http://www.woodworking.com/forum/ Ask about various woodworking techniques in the shop. Process oriented questions. en Thu, 23 May 2013 01:12:46 GMT vBulletin 60 http://www.woodworking.com/forum/images/misc/rss.png http://www.woodworking.com/forum/ http://www.woodworking.com/forum/showthread.php?68877-Smoothing-the-drop-off-between-the-garage-floor-and-driveway&goto=newpost Wed, 22 May 2013 16:34:40 GMT Although I would LOVE to have the funds for a dedicated shop I have to use my garage and driveway weather permitting for my woodworking. I have... Although I would LOVE to have the funds for a dedicated shop I have to use my garage and driveway weather permitting for my woodworking. I have plans for condensing the TS and Router table with improved saw dust collection along with a new joiner cart also with better dust collection. For now I try to get the high saw dust offenders out in the driveway for any extended use. I do use a portable dust collector and ceiling mounted air filter (for the garage).

Every house I have lived in seems to have at least a 1/2" to 3/4" drop off from the garage to the driveway. My current HUD house under renovation has closer to the 3/4" deep drop off. This can play havoc on the fine tuning setup on my joiner plus make getting the tools back into the garage a pain. Extra large diameter wheels for portable equipment can help but are much more expensive and some of my current mobile bases came with integrated smaller diameter casters.

The gap between the garage floor and driveway require me to lift up at least one or both ends of the mobile base to clear the wheels for some tools like my joiner. My priorities right now are getting the house finished so I can move in and then start working on the shop related projects.

I was thinking about the possibility of building some kind of transition ramp without spending a lot of money. One idea involved using some L bracket sheet metal that extends around 4" on the long side as a substrate for some poured home mixed concrete. Still I would need something durable and non compressible to support the higher end of the metal bracket but not sure what to use. 3" strips of cement board was one idea. The only other idea I had was forming a smaller concrete base ramp that I would set the bracket into, allow to cure and then top with another layer over the metal bracket.

As far as load support/strength - I do have to store a riding lawn mower in the same garage and squeeze my car in during inclement weather right now. Eventually after my garage/shop is condensed and better organized I plan to have my car in the garage when not woodworking.

Has anyone come up with a good solution for a garage-driveway drop off transition?

(If it matters it is a 2 car garage and most of what gets moved in and out is right down the middle of the garage)

Thanks for any ideas you can offer. ]]> Around the Shop Scooter B http://www.woodworking.com/forum/showthread.php?68877-Smoothing-the-drop-off-between-the-garage-floor-and-driveway http://www.woodworking.com/forum/showthread.php?68817-Storing-chisels&goto=newpost Fri, 26 Apr 2013 13:29:40 GMT I just sharpened all of my chisels on a diamond sharpener. 1) How should they be stored in the shop to keep from rusting? How about in a bucket... I just sharpened all of my chisels on a diamond sharpener.

1) How should they be stored in the shop to keep from rusting? How about in a bucket of sand wetted with oil?

2) How should a chisel be carried on a tool belt to keep the sharp edge when banging around.

Mister Bill ]]> Around the Shop Mister Bill http://www.woodworking.com/forum/showthread.php?68817-Storing-chisels