#MY LITTLE BLACKSMITH SHOP MINE DOOR WINDOWS#

A few are not applicable because of details I have not mentioned. Much of what you say is useful, although there are some elements in there that I've answered already. Oh, one last bit of advice don't mount anything permanently till you know what works for you.įirst, let me tank you for the advice Frosty. Oh, fire extinguishers, hang one on the inside of the big door near the hinge. Tool racks where the balance of handy and in the way say they should be. under the shelves grinder close to the vac. Going to have to hang good lights over the bench of course. Work bench on wall opposite to the forge. bucket with a lid kept under a bench is okay. Okay, I think that's my 'first blush' bunch of suggestions: Forge between windows. I use mine all the time, almost as handy as the grinders and drill press. You can cut your stock to length and stand it up, screw on the table and use it to cut shapes. A horizontal vertical band saw is VERY handy. A cut off saw takes up a lot of room in use but hot saws make a LOT of sparks and are LOUD. If you're looking at a cut off band saw it needs to be in the corner by the door and on wheels, they are long and narrow but the steel stock you're cutting is clamped in the saw perpendicularly. Do NOT as in never, Never, NEVER use the same vac or dust comp for steel as you do for wood!!! Shop vacs are cheap.īand saws aren't that large unless you want a monster big one and they need to be in the center of a wall too for access to cut larger pieces, wood metal, etc.

YOur belt sander wants to be near the shop vac so you can control the dust. Store the mower and shop vac under the bottom shelf on the shelving unit or hang the mower on the wall out of the way. Hmmm? The stack isn't near your neighbor's yard so that's taken care of. Put a decorative fox brick enclosure around it and ugly is cured. Point out to your wife the stack will come out the wall 6' off the ground, it's easy ennough to place the stack's through fittings too high for small kids to touch.

where the corner eliminates much of anything longer than 2' without putting an access door in the wall. Basically it opens the shop up to making decent size railings, grills, etc. Still, that location makes the forge accessible from both sides and in an extreme case you could heat the center of a 16' bar to bend or twist and you have a door on one side to allow really long work.

#MY LITTLE BLACKSMITH SHOP MINE DOOR WINDOWS#

Were that my shop I'd put the forge between the windows even though the natural light at the work bench is a GOOD thing. You really want access to it from at least two sides, three is better. You show your forge in a corner, the one next to the neighbor. Light wall pipe welded to a foot plate is the new norm. Your quench tank isn't going to be that large, honest even if you're quenching battle axes. Put a hose bib in the shop, a water hose is handy and loose HOT bits aren't nearly as attracted to a hose as a water tank. Lose the water tank, if you think it'd be handy in a fire you don't have experience fighting fires either. That's not a knock it's just an observation. Your current concept drawing of a shop layout shows you don't have any experience with the craft. Everything is still in the planning stage. I'm a newcomer to the craft and still have to buy or build anything for the shop. The belt sander and all the other stuff is only displayed to get a feeling of the space available.įor now I have nothing to set up. Furthermore, when I am not working with the forge everything will be compacted into the corner to leave space to do something else.

So I'll be able to re-arrange stuff as I try them out. But neither the anvil nor the vise will be fixed in place. Each will be on a heavy stump or a sturdy table. Having plenty of water nearby seems like a good idea when playing with fire. From what I understand, when making blades it is better to use oil to prevent cracks. Regarding the water barrel vs quench tank: that is just to get a sense of the space I may need. The bandsaw and belt sander need to be as far from the forge as is Possible! Is that a gasoline mower? If so it shouldn't be in the same location as the forge.Ĭan you set up that setup on your driveway and do several projects to see how it works for you? Why do you have both a water barrel and a quench tank? Where will you be standing at that forge-it looks like the work triangle is off.

My little blacksmith shop mine door