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I finally feel like I have a place here! I picked up a used Grizzly G0602, 10x22” lathe last night. It was a pretty good deal and came with a good bit of tooling and some measuring equipment. I haven’t gotten very far with it but it’s on the stand it came with and in my shop.
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I have made good progress setting up the shop, though it’s still a work in the early stages of progress. It now has outlets (2x 20A @120v and 1x 50A @240V) and a couple air drops. And I got a 4x6 bandsaw.
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(That beam is a W8x4 that I got from the neighbor’s demolition project. I’m not sure what I’m doing with it yet but I’m sure it will be useful.)

I’m sure I will have plenty of questions in the coming days as I get the lathe set up. I will be cleaning and lubricating it, though probably not breaking it all apart initially.
 
Couple general suggestions.

Twist lock outlets and good quality 20 amp regular ones...A 200 amp sub-panel.

The box stores sell a 200 amp sub with many breakers for about 80 bucks

They have room for lots of breakers.

Run conduits overhead to supply power.

Twist locks for things less likely to move often and standard for stuff that does.

Place simple hook shape or open eye screws to support cords.

One outlet or box per breaker.

Cords dropping from a low ceiling means minimal trip hazards from cords to walls.

Look for a pallet jack and build platforms under anything without wheels.

Simple 3 chunks of 2 X 4 with plywood on top makes a platform that the jack can easily move.

Mills and refrigerator are just 2 examples.

Cord reels and air hose reels above as well.

If you have open joists above you can place 2 X 4 across them to allow longs to be placed there too.

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I finally feel like I have a place here! I picked up a used Grizzly G0602, 10x22” lathe last night. It was a pretty good deal and came with a good bit of tooling and some measuring equipment. I haven’t gotten very far with it but it’s on the stand it came with and in my shop.
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I have made good progress setting up the shop, though it’s still a work in the early stages of progress. It now has outlets (2x 20A @120v and 1x 50A @240V) and a couple air drops. And I got a 4x6 bandsaw.
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(That beam is a W8x4 that I got from the neighbor’s demolition project. I’m not sure what I’m doing with it yet but I’m sure it will be useful.)

I’m sure I will have plenty of questions in the coming days as I get the lathe set up. I will be cleaning and lubricating it, though probably not breaking it all apart initially.
That beam can be hung from the rafters then a trolly placed on it to be an overhead hoist.

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I like the overhead trolley/hoist idea. I'm not expecting to work on really heavy stuff, but if I was, that'd be a great item to have.
 
If you are going to treat the floor (expoxy?) better do it soon before you have too much stuff needing to move. Looks like a great shop in the making ! Looking forward to seeing how you progress.
 
That beam can be hung from the rafters then a trolly placed on it to be an overhead hoist.
I like the overhead trolley/hoist idea. I'm not expecting to work on really heavy stuff, but if I was, that'd be a great item to have.

Yes, I do like the idea of an overhead trolley. My problem with it is the '9 clearance below the trusses, so then adding this beam would drop that closer to 8' and then it would be just a single axis across the shop. I could do that on the large main beam, but it's too far into the shop from the garage door to help with much unloading. I've considered using the beam to build a jib crane mounted to the wall next to the garage door instead. I've also thought about building a fixturing table with it.

If you are going to treat the floor (expoxy?) better do it soon before you have too much stuff needing to move. Looks like a great shop in the making ! Looking forward to seeing how you progress.

I hear what you are saying. At this point it's not in the plans. The overall space is so big and so full of stuff that it's hard to figure out how to do it, though my wife would like it. As far as just doing it in the metalshop space, that would be nice too but I think my momentum has already built too much. I'm sure I will think about it from time to time. In a more-perfect world, yes...

Thanks for the interest. It has been fun making progress.
 
I didn't mention how I keep grinding/welding/badstuff away from my lathe and milling machine. I use transparent shower curtains that are never in the spark direction, but close off the one corner of my shop, but only when grinding. Since I have an exhaust fan in that corner, most of the 'badstuff' gets sucked out or stays put. I normally weld in the middle of my shop, but I'm working on a way to make a separate welding corner SOON...

My shop is a single space of about 500 sq ft, so I have to segregate as well as I can. The importance of this is similar to guarding your ways, oiling your equipment, and so on. It is just good sense to keep everything clean and protected.

I'm sure that RandyM keeps his precision machines clean and oiled! His shop is fantastic BTW!!!
 
I ended up getting a shop crane/engine hoist (2 ton) that I can use instead of going with any sort of fixed crane - this makes it a bit more versatile to me.
 
Woodworking dust tends to be a problem for machine tools. It sticks to the oiled surfaces and makes a gummy mess.
Grinding dust is hard to control so I've made covers for my machine tools from professional quality painter's drop cloths.
 
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