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Mike's Workshop. 17 Pictures

Posted: Sat May 08, 2010 11:55 pm
by Mike Stannard (toyrific)
Hi Guys

Thought some of you might like to see my workshop. It's in a mess at the moment as I have little time to clean and organize.

Work station 1. Parts assembly bench.
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Work station 2 and 3. Soldering bench and metal stock area.
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Work station 4. Machining benchs. Lathe, drill press, two milling machines, small sander and grinder.
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Work station 5. Packaging bench and cable cutting.
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Work station 6 and 7. Large bench for projects being worked on. Background, chop saws, metal cutter, metal bender, large drill press, metal brake, horizonel band saw and tubing storage.
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Work station 8 and 9. Reisn casting, pressure pots, compessor and vacum pump. Metal casting, spin caster and melting pot. Background, dust extractor, vertical band saw, 12 " and 10" disc sanders, 10 table saw and 8" cross cut saw. Plus and mess of molds and full trash bin.
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Parts storage shelves,unfinish cast parts.
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Parts storage shelves,package parts. Many bins empty, no time to fill them.
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General view of rear of workshop. Large storage shelfs and tank plans.
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General view of front of workshop. L shaped table in center left is for current orders being made up.
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Here is what the workshop looked like in 2005 one year after I moved in, it has taken me 5 years to build this mess and a lot of work and cash.
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This workshop has produced $504,860.00 in parts since Jan 1, 2005, yes I just past my half million dollars in sale this month, thanks to all my loyal customers. Problem is I don't know were it all went.

Regards
Mike

Posted: Sun May 09, 2010 12:39 am
by Rocky Sembritzky
A very enviable setup!

Rocky

Clean up!!

Posted: Sun May 09, 2010 1:43 am
by Joe Boylan
Looks like one of the cleanest shops I ever seen, don's know how you keep track of everything by yourself!!!

Joe

Wow

Posted: Sun May 09, 2010 1:47 am
by Alan Hamby
Some really nice equipment there! That is quite a setup!

Posted: Sun May 09, 2010 2:54 am
by Chang
Hi Mike,
Thanks for showing it. No surprise that you are a very busy trader.
I will lost myself in the shop............. :shock:
Regards,
Lerh Chang

Posted: Sun May 09, 2010 6:43 pm
by simon_manning
thanks mike,my parts arrived all ok,superb craftsmenship as always,regards simon manning