Setting up my New Plane Building Workshop! - Radio Controlled Balsa Aeroplanes - RC Planes

[@billmonroe5878]

Love it when a guy both recognizes the contributions of his wife, and expresses dimensions in both metric AND real units :)

[@MarkRobinson555]

hahahaha, thanks for the comment! I live in a confusing world, where the plans I use are in Imperial and the materials I order are metric mostly, but luckly I am of an age where I learnt both metric and Imperial at school and have always used both. I will often measure the length of somthing in one system and the width in another, just depending which is the more convinient!

[@Smokeyr67]

I assume that Mark included imperial measurements for the 95% of the world that still uses that archaic system (oops, I mean 5%)😁

[@fredzolan7415]

THANK YOU, Mike ! I have been watching your KZbin videos I have learned you are my mentor for the scratch-building that I do. just the way you have built your workshop shows us all your methodical touches that you have applied which makes the environment a very controllable level place. I have learned so much from your techniques watching your approach to the plans to each project. your approach is very detailed ! your over-kill so right. I see it is all about having patience. I fly sailplanes, crash, repair many many planes. they are built with balsa, fiberglass or foam. I have acquired many planes, may it be a lost, given up or a gathered together parts to make one that I repair and then send it off into the wild blue, again ! the hardest is CG. trying one third back is a start. I have used somewhat of a formula (MAC), but not aways taking in the angles of the wings in account. with my landings, at the only place to fly with an up-slope wind it has a very rough landing terrain which makes for lots of casualty landings. thank you, again for your clear, detailed videos that have helped in my repairs. my best to you fredZ

[@MarkRobinson555]

Hi there, thank you for such a lovely comment, really appreciated - had good building and flying 😀

[@stevejones9044]

Thank you for showing your new space including the discussion about your bench. I'm gearing up to build a new one and seeing others helps. Oh and I see that YOU have all the balsa! Balsa is hard to get right now. :)

[@MarkRobinson555]

Thanks for the comment, it's appreciated. Good luck setting up your own workshop, its a great feeling when you get it sorted how you want it 😃 Hahaha, lots of balsa, trouble is I keep using it up and having to buy more!!

[@johnallen9611]

Good ideas. I plan on having my bench top overlap the frame 1-2" so I can easily clamp something down to the top.

[@MarkRobinson555]

That's a great idea! Thanks for the comment, good building!

[@scottobrien3637]

Very nice workshop Mark, I’m envious! Really enjoyable video too 👍🏻

[@MarkRobinson555]

Thanks very much for the kind comment, its appreciated 🙂

[@nashtm]

Thanks Mark, particularly interesting to me as I will be relocating to the the UK next year and no doubt will be downsizing from the double garage I now have! Tim

[@MarkRobinson555]

Excellent, thanks for the comment, pleased you found the video helpful, good luck with the relocation and setting up the workshop 😀

[@ravebrave8866]

well done chilbi..

[@jasonrigneyakae4dragongunn30]

Stellar space man!

[@MarkRobinson555]

Thanks very much 😃

[@tonphil1960]

Looks great

[@MarkRobinson555]

Thanks very much 😀

[@AEROERGO]

Hi Mark!, quite new sub here, and KZbin recommend me this video just after i move to a new place with my wife. And i am just about to start to build and set my workshop, it´s funny see how i reach some of the same conclusions and this video help me a lot. THANKS!

[@MarkRobinson555]

Welcome aboard, pleased you found the video helpful, thanks very much for the comment 😀

[@farayidarlingtonchaparadza20]

Congrats on the new well thought out workspace. Looking forward to the new projects already.

[@MarkRobinson555]

Hi there, thanks for the comment, pleased you liked the new workshop 😃

[@tdogrc]

Lovely workshop Mark. Thanks for sharing, really like the drainpipe idea. Looking forward to more builds!!

[@MarkRobinson555]

Thanks very much for the comment, its appreciated, lots of building etc in the pipeline! 😁

[@superdutyspinner]

Great space Mark. You’ve come up with some very thoughtful solutions there. Looking forward to the next build in there

[@MarkRobinson555]

Thanks very much Chris, really appreciated you taking the time to comment 😃

[@vincentfittante5979]

Very nice set up with the space that you have. I love how you have spent time thinking about what works for you. Having a a previous work space you know what worked in the past and what improvements to make for your now current space to make you a more efficient builder. The only thing I think you will need to address is your lack of ventilation to rid your shop of balsa dust. I installed a Jet air filter that I mounted under my build table and it helps immensely. I (we) look forward seeing future builds. Thanks for posting!

[@MarkRobinson555]

Hi vincent, thanks for a great comment, you are absolutely right about the dust and ventilation. I do have a hole in the wall for a small extractor, but certainly not enough for all the potential balsa dust. I do try to sand as much as possible outside, and I do have an industrial vac under the bench, just for cleaning up after sanding etc, but dust is always an issue. Take care and good building

[@terryblackman6217]

Hi Mark. Thank you for the grand tour of your workshop. I very much believe that when you have a proper place to work it does make your building that much better. I to have a room dedicated to model making, and with some light music, a plan, and some balsa time just melts away. Very good idea about using guttering for storage. You and Mrs decorator have a wonderful Christmas. Terry 🎄

[@MarkRobinson555]

Hi Terry, thanks very much for the message, hope you and you family have a great Christmas and relaxing holiday, take care

[@markfannin3975]

New subscriber. I will be moving in just over a year and this series is perfect for me. I've never had proper workshop and now I will have a chance - thanks to you. Looking forward to learning from you. Best to all, Mark in Colorado.

[@MarkRobinson555]

Awesome! Thank you! Good luck with settig up your new workshop, exciting times

[@RCTaildraggin]

Looks brilliant Mark! I will be designing a new workshop of my own, sometime in the next 18 months when we move. Great tips mate! 👍

[@MarkRobinson555]

Hi Jerry, thanks very much for the comment, it's great having a blank canvas to start with, having had a workshop already as you know whay you want. Sure you will love setting up your new workshop, hope the move goes well, take care

[@ericavieiradesantana4553]

Primeiro vídeo muito top.

[@MarkRobinson555]

Thank you very much

[@tnmcelroy]

That's a great workshop, and I'll be shamelessly stealing some of your ideas. My workshop is going to be in my garage though, so I'll need some heating for the winter builds.

[@MarkRobinson555]

Hahaha, steal away! Thanks for the comment, pleased you found it helpful, good luck with the workshop 😀

[@crunchied8]

Mark i would like to see you build a mojo plane mate

[@garymurphy5133]

Hi mark,what a great workshop! Are you based in the UK? some vids look like Asia?

[@MarkRobinson555]

Hi Gary, yes UK based now, but had been living and flying in Northern Thailand previously for a few years. Pleased you like the workshop, thanks for the comment 😀

[@americanmultigenic]

Looks amazing! I am jealous. I have one question: when I was an active aero modeler, the scourge of my life was balsa dust from sanding operations. Other than taking the work outside, have you found any practical solution to that? (In my case, it spread through the ENTIRE HOUSE, as i had no dedicated room, which displesed my wife a good deal. And, indeed, the dust seems to quickly permeate into every nook and cranny. ---Mike

[@MarkRobinson555]

Hahahaha, oh yes balsa dust! I do most of my sanding outside, but not always possible, and do ocasionally have to sand on my bench, like when I need support for an item like an aileron. I do keep the dust down with a industrial type vac, as the dust tends to play havoc with mu chest. I have thought of using the vac with a support to hold it near the work being sanded to help reduce the dust, but not got around to that yet, but I should do. Thanks for the comment and good building and flying

[@americanmultigenic]

@@MarkRobinson555 IT may be even worse (here in the US) with central air-conditioning circulating the air/dust about the whole living space. Thanks for your reply, and Merry Christmas! Incidentally, I saw your great footage of Eshott airfield. I grew up just a spit across the fields from there, at Causey Park Bridge, in the late 1950s/early 1960s, and my relations still live there. Are you in that area, or were you just visiting Eshott? Just curious. (I was sorry to hear the venerable Oak Inn there had shut its doors.) ---Mike

[@MarkRobinson555]

Oh wow its a small world, I just looked up Causey Park and it is very close! Its a beautiful part of the world. We live about 45 min south of Eshott so its a nice trip out to see the planes. Take care and have a great Christmas 🎄

[@americanmultigenic]

@@MarkRobinson555 It certainly is beautiful. I have spent the last 40 years here telling Americans to "check out Northumberland" if they visit the UK . . . . they know York and Edinburgh, but not what they are missing in between!

[@stevejones9044]

That is a very good question. For my new bench build I am looking at a sanding dust box of some sort. Not a downdraft but a box under the table generating negative pressure and a filter. Not as good as downdraft. Dust gets everywhere in my office so I try to sand in the garage on another table which was my original bench. Gets pretty hot in the garage in spring and summer where I live so I prefer to do most work in the office (been looking at mini-splits for garage though).

[@NormanLedoyen]

Can I hire you to pay me a visit and redo my work shop Mark?555

[@MarkRobinson555]

Hahaha, sure! You pay for the travel and I will do it for free! 😳