I think Ryan started this thread on another site, thought I would start it here. Here is mine.

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Nice carvings, You are a talented artist.

Where is the sawdust? :wavey: I wish I could keep my place that neat. Looks good.

Come on Warren...you know you just cleaned the shop up and figured now was a good time to post pics....lets see what it usually looks like!:rotfl:

You got a nice cave there! Is that where my squids were born?:btu:

Come on Warren...you know you just cleaned the shop up and figured now was a good time to post pics....lets see what it usually looks like!:rotfl:

You got a nice cave there! Is that where my squids were born?:btu:
Do you make plugs in that shop? :tm:

Hey, nice cave! I wish I could keep mine that clean !

bet you spent a long time cleaning up ;) btw nice shop and carvings!

Definitely some nice carvings :kewl: Don't think my house is as clean as you cave :rotf2:

Jigman

I am kind of anal about cleaning up after myself, so the shop is usually pretty clean. I did just get done cleaning it up after I installed the new dust collector so the shop was photo ready. I wish I could take credit for the carvings, they are actually cast replicas by King Sailfish mounts. I purchased them at Boaters world for $29 a piece. They are so life like its unreal. They had the Yellowfin Tuna, Striper and Sailfish.

Warren's got a nice setup, and he does keep it spic and span clean. Everything in stations and I beleive bolted to the worktops. Can't wait to see the plugs that will result from his new airbrush....

Nice shop hound. that is not a mancave.. that is a man palace :D

i should post a pic of my spousal avoidance center :hihi:

Nice Cave I'm workin on mine all week will post pics when done:hidin:

Nice cave SH. :kewl: Accident free work area. Wish my cellar stairs were that neat. :(

Nice looking cave!

I'm jealous bastage

can I come over to your cave and play ???

Scott;
I really like that small red and white popper in the upper right of the first pic!:musc:

cool window.

Good to see Salty added some photos, lets see some more man caves. Look at all that wood Salty has turned up:eek:

Good to see Salty added some photos, lets see some more man caves. Look at all that wood Salty has turned up:eek:

Hope this qualifies - I don't build or have a shop, but I'm allowed an 8'x10' escape pod. Love this kind of thread and seeing how other folks display the goods during winter - No way I'm putting it in the garage or basement!

Some more. I need more room for plugs each year (BTW, in the first one, the only book I understood on that shelf was "Thomas the Tank Engine")

Last two! Whoa, Salty, as I scrolled down that last shot of that stack of wood I got dizzy.

Last two! Whoa, Salty, as I scrolled down that last shot of that stack of wood I got dizzy.

I did the same thing. It was like whooa:spin: cool pic.

Ditto Chris and Mac. :D Salty Striper Ammo. :hihi: :kewl:

A clean shop is a sign of a sick mind!!!! Gotta have sawdust. I bet he uses fabrizzze also.:hihi: :hihi:

For everyones sake I will repost some pictures with saw dust & wood chips. I have a few days off and will be turning up a storm, stay tuned.

The way a man treats his tools is testament to the way he lives the rest of his life.
A clean shop is a sign of character..... !

holey kerap salty.:uhoh: that pic makes me dizzy.

i'll take pics later, i'm in the middle of cave re-location.

For everyones sake I will repost some pictures with saw dust & wood chips. I have a few days off and will be turning up a storm, stay tuned.


:kewl:

my humble abode....

Its very dusty there Don...you gonna clean up a bit before I get there?:rolleyes:

no grasshopper bring your broom.:rotf2:

Im liking the idea of the cabinets Don. Looks nice!

Where's the finished shots of Bigfish's Cave????


I am still looking for camera hook up to download mine:af:

OK, here's the sign to the cave..... Will get the camera inside next time:)

Anyone have a better striper profile for the goldleaf?

nice, more pics please... i'm currently building my "cave" need some idease :)

gotta finish getting stuff put away and organized on friday, i'll post some pictures then.

SH that's only one kind of plug :D
Here's a cool shot of a few tubs of needles.

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Bill I have to hang a new hooks for that one, it's just hanging off another right now...and it deserves a place of prominence. :wave: Thanks and Happy New Year!

I get dizzy looking at that picture. All those through holes start to look like eyes then they start swirling and spinning. Reminds me of a couple nights I'd rather forget in the late 70's. I'm getting queezy.:spin:

Some of these pictures were a little earlier this fall before i finaly got the sheet rock up.. it only took 3 years...

The lathe station and dust collector..

Air purifier and sound sound deadening box around the air compressor, a computer fan hooked to the pressure switch comes on when the compressoer turns on and cools the box, two filter grates in the front provide a filted air flow to the compressor

here are the drilling and cutting stations, drops from the dust collector are conmtrolled via blast gates...

this si the sanding/grinding station, it hosts two belt/disc sanders, one 6"beltX 9" disc and one 1"beltX4" disc, one drill doctor, a variable speed grinder and a wet system for sharpening lathe tools, the table saw is stord under the end of the bench, 2" drops from the main dust collector go to the large sander and are controlled by a 2" ball valve

the main work bench provides enough surface area to do the finish work, all lips and hardware are stored in small benchtop bins, replacement stock and "odd" supplies are in removable cases under the bench..
the spray booth is made from a pair of clear storage bins, the small one is a filter box, it contains fiberglass and charcoal media... keep in mind, because I use the air flow from my dust collector, only non flamable paints are sprayed into it... all other flamablees are sprayed outside...

large and small stock racks are at either end of the shop..

a few pictures of my spinner for drying epoxy

and after the sheet rock was finished

a few more..

I'm jealous :drool::drool::drool::drool::drool::drool::drool:

Joe, that is one beautiful shop. :btu:
Thanks again for the posts you made on that awesome dryer last year. :)

geeeez ,,, what a pig stye I got here .. :yak:

geeeez ,,, what a pig stye I got here .. :yak:

i got an 8x 15 x 8 room im working with here..

GEESH

Hey, nice cave! I wish I could keep mine that clean !

i have seen pics of yours and brother i think you might have a bit less dust than him:rotf2:

I work in a shoe box, but it is cosey

SK. Looking at that last Pic.....I'll be stopping by sometime too.....and I see you already have few fingers poured for me on the corner :hee:

Just so "the restofus" don't feel bad. :D

I'll be waitin for Flaptails,"it's a fire hazard", comment. :hihi:

i'm not a builder, more of a tinkerer I guess, but here's my little section of the house

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notice the dirt and dust :eyes:

Where plugs and rods are born ...

http://i80.photobucket.com/albums/j194/gadabout55/Cave3.jpg

I'd be too embarrassed to let you see my digs right now. What a pig pen. I can't find crap, but I am almost done turning for the winter. Been going crazy the last few weeks. I hate turning and look forward to finishing up that operation. I will still do a few here and there but the brunt is almost done. Now on to the operations I enjoy.

BigFish Dungeon!

Larry where's the lathe?

Its in the shop/garage. Where is yours? This is a corner in my basement where I do my thru wiring and such!

Just finished rolling gray concrete paint over the shop floor I didn't get uncovered and swept up last week. All I have left to paint is the narrow area I store long stock in, but that might not get done this year. I find it really helps keep the dust under control. And I needed to ge a year's worth of dust/sawdust cleaned up before I could stand to do anything more down there....

I don't own one, I thought it would be in the cave with the rest of your stuff

No...all the dirty work gets done in the shop in the garage. Turning, drilling, sanding, clear coat. In the basement I paint, thru wire.

Some before shots. Stuff piled all over so I could paint...

And the rest of the mess...

Ton of work to do...been meaning to get this done for years. Maybe now that I have hung out my laundry, I'll actually get it done the way I want it.

Gotta vac the shop first but yes!

BigFish Dungeon!

Looks Awesome Larry

Larry, why aren't you fishing the Fishinfreak's plug. :huh: :D

BigFish Dungeon!


Hey you can't call your place a dungeon. Thats what I call my shop.
I have dibs on that phrase. You will have to send me 1 plug for royalty payment.:humpty:

BigFish Dungeon!

Howe Caverns....I've actually been there....

me too, many many moons ago on our way to Cooperstown i think. It is nice but it ain't no Carlsbad Cavern's

me too, many many moons ago on our way to Cooperstown i think

Yep...thats where I was heading when we stopped there

Did the Cooperstown/Howe Caverns trip when I was a kid! Great time for an eight year old!:kewl:

a work in progress - need to move my Jey air filter out to the new area and get a cyclone collector. For now its shop vac.

http://brianmullaney.com/fishing/albums/BC-Plugs/holiday2008shop.sized.jpg

Nice, bright, dedicated area you got there Brian. Whats with the 3 plugs in the frame on the wall?

Thanks Paul - the three plugs on the wall are the first good working models of the danny, jr , and torpedo I make.

Here are a couple of pics of my caves. The first pic is my indoor cave. It is the room that is under an addition to my house. It is a good size room, about 16x24 and as you can see nicely organized :) It is where I store all of my rods, reels, plugs and my fresh and saltwater collection. The pic only shows a small part of it, but the rest is the same. It is on my list to get cleaned up later this winter so I can work on plugs and stuff in there, and display all of my stuff properly. I haven't done much work down there because of the mess plug building makes but I just got the big dust collector from jet so I may give it a shot.

The other pics are of my other man cave which is a detached garage. It is about as organized as my indoor cave. This is where I currently work on plugs, store my boat, cars, tractors, and other junk. My work bench in the picture is a nice cedar "potting" bench my wife gave me several years ago. I did use it for potting plants for a bit, but then I put the lathe and drill press on it and so it stayed for a while. The lathe is actually mounted on a piece of plywood that comes right off the bench so it is mobile. The lathe is an old 1940's lathe my father in law was nice enough to let me use. My saws, paint booth, and other stuff are in another area.
Enjoy!

Bump for more....

I couldn't move back 4 feet anywhere in my cellar without bumping into something so pictures of my area would look like a Sanford and Son set.

I don't have a cave, my lathe and what not will be set up in my shed, along with the lawnmower, ladders, etc, it's a mess.

My painting area is in the basement, which is only 5 feet tall, so a few rolling chairs and a fan vented out the window.

I do my sanding on the kitchen table with a drop cloth on it, take them into the shed for thru wiring then do the epoxy on the kitchen table.

It's not ideal, but it works, makes me clean up after I'm done, and works fine.

Use what you have!!

I am a lil jealous of everyones caves.

Afterhours set up is sweet, Don was nice enough to show me around. He left on the picture of all his "personal" ah plugs and protos, I felt high when I left, sensory overload. Thanks.
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My mancave is in ODM's basement!:)

Here's my other mancave, Buzz's Pub :gu:, after all the hard day's work is over!

What a time to press the camera shutter with that ad on TV, didn't see it until posting here.:rotf2:

My mancave is the furnace room in my basement... I will eventually expand into the finished basement that needs a redo... I make more furniture than plugs thus all the big ww machines...

a few more pics

and a pic of my Vega Bowl lathe

Nice set up BT. Jealous of the benches, nice vices and dogs all over... What is the sled set up for, and the router jig?

My mancave is in ODM's basement!:)

Here's my other mancave, Buzz's Pub :gu:, after all the hard day's work is over!

What a time to press the camera shutter with that ad on TV, didn't see it until posting here.:rotf2:


My kind of man cave.....

That's a sweet set up BT!! Lots of goodies in there. That bowl lathe is cool!!!
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I couldn't move back 4 feet anywhere in my cellar without bumping into something so pictures of my area would look like a Sanford and Son set.

"Oh, this is the biggest one I ever had. You hear that Elizabeth? I'm coming to join you honey. "

Great show!!!

BigFish Dungeon!

You said it wasn't cleeeeannnn!

and a pic of my Vega Bowl lathe

Not Fair!!

Love the caves guys here is mine, still a work in progress but always a comfy 65F in the winter. Won't be fully pimped until warm enough to paint everything, just got it cleared with the tower (Wife:chased:)

Might as well show picks since it looks like those 20 sealed, weighted, sanded baits are goners, there goes the winter so far:smash::yak5::devil2:

Thanks for the thread, I love seeing where people do their beautiful work.

Few more!

And.......

where ever he is can someone just crush his camera!!

One more:uhuh: , Place for all the baits I hope to swap/trade with you guys.
Maiden and bait maken go hand-n-hand

wall size pick of the beautiful 5 lake chain just down the road

100 CLAMS!!! Crush the camera!!!

we have people in Wisconsin you know

Nice set up BT. Jealous of the benches, nice vices and dogs all over... What is the sled set up for, and the router jig?

The sled is set up to tapering "shaker style" table legs on the 2 inner sides and the router jig is for beveling the underside of table tops to give a lighter look to beefy tabletops. I do not own a shaper ....

I subscribed to Woodsmith for about 15 yrs and have made about 50 jigs for many of the common WW techniques.... I stopped my subscription about 2 yrs ago when they started repeating the same ole same ole.

MS- Sweet production shop man.... you must be an engineer... love the drop down PVC dust collection system (w/gate valves?) for all your machines... plus all the cool stools... do you employ a crew to staff each station??? Looks like you spend your winters down in your shop....

BigFish Dungeon!
All you need is a nice potted plant to complete the look :devil2: :hihi:

Unfortunately my cave is pretty much a real cave. Hard to believe I even got any plugs out of it when I did...

-spence

LOL Way to clean plus where's the beer fridge?

No worries there are two, just outside the French doors....a weak attempt at decreasing the temptation:grins:

the Jack's empty.

Indeed sir!

My buddies are supposed to fill it with there spare change when they show up, seeing that they are usually in the shop draining another top self booze bottle before I even get home from work.
You'd think they could at least turn the paint booth on and prime some baits:wall::smash:
:buds:

MS

If you weren't in Wi, I'd be there now waiting for the Shootout

Shops aways open (almost, on weeknight it has to ne cleared by the tower:uhuh:)
Stop by next time you're in the area.

MS

the Jack's empty.

Jim doesn't look much better....

Come to think of it, it has been a hard winter :uhuh:

MS

The goose has flown south too?

Well I had the camera out so I snapped a picture of my mess of a cave.