The Gorby sanctuary resurrection.
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13 7 July 2019, 10:34
gorbyThanks mate, it's a much nicer place to work so it was worth the effort. It's not so tidy now.
9 August 2019, 16:07
Spanjaardlooking good gorbygould. i have to finish my space now... so i may actually copy some of your ideas!
9 August 2019, 20:26
gorbyThanks Spanjaard. I'm making minor improvements to the set up as I use the space, but it's much more ergonomically laid out. I also raised the worktop level so that I'm not bending over as much as I used to, and that's much better for my back. Just make sure you have plenty of storage when you do yours. I've filled all the drawers and have still got stuff that needs a home.
The magnetic, under-shelf tool storage works very well so I'd recommend that.
10 August 2019, 09:06
Gordon SørensenGreat looking work area, gorby! If only mine was as neat and organized...
10 August 2019, 09:45
gorbyThanks mates.
That's a good name for the room Urban, although I'm not sure I would be classed as entirely sane.
Gordon: I wish mine was that neat and organised as well! The photos are before any plastic was mangled. I've added another photo on the end to give a more accurate image of what's it's like in use.
10 August 2019, 10:24
Urban GardiniWell, of course you're not able to classify as sane. You're after all a modeller...
10 August 2019, 10:45
gorby😄 (I assume that is supposed to represent laughing – it looks more like constipation to me).
Spanjaard: The ducting was one of my slightly better ideas. It doesn't get rid of the paint smells completely, but it's much better than it was. Incidentally the stuff I used is called 'Kair System 100 Rectangular'. I bought it from a well known South American river😉 and it was quite a reasonable price - £37 all in. The brackets are overpriced but I managed to do it with just one of them.
10 August 2019, 11:10
Alec KVery nice job Gorby, and considering your self-reported aversion to labor a laudable effort indeed. I envy the natural light (my cave is in the basement, so no cigar). Nice work on the tool storage and compressor mounting as well 👍
10 August 2019, 12:41
gorbyThanks Alec. I had hoped those years of manual labour were behind me, it's not good for your health you know. The compressor mounting works well – the rubber shelf mounting and the rubber mat absorb quite a lot of the vibration, so it sounds much quieter.
10 August 2019, 16:27
Spanjaardi actually have part of the stuff already... i had a couple of tubes leftover from some crazy idea during the renovation of our place... i just need the ends of it, and i have it almost done. well, i need to connect it to the window, but i have an idea about it 🙂
10 August 2019, 20:45
Kesa TihoWow, cool to see the cave where all the magic happenes. Also interested to see what the mouse looking build on your desk is (you might have posted about it already but i havent checked your profile so gonna go do that now 👍)
14 October, 13:04
gorbyThanks all. 🙂
Kesa, that was my SHADO 1 build: Where have all the Aliens gone? Scratching my SHADO. | Album by gorby (1:48)
14 October, 13:31
Mr DSet up looking 👍👍 will make a pleasant place to work.
I noticed you have to water trap on your airbrush..... Would you recommend l use my one for spraying Tamiya paints ??
I've just used straight air pipe up to now on my water base acrylics ... mainly Velejo.
14 October, 17:00
gorbyThanks mates. 🙂
Mr. D, it's a bit odd....when I don't use the trap I have problems with the airbrush, but the trap appears to have never trapped any water. My advice would be - if you don't have any problems, don't change what you're doing.
14 October, 17:08
Mr DOk.. thanks 👍
Sometimes l get clogging up with clear, but generally it's ok, l have a Iwata clone airbrush and it's quite reliable most the time.
Think l will have to get better compressor with tank at some point.
Cheers 👍
14 October, 19:46
S BThat is a perfectly organized and well laid out workspace. Nice to see such „projects" here, too! Thanks for sharing! 👍
15 October, 07:40
gorbyThanks S B. It does work well for me so it was worth all the planning and the work. five years on it's significantly less tidy though. 😳
15 October, 07:46
S BOh yes, I see now that your post is from 2019! 😂 But believe me it doesn't need 5 years. I reorganized my workspace in April (this year) and it's already looking pretty messy again! 😂😂🙈
15 October, 07:50
Album info
Mrs Gorby's been on at me for years about sorting out what she calls 'That doss-hole', and I've finally given in – the carpet monster was nearly thirty years old after all and getting to the end of its natural life span, so I painlessly put it out of its misery (by slashing it into small pieces with a Stanley knife). During the autopsy of the carpet beast, the contents of its gut included several parts that I didn't know that I'd lost. The room ended up being a bigger job than I first thought, but I've finally got to the end – well …… sort of……… nearly….. almost. It's the sort of project that gets added to or altered as you use the space.
It was a lot of work, but it's a much nicer place to be in.
This is the link to how it was:
My work area. Is this the smallest work-space? | Album by gorby