Some pics of my shop AKA my garage.

Mad Matt · Post by **Mad Matt** » Wed Feb 06, 2002 1:30 pm

http://www.geocities.com/madmattsarmory/shop.html

Title says pretty much everything. Took some pics of my shop the other day and figgured I might as well post em for everyone to see.

Feel free to ask questions.

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Mad Matt's Armory

Drake Orion · Post by **Drake Orion** » Wed Feb 06, 2002 1:34 pm

Nice hammer collection

Mad Matt · Post by **Mad Matt** » Wed Feb 06, 2002 1:37 pm

There are actually about 5 or so more hammers in the upstairs closet that my wife stuffs all the tools and things I leave lyin around on the kitchen table and places like that. You can never have too many hammers though

BTW I'll also note that the link to the page with the pics is sloppily done so you'll go directly to a single page containing 180K of pics.

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Mad Matt's Armory

Kyle · Post by **Kyle** » Wed Feb 06, 2002 1:42 pm

Just curious; what do you use the pair of pipes on the front edge of your workbench for?
Thanks,

- Kyle

Mad Matt · Post by **Mad Matt** » Wed Feb 06, 2002 1:44 pm

Curvin stuff. That's all I'll say since I'm kinda proud of my stupid invention and don't wanna give away all the secrets.

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Klangiron Skullthumpa · Wed Feb 06, 2002 2:29 pm

Nice area Matt. Wish I had that much room to play in.

All I have is a 8X10 section of the back pourch which faces north. Unenclosed and cramped

In the summer I'm plagued by the dreaded Louisiana mosiquitos and in winter by blowing rain.

Mad Matt · Post by **Mad Matt** » Wed Feb 06, 2002 2:36 pm

Yeah there's a fair bit of space in there at the moment. My parrents sold their farm though so my charger's gonna have to squeeze in.

It's not insulated or heated so it's definitly cold. This week the temp in my shop went down to -18 celcius. ie way below freezing.

Stoopid geocities. It seems I've exceeded my allocated data transfer. It should work again by the next hour.

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Prince Of Darkmoor · Post by **Prince Of Darkmoor** » Wed Feb 06, 2002 2:41 pm

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The web site you are trying to access has exceeded its allocated data transfer. Visit our help area for more information.</font><HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

D'oh! Been there, done that. I'll check back in an hour or so. Are the photos pretty large in file size? Perhaps reducing them will help curtail this in the future.

Armourkris · Post by **Armourkris** » Wed Feb 06, 2002 7:58 pm

nice, roomy....
and i was usng the guide on one of the tablesaws in my shop to curve pices much like i think your doing yours,
well, till my grandfather got decidedly angry about it, was afraid i was gona break teh saw. right... but anyways, looks nice, i wish i had that much space, and that many tools.. mmmmm shears....

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Mad Matt · Post by **Mad Matt** » Thu Feb 07, 2002 9:17 am

It's 15'x27' with another little section off the end that's 6'x6' so it's about 450 sq ft total.

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Dalewyn · Post by **Dalewyn** » Sat Feb 09, 2002 12:24 am

"Curvin stuff. That's all I'll say since I'm kinda proud of my stupid invention and don't wanna give away all the secrets."

Here's the secret: Matt made a roller, but instead of a third tube, he presses down on the metal. If you take your time, you can get a pretty even curve. It works well for tubes and ok for cones. I've made one as well, but mine is not as nice as his. It's a lot cheaper than a roller, and more versatile, but not as fast.

Yea, that's a lot of hammers.

And I think my shop is just as cold, but smaller, about 15' x 20'.

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Mad Matt · Post by **Mad Matt** » Sat Feb 09, 2002 9:25 pm

Dalewyn gave the secret away.

Those are pipes left over from my chainlink fence. Not really sure how yours could be nicer. I didn't even deburr any of the scraps of metal I made it from.

I think if your shop isn't heated then it's probably colder then mine. IIRC Nova Scotia generally gets colder temps then here: About an hour and a half north of Toronto Ontario.

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losthelm · Post by **losthelm** » Sat Feb 09, 2002 10:35 pm

you can also use the spaced pipes to start creases if you use heavey pipe.