[TheForge] RE: ] Shop Cleanliness

Wed Jan 23 06:55:00 2002

        Ray, Bob, and all,   I have grown tired of the grinding dust in my
helmet or resperator being full of crud when I go to use it, all my flat
surfaces clutered every time I go to weld or work on a table..........so I
came up with the answer to table storage and spend a whole lot less time
running around the shop looking for the tape I set some where, the soapstone
"I just had", the clamps or V blocks I need, or the speed square, combo
square, etc.
        These are simple table accessories that really add to the
cleanliness of a shop, and keep a flat surface somewhat clear when you are
trying to work on something.  Granted they don't solve all the magnetic and
drawing powers of a flat surface.............but they help.  Also note the
ability of the accessories to go beyond the tables surface to allow a sheet
to be placed for layout.  The sliders can be reversed for raising the tool 2
inches above the work surface, or flush with it.
        I'll post them to the photo site.  There are nine pictures -one from
the table workshop I hosted, and eight of the accessories I have for my five
tables around the shop.  This puts the tools you need, where you can find
them, off your work surface, and your not chasing around the shop for
grinders and layout tools.  The shears, presses, vices, hardy socket,
etc.........speak for themselves.  You store them under the table when not
in use, and the carts below are like large drawer units for storing all my
power hammer tooling and press dies and accessories.

Ralph Sproul - Bear Hill Blacksmith
Webster, NH


----- Original Message -----
From: "Bob Ehrenberger" <[email protected]>
To: "theforge" <[email protected]>
Sent: Wednesday, January 23, 2002 12:53 AM
Subject: [TheForge] RE: ] Shop Cleanliness


> This is a subject that everyone has some experience with. I cleaned my
shop
> for the first time in three years last September in order to host the BAM
> meeting. It took my son and I a whole week. We vowed to keep it that way
and
> for the most part have done pretty well. I get the main floor swept about
> once a week and put cut offs back on the stock rack about as often. The
only
> area where I'm falling down is my work bench is completely covered again
and
> I have to move things to work on it. Fortunatlly I spend most of my time
at
> the forge and not at the bench, maybe that's why it gets covered with
stuff.
>
> Speaking of shops. The shop where the BAM meeting was last weekend was one
> of the nicest I've ever seen. They had convereted an old school into a
shop
> and it was sweet. He used a water cooled side blast forge. I never really
> understood about that before but it all makes sense now. He had a 100#
trip
> hammer of a make that I had never heard of, two chambersbergs air hammers,
> two fly presses, two platen tables, and lots of special tooling that he
had
> developed for various jobs. He also had a 1,000 ton hydrolic press, this
> thing had a cylinder on it that was about 2' in diameter. The press was in
a
> different part of the building so I don't think that it is used for
forging,
> he shares the building with his brother who does fabrication work. His
> brother's area also had a wood working shop that has a surface plate that
> was 6'x12' and 12" thick, thats a lot of grannet.
>
> Bob Ehrenberger
> Shelbyville, Mo
> > Hey Guys(Gals);
> > I've looked at some of the recent shop pics posted to the site, and I am
> > embarrassed. My shop is an absolute pigsty by comparison. How many of
> > you'll have the ability to keep such neat shops.
> >
> > For me, if I'm in the shop I making a mess. And sometimes I have to move
> > one mess to make another one. Maybe I'm spoiled by too much room to make
> > messes. If I had to be more organized I guess I would be......
> >
> >
> >
> >  Ray Miller
> > Metal Concepts
> > 8415 Miami Road
> > Cincinnati, Ohio 45243
>
>
>
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