[TheForge] RE: ] Shop Cleanliness

Wed Jan 23 09:00:00 2002

Ralph, you sure do have your "sh.." together.  I can not help but covet your
shop.  Can a fella in PA participate in one of your work sessions?  My dog
and I will sleep in the truck.
RW
----- Original Message -----
From: Ralph Sproul <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Wednesday, January 23, 2002 7:05 AM
Subject: Re: [TheForge] RE: ] Shop Cleanliness


>         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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