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  1. #46
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    Well, there is (or was?) the wall space above the lathe where you might put a series of shallow (6-8 inches deep) shelves to load up with all the misc stuff that gets put on every available surface. Vary the spacing on the shelves, and on mine I have the lowest (chest height) 6 inches deep, 6 inches above that an 8 inch shelf, 8-12 inches above that another 8 inch deep shelf, etc depending upon space available and items to store.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Patrick McCarthy View Post
    Well, there is (or was?) the wall space above the lathe where you might put a series of shallow (6-8 inches deep) shelves to load up with all the misc stuff that gets put on every available surface. Vary the spacing on the shelves, and on mine I have the lowest (chest height) 6 inches deep, 6 inches above that an 8 inch shelf, 8-12 inches above that another 8 inch deep shelf, etc depending upon space available and items to store.

    That stuff is not normally sitting all over the place. It’s because I’ve been removing cabinets and pulling stuff out of cabinets to purge and cull items. Have to make it all fit into less cabinet space. I’m planning to move my clamps to the wall and get rid of my clamp rack, to move my lathe implements to the wall behind behind the lathe, and then hand tools to the wall behind the current miter bench as that space will be the future location of my workbench.

    The whole room room is a disaster but there is a plan in place moving forward slowly. The hard part was making the initial decision to jump in head first, part with a bunch of tools and stuff, and rearrange the entire room basically. once Monday rolls around and the guy gets the miter station out, the room should start to open up some more. ��

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    Next phase underway. The battleship is mobile and getting ready to depart tomorrow. This miter station is roughly 8’ x 3’. Took up a lot of real estate.

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    And, all this stuff is going away in the morning. Never did like this drill press. Will be replacing it but lots of floor space getting cleared up. My new JP is inbound Tuesday so I’ll be doing another floor shuffle tomorrow afternoon to get ready. Moving the table saw layout.

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    So that pile of items went away in exchange for a bunch of their scrap wood pieces of cherry, maple, ash, mahogany, walnut, birch, and even a few nice pieces of redwood. I’m thrilled even though others might not see the value in my trade. Got a battleship out of my floor space and gave me some materials I can utilize.

    Had to convert an old picnic table in our backyard into a new planter box for my wife so I’m just getting back to the workshop shuffle. I have a space set for them to deliver the Hammer A3-31 tomorrow but plan to do a little more shuffle tonight before they get here. It’s a major project to move things around to new positions once you start thinking about dust collection and electrical. Plan to get everything in a workable position before I move the pipes and wires though.

    You can see the bench and tools that went away in prior post. Best part of this trade was an agreement reached to source wood for free and reduced price going forward. Free scraps, which is what they considered all these pieces, and reduced price other pieces. Here is what I traded for:

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    For kicks kicks and giggles, here is the table to planter conversion today very rough but made with about 95% recycled material. It’s really level but the picture makes it look skewed. Just need to get a few cubic yards of dirt and mushroom compost ordered.

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    Now get that wood off the floor.
    "Anything seems possible when you don't know what you're doing."

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    I will. It’s laying on a few stickers to get his trailer unloaded. Once I rest a bit from the planter box I am going to cut that cherry down and get it all stored vertically............ this afternoon.

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    All trimmed to a manageable size. Some was 13+ feet long. Will figure out a more permanent spot later but for moment it’s all standing against the wall anyway. Regardless it’s no longer laying horizontally on the floor.

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    And and I spent a few hours culling a bunch of scrap items that were hanging out in all the nooks and crannies. It’s going to a new home. I’m adopting the can’t keep everything motorhome with this shop remodel/rearrange/upgrade. LOL

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    Nice work Greg! I think you did well with the trade. I would rather trade for something I value, then have stuff I won't use or have to sell extremely cheap to get out of the way.

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    Thanks Bryan


    started emptying the clamp rack cart and getting clamps moved to the wall. Still have a few more to figure out like the F-clamps and spring clamps but getting closer to being able to get this cart out and off the floor. Just one more step in freeing up floor space.

    Didnt get the table saw turned around yet, or the bandsaw moved but feel like I got a whole,bunch done getting the clamps started and digging out all of that scrap wood that went away. May not look like much but these pictures really do show huge progress. Can’t believe just how many things I’ve gotten rid of but still lots to still go. Bask in the glory of all that new open floor space. LOL

    Again, it doesn’t look like progress but if you look at my earlier pictures you can start to see the picture taking shape. More to go but I’m pooped and done for the night.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Greg Parrish View Post
    And and I spent a few hours culling a bunch of scrap items that were hanging out in all the nooks and crannies. It’s going to a new home. I’m adopting the can’t keep everything motorhome with this shop remodel/rearrange/upgrade. LOL

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    That scrap pile reminds me of when I cleaned out the last shop before we moved. Scrap wood is like dust, you know it's everywhere but you never realize you much has accumulated until it's swept into a pile.

    Nice job on fixing up the nursery for the new arrival.
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    Redid the clamp racks a little bit. They are still near the assembly table area now with some on either side. Also got a ton of space cleaned out and the hammer A3-31 delivered just now.

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    More to come.

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    Tablesaw shuffle underway today. Look at all that open space.

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    Great work Greg!
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    Now the fun of making everything that’s left fit. The flip up jointer table is going to leave a bunch of dead space though. Maybe I can find something to store in between.

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    That feeling of open space going away fast
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    Had planned to mount the rigid sander on the fold out leaf on side of outfeed table but it will stick out too far when folded down. The only way to fix that is to slide the outfeed table towards the jointer, but that would mean having to open the jointer with the fence pulled forward rather than backwards, which isn’t the recommended procedure. Ugh.


    looks like it fits with my 6” dust drop and still gives me 52” capacity with the fence.
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    And, found a reducer that I think may work for the 5” port. Have some 5” flex hose coming tomorrow. Thanks amazon. Anyway, if the hose fits the Hammers port and the smaller side of this reducer, I’m golden. We will see tomorrow.
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    Hate this part. Running and re-running dust pipe for a changed layout just plain sucks. Anyway, pulled it all down back to near the dust collector and started putting it back together for the new layout. Made a little progress but have more to go.

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    Dont be too critical. It’s a mess and I’m using materials I have on hand but once in place it works and works well........ or at least is has been.

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