New Shop
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From: Massillon, Ohio
Nice shop Bob. I hope to clean mine out this summer and paint the walls and floor. i want a lift but will have to wait n see what the budget allows.
Congrats now get busy....your truck misses you!
Congrats now get busy....your truck misses you!
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From: oh
Bob--I built and rebuilt many control panels for machine tools in the past. I would have our electrician gut them and refinish them and then rewire for whatever piece of equipment the panel was meant for.
I built some of the first cat-scan panels etc. I think you must be quite smart to do electronic work like this.
Some of those panels can weigh a heck of a lot. With nc and cnc machine tools today--you must be busy.
Bill
I built some of the first cat-scan panels etc. I think you must be quite smart to do electronic work like this.
Some of those panels can weigh a heck of a lot. With nc and cnc machine tools today--you must be busy.
Bill
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From: Northshore, MN
The Collet mill at work has an old analog looking control panel that is about 6 feet tall by 8 feet wide. Electricians come, they open it, and they about crap themselves. Quite entertaining.
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Nice!!...How far are you from home? any closer? Your gonna love that heat..and what a Cool place overhead to store extra parts!
You will be so organized..you won"t know what to do with yourself..
I just finished making some custom brackets to hang the front clip on the wall...in pieces, but that overhead storage is a great idea, you won"t be knocking things over and there will be less chance of damaging some of your" VintageJunk "...LoL!
Congratulations!!
You will be so organized..you won"t know what to do with yourself..
I just finished making some custom brackets to hang the front clip on the wall...in pieces, but that overhead storage is a great idea, you won"t be knocking things over and there will be less chance of damaging some of your" VintageJunk "...LoL!
Congratulations!!
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I build and install control systems for industrial machinery. The boxes you see when you go into a manufacturing plant and have all the lights that blink on and off and make the machines go up and down, in and out.
I've been doing this type of work for nearly twenty years.
I've been doing this type of work for nearly twenty years.
Later Man...
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That's a great shop
I have a 20' x 12' shed, I have to move junk out before i can work on my truck
No heating and it's been cold this last week but I still got a bit done
I am drawing up a 20' x 30' brick built workshop that I will build this summer
I also work in the CNC machine tool business as a field service engineer
Good luck with your new shop
I have a 20' x 12' shed, I have to move junk out before i can work on my truck
No heating and it's been cold this last week but I still got a bit done
I am drawing up a 20' x 30' brick built workshop that I will build this summer
I also work in the CNC machine tool business as a field service engineer
Good luck with your new shop
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From: oh
Havi---Do you mean collet like lathe collets--or is that the name COLLET? Bill
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you know...Havi, I think your shop might just be a little bit bigger than Bobs, and it's got to be hell trying to move the machine to make floor space