My Shop
I've done my best to capture my shop on film. It seems this is a popular page for folks to check out, so I've tried to make it better.
My camera decided to take blue pictures, so the quality is a bit poor after I
"fixed" them.
I have no camera skills...
We recently bought our first home, so this is my third shop now.
Hopefully I'm in this one for a long time.
I've got approximately 1000 square feet, separated into two rooms.
A grinding room, and my machine/assembly shop.
All the following photos link to larger images, so feel free to click on them and get a close up.
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Below is my first shop
HERE is a link to my second Shop
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Hardcore Grinder |
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Just another photo of the Hardcore. This is a high quality machine. I never really see anybody talking about using them, so I don't think they are popular. This should change as more people start to use them. It is built well. There are a couple of things that need modification, but the features are there, I'm just not happy with their implementation. Tru-Grit sells them, and they're good folks. Tru-Grit had this on display in Vegas, and I noticed that they have fixed the couple of issues I had in the new ones. |
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My Bridgeport. 2 axis control, and homemade power drawbar. This is a recent addition to the shop, and I don't know how I got by without it. |
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SOLD, don't
have this anymore Here's my slow grinder for lack of a better term. It's a copy of one I saw recently in T.C. Collins shop. After some modifying of a 6x48 belt/disk sander, I now have a hardened O-1 plate on her. This allows me grind my bevels parallel to the cutting edge, leaving a nice, clean plunge. |
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Here is a really neat sharpening system. It's a CatraSharp, designed and built by CATRA of Sheffield, England. This is the same system used by some of the big name knife manufacturers out there, and makes a knife incredibly sharp. This is one cool gadget. Thinking of selling this, as I don't use it anymore. |
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My EvenHeat Kiln. Computer controlled with the Rampmaster II system, this allows me to really fine tune my heat treating. I've also got a Nitrogen Dewar that's not in any pictures that I use to Cryo treat my steel. |
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And naturally, since I have an oven, I need a
hardness tester. This model, by Ames, seems to be custom designed for the knifemaker. |
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1944 Logan Lathe. This is a cool old WWII era
machine I picked up a couple of years ago. I just put a buck chuck
on it, and now this thing hold tight tolerances. This shot was taken a couple of days after I made the mistake of leaving an open tub of acid in the shop, and it has a bit of flash rust on it. I've cleaned that rust off, and learned a valuable lesson. NO ACID INSIDE THE SHOP. |
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And here's a shot after it was cleaned up, but the lighting isn't as good. |
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Here's my Large drill press |
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My bandsaw. An old multispeed Rockwell. I just updated this by putting in some ball bearing guides. |
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Etcher and Stencil Maker
This needs to go up for sale too, as I have made my own etcher, and buy all my supplies from TUS technologies |
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NEW and IMPROVED! Anodizer, I made this puppy myself. It's pretty easy to do. |
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Demagnetizer |
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Handmade Punch. I make Nylatron and Bronze washers
with this.
1st I punch a .375 hole for the bushing, then the spud on the large punch centers it up to punch the OD. |
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New brake I designed in order to make custom pocket clips |
| Milling Speed and Feed Calculator |
Copyright © 2006 Brian Fellhoelter