Rocket Workshop Gallery

[Aksrockets]

Post pics of where you build your rockets.
Mine Used to be in my bedroom but it sucked trying to sleep with the smell of epoxy or f-glass drying so I moved everything out to the "office"
:SHIELD YOUR EYES, CLEAN FREAKS:
54630

54631

[gdjsky01]

Sorry for the narrow field of view. I was just messin with the iPhone...

R1k9elm2gL0

[StefanJ]

I live in an apartment and have to use my dining room. Actually, I do a lot more work there than eating!

I took this photo for another discussion group. I was doing both electronics and rocketry work at the time.

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3659/5846608341_18e0e700ba_z.jpg

A. Plywood plank for soldering.

B. (Blue tub) Modeling supplies.

C. Tub with parts for electronic project (E below).

D. Badger rocket

E. An electronics project, the Mystic Lantern (http://www.flickr.com/photos/stefan_e_jones/sets/72157626852268457/with/5844513344/). It came out pretty good.

F. Satchel with miscellaneous non-modeling tools.

Egg crate in the lower right is where my electronic projects live. I keep it on a shelf when not in use. (In fact, everything here goes on a shelf in my storage area when I'm not actually doing a project.)

You can see the Guenevere and a Zenith II on the table in the background. That table is where I photograph things . . . I put gray foamcore the table and up in back. There are some boards for Guillow's-type model airplanes in back of that. (Just dabbling.)

[John Brohm]

Here's my space.

John

[gdjsky01]

Here's my space.

John

That's not a shop... thats a museum! :y::y: There is NO dust there? Impossible. Nothing's ever been built there... no way. No glue on the floor... cob webs... ya can't build without spiders... I'm not buying it... that's a photoshop'd picture...

:):):D:D:D:D

[jim fustini]

Mine58671

[RandyT0001]

Here's my space.

John

Is that a priority mail rocket on top of the desk hutch in the first pic?

[John Brohm]

Is that a priority mail rocket on top of the desk hutch in the first pic?

Why yes it is - flies great on a Roadrunner E25-4

John

[RandyT0001]

Starting from the door and then turning left around the room.

Entry Door - Enty door with shelf above that has two boxes of Wizard bulk packs I build for club membership drive promotions. From here we turn slightly to the left.

L1 - Picture with a foldout table I take when I go to the Manchester, TN field. Next to that is some plywood for fins and a box of larger body tubes and wood dowels.

L2 - Closet door where there are a couple of metal toolboxes stored that have HPR motor casings and a few reloads. Next to the door is my metal square and aluminum angle to mark lines on body tubes. Above that is a shelf with an incomplete LOC Magnum.

L3 - Leaning against the door is the hinged post I clamp to the back of the truck for the weather center I take out to launches. T the left is my very cluttered work table. It's been a bit busy at work for the past few weeks so I haven't cleared it off to continue work on the stratos model.

L4 - Here's a couple of plastic shelving units. On the shorter one I have boxes for sandpaper assortment, parts, tools, electronics, parachutes, LP engines, and assorted glues, plus West System epoxy. The taller unit has a Saturn V kit, some boardgames, my and brother's laptops, (behind the white poster board) there is a box with scale and NARAM CDs, and rocketry books.

[RandyT0001]

Continuing..............

L5 - On the top shelf there is my level one and level two rockets plus a 1/3 scale of my level three rocket to determine the drag of a ring tail design. Below that is an old computer I use to play music CD's while building.

L6 - Next to the computer desk there is a scroll saw, a skil table, a step stool and the disassembled sawhorse I use to launch MPR and LPR.

L7 - Shelving uint with a couple of cat caddies, an old toaster oven that I might someday use to heat plastic for vacuum forming, radio and some non-rocket stuff.

L8 - My brother's table. It's not gotten as cluttered as mine since he has worked on his rockets within the past three weeks.

L9 - Another plastic shelving unit with cans of paint and primer, Steve's rangebox, hundreds of feet of recovery harness, and some misc. stuff. I plan to build a 7.8" diameter rocket with a sci-fi motif to launch the Vulcan teddy bear in but I haven't found a clear plastic canopy material to use for the cockpit yet. Admittedly I haven't been looking very hard either.

[gdjsky01]

Cool!!! Keep em comin'!

[qquake2k]

I'm horizontal surface challenged. I pretty much fill up any flat surface with junk. So I build rockets wherever I can. The two main places are my dining table and a small table I have in my computer room. I also do some things on my workbench. With all my mess and clutter, it's amazing to me I can build the rockets I do.

[qquake2k]

And here are the major power tools I use for rocket building.

[sodmeister]

Here`s a few of the worshop/woodshop and my clean room /assembly room/zombie preparedness room (I`m always ready for ZOMBIES) ;)

Most of these were in the old "mancave" thread.


Paul T

[Socknic]

:o I don't... really... have a... workshop. I sort of... bring stuff out... to the... dining... room... table. Okay, there you have it... I bring my rocket stuff to the dining room table to work.

[gdjsky01]

Paul I did a search on Workshop and Shop, but restricted it to the Galleries section. And this thread popped up. At the time it had a single post, I figured rather than start a new thread....

Mancave... never did like that term... would never have dawned on me to search for that. Nonetheless I figure things like this are new to some as there are always new people joining up.

That Astrobee-D. Aerotech or your own? I cut some 6mm (1/4") ply fins for a scratch build 60mm (2.6") diameter. I figured I'd skip trying to bevel them. Instead I though I might try painting the illusion of bevels. The only other idea I had was putting balsa laminations on each side covering the non-beveled area and using something to fill the beveled areas. Doing that though makes me wish I'd cut them from something thinner.

Nice Shop! Did you do a build thread on the Delta?


-----------------

Captain! Oh thats a shop! And I bet you know where every is... sort of... :) :lol:

[Micromeister]

Trip around the dungon lab.

[sodmeister]

Paul I did a search on Workshop and Shop, but restricted it to the Galleries section. And this thread popped up. At the time it had a single post, I figured rather than start a new thread....

Mancave... never did like that term... would never have dawned on me to search for that. Nonetheless I figure things like this are new to some as there are always new people joining up.

That Astrobee-D. Aerotech or your own? I cut some 6mm (1/4") ply fins for a scratch build 60mm (2.6") diameter. I figured I'd skip trying to bevel them. Instead I though I might try painting the illusion of bevels. The only other idea I had was putting balsa laminations on each side covering the non-beveled area and using something to fill the beveled areas. Doing that though makes me wish I'd cut them from something thinner.

Nice Shop! Did you do a build thread on the Delta?


-----------------

Captain! Oh thats a shop! And I bet you know where every is... sort of... :) :lol:


Yah ,I`m not all that crazy about the "man cave" thing myself ,but it was all i had at the time LOL

The Astrobee D is the AT kit ,but it begs to be upscaled to 4" at least.Indeed ,those fins could be a bugger to shape ,but as you mentioned ,a wood skeleton /frame overskinned with thin plywood ( 1/16 ") would be the answer .........unless you like sanding/shaping :puke:

Not sure what Delta you speak of Jeff ?


Paul T

[gdjsky01]

Not sure what Delta you speak of Jeff ?


Paul T

Second rocket to the right of the Maverick. Maybe it's' an Atlas... the one with the strap ons. :)

Get confused... I guess the Atlas vs Delta guys would kill me! :D

[GDJ]

:o I don't... really... have a... workshop. I sort of... bring stuff out... to the... dining... room... table. Okay, there you have it... I bring my rocket stuff to the dining room table to work.

Yep. That's mine.;)

[GDJ]

Here's my space.
John


That's not a shop... thats a museum! :y::y: There is NO dust there? Impossible. Nothing's ever been built there... no way. No glue on the floor... cob webs... ya can't build without spiders... I'm not buying it... that's a photoshop'd picture...

:):):D:D:D:D

Yeah, those rockets were all pre-made!!!!
;):D

Yeah, I'm jealous. I'm man enough to admit it.

[sodmeister]

Second rocket to the right of the Maverick. Maybe it's' an Atlas... the one with the strap ons. :)

Get confused... I guess the Atlas vs Delta guys would kill me! :D

Ohhhhhhhh...OK. That`s a Delta -IV Medium 5+4 24mm motor mount w/ 4 break away 18mm SRBs. That`s a great kit ,made by Carl (member here on TRF) of DFR Technologies.I have the whole set that he offers ,pretty much museum pieces these buggers !


Paul T

[MarkII]

John Brohm's showpiece workshop is clearly an outlier. Are any rockets ever actually built in that space? :p

A peek in from the door to my new rocket building and storage room. I am still in the process of setting it up. This room will be the permanent location, I hope. Up until now, all of my previous workshops in my house were temporary, subject to eviction at a moment's notice.

[hornet driver]

I still see no lab animals or pizza slices---sup with that ????

[StefanJ]

If I ever get a house, it will be to have a garage which I would convert part of into shop space. Not a full blown rocket lair, but a place with a nice big table and a shelf for "project bins."

One thing I didn't show in my picture above is my folding shop table. Black & Decker, I think. Has a table top big enough for any of my small power tools (scroll saw, drill press, belt/disk sander). I drilled holes in it to mount each of these tools. Top and frame fold flat. I keep it in the storage closet off of my apartment balcony. Heavy duty shelves in there hold my tools, paints, bins of projects, etc.

The attachment shows my drill press mounted on it.

[gregm]

Rare shot of my shop when it is clean. ;)

All major power tool operations and sanding are done outside.

http://www.majhost.com/gallery/gregm/trains/shop-1.jpg

http://www.majhost.com/gallery/gregm/trains/shop-2.jpg

[MarkII]

Here is a panoramic view of the broad array of power tools that I have at my disposal in my workshop. I have a substantial portion of my yearly income (literally tens of dollars) invested in tools here.



Now where is that blasted extension cord?...

[MarkII]

I'm horizontal surface challenged. I pretty much fill up any flat surface with junk. So I build rockets wherever I can. The two main places are my dining table and a small table I have in my computer room. I also do some things on my workbench. With all my mess and clutter, it's amazing to me I can build the rockets I do.With all of my mess and clutter, it's amazing that I can find any of the rockets that I build! :rolleyes:

[Barracuda]

That's not a shop... thats a museum! :y::y: There is NO dust there? Impossible. Nothing's ever been built there... no way. No glue on the floor... cob webs... ya can't build without spiders... I'm not buying it... that's a photoshop'd picture...

:):):D:D:D:D
I agree!

[AfterBurners]

Here's my space.

John

John

sweet shop!!

[[POW]Eagle159]

Heres mine after a nice launch...

The pic is more bout the rockets then the work space though....

[blackbrandt]

Dang, my dad continually gets mad at me for all of the launch rods laying around. Also, I have balsa, plexiglass, half-finished rockets, drills, clamps, drill bits, wood, fully built rockets, saw,\ (he wasn't too thrilled about that one), and just clutter in general. Also, @John Brohm, I have a proof that your workshop is Photoshop'd. Your space is so clean that you can walk 2 inches without killing yourself. Therefore, your photo is fake.

[The Rocket Kid]

Most of these were in the old "mancave" thread.

hey someone should start that thread back up again

[John Brohm]

... Also, @John Brohm, I have a proof that your workshop is Photoshop'd. Your space is so clean that you can walk 2 inches without killing yourself. Therefore, your photo is fake.

Nice to see this thread active again. And particularly great to see all the shops out there. I think the variety shows that the ideal shop is highly individual-specific, but I'll bet that they all share at least one attribute and that's being a space where each of us can find comfort, and one that allows us to relax and enjoy this great hobby. Apparently we each find comfort in different ways!

I do wish to dispel the speculation that rockets don't actually get built in my shop. They do, just not at the rate I'd like. Like most of us, I'm sure, real life seems to get in the way. Nevertheless, occasionally something does manage to migrate from the shop to the display cabinet, and more recently the items below appeared. I must admit, though, that I've yet to paint the fin checkers on the Astron Mark - on the "still to do list", it seems.

Great thread, and I hope we can extend the privilege of vicariously visiting the various rocket shops around the country.

[Rocketbuilder]

:o I don't... really... have a... workshop. I sort of... bring stuff out... to the... dining... room... table. Okay, there you have it... I bring my rocket stuff to the dining room table to work.
I don't have a workshop either. I'm currently building 10 (soon to be 9, hopefully) low- and mid-power rockets on a card table less than 3 feet on a side! :y:
The dining table does occasionally get invaded...
I'm not sure you guys would want to see pics of it as is; it hasn't been organized in a while. It might permanently scar you. :dark:

[blackbrandt]

Naw, we wouldn't be scarred. The sight of mine might blind you though.

[Aksrockets]

I moved and got a new workshop.
This one is in the old green house.
Hot as hell in here, in mid summer (AKA now) I'll be in the shop for 3 minutes before i begin to sweat. I guess I'm just preparing my body for hellfire.
It's hard to mix large amounts of epoxy because it "kicks" really easily in here. I always have a cold cup of water handy.
Looks pretty though and once the sun goes down it actually drops below 90F!
I'm not going to mention the spiders though. :p

89506

89507

89508

Alex

[dixontj93060]

Get a window A/C unit.


I moved and got a new workshop.
This one is in the old green house.
Hot as hell in here, in mid summer (AKA now) I'll be in the shop for 3 minutes before i begin to sweat. I guess I'm just preparing my body for hellfire.
It's hard to mix large amounts of epoxy because it "kicks" really easily in here. I always have a cold cup of water handy.
Looks pretty though and once the sun goes down it actually drops below 90F!
I'm not going to mention the spiders though. :p

89506

89507

89508

Alex

[LW Bercini]

My tiny sliver of workshop is visible in the "Show us your desk" thread. It is a small table sandwiched between my desk and the stacks of boxes that will eventually be moved to my new home when construction is completed.

http://www.rocketryforum.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=84689&d=1337693997

[GuitarRockets]

8957089571895728957389574

My workshop(s)

[GuitarRockets]

8957689577[QUOTE=GuitarRockets;

My workshop(s)[/QUOTE] :point::w::w:

[Budzilla]

Very Nice

[Aksrockets]

Wanted to give this a little bump.

Alex

[Gary Byrum]

Pics 1 - 4 are in my bedroom where I don't sleep anymore and use to store and photograph the rockets.

[Gary Byrum]

The rest of these pics are in my daughters old bedroom where the bench is now. #5 is a parts bin and the left side of the bench. #6 is a front view of the bench. (who said it had to be neat????) #7 is the right of the bench where there's a hanging Dremel and asst hand tools. The storage bin is for body tubes, vinyl's and more hand tools. #8 is the bottom of the closet where there are boxes of bulk balsa blocks, a bench grinder, and various other goodies not shown. I couldn't get a great shot of this because the guest bed is in the way.

[Gary Byrum]

#9 Top shelf where there's a little tube hoarding going on and some rolled vinyl stripe stock. Second shelf for various chems, nose cone and coupler storage boxes. #10 is the said guest bed and it's pretty much a catch all area. #11 is the lathe booth. I have it surrounded with a polyethylene drape of sorts for dust control. # 12 is the rest of the table shared with the lathe booth for my tube cutting jig (far left) and some misc stuff that doesn't have a home yet.

And there you have it. Another "King of Klutter."

[oddmanrockets]

ok i had to chime in with garage pics,table saw,band saw,lathe,disc and belt sander+ lots of dust122244further back drill press and comp 122245hidden in back rockets ,body tubes,and other assorted rocket stuff,122246122247my wife has 10 sq ft of my garage and thats it.have lots of upscales hidden all over 3 in orbital transport, 4 in boosted wac corporal,4 in estes Blackbird and many others YES its messy but it my mess I think of it as therapy :shock:

[Gary Byrum]

ok i had to chime in with garage pics,table saw,band saw,lathe,disc and belt sander+ lots of dust further back drill press and comp hidden in back rockets ,body tubes,and other assorted rocket stuff,my wife has 10 sq ft of my garage and thats it.have lots of upscales hidden all over 3 in orbital transport, 4 in boosted wac corporal,4 in estes Blackbird and many others YES its messy but it my mess I think of it as therapy :shock:

Dood! I thought I was a king! Now I see I'm only a Squire! You got my daddy on concentrated clutter! LAWD!

[gdjsky01]

LOL!!! Such First World problems... :)
Yeah Gary, I think you rule. :y:
Tho oddmanrockets is doing alright for himself as well!

[Gary Byrum]

LOL!!! Such First World problems... :)
Yeah Gary, I think you rule. :y:
Tho oddmanrockets is doing alright for himself as well!

It's a little hard for me to maneuver around in there because I have so much crap in the way. I should have taken a pic of the floor. I have to tippy toe where ever I go in there. I think oddman has my daddy tho. He has so much going on....I'd be afraid to see the floor.

[oddmanrockets]

a clean garage is a sign of a sick mind LOL, as to the floor depends where you walk i glass alot of body tubes and dribbles happen.lots of rockets have come out of this and previous garages ive had the pleasure to work in.you havent even seen all my launch equip.i also have a 20 ft radio tower thats flown several P motors and rockets over 400 lbs.we fly some awesome stuff at Plaster Blaster.Im getting my controllers ready for a boy scout troop to use next month to get their rocketry badges:cool: