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Well this all started 15 months ago in December 2010 It was cold outside and I had a small job I needed to do on the Lathe, so I started a fire in the wood stove about 10 am and gave it about an hour to get the chill out, it didn’t work real good the 26 X 50 shop has no insulation, After I got the job done and back in the house it hit me, I’m getting older and the weather is not going to be what I want it to be all the time,
So I told the wife I’m going to build me a new Small Minnie Machine Shop.
And to my Surprise She said that sounds like a good idea.
And ask where are you going to put it.
And I said right where that old storage shed is that’s about to fall down,
So the first thing was to tear down the old storage shed.
So on 22 December 2010 I ordered a new 12 X 16 Storage building,
And when it came in we put it in place and started putting in the insulation and paneled it out with OSB. Painted it out in white except for the ceiling, I got lazy..
So as we start the tour of the Minnie machine Shop and My Navy Museum,
I will try to answer some questions before they are ask,
Like total cost with the new milling machine, Heat and Air, new grinder, the flooring,
The work bench, Insulation, OSB paneling, and paint.
Just the shed cost $ 3058.56
the new mill was with collets and shipping Was $1385.00
I didn’t keep track of everything, but I tell the wife we have just a little over
$ 6,000.00 in it, and you guys know how that is LOL
So here we go,
This is from the doors looking in,
Lets start with the Mill & Lathe, the mill is a PM-25, and the lathe is a 1979 Jet Lathe,
The top tool box holes the lathe tooling, next down holds the mill tooling and the bottom
Hold measuring tools, tool holders, and other things.
Here is some more tool chest I have in the Minnie shop,
The bottom one is an old dental cabinet from the Navy,
The top left I made in 1975, and holds taps, dies, small files,
Easy outs. Small saw blades,
The top right my Dad made back in the 60 s,
And it is full of other tools I have,
This old chest I have had since I retired from the Navy on Treasure Island in 1985,
We wasn’t using it any more SO I cut the legs off and made a nice grinder table out of it,
Wife was not to Happy, But it looks good in the shop
grinder table
This is my little desk and a chair I made out of a Harley seat a friend gave me,
This is looking from the Mill & Lathe to the Doors
Now for the best part The “ Work Bench “ Oh How I love this Bench,
I work Many Hours on this, and just got it done the other day, Well I Ran Out of Room. LOL
So you see you can get a lot of toys in a small space, just like on a Ship. The Chief.
So I told the wife I’m going to build me a new Small Minnie Machine Shop.
And to my Surprise She said that sounds like a good idea.
And ask where are you going to put it.
And I said right where that old storage shed is that’s about to fall down,
So the first thing was to tear down the old storage shed.
So on 22 December 2010 I ordered a new 12 X 16 Storage building,
And when it came in we put it in place and started putting in the insulation and paneled it out with OSB. Painted it out in white except for the ceiling, I got lazy..
So as we start the tour of the Minnie machine Shop and My Navy Museum,
I will try to answer some questions before they are ask,
Like total cost with the new milling machine, Heat and Air, new grinder, the flooring,
The work bench, Insulation, OSB paneling, and paint.
Just the shed cost $ 3058.56
the new mill was with collets and shipping Was $1385.00
I didn’t keep track of everything, but I tell the wife we have just a little over
$ 6,000.00 in it, and you guys know how that is LOL
So here we go,
This is from the doors looking in,
Lets start with the Mill & Lathe, the mill is a PM-25, and the lathe is a 1979 Jet Lathe,
The top tool box holes the lathe tooling, next down holds the mill tooling and the bottom
Hold measuring tools, tool holders, and other things.
Here is some more tool chest I have in the Minnie shop,
The bottom one is an old dental cabinet from the Navy,
The top left I made in 1975, and holds taps, dies, small files,
Easy outs. Small saw blades,
The top right my Dad made back in the 60 s,
And it is full of other tools I have,
This old chest I have had since I retired from the Navy on Treasure Island in 1985,
We wasn’t using it any more SO I cut the legs off and made a nice grinder table out of it,
Wife was not to Happy, But it looks good in the shop
grinder tableThis is my little desk and a chair I made out of a Harley seat a friend gave me,
This is looking from the Mill & Lathe to the Doors
Now for the best part The “ Work Bench “ Oh How I love this Bench,
I work Many Hours on this, and just got it done the other day, Well I Ran Out of Room. LOL
So you see you can get a lot of toys in a small space, just like on a Ship. The Chief.
