Chris Stolicky
06-17-2009, 4:38 PM
I said that I was going to drag the camera out to the shop one of these days and take some pics to share. Well, here they are. The little shop is always in flux, but this is (literally) a snapshot of what it looked like last night.
The first two pics are of the lathe and extra switch I wired. The switch box contains the (Oh $h!+) switch for the lathe, and the other controls the extension cord below the box - i.e. vacuum system. I have two bags of sand and some left over granite tiles in the box underneath for ballast (150 lbs?). I eventually want to construct some drawers under the lathe for storage of chucks, small tools/instruments, sandpaper?, etc. The tools will likely end up better organized behind the bigger lathe (pvc-type holder?), and I may end up building another one of those wall tool boxes at some point (one is in my garage).
The next few pics are of the vac system I was finally able to put together last weekend. The design came from four different sources plus my own input. I will post credit later once I have all of the names and proper information. The info is at home, and well, I am not right now....
Anyway, I was able to pull 22 hgs which I think is pretty good for this pump (Gast). As you can see, I put all of the controls together near the head stock. I just thought is was easier to control it that way. As far as the pump/box, I really don't have a whole lot of room to roll large things around, so boxing it in like this made the most sense to me. I may put a handle on it of sorts, maybe some casters, and a way to wind up the hose and cord.
I see tht I am limited to 5 pics, so I will post a few more just below this....
The first two pics are of the lathe and extra switch I wired. The switch box contains the (Oh $h!+) switch for the lathe, and the other controls the extension cord below the box - i.e. vacuum system. I have two bags of sand and some left over granite tiles in the box underneath for ballast (150 lbs?). I eventually want to construct some drawers under the lathe for storage of chucks, small tools/instruments, sandpaper?, etc. The tools will likely end up better organized behind the bigger lathe (pvc-type holder?), and I may end up building another one of those wall tool boxes at some point (one is in my garage).
The next few pics are of the vac system I was finally able to put together last weekend. The design came from four different sources plus my own input. I will post credit later once I have all of the names and proper information. The info is at home, and well, I am not right now....
Anyway, I was able to pull 22 hgs which I think is pretty good for this pump (Gast). As you can see, I put all of the controls together near the head stock. I just thought is was easier to control it that way. As far as the pump/box, I really don't have a whole lot of room to roll large things around, so boxing it in like this made the most sense to me. I may put a handle on it of sorts, maybe some casters, and a way to wind up the hose and cord.
I see tht I am limited to 5 pics, so I will post a few more just below this....