Max I am a big fan of Dee Dee's channel. I have also been using the Acetone /ATF and brass brush on my Clausing Lathe. I have been pleased with what I have done so far. Seeing you wearing the jacket makes me envy the cool weather you are having. Today We got up to 114 F. here in Texas and my Home air conditioner went out and too late to get a repairman out. At 10:00 pm it was still 100 outside and 90 in the house. Absolutely fantastic job on the shop but we expect nothing but excellence from you. Your work is always Top Shelf. Thanks again for bringing us along.

Great to see a hard working Aussie making a go of it in these hard times , an icon of engineering in ( 70 years ) South Australia has just closed ( due to Retirement )

I knew who’s channel you’ve been watching using Acidtone and brake fluid! That’s a nice size build for your shop. Thanks for sharing, have a great day.

Wowsers! Can't believe I missed this G'day Max, fantastic work mate, 👍 the new shop is an absolute credit to you, I'm so pleased for you Wonderful view from the rooftop there too 🙏

Hi Max, I hope you have many happy years in your new shop and I look forward to you sharing it with us

Your "beautiful winter day" looks a lot warmer than a beautiful winter day would be here in Canada! Andrew

Lookin excellent, Max. Top-class work, hats off.

So, now that you have a yellow back preserving trolly, you don't need no one to hold your beer anymore :)

Wow, I just found your Chanel a couple of days ago. Initially I thought wow looks like this guy has a really nice shed and been in there for ever. I looked at your first video in the little shed and so I thought you must have found a really nice new shed, little did I know how much work you had to do to get there. Really appreciate your attention to detail

Excellent shed/shop,Max!!

Hey Max, I use Citrus Clean from Bunnings for getting the grime off the paint. Mix 50/50 with water in a spray bottle, spray on and leave for 10 minutes then wash off with water or wipe off with a wet cloth rinsed in water. Works a treat.

Mr Crispin uses his brother's tooth brush for cleaning.😉😁 Great table to keep the beer within easy reach!

Awesome work, Max. I love the shop. This has been a great series. So much work.

Your shop looks incredible. Thanks for sharing your progress with us.

Quite a milestone finishing the building. This has been quite an endeavor to do mostly single handedly and I admire your ambition Max.I really like your clerestory windows as one can never get too much light into the workshop.

Fantastic Max. Very interesting on the cladding and flashing design/configuration, love the "Ducks Beak" to turn the edges up 👍. Brilliant job from the groundwork to installing the opaque windows. When's the name plate being fitted/ building christening???? 18°C sunny on a winters day, thats summer here in the UK 🇬🇧, currently 25° C here for a week . Thanks for sharing 👍

Yay Max!! The shed looks great. For cleaning your machinery, grab some caustic crystals from Woolies or Coles - add to cold or cool water. It'll clean the grease, make sulfur based oils inert, removes some oxidation and can also strip old paint. Scrub with a stiff brush or scouring pads. Just keep it away from soft metals like copper, brass or aluminium. Borax can be used too, in warm to hotish water - just don't mix the two together. Both of these are far cheaper than your current mix. Have fun - stay safe and well :)

Well done Max. You can be proud of your efforts. I'll look forward to your gantry build.

A shop to be proud of Max. Looking forward to your future videos of the clean up of the JFMT, and the removal of the Saddle and the Apron to address that sticky traverse lever. Also looking forward to a peep inside its headstock to see what shape she's in.

square sander with surface conditioning pad works real good at removing dirt and light surface rust

That will look very good when all completed mate. We will get there soon.

Looks amazing Max. Well done.

Max, that's a terrific achievement, Congrats!!

I love your workshop, it looks awesome and you deserve it! Enjoy it Max!

Hello Max, A big CONGRATULATIONS on completing the construction, it looks really good. See you on the lathe cleanup project. Take care. Paul,,

G’Day Max, the shop is looking good. It’s fun to hear the unique Oz birdsongs in the background too. 👍 Edit: I have one of the cheap & cheerful trolleys in my shop, use it lots, but I’ve found you have to throttle carefully on the downward stroke. Otherwise it rushes down in a most dramatic way. I hope yours is better regulated…

Good one Max, the shed is coming along nicely and the roof and windows look great. I follow Dee Dee and he does a great job of machine resto. I'll send you a link of another channel that shows a good way of cleaning those ways with Scotchbrite and a Orbital Sander. I'm ordering the steel for my shed extension now before prices go up. Talk soon.

congrats on the shed completion Max. Has come along nice since I called in. Will be fantastic to get some wiring and lights up and running. Cheers T

Workshop is looking great, 500kg SWL trolley just about maxed out with your beers 🍺. Have one for me. 👍🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

Max your can do attitude is something. You take on a project this size a pick away at it till its finished. The results are very impressive and brilliant. The crane will be a great project to see unfold in the future.

I hope your next video will show you wading through chips and swarf. I am green with envy All the new, to you, machinery and all that space. I know you'll put it all to good use. KOKO!.

Shop build is awesome, I got 2 lift carts and they are handy!…lots of work there…KOKO

Max, You’ve got to be “proud and poor” after finishing your shop construction project. Next the lighting and wiring which will take away any remaining excuses you may have for getting those wonderful machines running. Congratulations on a huge success! Cheers, Will

Both you and Dee Dee like that mix a lot. As I told him though, the success is mostly from the elbow grease applied from the arm and brass brush. Admittedly, elbow grease is becoming harder to find at any price. It seems as most people don’t have it anymore. The CLR is very good, I used it mostly in my fireplace. Don’t leave it on too long. It will take some metal off after a while.

Very awesome work, I’m sure your glad to have it done, that hydraulic cart will come in handy, I use mine almost every day in my shop

Max. shop is looking Great. You are a very busy man. Must feel great to have most of the shop complete. Thanks for the walk through. Gary

Love it Max you missed your calling Making new buildings lol

G’day Max. Congratulations on finishing off your new workshop mate. It looks amazing and I’m so happy for you. Cheers Max 🍻. Aaron

Superb work Max all round. You machines look great all laid out in your new workshop. Looking forward to the rest or your old workshops gear being moved and the things you find that you forgot you had lol. Tony

G'day Max ... Shed looks good, & now you don't have to worry bout ~~ Rain Drops Falling on Your Head ~~ as the song goes. Lol 😆. The C.L.R Did a great job on the small section, & the second solution with the Autotrans oil, looks like good combination. One cleans the bulk, while the othe cleans & Imbeds lubricant into the beds etc. Great job

Thanks for sharing 👍

Very impressive, Max, l wish you all the best on your endeavor.

Thats one very nice workshop, wish i had one as good as yours

Winter in Perth looks like spring in Dresden. 😁 All the best and kind regards from Dresden! Cheers! 👍👍👍🇩🇪🇦🇺 😎

Looks great! Way to go!!!

Congratulations on a job very well done great workshop mate done well and with pride ta Mollydooker.

G’day Max, the new shop is looking awesome mate. I bet you can’t wait to start making some chips.

Gday Max, great to see the workshop near complete, it’s been a massive job that’s for sure, the windows come out really good, I’ll have to check out D D’s channel as well, since I made the gantry crane here it’s been use so many times, I’d been using an engine crane which is a total pain in the ass, I’ve got the gantry crane parked over the lathe and made up a lift for the chucks, I know there not big chucks but it a lot easier, the lift cart was a good idea, that’s going to be bloody handy, thanks for the update, cheers

Coming along nicely max, that ce marking is the same as my milling machine, great video, keep'um coming...

My God I thought I had OCD problems. I am feeling pretty good about myself. Thanks

Really coming together.

Looking good, Max. Impressive attention to detail.

Looking good max, i wish my new workshop was finished but with all the rain on the east coast i haven't been able to build my house so I'm still living/freezing in my workshop.. I've used the side of a soft bronze brush in my die grinder to remove rust from machine ways and it worked fine but but was still fairly slow being careful not to dwell in one spot

Best built wood shed in Australia. 😉

hi max nice work on the shop you will be snug as a bug in there for the winter!!

Hi Max. Regarding the rust removal on the machines, I have had very good results with Evapo-Rust. It is available here in the USA in liquid and gel. I think it is also available in Australia.

Max, I've had good luck using steel wool and mineral spirits to remove the bulk of the surface rust. Block sand afterwards with 400 grit wet or dry paper using mineral spirits to keep the paper from loading. Light pressure wont remove any base metal

Well done Max!! I will be waiting to see the inside finished and first chips in new shop. Cheers

You amaze me Max at your work ethic. I always look forward to and am impressed with how much you have gotten done since the last video as well as the quality of your work. I bought one of those lift tables to work on my mowers. However I went with the cheapy one from u know where. It saved the day when I had to do an emergency automatic tranny removal and replacement in the grandson's pickup. We laid the push handles down and had the truck jacked and supported high enough. Worked like a charm. Probably not recommended, but no drama as you would say. Cheers Max.

Max, that acetone/hydraulic fluid is best used to loosen rusted bolts. Mix in a plastic bottle and squeeze some on rusted bolts. Seems to seep in better than most anything else. As for surfaces - not so much. You might want to try other products like scotchbrite pads and WD40 for surfaces. Evaporust is reusable if you can put it in a vat and let it sit for 24 hours. Muriatic acid with a bronze wire brush works great for pitted surfaces. Its fast but it is VERY caustic and toxic and needs to be neutralized with water/baking soda solution so just about anything else first. So many ways to work you tail off but you will get it. Have fun.

Lookin good Max. Thanks for the look.

Very nice job on the shop Max, looks great.

very very good shop max

Glorious Max. So much thought into the final product. Looks magnificent.Glad you found some sheet rock minions. Heavy dusty work - I avoid as well.

Bet you're glad to be over the hump on the building works Max. Looks fantastic mate, once you've fully set up, if you are hiring and can throw a relocation package in, keep me in mind lol. Cheers, Jon

Shop looks great. Need lots of lighting though. For my 2 ton gantry crane, I made the posts from HSS 100x100x6. They are an inverted T (not A-frame) so I can slide it tight to my materials rack and lift the stuff off the shelf. 1.2m base with the castors mounted and about 2.4m tall to fit through my overhead door. It clears the length of my lathe so I cane lift stuff in and out easily. There are only two things I wish I had done and that is some stops to keep the trolley from sliding (will add to my to do list) and the other would have been to purchase some locking swivel castors (the kind you can lock out the swivel but not the wheel and make a rigid castor but these are $$$ and prohibitive when looking at 2000lb rating). I have swivels on all 4 corners, which is great for mobility in the shop to swing around machines, but as soon as I get it outside on the driveway, it wants to follow the slope. Being able to at least lock one end straight would allow it to be handled much more easily by myself.

Outstanding work on the new shop Max ! Looks Great ! Not sure if this is available in Australia, but I've had amazing results using "bar keepers friend" It's an alkaline cleanser works amazing on rusty metal. You do have to use it with water. Hope that helps.. Love your new shop ! Cheers !

You've done a great job on the workshop Max.

Good one Max .

the shop looks really good..

Hey Max how about putting a truss on the top of the beam less welding . All most looks like you could make two cranes a shorty and a longer one the shorter one would hold more weight . Just a thought .JM

getting a bit soft Max if ya need a scissor lift trolley for your beer!

Looking great Max! Nice HBM Wow!

Yes Max, the CE confirms EU safety standard compliance, so should prove to be better than the cheap and chearful, Good to see the build completed (bar a few trimmings), looking forward to the machine builds.

I am really speechless, looking at the size of the building and the fact that you have done it single-handedly! It looks terrific and will certainly be a wonderful place in which to work. Congratulations on a job very well done.

Ipoh, one more thing. If you haven’t painted/sealed your floors already now’s the time. I think Anthony Ruddy’s advice is good. Caustic soda or some strong surfactant will cut the old grease and dried oil with less elbow grease. Acetone and ATF will work but remember how many hours DD’s got into his projects. Maybe knock off the bulk of the petroleum before switching to the acetone/ATF to get the beautiful finish DD’s getting. Cheers

Hooray. Nice to see it basically complete. That lift cart is handy. I picked up one for my shop. I wanted to build me a gantry, but steel prices are still stupid. Cheaper to buy one than to make one right now. Go figure.

Max, I'm in total awe of your shed. That you basicly built it single handed is just mind blowing and a credit to your determination. If you would, How much floor area inside and the verandas too please. It certainly looks big enough to be future proof....

nice shop mate

Nice job on the shed Max, cyclone proof, rodent proof and snake proof. Not so fond memories of cyclone Alby! Don't be fooled by the stickers.

I was mentioning to dee dee that I started using his formula as well. But I also dip a scotch bright pad in the ATF/Acetone mixture and use it under a palm sander. Does wonders and a lot faster.

Thanks Max!

I think that massive shop could house my gear as well Max, what do you say to a workshop-sharing arrangement? :-)

Workshops come up well mate. What breed is the hydraulic work platform please? Won’t be long now and you’ll be making chips in the shop , then you’ll be able to make back some of the construction casts. Have a good one mate 👍🇦🇺

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Looks good Max are you going to run your shop solo or have a helper monkey or another machinist .Are you going to do work affiliated with your day job after you retire . Thanks for the videos , man you knocked out a ton of work the last year great job .JM

Have you tried the green scrub pads for dishes and flat vibrating sanders and wd 40? I watch a guy do this on KZfaq and it worked. He sprayed it down and put the pad down with the sander on top of the pad.

Thx for the vid., Max. As mentioned by Graham earlier, I have used a maroon (very fine) ScotchBrite, WD40, and a palm sander on the stained ways of my lathe and was very pleased with the results. May try a light gray (ultra fine) or white (super fine) pad later to maybe give them more of a polished finish. Just the weight of the palm sander alone does all the work and the WD acts as a solvent/lubricant and floats the dirt up out of the metal to be wiped off. I would think the ATF/Acetone mix would give similar results. Have a look at the 10 min mark of this video kzfaq.info/get/bejne/bbKdhM-CvbLeiGQ.html of a very neglected shaper table being cleaned this way. The dirt can be rinsed out of the pads with solvent for reuse.

Max, not saying anything against DD"s formula, as I've never tried it, but what I use is a formula passed down from my grandfather... ATF & Diesel. They do mix, and stay mixed. Just saying.

Word to the wise that sheet rock dust rust metal quickly

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Bueno amigo yo iba a trabajar en un torno pero la bancada estába oxidada y le aplique gasoil y le pasé Zafra y largo todo el óxido 🙏

You have a dream shop in a dream climate. 18 C in the winter? It can get -40 C or more here in the winter.

Max, electric power supply? Because of the large amount of mechine plus the odd bits

Have your gave a thought to Evap o rust soaked rags covered with plastic let set .

PS: I looked for that channel that has the acetone/ATF idea but couldn't find it - any idea what the channel is called please? thanks, Craig

G'day Max, How will the change in temperature mess with the roof from summer to winter?.

Max what do you use for a scraper?

even the chinese lathe is european because the design is european. how many hours invested in masaging the bedways?

What's your trade?