The Workshop

: Front-to-Back: Welding Bench & Storage, Mill-Drill, Lathe, Sculpting & Soldering Bench, Sheet Metal Brake and Shear

: Facing Main Workbenches and Paint Carousel Rack

: Sculpting & Soldering Bench Under Window. The Tiki Watching Through the Window Was Made as a Youth Over 45 Years Ago

: Welding Bench and My Trusty Rong-Fu Mill-Drill, Nearly 30 Years Old

: Another View of the Workbench Cluster

: Walkout is Handy for the Big Things.

: Cannot Have Too Much Storage Space

: Modified Harbor Freight Cutoff Saw Used For Small Brass and Wood & Dumore Sensitive Drill Press

: The Taig Micro Lathe is Often on this Bench Beside the Dumore

: Homemade Carousel Tucked in Unused Space

: Wax Sculpting Tools and Small Metal Stock Storage

: Wax Automaton Heads & Hands in Progress

: Pre-Warmed Wax in a Cup Spoons Faster Than Cold Wax

: An Oven Grate on Top of a Pan Keeps Sticky Wax Chips Away From Working Surface. A Brass Brush Head Mounted to Grate Keeps Tools Clean

: An Automaton Wire Frame Being Fitted With Mockup Hands

: Homemade Resistance Soldering Unit – See Article

: Custom-Made Universal Swivel for Neck Joint

: Well Used Mill-Drill, Still in Good Shape

: Milling Machine Z-Axis Digital Scale

: X-Axis Digital Scale Under Acrylic Chip Guard

: Y-Axis Digital Scale Also Under Window

: Automatatron – Servos Choreograph Automaton Movements Via Computer & MIDI, Then it Cuts Cams One at a Time to Mechanically Replicate the Servo Movements

: BCF-2000 MIDI Control Surface and Automatatron – Part of Setup to Record Automaton Movements and Cut Brass Cams

: This Mounts on Mill Table and Moves Under Computer Control for Cutting Cams

: Inside the Automatatron – MIDI-to-Servo Interface and Power Supplies

: Brass Cam Disk Being Copied From Hardboard Original

: Brass Disk is Larger Than Hardboard Original

: Follower on Right Center Rides on Hardboard Cam – Rotary Table is Free to Slide Left to Right

: There is No Milling Cutter in the Collet – This is Early in the Setup

: My Trusty Logan/Wards 10″ Lathe, Recently Restored After Nearly 30 Years Together

: The Lathe is Powered by a Variable Frequency Drive and a 3 Phase Motor – the Belt is Routed Vertically into the Cabinet Below

: Customized Taig Micro Lathe II for Smaller High Speed Work

: The Microscope Aids Fine Work and Lets You See How Bad You Are at Bit Sharpening

: Storage for Everything Short, Plus Some Trade Stimulators on Top Awaiting Restoration

: Lathe Tooling Opposite the Lathe. A Nice Mills War Eagle on Top is Also in Line for Restoration

: Watching in 3D

: Table Saw, Scroll Saw, Thickness Planer

: Sheet Metal Brakes and Shear; Clamp Storage

: Downdraft Dust Filtration & Outfeed Table In Foreground

: Second Bandsaw, Spindle Sander, Belt Sander

: Main Bandsaw and Disk/Belt Sander

: My Gear-Cutting Jig For the Table Saw Shown With Some Sample Gears

: This Will Be the Subject of an Upcoming Article

: Precision Table For Sanding Disks for Gear Cutter

: The Table Swings at the Right End

: And This Knob Sets the Stop Depth for Easing Up to Exactly the Correct Diameter

: This is a Dust Collector, Outfeed Table for the Saw, and a Power Tool Storage Rack

: Blower Output Passes Through Grill on the Bottom

: Tool Storage in Otherwise Wasted Space in Dust Filtration Table

: Inside the Dust Bench. A Furnace Blower is Housed in the Center with Furnace Filters on Either Side

: Metal Storage Rack on Casters – It’s Still Hard to Move