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Techniques => Misc => Topic started by: Happy Days on January 04, 2009, 13:33:52 PM
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I don't know about you guys, but with such little wind on the slopes I'm spending more and more time in the workshop.
So I thought of starting a small topic on workshops,.........I'll show you mine and you show me yours, sort of thing. Just for a laugh :lol:
However, having taken all the snap shots, (All three of them. I've only got a little one! :( ) I then remembered I'd have to crop them to fit on the forum. It turns out that you can't see much at all :!:
Oh well, I've already taken the picies now, so what the hell!
In our house what is now my workshop used to called a bedroom. In fact we tend to refer to it as the Modelroom because although it has a worktable in there it also acts as a store for my little "fleet" of flying machines.
So this is the operating table where I give birth to, and later administer first aid. (Or open heart surgery!)
The shelves only had half a dozen items on them when I first put them up. I'll have to replace them soon with bigger ones. Yes, I know I should put the items in a logical sequence :!:
The glue's are all in much the same area but everything else has just stayed where I first put them. :oops: (Know the feeling?) At least I know where everything is, even if nobody else does. And I know when "someone" has borrowed something and not put it back in the right place! :wink:(http://www.gliderireland.net/forum/images/uploads/Happy%20Days/Cropped%20M%27room.jpg)
This recess is the old built in dressing table. An old bathroom cabinet with it's doors removed houses most of the "electronic" gear for my powered model. (Chargers, balancers, cables ect) With scrap pieces of timber on the left, spare parts tray in the middle and mains electrical tools (covering iron, hot glue gun, large soldering iron) hanging on the right hand wall of the recess.
(http://www.gliderireland.net/forum/images/uploads/Happy%20Days/D.table.jpg)
Here follows the model rack, opposite the worktable, which holds all my childern. (Well, apart from a couple of grown men who, over twenty years ago, I held in my arms and who looked like a couple of pieces of chewed toffee.) (But I'd never say that to their faces now! :) )
From the bottom up:-
At the front of the lowest rack is the fuse, and just behind but hard to see, is the wing of my little Filip 400. A lovely little machine, with a "Band Aid" around the fuse to improve it's looks! :wink: (NOT)
Behind the Filip, up against the wall is my ever faithfull, and newly recovered....Zagi
Moving up,-...... the non-covered wing of a Phase 6, and lying on top of that,....the 'new boy on the block' an EPP wing.....the Skua S-15 which is also in the process of being assembled.
Next are the wing halves, and above those, the fuse of my powered Pulse 60.
And right at the top, (hard to see because of the cropped picture).....the little girl who started it all for me just over 12 months ago.......the airframe of a Black Horse cessna.
(http://www.gliderireland.net/forum/images/uploads/Happy%20Days/Models.jpg)
So,............that's mine, are you brave enough to show me yours? :?:
Go on,........You know you want to! :lol:
Keith
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Good idea Keith !
I'll take some photos of mine tonight :wink:
Bit ashamed of it as it is really really messy !
And it's clean compare who my workshop was a week ago ! (holidays cleaning... :!: )
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Yeah, I think the rule of this thread should be that all picies show the workshops 'As Is' i.e. In normal state with work in progress. (No clearing up or placing all tools in tool rack :wink: That's cheating!)
K.
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I'm doomed ! :oops: :P
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Alright so, I show you mine ! :P
No Shame !
View right from the door...
(http://www.gliderireland.net/forum/images/uploads/Fred/DSCF5949.JPG)
Oh yeah, forgot to mention... I spent a week cleaning last week...So this is as clean as it can get here ! :oops: When I cn open the door, it's a good sign ! :lol:
(http://www.gliderireland.net/forum/images/uploads/Fred/DSCF5950.JPG)
In front of you, one of the 3mtrs workbench, reduced to about 50cms thanks to the mess ! :!:
(http://www.gliderireland.net/forum/images/uploads/Fred/DSCF5951.JPG)
More wings and fuselage...
And the door... :wink:
(http://www.gliderireland.net/forum/images/uploads/Fred/DSCF5952.JPG)
The tools bench... Jigsaw, belt sander (xmas present :D ), Dremel etc etc, and soon, a pillar drill to be added to the lot :D
(http://www.gliderireland.net/forum/images/uploads/Fred/DSCF5953.JPG)
The CNC corner...
(http://www.gliderireland.net/forum/images/uploads/Fred/DSCF5954.JPG)
Plotter and more gliders !
(http://www.gliderireland.net/forum/images/uploads/Fred/DSCF5955.JPG)
Corridor with All the big machine (front), wood stock (one of them!), wings on the wall on the right, and at the end, don't open the doors, but more gliders inside !
(http://www.gliderireland.net/forum/images/uploads/Fred/DSCF5956.JPG)
And that's it ! You know everything !
In total, I have 2x 3.50 meters workbench, + 2x 2meters ones (all on wheels) and about... ah well, when you love, you don't count !
I also have a shed... Maybe nearly half the size of the garage, full up to the roof of boxes and even more planes... :oops:
Big skip ordered by the wife in 2 weeks for a massive clean up ! :D
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WOW! You are into flying BIG TIME aren't you :shock:
You need a bigger workshop Fred. In fact, I thing you should move your family into the garage, and use the house as a workshop! So many models!
Well I think you definitely get the priz for the biggest, :clap: So far anyway.
Let's see who else want's to show us theirs
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:shock: :shock: :shock: > My God Fred. How do you manage to build anything in there?
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:lol: Well, yes !
This is an organised mess ! :P
Usually, before starting something, I have do 1 or 2 days of cleaning to clear up one or 2 tables...But everything I build, come from this place :D
More place soon, as I should free up the shed in the garden, I will have space to store half my models in there !
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A shed? :? You'd need a barn to hold half that stuff!!!
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Not that much really ! But thanks God for removable wings and tails !
Just imagine what I have in France now, after 22 years of modeling...My old house basically is a workshop packed with flying things... From a 50cms leccy plane (Guillows conversion.. I think that is the smallest I did) to a 7.5mtrs Asw22, and pretty much everything in between !
You'll see yourself in a few years time ! Your house will be packed !
Yeah, you figured that out, I was single at the time ! :lol: :P
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Ok time to show you mine. It's in the attic so its not as bright as yours. Here's a view from the entrance.
(http://www.gliderireland.net/forum/images/uploads/Alan_Perse/DSCF2359.jpg)
As the attic is not insulated it also gets cold. Don't mind the -25, the thing is not working right.
(http://www.gliderireland.net/forum/images/uploads/Alan_Perse/DSCF2362.jpg)
Here's another view
(http://www.gliderireland.net/forum/images/uploads/Alan_Perse/DSCF2364.jpg)
Here are some images of my bench
(http://www.gliderireland.net/forum/images/uploads/Alan_Perse/DSCF2366.jpg)
(http://www.gliderireland.net/forum/images/uploads/Alan_Perse/DSCF2374.jpg)
I also have a Jigsaw
(http://www.gliderireland.net/forum/images/uploads/Alan_Perse/DSCF2368.jpg)
Here's where I store my models.
(http://www.gliderireland.net/forum/images/uploads/Alan_Perse/DSCF2367.jpg)
Finaly here's an image of the rest of the organised mess.
(http://www.gliderireland.net/forum/images/uploads/Alan_Perse/DSCF2372.jpg)
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Nice place Alan ! :D
And 4 degrees ! You are lucky ! :P :P
The Ka8 fuselage is coming out nicely ! :clap:
A few close up maybe ? :D
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Good set up Alan. Clearly, you've put some thought into it. :clap: I like the work table that you can get round both sides of.
Nice one!
Fred, take note,.........there is room to move in Alan's workshop! :)
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Too clean, that's scary !
I will not feel secure in a clean workshop ! :P :lol:
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Too clean, that's scary !
I will not feel secure in a clean workshop ! :P :lol:
Clean, Clean. You think thats Clean. A lot of the time I can't find what I need when i realy need it :!: :!: . Its always hidden under something.
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Hey Fred............. in the third picture of your workshop , hanging against a white wall, is the structure of an uncovered wing. Doesn't look like a glider wing,.....could it be that of a Spitfire? :?:
K.
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Hey eagle eyes Keith :P
This is the wing of a scale P47 :D
I brought that with me when I moved to Ireland.. And never touched it after that ! One day... :roll:
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Hello everyone, with a little late, happy new year to all! :D
some pictures of my workshop
(http://www.gliderireland.net/forum/images/uploads/VincentB/1.jpg)
(http://www.gliderireland.net/forum/images/uploads/VincentB/atelier1.jpg)
(http://www.gliderireland.net/forum/images/uploads/VincentB/atelier2.jpg)
you see the Ireland's flag :wink: and to right, Bijave's rudder
and the retro-gliders to the ceiling of the living-room :lol:
(http://www.gliderireland.net/forum/images/uploads/VincentB/plafond-planeurs550.jpg)
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Nice set up Vincent, very tidy :clap: I would like a place like that.
But why are the work benches clear? Are you not building ANYTHING :shock: (Or did you clear them before taking the picture? :twisted: )
And as for models in the living room,......... my wife would shoot me!
K.
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No building for the moment, It's too cold in the workshop 10°
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Wow, 10 Deg would be warm over here.
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Well,
as Keith asked me, here are the pictures of my basement. It's warm there in the winter and cold in the summer. Perfect place to build modells of submarines, ships and flying wings.
This is the workbench room. Here I am building wings up to 5m span:
(http://www.gliderireland.net/forum/images/uploads/lothar4862/Werkstatt%20001.jpg)
Another view with my lathe:
(http://www.gliderireland.net/forum/images/uploads/lothar4862/Werkstatt%20004.jpg)
Here is the room beside, where is my hangar and harbour:
(http://www.gliderireland.net/forum/images/uploads/lothar4862/Werkstatt%20002.jpg)
and a nice view on my CNC milling maschine:
(http://www.gliderireland.net/forum/images/uploads/lothar4862/Werkstatt%20003.jpg)
It's not as clean as Keith's or Vincent's room, but cleaner than Fred's...
Regards
Lothar
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Well,...............that's a pretty impressive set up Lothar. :D I've never seen aeroplanes and submarines in the same workshop before. (In fact I've never seen a model submarine before!)
With that lathe and cnc machine I'm surprised you don't make model steam locomotives as well!
Very good :clap: :clap:
K.
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:P :P Well...Spent 5 hours cleaning my garage Saturday !
I can now open the door, and actually see the garage door (forgot that was a white door, that I can open ! :P ) ! :roll:
Need some new photos, not perfect, way too many machines, but I can use the workbenches now ! Yeepeee !
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I thought you were going on holiday?
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... (In fact I've never seen a model submarine before!)...
That's not surprising at all, because usualy they are plunged in the water :lol:
Stephan
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My God Stephan, you are in good form this morning ! :P
Bill, I'll be on my slope trip next week (leaving Saturday) :D
Can't wait ! Gliders are already packed and ready !
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Hey Fred,
Don't go away before you've posted some pictures of your "new," clean, workshop. :clap:
I want to see how much stuff you had the courage to throw away! :lol:
K.
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Just for you Keith. You may be shocked by some of the images you are about to see. Yes. I tidied up last week!
Here is my side of the loft.
(http://www.gliderireland.net/forum/images/uploads/joe/P1040885.jpg)
Wall of models. If you can guess how many then you can have the lot! (no I'm not serious)
(http://www.gliderireland.net/forum/images/uploads/joe/P1040893.jpg)
CNC machine
(http://www.gliderireland.net/forum/images/uploads/joe/P1040884.jpg)
Work bench right
(http://www.gliderireland.net/forum/images/uploads/joe/P1040886.jpg)
Work bench left
(http://www.gliderireland.net/forum/images/uploads/joe/P1040887.jpg)
More gliders
(http://www.gliderireland.net/forum/images/uploads/joe/P1040888.jpg)
The operating table
(http://www.gliderireland.net/forum/images/uploads/joe/P1040895.jpg)
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That's some building room Joe. But, where's the fridge for the beer?
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Well, I'm very, very impressed Joe. :shock: :D :clap:
I've never been able to see the floor before, so well done.
One question though,...............Do you know where everything is. :?:
K.
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Now you've got me thinking Bill. Fridge, couch, TV etc.. Sounds like a plan to me. Don't think I'd get it through customs though :cry: :cry:
Keith, you can even walk around without ending up with tape all over your feet!
As ever, I know where everything should be.
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Wow Joe. Looks like a nice place. Lots of space. I did not know you owned two of Freds Ka3's :wink: :wink: :D .
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. Don't think I'd get it through customs though :cry: :cry:
Wait until they're on a teabreak! and sneak it through the green channel. Remeber your personal allowances!
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Hi All
Its nice to see all your hide aways from the female boss, Joe you could hold a local dance in that workspace, and have room to park the band as well. Here are a few pics of my hanger.
(http://www.gliderireland.net/forum/images/uploads/JohnPearson/workshop.JPG)
(http://www.gliderireland.net/forum/images/uploads/JohnPearson/workshop2.JPG)
JohnP
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Wow Joe. Looks like a nice place. Lots of space. I did not know you owned two of Freds Ka3's :wink: :wink: :D .
Had his ASH and a Grunau as well but they went home :cry: :cry:
Joe you could hold a local dance in that workspace, and have room to park the band as well
Bigger the workshop the bigger the mess John!. Although I would happily take a smaller workspace for more time to use it!.
It will have to turn into more house rooms at some stage unfortunately. Recession has put a hold to that. There are some good aspects to the economic downturn :clap:
Wait until they're on a teabreak! and sneak it through the green channel. Remeber your personal allowances!
I'll give it a try. I think I am already stretching my personal allowances!
Some nice looking machines in there John :D
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John, that looks a very tidy workshop. :clap: FULL by tidy,…….
Speaking truthfully, :wink: is it normally that tidy? Or did you, like Joe, spend two weeks cleaning it up before you took the picture?? :roll:
I wouldn’t mind a workshop like that…….I’m beginning to out grow mine. :!:
B.T.W Joe, I don’t like your new avatar. You should have had a shave before you took the picie :lol:
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Mine, which I think I've posted before on another thread?
Tidy:
(http://www.gliderireland.net/forum/images/uploads/billscottni/shop%201.jpg)
And as it is at the moment!!
(http://www.gliderireland.net/forum/images/uploads/billscottni/now1a.jpg)
(http://www.gliderireland.net/forum/images/uploads/billscottni/now2b.jpg)
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Hi Keith
Yes you are right, the hanger got a quick clean up before the I took the photos, most of the time, you would need a pair of wellies to wade across the floor with the rubbish laying around.
Hi Bill, you didn't tell your fellow pilots about the inspection pit you have in the middle of the workshop floor, for looking at the under side of the big gliders, can anyone beat that ?
JohnP
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Hi Keith
Hi Bill, you didn't tell your fellow pilots about the inspection pit you have in the middle of the workshop floor, for looking at the under side of the big gliders, can anyone beat that ?
JohnP
Doubles as a swimming pool when it rains!
Folks who put it in didn't seal the sides and the groundwater leaches thru!
Have sorted it now with a Lidl pump and float switch.
(http://www.gliderireland.net/forum/images/uploads/billscottni/pit%20top.JPG)
(http://www.gliderireland.net/forum/images/uploads/billscottni/in%20pit.JPG)