Machine/Fab/dirty work Room

[dr_obson]

Greetings,

i'm planning on building an enclosed room in my 6x6 (20x20) garage that will be about 3x3 (10x10) to keep all the grinding sparks/metal shavings/wood chips out of the main space.
I'm looking for photos of other peoples similar setups and how you have laid them out/spacing between machines etc.
This is a little layout i did for myself of what i plan to do.

 

[RedRabbit]

Can u explain how it will work, I'm a little confused on it.

 

[dr_obson]

its just like a little closed off room to keep the fab tools in so the whole garage doesnt get dirty. kind of like the room you can see in the right of this photo.

 

[larry_g]

I see in one picture you put a lathe in the 'dirty room'. Wrong thinking. You keep any machines with 'ways' like a mill or lathe in the clean area. The grit from grinders, torches, and welding will soon have your ways ground into bananas and all precision is gone.

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no neat sig line

 

[dr_obson]

My lathe has a fire proof cover the PO had made for it when it was in his welding shop so that will stay on it when not in use. thanks for the tip though.

 

[G19Tony]

Here is my recently completed dirty room. 8x14 shed.

 

[zkling]

Depends on what all you are going to be doing in there, but if you plan on doing a fair bit of grinding and buffing you are going to want some type of dust collection or air filtration system.

Be careful having wood chips and grinding sparks in the same close quarters.

 

[catch2otwo]

My lathe has a fire proof cover the PO had made for it when it was in his welding shop so that will stay on it when not in use. thanks for the tip though.

Doesn't matter. Dust creeps. Precision tools should always be kept in a clean area if possible.

 

[Steve from Socal]

IMHO,

You would be far better off building a lean to shed OUTSIDE the garage to do grinding and dirty work. The climate there is like Southern California, you don't have harsh winters. Nothing you do in the garage short of an airlock is going to keep the grit from spreading.

My old wood shop in California had fine wood dust in the drawers of our offices two doors and a long hallway from any production. By the way we had 150HP worth of central dust collection on every piece of machinery.

Steve

 

[justanengineer]

My lathe has a fire proof cover the PO had made for it when it was in his welding shop so that will stay on it when not in use. thanks for the tip though.

I tried the fitted cover idea in my garage, its amazing how grinding dust lingers in the air and works its way underneath. Sawdust is even worse.

 

[OCD]

Here is my recently completed dirty room. 8x14 shed.

Wow, sweet set up!!

 

[Bronson]

I don't have a picture, but...
I found and bought an old reefer truck box off CL. Paid $400 for the box...It is 8x12 and insulated.
I cut a door in My 30x40 Mueller steel shop and mated it to the side of My shop.
I keep the grinders, welders, bead blaster and plasma torch in there,
also a litter box for shop cat and a beer cooler for Me.
Right now, it just has a plastic sheet hanging for door, but I plan to make and install a fully sealed door , with a makeup air system for the venting.

 

[Farrier]

As a firefighter, I will tell you that saw dust, wood chips and welding don't mix: especially in a smaller enclosed area. I'm not here to be a safety nazi. Rather I'm stating the obvious.

I was once a full time Farrier/blacksmith and I've started my fair share of small fires inside my shop. An area full of wood chips and wood particles in the atmosphere + fire/ignition source is pushing your luck.

 

[RedRabbit]

its just like a little closed off room to keep the fab tools in so the whole garage doesnt get dirty. kind of like the room you can see in the right of this photo.

Oh okay, that makes more sense, but from experience, it sounds like that room will become a disaster to clean.