Thread: Workshop setup

A two post hoist and a 4 post hoist....

Originally Posted by bee utey

A two post hoist and a 4 post hoist....

Yea, that's a pickle as I'm used to having the 2 post and a pit, I find the pit while not used anywhere near is much since we put the hoist in, is far better for doing conversion style work than a hoist, as you can dummy a motor and box, accesss underneath the vehicle AND ontop, so as to check clearances, whist setting up for mounts etc, although for any converision liek that, I might still sneak to the old boys, for the intiial mounting setup

Haha -two hoists is just greedy

Get a decent grinder. I like the ones with a "belt sander" attachment on the RHS, with a std wheel on the LHS.

Not a bad list you've got yourself there.

If you've got any cash left over a TIG is brilliant, but your oxy sort of covers that, unless you want to do Ali.

Oh - one more thing I just thought of that I use a LOT is a plasma cutter....

If you have a engine crane then an engine stand makes sense to partner it.

I also love a bead blaster in a cabinet. I used one frequently when it was available to me in the workshop at work but I just haven't gotten around to sorting one out for myself. I will when I get serious with my S1 restoration.

A large carpet is also golden in my book. Just for all that pacing about beside the car (motorcycles in my case), a used carpet from a commercial building refit makes the whole workshop experience that much nicer.

A large wall clock. I find it's waaaay too easy to get carried away and suddenly find myself in trouble again.

A sink unit to "pre-wash" before heading into the house. (More of that avoiding "in trouble again" stuff).

A proper drilling machine. Not one of those Chinese/Taiwanese drill presses sold at Bunnings and cheap tool stores. A heavy floor mounted drill, No. 3 or 4 Morse taper, speeds from around 120 rpm or less to 3000 rpm, minimum 1.5 horsepower, with a 3/4" or 1" chuck.

A lathe, as long as you can afford. Sooner or later you are going to want to put a long shaft in it. Get a good used Colchester, Le Blond, Dean Smith and Grace, or similar quality, 5-6 feet between centres, speeds from 30 rpm to around 3000 so you can use tungsten carbide tools on small diameters, and the slow speed for screw cutting by amateurs. Big Russians are good machine tools.

Several grinders. One with a silicon carbide wheel and a decent wire brush wheel on the other side, and at least two linishers. Get the 482 size (48" x 2" belt) and a number of different contact wheels. The more linishers the better. you will use them repeatedly every day.

A good size surface plate or layout table.

A flexible shaft die grinder.

A welding bench made with the top of heavy steel plate say 25 mm thick and with lots of threaded holes in it for clamping and set-up.

A stick welder for outdoor work.

An anvil, at least 100 kgs.

Originally Posted by spudboy

Haha -two hoists is just greedy

Get a decent grinder. I like the ones with a "belt sander" attachment on the RHS, with a std wheel on the LHS.

Not a bad list you've got yourself there.

If you've got any cash left over a TIG is brilliant, but your oxy sort of covers that, unless you want to do Ali.

Oh - one more thing I just thought of that I use a LOT is a plasma cutter....

Yea, have a bench grinder, wouldn't use a belt sander alot, as I lurve my flapper discs

Oh, yea have a caddy TIG hidden away somewhere, yet to learn how to TIG, but have a mate close by always telling me he'll come spend a night and sho me how to stainless TIG

Plasma......porn!

If you can Oxy - you're half way to TIGing...... (Ali is a bit more 'interesting')

There goes your $20K budget

Originally Posted by JayBoRover

If you have a engine crane then an engine stand makes sense to partner it.

I also love a bead blaster in a cabinet. I used one frequently when it was available to me in the workshop at work but I just haven't gotten around to sorting one out for myself. I will when I get serious with my S1 restoration.

A large carpet is also golden in my book. Just for all that pacing about beside the car (motorcycles in my case), a used carpet from a commercial building refit makes the whole workshop experience that much nicer.

A large wall clock. I find it's waaaay too easy to get carried away and suddenly find myself in trouble again.

A sink unit to "pre-wash" before heading into the house. (More of that avoiding "in trouble again" stuff).

Yep, add an engine stand to the list, never been without

A sandblaster is a good one for the list, handy for them small bits

The carpet I've never bothed with, did carpet a shed when I was in town years ago, was quite nice to work on, but haveing a hoist negates the need to be on my wack working on cars, although something to soak the split beer I'll have a huge rooms worth of full wool carpet when the house reno's begin

Wifey is already adjusting to me working obscene hours, "your still fencing/working on the escavator/splitting wood but its dark?"

Have a sink, so that's sorted