Hi Frank. I am a stagehand, and the stage deck to the theater I work in is over 6 feet below the street. So load ins are done by rolling or carrying large heavy things down a ramp that is raised and lowered by chain motors. If something is very large that we do not want to chance getting out of control as it goes down the ramp, we first tie a robe to the large piece and then we raise the low end of the ramp to be level with the street and roll the item onto ramp. While the ramp is lowered the guys have control of the piece and can let it down the ramp slowly. The chain motor runs slow and can be rated for up to 2 tons. We move lots of things in and out of the theater and this seems to be the most efficient way.
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So in 2013 you had: 3 Table Saws 2 Jointers 1 Planer 4 Bandsaws 4 Radial Arm Saws 1 Router Table 4 Drill Presses 1 Disk Sander 1 Mortiser 1 Belt/Scroll Sander 1 Wood Lathe 1 Metal Lathe 1 Sharpening Grinder 1 Buffer 1 Swing Saw 1 Scroll Saw 1 Dust Collector So that's 29 tools in total, not even including the hand tool ones!!! Super jealous haha - I would love to see an updated tour to see if the number has increased also
i'm 19 years old , and i have never do anything that have to do with wood . but man i like your work and i've watched most of your videos! i love how you're passionate about it ! and also i like the fact that you're doing something that you love with all of your talent ! thank you for sharing these stuff with us , and keep doing this awesome stuff.
This press has worked like a charm for my projects ru-vid.comUgkxajoEbapTfqWaadnqb04h6U576yxXp-FE . I didn't even secure it to my table top, mainly due to the fact that I was using a 15 lbs drill vise. It's not flimsy at all as to what others have claimed it to be. Make sure the locking nuts and levers are secured and there won't be any issues with light pressure and patience. I was able to drill through aluminum, plastic, and steel (steel took a while) with no problems at all. Yeah it took a little longer than a regular drill press, but I don't have the space OR the money for one.The instruction manual was worthless, but luckily assembling the press was intuitive. However, the manual would be good for ordering replacement parts if needed. There is a nice breakdown of the parts that are included in the kit. Before ordering, make sure it is compatible with your unit, it is clearly stated what models the press is compatible with.This was an excellent purchase for $40!!
I have watched so many shop tours over the past year. It's just something I enjoy: getting to see different people's layouts, spaces, machines, utilization of floorspace, etc. But whenever I need my OWWM vintage machinery itch to be scratched, I come back to this video every time. It's one of my favorite videos on RU-vid. Thanks Frank! Maybe someday my shop space and old machines will be in a state that is worthy to make a video of...
The ultimate Workshop . Well designed and beautiful Heavy duty old powerful power tools. Thanks for explaining and sharing. A wonderful place to create .
Two of my favourite things on earth are woodworking and filmmaking, you are quite brilliant at both! Some of the best videos I've ever seen, especially the time lapses, looking forward to more!
The coolest part of the shop was your pile of dust in the dust bin, you can see the different colored layers of dust, like a cross section of sedimentary rock! :D
Frank - Just wanted to say I ran across your channel this week. I went on a Frank Howarth binge watching for like three nights in a row. I was up half the night...such cool video's. I love the two tables in your shop. I was thinking about having two old saws on one cart next to each other and have them on one long fence....one with dado set and one with a normal blade....but your idea is still great. Thanks again and keep it up...love that shop!
I do not woodwork or watch woodworking videos but somehow I stumbled upon this project and I really must admit that this video series is awesome. No matter the subject love is love, and this to me feels like a labor of love that you have invested a lot into. I wish you the best creations in your new shop!
I think this is the fourth time I've watched the tour and by magic some aspect of my two bay garage shop improves, so thank you for that. I think it wonderful that you have created a workspace so worthy of your talents. Thanks so much for the thought, effort and creative genius you continue to share with us all. Please don't stop! Many thanks, Gord
Fantastic workshop, great layout that's well planned, lots of natural light, plenty of space, neat and organised and a factory load of seriously industrial woodworking machinery and all really lovely vintage stuff. Great video.
I love the old DeWalt saws too. In my home shop I have my Dad's Dewalt radial from 1951. It was a wedding present to him from my Mom and he built our house and many family member's houses with it. In our pattern shop at work we still use a larger one and it has been there since the early 50s as well. Nice shop and well thought out.
Beautiful! very thought out! I find it kind of cool that you keep your own litle metal shop to take care of your machines. Also your solutions with the noise and light are very interesting!
For some reason, I'm annoyed by the two thumbs down given to this video. Shop tours are a very giving thing. There's just nothing negative about them. Frank has been such a nice guy, never engaging the negative comments, and sharing his work with us. It seems obnoxious to even consider a thumbs down. Thumbs up from me.
wow, thanks. I only lock the sliding door in the winter when I am trying to keep the heat in. I realized the problem you are describing last winter and I now keep the back man door unlocked when I have the big door locked. I also told my wife this. The next step would be to put up a sign for the EMTs on the big front door.
Great video Frank, you should be very very proud of the way it came together. Most professionals would give their right arm to work in an area such as yours. It is testament to your foresight, skill, and artistic capabilities, it was a pleasure to be taken on tour. Thanks and take care Mike
What you present is more innovative and more of high quality than any tv show or presentation or whatever. Keep doing it. There is a certain class in everything you present. From video editing to woodworking staff, to colors etc.
Hallo, ich spreche kein Englisch. Aber habe ALLE VIDEOS von Frank gesehen und bin von seinem Handwerklichen können und seinen Arbeiten sehr, sehr begeistert! Diese absolut perfekte und durchdachte Werkstatt kann nur begeistern, und motiviert ständig für neue Projekte. Deine Filmtechnik ist apsolut SUPER und noch nie in dieser Art gesehen. Frank.. du hast dein Paradies erarbeitet und wohl verdient!!! Mit freundlichen Grüssen aus der Schweiz. Heinz Hintermann
Very nice shop and another excellent video. You really do have some of the best videos online. Your woodworking skills are very impressive, but I could watch your videos all day! No annoying attempts at humor, no irritating music, just clear, concise information. Thank you taking the time to make and post this and all your videos.
Frank, I love your approach and sensibility. Most "instructional" videos of the RU-vid type are, if anything, painful to watch, but yours are enjoyable and almost effortless to view. I know that they are not easy to make, so thank you for the time and energy that you give to each one. To be able to tell a story is a lost art....and I can tell that you are probably a pretty funny guy when not on camera... -Matt
A very well thought out and cool space. Your comments at the end drive home the fact that no matter what size shop folks have they are always a work in progress. Thanks for sharing. Rik
Nice!!! Thanks for the tour! What a lovely and practical space. The evolution of "staging" is never quite done. I have had my shop for 40 years (several locations) but the layout is always being modified. I guess that's the fun of it - plus it gives you something to "do" on those lazy days! Thanks again - great presentation.
A workshop is a never ending process in completion, you will always find something different you want to do to make your space more enjoyable. It will never be 100% complete but, it is as enjoyable to figure it out. Nice work on your videos.
I always enjoy your videos. It’s good to see that we all have the same problems no matter how big or small our shop is. Trying to find storage solutions. We all have a machine we got from a boot sale meaning to restore and use it and there it sits. Cheers John from County Durham England
I too love shop tours and I have great admiration for guys who are willing to rescue some of the old iron. Nothing in the whole world runs like a 2,000 lb. Oliver jointer. I'm not sure I'd have done the three foot pit thing but in order to preserve a view from the home, I see the thought which went behind it. Very nice shop Frank. I'd kill for that much square footage. What I've grown to realize that NOBODY has everything..............well, maybe with the sole exception of Marc Spagnuolo. But I'll bet even he has wants and wishes he had more space. Thanks for sharing Frank. I really love your video technique as well.
Thank you for the two uploads off building your workshop and the shop tour! I had a lot off fun watching it. I wish i had a workshop myself, and i look at yours as an example how you can design and creating your own. Im just starting to do little jobs at my home and it helps really to continue with my own destination.
you got to get that mortiser up and running! I just got a beautiful General 220,pneumatic mortiser and im blown away by the performance of it. from intricate 1/4" mortises to 1" before that i was chopping mortises by hand. So the machine is nice. great Video Frank, thanks!
Frank it's a real pleasure to watch your videos. Yours could be the template for youtubers who are serious about videoing. Please keep up the awesome stuff.
I absolutely loved your videos! Your narration and editing are second to none. What a great building, and you seem to really enjoy what you do, not only in your secular work, but in your woodworking venture as well. Thanks for taking all the time to document all of this. I'm looking forward to seeing your other videos.
Fantastic shop. Very inspiring. I think the most appealing scenes include your children. It's important--to me, at least--that they witness our passion (madness)? My dream is that in 15 years, my son's wife wants a particular item and my son says: "No problem. I'll make it." Thanks, Frank. These videos are terrific and fun.
Hey Frank. Just wanted to say that I'm amazed at the shear volume of work you get done. Also, I really like that you don't limit yourself to any one discipline. Wood turning, cabinetry, even some metallurgy for shop tools. Impressive. The one thing I might have changed about your shop is a couple of "off rooms". one for wood, and one for tools on wheels. it would give you just a little more space. Other than that …perfect! Keep up the good work.
Thanks for the tour, Frank. We are about to move into our new home and I'm looking for ideas for how to layout my shop in a 40 X 40 space. I really like your approach and this was helpful. Scott
I really enjoyed watching the shop build video and the tour video. Gives me ideas for the time when I get to build my own shop. I gave a thumbs up mostly because someone had the nerve to give you a thumbs down. Thanks for the great videos.
Frank this is probably the 10th time I have watched this video. It just really cool to see the thought and planning ahead you have given to your shop! Not to mention your amazing videography ......👍👍👍📽
I've got an idea for moving heavy machinery and or projects over the threshold. You could source a liftgate from a cargo truck to mount in the concrete footer wall and run a small hydraulic pump to actuate it. Not only could it sit flush at ground level, you could also set it down close to level with the shop floor.
Jetzt mit Google Übersetzer. Hello, I do not speak English. But have ALL VIDEOS Frank and I can see by his craftsmanship and his work very, very excited! This absolutely perfect and thoughtful workshop can only inspire, motivate and continuously for new projects. Your film is technology apsolut SUPER and never seen in this way. Frank .. you've got your paradise prepared and well deserved! Kind regards from Switzerland. Heinz Hintermann
Frank, I'm inspired! Great ideas... excellent finds (tool-wise) and I appreciate your candor (being 'frank'... couldn't resist) on what works/worked and what doesn't. (i.e. 90 degree elbows in your dust collection line... access to the filter, etc.) You keep it real and I appreciate that.
Nice shop Frank. I had one very similar including the 'vintage' machines until it was all claimed by fire. I really dont like the tinny quality in most of the newer stuff. Finding the older powermatic and dewalt for sale is like trying to find hens teeth in my neck of the woods. One thing I didnt notice was any inlet cutoff gates on your dust collection for the unused machinery lines. You'd be amazed how those increase the dust pickup elsewhere. Looking forward to your future endeavors. Cheers !
I feel like I've been to your woodshop now. Thanks for the awesome vids and basically all the inspiration. I love your work, your editing and filming style and that you're an architect and still do all your woodwork besides that. Thanks, Frank!
Great video and thanks for the tour. Especially appreciate the commentary. Helps an inexperienced woodworker like myself gain valuable insight into setting up my own shop. Look forward to watching your other videos.
frank howarth Frank, what an amazing shop you have created and assembled. What a wild dream you envisaged but it is absolutely masterful. I have worked in decent sized shops with things far and in between, however your shop is ideally made. Everything in its rightful place. Great work. The video was a great watch too. Keep it up!
I really like the natural light and the big doors that will allow flow through ventilation. There is never a perfect shop tool layout! You need to find a museum that wants a swing saw so it never gets used again. I'm retired from my woodworking business and had always wanted to have a way to work metal. I've been slowly building a collection of tools. The little stuff ends up costing more than the big tools. For a fun trip go to IWF2018 in Atlanta. Happens in August this year. Everything woodworking.
I also watched the other video of the design and construction of this shop and I really like the shop and its contents as well as your filming/video style! The last shot on this video was especially nice, very well done.
Nice shop, love the build video! The dust collection system requires special design considerations in order to maximize the performance of the fan. You are correct with regards to 90 deg elbows, they add double equivalent length than 45 deg elbows. If you find that some outlets are not catching dust well you can install volume dampers on branches that can be closed when a piece of equipment is not in use. Air always finds the path of least resistance.
Frank love the video and your shop is most impressive. You have a lot of wonderful old wood working machinery there. I just bought a nice powermatic 72 that i'm repainting and putting back into service. It is good to see yours in full operation as i've heard they are wonderful saws. I can't wait to check out your other vid's.
Thanks so much for these recent videos, Frank. I particularly appreciate that you tell us about what you tried and why...and what ended up working and what not so much. I always blame limited space for my tool placement challenges. Looks like we all struggle with it, even when there's good space available. Thank you!
One word "Fantastic" You are such a gifted Architect in every sense of the word! You must of spent a fortune or please correct me if I'm wrong. I love the look of the design and the available light you created. Truly a job well done and all the beautiful tools you have for your craft! Thanks for all the information! The pasted this from your other short review.
I went out and bought a 1952 Dewalt 9" MB just because i wanted a RAS and it seemed like they work well for you and i absolutely love it great tool! thanks for your opinion
Well, this is my very first comment---ever. I found your videos by chance since we are getting ready to remodel our kitchen. Your videos have served as encouragement as well as a warning to be careful in your planning. Most helpful is when you point out your "mistakes" or how your would have done something different. I find your comments to be insightful. Your shop is nice but I see that it is already suffering from the woodworker's ultimate curse--the propensity to pick up more tools. The five radial arm saws seem to be a bit much but what do I know? If it works for you, be my guest. You don't even have your CNC or large radial arm saw yet in the videos. Something has to give. I was thinking that you could put your dust collection system outside but then the neighbors might really complain about the noise so I guess it stays inside. Your air compressor is very quiet. I've seen shops with super quiet, large capacity air compressors so maybe one is in your future. Stay safe. M. Young
Nice shop. If you're tired of shoveling the dust out of the collector you could use a box from an industrial office shredder, looks like it would be a perfect fit. Thanks for sharing the shop with us.
You are a true craftsman! I would someday hope to become half the talent you have. I enjoy the tour of your wood shop and look forward to your future projects, keep up the awesome work!
Thanks for the tour. Watched from start to finish. Love your filming and ideas. Great space to work in. Laughed at your dust in the box. All very cool. Oh and the kids swinging on the morticer, how cool!
