My second post & my shop (pictures)

[Dave Shively]

Just thought I would introduce you to my shop seeing how I plan on spending
time here on this website. The more I visit it the more I am enjoying it. There is
lots of info here and everyone seems to be helpful and friendly. I plan to spend
more time here.

Dave

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[Chris Barton]

Wow, I've done surgery in places that didn't look this good! Very impressive!

[Greg Hairston]

Dave,
Nice shop and oh btw, I HATE YOU.:D

Actually I have seen your shop over on another forum. Beautiful shop even the grass is neat...

Greg

[Pete Simmons]

Not bad but a little crowded and dirty.

My whole shop would fit on top of your table saw.

[Richard Wolf]

Welcome. I really don't know what else to say, except, YOUR A SICK MAN!

Richard

[Frank Pellow]

That's a very nice shop Dave.

But, it is much much much too clean. :p Please do some work in it then show us some more pictures.

If you have a shop layout diagram, I suggest that you add it to this thread.

[Keith Starosta]

NIMROD, I presume?! ;) :D

Great shop!!!!

Welcome.

- Keith

[Peter Pedisich]

WOW, that's one of the nicest woodshops I've ever seen.

[Bruce Page]

Dave, that’s about the shabbiest looking shop I have ever seen. You should be ashamed of yourself! :eek:

Nice digs and welcome to the Creek! :D

[Vaughn McMillan]

Great looking shop, Dave. I'm surely jealous. Lemme know if you need some help making it messy. I'm real good at that. ;)

And welcome to the Creek!

- Vaughn

[Don Baer]

Well Dave all I can say is you missing one very essential tool. ..Where's the lathe. Other then that it looks to a great place to make saw dust.

[Peter West]

Nice shop Dave.
What did you use on the floor?

[Bart Leetch]

Nice livingroom, Diningroom & Family room. I don't belive I've ever seen any furniture like that, Doesn't look very comfortable. The LOML said it wasn't furnished in her colors.


Looks like fun fun fun.:D :eek: :D

[Bob Noles]

That did it.....

I'm going outside and burn my shop and start over again :eek:

Whoa.... wadda shop!

[Forrest Price]

Dave, welcome a-board. Yeah, I know..cheesey, but oh well!

Still drooling over your shop (keyboard, monitor etc..)

Kick your shoes off and dangle your feet in the Creek a while. The water's great here and super friendly folks.

Forrest

[Corey Hallagan]

Welcome Dave! Wow... sweet shop.... down right spectacular set up. Thanks for the pics!

Corey

[Bob Huddleston]

Dayum. Nice!

Bob :)

[glenn bradley]

You call that train-wreck a shop??? Seriously, beautiful. I am jealous. It warms my heart to see a shop that is so workable.

[Dennis Peacock]

Dave,

Great shop there.....but only one problem. It's WAY too CLEAN!!!!!!!:p :D

[Randy Long]

Ok - Now lets see some of the great thing you must be making in there.

Seeing allmost make me want to give up my woodworking hobby, I'm so envious.

Welcome.

[Gary Herrmann]

Very nice shop. If I go downstairs and squint, mine kinda looks like that.

Nope. Just tried it. Never mind.

[Bill Simmeth]

Welcome to the creek, Nimrod.

[Boyd Gathwright]

.... Nice and neat, well thought out. Where is your dust collection system?

....Welcome to Creek Dave

Boyd


:)


Just thought I would introduce you to my shop seeing how I plan on spending
time here on this website. The more I visit it the more I am enjoying it. There is
lots of info here and everyone seems to be helpful and friendly. I plan to spend
more time here.

Dave

[Jim O'Dell]

I agree NICE SHOP! I do have to ask where you live, that you have grass, much less thick green grass. Jim.

[Dan Oliphant]

The only person I know of that owns a shop like that is indeed Nemrod (from that other W/W forum, yuk) welcome to the bright side, and a very frendly place indeed.
Wait till you all see the work this man generates, AWSOME!!!!!!

[Dave Shively]

Thanks for the warm welcome. I think I'm going to like the Creek.

My shop is not always this clean, I do get some saw dust on the floor
occasionally but I do sweep up when I'm done for the day.

The floor has Sherwin-Williams two part epoxy with a clear coat on top.
Very hard and durable.

Obviously some of you recognize me from the other website so I hope I don't
bore you.

I do have a lathe but it is not my forte.

Here are few of my projects that a happen to have picture of.

Dave

This is a podium I made for Caterpillar Inc. Walnut and curly maple.
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This is also a project I made for Caterpillar, a corporate logo sign made from
1" carved cherry with walnut 1 1/2" thick letters. Size is 53 x 35 and weighs
93 pounds. It is hanging at their large engine facility in Lafayette, Indiana.
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This is a Bible display case I made for my dad made from red oak. I holds one
of the oldest and rarest Bibles printed in America and printed by my great x 6
grandfather in 1776. It is estimated to be 20 to 25 left in the world with one in
the George Bush library. This was a simple project but my favorite because it was for dad and my bother and sister and I give him the Bible.
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A coffee table as a wedding gift and my shop floor as a bad back for a picture.
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Here is another Caterpillar logo sign made with cherry, walnut and maple with
an inlay of wenge, purpleheart and bocote.
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Here is yet another corporate logo sign for a company in England called Blue
Skies and is a fruit processing company with plant is Ghana, South Africa and
Egypt. Their logo is a pelican of all birds, this one made from walnut with a
maple background. This one is hanging in Ghana. The next picture is of me
and the CEO when I delivered it in England this past June.
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That's all I can find pictures for right now. Hope this satisfies the Creek.:)

[Vaughn McMillan]

...That's all I can find pictures for right now. Hope this satisfies the Creek.:)
OK, we'll let you stay. :cool:

Fer cryin' out loud, that's some nice work there, Dave. I'm sure there's a lot we can learn from you (and hopefully vice versa). :D

- Vaughn

[Stu Ablett in Tokyo Japan]

Welcome Dave, ditto what the others have said, and your fine shop makes my Dungeon look like............ well a dungeon... :rolleyes:

Nice work, I'll look forward to your posts!

Cheers!

[Norman Hitt]

Awsome Shop, Dave. Do you just use a roll around DC, or are your DC Ducts under the floor? I'm also curious as to the Dimensions of the shop.

[Dave Shively]

Yes my dust collection is all under the concrete floor and there are
ii duct ports that come up thought the floor at various spot. It start
out at 5" at the machine ends up at the cyclone at 8"

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[scott spencer]

Was that Norm I spotted sitting in the gazebo? Awesome shop!

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[tod evans]

welcome dave!

[Joe Blankshain]

Great shop and welcome to the Creek.

[Frank Pellow]

Dave, now that you have proven that you do do work in your shop (and proven it with high quality projects), I am even more amazed at how clean your place is. My new shop was not nearly that clean even before I did any work in it.

[Kyle Kraft]

Welcome to the Creek! Beautiful shop, but please tell me about your floor. I am in need of some ideas, and have been considering G-floor material from Better Life Technologies.

[Al Navas]

Welcome to the Creek, Dave! I know you will enjoy your time here, as I have.


Al

[Bob Childress]

Dave,

A hearty welcome!! You will find here a friendly group who generally act civilized even when they disagree. :rolleyes:

Your shop is, of course, not nearly large enough (to store an airplane in) but no doubt adequate. :D Please share your work with us every chance you get.

[Julio Navarro]

WOW, incredable place and incredable work!

We'll be hitting you up for advice now that I know your here:p :D

Welcome

[Chris Barton]

If I had a shop that nice I would never come back into my house... Under floor DC and heat, great tools, oh, I think I am gonna be sick...

[Bob Marino]

Dave,

As others have said, incredible shop...and welcome to the Creek. As someone struggling with a 2 car garage/shop, I am envious of all that room! And that floor is nicer looking than what's in my kitchen.

Bob

[Andy Hoyt]

I looked at the photos last night and noticed a speck of dust on top of the garage door rail.

Checked again just now and I see that your staff found it. Sheesh!

Git-r-dirty!

[Martin Lutz]

I am not sure the "somewhat envious" adequately describes what I am feeling. Amazing shop!

[Al Willits]

Excellent shop Dave, I'd be afraid to get anything dirty if it was mine...:)

Just wondering, wood working your living or hobby (maybe both) ??

Showed it to the wife, she says no problem, we just have to move to place that has room to build one like that, find the money to build it and there's a few things the wife wants in return for me getting a shop....

Its the few things she wants that really worry me....:D

Pretty impressive shop, and projects, thanks for posting.

Al.....who doesn't see a shop in his future, but is having fun in his garage..

[Rich Torino]

Now tha's a shop...... I have to side with the "I hate you" vote...

only kidding.. welcom to the creek

[Jerry Olexa]

Wow looks better than my home....Nice job Enjoy it!!

[Doug Jones from Oregon]

WOW!

I've seen many shop pictures here...don't you people ever work in your shop?? Where is the sawdust? The scrap wood? The half finished projects???

Dave, welcome aboard, you have a very nice looking shop. I especially like the off feed table on the Unisaw and the way you have "stored" your dovetail jig.

Now, get it dirty!

Doug

[Jeff Frieburg]

I'd love to see the pics, but for some reason they are not coming up. Any ideas as to what the problem is? Anyone else not seeing the pics?

JEff.

[Mike Jory]

Dave, I just figured it out... The reason it's so huge is that you must also sleep out there after spending so much money... That would be it in my case.;)
I didn't see a good stereo, or speakers on the wall for the dance this friday night
Thanks for letting me kid you.:D

[Cjing Cazares]

We're all going to Dave's for lunch. Who needs a ride? Raise your hand.
:D

[Randal Stevenson]

Full bath, kitchenette, and a bed, and I could live there!

I just have to keep reminding myself what my grandparents generation had for shops (outside, or basements with dirt floors, coal and gravity furnaces in the way, etc.) Your making it SO much harder to do that.

[John Scarpa]

Dave,

amazing shop design and execution. I think you may have set a new standard with that shop! I like your panel rack I just can't figure out how those clamps are suspended from the rack.! :(

John

[Robert Mayer]

The ONLY thing your shop is missing is more windows and a sun roof to let natural light in.

[Dave Shively]

John,

Here is how the clamps work on the rack. It is just a 4" angle
iron 1 1/2 x 1 1/2 that fits in the slot. Works great.

Dave

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[Chris Padilla]

ROFLMAO!! Okay, okay, "Dave" if that is your real name...how about showing us some REAL pics of your shop and projects YOU built!! The jig is up...'fess up!! :D ;)

(seriously nice looking shop, it is better than my house...don't believe I've ever seen a brick shop before but it looks fantastic both inside and outside...my compliments on the diligent planning of the DC system...not sure I would be able to permanently place mine...too scary)

[Andy Hoyt]

You got it Chris - That thing is built like a brick sh*p house!

[lou sansone]

welcome to the creek ... very nice shop and I like the story about the Bible

lou

[John Scarpa]

[QUOTE=Dave Shively]John,

Here is how the clamps work on the rack. It is just a 4" angle
iron 1 1/2 x 1 1/2 that fits in the slot. Works great.

Dave

Thanks Dave. That is a great idea. A combination clamp storage, panel rack. :)

John

[Brett Baldwin]

Dave, it looks like a large amount of careful thought went into that shop. I'm sure you're enjoying the fruits of your labor as much as I am viewing them. That dovetail jig setup on the tabelsaw extension caught my eye. Like many other things about your shop, it is a very clever arrangement. Welcome to the Creek and I'll look forward to more of your projects.

[Per Swenson]

Welcome Dave,

Speechless.

Per

[Dave Shively]

I just found my original floor plan I used to build the shop. It is 1536 sq. ft.
with a 12 x 12 finish room/spray room. I have a 5 x 7 utility room for the water heater, air compressor and DC. There is also a bathroom. Not only is the DC duct work under the floor, so is most of the electical that comes to each duct ports.

Dave

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[Ron Jones near Indy]

If I didn't have a shop nicer than Dave's, I would be a school teacher.:o Oh, did I mention that school starts next week? Next May will bring my 39th graduating class. I need more shop time.:)

[Jeff Cybulski]

Dave - excellent shop and welcome to the Creek. Wish I would have done the underground DC. You'll enjoy it here

[Robert Mickley]

Like everyone else, I'm green with envy. I do have one question though, what happens IF you plug up the DC? Not that its likely to happen but if it should?

[Dave Shively]

Robert,

I have had others ask that question before too. I guess I not to concern about it. I the duct pipe is very heavy gauge spirial PVC coated inside ane out ,so I could always snake a rooter cable though it.

Dave.

[tod evans]

Robert,

I have had others ask that question before too. I guess I not to concern about it. I the duct pipe is very heavy gauge spirial PVC coated inside ane out ,so I could always snake a rooter cable though it.

Dave.

dave, yesterday i cleaned my overhead trunk and got 90 some gallons of residual crud. been about 2 months since i pulled the caps and cleaned it. dust pipe clogs like arteries one piece lodges then a couple more ect. with yours being in the floor a logical way to clean the trunk would be a chimney sweepers brush on a string......02 tod

[Chris Padilla]

"Dave"....continue to be awestruck with your shop! If I ever build my own shop, I will seriously consider putting everything I can in the floor assuming I can get comfortable with a more or less permanent floor plan.

Us garage guys gotta keep everything mobile!

[Dave Shively]

Robert,

I'm not to concerned about it getting plugged up. I have not had any trouble whatsoever yet.
But if I ever should, the duct pipe is very heavy gauge spiral PVC coated inside and out and I can always snake a rooter cable though it.


Also some have asked what I painted the floor with. It is Sherwin-Williams two part epoxy with a clear coat with sand mixed in it for traction. It also sweep very well too.

Dave

[jim bradley]

Hi & WOW!
If I could ever get my shop that neat and clean I'll bet my wife would let me have a real, dedicated shop too. I think she would give up her car, shopping trips, lunch and a few bazillion other things if my shop was that neat. Unfortunately she is safe because I will never make it.
Is it OK to be jealous?

I hope you have a wonderful time and produce some wonderful things in that shop. It is great!!!

Enjoy,
Jim Bradley

[Larry Cooke]

Dave,

I'm completely speechless... That is a very nice shop in all respects, from inside to outside down to the floors. Very well done sir.

Thanks for sharing this with us.

Larry

[John Bailey]

Yea, well, I guess the shop is ok, but get some bigger stereo speakers before the next pictures.;)

John

[Jim Becker]

Outstanding shop, Dave. Lots of nice space to work in and your workstations are thoughtful...example being the outfeed setup on your TS with the angle rather than a sharp corner.

And welcome!

[wallace chapman]

:eek:
The shop looks ok, you need to get those high priced tools out of the way, they clutter the place up.

The landscaping around the "SHOP" sucks, makes it look like a huge, well maintained, professional......you get the picture.


Incredible is one word that comes to mind. I would be ashamed to show something like this to my friends unless I'm Norm's big brother.

I vote to ban these pictures from the forum, lest our wives think we are just tinkering around.

You never answered the question. Is this your hobby (hope not) or your full time job?

[Ron Blaise]

a wonderful shop! WAY TOO CLEAN!!!:D We expect to see great things from a man with that at his disposal!
Happy sawdust,

[Dave Shively]

Boy you guy are tough with this clean thing. I think you people
have a clean fetish. I have to work on dirtying the place up
some. It was really cleaned because of a bunch a photo being taken
a while back, but I do try to keep it this way.

As to a hobby or business, it started are that way but have grown
into a small business. I really just like to have fun.

Dave

[Jim Becker]

Dave, don't sweat the clean thing. It's my preference, too, although I've been failing miserably on it for the last year. I usually do a deep cleaning after any major project at least...

[Jerry Olexa]

We are not worthy..:) :D

[Jason Tuinstra]

Dave,

Welcome to SMC. Your shop is fantastic! Given all the attention you've put into it, I can only imagine the quality of furniture you build. Outstanding!