Creating the workshop I always promised myself

[Slooby]

Collected the Bridgeport yesterday and safely moved it down to my folks where it and my Harrison lathe have met each other for the first time, temporarily preventing the rear of MF65 from being undercover until mh next trip down on Friday to continue clearing the workshop for them.

Some pics of the fun and games:

[Jeremy Rowland]

Will be worth it in the end Tim, must be great to have your own workshop.

Jeremy

[Slooby]

Thanks Jeremy, I was on my way to creating something at my old place, however it was going to be in a nigh on tandem length single width garage where power would have been limited to the 60amp domestic supply. At least now adding 415V 3 phase is very much on the cards, and I won't be pushing my luck on the planning permission front installing the ramp under cover.

In addition to the Mill I have also treated myself to a reasonable 2nd hand R-Tech (I have one of their Mig welders which is bloody lovely to use) 160Amp AC/DC Tig so I can also learn to do some aluminium welding at long last

[Slooby]

Wonders will never cease; one bank holiday weekend later and after a bit of clearing out the Lathe and Mill have finally migrated from being under cover, but outside my workshop to inside:



But don't be fooled by the space inside from that first pic as this lot (less the non folding engine crane and Howard rotorvator - one of three,or two too many) had to go back in there:





...and not only is a major tidy up required:





I also need to rejig the layout to move this storage and do away with some of the workbench area to do that so there's enough room for full travel on the Mill

[essexpete]

Tim that looks suspiciously like an ex 'orse establishment!

[Slooby]

Nothing 'ex' about it Pete, we have 3 of the pony sized buggers occupying some of the field to the south of the yard and their accompanying clobber, including one of them there tall wheeled box thingies that they get carted about in, taking up perfectly good dry storage. Infuriatingly for me I'm told that monies are exchanged for their on going tenancy and therefore I can't evict them to store my own rusty tat in their place

[Slooby]

Can't beleive that it's nigh on 2 years since I lasted posted

Stuff has been going on, but nothing is running yet. I have inverters at the ready and all the necessary parts to hook things up, but have been thoroughly distracted by getting into Hillclimbs and Sprints, and then family life.

I was aiming to make some progress over Easter only for the MF65 to have a tizzy that resulted in me fabricating a new wiring loom for it, and it's n'th modern replacement ignition switch after what may have been the original was just too worn to survive another strip, clean and rebuild. MF65 sorted, and the ride-on then didn't want to play, figured that out and a slow puncture on the dumper turned out to be more of a problem in the shape of a rotted out wheel rim...so now looking for a replacement wheel which is a bit of a challenge to match the 19" 'artillery' style Morris pattern wheels

[Matchless?58]

Time passes fast when your having fun !!
Hope things are going well for you. Cheers Chris

[Slooby]

Ticking along ta Chris, hope all is good with everyone?

Looking back I have been up to things I realise, like:

Picking up a Gabro sheet metal box and pan folder:



Finally setting up the freebie SIP variable speed pillar drill:



Picking up a Versatool cutting tool cabinet and then attaching a 15 tonne press to the top of it:





Starting on cleaning up the Harrison L5 Lathe (a lot more has been done that this pic shows):



I have also got my mits on suitably rated VFD inverter drives for both the Lathe and the Mill, along with a new motor for the Lathe.

Then a few weeks back I actaully sold a project The P38 has gone!



....but I'd already done something else rather rash:



Not the EV, the Sprinter Cambulance....all 5 tonne GVW and 7 Tonne GTW so it can do the towing job the P38 was intended to, and be a camper, which means I may well be selling the T25 next...

Last couple of weeks has seen getting the 500kg tail lift off the Cambulance and putting it through an Mot (PHGV but class 4 as it is a camper), then replacing the door and frame on my workshop with a new one I bought years ago for my old garage, and starting to set up another purchase in the shape of a 420 litre blasting cabinet which will get pressed into service I hope this weekend to sort out the rotten dumper wheel:



After we've done a big scrap run...

[hair bear]

I feel for you loosing the p38!