Let's See Your Shop

[PixMan]

I had posted some photos of the shop last year in Post #15 of this thread, many of the photos taken April 23rd of 2010. Until about 9 weeks ago the shop hadn't changed much, other than getting the surface grinder. Then my dad bought me the Alliant mill, knowing he'd probably never get to use it. He didn't.

When my dad passed and the shop became exclusively mine, I knew I had to make changes to be able to move forward. This is one photo I never shared, but shows how some areas of Dad's shop had gotten to be:



After 3 days with Darren visiting and making chips on every machine in there, I needed to do a quick re-do. This is the result of the massive cleanup, most of which happened before the Australian visitor came:










Quite a difference on the workbench. I can actually use it now, and the vise upgrade has been heaven. Just to be able to find things (other than the tool that was just in my hand a minute ago) has been very gratifying for the long hours I put into the cleanup.