Cochese Posted September 1, 2014 Report Share Posted September 1, 2014 Cochese, do you have photos of your flip top cart/table? I'm in desperate need of inspiration, and the flip top is the only thing that really fits my shop. (I'm thinking of leaving the other side empty for a work surface, but I still need inspiration.) I'll do you one better and show you the vid of my inspiration. I think he's a member either here or on FOG. I never finished my drawer, I suppose that would hold all the things that fall out. Having a flat surface on the other side is going to be problematic with how much planers weigh. You'll either need to counterbalance some how or weigh the base down so that the base doesn't want to shoot out on you when the planer's weight isn't lined up with the base. DAMHIK Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vyrolan Posted September 16, 2014 Report Share Posted September 16, 2014 Wood Magazine did a flip-top table as well recently, but they did a longer table designed to hold 3-4 tools on each side. It seems like such a bear to wrangle around. I like the little mobile two-tool option much better. Don't the adjustments get all out of whack on those tools though? I can't imagine hanging around upside-down being that good for either tool but especially the planer. I mean if I were among the team designing the thing, I wouldn't be like "well what if the user stores it upside-down...." I'm still laying out the details of my own tiny shop. We have a 2.5 car garage that has extra depth all along the back (enough that it probably qualifies as 3-car, but you couldn't physically get the third car there). There's a third door on the side for access to the space in the extra depth, and so that gives me good ability to do the ole "hang it out of the building" trick for infeed/outfeed. However it gets hella cold here in Chicagoland so having the garage door open is not my idea of fun. =p I also need to decide if I can use just the extra space at the back (leaving me with about 9ft wide by 14 ft long plus another 4ft by 6ft space closer to the door leading inside) or if I should leave the second car outside and take up that space plus the right parking spot (giving me like 14ft by 30ft plus the same 4ft by 6ft near the door). The bigger space sounds very much nicer, but digging out a car covered in snow in the morning and driving a near-frozen car to the train doesn't sound like fun (or good for the car). Decisions decisions... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bushwacked Posted September 16, 2014 Report Share Posted September 16, 2014 My garage shop at the apartment .. almost everything is portable. Miter saw built onto portable stand ... Table saw on wheels ... Foldout work bench ... I'll try and get better pics of each later Sent from my old phone using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndremG Posted September 16, 2014 Report Share Posted September 16, 2014 I'll do you one better and show you the vid of my inspiration. I think he's a member either here or on FOG. I never finished my drawer, I suppose that would hold all the things that fall out. Having a flat surface on the other side is going to be problematic with how much planers weigh. You'll either need to counterbalance some how or weigh the base down so that the base doesn't want to shoot out on you when the planer's weight isn't lined up with the base. DAMHIK Thanks for the vid. But that dude is scary. All of that table saw cutting to square those pieces and he left the blade on the whole time with no guard. And not a set of safety glasses in sight. And he video tape it. Don't try this at home. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jHop Posted September 21, 2014 Report Share Posted September 21, 2014 The bigger space sounds very much nicer, but digging out a car covered in snow in the morning and driving a near-frozen car to the train doesn't sound like fun (or good for the car). Decisions decisions... I've had several car-minded folks tell me it's better to keep the car outside during the winter anyway. When the cold freezes the water that the engine just heated up, it falls off in chunks, instead of being warmed by the interior of the garage and quickening the pace of rust. (Of course, this is a two edged argument, because you can state that the car left outdoors collects more snow that the car indoors... but I think they were referring to the slush and gunk kicked up from the road while driving. I'm ok with the argument, though, if it means I can put the shop in the garage... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vyrolan Posted September 25, 2014 Report Share Posted September 25, 2014 I've had several car-minded folks tell me it's better to keep the car outside during the winter anyway. When the cold freezes the water that the engine just heated up, it falls off in chunks, instead of being warmed by the interior of the garage and quickening the pace of rust. (Of course, this is a two edged argument, because you can state that the car left outdoors collects more snow that the car indoors... but I think they were referring to the slush and gunk kicked up from the road while driving. I'm ok with the argument, though, if it means I can put the shop in the garage... Interesting...never heard that side of it. My bigger concern was the car starting in bitter cold, but that's an issue anyway since it would sit outside at the train station all day while I'm at work...so I figure if it's got to be capable of starting after sitting outside and making the drive in the evening, it's obviously capable of doing it in the morning too. =p Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beechwood Chip Posted September 25, 2014 Report Share Posted September 25, 2014 so I figure if it's got to be capable of starting after sitting outside and making the drive in the evening, it's obviously capable of doing it in the morning too. Nights are colder than days. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vyrolan Posted September 25, 2014 Report Share Posted September 25, 2014 Nights are colder than days. True...but in winter it's dark by the time I get home anyway. =p Up here in the winter there's not a huge range...quick check says averages in January are like 32 for the high and 18 for the low. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wtnhighlander Posted September 26, 2014 Report Share Posted September 26, 2014 Hey, I built my garage so I didn't have to unload groceries and kiddies in the 35* nasty, blowing rain anymore. Shop or no shop, I LIKE parking inside! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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