Pics of the Shop in Progress

gburdon

Member since
January 2003
From: Burlington, Ontario Canada

Pics of the Shop in Progress

Posted by gburdon on Saturday, October 29, 2005 11:40 PM

Hello All:

Welcome to some pics of my modelling workshop. It is a work in progress so please be kind. My wife (Architect) is designing all the floor plans for the basement of our new place. I couldn't wait to unpack and get something of a shop set up until the plans are finished and I actually have some walls to enclose my little hideaway.

Some of the pics may be a little dark (using an older camera new one is still packed somewhere)

http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c242/gburdon/ShopWarning.jpg
http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c242/gburdon/Bench01.jpg
http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c242/gburdon/Bench02.jpg
http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c242/gburdon/Spraybooth.jpg
http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c242/gburdon/SprayboothFilter.jpg
http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c242/gburdon/Reference01.jpg
http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c242/gburdon/Reference02.jpg
http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c242/gburdon/TheStash.jpg

The best part about my shop is most of the kit was free.

Yes that's right friends and neighbours I said free. i picked up my 6' X 3' Hard Rock Maple Topped workbench and the chair in Toronto prior to them going into a dumpster. The second bench also was rescued from a dumpster toss along with seven of its cousins in Cambridge. The lighting was picked up similarly along the way.

Tonight I just added my "conversion" spraybooth to the bench. I scrounged two fume extraction systems from a company that was doing some Fall cleaning. Each NEDERMAN unit apparently retail cost them $2500.00 my cost was a cup of Tim Horton's coffee and pick up. The "booth" itself is (get this) an IKEA bedside table with the center drawer removed and a $3.00 heat duct cut into the back and hooked to the Nederman. Total time from start to finish about 5 hours give or take with pick up and return to home and a stop at the Home Depot. Thanks to bgrigg for his advice prior to the build. Yes Bill I have a spraybooth now! Tongue [:P]

On the bench are some of my best finds at garage sales and auctions

Delta 16" variable speed scroll saw $50.00 new in the box at an auction Big Smile [:D]

Dremel 4" Table Saw $15.00 Garage Sale
Mattel Vac U Form machine $5.00 Garage Sale
Auto Etch Photo Etching Machine $30.00 Garage Sale Evil [}:)]

Dremel Lathe $25.00 eBay
Paasche Compressor Model 500 - $1.50 at a garage sale Brand New

So check around is my best advice you never know what you'll find. Jst stay away from my hunting grounds of auctions and garage sales. Anything South of Antarctica is fair game, the rest of the area belongs to me. Big Smile [:D]

Enjoy the pics and please heed the sign at the start of the list while you visit my shop Tongue [:P]

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Kolja94

Member since
December 2002
From: Oak Harbor, WA

Posted by Kolja94 on Sunday, October 30, 2005 12:15 AM

I'm really interested in that filter for your spray both. I take it that with this device you don't need to do the "dryer-hose-out-the-window" venting?

Karl

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gburdon

Member since
January 2003
From: Burlington, Ontario Canada

Posted by gburdon on Sunday, October 30, 2005 12:33 AM

Karl:

The Nederman is a unit specifically designed to eliminate the need for outside venting. The fumes pass through the pre-filter in the booth which removes the paint particles and the fumes are filtered through the large blue filter (Lasts about 5 years before changing) the rating is apparently Hepa quality. I have sprayed straight thinner, isopropyl alcohol, and some other awful smelling sprays through to test the "air quality" and no scent is detected outside of the booth. The suction was so great when I was putting the booth together the plexiglass was held in place without fasteners. Another litle feature of the unit is the suction is totally adjustable by a sliding speed controller mounted on the unit above the filter.

I will try and find the link for NEDERMAN and post it. I see that you are in Fallon you could check with L3 WESCAM there and see if they are disposing of any of these units. I picked up my two from a company of similar manufacturing here.

Cheers;

Gregory

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gburdon

Member since
January 2003
From: Burlington, Ontario Canada

Posted by gburdon on Sunday, October 30, 2005 12:47 AM

Hello again;

I forgot to mention about the reference piles. Pic one the Blue Binders FSM series complete from Test Issue to Present. The Black Binders Military Modeler/Scale Modeler Complete Series 1974-1998. The upper two shelves are misc. references from Osprey, Argus, Almark, Kalmbach, and some other out of print references. Pic 2 is the works in progress Airfix/The New Airfix Magazine - almost complete series, Tamiya Modelling Int'l - Complete series, Military Modelling 1971 - Present few mssing issues, Military in Scale - Almost Complete. AFV News almost complete 1966 - 2000 so far.

That's about all for now.

More later

Cheers;

Gregory

VETERAN - (Noun) - Definition - One who signed a blank cheque as: “Payable to The People of Canada, Up To and Including My Life."

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Bgrigg

Member since
May 2005
From: Left forever

Posted by Bgrigg on Monday, October 31, 2005 9:25 AM

Very nice Gregory! Your wife must be very patient!

So long folks!

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Kolja94

Member since
December 2002
From: Oak Harbor, WA

Posted by Kolja94 on Tuesday, November 1, 2005 2:03 AM

QUOTE: Originally posted by gburdon

Karl:

The Nederman is a unit specifically designed to eliminate the need for outside venting. The fumes pass through the pre-filter in the booth which removes the paint particles and the fumes are filtered through the large blue filter (Lasts about 5 years before changing) the rating is apparently Hepa quality. I have sprayed straight thinner, isopropyl alcohol, and some other awful smelling sprays through to test the "air quality" and no scent is detected outside of the booth. The suction was so great when I was putting the booth together the plexiglass was held in place without fasteners. Another litle feature of the unit is the suction is totally adjustable by a sliding speed controller mounted on the unit above the filter.

I will try and find the link for NEDERMAN and post it. I see that you are in Fallon you could check with L3 WESCAM there and see if they are disposing of any of these units. I picked up my two from a company of similar manufacturing here.

Cheers;

Gregory

Looking forward to learning more about this. I got an honest-to-goodness spray both earlier this year, but I think it still supposedly relies upon using dryer hose to vent elsewhere. Frankly, I think that rather limits one as to where one can use the booth... though it's STILL an improvement over the bastardized cardboard box I was using before....

Karl

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gburdon

Member since
January 2003
From: Burlington, Ontario Canada

Posted by gburdon on Friday, November 4, 2005 9:53 AM

QUOTE: Originally posted by Bgrigg

Very nice Gregory! Your wife must be very patient!

Thanks Bill. Actually she is very patient. I can have as many hours of modelling time in exchange for a cup of Tim Horton's Tea and a trip out to locate a new china teacup for her collection. The difference between her hobby and mine is hers come prepainted and are used regularly mine have to be worked on before they get to the display case.

Although the tradeoff is equal spending. I love when she finds one of those "rare" cups....means a nice new shiny bit is going on the bench. That's how I got my etchmate last weekend. One Royal Albert "Imari" pattern cup $65.00 time spent with the wife....Trip to the LHS = Priceless.

So yes she is very patient.

Cheers;

Gregory

VETERAN - (Noun) - Definition - One who signed a blank cheque as: “Payable to The People of Canada, Up To and Including My Life."

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