phase 4 of shop mods... probably the last :)

[Ajcoholic]

So, I hope things have been going well for everyone here... for those in business, I am not sure how things have been elsewhere, but everyone I know here in the woodworking business have been swamped with work.

Ive been super busy with a great mix of cabinetry (currently working on a nice walnut kitchen, traditional face frame construction, lots of millwork, furniture etc) I have also been slowly breaking into the melamine market here - I have another job, a large walk in closet to be done this month - and look forward to possibly looking for another full timer soon.

Since I built my new shop in 2010/2011 - I have done some fairly major mod to the building and machinery each summer (2012, 2013 & last summer). This time, I am adding another room of 260 sq feet and adding a new Maggi system 23 construction boring machine to the arsenal. And, to compliment my edge bander purchase of last summer, I have a Cantek (Comatic) portable one arriving any day to be able to do curved shelving, gables, etc.

When I bought my Shopbot, I had a room, also about 260 feet extended onto my main shop to house the machine. I am basically doubling the size of that room and turning my CNC 90 degrees to give me both room to house the boring machine, and also more working space around my router.

I just spent the day today driving to pick up the SIP (mostly 3", metal clad) which I will be using for the walls, and ceiling VS the typical 2x6 wood frame, vap barrier, insulation and drywall. It should go up quickly. For those who remember, I have a 6000 sq ft shop, which is divided into roughly 3/5 as heated working space and 2/3 storage. The new room will be inside the main structure, I am just closing off for heating purposes and to separate it from the unheated storage side.

Construction starts tomorrow. Ill post pics then. :)

I am really looking forward to moving the CNC, to have more room to load, work on the ends and side for maintenance and cleaning, etc.

I have not had much time for posting lately... with our "new born" nearing one year already and my other son pushing 5, home time is at as much of a premium as work time.

Missed the AWFS this year - but am planning to be at the IWF next summer... with at least on of my guys. Never too early to plan, lol.

[Bob Eustace]

Ready for a new dog yet Andrew? One of our Border Collies discovered Skype tonight!

[curtiss]

.....I have a 6000 sq ft shop, which is divided into roughly 3/5 as heated working space and 2/3 storage.

Let's see 3/5 is 60%... 2/3 is 66%... for a total of over 120%....

can you send out a floor plan ??? :)

[mark_stief]

I think he gotcha on that one Andrew LOL:confused:

[bleeth]

Nah-Andy does everything over 100%;)

[Ajcoholic]

.....I have a 6000 sq ft shop, which is divided into roughly 3/5 as heated working space and 2/3 storage.

Let's see 3/5 is 60%... 2/3 is 66%... for a total of over 120%....

can you send out a floor plan ??? :)

Should be 2/5 as storage... roughly 3600 for working space and 2400 storage. But I also have a second level on my storage side.

[Ajcoholic]

I think he gotcha on that one Andrew LOL:confused:

Well, I had three years of advanced mathematics in University... lol. But you would think I can add a few fractions to make 100%... nope!

[Ajcoholic]

Today we got the opening (15' wide by 8') existing wall, and all the 10' high 10' high walls put up. They just sit into a metal U channel screwed to the concrete, and there is a steel angle at each joint. Use spray foam and silicone sealant to seal the joints. Everything gets screwed together and is quite strong.

Will never warp, need paint, etc. Better insulating qualities than the standard 2x6 walls they use here, with pink insulation. Plus no drywall, vapour barrier etc.

All the metal to metal joints are "broken" by a sawcut, to prevent the exterior metal from being in direct contact with the interior panel. Its supposed to prevent sweating/moisture.

If I would have known about this stuff 5 years ago I'd have done my whole shop in it.

Monday I hope to get the ceiling on, everything finish sealed and pull the plastic off the panels. Then mount another row of 48" flourescent fixtures up and start moving some machinery in...

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[scottp55]

Andrew,
Looks like screwed on angle on your exterior wall to support SIP ceiling? Same detail used as a ledger on your OSB wall?
Was thinking because you're in Canada you'd be using an air to air heat exchanger already? I borrowed heavily from Saskatchewan energy studies when building this house and an exchanger was almost mandatory as house was so tight(wound up using their overstuffed 2X6 24OC then taped barrier and horizontal(plumbing/wiring case) 2x4's, polebarn nailed and overstuffed again design...love 11" Canadian designed walls):)
In second pic, those little mortise and tenon rectangles are driving me crazy:)
Are they used in your SIPs project or where?
Thanks for saying how panels are joined, I was wondering.

Going up quick!
Congrats!
scott

[Ajcoholic]

Andrew,
Looks like screwed on angle on your exterior wall to support SIP ceiling? Same detail used as a ledger on your OSB wall?
Was thinking because you're in Canada you'd be using an air to air heat exchanger already? I borrowed heavily from Saskatchewan energy studies when building this house and an exchanger was almost mandatory as house was so tight(wound up using their overstuffed 2X6 24OC then taped barrier and horizontal(plumbing/wiring case) 2x4's, polebarn nailed and overstuffed again design...love 11" Canadian designed walls):)
In second pic, those little mortise and tenon rectangles are driving me crazy:)
Are they used in your SIPs project or where?
Thanks for saying how panels are joined, I was wondering.

Going up quick!
Congrats!
scott

Scott yes the osb wall will get a metal l channel to support the ceiling panels. The metal gets silicones while the panel to panel joints get spray foamed.

The small PCs on the sheet are parts for pencil boxes. I have thirty two kids coming from my sons daycare on Monday morning to tour the shop and get to 'play' with my hand planes, saws and drills. Plus we build these projects.

I had a group of 25 two weeks ago and two this Monday. It's a lot of work but this is the fourth year im doing this and it's very popular with the kids and their parents.

Never had anyone he hurt and they have a lot of fun! Lots of supervision plus my two guys and myself to help.

[scottp55]

Thanks Andrew
Bet you had/will have fun too.
Good selection of tools(as long as you keep your chisel planes/japanese saws hidden:)
VERY nice for you to do, and probably a lasting impression on the kids and parents.
Me, I'd have a meltdown the day before trying to find everywhere I'd used my "Sharps" (not as organized as you and they don't always wind up on/in their roll/shelf/box)

[Ajcoholic]

Well, we do use both a Western style dovetail saw, and a Japanese pull saw (dozuki) and also I set up my old mitre box with the large Disston back saw. We dont use chisels, but several smaller hand planes so they can try and take a shaving from some pine or basswood. We also use a fret saw with some thin dressed basswood. And of course both the eggbeater and brace to show how holes used to be drilled.

Then I have then sand and assemble their boxes. They go together easily but they are super happy to take something home, that "they" made and has their names V carved on it too.

All machinery gets turned off, all work in progress pushed out of the way. The staff makes sure they know not to touch anything and they never have. The daycares I deal with are very well run, and well staffed. About 5 staff comes along, and there are three of us and one more as one of my retired friends comes to help also.

That will tie up my morning - and hopefully in the afternoon I will get the ceiling done. I just went out to buy 6pcs 48" dual T8 fixtures, and more silicone and foam. Im headed to the shop now to tidy up and get things set up!

I am expecting the Maggi to arrive next week. I want to have my Shopbot in place, the sanders moved and everything wired in (just need to move a bit of wire and extend a few things) and get the dust collector piping up.

[Ajcoholic]

I spent the afternoon cleaning the shop, tidying up and getting things ready for Monday morning...

This is the project:

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And this is the kitchen Im working on. Lots of trim left and then doors and fronts, and drawers and trays left.

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[gc3]

photo 2 of kitchen...are those solid wood glue ups for shelving or veneers with banding? right side of box shows 3 face frame stiles clamped...is this per design? also in drawer bxs I see shims for clearance of guides ?...is this to pass doors that open? we use blocks instead of full length spacing in the rare case box sides are not flat. on that note we have moved to the Hafele Moovit system...

[Ajcoholic]

photo 2 of kitchen...are those solid wood glue ups for shelving or veneers with banding? right side of box shows 3 face frame stiles clamped...is this per design? also in drawer bxs I see shims for clearance of guides ?...is this to pass doors that open? we use blocks instead of full length spacing in the rare case box sides are not flat. on that note we have moved to the Hafele Moovit system...

In the kitchen there is a 48" by 84" sub zero fridge, and the two 2 1/1" wide gables go around that (along with a 3" top frame piece). The smaller gables are for a second wine fridge, which goes against a wall, and will have two 1 1/4" gables on either side with the decorative base trim. The visible sides of the gables get the molding same as the island end units (with the boxed sections). Everything is just clamped together for convenience in the shop until I work on that section.

There are minimal uppers - just a single 40" hutch cabinet, which will have glass doors, and three 20" uppers which will have wood doors. I did make the shelving from solid walnut.

I use Blum Movento undermount slides. The drawers will be dovetailed wood boxes as usual. The cabinet boxes are perfectly square/parallel and will stay that way since I use particle core veneer and store it flat as it comes off the truck. Never had an issue with warping, except with veneer core ply. I have always favoured full length build outs VS blocks (my father used blocks) as I like the look better, and it is faster for me to install VS several blocks per slide. The Movento slides are very nice, and offer a ton of adjustment. I know every company has their own similar product but I have gone to pretty much Blum and accuride products (although I still have an active account and deal with Hettich and Hafele as well).

Most of the lowers are drawers. But there are some trays, and with the Blum hinges I use, I use a 1" build out to clear the hinges for those.

The island end cabinets are just 9" deep, so I will be using Accuride full extension side mounts on those drawers. The Island is 110" by 70" - and has 7 cabinets and a space for the dishwasher as well.

Finish will be a coat of clear danish oil, and then post cat lacquer. The customer wants the varying shades in the walnut, so no colour/shading will be done.

[scottp55]

Ah...Pencil Box:)
Wish MY SubZero panel had grain like that instead of plain vanilla Cherry(matches cabinets better, but still...that face is almost a different view point of kitchen).
NICE veneer! Claro?
That's going to be one Beautiful Kitchen Andrew!
Make sure and show Oiled and Popped!!

[Ajcoholic]

Ah...Pencil Box:)
Wish MY SubZero panel had grain like that instead of plain vanilla Cherry(matches cabinets better, but still...that face is almost a different view point of kitchen).
NICE veneer! Claro?
That's going to be one Beautiful Kitchen Andrew!
Make sure and show Oiled and Popped!!

Its just stock (pressed up here in Canada, on Canadian core) flat sawn American black walnut. Its nice stuff though. I love walnut.. and love working with it as well. Its a great job, great customers to deal with as well. They know what they want and I am trying to give them exactly what they want.

I actually designed and had the carbide cutters for the doors, and base, trim etc ground just for this job. A few hundred bucks per set of knives on a job of this size is no issue for me, and I can give them a real custom job. I have a nice Royce/Ayr head that takes up to 60mm high knives. Nice to have for the shaper.

Dont worry I will take some pics of it finished.

It is supposed to be installed in mid Sept. The house is under construction, it is a new post and beam home being built on a lake about 45 min out of town. Really nice home. They are a bit behind, so I am working on a few other jobs at the same time. Otherwise I'd be done this month.

[Ajcoholic]

Got the ceiling done this afternoon and the light fixtures up and wired up. I also moved my buddy 90 degrees and down towards the new exterior wall. I will have a lot more free space off either end, and to the side than I did when it was wedged into the 8' space. I just need to move the vac pump into final position, re-hook it up and run a new length of cable from the disconnect to the motor. I had enough slack in the Shopbot cable to put it where I wanted it. DC will be a simple matter of extending the piping 7 or 8 feet.

Should be able to finish moving the equipment and clean up the wiring tomorrow. Then its back to work! Not bad, this whole modification of the shop will only have taken between 2 and 3 days total. I have work to be done on the CNC so I have to get it hooked up and running tomorrow.

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[Ajcoholic]

Almost forgot.. the morning went great! Had two super well behaved groups of kids - who enjoyed all the sawing, drilling and hand planing. They really enjoy themselves and not one kid did anything they werent supposed to.

I told a few of them to come back in 15 years for a job... lol.

[Simops]

Hey Andrew....now I can see and appreciate your Regan blower......it's a monster!!! No wonder your getting such tremendous suction.......

Looking good......cheers

[scottp55]

+1 on the looking good, but now I'm imagining all that sound bouncing around with nowhere to go:(
I remember my sound guy coming back after house was semi-finished to see if his in-walls and speaker/amp/sub recommendations sounded as good as he thought they would. He took one look at the south wall glass/ dyed concrete 66X24' floor in big room/and all the sheet rock with 10-14' ceilings, and said " I thought there would be SOMETHING to soak up the sound! ... Area rugs,wall hangings,curtains.......SOMETHING!!!:("
He was just appalled that all that sound would be resonating (he had a definite point).
Put sound deadening foam on bottom surface of my MakerCrate top, and on identical box up North they didn't. Mine is about half the noise level.
Just something to think about after all set up and working again. Must be something functional you could do to suck up the sound on one wall/ceiling so your opening to shop doesn't act like a speaker amplifier?
Very glad the kids went so well:)
scott

[Ajcoholic]

Hey Andrew....now I can see and appreciate your Regan blower......it's a monster!!! No wonder your getting such tremendous suction.......

Looking good......cheers

Yes, if it was any larger it wouldnt fit under the Buddy :)

[Ajcoholic]

+1 on the looking good, but now I'm imagining all that sound bouncing around with nowhere to go
I remember my sound guy coming back after house was semi-finished to see if his in-walls and speaker/amp/sub recommendations sounded as good as he thought they would. He took one look at the south wall glass/ dyed concrete 66X24' floor in big room/and all the sheet rock with 10-14' ceilings, and said " I thought there would be SOMETHING to soak up the sound! ... Area rugs,wall hangings,curtains.......SOMETHING!!! He was just appalled that all that sound would be resonating (he had a definite point).
Put sound deadening foam on bottom surface of my MakerCrate top, and on identical box up North they didn't. Mine is about half the noise level.
Just something to think about after all set up and working again. Must be something functional you could do to suck up the sound on one wall/ceiling so your opening to shop doesn't act like a speaker amplifier?
Very glad the kids went so well
scott

Scott,
I think since the walls are 4"/5" thick dense urethane foam, they dont resonate. I was running the router today (and the vac pump, and my 7.5 HP dust collector is right opposite the room where the router is, where that short cut out in the wall is). No prob on the noise.

I will shortly have the 23 spindle construction boring machine sitting next to the router, and I plan to put up some racks for more storage, etc. The space will fill up quickly!

Today I cut some pcs of maple clad MDF, to make a stacked curved core for a stair step, and also cut out a 44" by 16" maple sign for an automotive shop here in town - for the owner's office.

While I was making some doors, and finishing trim on the kitchen gables and base.

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[scottp55]

Good on noise Andrew!
Glad you're up and running again so quick.
Nice clean sign!
What bit do you like for clean pocket bottoms?(liking my Centurion FEM .5" down here but rarely do big stuff and was just wondering).
The P&B customers must like wood, and are going to love that Walnut:)

[Ajcoholic]

Good on noise Andrew!
Glad you're up and running again so quick.
Nice clean sign!
What bit do you like for clean pocket bottoms?(liking my Centurion FEM .5" down here but rarely do big stuff and was just wondering).
The P&B customers must like wood, and are going to love that Walnut:)

Nothing special - a down spiral Onsrud 1/2" (two flute) run at 11,000 and 240 IPM. Then a 1/8" Onsrud down spiral two flute to clean up the insides and corners, run at 13,500 rpm and 60 IPM. Both carbide bits.

When I cut wood like that I generally still use the vac for hold down but I throw a few clamps on in case I get enough flex/curving to lift off the vac table. This one stayed pretty flat as I was just cutting in 1/4", and the total thickness was 1 3/8".

The couple who I am doing the kitchen for do like wood. Their home is going to be amazing... The guy has a gravel and construction/contracting business, and I actually hired him to do some work for me when I moved to Timmins, and was setting up my new shop.

I have priced out some other work for them. If they are happy with the kitchen, I am sure there will be more stuff to do.

Probably 75% of my work is repeat business - some people I have been doing work for 20+ years. This weekend I am headed back to Kirkland Lake to discuss another kitchen, with a couple I have made several items for over the past 15 or 16 years (bedroom furniture, closets, dining set, some commercial stuff for their business, kitchen table and chairs set, etc. Once people get to know you and your work, and trust you - it generally leads to a long lasting relationship IMO.

[Ajcoholic]

Scott, all the cabinets have been oiled as well as the gables & bases. Pics as promised...

The walnut is awesome. Never fails to impress me the beauty of natural wood, with just some oil on it.

I was off sick today, but yesterday I got the drawers and trays together. There is a 3/8" thick walnut accent strip that was glued to the top of each drawer box. Should provide a nice accent when opening the drawers (which I manufacture from basswood, with a Baltic birch bottom).

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(drawer boxes need to be finish sanded. I always run some light coloured wood filler on the dovetails to fill any small chios that occur during the machining. Just a little touch that makes a difference in my opinion)

[jTr]

Andrew,
Are you running dovetails on the 'bot ala Gary C, or do I recall you mentioned in the past you were unable to utilize that strategy on the buddy?

Funny when I see others obsess as much as I do- no shame at all in filling those 'tails - really takes them over the top with such a small pinch of effort. I've never seen an accent wood on the top edge like that -Looking great, as usual!

Jeff

[Ajcoholic]

Andrew,
Are you running dovetails on the 'bot ala Gary C, or do I recall you mentioned in the past you were unable to utilize that strategy on the buddy?

Funny when I see others obsess as much as I do- no shame at all in filling those 'tails - really takes them over the top with such a small pinch of effort. I've never seen an accent wood on the top edge like that -Looking great, as usual!

Jeff

Jeff I have a Cantek dovetail machine. Never tried cutting them on the CNC but I think with the buddy it would be a pita. With the rig I have I can machine a complete drawer box in two minutes.

[scottp55]

Thanks Andrew.
Grain on SubZero piece is Lovely and eye catching!
Agree with Jeff on the attention to detail and on the contrasting wood being noteworthy. NICE touch:)

[Ajcoholic]

After a brief pause (the customer is behind on the construction and the flooring wont be done for a few weeks yet) I am back on the kitchen. Should have the cabinet cases sprayed completely tomorrow and the drawers have been done. Then we can start installing hardware, while I work on the fronts and doors.

The boring machine finally arrived last Friday, and I am in the process of getting it wired in, pneumatics and DC hooked up and hopefully operational next week.

I am loving the extra space around my Shopbot - very much nicer than working in the previously tight room.

[Ajcoholic]

Well I have the Maggi 23 boring machine operational. Fooled with it a bit today - I think it is going to change the way I do many things currently. Slick setup.. much easier to adjust and set up for various operations as well.

The doors and fronts for the island cabinets are mitred (2" by 1 1/8" walnut with a custom profile I had ground up for one of my shaper heads). I tested doing a two dowel boring VS a Domino loose tenon. I can whip through these mitres WAY faster with the dowels. There is a fixture on the boring table to set up mitres.

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[Ajcoholic]

Also got a bunch of drawers and trays into the cabinets that are finished... I like the walnut accent strip.

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[scottp55]

Somebody is getting an Elegant custom kitchen!!:)
I agree the Walnut accent takes the appearance up a few notches!!
Where were you when I went with Plain and Fancy for a wheelchair kitchen? (could have used a couple custom options they didn't offer in '95)
The 3 man crew had been doing interior trim with lots of fancy old fashioned custom joinery for a year when cabinets arrived. They took a couple hours off from their chisels and Japanese saws to make fun of them compared their joinery. "Look Scott...plastic gussets and a brad gun on the backs of the carcass!""They're going to Silicone the 15' peninsula panel!!"
Somehow I don't think they would have had anything to say about yours:)
scott

[Ajcoholic]

Today I machined the framing for the mitred doors. I was going to use the Festool Domino, to put a loose tenon in the mitres but decided to use the new boring machine. Wow, a few minutes (maybe 10) later and all the framing was drilled for two 8mm dowels. I just got one door together before quitting time. The panels are G2S 1/2" thick walnut veneer, PB core. Rabbeted so the back is flush.

I think this machine will be used quite often.. :)

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[gerryv]

The design, the workmanship and the wood are all beautiful.

[myxpykalix]

Sounds to me like a kid with a new toy, only he won't let us play with it!!! I bet you were just as excited when you got these new tools as you were when you got new toys at christmas...good for you...although i can't see how you could make anything you do look any more professional then it already does. Good work!


Oh by the way, I will bet you "a dollar to a doughnut" that not only will you be expanding your shop again within a year but you will buy at least one or two more major tools!

[Ajcoholic]

Sounds to me like a kid with a new toy, only he won't let us play with it!!! I bet you were just as excited when you got these new tools as you were when you got new toys at christmas...good for you...although i can't see how you could make anything you do look any more professional then it already does. Good work!


Oh by the way, I will bet you "a dollar to a doughnut" that not only will you be expanding your shop again within a year but you will buy at least one or two more major tools!

Lol I bet you I wont be adding any more shop space (I need the rest of my shop for materials storage) and NO more tools! Except maybe a computerized stop for my radial arm saw... if you consider that a tool.

Im really tapped out. When I set up the shop several years ago, I had these things in mind. Only now I can finally say I have acquired everything I set out to... what I need now is one more really good full time employee to keep up with work. Or at least not make my customers wait 6 to 8 months.. I have been asking around but no one yet. The right guy will show up some day.

As for being excited - sure I get worked up over new tools, but, and I mean this - I get much more worked up about doing things faster/better and being able to do more in a day. Machinery doesnt make me happy unless it is helping me make $$, and that's the truth!

SOme times its the mundane, every day tasks that are far from glamorous, but necessary and vitally important. Same like my Shopbot - I can do things now that were too hard, too costly or too much of a PITA to do before. Not everything is fancy carvings and frills... sometimes just cutting out a complex shape, or putting in a bunch of dowel holes can get me excited!

[myxpykalix]

"Lol I bet you I wont be adding any more shop space"

We'll see....I got a dollar riding on this....

[Ajcoholic]

"Lol I bet you I wont be adding any more shop space"

We'll see....I got a dollar riding on this....

Ill take that bet.. ha ha. Ill owe you about $1.35 though.

The doors are all together, just need sanding and finishing and the last thing I have to do is the crown and under cab lighting valences.

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[Ajcoholic]

The other pull outs - knife block, spice and oil bottles (I squeezed a third tray in that tilts for access) and one for cookie sheets.

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For the narrow pull outs that I cant physically fit in Movento undermounts, I used the new Accuride soft self closing 100 pound side mounts. They are improved over the previous versions that had a pretty weak return spring. Not too bad.

[Ajcoholic]

So heres a bit of an update in case anyone was wondering what happened..

The home (again, was a new construction) was several months behind - and the customer didnt want the kitchen to go in until the ceiling, walls and flooring was done.

So the cabinets were wrapped and stored on site in my trailer until this week. We finally got them installed, and now the counters can be done (we templated them in cardboard and they will be done in granite this week).

I still have a lot of work to do in the home, some oversized interior doors, vanity tops, fireplace trim work etc.

The island is quite big. I look forward to seeing it with the tops on and appliances in place. The large hutch with the glass doors also isnt on the large drawer bank section yet.

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On another note, the boring machine has been getting a lot of use - a very versatile piece of equipment. I am finding a lot of use for it, other than just case construction. Using more dowels for frame joints, bases, etc where I would have otherwise used biscuits or loose tenons. Once you get the hang of setting it up and getting the procedures straight in your head, it is quite fast.