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Here is my main tool shelf can be see here in the back. It was my first back to DIY projects. Build entirely from scrap crate wood, as was the framing of my workbench. You can also see the welding machine and "ancient" drill press. The X-Y vice was my Christmas gift this year.

This is the self on the other side where I keep my horde of screw, blots, etc., etc. See I told you guys I've kind of outgrown it. What's the thing in the middle?

Aside from the stock of plywood for the boat I'm building, there's a U-beam for when I have to route long things like the mast of a boat, an 8' long taper sled, and a bunch of other tools I keep under it. Oh yeah that's the jointer which is sitting on top of a wood lathe (that doesn't work too well I'm afraid).

Here's a tip for all those DIYers, notice the small bandsaw on my workbench? It was a return because the blade guide is faulty. I bought it for P500 from HRM Auction. I'm repairing it now. Aside from the fun of getting the tool to work, I'll have a another tool for a fraction of the cost.

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I like your workshop!!!! Where can I get those steel pallets?

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Is wind/rain a problem, if it is open all the time? How about termites or bukbok, with all that sawdust and shavings that falls on the ground?

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Thanks edtf ... hopefully I can reclaim some of the pallets my wife used for a roof around our townhouse and expand it eventually.

I still see these steel pallets from time to time but mostly I see the plastic ones now. Last time I asked a few months ago, they sell for P280 a piece I think. This was at those crate wood vendors in the Taytay area. Other crate wood vendors will most likely have them.

Yup wind and rain are defintely problems. Notice all those cloths covering stuff. The router has a plastic cover. However even with these, wind swept rain does get in. I try to keep things covered with oil but that this also evaporates from the heat. Dust is also a problem.

Termites attached the wood panel in front of my workbench. It is just scrap particle board so that's ok. Good thing the shop structure is all concrete and steel.

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very nice shop with all the freedom, lol. it is always great to have a place to work, let alone a wide open space with free lighting and cooling. wish I had some of those open spaces, but you can't have it all I guess... enjoy the habby and craft. I know I do. Cheers.

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Thanks timer715. Yes, I've quite a lot of space - 300 sqm. if you count my wife's new carport that I recently commandeered for the boat I started building :). The boat will take a 2-3 years to build but I'm sure to get kicked out of that space once the boat is finished so I'd only count 200 sqm. Someday, maybe when I find the surplus materials, I'll expand my shop.

Its my birthday so I'll do some day dreaming.

First thing I need to do is replace the swing-out doors with a permanent roof that is higher and longer. This will still be open air but with roll down tarp walls to keep the rain out. Why not closed? It is too hot. I was thinking I could put removable steel mesh panels but I've two "war dogs" standing guard for now so that's ok. Under this new roof I'd like to put the heavy tools that I currently have to heave in and out of storage. Imagine every every time I want to use the thickness planer or the jointer I have to pick them up and put them on the table saw. Also, I hope there is space to put the workbench so I can walk around it.

Next with the three pallets from the swing-out doors, and two other pallets that have not really been used yet, I want to expand the walled part of the shop to the right. I'll build my small foundry there (one of my projects on-hold). The front roof would also be expanded where I'd put the metal working stuff ... then I'd be able to buy a lathe and mill (also on my wish list).

Well enough daydreaming for now.

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A jointer as well as a thickness planer! Does this mean that you can make engineered bamboo? Those are the key tools needed to make rectangular bamboo, no? Or will bamboo dull the blades quickly?

Are those two tools available in Binondo stores, and at reasonable cost?

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I hope you continue your interest in engineered bamboo. I had an interest in it before but like many other things it "went south".

Industrial jointers and planers can be bought I'm sure at Binondo or even the 2nd equipment vendors in Caloocan. Hobbyist jointers like my mine are another matter though as far as I know. I had mine shipped all the way from the U.S. and resigned to suffer that it is 110v. There are now "hobby" lathes being sold in Binondo so things are changing.

The thickness planer you can find easily but they are still a bit expensive. You could try you luck at the HRM and SOS stores.

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happy birhtday incc63!!!

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Thanks bro.

This evening I looked in on that bandsaw I'm trying to get work. The problem is with with the blade guides. Last Sunday I found one of the adjusting bolt holes had worn threads so I repaired that with epoxy. Basically, I cleaned the hole and bolt with laquer thinner, washed then clean with soap and water, dried them, coated the bold with mold release wax (Polymer Products), then put the bolt in the hole that was filled with epoxy. I was worried that the bolt would not come out but pleasantly it all worked out. Unfortunately, I discovered this was not the only bolt hole with loose thread ... lousy castings I've concluded. One hole I repaired again with epoxy but then I found another one in the upper blade guide ... grrr. The upper blade guide as an additional problem that can't be solved so simply so now I'm thinking to just make a new upper blade guide.

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I always wondered how a boat builder's shop would look like. Now I have an idea.

Thanks for posting Incc63 and Happy Birthday!!!

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Glad you like it bro but just so no one gets the wrong impression you don't really need my kind of setup to build a boat. Heck some of my fellow boatbuilders did their boats with just a few hand tools, and an electric drill. Really. Please don't think you need something like my workshop to build a boat.

My shop is the way it is because I'm like my aunt once very long ago said: "a jack of all trades, master of nothing". Well she got the first part right, or at least I won't mind be one, and for all but one trade her second phrase is also essentially true. I guess I just like building stuff and learning whatever trades are necessary.

I also enjoy getting others hooked on any of the craziness I'm into. So I've a standing offer to host at my workshop anyone that wants to build a boat, especially if it is the same as one of mine.

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My shop is the way it is because I'm like my aunt once very long ago said: "a jack of all trades, master of nothing". /QUOTE]

in a way, I keep re-fitting my shop and upgrading my tools because my Grandfather was a Jack of all trades and a master of all of them. He was fixing clocks, making wood crafts and using almost all materials I can think of for his time and came out with great results. I acquired all of his tools in his departure, too bad my uncle sold a lot before I could though. So I take my hobby as serious as I can most of the time and try to be close to his workmanship. I have little patience but I'm working on it... Cheers

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@INCC63

I always forget to ask . What is the size of your GMC Router Table top in inches?

Soon I will have a Bosch Portable Router Table and the tabletop is aluminum much like yours.

This one ...

http://www.newwoodworker.com/reviews/b1181rvu.html

tks