Topic: Down in the workshop... (Read 11184 times)

White Ensign · « **on:** December 23, 2006, 07:26:32 am »

... as some had found out I had been very quiet in the last weeks. And guess what! I had been down in the workshop and done a little modeling (after a break of nearly 3 months).
Oh it was brilliant, to be back on the workbench again (and it was lousy cold too).

Anyway, for all which may have thought that I have faded to grey.....- Back again!! ::)

Have a WONDERFULL CHRISTMAS TIME,

Jörg

Shipmate60 · « **Reply #1 on:** December 23, 2006, 08:42:48 am »

Jörg
Glad to see you modelling again, too cold here now for me, so will wait till it warms up a little.
Happy Xmas too!!

Bob

dougal99 · « **Reply #2 on:** December 23, 2006, 10:50:19 am »

Glad to here it's not just me finding it too cold to venture to the workshop. Too damp to spray anyway. That's my story and I'm sticking to it.

Merry Christmas to one and all.

Doug

KenP · « **Reply #3 on:** December 23, 2006, 11:05:24 am »

Best workshop is the dining /kitchen table, indoors on the warm!!!

But... always get permission from the Boss first !!!

Ken

cbr900 · « **Reply #4 on:** December 23, 2006, 11:11:48 am »

A mere 27 degrees here today and not a cloud in the sky, just glorious out in the shed preparing for tomorrows sailing..............

Merry Christmas To All

Roy

dougal99 · « **Reply #5 on:** December 23, 2006, 11:18:04 am »

Quote from: KenP on December 23, 2006, 11:05:24 am

Best workshop is the dining /kitchen table, indoors on the warm!!!

But... always get permission from the Boss first !!!

Ken

I do a lot of work, mostly with plastic and light balsa, in the study however, wet and dry sanding and spraying are best kept outside or it's cold shoulder for tea!

Doug

dougal99 · « **Reply #6 on:** December 23, 2006, 11:25:09 am »

Quote from: cbr900 on December 23, 2006, 11:11:48 am

A mere 27 degrees here today and not a cloud in the sky, just glorious out in the shed preparing for tomorrows sailing..............

Merry Christmas To All

Roy

Christmas dinner on the beach? (Does that mean sand in the sprouts?)

Jealous, qui moi?

However, I will be sailing tomorrow (long johns and coffee flask).

Have a great time.

Doug

J.beazley · « **Reply #7 on:** December 23, 2006, 12:53:47 pm »

my workshop's in me loft

keeps me out the way of the missus and its lovely and warm with the central heating on.

might even spray the boot top on my Schutze over xmas

Jay

KenP · « **Reply #8 on:** December 23, 2006, 04:14:15 pm »

How do you get your boats up & down to the loft?
My pull-down loft steps would give me a hell of a job!!!!! ??? ???

J.beazley · « **Reply #9 on:** December 23, 2006, 06:12:45 pm »

ive got a 3 1/2 foot square loft opening

batteries stay under the stairs so thats most of the weight out of the boat to start with.

Jay

modboat · « **Reply #10 on:** December 26, 2006, 02:23:43 pm »

Hi
Just having a browse, anybody got any pics of their workshop, always interested on how people set out their stall, and also looking for new ideas.

White Ensign · « **Reply #11 on:** December 27, 2006, 07:15:17 am »

Hi Bob- the weather here is not too bad at the moment, minus 8 degrees at night, 0 deg at the day, permanent frost. The advantage of living split-up is, that I now don`t have any missus telling me:" Jörg!! Get the damn out of the kitchen with your modeling scrap, what`s that awfull smell of thinner, did you get managed to wash your fingers, diner is ready in 5 minutes, what the heck you want with all that rubbish bits and pieces, do you want to listen just once what I say...."
- Diner at MY time
- Fingers washed when necessary
- Kitchen table IS reliable for modeling (Always and every time)
- Thinner is no awfull smell, it`s a necessarity
- CAN`T HEAR YOU!!!!!!
- At modeling there is no scrap, just items out of use one fine day

However, if the workshop is too cold- just switch on the heater. Was out in the garden with a spraycan last week, sunny but just 2 degr., my neighbours may think I am either a winter-resistant modeler or a nut......

Jörg

grasshopper · « **Reply #12 on:** December 27, 2006, 12:41:36 pm »

The neighbours are right Jorg, 'nut' fits you just fine....and I do agree about the scrap, but unfortunately I can't encourage the wife to leave me...

modboat · « **Reply #13 on:** December 27, 2006, 02:07:30 pm »

Jorg
How right you are, but my missus is brilliant and puts up with it all, even brings me hot tea. I just name the odd boat after her.
Keep up the good work, you don't need a master craftsmans workshop to enjoy yourself.

Happy new year
Modboat

jenno · « **Reply #14 on:** December 27, 2006, 04:02:46 pm »

I was using the kitchen but when my youngest moved out ,i moved into his bedroom only the (clean) work gets done in there painting and filling is done in my outside workshop.

jenno.

Roger in France · « **Reply #15 on:** December 27, 2006, 04:39:53 pm »

My workshop is rather large!

It goes like this...at one end of the swimming pool was a filter room and a smallish area for garden tools. French law calls for a barrier around pools and so my wife and I looked at the alternatives. We decided on a wall to match the house and the filter room/tool shed. Up pipes I, "Well dear, while we have the builders here I think I will just enlarge the tool shed to make a workshop where I can do all the dirty jobs you would not want me to do in the house. You know, all that dust, smell and noise".

My new workshop is now approximately 25 feet long by 12 feet wide. It has some garden tools but the mower etc. has to go in the garage! Several electrical feeds are suspended over head. All windows are double glazed and the walls and ceiling are fully insulated. heating is from the house boiler which also heats the pool. But do you know, after I put in the various machines (radial arm saw; band saw; pillar drill; belt sander etc.) there still is not enough room.

Parkinson's umpteenth law "No workshop is ever big enough".

Roger in France.

Tug-Kenny RIP · « **Reply #16 on:** December 27, 2006, 08:26:10 pm »

Here is my workshop. It was originally for my self employment as Musical keyboard engineer, but as I am retiring soon, I have cleaned it out and redone it ready for Model boat building.

I have all the tools I need ( collected over a life time) and electrical equipment for testing all sorts of things. There are 27 mains sockets in a space of 30 X 12 foot. The walls are double block, so its lovely and warm.

My good lady doesn't mind me dissapearing as she wants me out of the way during the day

Cups of tea and cakes regularly appear. It's paradise....

Cheers...Ken

OMK · « **Reply #17 on:** December 28, 2006, 12:00:35 am »

Quote from: White Ensign on December 27, 2006, 07:15:17 am

- Diner at MY time
- Fingers washed when necessary
- Kitchen table IS reliable for modeling (Always and every time)
- Thinner is no awfull smell, it`s a necessarity
- CAN`T HEAR YOU!!!!!!
- At modeling there is no scrap, just items out of use one fine day
Jörg

And if you want to leave the seat UP...

White Ensign · « **Reply #18 on:** December 28, 2006, 01:39:38 am »

... that`s it!

modboat · « **Reply #19 on:** December 28, 2006, 09:15:16 pm »

Nice to see some photo's (thanks chaps) Lets see some more thought and any good storage ideas.
Heres one.

I use to keep timber strip etc on shelf brackets, after a while it warped and bent out of shape.

Now I use the square white guttering screwed to the wall about five one above the other.
Easy for sorting and timber lays flat and true, and its cheap.

Modboat

White Ensign · « **Reply #20 on:** December 29, 2006, 07:47:20 am »

:-[ .... to be honest, if I show you my workshop it really looks like a junkyard. A friend of mine from Kent who visited me last week was surprised, that I can get managed some boats coming out of this mess.....

B.t.w. I use the plastic cable-covers to keep my brass-rods and profiles, timber-strips and plastik-profiles. No mess and they never bend out of shape.

Jörg

Bunkerbarge · « **Reply #21 on:** December 29, 2006, 04:35:05 pm »

Quote from: modboat on December 28, 2006, 09:15:16 pm

Nice to see some photo's (thanks chaps) Lets see some more thought and any good storage ideas.
Heres one.

I use to keep timber strip etc on shelf brackets, after a while it warped and bent out of shape.

Now I use the square white guttering screwed to the wall about five one above the other.
Easy for sorting and timber lays flat and true, and its cheap.

Modboat

I am sure our working areas are as diverse as we are. Mine reflects my compulsive-obsessive disorder!!!

I am lucky enough to have a garage for the metalwork side of things and a workshop for the woodwork and electrical side of things. There is obviously a lot of coming and going between the two but the great beauty is that I can be in the process of a build and don't have to clear the decks to do some repairs to another boat.

Andy M · « **Reply #22 on:** December 29, 2006, 04:44:30 pm »

My workshop is also in the loft. The flat I used to stay in also had the loft as my workshop,and I built a 7foot 9 inch yacht in it. It was a bit of a worry getting it out of the hatch as there was only 1/2 inch each side and the 'ceiling'rafters were at 5foot 10 inches.I got it out and back in again with a bit of effort.I also built a Honda XR 500 up there as well! I managed to refrain from starting it up in the attic! Andy M.

Youngat65 · « **Reply #23 on:** December 29, 2006, 05:08:05 pm »

B ::) ::)unkerbarge are you sure thats a work shop looks awfully clean and tidy looks more like an operating theatre ::) ::)

Bunkerbarge · « **Reply #24 on:** December 29, 2006, 06:27:56 pm »

Quote from: Youngat65 on December 29, 2006, 05:08:05 pm

B ::) ::)unkerbarge are you sure thats a work shop looks awfully clean and tidy looks more like an operating theatre ::) ::)

That's just how I like it, maybe I'm a frustrated contriol freak and the workshop is the only place I can get away with ordering things around!!

I'm sure phsycoligists would have a field day with it!

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Roger in France

OMK

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