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Up In The Gods

Postby Woodbloke » 31 Aug 2016, 22:40

I was asked today to take a few panoramic pics of the 'shop:

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Taken from up high on the right, centre and left hand sides - Rob
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Re: Up In The Gods

Postby MattS » 31 Aug 2016, 23:10

Looks lovely and very tidy! How big is it approximately?
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Re: Up In The Gods

Postby Rod » 31 Aug 2016, 23:23

Too tidy by far!
Not quite as big as it looks - you must have been using an Estate Agents lens?
Nice shop though and well laid out.
You haven't shown the door hatch for long lengths of timber?

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Re: Up In The Gods

Postby Andyp » 01 Sep 2016, 08:09

Rod wrote:You haven't shown the door hatch for long lengths of timber?
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Re: Up In The Gods

Postby Tusses » 01 Sep 2016, 16:23

did you get ladders ?
I've done that by holding the camera and tripod up high, and using a remote shutter trigger
You can also use the timer, to give you a chance to get the camera up there .. if the autofocus works with the timer .. some don't
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Re: Up In The Gods

Postby Pinch » 01 Sep 2016, 20:14

Lovely shop Rob! 8-)
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Re: Up In The Gods

Postby SamQ aka Ah! Q! » 03 Sep 2016, 19:53

I've been in this shop and it's as nice as it looks. Glad he got the roof and floor sorted though...... :eusa-whistle:

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Re: Up In The Gods

Postby Phil » 04 Sep 2016, 08:20

Very nice Rob. Soooo clean ................

Can we now see the real workshop around the corner! :D

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Re: Up In The Gods

Postby Jimmy Mack » 13 Oct 2016, 20:39

Looks great, really tidy and organised. Do you use a table saw? Like the cast iron topped router table.

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Re: Up In The Gods

Postby Woodbloke » 13 Oct 2016, 22:39

Jimmy Mack wrote:Looks great, really tidy and organised. Do you use a table saw? Like the cast iron topped router table.

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I've had two and got rid of both of them. I've found that with the way I work, they're not needed but I have two bandsaws and underneath the centre assembly table cover is an UJK Tech table for use with my TS55 and track. I've come to the conclusion over many years that a table saw is an unnecessary encumbrance in a hobbyist workshop - Rob
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Re: Up In The Gods

Postby Jimmy Mack » 13 Oct 2016, 22:51

Woodbloke wrote:
Jimmy Mack wrote:Looks great, really tidy and organised. Do you use a table saw? Like the cast iron topped router table.

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I've had two and got rid of both of them. I've found that with the way I work, they're not needed but I have two bandsaws and underneath the centre assembly table cover is an UJK Tech table for use with my TS55 and track. I've come to the conclusion over many years that a table saw is an unnecessary encumbrance in a hobbyist workshop - Rob

Absolutely Rob. I totally agree. I've a professional furniture maker friend who has been happy without a TS for decades.

Any long ripping he performs with a pivot head radial arm saw.

Although I do enjoy having a TS for some panel and solid work, but I prefer moving the cutter (rail saw) as opposed to wrestling large panels around, so I prefer smaller tables saws, but hard to find decent professional machines that aren't absolute behemoths, it's got a bit ridiculous!

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Re: Up In The Gods

Postby Woodbloke » 13 Oct 2016, 23:13

Jimmy Mack wrote:Absolutely Rob. I totally agree. I've a professional furniture maker friend who has been happy without a TS for decades.

Any long ripping he performs with a pivot head radial arm saw.

Although I do enjoy having a TS for some panel and solid work, but I prefer moving the cutter (rail saw) as opposed to wrestling large panels around, so I prefer smaller tables saws, but hard to find decent professional machines that aren't absolute behemoths, it's got a bit ridiculous!

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For cutting smallish pieces of man made board (I don't use big sizes anyway) and panels the UJK table with it's matrix of holes is more than adequate and dead accurate. It also means that I don't have to manoeuvre large sheets of the stuff around the 'shop. Big boards of solid timber are cut roughly to size with a hand held circular saw before machining...the struggle comes when I have boards over 50mm thick (I have a few) as the circular saw only has a limited doc and I have had to resort to ripping them by hand with a Disston or the large bs. One of my gripes is that smaller sized tablesawas simply aren't accurate enough and I feel no inclination to fork out £5k for a Felder. I get round the issue of accuracy by using a shooting board and LN51 - Rob
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Re: Up In The Gods

Postby Jimmy Mack » 14 Oct 2016, 08:01

Rob - Have you considered the TS75? Probably depends how much you need the deeper doc as it's a bit pricey

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Re: Up In The Gods

Postby TrimTheKing » 14 Oct 2016, 09:13

I got a used, perfect condition TS75 for £300!

Wouldn't be without it. Big beast though.

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Re: Up In The Gods

Postby 9fingers » 14 Oct 2016, 14:00

Rob has been known to come over and use my tablesaw........ :lol:

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Re: Up In The Gods

Postby DaveL » 14 Oct 2016, 15:42

9fingers wrote:Rob has been known to come over and use my tablesaw........

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That's what Mike did when he was making a door that needed big rebates cut in the timber, it's not a problem, anyone who is close enough to pop over is welcome if there is something I can help with.
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Re: Up In The Gods

Postby Woodbloke » 15 Oct 2016, 13:35

TrimTheKing wrote:I got a used, perfect condition TS75 for £300!

Wouldn't be without it. Big beast though.

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