Lets See Your Shop!

Mike,

You have a beautiful shop, well laid out and functional. I spy some very nice machines/tooling in your organized shop.

I have the same exact lift (grey one) that I need to fit in the auto/bike bay.

Keep the shiny side up!

Paco

firestopper said:

Mike,

You have a beautiful shop, well laid out and functional. I spy some very nice machines/tooling in your organized shop.

I have the same exact lift (grey one) that I need to fit in the auto/bike bay.

Keep the shiny side up!

Paco

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Thank you. I appreciate that. I wish it were the size of yours though.

Mike.

Paco,
That is one nice shop you built. I especially like the flag you have hanging. Semper Paratus.
Can you tell a little bit more about the tube bender and it's capacities?

rmack898,

The Ercolina 060 super bender is a 110vac machine. Digital readout for repeated bends capable of bending 1.5" sch. 40 and 2" tubing.
We have 1/2"-1-3/4" dies, other profiles can be bent with additional dies. The machine was purchased mainly for production, but has been used for one off custom projects as well. Simple operation and quiet. A rotary positioner can be added to this model as well. The first photo shows a stack of handle bars bent with this machine.
For larger profiles, I use a 480 vac 3 ph profile rolling (also Italian made) machine. This Machine has digital readout was well for repeated profiles. This machine can be operated on its back for long/large profiles if you run out of ceiling hight.

The Coast Guard flag was a gift by my son who is currently serving. His first assignment after the USCG academy was on a medium endurance cutter where he served as an Ensign. This flag logged in over 44,000 nautical miles (while he served aboard) and was retired. She hangs proudly in "Pops" shop. I guess you could say I owe the shop to my son as the money I saved for his college education was never used after receiving an appointment to the Academy.

I hope I answered your question on the rotary bender.

Paco,
I just have one more question on the 060 super bender. Can it bend past 180* and what is the smallest center line radius?

I too have logged many miles on a few medium endurance cutters. My thanks to your son for his service.

My unit (older version) bends 0-180 degrees
Max CLR = 8-7/8"
Min CLR = 2D (depending on wall thickness)
The newer super 060 bender has slightly different specifications and runs on 220vac. Not sure on all the differences between old and new.

Thank you for your service.

BTW, my sons first cutter was home ported in Cape May NJ. I see your in southern NJ.

Vigorous or Dependable? I am now a civilian employee for the CG and have worked on both ships. I am also a plankowner on Vigorous.

Dependable

firestopper said:

Next was to bring power in to the 200amp sub panel. This required 70+ feet of 2" emt and 00 feeders. Wiring took 3 full days to complete. The Jannis insulated doors added (3 conventional and one rollup). The motors are jack shaft type (Liftmaster 3800) with solenoid actuated bolts for added security. T5 light fixtures installed with each bay having its own 3 way switch. No need to have all the lights on when working in one area. A total of 18 fixtures with six T5 tubes. Each fixture puts out 33K lumens. On a side note, I ended up purchasing a whole pallet of fixtures (100 fixtures) for a very good price due to volume. I asked some friends if they be interested in a group buy and it worked out the cost of each fixture with cord caps,chain kits and bulbs came to $96.00 each. A good price considering one fixture with no tubes run $147. ea.

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Beautiful shop. I'm appropriately green. It's interesting that you used only 18 light fixtures and sold off 82. You must have a lot of friends building/upgrading their shops.

Thank you extropic,

18 fixtures did a nice job illuminating the shop. I did wire in additional switched receptacles around the upper perimeter (switches low and receptacles high) for future neon signs and or task lighting. So far so good! I quickly learned to only turn on the bays that require lighting as the power bill reflects usage. Lol! The "bodega" as my wife and I call the shop combined with our home we share with our four GSD require KW's, especially during the summer months. The "Germans" like the house cold so the Mexicans pay the bill hahaha. We love our animals.
From the left: Valkyrie, Phalanx, Gladius and Hercules. (highjack complete, sorry)


In the end, I ended up with five extra fixtures that quickly sold to a neighbor to replace his old T-10's in his garage.

Take care,
Paco