old style Oak framed barn workshop

[Mikes tiny shed of dreams]

I just picked these up from my dads place in France, they are marked "Labeur, Fabrique en France"

There is a pillar drill,
Drive support post, and drive shaft.
Sharpening and griding wheels (real stone!),
Table saw (real saw with teeth!),
Twin power hammers
Wood turning lathe. The lathe bed is bent and broken but somebody found some steel angle iron that looks about right and left it with the collection presumably with the intention of repairing it.


I thought it would be nice to clean them up and mount them in a model workshop so I'm going to document it here. I might make a little smokey model forge to go with the hammers too.

The table saw is pressed steel and is painted the same blue as the motor which also has pressed steel feet, the rest of the items are zinc based pot metal (zamak or mazak)

Apparently there was a company called Knapp in america that made similar items but perhaps a bit bigger the scale of these looks to be around 1/10

EDIT, just done some more searching and found out these are almost 100 years old!

 

[fab1ten]

Those are very cool! They all look like they are functional too, not just static models.

 

[Mikes tiny shed of dreams]

Those are very cool! They all look like they are functional too, not just static models.

yes they will work if given the chance. I have been looking around online further and found a forum called The unofficail mamod and other steam forum. https://www.tapatalk.com/groups/modelsteam/ There are a few restored sets on there powered by stationary steam engines.

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[Sparks427]

Heck ya!! That's awesome!!

 

[Mikes tiny shed of dreams]

made a good start on the barn today. still a lot of details to add, windows to frame and glaze, doors to make.

 

[Small Factory]

...as a van man, I am here for the van. The barn is nice as well I suppose.

 

[Mikes tiny shed of dreams]

...as a van man, I am here for the van. The barn is nice as well I suppose.

I was looking at some videos of the van today, I really want to use it again but the weather is shite at the minute.

I made some more progress today, finished the window frames (still need to glaze with clear acrylic) made a door (still needs hardware and hanging), a set of shelves, some saw horses, some panelling and a bench

 

[tossedman]

These are awesome. Cool barn too.

 

[Small Factory]

First scale Post and Beam barn I've seen. Man, this is so good!

 

[ItsTooBright!]

Those tools are marvolous!

 

[SeanOB]

Always impressed by your work Mike! This is shaping up to be the perfect home for those classic mini tools.

 

[ShopGTR]

Was looking around for Norm in his New Yankee Workshop.

 

[Mikes tiny shed of dreams]

Thanks for the nice comments, I have been working more on the barn this week, I finished the internal cladding with planks on the side wall and ply sheets on the end. I added insulation foam up top to keep the draughts out. I glazed the windows and added some light colours to give the impression of age. I have used antiquing wax to stain and weather the wooden items along with a mixture of different paints, I battered the table and saw horses a bit to give them some character. I coated the floor in expoy resin left over from my flocking kit and tamped it with a stick to give a concrete slab finish then painted that with automotive primer and some tamiya paint to add oil stains etc. still more details to add, lighting and clutter. I might add some roof rafters but not sure yet.

Some of the machine parts are broken so I've been learning to cast metal replacements in pewter using a two part silicone mold. not a great result but its only my first go.

 

[Mikes tiny shed of dreams]

 

[ItsTooBright!]

Sweet! You could mix some oil with the saw dust to make it look old maybe?

 

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[SeanOB]

absolutely excellent !

 

[Mikes tiny shed of dreams]

Sweet! You could mix some oil with the saw dust to make it look old maybe?

thank you guys, I've got some mahogany that I could saw up when the time comes, that will result in dark red sawdust.

I cast some hinges in pewter last night and hung the main doors finally, I still need to make the latches and bolts.

 

[Caprinut]

Awesome start!
Which I could make hinges like that.

 

[ShopGTR]

Excellent work. Fun to watch.