I cant fit anymore machines into my shop

[Albert Lee]

A recent shop tour of my workshop.

taken shortly after the arrival of my new spindle moulder



I dont think you can pack more machines into the space I have!

its 30 x 20, height is 106 inches.

[Phillip Mitchell]

Awesome shop Albert! The good news is that you have the added bonus of the garage doors being open to overflow, infeed space, etc. How is the weather there? Can you leave them open while you work most of the year if needed?

What are you typically building? Cabinetry or solid wood or both?

My shop is roughly the same size, but in a walkout basement with 83”-89” of headroom at the most and less in many places because of overhead duct work/support beams and many house-related obstacles to work around.

I am jealous of your large doors, flat slab, tall(er) ceilings, natural light and wide open floor plan without obstacles. One day I will get the nerve and energy to move everything from the basement to a less subterranean environment.

Thanks for sharing! The new SCM spindle moulder looks like a dream.

[Peter Kelly]

That is indeed an awesome shop Albert. How do you power everything in a residential setting like that? Residential 3ph service a common thing in NZ?

[Albert Lee]

That is indeed an awesome shop Albert. How do you power everything in a residential setting like that? Residential 3ph service a common thing in NZ?

Thanks Peter! I have 63amp 3 phase/415v, for some unknown reason when this place was subdivided 20 years ago the line company put in 3 phase plinth at the boundary of every property.

I think if you request 100amp here they will start charge you a monthly fee? not sure as 63 amp is plenty for me. I can have the WBS (18.5kW), Compressor (7.5kW), extractor(5.5kW?) and lighting all going at the same time with no issues.

[Peter Kelly]

Unfortunately residential 3ph in North America is pretty uncommon and probably not even an option in most areas. As I understand it, 3ph power is typically distributed to local substations then made into three separate 1ph connections which are in turn run to groups of homes. It'd probably also generally be more complicated to install as you'd need more wires, triple pole breakers, additional terminations, types of plugs, etc.

That a Griggio Unica? Very lucky to have grabbed one prior to them going under.

[Jim Becker]

You seem to have done a good job at making for functional workflow in the space you have available. That's always the key to a decent shop setup.

[Albert Lee]

You seem to have done a good job at making for functional workflow in the space you have available. That's always the key to a decent shop setup.

Thanks Jim! its not ideal but I have to make do with what I have...

[Jim Becker]

Thanks Jim! its not ideal but I have to make do with what I have...

Trust me I understand, having just moved my equipment into my "temporary shop" that will have to do until I can get a building up here at our new property. And you have a bunch of bigger stuff than I do!

[Mark Hennebury]

Nice setup! nice equipment, but the best of all is access to three phase power, that is great, that it what gives you the ability to have those machines. All round great setup.

[Patrick Kane]

I didnt connect the name, but you are on the FOG as well. Very nice shop. Laid out well, but even better equipped! I meant to ask you on FOG, but how is it actually working in that space? All the equipment fits, sure, but what about when you are building a king sized bed, or a dining room table? Im in a basement shop that is ok when its tidy and a project isnt in the works, but it quickly becomes a cluster when working on large projects. I remember i barely had enough open space to dry fit a king sized bed frame. I had inches to spare on all sides. It looks like you have the good fortune to spill out into the driveway when the weather is nice.

[Albert Lee]

I didnt connect the name, but you are on the FOG as well. Very nice shop. Laid out well, but even better equipped! I meant to ask you on FOG, but how is it actually working in that space? All the equipment fits, sure, but what about when you are building a king sized bed, or a dining room table? Im in a basement shop that is ok when its tidy and a project isnt in the works, but it quickly becomes a cluster when working on large projects. I remember i barely had enough open space to dry fit a king sized bed frame. I had inches to spare on all sides. It looks like you have the good fortune to spill out into the driveway when the weather is nice.

Thanks Patrick, yes you are quite correct, the space is nice when no one works in it but when I start building stuff it quickly become a super mess.. not to mention when I have 2-3 jobs on the go... I do spill onto Driveway if I am finishing off bigger projects or have orders waiting to be picked up by freight trucks. double handling is very normal here in my shop.

[Albert Lee]

Unfortunately residential 3ph in North America is pretty uncommon and probably not even an option in most areas. As I understand it, 3ph power is typically distributed to local substations then made into three separate 1ph connections which are in turn run to groups of homes. It'd probably also generally be more complicated to install as you'd need more wires, triple pole breakers, additional terminations, types of plugs, etc.

That a Griggio Unica? Very lucky to have grabbed one prior to them going under.

yes thats Griggio Unica 400, 3800mm long carriage.. when I got it it was only 3 years old and barely used, guy closed his shop and only wanted $2000 USD for it.

[PAUL A DALEN]

Unfortunately residential 3ph in North America is pretty uncommon and probably not even an option in most areas.

In my small community in KS a few years ago a friend tried to get permitted for 3PH in his garage, which sits on 1.5 acres. The planning commission, or whoever it is that approves such things, made a HUGE deal out of what he was going to do and whether it was appropriate to do in a residential community. I believe he had scored a 24" planer at a military base that was no longer being used.

So yeah, it's rare and comes with the association of being only something that large scale manufacturing (which would also be governed very differently) would need.

[Albert Lee]

Awesome shop Albert! The good news is that you have the added bonus of the garage doors being open to overflow, infeed space, etc. How is the weather there? Can you leave them open while you work most of the year if needed?...
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Thanks for sharing! The new SCM spindle moulder looks like a dream.

Thanks Phillip! I am very fortunate that the doors opens so I can overflow when needed, weather is alright, average temp is 70 deg F. except in winter time it rains slightly more, our weather is very similar to South California.

I never made any cabinetry... 99% solid wood stuff, been doing this for 10 years, this is a hobby only as I have a daytime job, I started with a $99 mitre saw with absolutely no help from family or friends.

the Spindle moulder probably made any spindle moulder work faster by 100%. its automated and the pneumatic lock of the tooling really helps.

Cheers!

[Eric Arnsdorff]

Nice shop!
Which bandsaw is that?