Congrats on your move and good luck with your continued unpacking. It looks like today I'm gonna be that guy. Did I hear you say that the transistor was invented at GE? What would Bell Labs say about that?
I am a former Bell Labs employee. In 1997, shortly before the 50th anniversary of the discovery of the transistor effect, I called National Public Radio to remind them of the upcoming anniversary. They did a very nice piece on the discovery and impact of transistors, including interviews with Lab members who knew the workers who discovered the transistor effect. To put some perspective on Bell Labs, if it were a country, it would rank about 13th in the world in terms of the number of Nobel Prizes awarded to its employees. One of these prizes was awarded to Bardeen, Brattain, and Shockley for the discovery of the transistor effect. Be well & Best regards, Gottfried
If you were over here in England you'd be a National Treasure! There's a plethora of super tips in every episode cheerfully presented with not a hint to the viewer of being talked down to. I really do wish you every success with your new workshop and look forward to every new episode.
Suggestion: The leveling wedges under your work bench now leave a small crack beneath the toe kick for small parts that drop to the floor to escape. A double win can be had by adding a new toe kick on top of the existing toe kick. A piece of anything 3/4" thick will work; a strip of plywood, or white pine shelving board would be perfect. The new toe kick will touch the floor and either aid or take the place of the wedges used to level the bench as well as fill that small gap and prevent hours of searching for small bits that might roll under that bench.
@@boots7859 A piece of foam would certainly keep parts from escaping but an additional kick plate would pick up the load from the wedges and could never be accidentally knocked out of place.
@@tommy49er There's "cheap" and there's good, there's back yard mechanic and professional. I can afford a piece of wood to make a new toe kick and most likely I have something lying around in my scrap pile that won't cost anything.
Some ideas: 1) I’d cover the walls, at least near coolant-using machines, with FRP. Water/oil resistant, and the pebbled texture helps with acoustics. 2) Run shop electric on wall surface, in pipe, about 48” off the floor. PVC pipe in s fine, just support it every yard or it will sag. Space it off the wall a bit so it won’t catch as much dust. Use solid boxes - none of those little holes - or crud will gunk up the insides. Why pipe? Because it will be easier to change things as time goes by. Anchor boxes into wall studs, as drywall will eventually crumble. 3) Hard rubber floor tiles are a very nice touch. No glue - they interlock.
I used cheap shower curtains, behind the machines, to protect the walls from cutting oil etc. they are easily replaceable plus I don't have to worry about swarf near electrical outlets.
Looks like a nice space - interested to know how big…? I’m a 64 year old mechanical engineer here in the UK and your approach to safe working and organising puts me to shame… 😳 I really must have a word with myself..! I’ve been subscribed for a while and very much like your work. The videos are engaging, informative, educational and entertaining. I’m sure all who watch appreciate the amount of work involved - very professional…! Please keep going and good luck in your new shop.
I don't know if anyone picked up on it, but in the last moving video while she was still in the US, she said she was moving 1500 miles, now across the border she said 2500km. I thought that was a particularly good bit in the dialog.
Setting up a shop and getting things levelled up IS a "real" video. It mimics what beginners will go through when THEY set up and buy (and have to mount) their first mill and lathe.
Great video Quinn, and I must tip my hat to your rigging skills and safety procedures. The shop looks absolutely lovely and I am sure we will see many great projects in the upcoming seasons. As always, take care and cheers!
I could watch 40 min episodes for month or more of this move and techniques for safety ect. And here she is packing whole shop in one vid and unpacking it in another :D
Honestly, that's a lot more progress than I would've managed in the same time. I still haven't unpacked all the boxes from when I moved in, and that was at least 13 years ago!
Love watching your progress, and how skillfully you wear those safety glasses on your head lol. I built a 4 story building (68' top out) out of steel I Beams by myself using nothing more than come-alongs, straps, and good engineering principles. I was asked once what was my secret... "I try to be smarter than the beam" is the correct answer.
Figuring out how to move, install, and build things by oneself is it's own rewarding adventure. Definitely coming together very quickly... umm at least on the RU-vid Timeline.
There comes a time in every RU-vid maker's career where the shop must be moved. It's good to see you making the most out of your turn in the barrel. 🙂 One of your first projects in the new space should be to make something nice for your bestie. 1500 mi. for painting assistance is worthy!
Awesome place and placement! For your next moving, when setting hanging heavy machinery, it’s time for those hatchet ties not safe to lift them but you can stabilize them and concentrate on moving the hoist without risking hurting your feet or back as you had to do while maneuvering your mill. Hopefully it can help someone else some day.
Why is watching someone else work hard so relaxing? Well, here, it's the planning, knowledge, and skills of the hard worker. So much wisdom and expertise here! If I ever have to move my shop (and at 62, I keep all my fingers crossed to keep that fate away), you've given me pointers that will save me tons of time, and maybe some of those fingers!
If you (or anyone else) has to move a roller-cabinet or similar toolbox again here's a hint. A piece of cardboard on top of the tools in the drawer will stop them catching the above drawer when they shift about as the box is moved. For heavier tools, the cardboard can be secured with a few strips of gaffer tape.
Kudos to you! I just love watching your videos. They are not just for entertainment but very educational. Just when I think I know it all you end up teaching me something new. Thank you for that.
Acutally amusing observation about wire nuts being provided to connect the lights to the house wiring... The MFG used lever nuts (look to be Wagos on my screen) for their internal wiring connections, but provided wire nuts for the customer to use. Screams of value engineering the ship kit.
I'm a finish carpenter by trade and also have a woodshop. I have an increase interest in metal working too. And so I love watching shop tours and enjoy watching you unpacking. I appreciate that you are very articulate and informative. I've learn several things from you in the few videos I've watched so far. Thank you for posting your videos.
Quinn, Nice work on the lighting, but, if I may, let me make a suggestion learned from setting up a woodshop's lighting (and modifying it). Install two independent circuits for lighting making sure to overlap coverage. There is very little in this world more terrifying than to be standing in a suddenly pitch black shop listening to other flesh rending spinny bits carry on because only the lighting breaker tripped.
I noticed a 24 Hours of Lemons sticker on your toolbox. We put a team together back in 2010 and raced an '82 MR2. (We called it the M.R. Not). Some of the most fun I've ever had!
Congratulations on the new shop. Always thought there was something about your accent that wasn't quite "American" but I couldn't place it. Gotta admit, what caught my eye was the ladder. I don't think I've seen one designed like that before, but it sure looks handy. I always worry about folding ladders because there's always that tiny worry they'll collapse when I'm on the thing! Still, as small as that baby folds up for storage, I just might have to look into getting one! Keep up the great work. I can't wait to see what your first project will be now that you're up in the Great White North!
Hey Quinn--since you need to level your lathe on your new bench, I'd like to submit my vote that you make a video on that process. Your videos inspired me to start my own hobby shop, and I am now at the point where I need to level my own lathe. I've read your Hackaday article on the subject and watched This Old Tony's video on it, but I have found that your videos are particularly easy to learn from :) Congrats on the move! Your new shop is looking awesome!
New shop nice, but thats not the important bit. Its you we care about most. Doing a move like this must involve a major emotional upheaval that obviously you cannot share, but remember there are lots of us out here (here for me is the UK) who are with you in spirit. All the best with settling in.
That looked like a Thimbleberry plant that you walked by on the old road. Winters are going to be very different in your new location as you well know.
Next time with the lights, try a price check on them like this, 8-foot, 4 bulb T-8 flourescent light fixtures with 4 T-8 direct wire LED replacement tubes, should be about $20 a light cheaper to install that way but you have to rewire the light from the start, mark the Line and Neutral ends of the sockets and put a sticker on the fixtures saying it is rewired and how. Get the dual ended bulbs, they are easier than the ones that have all the connections on one end.
This video gives me deja vu when I moved my shop! I wish you moved before I did so I would have learned a thing or two before making so many mistakes. Thanks always for your candor and intelligence to inform the likes of me.
Sweet memories of when I moved house and graduated to a large basement....almost 30 years ago! The gears in her head are working overtime visualising everything that has to be done, step by step.😄😄
Glad to see your equipment survived the adventure. I just finished moving my shop after 18 years; five full size machines and 15 Vidmar cabinets of tooling. Moved it 720 miles, seven heavy trailers at a time. Setting it up in a larger space was exciting. Then doing the first few projects and teaching your memory where everything is now.
I recently bought some Lithoinia shop lights for the lab I run - VERY worth the money. Also, WAGO wire connectors are permissible in the USA - but that very much depends on your local inspector.
