This week’s shop comes from Hamish. Let’s see what he has to say:
“Thought you might like to see my little sheds that I use here in New Zealand, I have been really interested in seeing so many different styles and designs of peoples workshops. The thing I have noticed is the passion that people have in designing and building their own space.”
“I started my own business in June 2007, just making work benches and now have expanded to garage and wardrobe systems. I have had no training in joinery or woodworking but have studied in Draughting. Watching The Wood Whisperer has been very interesting. If you noticed I took Marc’s design of the assembly bench to the max size. Its been really handy. Cheers. I will continue to expand into wood working over time. Keep up the good work USA.”
Here is a little more info from Hamish:
The saw is SCM SI-16W Rise & Fall Tilt Arbor Sliding Table Panel Saw
3.2m cut capacity, scorer unit, auto brake. 415v/3ph/50hz.
1500mm rip capacity
3200mm crosscut
5.5hp main motor / 1 hp scriber motor
overhead guard which i have taken off for easier cuting of 2.4 x 1.2 panels
The other big machine is a KD 54 Hot melt Edgebander, this will glue on pvc or wood edging to board or timber, trimmes and cuts egding in one go. very handy. The other machine is a Blum Mini Press which can drill hinge holes into the doors and also has removeable head which can be replaced with a 8 drill spindle head allowing you to drill muiltable holes in a work piece.
The jointer is a toolline 6inch buzzer with 1400mm table good for long pieces of timber only single phase but fine for what i use. I have a little thckness under bench 12inch. handy but only entry level. In the other cabinet shed we have a a horizontial drill press for caming and dowling and compressor and hand tools and very important fridge for lunch. Also as for the question on the legs to by benches I flat pack the benches and send around the country this allows for them to be easily removed the bolted back on. I also have a very Loving and Wise Wife who fully supports me in my work and does keep me from getting to carried away in buying to much stuff. Thanks for the questions hope this helps
7 Responses to “Kiwi Shed – Shop Tour”
Nice looking shop but i wish there was a description of the machines. Namely the grey one in picture 2 and the one in the last picture.
an amazing table saw for a small shop!
Holy hell man. Gimme that table saw.
WOW
Wow what a saw!!! How did you get your wife to let you buy the Nasa Space station to use as a cabinet saw?
What is the other large piece of equipment?
Why is the front of some of your workbenches notched out?
Thank you for letting us look into your world. Good luck with your garage systems there definitely a need for them. I have been asked to do a couple of them this winter, but I don’t like the clean up you need to do before you can start a job.
Wow, what a selection of tools. Explanations would appreciated. Claude
Hey guys. Check the post now. Hamish sent me a more info about his tools and shop.
Holy Smokes, that table saw is as big as my entire shop!
You win Hamish. Claude