build-a-workshop

[Pudgey51]

ok i know this isnt technically about paintball, but it will used for the making of paintball products better so thats close enough right? and if not im sorry for post in the wrong area...

This question more goes out to the guys who do most of their work in house. What kind of set up do u have? im not lookin for makin custom frames or bodies or anything...im lookin for minor to moderate drilling. Mostly to do my own stuff at home (i have spent enough money on parts and guns i dont have enough to pay others to do the work, much less keep shippin back and forth), milling out the frame to drop some weight, drill mounting points for 3 ways in a pnuemag, maybe drillin eye holes for an EP mag. Im just wondering what most of u guys work with, how much they cost, and anything special i need to pick up, like tapping kits specific to paintball, etc...any info helps and is much appreciated. :cheers:

[olinar]

i dont do any ule'ing but ive got the standard set up/

40 inch high work bench with swivel stool
1/3 hp delta drill press w/ swivel vise
soft jaw vise
15 pc set of files
overhead lighting
xpr450? dremel with accesory set
and the standard shelving for storage.

i also have the table padded with duct taped on cardboard.

pretty effective set up but again i dont do much ule'ing and i try to only pull out the dremel when my files dont work.

[babyface]

sounds like some great work has come off that bench oli.

[olinar]

actually its been very useful but not for my mags. i dont trust myself to take a dremel to my mags, lol.

ive done lots of work on my old tippmanns, and will be doing some more soon enough.

[autococker04]

http://i194.photobucket.com/albums/z152/autococker06/DSC02029.jpg

ive got the works man
a vice
a dremmel with 2 bits left
a drill with mixed sized bits
and the all important hacksaw and files
my cocker tap bit
and my socket set

[Papa_Smurf]

Sherline and Cummins mills
shop fox drill press
sherline lathe
and the usual hex keys, wrenches,pliars,and sockets, and all rests in a crafstman tool chest
3"thick wooden work surface, 14 linear feet of workspace
4cabinets, 2 hung on wall, 2 on floor, with pegboard on the wall between them
Jess em router table
dewalt table saw


of course there is more, but thats what I use for my paintball mods.

[Pudgey51]

where do u find gun specific tap bit? like say i wanted to make my bodies dual detents? where would i look to find an angel detent tap bit?

[billybob_81067]

http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a87/billybob_81067/DSCF0267.jpg
Crowded garage

http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a87/billybob_81067/DSCF0269.jpg
Sign collection :ninja:

http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a87/billybob_81067/DSCF0270.jpg
There's a bolt bin behind that chair and a 20 gallon solvent tank behind that box

http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a87/billybob_81067/DSCF0271.jpg
Mini mill and 9x20 jet lathe on bench, air compresor, shop vac and welder underneath

http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a87/billybob_81067/DSCF0273.jpg
small belt sander, bench grinder, and vise

http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a87/billybob_81067/DSCF0274.jpg
clean up sink!

[billybob_81067]

http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a87/billybob_81067/DSCF0275.jpg
as soon as I get sliding closet doors built out of this pile of plywood and paneling then I'll be putting a 10" atlas lathe in this corner

http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a87/billybob_81067/DSCF0268.jpg
parts for the atlas lathe (chucks also fit my jet lathe too!) :D and also a valve grinder that I'm needing to rebuild

http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a87/billybob_81067/DSCF0276.jpg
My son's workbench that I built for his 2nd b-day back in March.

http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a87/billybob_81067/DSCF0277.jpg
The top for a second workbench for my soon-to-be two-year-old nephew. Needs to be planed and sanded yet. I also picked up a couple of jewelers vises off of e-bay to mount to both benches.

[billybob_81067]

Sherline and Cummins mills
shop fox drill press
sherline lathe
and the usual hex keys, wrenches,pliars,and sockets, and all rests in a crafstman tool chest
3"thick wooden work surface, 14 linear feet of workspace
4cabinets, 2 hung on wall, 2 on floor, with pegboard on the wall between them
Jess em router table
dewalt table saw


of course there is more, but thats what I use for my paintball mods.

I demand pictures of your machines! :D