Help me design my new workspace

[Squelchtone]

Thanks Squelchy,

I try to do my best. Your shelf is clean and simple, but very cool.

Cheers

Thanks, it's from IKEA. First a steel bracket is secured to the wall with 10 screws, then the shelf is mortised for 2 big support pins that are welded to the bracket, and the wooden shelf slides onto the bracket, so the mounting hardware is hidden. From bottom, 2 set screws keep shelf attached to the 2 rods. $20 US.

Here's that shelf: http://www.ikea.com/us/en/catalog/produ ... #/30193733


In case anyone is interested in the desk/table... I have 4 of them in the office, great for paperwork, workbench, lock work, etc. each desk was $20, and they make one long work surface =)
You choose white surface, then choose leg colors, white, black, red, etc. Legs are metal and screw into metal plates under the table.
http://www.ikea.com/us/en/catalog/products/S29932181/

[femurat]

Here is the safe lock display assembled to test it before gluing. Looks like the dowels friction is enough to keep it from falling apart.
I added three safe locks before shooting the picture for your pleasure.
I'll disassemble it, sand everything, give the second layer of paint and then finally glue it.

Cheers

[fgarci03]

Nice!
Looks like a proffesional made one. You really go into detail man!

Very good work!

[femurat]

Thanks for the compliments fgarci03
Here are the pieces after a little sanding and a second layer of paint, the plywood back and a detail of the wood color and texture natural vs painted.
Hope to glue everything this weekend...

Cheers

[femurat]

Finally I managed to complete my safe lock display. The first 3 pictures show the main gluing steps: the sides, the top, the back. It was not easy to glue such a big cabinet without some big clamps so I had to use two belts, some 90 degrees clamps to keep it square and something heavy to put on top of the cabinet. As weights I used some tool boxes for the sides and top, and some locks for the back.
In the last 2 pictures you can see the finished cabinet in its place, and my messy toy-space on the back.

Cheers

[fgarci03]

Dude! I love it!

Fits really nicelly on the spot, very simple and functional!
I want one of those now!

[phrygianradar]

I have to say, I am a bit jealous! Looks really nice, especially since I do all my lock work in the garage at night which attracts lots of moths, beetles and other critters! Now I am moving to a bigger house, so maybe I will get a little corner somewhere to set up a work station... right now all my locks and toys are in boxes, but don't cry for me; this too shall pass!

Nice work, I have been following your progression and I will say that when I do set up a better bench, I am also going to use peg board; it looks very, very nice and organized!

[radical rob]

for making picks a 'bench pin' (look that one up in jewely making books) is the best thing, this is a piece of wood that takes the file cuts and scars so your fancy table top dosent have to. you can probably see one in that video that deviant ollam made of me making picks,
check youtube for raimundo making picks or something like that.
the bench pin has grooves cut in it at angles that are personalised for you, and it is usually custom made for the job you usually do
You can see what I mean at any local jewelers bench.

This can also be made so that it can be taken down and put away so the gf dosent have a fit.
seriously go to a jewelers and ask to look at the workbench, there also a drop tray where filings are saved (precious metals) and you will probably see other useful innovations.

The bench pin can make pickmaking much easier.

Raimundo that is exactly why I got on here, a Bench pin huh, in your 7:44 min bogota tutorial on youtube, what did use to put the saw lines on the wedge shaped piece of wood??? that you were using as your bench pin???? i used a hack saw and there to wide to hold my LP material to get good hardy passes w/ my file?????

[deolslyfox]

I got a steel workbench with wooden top, pegboard across the back and a small flourescent light attached.

It has a storge bin at the top, three drawers and a storage shelf on the bottom. An electrical outlet strip across one side rounds out the rig. One of those Home Depot / Lowes / Harbor Freight pre-made things that sells for about $150 ....

It shares double duty .... Lock picking area and reloading bench. It does everything I need it to do. I don't display my locks. I find 'em, pick 'em and throw 'em in a box. When times are slow I re-pin / slick 'em up and pass 'em along for my buddies to have a crack at.

There's an obscure rule that says something like - "Regardless of the amount of space you have, the number of tools you own will always exceed that space ...."