Post A Picture Of Your Workbench

[ghost]

I thought I'd share a couple of pictures of my work area with everyone since this is as clean and organized as it gets. My basement workshop is about as close to a Fortress Of Solitude that I have. This is where I do all my pipe restorations, and as you can see it also serves as my guitar workshop. I try to keep the two areas separate, but the tools sometimes cross over. I just used my Stewmac Nut Drivers to tighten the screw on a pipe rack...

I have about 30 pipes waiting to be restored. I'm working on a Peterson System right now with a very dirty shank. No surrender!

 

[eaglerico]

I have pictures of mine here.
Nice workspace. I wish I had a place to sit. I have been looking for bar stools but as I am a larger then normal guy not any old stool will do.

 

[ghost]

I rarely have that much space, I just got tired of feeling cramped so I finally tidied up my corner. :D
I still haven't made room for a buffer, so I either buff by hand or I clamp my drill into my little table and use buffing pad attachments. I don't mind having to switch the pads. I try to stick to doing just one pipe at a time, anytime I tried doing more than one it was too easy to lose focus on the whole process...

 

[cacooper]

Greetings,
Here's the set-up, lots of clutter and briar dust. Pipe making is a dusty business (cough).
It's got all the comforts, heat and a TV!

The Rockwell lathe is my baby. It's a real workhorse. I do everything with it, from briar drilling, stem turning, to sanding and buffing. Great machine!
CACooper

 

[eaglerico]

I feel suddenly ill :mrgreen: . Nice shop. You must live between Bob Vila and Norm Abram.
CA - Is pipe making your living or just a really serious hobby?
In all seriousness, I do aspire to have a shop like that one day. Very nice and clean.

 

[ghost]

That is real nice! If I had that set up I'd never come out.

 

[metarzan]

Cool thread! When I get to the point where I can actually see my bench I will post a pic too.

 

[cacooper]

I owned a retail tobacco shop for 10 years in Scottsdale, AZ prior to moving to Colorado. Closed it in 2005, so I'm basically semi-retired (I married up). Pipe making is a business, as I do sell my work, but it's not a big income producer. At least not yet!
Pipes take hours and hours to make and I spend a lot of time in the shop, so might as well make it comfortable.
Here's some photos of my store circa 2005.

CACooper

 

[ejames]

My shop occupies on side of our utility/laundry room on the basement. First pic is my main work table which is actually a 30X80 door held up with large shelf brackets and 2X4's.

Next pic is my bandsaw and home made buffing station.

Finally, my drill press and Grizzly 7X12 lathe. I use the lathe more than any other tool in the shop,mostly for making tampers.

 

[tbradsim1]

Damn Ejames I am jealous, what a work place. The old cajun

 

[ejames]

Damn Ejames I am jealous, what a work place. The old cajun

It's OK,but kinda cramped. Need more room to add more tools! I'd trade mine any day for CA's !!

 

[captainprophesy]

It's OK,but kinda cramped. Need more room to add more tools! I'd trade mine any day for CA's !!

You know I would start out with a shop like CA's but would always end up with a shop like yours :rofl: for whatever reason I love it when its a cluttered mess like that... seems like theres always something to start or finish :D

 

[damnyak]

Here is a pic of my basement work bench, I am also a part time leather-smith, and under the bench is whole sides of leather. The maple top is from my Father in laws forest, he mills wood. This top is 2 inch thick solid maple. 1/6 of my tobacco is in the jars to the left, and my pipes are in front, with boxes of estates to be worked on underneath the bench. Love this workspace!

 

[ghost]

Awesome pics! Something to aspire to!
Damnyak, I can almost see those cat's eyes moving in your pic...

 

[joshwolftree]

Dang and I just use the coffee table with some newspaper on it.

I wish I had a place to sit. I have been looking for bar stools but as I am a larger then normal guy not any old stool will do.

my dads a big dude too. I got him these and he seems to like Saddle style barstools.

 

[winton]

OK, here is a picture of my wife moving logs back toward the shop in the detached garage. It is packed with tools.

Here is my Jet mini-lathe making a vase. I use the big Jet for bowls and larger items.

This is outside my shop after a fun day of roughing out bowls.

 

[seamusjft]

Now I'm jealous! And I was so proud of my little setup I made today :crying:

My little dremmel, saw and files with a piece of sideboard screwed to a chest of drawers.

Dam you guys! I'm gonna have to spend some pennies now lol

 

[bentmike]

Work benches are cool. I have a couple! Outdoor stuff -bikes, skis, archery. Wood working and the lathe really is a work bench on its own. CA that Rockwell looks good. You're a lucky man.

 

[ssjones]

Awesome shops guys and gals! My bench does primary duty for auto/motorcycle repair but the right corner is where I do my pipe restorations. My buffer fits up into the bench mount vise. I have a propane heater and the walls are insulated, so it stays pretty cozy in the winter.

 

[instymp]

Good tastes in bikes Al, I had a 1965 trophy 6 I had fun with. nice work area/shops in here.