Thread: The ultimate workshop

Originally Posted by Loombucket

Ok, how about a sink, so one can get most of the crap off before going up to the house. Some sort of still could also be handy, if you have the room.

good for cleaning paintbrushes or engine grease of the hands as well! You might consider where the dirty water goes if you are feeling particularly earth conscious.

Originally Posted by baldrick

maybe you should think about the placement of a couple of skyhooks to hang a chain block onto - unless you want to go all out and put in a rolling gantry.

Need to plan this one ahead of time because it will influence the structural design of your roof.

Have spent a fair amount of of time working in shops of various applications.

For woodworking - work bench of solid core door works well; but my favorite is
a double layer of 2' X 8' X 3/4" particle board. First layer is screwed to the frame work from above; second (top) layer is screwed to bottom from the bottom.

For overhauling tractors and other heavy type projects, a bench made from RR ties, topped with sheet steel has worked well.

Bill H

Originally Posted by BillH52

..and other heavy type projects, a bench made from RR ties,

I would love to get my hands on some RR ties. In my experience in Thailand, damn near impossible. The reason is quite simple, I don't have enough connections...

Originally Posted by Bung

I can feel a "Show us your shed" thread coming on. Or is there one already

Sounds like a good thread and havent seen one on here, you go first then

Visited a politicians home just north of Bkk who had his entire 4 rai property fenced using RR ties, placed vertically.

Connections, connections!

BH

Originally Posted by BillH52

RR ties

I've been wondering what the hell these are, but I've managed to translate it into English and realise they're railway sleepers.

Here is a list of tools you might need and their usage explained




DRILL PRESS: A tall upright machine useful for suddenly snatching flat metal bar stock out of your hands so that it smacks you in the chest and flings your beer across the room, denting the freshly-painted part which you had carefully set in the corner where nothing could get to it.
WIRE WHEEL: Cleans paint off bolts and then throws them somewhere under the workbench with the speed of light. Also removes fingerprints and hard-earned calluses from fingers in about the time it takes you to say, ''What the...??''
ELECTRIC HAND DRILL: Normally used for spinning pop rivets in their holes until you die of old age.
SKILL SAW: A portable cutting tool used to make studs too short.
PLIERS: Used to round off bolt heads. Sometimes used in the creation of blood blisters.
BELT SANDER: An electric sanding tool commonly used to convert minor touch-up jobs into major refinishing jobs.
HACKSAW: One of a family of cutting tools built on the Ouija board principle. It transforms human energy into a crooked, unpredictable motion, and the more you attempt to influence its course, the more dismal your future becomes.
VISE-GRIPS: Generally used after pliers to completely round off bolt heads. If nothing else is available, they can also be used to transfer intense welding heat to the palm of your hand.
WELDING GLOVES: Heavy duty leather gloves used to prolong the conduction of intense welding heat to the palm of your hand.
OXYACETYLENE TORCH: Used almost entirely for lighting various flammable objects in your shop on fire. Also handy for igniting the grease inside the wheel hub you want the bearing race out of.
TABLE SAW: A large stationary power tool commonly used to launch wood projectiles for testing wall integrity.
HYDRAULIC FLOOR JACK: Used for lowering an automobile to the ground after you have installed your new brake shoes, trapping the jack handle firmly under the bumper.
EIGHT-FOOT LONG YELLOW PINE 2X4: Used for levering an automobile upward off of a trapped hydraulic jack handle.
E-Z OUT BOLT AND STUD EXTRACTOR: A tool ten times harder than any known drill bit that snaps neatly off in bolt holes thereby ending any possible future use.
BAND SAW: A large stationary power saw primarily used by most shops to cut good aluminum sheet into smaller pieces that more easily fit into the trash can after you cut on the inside of the line instead of the outside edge.
TWO-TON ENGINE HOIST: A tool for testing the maximum tensile strength of everything you forgot to disconnect.
CRAFTSMAN 1/2 x 24-INCH SCREWDRIVER: A very large pry bar that inexplicably has an accurately machined screwdriver tip on the end opposite the handle.
AVIATION METAL SNIPS: See hacksaw.
PHILLIPS SCREWDRIVER: Normally used to stab the vacuum seals under lids and for opening old-style paper-and-tin oil cans and splashing oil on your shirt; but can also be used, as the name implies, to strip out Phillips screw heads.
STRAIGHT SCREWDRIVER: A tool for opening paint cans. Sometimes used to convert common slotted screws into non-removable screws.
PRY BAR: A tool used to crumple the metal surrounding that clip or bracket you needed to remove in order to replace a 50 cent part.
HOSE CUTTER: A tool used to make hoses too short.
HAMMER: Originally employed as a weapon of war, the hammer nowadays is used as a kind of divining rod to locate the most expensive parts adjacent the object we are trying to hit. Alternatively used to locate the user's thumb in enclosed work areas. Also see "Dammit Tool" below
MECHANIC'S KNIFE: Used to open and slice through the contents of cardboard cartons delivered to your front door; works particularly well on contents such as seats, vinyl records, liquids in plastic bottles, collector magazines, refund checks, and rubber or plastic parts. Especially useful for slicing body parts and work clothes, but only while wearing them.
DAMMIT TOOL: Any handy tool that you grab and throw across the garage while yelling ''DAMMIT'' at the top of your lungs. It is also, most often, the next tool that you will need

That is very good, I have seen that list or similar before somewhere and kicked myself for not saving it.

Originally Posted by Thetyim

DAMMIT TOOL: Any handy tool that you grab and throw across the garage while yelling ''DAMMIT'' at the top of your lungs. It is also, most often, the next tool that you will need

I have a dog to curse when I screw up. He seems to enjoy it.

Originally Posted by hillbilly

Originally Posted by Nawty

Stereo...big one to hear above all the tools.

Yes, this one will also be on my list.

Get a good set of wireless head phones. Muffles the sound of your big power tools, cuts down on cost of stereo, won't disturb the missus or neighbors and pretty much eliminates the risk of losing an ear in the band saw.

Originally Posted by Thetyim

Here is a list of tools you might need and their usage explained

nice list TT

2 inch diameter , 3 foot long , tubular torque extender - allows you to utilise a seized bolt and a heavy duty spanner to smash your hand/knuckles against a piece of unforgiving steel when the shaft of the bolt shears