Pics of shop progress

Looks like you are making good and steady progress.

-- Gary, East TX -- The longest journey begins with a single step.

looking good.

i like the handsaw rack.. mind sharing how they are held in place?

-- David - Houston, Texas.

Sure David, the handsaws are each held in place by a 1 inch dowel which rides in a “V” channel with one side of the “V” perpendicular to the floor. You slide the saw blade with an upward motion into the channel beside the dowel and then lower the saw blade. The dowel tightens against the blade. Hope that’s clear!!

Calgirl

-- Forget the health food, I need all the preservatives I can get !

Very nice you are making wonderful progress.

-- With God's help all things are possible- even woodworking. Woodworking is not just a hobby, it is an (expletive deleted) expensive hobby.

I see you dust collection coming up through the floor. Where is the DC located

Quebecnewf

Sorry for that question I checked out the rest of you pic and now see the DC is located in the corner. I want to do the same thing in my new shop building this coming month. My pipes will be under the floor the same as yours. A couple of questions.
Are the elbows in the cement 90 deg. it looks like they must be
What type of pipe are you using
I believe you have a Woodsuker DC is this correct
The sliding door is all homebuilt or is the hardware a kit

My shop will be 26×32
Quebecnewf

Quebecnewf
My DC is a ClearVue (www.clearvuecyclones.com). All the underslab piping is 6” S&D…sewer and drain. I bought it at the local big box store. All elbows are 45 degrees or less, and the connections are glued and then taped with aluminum tape prior to the slab being poured. The contractor built the sliding door which is 8 feet wide. He purchased the sliding door mechanism somewhere locally. From the exterior you can not tell it is a door (on easy inspection) as all locks are on the interior.

Good luck on your shop project…. mine has been great fun so far. Looking forward to seeing your pics. A great site for info about DC systems and piping is http://billpentz.com//woodworking/cyclone/index.cfm I used his site as my bible when planning my system.

-- Forget the health food, I need all the preservatives I can get !

SWEET DUDE!!!!!(even “girls” called “Dude” in CALI)...Great shop…have loved watching the progress—-what is left to do>>>??? looks like you are all set up!!!

-- Matt, Napa, CA...142 days to sanity...

Matt,
Napa…...ah, I remember. I moved here from San Jose. Miss the mountains and low humidity!

You ask “What’s left to do?” Just a few things like a workbench, worktable, all the cabinetry (at least 8) on the west wall, the computer center, the miter table, the dumbwaiter to get stuff up to the storage area, the ceiling (after I finish the insulating), painting, all the trim, making some curtains, most of the hook-ups to the dust collector, etc., etc. Do you have any spare time to donate?

-- Forget the health food, I need all the preservatives I can get !

Awesome, thanks calgirl.

-- David - Houston, Texas.

Calgirl
If the elbows are all 45 deg or less am I to assume that for each pipe sticking up through the floor you have 2 45 deg joined together with a short section of pipe.
My workshop will set on a post foundation so I will have access to the pipes.
Your project is in so many ways the same as mine. My workshop is basicly the same size as yours and my layout is about the same as your.
I am building it myself when time permits . This starts with cutting the logs and millling the lumber at my mill.
The only outside help will be the electrician and in this I have no choice.

Quebecnewf

Looks great. I’m glad to see that you haven’t forgotten the curtains. Where is the sewing machine station? Does it have a dust collector?

Lee

-- No piece is cut too short. It was meant for a smaller project.

Lee,

Real Cute ! Ha Ha

-- Forget the health food, I need all the preservatives I can get !

Quebecnewf

Your shop project really sounds interesting…...I hope you post lots of pictures so I can see everything. It’s great that you will be milling your own lumber too. Wish I could drop by to peek about! I want to get a small thingy to cut llarge ogs into 2” slabs…...do you have a suggestion?

About the dust pipe…..I was able to find, at the local big box store, some wyes that are 45 degrees. Also, I went to a plumbing supply house and found some 22 1/2 degree sweeps there. My S&D pipe is relatively deep as the builders had to bring in two truckloads of fill. I had them mark out the perimeter of the building and they gave me time to construct my system before they poured the fill. So, I laid out the pipe, (I have two separate systems), and brought them up above where the slab would be. I covered the pipes so that they would not pour dirt or cement into them. They then poured the fill and compressed it and then the cement fella’s poured the cement over that. I also had the electrician come out prior to the cement pour to lay his circuits, as I have 220 and 120 coming up thru the cement also. I think I have a pic of the layout in my projects…..I’ll check to see where and post another reply to you as to where it can be found.

-- Forget the health food, I need all the preservatives I can get !

Quebecnewf

Check out thest pics:

http://lumberjocks.com/projects/3277

http://lumberjocks.com/projects/3212

The actual layout of my dust/electrical system are in Excel format…….if you want to see them, send me your email and I’ll ship them back to you.

Calgirl

-- Forget the health food, I need all the preservatives I can get !

Calgirl

My email
prowsell@hotmail.com

Why did you go with Clearvu over Onedia or some other brand. Was it mainly a price thing or performance?
What model do you have.
I notice your 6” pipe sticks far up through the cement. Is this on purpose ? Is there some way that one could have them flush and then slip on a reducer section with your blast gate in that section. My thinking is there may come a time when you rearrange your shop.
Sorry for all the questions

Quebecnewf
I dou have a few pics on this site under a couple blogs .
Do a search on this site for Quebecnewf

Quebecnewf,

I went with Clearvu after having read Bill Pentz’s articles. The Clearvu was designed to meet his specifications. It is a fantastic unit and has tremendous suction. I can open all my 6” outlets and still feel a good bit of suction. After I had it mounted, I turned it on just to see if it worked….none of my piping was hooked up to it at the time, nor were the filters hooked up…...I couldn’t believe how much blow and suck it had. I bought the CV 1800 because of the size of my shop and the length of my piping. I paid very little attention to expense because my health and the fact that I was building my “dream” shop was more important than the dollars. To this day, I have no idea how much other cyclones cost.

I brought the 6” piping up that high above the cement floor to keep the workmen from tripping, or from filling it with debris. It is easy to cut down which I do as I hook each pipe up.

You should read Bill’s site regarding cyclones….there is fantastic info there: http://billpentz.com/index.cfm

-- Forget the health food, I need all the preservatives I can get !

I’ve read Bill’s site from front to back. Its a great site. I will go the clearvu route when it comes time to buy my DC.

I got a lot of great info of your project. Thanks for the email. I will post pics as my workshop project goes ahead .

Quebecnewf

looking good.

-- making sawdust....

Oh for that much space. Looking good.

-- Bob

Calgirl
It looks like I will have to use 90 degree elbows to come up through my floor. The 6” pipe has to be fastened under the floor joist I cannot go lower and the only way to make a turn and get up between the joist is with a 90 deg elbow.
I know these are to be avoided if possible but I can see no other option at this time. I suppose a 6” piece of flexible instead of a 90 degree would give a little more sweep to the elbow but not much due to the space I have to work with between the joist..
Quebecnewf

Quebecnewf
According to Bill Prentz, 90 degree turns are to be avoided because they create so much turbulence in the piping. However, if you have no other option, then you must do what you have to do. What tool do you plan to use at that location? If you can, I would put a tool at that outlet that does not put out a lot of chips like a planer or saw. or one which needs a lot of suction like a lathe or chop saw. In your situation, I would use the flexible even if it gave me just a little less than 90 degree…because the turbulence all adds up in the end. A lot depends on how many cfm’s you are going to be pulling with your unit and how many outlets you will have open at one time, etc. Could you use a 22.5 under the floor and another 22.5 above the floor? Hope this helps. Good luck.

-- Forget the health food, I need all the preservatives I can get !

I would imagine where ever I come up through the floor it will have to be 90 degree . I am putting 2×8 floor joists on 16” centers so to make the turn it would have to be 90 deg a flex pipe might give me a little more sweep but it would be very little difference.
I work alone so I would never have more than one gate open at a time.

Quebecnewf
Where did you buy your flex 6”?

QUE

I bought my supplies here: http://www.leevalley.com/wood/page.aspx?c=1&cat=1&p=42401

Also, if you have not bought your blast gates yet, get the ones that are “self cleaning”. The other style gate has a slide that gets chips, etc. cought in the runners. There is a picture of the self cleaning style on the page of the above url. You can shop around to see if you can get the 6” at a better price elsewhere…..I don’t know, but most places carry it.

Calgirl

-- Forget the health food, I need all the preservatives I can get !

Very nice, Calgirl! I really like the underground dust collection piping. It frees up so much wall space, which is at a premium already because of the windows.

-- Furniture Medic- the prescription for damaged furniture

Remember your shop space when you finished the building phase. Thanks for the update.

Enjoy your shop.

Dalec