Hi every one i would just like to show you a few pics of my little hobby hole/fettling workshop well the shed realy Here is the work bench with various tools at the front is my electric grindstone i have added a attachment to the right side so it can be used as a buffing wheel as well as grindstone a very handy piece of kit in fettling stove's lanterns and blowlamps at the back is my trusty Bialaddin bowl fire which is used when it is cold out there, a couple of old petrol blowlamps next to it all stripped down ready to be restored and put to use a Radius and a Monitor i have a good few of them stacked away under the work bench all paraffin fueled i only have a bout three petrol lamps and fancied puting them abck to use as they are a very handy tool and i prefer these to the butane/propane blowlamps and are just as good and efective ideal for soldering and for decokeing stove vapourisers a fair sized vice and other wood working stools Here are is a pic of two of my lanterns the Tilley and my favourite the Bialaddin 315 which i use out there most of the time for light and warmth,as i have not got electrick out there if i need it i run a estention cable out there at the moment it is connected to electric light,i have a old well a moderm miners lamp and parts of a petromax 500cp Here are a selecton of my main collection of classic stoves i am sorry i could not get them all in there is a selection of Optimus111's a few Monitor touring stoves and a few others sadly i could not get my two favourites in a Coleman502 which was generously given to me from Sam(idahostoveguy)from the USA and a south Korean 111 type stove i bought from Prescall(John)over from CCS a real powerfull practicle stove a real gem of a stove, i hope you all enjoy
Lovely little hobby hole you've got there brian. just love noseing at other peoples workshops. Maybe this thread will set a president just like the 'Mass Lighting' thread was. Then i can have more of a nosey Again very nice brian Ray
Hi Ray thank you im all so like pics of other members workshops they all ways seem better and i like looking at there collection and there tools etc it would be good if more would show some of there hobby holes and workshops
I get the hint but i don't have a grand collection to show off im afraid My workshop brian is more of a machine shop than a Lamp/Lantern hobby hole and i really dont think it would appeal to anyone here. My cookers have been stowed away in my garage along with most of my lanterns to free up machine shop space. Maybe one day i can have a dedicated 'Lamp Room' like christers therapeutic room, 8) 8) Ray
I think most of us would like a lamp room like christers, Ray a superb collecton of some of the finest lanterns he has
Very nice little work shop Brian. Thanks for showing us. What would we do if we didn't have these places. A buffing wheel sure does a good job, but it's a filthy businness. I actually have a buffing attachment that can be put on the lathe, but I never use it. It makes all things dirty. Any plans on fixing electricity out there? Actually my finest lanterns are in a glass cabinet in another room.
Brian Just a thought, as your near London and you like tools, get yourself over to the 'Ally Pally' this weekend, plenty of tools there my friend, Its the london model engineering exhibition
Hi Christer thank you very much you are so right a buffing wheel sure does do a great job and it realy does make a real mess when i use it i get loads of buffing wax dust all ove the work bench prior to serviceing and polishing my Bialaddin bowl fire it was filthy due to that dust but i am so limited to space in my hobby hole lol Hi Ray nice one i have been to ally pally a few times when i lived in london it was only a short drive from tottenham i have all so been to the wembly model engineering exibition both of them are excelent as i all so have a great interest in steam engines and do have three models a markie 1inch scale burrel showmans wagon a roundhouse tank engine caleed lady anne and another smaller showmans
Arrh ok Dont want to run this thread anymore off topic, but very quickly may i say,i attend a stand there this sat/sun so if there's something particular you want me to pick up and post to you then PT me
Ah! steam engines! Don't we all love them, small or great? I'm mainly into hot bulbs myself, but that might be because steam engines are so damn hard to find. And expensive once you well found one... An acquaintance of mine got himself a British traction engine not long ago. A Ransomes, Sims & Jefferies from 1920 (or there about). What a wonderful machine! I took a bunch of feeble clips with a compact camera on it in action at our local tractor rally the former summer. If you're interested you can see them here. There should be five very short clips in a row from my YouTube channel if the link work as it should... He needs an original steam pressure gauge for it, if anyone by chance should have one just laying around.
Hi Ry thank you very much for your kind help Nice one Christer i like those hot bulb engines and the way they are started with a large blowlamp/torch and the sound all so the hit and miss engines i will wtch your vids shortly after a film i am wtching at the moment on you tube
I might be able to help here christer, What sort of gauge is he after... Pressure rating, thread size, overall size ? I work in a decommisioning power station so got a few surplus gauges around the place, mostly brass PT me some details
Its a wreck, but here is what I have to contend with as soon as I walk through the door . Its supposed to have room to move around, but these GPA just take up alot of space . Dan
Hi Dan that amazing what a outstanding collection i am sure you are making us envious well done there
Ah the American basement. I have seen a few and they are crying out to be filled like this. We don't have anything like them here and every time I visited folks in the US I was so envious of the space and potential. ::Neil::
Hi John, Just barely enough space for myself , but I am happy to say that many of the lanterns in these pics now reside with friends in Sweden and the UK. Most of my lanterns are Coleman and AGM, but I am happy to say that I received a few great Swedish lanterns from friends in Sweden and several fantastic Tilley and Vapalux lanterns from friends in the UK. I love the Coleman and AGM stuff, but its a big world out there and there are alot of cool lanterns that I haven't tried yet . My workshop is sorta my home away from home for when the wifes riding my arse and the kids are bickering with each other. Open up the door, grab a cold beer from the fridge and have some fun . Have a good evening, Dan
They are very common in Sweden too, and I have one under my house. And yes! You are correct: they are crying to be filled with all kind of stuff. Don't know what I would do without it. It's also conveniant to not have to go outside to another building (shed) in the cold when you need to fettle, since most basements usually contain a sort of work shop in one of the rooms.
All that space !!! I have a converted 'typically british' garage to contain all my hobbies/interestes and its simply not enough Sweden's not that far to move to i guess
Here's my little retreat... Be warned, its not tidy Here are five panaramic pics around my shop As you can see, not much room for anything, what id give for one of those american (Or swedish for that matter) basements.
Hi Ray Orac CNC lathe , havn't seen one of those in a while ( if thats what it is )& is your Myford mill CNC too behind the screen nice workshop you have there & a wooden floor too , luckily mines just as untidy as yours . A mans home is his castle , but his garage/workshop is his sanctuary 8) , thank the lord Stu
Hi Stu Yes, the ORAC is an old'un from around 1984, Its CNC but programmed the old way by individual G & M codes line by line and page by page. The Boxford mill is a modern CNC unit from around 2004 with very 'user friendly' software not to disimilar to autocad. You design the component as a CAD drawing, then the software calculates the neccessary toolpaths for you ! That room was actually my garage which i converted to a room for my wife to work from home, Hence the flooring and coving etc. Not long after id finished the conversion for her, she returned to full time work and the room became free. And guess what, i nabbed it She wasn't pleased to see my machines in there i can tell you.
