The editor’s recent mention of an impending house move and need to put his workshop into storage has reminded me of two such events that I’ve undergone in the last twenty plus years due to domestic upheavals, one involving short term storage, the other much longer term, and the lessons learned from them which may be of use to others. In short, I got it both right and wrong and realised that better planning would have avoided a lot of problems, unnecessary work, and cost.
After twenty years in one home I had a small workshop 6’ by 9’ in the back of the garage with bench, Myford ML10, bench drill and stand, Adept shaper, bandsaw, and the usual collection of castings, part built loco’s, tools, materials etc. The first move was into a three month rental property pending the permanent move locally. While the rented house’s garage could accommodate some items, I had to find somewhere else for a large proportion, solved by the kindly offer of a friend of the use of her summerhouse down the back garden. That all worked well until I had to retrieve everything and discovered that wheeling a wheelbarrow uphill through the garden, loaded with an ML10 in a crate, took a great deal of effort! The whole job took several car trips, fortunately over no great distance.
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Readers' Workshops - Patrick Cubbon
Patrick Cubbon describes his workshops – a portable one from 1963 and the current accommodation
Desktop Gear Hobbing
Toby Kinsey has designed this fascinating piece of gearmaking equipment
The John Stevenson Trophy 2020
Many readers and forum members will remember John Stevenson, a contributor to MEW but best known for his larger-than life presence on the Model Engineer forum.
From the Archives: Twist drill Sharpening by the Four Facet Method
Giles Parkes, MEW Issue 64, February/March 2000
Dividing on the Warco 220 Lathe
Peter Shaw describes a mandrel dividing attachment for this popular lathe that can be adapted to fit many other benchtop machines
Choosing Steels
Stub Mandrel offers some advice on choosing the right steel for the job
A Storage Story
Robin King shares the lessons learned from his experience of workshop moves
A Simple Drill Grinding Aid
A newcomer to our hobby was having trouble sharpening drills, so Howard Lewis made a simple aid for him
Yet Another Bodge-Up!
Peter Shaw finds a use for some aged homebrew slot drills.
Workshop Press Tooling Part 2
Will Doggett makes a set of tooling for his press tool described starting in issue 285