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Cabinetman wrote:but why does anybody need three mortisers ha ha.
Cabinetman wrote: Third photo, looks like an overhead router? Haven’t seen one like that before – not that I’m much of an expert at all. Ian
Cabinetman wrote:Some nice big old bits of equipment in there, but why does anybody need three mortisers ha ha...
toolsntat wrote:I happened to mention this previously so here is my pictorial record (really should have taken more) of a carpenters/builders workshop that, following the sad demise of the owner, is now being emptied and dare say earmarked for development
I'll do a few at a time.....
AndyT wrote:Beautiful. Lots of natural light. Enough space. And a real feel of having every bit of timber, every tool, fixing or finish that you could ever need.
Woodbloke wrote:Interestingly, I can’t see any sort of cabinetmaker’s bench for hand tool work etc. There’s what appears to be a large assembly table in foreground but that’s about it - Rob
Mike G wrote:Fantastic, Andy. Thanks for those photos. I don't think I see any extraction equipment which seems to dominate modern workshops. I love the wood racks, pregnant with possibilities. One can only imagine the H&S people getting exercised over the ladder.
Cabinetman wrote:Hi Bob, the last photo bottom right hand corner, is as close as they got I think to a bench, not very deep….
Cabinetman wrote: That planer is a real beast of a machine, can’t imagine the mess that made without ducting.
Trevanion wrote:Cabinetman wrote: Third photo, looks like an overhead router? Haven’t seen one like that before – not that I’m much of an expert at all. Ian
Not quite sure of the brand exactly, but it looks like a mid-class machine between your Elu's and Wadkins. Quite a versatile machine in the right hands but I would think there are very few people left that know how to run one effectively. They're a bit of a joke amongst the woodworking machinery community, mostly because of the fact they don't sell, a really nice and heavy-duty Wadkin LS would only set you back a couple of hundred pounds at the most. Maybe there will be a over-head router resurgence one day, similar to the metalworking shaper where you couldn't sell them for more than scrap value a few years ago and now decent ones fetch a pretty penny comparable to a milling machine.
AndyT wrote:There's a nice real world example of an overhead router in use here, in one of the films Ken Hawley made in the 90s. A simple template and jig are used to shape a saw handle. It's slow and repetitive but was presumably cheap to set up and easy to swap over to another pattern when an order came in for a few dozen more.
Attentive viewers will spot that there is a big dust extraction hose in place for when the inspector comes around but in the default configuration the floor is getting that special artisanal finish so fashionable nowadays...
Doug wrote:@weeatthesun on Instagram is a great exponent of the over head router Dan as was @jonnydburn until he got a CNC, if I had more room it would be a machine I’d very much like.
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