A great deal was accomplished this weekend. First is a couple of pictures that Mac,a friend of gun lab, sent me about some new lighting he put into his little shop. The before and after shots.
The increase in available lighting was amazing. Then he told me the price of the lighting fixtures, $36.00 I could not pass it up.
My machine shop has a few dark spots in it and I am always changing out ballasts and bulbs in the lights.
There are a number of lights that need to be changed out.
You can see the dark spot over the surface grinder and bead blaster.
The first light changed out over the milling machine
Added one the surface grinder area.
Removed all the old lights.
New sheet rock and first coat of mud. Could not connect the plug in as the mud was still wet.
The new light over the manual lathe
With a life span of 50,000 hours I should not have to worry about new lights for 25 years. As the older ones go out I will be changing them to the new lights as well.
They do brighten things up a lot!
I just installed some new lighting in my garage as well, that’s *part* of my garage renewal project!
I’m working on getting my tools setup again after a couple of years in abeyance due to sailing schedules and such (I’m in the Navy).
So, I have a manual mill (Southbend 10K) an old RF-31 Manual mill, and a few other bits around….what do you consider the most essential tools to have in your shop?
Brad
What is your rate? I spent 10 years in. Ex navy chief. It is really hard to answer your question.. My most valuable tool are my files
i have shop tool envy.
you’ll probably like this, the lower and trigger guard are neat. some kind of flat spring tensioning the pins?
http://www.historicalfirearms.info/post/139016059259/fns-30-carbine-prototype-in-1946-dieudonne
Funny that you brought that rifle up. I had the opportunity to examine it while at FN a couple of years ago. They would not let me take any pictures of it, but it is an interesting rifle. On my list of things to make someday. First is to finish the VG1-5