Creative ways to keep different operations seperate

[BTI]

My shop is quite multi-purpose....
I do everything from engine rebuilds to clutch jobs to the dirtiest of the dirty, grinding.
I'm thinking of trying to keep one area mainly for the dirty stuff.
Any ideas on how to keep it more seperate.
Will an exhaust hood help much????

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[gatchel]

Grinding with a focused ventilator would help. Maybe separate an area with a huge curtain to keep it from traveling.

 

[Groovy]

Jack has some pics of a yellow welding curtin he used on a fence so the focused vent system and a welding curtin that you could close might help. I do a lot of wood working and have a fein dust collections sytem won't work with metal but would make a ton of $ if someone came up with such a system, maybe some rare earth magnet contraption to grab the metal shavings

 

[T1320T]

Sounds like my garage. I'm in the process of making a 2 part sliding door setup using overhead door tracks & rollers to partition off a bay. It's funny how so many guys do "clean" work on a dirty bench. I've seen guys rebuild carbs or assemble heads on a bench covered in metal shavings.... not my style.

 

[BTI]

It's funny how so many guys do "clean" work on a dirty bench. I've seen guys rebuild carbs or assemble heads on a bench covered in metal shavings.... not my style.

EXACTLY...Not my style either......I typically have access to a decent amount of coroplast.
I clean the bench then put the coroplast down...
Then do my fine work.
I like the curtain idea.....one that goes around the whole area.
The nice thing about a curtain is the fact that if it's something long it can stick out thru it and still cover your area.
Good ideas!

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[Kev442]

I ran visqueen down the middle to separate woodworking from wrenching. Cut a few slits in it to walk back and forth.

 

[jam0o0]

in a shop i used to work in we had welding shields. they are special plastic semi see-through shower curtains. we had them stretched on 1x1 square steel frames on wheels. we used them to keep the dust from the chop saw and belt sander away from the lathe's and mills. they didn't go all the way to the ceiling but they helped a lot. in my future garage i'll have a curtain system. since the place i'm sharing right now is too big to cheaply divide.

 

[Robbo]

I've been trying to find the article I had saved and have had no luck. Hopefully I can describe well enough... sorry if this doesn't make enough sense... it's from memory and it's been a couple of years since I read it.

What they did was attatch three metal pipes to the ceiling. I can't remember how they did it but it was in a way that the pipes could roll... ie - slid them through eyehooks or something... they did it two coming out from the wall parrallel from each other and then one perpendicular to that... so basically looking up it was a "C" shape facing the wall. You could size it to whatever space you wanted. To those pipes, they attached some plastic sheeting and rolled it up on each pipe like a windowshade rolls up. Then they put velcro along the sides of each sheeet. Then you could roll them down, and velcro the sides together, sort of closing it off. When you were done, you undid the velcro and rolled each pipe, thus rolling the sheeting up and out of the way until you needed it again.

Sorry for the crummy description. I thought about not even posting because I wasn't sure I could describe it well enough... but I thought it was a great idea when I read the article. I think it was a DIY type magazine article... if I find it I'll post back.

Rob

 

[pistolpete]

What they did was attatch three metal pipes to the ceiling. I can't remember how they did it but it was in a way that the pipes could roll... ie - slid them through eyehooks or something... they did it two coming out from the wall parrallel from each other and then one perpendicular to that... so basically looking up it was a "C" shape facing the wall. You could size it to whatever space you wanted. To those pipes, they attached some plastic sheeting and rolled it up on each pipe like a windowshade rolls up. Then they put velcro along the sides of each sheeet. Then you could roll them down, and velcro the sides together, sort of closing it off. When you were done, you undid the velcro and rolled each pipe, thus rolling the sheeting up and out of the way until you needed it again.

A friend of a friend did something similar. He took some heavy poly (may suggest something a little more flame/spark retardent) he sandwiched the sheet between a 2x4 and the ceiling and made a similar c-shape as described above. Then took another 2x4 and attached it to the bottom of the sheet plastic. When he had some painting to do he'd drop the second 2x4 to the floor and the plastic wall as in place, then he'd roll it back up using an awning roller back to the ceiling and tie it in place with some string. Always thought it was a pretty decent idea for keepin the dirt and over spary down for painting, but could be used for grinding and such as well. He just overlapped the corners, but the velcro idea for the corners would be a great addition.

 

[BTI]

Robbo....
That does make sense could combine I'd say and use welding curtain for a broader usage.

Cool

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