The Armour Archive

Swete wrote:I love that stool, James! So effective yet simple to make! Is it a period model?

Halberds wrote:It ran great until some water got in the gas tank.
I need to remove the carburetor (edelbrock 4bbl 750 cfm on a high rise manifold) and the fuel tank.
Clean every thing out and I should be good to go.

It has a Chevy 327 with high lift cam.
Buick skylark 4 speed with Hurst shifter.
Chevy nova rear end with traction bars.
+300 pounds of steel weight in the rear frame.

It's a '49:



Sorry for the derail but I like trucks.

Hal

WinterTreeCrafts wrote:For layout my thoughts are:

- Keep dirty dusty things near other dirty dusty things and preferably away from everything not meant to get dirty and dusty. Duck/canvas curtains actually have worked pretty well for me to keep things near the grinding area fairly dust-free on the cheap. Dust collectors/powered venting will save your life.
- Keep every tool that will be used for any hot work near each other and as close as possible to the heat source. Walking is bad, turning in place from forge/torch to stake/anvil is good.
- All horizontal surfaces will be used as local tool depots, place strategically. Shelves and storage are a must to control tool diaspora.
- Shears need lots of space around them at shear-height.
- Ergonomics, make sure the height of all benches, stumps and etc. is matched to YOUR body.

Everything else I can think of has already been said.

My shop is a 24'x18' quasi-garage sorta building. When I first built it I thought I would NEVER need anything bigger. Within a few years it was getting cramped and now I have piles of woodworking machines stacked off-camera to the right and no space to actually use them unless I put them outsid, PITA.

First Pic is a slightly out of focus (sorry!) shot of the metal portion of the shop. The back right corner is my leather bench which isn't exciting and I don't have a pic handy.
The second picture is of the area just behind the first picture where I store my leather in a dead-space corner between two doors. Between the leather bench and garage door is a pair of 8' shelves that hold shipping supplies, inventory and various supplies/hardware that get used less often. Extra lumber, boxes and rarely used small to medium sized tools and supplies are stored upstairs in an attic.

My namesake

Chris Gilman wrote:Now keep in mind this is a professional shop, with 25 years of history, so we have alot of stuff. It is important to keep it organized. I try to keep material racks near the tools used to cut said material and centrally locate supplies and hardware. I have limited the number of pictures (Not shown are the paint booth, pottery area and sanding room.) but this will give you the general layout of the various shops. As was mentioned earlier, try to keep dusty/ dirty things isolated from the areas needing to be clean. In our old set up, we had a completely different room for the wood shop and sanding / buffing. We downsized a bit and as a result, I moved all the wood working tools into the main shop, save the sanders, these live in a small isolated room. Even the dust from the table saw gets everywhere. The costume shop / leather shop/ and one assembly room (not shown) are separate from the main shop, a must if you plan on keeping fabric items clean.

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