My shed... I actually now have three places that I make models. I have my library which houses the ?house lathe?, the back half of my garage that holds the main workshop and of late I have started moving into another of the outbuildings with my engravers.
The main place that I make swarf is the garage, it houses my old Myford, which is the first lathe that I ever owned:
In the corner is my Myford S7B she is two year older than me and following extensive restoration I hope she will out last me, most of my model making up to 2009 was done on her. Whilst very flexible, especially with that quick change gearbox for screw cutting she now rarely gets used as in 2009 having failed over six months to convince Myfords to sell me a brand new Connoisseur I gave in and brought this "new" Prazimat lathe
:
She was purchased along with my BCA to mark the completion of my University studies and being allowed to return to the love of my life: making things in my workshop
!
Moving clockwise around this is my hobbymat lathe. She is a lovely mid sized lathe and until I purchased my Cowells was used for all my fiddly stuff. I should admit that like the Prazimat she came to me in as new condition and at a time when everyone was selling up all their Hobbymat accessories so she is fully equipped with everything you could buy for her.
In the far side of the Hobbymat is my assembly bench and then my Prazimat Mill, which was purchased brand new for an arm and a leg back in the early 1990s. For many years she was used as a very expensive drilling machine until last year when my Company generously funded the DROs for both this machine and the Harrison you will see in a second. Boy what a difference
!
This is my biggest lathe the Colchester Master, rarely used but wonderful to have if it is needed, this is my only lathe with a taper turning attachment and I also have a useful set of Bernard multi-sized collets for her.
Hiding behind the small piece of white board is a Union cutter grinder, which is getting increasing use.
Next set of tools is my Harrison mill which I have also fitted with DROs on the right hand side is a Alexander cutter grinders and then my beloved BCA
, which you will see often in my posts.
Moving inside I have the house lathe, my Cowells
, which is now responsible for the small fiddly stuff:
And then there is the Portakabin. I had promised that this 20ft by 10ft ?shed would be for the fella in my life but after so many years of it not being used I have started to move into it as well, with this Taylor Hobson:
And the other smaller pantograph:
The final items which I do not currently have photo?s of is my Alba 10A shaper (the little Alba 1a hand shaper), the 4? mechanical hacksaw and the full height drilling machine which reside in the main garage with the 20 ton press. (There is also a Meddings drill and larger bench on the fourth wall of the workshop.)
That is my workshop to date but as I always say you can?t have too many tools (or castings) so it is likley to increase.
Jo