Tom Bussey
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- Nashua Iowa
My shop is in a separate building. It has a total of about 1900 sq. feet. Lighting is florescent with daylight bulbs. It has wooden floors with tile on top. It has 200 amp service and no heat or air conditioning other than a couple of space heaters and a couple of fans, so it is only useable about 9 months out of the year. As far as I can find out the building is 114 years old with no insulation what soever. Being on a fixed income I can't afford to heat is even a little, but I do have a small bench lathe and a scroll saw at home so I don' have complete withdrawl.
I do happen to have a couple pictures of my bench and which is kind of in the middle of the room. I like to be able to work all around it. It has 2 20 amp retractable drop cords and one retractable air drop line over the bench. The few machines can be seen against to wall behind it are from left to right, a router table with a home made lift, a 15 thickness planner, a 13 inch thickness planner. A drum sander, and a shaper can also be seen if one looks closely. And I also have one unfinished project still waiting for me. The machines are on wheels and are pulled out for use. The dust collection goes through the wall and then down basement where the dust collector is. There is a 55 gallon trash can with a cyclone lid on it to get the chips before going to the basement. I will take some more as soon as I open my shop more to the end next month if there is any interest
I do happen to have a couple pictures of my bench and which is kind of in the middle of the room. I like to be able to work all around it. It has 2 20 amp retractable drop cords and one retractable air drop line over the bench. The few machines can be seen against to wall behind it are from left to right, a router table with a home made lift, a 15 thickness planner, a 13 inch thickness planner. A drum sander, and a shaper can also be seen if one looks closely. And I also have one unfinished project still waiting for me. The machines are on wheels and are pulled out for use. The dust collection goes through the wall and then down basement where the dust collector is. There is a 55 gallon trash can with a cyclone lid on it to get the chips before going to the basement. I will take some more as soon as I open my shop more to the end next month if there is any interest
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