Spring Cleaning

[tc1cat]

WOW!! A clean shop!! Mine never gets that clean You might want to reconsider moving to basement. Basements are OK for the tabletop equip. but what happens when you want to upgrade to a floor model? Unless it is a walk in basement you will be sorry. Actually building a small stand alone shop might be better in the long run. All of my equip. is table top size. Even my ancient 9"X48" South Bend lathe is considered a bench model. Had to take it completely apart to get it to the basement- headstock, tailstock, and the saddle came off the bed to move. Even had to move to bench by itself. I have no idea how much the lathe bed weighs but it took 2 of us to move and we only had to take it down 1 flight of straight stairs.
Like the encloser for the Taig mill. Any problems with the mister and keyboard being inside the encloser? I think I would have the keyboard outside next to the computer.

[Heavy Metal]

Originally Posted by tc1cat

...Any problems with the mister and keyboard being inside the encloser? I think I would have the keyboard outside next to the computer.

Good catch Lynn. I was wondering if anyone would ask about that! Had just run the keyboard and mouse cables to the inside of the enclosure during my cleanup this weekend and figured I'd get a keyboard w/ rubber cover before too long. Well wouldn't you know it I broke an endmill when the jog button got stuck Sunday!!! I'm sure it was aluminum chips or gummed up coolant. Joe