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Actually, I plan to have very few guests, which is historically accurate. And when I do have them, they'll have a badass room to sleep in. The bed is happening. Welcome to the Bed and Boremill! (Thanks wrat.)
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Bedroom Machine Shop Build
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Actually, I plan to have very few guests, which is historically accurate. And when I do have them, they'll have a badass room to sleep in. The bed is happening. Welcome to the Bed and Boremill! (Thanks wrat.)
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Scary scary stuff.
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Very nice job on the shop, Especially the workbench.
The crown moulding goes well with the trusses.
The crown moulding goes well with the trusses.
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I had wanted to get another wall cabinet to mount to the left of my window above the lathe, but I couldn't find a matching cabinet for one thing, and for another- I did think that it might feel a bit too cramped with a wall cabinet up there. That made me think about why I put the cabinet up in the first place. I had hoped that it would be a good place to store the books/magazines I've collected on machining, but the cabinet is just a bit too small for this. Naturally, that made me consider some shelves for the left side of the window. I wanted something industrial feeling to match the theme of the room- but I also wanted it kind of raw- like a guy turned some pallets into shelves one day, you know?
A buddy of mine happened to have some 1" thick rough sawn ash that he donated to my project. The board started out at 13" wide, and I did want to use the depth of shelf but reality hit and it was just too big for the small room. I made the lower brackets 10" deep and the upper brackets 9" deep. I thought the slight smaller shelf on the top would allow more light down to the bench.
The brackets were made out of 2" wide 1/4" flat steel stock. This is a design I spotted online for big money and decided to make myself. My steel supply can cut to exact length, and even has a brake. They were able to put the hook in the end for me for a nominal fee (a worthwhile cost as there's no way I could have bent the 1/4" steel at home).
The brackets were welded up on my new Harbor Freight welding table. Sure, it's no beefy 1" thick steel plate table top, but it's far better than the plywood table I've been using. It made the project much easier.
Unfortunately, the shelves did kind of darken this corner of the room, but I think I have a plan. I can put another overhead light on the second truss in from the wall, which will land the light just in front of the drill press. That should be perfect anyway. I have been thinking that a light above the drill press is kind of needed. I'm finding myself using this shop more and more and absolutely loving it! Even as bright as it is, we can always use more light though!
The rough cut lumber provides exactly the "feel" I was going for. I'm really happy with how these turned out!
I bought some vintage 1/2" square drive lag screws to bolt the shelves to the wall. I haven't installed them in the shelf planks yet, and I may not; we'll see. I was considering the fact that this is actual hardwood and generally it's not a good idea to lag hardwood in a way that it can't expand. So while I had a plan to put some of those super cool vintage screws into the shelves, it might not be the best idea after all.
Like I said above, the more time I invest in getting the shop setup- the more I find myself in there working on projects. So far it has been SUPER fun, and I continue to be floored at how far it's come. Not bad for a seldom used bedroom, right!?
A buddy of mine happened to have some 1" thick rough sawn ash that he donated to my project. The board started out at 13" wide, and I did want to use the depth of shelf but reality hit and it was just too big for the small room. I made the lower brackets 10" deep and the upper brackets 9" deep. I thought the slight smaller shelf on the top would allow more light down to the bench.
The brackets were made out of 2" wide 1/4" flat steel stock. This is a design I spotted online for big money and decided to make myself. My steel supply can cut to exact length, and even has a brake. They were able to put the hook in the end for me for a nominal fee (a worthwhile cost as there's no way I could have bent the 1/4" steel at home).
The brackets were welded up on my new Harbor Freight welding table. Sure, it's no beefy 1" thick steel plate table top, but it's far better than the plywood table I've been using. It made the project much easier.
Unfortunately, the shelves did kind of darken this corner of the room, but I think I have a plan. I can put another overhead light on the second truss in from the wall, which will land the light just in front of the drill press. That should be perfect anyway. I have been thinking that a light above the drill press is kind of needed. I'm finding myself using this shop more and more and absolutely loving it! Even as bright as it is, we can always use more light though!
The rough cut lumber provides exactly the "feel" I was going for. I'm really happy with how these turned out!
I bought some vintage 1/2" square drive lag screws to bolt the shelves to the wall. I haven't installed them in the shelf planks yet, and I may not; we'll see. I was considering the fact that this is actual hardwood and generally it's not a good idea to lag hardwood in a way that it can't expand. So while I had a plan to put some of those super cool vintage screws into the shelves, it might not be the best idea after all.
Like I said above, the more time I invest in getting the shop setup- the more I find myself in there working on projects. So far it has been SUPER fun, and I continue to be floored at how far it's come. Not bad for a seldom used bedroom, right!?
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Continued progress. Air filtration is complete. One of the big issues that you all seemed to have with a "bedroom machine shop" is the odor from cutting oils and such. I always had a plan for this... I've added a 5 micron and 1 micron particle filter followed by a 550cfm carbon filter. The system is powered by a 435cfm fan. This will remove both particles and odor from the room. The fan is capable of circulating all of the air in the room in 139 seconds. It works very well!
I made the box out of 1/2" plywood that I laminated 24ga galvanized steel sheet to the outside. All seams are sealed with aluminum tape. The 5 micron filter sits at the inlet, and the 1 micron filter spans diagonally across the middle. The outlet of the box feeds into the carbon filter system.
The outlet from the box feeds into a silencer, which reduces the total system volume by about half. That connects to the impeller fan which blows into the actual carbon filter. The carbon filter is 6" in diameter by 24" long.
I wanted to keep the carbon filter setup close to the wall, however I found that this obstructed the light a bit. Therefore I moved the whole deal a bit closer to the center of the room. I have no light obstruction this way.
I do have a speed controller for the fan, but I'm not sure I'm going to use it at this point. Running full blast, it really isn't all too loud. I can't hear it from any other room. About the only addition left is to put in a timer switch instead of the standard SPST wall switch. This way I can run the unit for a set amount of time. Overall I'm really happy with this setup, and it should eliminate any shop odors generated.
...One step closer.
I made the box out of 1/2" plywood that I laminated 24ga galvanized steel sheet to the outside. All seams are sealed with aluminum tape. The 5 micron filter sits at the inlet, and the 1 micron filter spans diagonally across the middle. The outlet of the box feeds into the carbon filter system.
The outlet from the box feeds into a silencer, which reduces the total system volume by about half. That connects to the impeller fan which blows into the actual carbon filter. The carbon filter is 6" in diameter by 24" long.
I wanted to keep the carbon filter setup close to the wall, however I found that this obstructed the light a bit. Therefore I moved the whole deal a bit closer to the center of the room. I have no light obstruction this way.
I do have a speed controller for the fan, but I'm not sure I'm going to use it at this point. Running full blast, it really isn't all too loud. I can't hear it from any other room. About the only addition left is to put in a timer switch instead of the standard SPST wall switch. This way I can run the unit for a set amount of time. Overall I'm really happy with this setup, and it should eliminate any shop odors generated.
...One step closer.
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Big update on the shop!
First of all, I finally got the air compressor installed in the closet. I needed to run electrical in here, which was the holdup. It's finally done and in place. This is a small 4.6 gallon unit I found clearance at the Home Depot. It's an exceptionally quiet 62db and is perfect for the space. I also found a 10 gallon portable tank that I converted into an expansion tank. So now I have a nearly 15 gallon air compressor that you can EASILY talk over at normal levels. I'm very pleased with it:
I also started planning out the dogleg portion of the bench. I found these filing cabinets that seemed like a nice solution for the space. I figured I could use some toolbox drawers as well and make a custom enclosure for the whole assembly.
That was the plan anyway until... I bought a milling machine!! Now my shop is equipped with a mill. I had intended on a PM benchtop mill which would allow for a longer bench as the mill table would travel over the top of it. Now with a knee mill, the bench there will need to be substantially shorter. I think that's an ok sacrifice for some awesome American old iron! I'm still not sure what I'm going to do for the second bench, but I guess that will be the next project in there. I really am feeling motivated to get that second bench done because at that point- pretty much all of the infrastructure of my shop will be complete. I'll be able to get my 24 x 18 surface plate off the floor and out of the way so that the murphy bed can then be built.
I'm so pleased with how this shop project is coming along.
First of all, I finally got the air compressor installed in the closet. I needed to run electrical in here, which was the holdup. It's finally done and in place. This is a small 4.6 gallon unit I found clearance at the Home Depot. It's an exceptionally quiet 62db and is perfect for the space. I also found a 10 gallon portable tank that I converted into an expansion tank. So now I have a nearly 15 gallon air compressor that you can EASILY talk over at normal levels. I'm very pleased with it:
I also started planning out the dogleg portion of the bench. I found these filing cabinets that seemed like a nice solution for the space. I figured I could use some toolbox drawers as well and make a custom enclosure for the whole assembly.
That was the plan anyway until... I bought a milling machine!! Now my shop is equipped with a mill. I had intended on a PM benchtop mill which would allow for a longer bench as the mill table would travel over the top of it. Now with a knee mill, the bench there will need to be substantially shorter. I think that's an ok sacrifice for some awesome American old iron! I'm still not sure what I'm going to do for the second bench, but I guess that will be the next project in there. I really am feeling motivated to get that second bench done because at that point- pretty much all of the infrastructure of my shop will be complete. I'll be able to get my 24 x 18 surface plate off the floor and out of the way so that the murphy bed can then be built.
I'm so pleased with how this shop project is coming along.
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Another update on the shop. In preparation for a visit from my grandparents, house cleaning tonight started with cleaning up the shop. (Hey- gotta have your priorities straight!) I decided that since the lathe is essentially done, the drill press is definitely done, and I don't plan on any substantial restoration work on the mill- that I no longer need the hardboard protector on the maple benchtop. So off it came! Now I can finalize the location for each tool on this bench and finally bolt some stuff down. This is a big step for me!
I just love how these old machines look in my shop; they are perfect for the space!
One thing I definitely didn't account for was putting such a comparably big mill in the room. I had always intended on a benchtop mill and therefore I was trying to maintain some kind of plan for the dogleg section of my bench. However, with the mill table moved all the way over to the far right, I only have 37" of space left between mill table and the benchtop that the lathe sits on. I don't know how realistic it is to have the mill table moved over this far, but it sure would be a shame to have the milling capacity and not be able to use it because a bench is in the way. I have some ideas for this space though. I have my heart set on my surface plate sitting over here, so why not make this an inspection/layout bench area. That doesn't need to be a giant bench anyhow. I'll get some cool cast iron machine legs off ebay and create a 37" benchtop. Between the machine legs- rather than a toolbox (which wouldn't fit) I've been thinking about how a nice Atlas 7" benchtop shaper might store nicely there!
And finally- there's this wall. The plan has always been to put a murphy bed here. In spite of much flak from a couple of you, I've been resolute that that is happening. Well... again, there's that big ass milling machine that I didn't quite account for. Other than moving down to a twin size bed, I'm pushing my luck on getting a full size murphy bed to fit the space available. Given that I also gave up a lot of benchtop space to the right of the mill- I think the only reasonable solution here is to build another bench for this wall. That's kind of nice anyway because that really opens up a lot of usable space! This area will essentially become my assembly table. I can also move a tool grinder over here since it's not quite fitting at the tailstock end of the lathe.
That's where I'm at for now! My focus now is on wrapping up the lathe. It's so close to being complete; I'm just itching to wrap it up.
I just love how these old machines look in my shop; they are perfect for the space!
One thing I definitely didn't account for was putting such a comparably big mill in the room. I had always intended on a benchtop mill and therefore I was trying to maintain some kind of plan for the dogleg section of my bench. However, with the mill table moved all the way over to the far right, I only have 37" of space left between mill table and the benchtop that the lathe sits on. I don't know how realistic it is to have the mill table moved over this far, but it sure would be a shame to have the milling capacity and not be able to use it because a bench is in the way. I have some ideas for this space though. I have my heart set on my surface plate sitting over here, so why not make this an inspection/layout bench area. That doesn't need to be a giant bench anyhow. I'll get some cool cast iron machine legs off ebay and create a 37" benchtop. Between the machine legs- rather than a toolbox (which wouldn't fit) I've been thinking about how a nice Atlas 7" benchtop shaper might store nicely there!
And finally- there's this wall. The plan has always been to put a murphy bed here. In spite of much flak from a couple of you, I've been resolute that that is happening. Well... again, there's that big ass milling machine that I didn't quite account for. Other than moving down to a twin size bed, I'm pushing my luck on getting a full size murphy bed to fit the space available. Given that I also gave up a lot of benchtop space to the right of the mill- I think the only reasonable solution here is to build another bench for this wall. That's kind of nice anyway because that really opens up a lot of usable space! This area will essentially become my assembly table. I can also move a tool grinder over here since it's not quite fitting at the tailstock end of the lathe.
That's where I'm at for now! My focus now is on wrapping up the lathe. It's so close to being complete; I'm just itching to wrap it up.
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"Much flak"? 
You call it flak, I call it good advice founded on life experience. You're lucky this is The Hobby-Machinist.
Regardless, any person that would sleep in that room would be just as happy on a cot or an air mattress (in the hall).
One day, if/when you get a proper shop building, you'll be all set to build on the wisdom gained from this 'in house' experience.
As you were.
You call it flak, I call it good advice founded on life experience. You're lucky this is The Hobby-Machinist.Regardless, any person that would sleep in that room would be just as happy on a cot or an air mattress (in the hall).
One day, if/when you get a proper shop building, you'll be all set to build on the wisdom gained from this 'in house' experience.
As you were.
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