wall cabinets for mood lighting. Just my two cents! Love the channel!
My home gamer shop is set up almost exactly like yours. With the precision equipment at the back and the fabrication near the rolling door. What made a huge difference was hanging a plastic curtain between the 2 sections to keep the grinding/cutting, sanding airborne debris off the precision equipment. I used a clear plastic curtain to preserve natural light when the door was open. Only problem with the plastic is that natural static causes the dust to attach itself to the curtain. Cheers...JE
One of my favorite parts of Saturday morning
If you put those two french cleats on the back of the cabinet and then join them together with a strip of metal (super glue should do as temporary), then you can lift the two joined cleats as one for marking on the wall, will save a bit of time measuring. Super job, 👍
Looking good. When we moved into our house over 10 years ago the kitchen badly needed doing but I started on the workshop first. New IKEA kitchen cabinets above the lathe, painted the walls, IKEA worktops etc. but my Wife soon let me know about the imbalance and how nice it looked! Needless to say the kitchen was next!
Aaaah... You are like the rest of us... 😉🤣
I did the kitchen first. Kept my wife out of the shop.
Except to bring me lunch and play 20 questions about what I’m doing.
You mean you remain married even after you put the workshop first? Brave man.
With my new wife and new house, I built the new shop first but didn't populate it. Instead, I took the old kitchen out to the studs and set it back up in the big empty shop. The kitchen contractor (yes I know that was my first mistake) claimed he would be done in 6 weeks (insert disbelieving chuckle here) but I wanted supper sooner than that.
Once the new kitchen was done, the old one went on the trailer and the shop got moved in. Everybody happy.
Haha yes, priorities!
I use the same Crappy Tire cabinets in the back of my truck for odds and ends storage. Very durable, and when I assembled them i used some thin sealing tape in between the pieces which made them almost/ not quite / somewhat water tight.
I was surprised when you said Canadian tire. That’s so Kool!!!
I’m from southwestern Ontario.
I’ve seen your channel a while ago and came across it again today.
Love your work!
One tailstock alignment trick I learned from a friend is to use a piece of square bar stock. You can turn the corners down for testing at one end, stop the lathe, run your tool down the flat side of the bar, to the other test area. Works great. From my old friend MN in Phoenix.
Sprockets cool 😎 👌 👍.
Loved the sprocket content😺👍
Happy you put outlets all around and fourplex box's.
Lesson from my father. "Plug in direct is better than a extension cord"
Love the lights every thing is nice and bright.
Sprocket!
Shop is looking good. Sprocket is looking good. Didn't know you moved across the country. Definitely shop is not as closed looking as former shop. Keep up the good work.
Hi Quinn , been watching your channel for a while ,but this is my first comment.
When tramming a mill do yourself the favour of leaving the .0001 test indicator in the box and use .0005 instead.
this bit of advice was given to me when i started working for a cnc machine tool company ,installing mills and lathes.
simply , the differance in repeatability between the two resolutions is about .0001 vs .0002, but as you identified ,
.0005 is far less twitchy. 0 is 0 either way. 😁
The second and more important suggestion is to indicate off the face of a gage block, dead smooth compared to the table, and smooths
out the roughness that even the very best mill beds have. I used a 1" block, not so tall that it will tip over ,but tall enough for fingers to reposition the block
if necessary.
Oh and don't forget front to back.
I give you 300 points out of a total possible of 12 for putting in all quad outlets in your shop !! You can retire most of your outlet strips when you take this action....KUDOS......
The only downside is that everything's on the same circuit. Which isn't necessarily a problem by itself, but it means there's no need to have expensive GFCI receptacles at each location when chaining regular outlets is much cheaper.
@@eDoc2020 It doesn't have to be one circuit.
You can wire all the left duplex to one circuit and the right to another.
You can even break off the bonding tab and have top and bottom of a single duplex receptacle wired to different breakers.
Or you can have one outlet switched for lighting.
@@jimurrata6785 That's kind of what I was saying. It doesn't _have to_ be one circuit but it is. There are only two breakers in the subpanel and one is for the welder.
@@eDoc2020 Yes, it obviously is, and it wouldn't have taken much for the electrician to have pulled another THHN.
But Quinn is solo in her home shop, so it's unlikely she will be using multiple big draw tools at one time. (fortunately)
This is a big step up for her!
In my woodworking shop I have major tools on dedicated circuits. (20" planer, compressor, widebelt sander, etc)
I'd keep the welding bench just off the door so you can roll it up when doing (gasless) welding , set up a box fax and get a nice cross draft to get rid of fumes
Thanks Quinn
Loved the Mel Brookes movie line!
Fak... Missed it. Now I have to watch the whole thing again to catch the line.
Glad you got more outlets in... not enough outlets is my constantly recurring nightmare.
And I loved that dramatic re-enactment... If you hadn't labled it up so clearly, I'd have never noticed the difference. ;)
Looking forward to see some chips flying in your new shop. Also, I received the Blondihacks mug, just in time for your this video...Life is good...
This has turned out to be a pretty nice shop upgrade. Looking forward to you testing out the new capabilities.
I sped up the lathe bed twist adjustment prosess when I did mine. Do the first cut on your journals and mic them like normal. Then fixture a dial indicator on the cross slide directly opposing the cutting tool. Zero the indicator on one journal, then set it on the other. Adjust your bed shims til you see the difference in journal radius on the indicator. Might have to re-zero it after shim adjustments. Really cuts down on the number of journal cuts you have to do and you can also confirm if you are adjusting the right way or not. Maybe one last round of journal passes at the end for confirmation or ultra fine tuning and you are on your way.
Looking good Quinn.👍👍
Indeed! And the shop doesn't look bad, either. 😉
It's all looking great Quinn, congrats! I've put together multiple shops for myself and others and very much like the humble "screw to the wall" shelf standards and adjustable brackets found in every hardware store. If screwed properly to a stud or anchored to a cement wall they are very strong, I've never had one fail and I load them down! If you have a step ladder handy you can go right to the ceiling (least used stuff highest up). Re - your workbench: Once I wanted to build a big woodworking bench from an old, thick (3"), laminated maple commercial kitchen work table. After considering how best to flatten/clean the well worn/stained top I ended up just flipping it over to use the unworn underside. It's still going strong 30 years later. Last: I agree with another commenter that (as you have room for it) a strong, free standing workbench would be a valuable addition to consider. It's amazing how one improves work flow.
I appreciate your indulging the sprocket fans. I think it was a perfect integration into the video.
I love water from the tap and setting up machines. Thanks for sharing!
May I suggest you put some plastic mirror on the inside of the cabinet doors, you can set them to reflect light onto your machines. Also it would help you see the inside of the cabinets.
one thing i've been planning to get for my start of my new shop... is a folding shop crane, just the kind used for engines, like yours, but, something different from what you do, a hinge kit for the end so i can lift things and precisely position them, like one of those monitor arms. the wheels on those things are horrible, so i'm gonna replace em with 8" pneumatic casters. i'm not lifting terribly heavy things, but the floor is just a regular bedroom floor, and old.
looks good ..cant wait to see whats next
great tip on the lathe setup...had one 20 years, and is always a little tapered....never thought to do that calibration.....thanks.
I've found that while cabinets are great, nothing beats big shelves for the ability to store oddly shaped things! Nothing worse than being 1/4" or 6" short when needing storage space.
Thank you so much, Quinn, for this video. Other RUclips machining videos really miss a lot of these topics.
Blondi your videos are an inspiration for home machinist and got me to buy a small bench top lathe and milling machine I have worked GE for 30 years doing Turbine and generator inspections and rebuilds so working with Mics is secone nature my learning curve is the lathe and milling machine and it so nice to make or try to make little projects and I only get better each time i do a job.
I am from Ontario and we have days with heavy condensation on cold surfaces. You can prevent this condensation on the metal parts of the machines by putting newspaper over them, that until your garage doors are replaced with insulated doors.
Awesome love the shop lay out . Those cabinet are nice but what good about just shelves is don’t have to hit for stuff just look
Glad to see Danger Duck came along and reminded us about electricity dangers
Congratulations on a successful move & shop setup.
Shop space is always a premium, glad to see you have a bit of leg room. Having a crowded shop is discouraging.
SPROCKET!!!! Buddy!!!! 😀
Looking very very nice, yes, cupboards above machines are a great asset.
Thanks for sharing 👍
Nice splash-safety clearence from Sprocket there.
looking good. Shop really coming together.
yeah! little blue ducky made it too!!!
Loving the new shop Quinn, welcome back to Canada. Come over for coffee when you need a break. If coffee is on, give me a shout if you need help from a half crippled, friendly, old guy ! Lol
Nice job on the shelves, studs are over rated !
Hope it was a bonus reward day at Crappy Tire !
Pleased your all settled into your new workshop with I assume zero damage from the move. That in itself is an achievement. Good luck in your new location, stay safe Quinn and I await your next video with some anticipation.
Havi things in front of a roll door can be handy for the fact that if it's good ng to get smokey or fume heavy. Just open the door for extra ventilation. Also now you could probably expand into casting billet stock at least with brass and copper pieces. Though if you go into iron casting, make sure to have water on hand for cooling or fires, but do be careful of steam explosion.
cats LOVE running water, glad you are getting the shop set up . just got a 14x24 portable shed for my wife's stain glass workshop well be a little while till she can use it but i have electrical started( i work in stages) good luck and have fun in the new shop!!!!!!
Nice cabinets...
Every time I watch one of your videos I end up learning something!
Thanks for the Sprocket scene. Reminds me of my old cat Butch. She loved to drink running water.
Thanks for the new shop tour Quinn, nice Sprocket slow motion clip.
Submitted for your consideration. A welding table on wheels is great,but at the same time there’s nothing worse than chasing a table around the shop when you’re prying or bending. Wheel locks are ok but not fantastic. I’ve found retractable wheels are the answer so that the table has good “traction”for those more violent jobs,but still mobile when you need it to be.
Very nice glad your safe. Enjoy your new life !
Quinn, its your shop .. rage on and allow yourself the freedom to be free. I think I would mount some movable task lighting in several places over the lathe and the mill. Maybe hanging from those metal cabinets and um - the wall for the mill? Sad that you needed to move back to Canada but ... I'm sure you will find the Bar Z bash and a couple of other incentives to return occasionally. Stay well and keep on making.
Great to see your shop back up and running well done on the big move.
As a hobby machinist and one of your patrons, I think you’d make a great neighbor. You hve so many skills and are an entertaining educator. Oh, and a kick-butt machinist. I too can recommend the Canadian tire shop cabinets, tables etc. they always go on sale
I wish you a lot of fun in the new shop. Always stay safe in there.
For some reason vicariously experiencing setting up a new shop made me happy. Thanks for sharing!
looking good I like it, your doing what I've always wanted for myself when I was younger but alas it never transpired that's why I like seeing what you've achieved and I admire you for it, I used to work in heavy engineering all my life but it takes it toll and never found the time to build my own workshop that said now I just enjoy watching, I wish you well and good luck from BRIAN in the UK
My sentiments entirely Brian. I learnt to turn on my father's lathe back in the late 50s early 60s and have always had a workshop space in my garage but never quite got it fitted out to Blondi's extent. Now in my late 70s I'm still looking at the small lathes available and thinking, what if...............
Great that it all survived the move.
Looking forward to more great content.
Welcome back to Canada!
I really enjoy your videos. They are informative and fun. I find you to be articulate, witty, knowledgeable, and you have genuine presence. Thank you for your videos, I have picked up a lot of valuable tips. I'm glad to see your move went well and looking forward to seeing/learning more videos from you.
Yay! It's nearly a shop again.
And chips have been made, so it's official.
Thanks, and a licky Meow to Sprocket.
Wow! Those new cabinets are the bee’s knee’s!
Great look on the new digs!!!... Small suggestion follows .....
Look on Amazon for the motion activated LED strip lights(I prefer the cordless rechargeable ones to ease the electric spaghetti in my shop, and they last a very long time between charge cycles)... Mount these under the cabinets, above your lathe/workspace.....it makes a BIG difference in useable light(since the cabinet isn't shadowing the overhead lights for the lathe/workbench area)
So glad you're getting settled and hopefully you can take a breath.
I really appreciate your channel, approach, and perspective and I feel like you're a great example for people who may be interested in creative endeavors of the chip making variety.
Also, heck yes for Sprocket content. There is no RUclips channel that couldn't benefit from cat content.🐈
However, Quinn appears speciesist, since there is no canine shop critter. Cannot have one without the other! It makes the shop very imbalanced!
Rivnuts are great. Well worth the investment of the correct installation tools and a selection of sizes. Plus the right sized drills to allow the installation of all those sizes.
Looks like a great workspace. I appreciate your discussion of tool and workflow layout. Can't wait to see what projects you work on next!
So good to see you settled in again Blondi!
Very much looking forward to some more machining and am really glad you are more comfortable in your new workspace!
Awesome! Glad your in Canada!
I recently watched Stefan Gotteswinter's video about tailstock alignment where he turns a bar that has the same diameter of the tailstock quill and then uses it to align the tailstock by sweeping the quill and the turned bar. The approach is far quicker although I reckon it assumes the internal taper in the quill runs true. Any advantages of turning between centers over sweeping the quill ?