Curt's shop tour

[Curtis Myers]

I've been meaning to do this for a while but never got around to it. Boy you say, your shop is clean. You must not do any work in there. Well, I just finished a project and as usual I cleaned the shop and blow it down good prior to starting the next project. I do get in there and make some dust, honest.
Building was finished in Nov 2010. It is 24' x 32' with 8' ceiling. I began making it a shop right away. My other hobbies is building and flying radio controlled airplanes. This is why their are two work benches. The tall bench has a torsion box on top so it is ridged and very flat for building planes. Video was filmed 29Nov2014.

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Shop Equipment Tour

All the Best
Curt

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[Bruce Page]

Beautiful shop! Thanks for posting.

[Mark Ebert]

Nice shop space! Judging by the size of those props on the wall, you must be into building/flying giant scale models. I was flying smaller RC planes (Sig 'Somethin Extra, Goldberg Ultimate Bipe) up until a few years back, and I still have a few YS .91 4-cycles (new in box) laying around. I keep wanting to get back into the hobby, but too many hobbies and not enough time ;-(

[Jesse Busenitz]

Thanks for the tour! How do you like that twin vice? I've thought about getting one of those....

[Paul McGaha]

Thanks for the tour Curt. I think you have a super nice shop.

PHM

[Curtis Myers]

Nice shop space! Judging by the size of those props on the wall, you must be into building/flying giant scale models. I was flying smaller RC planes (Sig 'Somethin Extra, Goldberg Ultimate Bipe) up until a few years back, and I still have a few YS .91 4-cycles (new in box) laying around. I keep wanting to get back into the hobby, but too many hobbies and not enough time ;-(

Mark,
I know what you mean "toooo many hobbies and not enough time". On really nice days, nothing gets done in the shop.
I fly aerobatic type planes (extra 260, and edge 540). They live in an enclosed trailer.

Curt

[Curtis Myers]

Thanks for the tour! How do you like that twin vice? I've thought about getting one of those....

Jesse,
Twin vise with 3/4" holes on bench top. Entire bench becomes a vise. Use it ALL the time. Cannot imagine being without it.
Everything I've used or seen from LeeValley/Veritas is very high quality.

Curt

[Thomas Canfield]

That is a nice serious shop with some serious equipment. I did not see a lathe? Guess you have not got been sucked into the vortex YET.

[glenn bradley]

Just beautiful Curt. Thanks for sharing and for the inspiration.

[Paul Williams 53072]

I saw the pops hanging up right away!!! I do the same thing with my large scale props! Seems a common theme with Model aviation enthusiasts and woodworking. I need a trailer to store my larger aircraft too. Love your shop as well...very nice. Do you build your aircraft in there? Or do you have a basement shop for that!

[Curtis Myers]

I saw the pops hanging up right away!!! I do the same thing with my large scale props! Seems a common theme with Model aviation enthusiasts and woodworking. I need a trailer to store my larger aircraft too. Love your shop as well...very nice. Do you build your aircraft in there? Or do you have a basement shop for that!

only have one workshop. The taller workbench has a torsion box as a top keeping it ridged and very flat for building planes.

[marty shultz]

Beautiful workshop. Well equipped too.

[John Leake]

Beautiful shop. I saw the wood panel with the image of a mid 50's Ford 1/2 pickup as well as the propellers and a vehicle license plate I do not recognize (may be Illinois). Are the planes you fly yourself or Radio Controlled? The prop's look like large scale R/C to me.

I dream about a shop like that.

[Peter Aeschliman]

That bandsaw... holy smokes. I have serious envy!

[Randy Red Bemont]

Beautiful shop and some great equipment. I, like you, keep my shop clean from project to project. It just makes for a nicer place to work. I'm in a basement workshop so it saves the house from getting trashed too.

Red