Discussion: Describe your shop!

Now that I know What you have and about when you're in your shop, I'll do an
online search to find out where you live (using your email properties) and
have someone drop by to clean out, errr, clean up your goodies!!


"Art Finkelstein" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> Hey guys..it's time we get back on track with some good old woodworking
> talk. Tell us what you have in your shop. Power tools..hand tools..wood
> stock..shop dog..etc.
>
> What do you want to add to your shop?
>
> What collects the most dust?
>
> On average, how many hours a week do you spend in the shop?

My Shop:

484 Sq/Ft, 95% dedicated to woodworking.
120 Sq/Ft shed, dedicated to everything else, yard care, camping, storage.
T.S. Rockwell Unisaw 34-761 (ca '85), 3 HP, added Biesemeyer Commercial
30".
D.P. Rockwell/Delta 11-280 (ca?), 32" radial, a benchtop on the original
steel floor stand.
B.S. Rockwell/Delta 28-280 (ca?), metal/wood cutting, 14" (need to add a
riser)
Belt Sander Rockwell 31-520 (ca '75), 6 x 48"
Jointer, 6 x 48" Transpower (ca '88)
Lathe 12 x 36" Walker Turner, no model number, but it's NOT their Driver
Line
D.C. Jet 1100
Hegner 14" scrollsaw
Dewalt 733 Planer
Tormek wet grinder
Delta B.O.S.S.
Shop Dog #1, Samantha, Yellow Lab
Shop Dog #2, Buddy, Golden Retriever

Wanted: Drum sander (Performax), Lathe (Oneway)

I did not set out to collect old Rockwell Delta, but jumped on opportunities
and the shop has a lot of old gray right now. Nice thread Art, thanks.
--
Bill Pounds ( who's shop web site is badly out of date)
http://www.billpounds.com/woodshop


"Art Finkelstein" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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Tell us what you have in your shop. Power tools..hand tools..wood
> stock..shop dog..etc.
>
> What do you want to add to your shop?
>

Art Finkelstein <[email protected]> wrote in message news:<[email protected]>...

> Hey guys..it's time we get back on track with some good old woodworking
> talk. Tell us what you have in your shop. Power tools..hand tools..wood
> stock..shop dog..etc.

OK, now for a Neander's perspective. I have half a two-car garage.
My homemade bench sits out front, with my converted w*rkm*tt serving
as my sharpening station. I keep my rolling tool cabinet against the
wall closest to the bench, and above it I have a hanging chisel
cabinet and to the right of that a saw till. Above the till is a rack
for my braces and a few odds-and-ends. I also have a table with a
couple more plane cabinets sitting against that wall. Above that is
my wood storage. One shelf for exotics and medium-sized pieces, and a
larger shelf for bigger boards/domestics. I also have a couple of
bins for scrap pieces that I "know" I'll use on some project in the
future. My CD player sits on top of one of them.

Towards the back is where I keep my stack of mesquite that came
from a tree that was brought down a couple of years back. Also, back
there is some shelving and a cabinet. The shelving holds my power
tool "arsenal" which consists of a PC 690 with plunge base, a Bosch
1587 jigsaw, and a cheapo B&D corded drill. The cabinet holds
finishing supplies and some other odds-and-ends (jeweler's saw,
fretsaw and blades, some books, sandpapuh). It also doubles as
overflow plane storage.

Hand tools:

Planes: Low-angle smoothers (LV and L-N), low-angle jack (L-N), C&W
smoother, two Knight smoothers, L-N #4-1/2 and #140, Record #044,
Stanley #5, #6, #7, L-N and LV #112, Stanley #40, #60-1/2, #65, #71,
#78, #79, #80 (Stanley and LV), #90, #92, #271. Several wooden dado
planes, a handful of wooden molding planes, a Sandusky jack/fore, an
Ohio Tools jointah, and I'm sure I'm forgetting some.

Saws: Several Japanese dozukis and ryobas, L-N IT dovetail and
carcase, a few rip and crosscut backsaws (Spears, Peace, etc.), a few
rips (Disston), and a couple of crosscut panel saws (a Belknap and
another I'm forgetting). And a Nobex mitre saw with a homemade
mesquite replacement handle.

Odds-and-ends: six or seven spokeshaves, braces, eggbeater drill,
numerous marking gages, marking knives, mortise, bench and carving
chisels, carving gouges, scrapers, clamps, Starrett double-square and
12" combo-square, straightedges, etc.

> What do you want to add to your shop?

The other half of the garage.

> What collects the most dust?

My powah tools. I've used the routah maybe a half-dozen times
since we moved into the house almost four years ago. And the jigsaur
maybe two times.

> On average, how many hours a week do you spend in the shop?

Hmmmm ... I'd guess I average at least a couple of hours per day.
Some of it's just shop-farting, and sometimes I set up my fly-tying
station on my bench, but yeah, at least a couple per day.


Chuck Vance

>Tell us what you have in your shop. Power tools..hand tools..wood

A Jet 10" contractor's saw, Dremel 1671 and 1680 scroll saws, Hitachi miter
saw, Tradesman 8" drill press, Craftsman 6" bench grinder, and added in the
last 2 days, Grizzly 14" bandsaw, Grizzly 12.5" planer, and a Craftsman 4"
belt, 6" disc sander. As far as hand tools, a couple of routers, couple of
planes, and the usual suspects.
As for wood stockI have Oak (red and white), Cherry, lots of Pine and Aspen,
Poplar, Finnish birch ply, and various odds and ends. I also have several
dozen board feet of 125 yr. old maple tongue and groove that I'm waiting for
the right project for.

>What do you want to add to your shop?

A jointer and a mortiser. Right now, the biggest dust collector is the bench
grinder. I spend somewhere around 20 hours a week in the workshop (mostly
scrolling).

The thing that surprises me (being relatively new to having a real workshop)
about all of this is that virtually every power tool I own gets used on just
about every project.

Kevin Daly
http://hometown.aol.com/kdaly10475/page1.html

>Art=A0Finkelstein asked

>Hey guys..it's time we get back on track with some good old
>woodworking talk. Tell us what you have in your shop. Power tools.

As far as power tools there is a 10" Delta TS, a 10" Delta BS, a Delta
BOSS, a Delta 12 drill. a generic 8" drill, a Delta 18-36 open arm drum
sander, a Delta 6" jointer, a Delta 12" planer, a generic dust
Collector, a CMS, a framing nail gun, a power finish nail gun, 2 brad
nail guns, a 1/4" staple gun, a furniture staple gun, a router with
stand, a plunge router, a bench grinder, a parts cleaning tank, an air
compressor, an inline sander, a DA air sander, a chain saw, a grinder,
an air grinder, an air impact gun, an impact wrench, an air ratchet, a
cordless drill, 2 electric drills, a power hand circular saw, a sabre
saw, a quilt filter, a lawn mower, garden tiller, a chipper shredder and
the SWMBO.

>.hand tools.

Various hammers, pliers, screw drivers, wrenches, piston ring
compressor, piston ring expander, valve spring remover, strut removal
tool, engine hoist, engine stand, a power chain wench and Mr. Dinky

>.wood stock.

two piles of 3' x 7' x 3/4" double faced white woodgrain look melamine
stacked 10' high, various short pieces of various stock and some scenery
of the concert.

>.shop dog. etc.

Big mutt named Lady. (Not the SWMBO) various mice and other insects and
rodents which include squirrels and birds. And as a locksmith, a
security system that even my SWMBO gets upset over when she hears how
much it costs me. If it has not been mentioned in any of the above
items, I probably have it, I just can't remember what it is or where it
is.

>What do you want to add to your shop?

The only thing I want now may be a Legacy with a 2.5 HP Router.

>What collects the most dust?

The Dust Collector for dust and Mr. Dinky for use.

>On average, how many hours a week do you spend in the shop?

Less than I don't. With spending 18 hours on dialysis each week, I'd
like to spend at least that in the shop this summer, but ?????, I may
get only 3 hours a week.

--
Woody


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Where you will find:

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Larry Jaques wrote:
JG brought forth
>>Just don't let it happen again or I'll have the Irish/Mexican Mafia come
>>and shellac your eyelids open.
> You WOULDN'T!


http://tinyurl.com/2k2ml


--
--
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Art Finkelstein wrote:
> Hey guys..it's time we get back on track with some good old woodworking
> talk. Tell us what you have in your shop. Power tools..hand tools..wood
> stock..shop dog..etc.

It's more of a 9'x7' closet in the corner of a basement than a proper
shop. 63 spacious square feet! I've ended up with more stuff that will
fit or can be used in that space, so the drill press, bandsaw, and
planer are out in the main basement area right next to the washer and
dryer. Someday, I'll put the DP in the shop and move the bench grinder
into the main basement area.

Luckily (or unluckily - depending on your POV), I don't have a SWMBO, so
I can get sawdust all over the clean laundry without catching an earful.
Then again, maybe I'd get a SWMBO if my clothes weren't always covered
in sawdust <G>.

Here are pretty much all my tools, in rough order from most to least used:

-Pencil
-Starret Square Rule (Buy once, cry once)
-Late 60s Craftsman floorstanding drill press
-Late 60s B&D 7 1/2" RAS
-15" Grizzly Bandsaw
-PC 7518 router in a homemade table
-13" Rigid Planer
-Mitutoyo Dial Calipers
-A heart-shaped chunk of 8/4 walnut about 5" in diameter cut from the
inside of a heart-shaped box that I use for a mallet.
-Rulers and Straightedges
-Knight Jointer, Knight Smoother, Knight Jack
-Chisels
-Tape Measure
-PC 690 router with fixed and plunge bases (694VK)
-Bench Grinder mounted on a steel stand my Dad made for me.
-Scroll Saw
-Skil Saw
-Broom and Dustpan
-Delta 37-070 benchtop jointer

For woodstock, I have a handful of cherry, highly figured curly maple
(fiddleback?), ash, and generic mahogany. Under the workbench, there is
a big box full of small exotic scraps (cocobolo, rosewood, bloodwood,
purpleheart, ebony, etc) that are real nice to use for little things
like handles, inlays, and accents. Lastly there is two trees worth of
air dried black walnut in various thicknesses from 4/4 to 16/4 that I
got for free. Beep beep!

> What do you want to add to your shop?

A tablesaw would be great, but there is absolutely no room. In lieu of
that, a disk/belt sander (useful) or a Leigh Dovetail jig (fun) would be
nice.

> What collects the most dust?

That Delta jointer. I'd rather use a grapefruit spoon to flatten and
square lumber.

> On average, how many hours a week do you spend in the shop?

In the summer, when I have an enjoyable project in the works, around 20.
In the winter here in Minnesota, it is much too cold to spend any
length of time in the unheated basement.

-Rick

Art Finkelstein wrote:
>
> Hey guys..it's time we get back on track with some good old woodworking
> talk. Tell us what you have in your shop. Power tools..hand tools..wood
> stock..shop dog..etc.

Easier to just show you. Poke around and explore by clicking on
anything you're interested in.
http://home.comcast.net/~charliebcz/ShopMap.html

> What do you want to add to your shop?

More space to store wood and more ceiling height for long
boards vertical storage. I hate having to cut a fine board
in order to get it in out of the rain.

> What collects the most dust?

One answer - the Delta dust collector
If you mean where does the most dust settle -
behind every machine against the wall.

> On average, how many hours a week do you spend in the shop?

If you mean just physically in the shop - probably 25-30 hrs
If you mean actually making furniture - 8-10 hrs, more during
the summer doing projects with neighborhood kids.

charlie b

Tom Watson wrote:
>
> On Mon, 17 May 2004 10:28:07 -0700, charlie b <[email protected]>
> wrote:
>
> > Easier to just show you. Poke around and explore by clicking on
> > anything you're interested in.
> > http://home.comcast.net/~charliebcz/ShopMap.html
> >
>
> I went there.
>
> What a great way to do a website.
>
> Regards,
> Tom.

Thanks.

I like checking out sites of other woodworkers and got frustrated
by not seeing the stuff in its context. Found out how to map
areas of a graphics image to a page and the rest was easy. Where
stuff is relative to other stuff gives a better idea of how the
shop works. Having the combi, the miter saw and wood storage
at the garage door end makes dealing initially with wood easier.

Having the workbench behind the combi lets it be an outfeed
table - keeps the outfeed alleys clear AND it's a step away
from the wall cabinet of handtools. Most everything is on
lockable wheels - including the long kitchen base unit that
the miter saw, with it's 8 feet of tables, is on. Made rearranging
things earlier on a LOT easier. The only thing in the Right
Shop that's stationary is Das Bench.

Wish more folks would do a shop floor plan with "click to
see" links to the equiptment pictures and info.

My site also has an all text menu that lets you get to other
stuff fairly quickly. For parts with more than three pages
I'm using a separate "table of content" linked to the various
pages on that subject. You can start at page one or jump to
page 34.

My site ain't all that sophisticated, the navigation is pretty
basic - but it's currently about 20 megs of stuff - hopefully
some that's useful to others.

charlie b

Art Finkelstein wrote:

> Hey guys..it's time we get back on track with some good old woodworking
> talk. Tell us what you have in your shop. Power tools..hand tools..wood
> stock..shop dog..etc.
>
> What do you want to add to your shop?

wood
>

snip
>
> On average, how many hours a week do you spend in the shop?

too few. SWMBO is getting worried she encouraged me to
spend too much on tools that aren't getting much use. When
summer comes, I spend my time doing other things. I don't
want to be cooped up in my shop.

dave

Jeffrey Thunder wrote:
>You mean a shaper? Like one Roger Cliffe used to own?


Yahbut, the top on mine, will look like a 'tato chip.

UA100

"Art Finkelstein" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> Hey guys..it's time we get back on track with some good old woodworking
> talk. Tell us what you have in your shop. Power tools..hand tools..wood
> stock..shop dog..etc.

Unisaw, 1997 vintage, 3 hp, Mule Accusquare fence
Walker-Turner 15" drill press, 1940's
Bosch 3315 SCMS
Delta 31-250 18" drum sander (FOR SALE)
Delta Platinum 14" BS w/ riser
Delta Homecraft 11" lathe (1940's)
Walker-Turner Light-Heavyweight shaper w/ 1/2" and 3/4" spindles (1950's)
Craftsman 24" scroll saw, 1940's
Craftsman (Atlas) 10" benchtop tilting arbor saw, 1938 vintage
Delta 4" disc/4x36 belt sander
Porter-Cable pancake compressor and various P-C nailers
old Shop-Vac
Sprunger 6" jointer (1950's)
Delta air cleaner
Recently sold small 1HP dust collector and Delta 22-560 planer
lots of handheld power tools, mostly Bosch
lots of neanderthal tools, old Stanley planes, nothing collectible.

No shop dog, one shop cat who plays with sawdust.

Wood stock - at last estimate,
7500 board feet of pine, 4/4, 5/4, 6/4 and some timbers
1700 board feet white ash, 4/4 and 5/4
1900 board feet cherry, 4/4 and 5/4
200 board feet soft maple
250 board feet hard maple
200 board feet butternut
300 board feet basswood, 6/4
250 board feet apple, 6/4, most 8"+ wide
800-1000 board feet mixed species, including purpleheart, bloodwood, goncalo
alves, hickory, aromatic cedar, hackberry, canarywood, white oak, red oak,
poplar, and black walnut.

Most of the first five are going to be incorporated into my new house as
floors, cabinets and trim, so that'll all go away within six to eight
months.

> What do you want to add to your shop?

A Woodmaster 725 4-in-1 machine, and an Oneida cyclone. It will all go in
the new shop. Existing shop is 11 x 22, new shop will be 20 x 32 with 10'
ceilings and lumber loft space.

> What collects the most dust?

All of it, until I get the new shop built. That won't be until next summer,
after my new house is built.

> On average, how many hours a week do you spend in the shop?

Right now, about 1. I'd like to be in there 10-20 hours, but no time.

Jon E

On Fri, 21 May 2004 00:41:31 -0400, Silvan
<[email protected]> brought forth from the murky depths:

>Unisaw A100 wrote:
>
>> Slide down about midway on this page.
>>
>> http://www.lumberliquidators.com/unfinished.html
>>
>> I should warn you that you may need an industrial strength
>> zipper on the trousers.
>
>Dayyyyum. I don't think I could actually work in a shop that looked that
>good. I'd be afraid to get it dirty.

Bob N. from Emmaus, PA is a sumbish for that shop of his.
Torgit Urton is a babe.
Grok the Schwinnnng! for both babe and shop.

But, to which was Keeter referring, hmmm?


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Unisaw A100 wrote:

> Slide down about midway on this page.
>
> http://www.lumberliquidators.com/unfinished.html
>
> I should warn you that you may need an industrial strength
> zipper on the trousers.

Dayyyyum. I don't think I could actually work in a shop that looked that
good. I'd be afraid to get it dirty.

--
Michael McIntyre ---- Silvan <[email protected]>
Linux fanatic, and certified Geek; registered Linux user #243621
http://www.geocities.com/Paris/Rue/5407/

"Unisaw A100" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> Greg Millen wrote:
> >Slow day in the office Keeter? ;-)
>
> It did say weekly, right?
>
> UA100

My error - I meant the length of your post.

Greg

"Unisaw A100" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> BIG JOE wrote:
> >Like Keith, an unfinished Norm Style Router table.
>
> Eh-hem? Norm style?
>
> No. Not on your life. Mine is/will be An Ultimate Router
> Table.
>
> UA100

The thing is so massive it has its own gravity well.

On Sun, 16 May 2004 04:22:17 -0700, Rick Nelson
<[email protected]> posted:

>Art Finkelstein wrote:
>> Hey guys..it's time we get back on track with some good old woodworking
>> talk. Tell us what you have in your shop. Power tools..hand tools..wood
>> stock..shop dog..etc.
>
>It's more of a 9'x7' closet in the corner of a basement than a proper
>shop. 63 spacious square feet! I've ended up with more stuff that will
>fit or can be used in that space, so the drill press, bandsaw, and
>planer are out in the main basement area right next to the washer and
>dryer. Someday, I'll put the DP in the shop and move the bench grinder
>into the main basement area.

Can I add my little personal paraphrasing in amongst your wonderful
descriptions? Ta!
I'm using a front verandah -- L shaped about 6' x 30' (covered) and
an attached flat space 12' x 20' which is only partially covered and
tools must be moved undercover when rain threatens.

>Luckily (or unluckily - depending on your POV), I don't have a SWMBO, so
>I can get sawdust all over the clean laundry without catching an earful.
> Then again, maybe I'd get a SWMBO if my clothes weren't always covered
>in sawdust <G>.

I haved had a SWMBO for 40 years and she is tolerant and placid, but
those occasional looks of mild disapproval of something, are
devastating.

>Here are pretty much all my tools, in rough order from most to least used:
>
>-Pencil
>-Starret Square Rule (Buy once, cry once)
>-Late 60s Craftsman floorstanding drill press
>-Late 60s B&D 7 1/2" RAS
>-15" Grizzly Bandsaw
>-PC 7518 router in a homemade table
>-13" Rigid Planer
>-Mitutoyo Dial Calipers
>-A heart-shaped chunk of 8/4 walnut about 5" in diameter cut from the
>inside of a heart-shaped box that I use for a mallet.
>-Rulers and Straightedges
>-Knight Jointer, Knight Smoother, Knight Jack
>-Chisels
>-Tape Measure
>-PC 690 router with fixed and plunge bases (694VK)
>-Bench Grinder mounted on a steel stand my Dad made for me.
>-Scroll Saw
>-Skil Saw
>-Broom and Dustpan
>-Delta 37-070 benchtop jointer

I'm only going to deal with my "big" tools.
As I go in for cheap, rough-sawn, wet jarrah (rare and expensive these
days) and store it for years in various covered places which are also
full of valuable "stuff" (read "junk"), I must have heavyish machinery
to get it into usable "wood".
I have an 8" jointer with a 5'+ bed.
I have a 12" thicknesser which I have given Hell to, in the past, but
I have a set of carbide knives for it which should improve it's
performance when I get the balls to install them.
I have a BigBoy 6" belt sander which I love. It gives me the most bang
for any buck I have spent.
I have a Triton table saw/router table which is a bit fiddly, but
really quite good for the money. A big Makita router and and a 9.25"
Hitachi saw. I have an aftermarket speed controller for my Makita
router, and I have removed the handles to fit in the Triton. I tried
once to use it without handles with the speed controller, and it was a
lovely tame pussy-cat. No dramas whatsoever. Hang on tight, but it is
just so easy to control. I was scared spitless before I tried this,
but was very pleasantly surprised.
I've got a very varied collection of router bits which I'm in the
process of making one display case for all of them out of a nice
plastic tray from the fridge (see, ain't SWMBO's grand? :)
I've got a beaut little aluminium trimmer which I've actually not used
yet, but the ownership gives me pleasure :)

>For woodstock, I have a handful of cherry, highly figured curly maple
>(fiddleback?), ash, and generic mahogany. Under the workbench, there is
>a big box full of small exotic scraps (cocobolo, rosewood, bloodwood,
>purpleheart, ebony, etc) that are real nice to use for little things
>like handles, inlays, and accents. Lastly there is two trees worth of
>air dried black walnut in various thicknesses from 4/4 to 16/4 that I
>got for free. Beep beep!

I've got, amongst much salvage bits and pieces of old jarrah, over 100
pieces of air dried jarrah (over 5 years) of 1.5" x 8" x 8' to 10'.
Some of these blow the fork out of yer dungarees when you plane them
and see the grain in them.
Oh, I've also got several tons of fence pickets in new jarrah.
Rough they are 3/4" x 4" x 7'. They are about the last you might get I
believe. The bloke who loaded them for me was staggered that I'd
gotten so much furniture grade jarrah for the price of third grade
fence pickets. I departed as gracefully as I could in my 1000cc Datsun
towing twice its weight of trailer.

>> What do you want to add to your shop?

Not much really, except a few more square feet of roof :)

>A tablesaw would be great, but there is absolutely no room. In lieu of
>that, a disk/belt sander (useful) or a Leigh Dovetail jig (fun) would be
>nice.
>
>> What collects the most dust?

Who cares? I love patting them all, or spraying CRC over them or even
painting them forrest green with my epoxy rust resistant paint.

>That Delta jointer. I'd rather use a grapefruit spoon to flatten and
>square lumber.

A jointer is essential for rough lumber and the longer the bed, the
better.

>> On average, how many hours a week do you spend in the shop?
>
>In the summer, when I have an enjoyable project in the works, around 20.
> In the winter here in Minnesota, it is much too cold to spend any
>length of time in the unheated basement.

Midsummer is to hot, and mid winter is too cold/wet.
I wish I could spend a lot more but the less you spend, the more
piquant are the hours that are spent, well that's my rationalisation.

On 5/15/04 19:09, in article [email protected], "Art
Finkelstein" <[email protected]> wrote:

> Hey guys..it's time we get back on track with some good old woodworking
> talk. Tell us what you have in your shop. Power tools..hand tools..wood
> stock..shop dog..etc.
>
Grizzly 1044Z table saw, 14" band saw, Craftsman drill press, Craftsman
router, Craftsman miter saw and several small hand tools.

> What do you want to add to your shop?
>
Permanency and size : ) I am in a two car garage which I have taken over
most of because 1/2 is filled with the boat I am building. Being a military
family, we move every 2-3 years so I never know what space I'll be working
with next. I am also undecided if I should get a DC system, a planer, a
jointer or a high-quality hand plane next.

> What collects the most dust?
>
The drill press, but most of my projects have not been real sophisticated
yet.

> On average, how many hours a week do you spend in the shop?

A few, when I am not out at sea.

Wr, Tim

--
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[email protected]
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"Art Finkelstein" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> Hey guys..it's time we get back on track with some good old woodworking
> talk. Tell us what you have in your shop. Power tools..hand tools..wood
> stock..shop dog..etc.
>
> What do you want to add to your shop?
>
> What collects the most dust?
>
> On average, how many hours a week do you spend in the shop?

20 yr. old craftsman table saw
18 yr. old craftsman radial arm saw
15" Grizzly planer
6" Grizzly jointer
Craftsman SCMS
Delta drill press
Delta motiser
Almost every Dewalt hand power tool available
Porter Cable plunge router
Craftsman router
17" Grizzly band saw
Dewalt 20" scroll saw
Rigid oscillating spindle sander
South bend metal lathe
Home made wood steamer
Refrigerator
Phone
Computer with Mastercam software for designing projects
AM/FM/CASSETTE/CD player with a 5 CD changer in a custom built cabinet that
keeps the dirt out and lets the air in.

three benches
two labs
one dachshund
one English lop house rabbit
one wild rabbit who now lives in the house because SWMBO made be save it
from one of the labs mouths.

The worthless dachshund and the two rabbits never see the shop. They live in
the house with my wife and kid.

Don't really want anything else in the shop



Hundreds of various basket parts, steam bent handles of various sizes, lids,
bases, etc. My stepmother started a business making and selling handmade
woven baskets in NC. She had some problems getting some quality parts, so I
made some that she needed immediately. Now I make everything she needs,
(except the reed). I have a water jet at my day job, so sometimes she sends
be a picture of something, I scan it into Mastercam, generate a program,
take it to work, and cut a pattern out of 1/8 steel. Then depending on the
item I saw it close, double stick tape the template to it, and run a flush
cutting router bit around it. Also cut alot of custom designs in basket
handles with the scroll saw.

Everything gets dusty, I have no dust collection, My shop is a four car
garage, so when weather permits, the doors go up and most of the dust goes
out.


I work from 7 to 3:30 so I am normally in MY shop at 4:00, take a break for
supper around 5:30 after SWMBO gets home from work, then normally it's back
to the shop until 9. So its probably comes out to about 4 hours a night
during the week. On the weekend, its all day. If I can't find anything that
needs done, I just make more basket parts for stock. In the winter, I
normally spend the weekend cutting Oak off of my wood lot, then I take them
to my uncles saw mill where we saw them into planks for projects two years
down the road.

Larry Jaques wrote:
> So solly.

Just don't let it happen again or I'll have the Irish/Mexican Mafia come
and shellac your eyelids open.

--
--
John G. in Memphis, TN Have a nice......... night.
http://www.shavings.net/images/Memphis/reflect_john.jpg

Hey yourself, buddy! :)

"Rob Stokes" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:Yefqc.18711$0e6.10527@clgrps13...
> hey partner! <g!>
>
>
>
> Rob

"Art Finkelstein" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> Hey guys..it's time we get back on track with some good old woodworking
> talk. Tell us what you have in your shop. Power tools..hand tools..wood
> stock..shop dog..etc.

I didn't think I had that much in my gar^H^H^H, errr shop until I was adding
up everything to get ready for a proper arranging. As far as stationary (or
at least quasi-stationary) tools go, I have a 10" Delta contractor's saw, a
13" Delta planer, a Delta DJ-20 jointer, a floor-standing Delta drill press,
a 14" Jet bandsaw, a HF mortiser, a Bosch 10" SCMS, and a Jet dust
collector. Add to that a couple of routers, biscuit jointer, ECE smoothing
plane, chisels, Kreg jig, etc.

> What do you want to add to your shop?

About 400 square feet.

> What collects the most dust?

The dust collector.

> On average, how many hours a week do you spend in the shop?

I'd guess about 5 or 6. That's going to go up soon as I'm committed to
building a table for a friend in the next several weeks.

todd

To get back on track..
My little slice of paradise is 11X24. Half of my basement.
Delta contractor saw
Delta Joiner
Delta Drill press
Delta 18" wide drum sander
Dewalt 12 inch SCMS
Ridgid 13 inch thickness planer
Dust collector (jet clone)
Porter cable Router & table built by and donated by Dad.
Old Craftsman 9" table saw with sanding disk always mounted
Old Craftsman lathe- (surprised to see Ridged lathe just like it)
Misc. Hand power tools Makita, Portercable, Milwaukee etc. etc.
Large work bench (one of my first projects)
Various old cabinetry (slowly being replaced)

The dust collector does a great job with the sander, joiner, planer.
Two cats not allowed in the shop ( they like the little piles of sawdust too
much)
Favorite tool? I don't play favorites with my tools, I thank them equally
when I turn out the lights.


"Unisaw A100" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> Wayne K. wrote:
> >Go on..Git.
>
>
> The best part is, none of them are gay.
>
> Oops! We may have just made this one (this thread) jump the
> tracks.
>
> Sorry Art.
>
> UA100

In article <[email protected]>, [email protected]
says...
> Hey guys..it's time we get back on track with some good old woodworking
> talk. Tell us what you have in your shop. Power tools..hand tools..wood
> stock..shop dog..etc.
>
> What do you want to add to your shop?
>
> What collects the most dust?
>
> On average, how many hours a week do you spend in the shop?
>
My shop:

1949 Unisaw with homemade overarm guard and rolling cart
1950ish Delta Homecraft 8" contractor saw
1950ish Boice Crane 12" planer
1937 Atlas 12" dp
1955 Craftsman 9" RAS
1950ish Craftsman 8" wood lathe
Jet 6" jointer (soon to be replaced with a more appropriate vintage)
Router table station with Jointech fence
CMS rolling cart/cabinet with 12" Ridgid CMS
1959 Delta 20" bandsaw
1957 Delta 14" bandsaw
1944 Hardinge TM horizontal mill with Bridgeport M vertical head
1947 Logan 200 lathe
1960ish Powermatic 12" disk/6x48 belt sander
Griz dust collector (cyclone soon, I hope)
Devilbiss 80 gallon, 2 stage compressor
Rol-Air pancake compressor
1937 (approx) Delta 6" grinder with pedastal
HTP MIG welder
24x48 welding/layout table
sheet goods cart
12' lumber rack, 8' high
Miscellaneous hand and tailed tools for wooddorking
Miscellaneous hand and tailed tools for metalworking

Want to add to the shop:
About 20x20 :-)
Shaper

Collects the most dust:
The bikes hanging from the ceiling

Hours per week in the shop:
Good week - 12-16
Bad week - 0

Shop dog:
2 of them. A Jack Russell and a mutt.

If you haven't guessed already, my shop is also my garage. For all the
larger items, I've made mobile carts from box channel and angle iron.
Ends up cheaper than anything out there, and I get a custom cart for
each machine. And yes, my SWMBO can park her Suburban in the garage
when I'm done working! :-)

--
Regards,

Rick

(Remove the HIGH SPOTS for e-mail)

In article <[email protected]>,
[email protected] says...
> Are you the same Chamberlain I just bought the Incra gauge from on Amazon?
> Just curious.
>
> Todd L

Nope.
--
Regards,

Rick

(Remove the HIGH SPOTS for e-mail)

http://home.netcom.com/~gkraig/project3.html

Glen

"Art Finkelstein" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> Hey guys..it's time we get back on track with some good old woodworking
> talk. Tell us what you have in your shop. Power tools..hand tools..wood
> stock..shop dog..etc.
>
> What do you want to add to your shop?
>
> What collects the most dust?
>
> On average, how many hours a week do you spend in the shop?

Art Finkelstein offers up the best thread of the month with:

> Hey guys..it's time we get back on track with some good old woodworking
> talk. Tell us what you have in your shop. Power tools..hand tools..wood
> stock..shop dog..etc.

After reading many of the posts, and after getting a little older, I find
myself very grateful for the size of my shop. It's a free-standing 24x36
building dedicated to woodworking. It's got double swing out doors that
open to 16 feet by 11 feet high. It has it's own power box with several
110v circuits and four 220v circuits. It is lit by 7 double 8', high-output
fluorescent fixtures, that do a really good job for these old eyes of mine.
Inside you'll find the usual power tool arsenal, tablesaw, bandsaw (2),
drill press (4), jointer, sanding center, dedicated mortiser, laser guided
miter saw, air compressor, radial arm saw, oscillating spindle sander,
grinder, router table, lathe, planer, etc. Hand tools consist of all the
basics plus trunk-loads of antique tools I've accumulated from countless
garage sales. I also have a lot of wood, mostly in two racks that take up
too much of my wall space. It's really good to have, but I wish I had
someplace else to store it, yet keep it handy. Lately (last two years) I've
been ignoring the shop except for accumulating more stuff. That is where
two of the drill presses have come from. Just deals too good to pass up.
It's been piling up and only recently (2 months) I've been feeling really
guilty (and wasteful) and only now have begun to get the shop into shape
again. I've been out there every weekend just organizing and cleaning. I'm
feeling much better about it now and will begin some actual woodworking,
soon. Actually, I've been doing some woodworking along with the
organization. New clamp racks and drawer dividers, pull-out shelves in a
new cabinet to store portable power tools. It's going to be so nice to just
walk out there and build something with little preparation.

> What do you want to add to your shop?

I can't really think of anything. Well, OK, a DJ-20 jointer would be nice.

> What collects the most dust?

When I use it, I use it all.

> On average, how many hours a week do you spend in the shop?

Lately, 12-16 hours per week. Future plans, 16-20 hours. After retirement
in about 8 years? If I have my way, 35-40 hours per week. I want to make
up for lost time.
You can see most of my shop here: www.madrona.bizhosting.com I'll be
taking new pictures and adding better descriptions as I finish up the
organizing and cleaning. The site has been up for a long time and I haven't
really added much to it, but it's a priority after the shop is once again
"complete." Also, it's moving to www.philsfun.com

Thanks for the thread, Art, very intersting and "on topic."
--

Best Regards, Phil

Living In The Woods Of Beautiful Bonney Lake Washington
Visit My Web Site www.madrona.bizhosting.com

Art Finkelstein <[email protected]> wrote in
news:[email protected]:

> Hey guys..it's time we get back on track with some good old woodworking
> talk. Tell us what you have in your shop. Power tools..hand tools..wood
> stock..shop dog..etc.

Most of the Normite stuff, a growing collection of meat powered tools.
More handplanes than are probably healthy. Half a dozen handsaws from my
father's generation. Shopmade sleds, jigs, fixtures. F-clamps. C-clamps.
Spring clamps. Kbodies. GS PC2s. Homemades. Ponies on pipes. A 9 foot
long by 7 foot tall rack of really special lumber, much of which has a
story.

And a craftsman whose skills are growing, albeit slowly. And his gratitude
is growing quickly for the blessings to be able to work wood, and hang out
with woodworkers.

>
> What do you want to add to your shop?
a serious jointer (DJ-20?), a drum sander (Performax 16-32?), and better
dust collection (Oneida, maybe?). And, as someone else said, maybe 400
square feet. And patience. Can somebody send me some?

The reality is that I have, or have access to, most everything I need to be
able to do anything my skills and ambition allow me to do. An old friend
of mine has committed to teach one of my sons how to build a guitar,
something he has wanted to do for years. So there will be some more
learning going on, and that's a major reason I started with this hobby.

>
> What collects the most dust?
I don't use the fancy dovetail machine as much as I thought I would. And
there is a benchtop mortise machine still in the sealed packaging from last
January.

There are also maybe three or four 'stalled' projects out there, lurking in
the corners. A mission style blanket chest. A jewelry box. A headboard
one of my sons started last summer.
>
> On average, how many hours a week do you spend in the shop?

Average really doesn't tell the tale. Some weeks, none, to speak of. Then
today, Monday, a friend and I took a day off from work, and spent from noon
until 9 pm, building a fancy redwood potting bench for his wife, who is a
master gardener. Otherwise, maybe 12-15 hours a week, spread over maybe 4
sessions.

It really depends on whether I'm in a finishing cycle. The need to keep
dust down really clogs the shop work flow.

Thanks, Art. I needed to do that inventory.

Patriarch

"Bob Schmall" <[email protected]> wrote in
news:[email protected]:

>
> "Unisaw A100" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
>> BIG JOE wrote:
>> >Like Keith, an unfinished Norm Style Router table.
>>
>> Eh-hem? Norm style?
>>
>> No. Not on your life. Mine is/will be An Ultimate Router
>> Table.
>>
>> UA100
>
> The thing is so massive it has its own gravity well.
>
>
So, is that supposed to help with chip collection? ;-)

"Phil Anderson" <[email protected]> wrote in
news:[email protected]:

> Art Finkelstein offers up the best thread of the month with:
>
>> Hey guys..it's time we get back on track with some good old
>> woodworking talk. Tell us what you have in your shop. Power
>> tools..hand tools..wood stock..shop dog..etc.

> Thanks for the thread, Art, very intersting and "on topic."

Thank you, Phil.

Silvan <[email protected]> wrote in news:6_-dncBwuYnmFTDdRVn-
[email protected]:

> Unisaw A100 wrote:
>
>> Slide down about midway on this page.
>>
>> http://www.lumberliquidators.com/unfinished.html
>>
>> I should warn you that you may need an industrial strength
>> zipper on the trousers.
>
> Dayyyyum. I don't think I could actually work in a shop that looked that
> good. I'd be afraid to get it dirty.
>

Well of course it's clean. Nobody's turned on the tools, yet. Where's the
fun in that?

And 1700 sq ft of flooring? That's a whole HOUSE in many neighborhoods!

Welcome back, Silvan! Is the software finished?

Patriarch

Are you the same Chamberlain I just bought the Incra gauge from on Amazon?
Just curious.

Todd L

"Rick Chamberlain" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> In article <[email protected]>, [email protected]
> says...
> > Hey guys..it's time we get back on track with some good old woodworking
> > talk. Tell us what you have in your shop. Power tools..hand tools..wood
> > stock..shop dog..etc.
> >
> > What do you want to add to your shop?
> >
> > What collects the most dust?
> >
> > On average, how many hours a week do you spend in the shop?
> >
> My shop:
>
> 1949 Unisaw with homemade overarm guard and rolling cart
> 1950ish Delta Homecraft 8" contractor saw
> 1950ish Boice Crane 12" planer
> 1937 Atlas 12" dp
> 1955 Craftsman 9" RAS
> 1950ish Craftsman 8" wood lathe
> Jet 6" jointer (soon to be replaced with a more appropriate vintage)
> Router table station with Jointech fence
> CMS rolling cart/cabinet with 12" Ridgid CMS
> 1959 Delta 20" bandsaw
> 1957 Delta 14" bandsaw
> 1944 Hardinge TM horizontal mill with Bridgeport M vertical head
> 1947 Logan 200 lathe
> 1960ish Powermatic 12" disk/6x48 belt sander
> Griz dust collector (cyclone soon, I hope)
> Devilbiss 80 gallon, 2 stage compressor
> Rol-Air pancake compressor
> 1937 (approx) Delta 6" grinder with pedastal
> HTP MIG welder
> 24x48 welding/layout table
> sheet goods cart
> 12' lumber rack, 8' high
> Miscellaneous hand and tailed tools for wooddorking
> Miscellaneous hand and tailed tools for metalworking
>
> Want to add to the shop:
> About 20x20 :-)
> Shaper
>
> Collects the most dust:
> The bikes hanging from the ceiling
>
> Hours per week in the shop:
> Good week - 12-16
> Bad week - 0
>
> Shop dog:
> 2 of them. A Jack Russell and a mutt.
>
> If you haven't guessed already, my shop is also my garage. For all the
> larger items, I've made mobile carts from box channel and angle iron.
> Ends up cheaper than anything out there, and I get a custom cart for
> each machine. And yes, my SWMBO can park her Suburban in the garage
> when I'm done working! :-)
>
> --
> Regards,
>
> Rick
>
> (Remove the HIGH SPOTS for e-mail)

hey partner! <g!>



Rob

--


http://www.robswoodworking.com

"Phil Anderson" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> Art Finkelstein offers up the best thread of the month with:
>
> > Hey guys..it's time we get back on track with some good old woodworking
> > talk. Tell us what you have in your shop. Power tools..hand tools..wood
> > stock..shop dog..etc.
>
> After reading many of the posts, and after getting a little older, I find
> myself very grateful for the size of my shop. It's a free-standing 24x36
> building dedicated to woodworking. It's got double swing out doors that
> open to 16 feet by 11 feet high. It has it's own power box with several
> 110v circuits and four 220v circuits. It is lit by 7 double 8',
high-output
> fluorescent fixtures, that do a really good job for these old eyes of
mine.
> Inside you'll find the usual power tool arsenal, tablesaw, bandsaw (2),
> drill press (4), jointer, sanding center, dedicated mortiser, laser guided
> miter saw, air compressor, radial arm saw, oscillating spindle sander,
> grinder, router table, lathe, planer, etc. Hand tools consist of all the
> basics plus trunk-loads of antique tools I've accumulated from countless
> garage sales. I also have a lot of wood, mostly in two racks that take up
> too much of my wall space. It's really good to have, but I wish I had
> someplace else to store it, yet keep it handy. Lately (last two years)
I've
> been ignoring the shop except for accumulating more stuff. That is where
> two of the drill presses have come from. Just deals too good to pass up.
> It's been piling up and only recently (2 months) I've been feeling really
> guilty (and wasteful) and only now have begun to get the shop into shape
> again. I've been out there every weekend just organizing and cleaning.
I'm
> feeling much better about it now and will begin some actual woodworking,
> soon. Actually, I've been doing some woodworking along with the
> organization. New clamp racks and drawer dividers, pull-out shelves in a
> new cabinet to store portable power tools. It's going to be so nice to
just
> walk out there and build something with little preparation.
>
> > What do you want to add to your shop?
>
> I can't really think of anything. Well, OK, a DJ-20 jointer would be
nice.
>
> > What collects the most dust?
>
> When I use it, I use it all.
>
> > On average, how many hours a week do you spend in the shop?
>
> Lately, 12-16 hours per week. Future plans, 16-20 hours. After
retirement
> in about 8 years? If I have my way, 35-40 hours per week. I want to make
> up for lost time.
> You can see most of my shop here: www.madrona.bizhosting.com I'll be
> taking new pictures and adding better descriptions as I finish up the
> organizing and cleaning. The site has been up for a long time and I
haven't
> really added much to it, but it's a priority after the shop is once again
> "complete." Also, it's moving to www.philsfun.com
>
> Thanks for the thread, Art, very intersting and "on topic."
> --
>
> Best Regards, Phil
>
> Living In The Woods Of Beautiful Bonney Lake Washington
> Visit My Web Site www.madrona.bizhosting.com
>
>

Art wisely suggested…..

Ø Hey guys..it's time we get back on track with some good old
woodworking
talk. Tell us what you have in your shop. Power tools..hand
tools..wood
stock..shop dog..etc.

***Shop***

Shop is basically one quarter of the basement of a 1900 square foot
ranch. It has been laid out so that it may be walled off when we
finish the basement. SWMBO has been keeping a wary eye on the
boundaries for possible encroachment, but I've been pretty good so
far. We are considering an addition out the back, turning what is a
"lookout" basement, into a "walkout" basement, and the resulting
additional 400-500 square feet would be new shop space (wood storage &
finishing room). She is a little concerned that the only reason I
want the addition is for the basement.

***Large Tools***

Jet 10" left tilting cabinet saw w/ recently added Grip-Tite fence
face and featherboard system. Did the usual shelf addition under the
side table, which also helps stabilize the legs. On the shelf are a
loose collection of saw blades (hope to build that saw blade holder
from FWW's last issue soon), push sticks, a Rockler tenoning jig, and
various inserts. My hopelessly out of square and thus unused
cross-cut sled is hiding under the shelf.

Makita 10" SCMS, sitting on a solid-core door atop a pair of homemade
sawhorses. Beneath the door in some boxes is a pair of saw-stop
fences which will be incorporate into a proper CSMS station with wood
storage beneath and a large dust collection hood. Currently I make
due with the stock bag and frequent vacuuming of the surrounding
floor.

8 x 3 foot workbench, the top of which is a sandwich of 3 sheets of ¾
ply, construction grade, oak veneered, and Baltic birch from bottom
up. A metal working vice in on the left side, and a woodworking tail
vice is on the right, with a row of round dog holes leading to it.
There are 1 foot wide shelves built above the back of it. Portable
power tools sit in cases underneath on a shelf.

Delta 16 ½ drill press with shop built table.

Jet 14" Closed Stand bandsaw w/ Riser blocks on Delta Mobile base kit.

Grizzly 2HP dust collector w/ oversize American Fabric Filter bag,
controlled by a series of 24 volt switches throughout the shop and a
contactor/transformer wired into the 220 volt circuit. I used heavy
guage HVAC galvanized piping, starting with 6", dropping to 5" and
ending with 4" in a standard perimeter layout, complete with homemade
4" self-cleaning blast gates at each machine. I still have some fine
tuning/sealing and the aforementioned SCMS hookup to do, but it works
great as is.

Ridgid 13" Planer, sitting on a wire cart

Jet 6" Closed Stand Jointer

Like Keith, an unfinished Norm Style Router table. Carcass is pretty
well complete, need to build the drawers, attach and edge the top, add
the insert, Incra Dovetail Jig/Wonder Fence, Grip-Tite fence faces,
Woodpecker magnetic switch and casters, all of which are sitting in
boxes.

Sears Router Table, enclosed for dust collection and outlet/external
switch addition. Not sure whether to keep once Norm Table is done.

60 Gallon Rol-Air Compressor, with black iron lines run around half
the shop to take out the moisture (2-6" risers and end blow out),
ending with a filter and regulator under the workbench.

***Portable Power/Air Tools***

Milwaukee Skil-Saw
2-12 volt, 1-18 volt Black and Decker Drills
1-15.6 volt Craftsman drill (one of the few things Craftsman sells
that's still nice)
Corded B&D Drill
Bostich Brad and Finish Nailers
¼ Sheet Craftsman Sander
PC 333 ROS Sander
Delta 1" Strip Sander
Delta Grinder
Fein 3 ¼ HP Router
Craftsman 2HP Router
B&D El-Cheapo Jig/Sabre Saw

***Hand Tools/Clamps***

4 Jorgie Cabinet Master Clamps
6 Bessey K-Bodies
2 Gross Stabil PC-2's (these are the best, IMHO)
6 Pony Pipe Clamps
6 Quick Clamps
2 Bessey Tradesmen Deep Jaws
Five or six other assorted bar clamps
2 Band Clamps
Handful of C-Clamps and other clamps not worth mentioning
50" Clamping Straightedge
Metal planes consist of bull-nose, smoother, and low angle block
10-12 Wood bodied planes including molding planes
Marples blue handled chisels, Sears black handled chisels
Dovetail, coping and a couple back-saws
Various marking and measuring tools

***Wood stock***

200bf of common grade cherry, though quite nice for common
300bf of assorted thicknesses and grades of Walnut (which along with
the cherry is sitting outside the recognized boundary of the shop at
present)
Odds and Ends of White/Red Oak and Hard/Soft Maple
Various scraps and one full sheet of sheetgoods

Ø What do you want to add to your shop?

Aforementioned wood storage/finishing room
Stationary Belt/Disk Sander - The Fisch had a nice review.
Mortising Machine – Grandpa just told me he has one buried in his
basement for me.
Upgrade Jointer to DJ-20
Upgrade Planer to 15" (Powermatic or Grizz)
Upgrade DC to Cyclone (Hope to use same motor, maybe have that
annoying wrecker who keeps spamming us build me a the cyclone part)


Ø What collects the most dust?

Bandsaw, although it usually occurs to me AFTER completing a more
difficult cut that the bandsaw would have been the wise choice

Ø On average, how many hours a week do you spend in the shop?

10 hours/week in the winter, and 5 hours/week in the summer is
probably a good average.

Joe Tylicki
Germantown, WI

You have gathered a lot from those tiny pics. Personally, I'd like to
see a close up of Torgit.

Joe


>
> Bob N. from Emmaus, PA is a sumbish for that shop of his.
> Torgit Urton is a babe.
> Grok the Schwinnnng! for both babe and shop.
>
> But, to which was Keeter referring, hmmm?
>
>
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BIG JOE wrote:
>Like Keith, an unfinished Norm Style Router table.

Eh-hem? Norm style?

No. Not on your life. Mine is/will be An Ultimate Router
Table.

UA100

Bob Schmall wrote:
>The thing is so massive it has its own gravity well.


And it has to go back down the stairs.

sigh...

UA100

Hi Art,
I've been pretty lucky in life so my shops are full. I have a shop in
my produce processing building for doing roughing out. I have another
one in a building that is 26' X 34' that I use for finishing. Sanding,
assembly and etc. All total, 21 machines. I'm able to write them off
because I do R&D for several large hobby companies. I enjoy every single
minute spent in them. I especially enjoy building jigs.
Building outdoor furniture is sorta fun also. But, none of the above
comes without a price. My wife and I work 10-12 hours per day, seven
days per week. We wouldn't trade it for nothing. The scent of wood being
sawn, routed, sanded or whatever, makes it all worth while. So does the
end object.
Thanks for the thought provoking post. I sometimes tend to forget how
lucky I am to have a decent place to play with my machines and relax.
Every now and then, I catch myself sometimes just holding up a piece of
wood and looking at it. It seems a bit awesome as to what was created by
a seed. Thanks again for the post.

PS..I also collect antique woodworking tools. That, is a real pleasure.


> Art Finkelstein wrote:
>
>> Hey guys..it's time we get back on track with some good old
>> woodworking talk. Tell us what you have in your shop. Power
>> tools..hand tools..wood stock..shop dog..etc.
>
>
>

In article <[email protected]>,
Unisaw A100 <[email protected]> writes:
> No. Not on your life. Mine is/will be An Ultimate Router
> Table.

You mean a shaper? Like one Roger Cliffe used to own?

--
Jeff Thunder, pathetic troller
Dept. of Mathematical Sciences
Northern Illinois Univ.
jthunder at math dot niu dot edu

Larry Jaques wrote:

> On Tue, 18 May 2004 01:36:17 GMT, JG <[email protected]> brought forth
> from the murky depths:
>
>
>>I can sum it up in one picture:
>>http://www.shavings.net/images/05_17_04-slab_garage.jpeg
>>(That's about as clean as it's ever going to be.....)
>
>
> Grok that.
>
> I noticed several things in that pic.
>
> 1) There are no shaves in the gar^H^H^Hshop yet.
> 2) The house is Delta/battleship/BFU gray.
> 3) The curb will be bumpy to get into your driveway.
> 4) There's no lawn to get in the way of your weekend fun.
>
> G'luck in the new place. Where'd you settle, again?
>
> --
> Remember: Every silver lining has a cloud.
> ----
> http://diversify.com Comprehensive Website Development
>

5) The person that located your hot water heater must have been the same
one that put mine as far away from where we use it as possible, without
going outside.
Joe

"Joe Gorman" <[email protected]> wrote in
> >>I can sum it up in one picture:
> >>http://www.shavings.net/images/05_17_04-slab_garage.jpeg
> >>(That's about as clean as it's ever going to be.....)
> 5) The person that located your hot water heater

That would be me.

> must have been the same
> one that put mine as far away from where we use it as possible, without
> going outside.


If it burts, it's going to cause minimal damage, unlike the flooded basement
I endured up in NH.

JG wrote:

> "Joe Gorman" <[email protected]> wrote in
>
>>>>I can sum it up in one picture:
>>>>http://www.shavings.net/images/05_17_04-slab_garage.jpeg
>>>>(That's about as clean as it's ever going to be.....)
>>
>>5) The person that located your hot water heater
>
>
> That would be me.
>
>
>>must have been the same
>>one that put mine as far away from where we use it as possible, without
>>going outside.
>
>
>
> If it burts, it's going to cause minimal damage, unlike the flooded basement
> I endured up in NH.
>
>
Well, I guess that explains a lot, and the fact that you probably put
insulation around the pipes.
Joe
who wastes a lot of water waiting for the warm stuff

"Art Finkelstein" wrote in message ...
> Hey guys..it's time we get back on track with some good old woodworking
> talk. Tell us what you have in your shop. Power tools..hand tools..wood
> stock..shop dog..etc.

Well, I am not normally given to envy other guy's tools, but this thread is
an exception. I have what I like to think of as a functional shop, I keep my
tools in good condition but won't hesitate to use them for rough work. The
shop in general is a display case of works-in-progress (OK, it's a mess),
complete with a shop dog to guard them.

My favourite tools are the LN low angle adjustable mouth block plane and a
Starrett square given to me by a generous fellow wrecker who sent me along
the path of ruination with his generosity (Starretts raise the bar on your
tolerances).

The LN is a favourite since it 'just feels good' and transmits the 'feel' of
the cut through the body. The 4" Starrett has fast become the 'user' of the
shop, I can't think of a recent project it hasn't been involved in.

> What do you want to add to your shop?

More time.

> What collects the most dust?

Me, thinking - usually.

> On average, how many hours a week do you spend in the shop?

5?

"Unisaw A100" <[email protected]> wrote in message ...
<massive snip>
> >On average, how many hours a week do you spend in the shop?
>
> Seasonal dependent, maybe eight to sixteen?
>
> UA100

Slow day in the office Keeter? ;-)

Slide down about midway on this page.

http://www.lumberliquidators.com/unfinished.html

I should warn you that you may need an industrial strength
zipper on the trousers.

UA100

On Tue, 18 May 2004 01:36:17 GMT, JG <[email protected]> brought forth
from the murky depths:

>I can sum it up in one picture:
>http://www.shavings.net/images/05_17_04-slab_garage.jpeg
>(That's about as clean as it's ever going to be.....)

Grok that.

I noticed several things in that pic.

1) There are no shaves in the gar^H^H^Hshop yet.
2) The house is Delta/battleship/BFU gray.
3) The curb will be bumpy to get into your driveway.
4) There's no lawn to get in the way of your weekend fun.

G'luck in the new place. Where'd you settle, again?

--
Remember: Every silver lining has a cloud.
----
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Larry Jaques wrote:
> On Tue, 18 May 2004 12:01:55 -0400, Joe Gorman
> <[email protected]> brought forth from the murky depths:
>
>
>>5) The person that located your hot water heater must have been the same
>>one that put mine as far away from where we use it as possible, without
>>going outside.
>
>
> ...and in a freezing-zone with no sign of pipe insulation anywhere.

Larry, who do you take me for a fool?
(Well if you remember me from a few years ago, perhaps ;-)

This is Memphis, TN we are talking about. It rarely gets below freezing
for more than 6-8 hours _outside_, never mind in a climate controlled
garage... and believe me, all the hot water pipes in the wall are
wrapped in pipe insulation. And once the painters are done the visible
pipes will be treated similarly.


You did notice the domain name, right?-)

--
John G. in Memphis, TN Have a nice......... night.
http://www.shavings.net/images/Memphis/reflect_john.jpg

I have a walk-out basement shop with double-wide doors that open to a
6-foot opening. I'm lucky to have a large window where I use the
natural light for sharpening tools. My shop is about 30 feet by 20
feet, concrete floor, drywalled with a large baseboard. I have 6 120v
and one 240v circuits (3 outlets). I have a PM55, DJ-20, Delta
bandsaw and drill press, Makita surface planer, Makita Japanese water
stone sharpener, Cross cut station with compound Dewalt, shop-built
router table, a variable-speed Conover lathe, and a Penn-State 1.5HP
DC with remote. I have most hand tools. I want to add a quality
low-angle block plane, quality chisels, 1/2" router bits, a mortising
machine, several chair-making tools and better dust collection. I
probably use my dovetail template the least, as I now really enjoy
making handcut dovetails. I have three workbenches, the main one is 7
foot by 3 feet. I spend about 35 hours a week in my shop, sometimes
more. I probably watch one hour of TV per week, but listen to radio in
my shop. Woodworking is my salvation.

My apologies, I had thought that was how Norm referred to his, but alas, it
is merely a Deluxe Router Station, and could probably be hogged down to a
toothpick in 20 seconds with an Ultimate Router Table.

Nonetheless, I'm not sure how much mine will resemble the plans by the time
it's done.

Joe


>
> No. Not on your life. Mine is/will be An Ultimate Router
> Table.
>
> UA100

On Tue, 18 May 2004 21:57:29 GMT, JG <[email protected]> brought forth
from the murky depths:

>
>
>Larry Jaques wrote:
>> On Tue, 18 May 2004 12:01:55 -0400, Joe Gorman
>> <[email protected]> brought forth from the murky depths:
>>
>>
>>>5) The person that located your hot water heater must have been the same
>>>one that put mine as far away from where we use it as possible, without
>>>going outside.
>>
>>
>> ...and in a freezing-zone with no sign of pipe insulation anywhere.
>
>Larry, who do you take me for a fool?
>(Well if you remember me from a few years ago, perhaps ;-)

<g>


>This is Memphis, TN we are talking about. It rarely gets below freezing
>for more than 6-8 hours _outside_, never mind in a climate controlled
>garage... and believe me, all the hot water pipes in the wall are
>wrapped in pipe insulation. And once the painters are done the visible
>pipes will be treated similarly.

OK, I guess I'll have to let you go with a warning this time.


>You did notice the domain name, right?-)

Newp. That one got right past me. (I don't always analyze links
so yours just got clicked on without notice) But it snowed somewhere
down there just a month ago. And a friend's family lives in TN
somewhere and they get snowed in, so I SWAGged it as a cooler
climate. So solly.

--
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----
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"Art Finkelstein" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> Hey guys..it's time we get back on track with some good old woodworking
> talk. Tell us what you have in your shop. Power tools..hand tools..wood
> stock..shop dog..etc.


>Craftsman table saw, Delta 9" bandsaw, Delta 12" thickness planer, Ryobi
18" scrollsaw, drill-drivers by Grizzly, B&D, Skil, Ryobi 10" drillpress,
cheap chisels, homebuilt wood lathe, cheap lathe chisels etc.

> What do you want to add to your shop?

>Dust control.

> What collects the most dust?

>The desk/workbench closest to the TS.

> On average, how many hours a week do you spend in the shop?

>10 hours (more or less)

Have fun y'all.
Joe

On Tue, 18 May 2004 09:22:51 GMT, Unisaw A100 <[email protected]>
posted:

>Jeffrey Thunder wrote:
>>You mean a shaper? Like one Roger Cliffe used to own?
>
>
>Yahbut, the top on mine, will look like a 'tato chip.

With salt and vinegar? Or tomato ketchup?

G'day Keith, or should I say Doook? :)
You must be one of the longest contributors to this esteemed forum.
My first conversation here was with Paul Radovanic back in '97 IIRC.
What a nice guy who is sadly missed.
And it was Dave Fleming who put me onto Agent.
Another character!
I see the Franch guy newly in O'Regon is still making his presence
felt. What a nice place to come to, for interest, help, and raising of
the spirit :)

On Tue, 18 May 2004 12:01:55 -0400, Joe Gorman
<[email protected]> brought forth from the murky depths:

>5) The person that located your hot water heater must have been the same
>one that put mine as far away from where we use it as possible, without
>going outside.

...and in a freezing-zone with no sign of pipe insulation anywhere.

--
Remember: Every silver lining has a cloud.
----
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On Thu, 20 May 2004 02:43:11 GMT, JG <[email protected]> brought forth
from the murky depths:

>
>
>Larry Jaques wrote:
>JG brought forth
>>>Just don't let it happen again or I'll have the Irish/Mexican Mafia come
>>>and shellac your eyelids open.
>> You WOULDN'T!
>

>http://tinyurl.com/2k2ml

Um, that took me to my index page on Amazon.com. What was your
intention?

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----
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I can sum it up in one picture:
http://www.shavings.net/images/05_17_04-slab_garage.jpeg
(That's about as clean as it's ever going to be.....)

--
John G.

Finkelstein wrote:
>Hey guys..it's time we get back on track with some good old woodworking
>talk.

I could not agree more Art.

>Tell us what you have in your shop. Power tools..hand tools..wood
>stock..shop dog..etc.

The Shop:
Well, the first thing I have in my shop are the walls which
measure about 14’, 15’ and 16’ apart depending on where you
stand. Total length is 42’ making the whole thing about
600ish square foot. The shop is oriented east to west on
it’s long axis (not that it matters unless maybe we have
someone from Queer Eye on the group who can maybe give me
some tipletts on how best to utilize this orientation for
better wooddorking/make it more pleasing to the eye).

Off to the southeast I have a room that measures 12’ish by
15’ish for keeping wooddorking magazines, the ancient text
and rat holes some machines.

Off to the southwest we have household storage and laundry
but I’m hoping one day to dominate this space. In it’s
current state it’s evil and must be eradicated and put to
"proper use", i.e., more shoppe.

The ‘Chinery:

First Up, The Saws:
The number one machine in the shop is a 1939 Unisaw sitting
smack dab in the middle/west of the floor and shoved up the
south wall (permanent setting). It is surrounded on three
sides by a queen size off feed/side table and sports a
Biesemeyer fence.

In the corner resides a 1949 Junior Unisaw in parts ‘n
pieces awaiting restoration. I’m seeing this to be a
dedicated dado machine one day. It’ll sit on a mobile stand
and be set out of the way when not in use.

A 8" Homecraft tilting table saw sits in one of the rat
holes. I also have a 10" Delta tilting table but it’s rat
holed off site so it really doesn’t count.

At the bottom of the stair sits a 70’s vintage Powermatic
14" band saw, which I dearly adore despite the fact that it
looks like Gumby.

A late 40’s vintage Delta 24" scroll saw kinda sits in a
corner. It was my Dad’s and the truth be known I don’t use
it much but it takes up so little room I keep it for
sentimental reasons.

Next up, I have all the cabinets from my old home office
laid out on the long wall with a table on top and a 50’s
vintage DeWalt 9" radical alarm saw. To the left of this I
have my late 80’s/early 90’s vintage Makita Weighs-A-Ton 10"
chop saw which gets a lot of use and gets used all around
the house.

Want more band saws? A late 40’s vintage Delta 14" sits in
some tubs around the corner from the Unisaw. This was to
have been my user until Gumby came into my life. Also in
pieces, a 50’s vintage Atlas 12" which I’m way late on
finishing the restoration of (for a friend). Two early 30’s
vintage Delta 10" saws are also to be seen (and are in the
way) and these are some day to be packed up and send to
their eventual owner, i.e., they live temporarily with me.

Sanders:
My favorite sander has to be my 60’s vintage Acme 2 1/4" X
80" edge belt sander. After that the late 40’s vintage
Delta 6" X 48" and after that the 60’s vintage Boice-Crane
ossificating splendiferous sandor. Oh, I almost forgot, the
60’s vintage Delta 12" disk finisher. Very handy for
mitering and making a dead ninety on the ends of boards.
Also on hand is a 40’s vintage Mead 1" X 42" (the original
Band Sander) and a very new 4" X 36" Everett.

Lathes:
My current user is the 50’s vintage Craftsman 9" X 36" that
I bought at auction when I was a wee lad. I’m semi-attached
to it onna ‘count of I once upon a time relied on it for
making a portion of my living. Sitting in pieces, and
waiting to take it’s place, is an Oliver (I forget the
vintage).

Planers:
My current user is a Delta 12" Lunch Box that I inherited
from my Dad. It works fine and dandy and I suspect I’ll
always have it because it’s good for light passes. A Parks
12" sits over in the corner awaiting a new stand and a start
motor cap and it will eventually be used for hogging off
what the itty-bitty Delta doesn’t want/isn’t capable of
doing.

Jointer:
Yes, I have only one of these (technically). It’s a late
50’s vintage Delta Deluxe Long Bed sitting on a cast iron
stand. The truth of it is, I pulled the motor out about a
year ago (a newer Baldor) to replace it with a vintage 1
horse Repulsion/Induction and I haven’t yet completed this
change over. I keep finding that the Unisaw joints boards
just fine. Some day...

An Ultimate Router Table:
OK, maybe I ought not to be talking this one up onna ‘count
of it’s technically not done. In the mean time, watch this
space.

Drills and Drill Presses:
My user here is a early 40’s vintage Delta that was once
used to fight off the Jap/Nazi bastards when they were bent
on world domination. It’s a bench top but I also have the
makings for a floor model of the same press with a foot feed
that some day will be re-assembled into something usable.

A Newton B-100 sits (for now) onna ‘count of one of the
clamp arms is broken. I really don’t know what I’m going to
do with it in the long run. It’s an edge borer and
considering the number of time I "truly" need an edge
borer... We’ll see.

Grinders:
A Baldor (vintage guessed to be 60’s) is fitted out with a
wire wheel for use in machinery restoration. I also have a
Rockwell (also guessed to be 60’s) for real grinder duty.

Air Compressor:
A No-Name Chiwanese 7 1/2 horizontal tanked gets me by for
making air shoot out at high velocity. I’ve had this
machine for decades and it does a pretty nice job despite
it’s size.

Dust Collection:
I’m in debate mode on this one. I have a blower
semi-capable of "whole shop" collection (adding piping and
all) and I have a drum top. Right at this moment I’m
leaning towards the drum top and rolling it around. I
dunno.

Portable Power Tools:
Most (OK all) my portables are newer. There is the
c*ll*ct**n of routers that go from the 3 horse in both
flavors (plunge and fixed base) and the smaller ones to take
1/2" bits and those that take 1/4" bits. I also have a
c*ll*ct**n of old Stanley R2D2 style routers but they are
for looks only.

Drills consist of corded and uncorded. The usual suspects.

Of course I have a plate joiner.

Sanders? Belted and ossificating disc.

Pneumatic nailers, of course.

Clamps:
I’ve not bought into the feeding frenzy on (insert name of
"cabinet clamp" here) and get along just fine with my "I can
buy three of these for one of those" Pony 1/2" pipe clamps.
There are also the usual F-clamps, C-clamps and hand screws.

One tool not mentioned is the assembly table which in my
humble opinion is one of the most "can’t get by without"
tools. It occupies a space at the end of the shop from all
the machines. I’d like to have it so the top raises and
lowers but for now I’ve got it rigged at 30" ish off the
floor. Surrounding this are some benches along two walls
that seem to attract shit as if shit was magnetical and the
bench tops were magnets. What’s up with that?

>What do you want to add to your shop?

The laundry room for lumber storage.

Drawers under the current wall lined benches so I can hold
all the hand tools (not mentioned but something I have at
least one of each), and the portable power tools along with
all their wrenches and stuff.

An air cleaner and a window fan so I can spray finishes.

A stroke sander. God do I want/need a stroker.

>What collects the most dust?

The shop vac which I forgot to mention above. It’s a Fein
that I like pretty much (it replaced a Sears screamer).

Oh! You meant "what doesn’t get used". OK, let’s see. I
suppose the lathe, the aforementioned jointer (onna ‘count
of the motor isn’t in it), the edge borer (obviously) and
the scrollie. But, in their defense, when they are needed
there is not a machine/tool that can take their place so I
don’t view them as "of little use", just as "used little".
There is a difference.

>On average, how many hours a week do you spend in the shop?

Seasonal dependent, maybe eight to sixteen?

UA100

Greg Millen wrote:
>Slow day in the office Keeter? ;-)


It did say weekly, right?

UA100

On Wed, 19 May 2004 00:53:58 GMT, JG <[email protected]> brought forth
from the murky depths:

>Larry Jaques wrote:
> > So solly.
>
>Just don't let it happen again or I'll have the Irish/Mexican Mafia come
>and shellac your eyelids open.

You WOULDN'T!

--
Remember: Every silver lining has a cloud.
----
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Greg Millen wrote:
>My error - I meant the length of your post.


Hey! Some guys know how to talk about their 'chinery.

UA100

Here is a list of tool, pretty much in the sequence I bought them. My shop
in in an oversized one car garage. I had a cheap Craftsman saw and router
that have been given away. Total value is $7063.

As for time in the shop, maybe an hour or two in a couple of evenings, five
or six on a good weekend. None in the very cold months.

Drill Press, Delta 10"

Router, Dewalt 621Plunge

Saw, Delta 10" 36-431 w/30" Biesemeyer fence
Accu Miter 24"
Jet 14" Band saw JWBS-14CS
Dewalt biskit joiner
Chisel set, 4 pc. Marples
Freud 10" blade 80T
Heater, Reddy propane 30k Btu
Tanks, 20# propane (2)
Sander, Ridgid Oscillating belt
Cut off hand saw, Stanley
Drill bits, Assorted
PC brad nailer & compressor
Jesada Router Bits
Vice for Drill press
Clamps, 12" Quick grip
Clamps, Bessey 24" (2)
Clamps, Bessey K 31"
Ruler, Centering
Ruler, 6"
Combination square 7"
Scraper
Burnishing Tool
Sander, PC Random Orbit
Back Saw, Crown tools
Compass
Marking knife
Stanley #92 infill plane
Norton Sharpening Stones
Smoothing Plane
Veritas sharpening guide
Fence Caddy
Delta Planer 22-580
Marking gauge
Jet Dust Collector DC-1100
Dust collector fitting for Planer
Router table
Router table casters
Ryobi cordless drill and circular saw
Freud 10" blade
Router bits
Timberwolf Re-saw blades (bandsaw)
Router, Bosch 1617EVS
Circle cutting Fixture
Long Ranger switch
DeWalt Compound Miter Saw
DeWalt R O S
Bench Dog drawers
Bench Dog Pro Lift AL
Woodhaven Shelf Pin Jig
Vix bit for above
Bostitch staple gun
Quick Crank
Delta Mortising Machine
Delta Tenoning Fixture
Ridge Carbide 10" Combo blade
Ridge Carbide Dado blade 8"
Magnetic Featherboard
Clamps, 24" Bessey K
Clamps, 36" Bessey F
Clamps, 12" Bessey deep throat
Block Plane, low angle Lee Valley

--
Ed
[email protected]
http://pages.cthome.net/edhome

I have a new goal....

Rob

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"Unisaw A100" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> Slide down about midway on this page.
>
> http://www.lumberliquidators.com/unfinished.html
>
> I should warn you that you may need an industrial strength
> zipper on the trousers.
>
> UA100

On Mon, 17 May 2004 10:28:07 -0700, charlie b <[email protected]>
wrote:

> Easier to just show you. Poke around and explore by clicking on
> anything you're interested in.
> http://home.comcast.net/~charliebcz/ShopMap.html
>


I went there.

What a great way to do a website.




Regards,
Tom.

Thomas J.Watson - Cabinetmaker (ret.)
tjwatson1ATcomcastDOTnet (real email)
http://home.comcast.net/~tjwatson1

Art Finkelstein wrote:

> Hey guys..it's time we get back on track with some good old
> woodworking talk. Tell us what you have in your shop. Power
> tools..hand tools..wood stock..shop dog..etc.

Shop is located in a 50'x50' aircraft hanger and has a 45'x12'
north-facing overhead door. Hot in summer and cold/drafty in
winter. I've added a 6'x12' solar heating panel and plan to add
two more.

10" Unisaw
10" Toolcraft RAS
Toolcraft floor drill press
Ryobi benchtop drill press
Delta BOSS (spindle sander)
Grizzly polisher, stand
Craftsman shaper
Craftsman 12" bandsaw
Grizzly 6" jointer
Grizzly 12.5" planer
Jessum router table w/ DeWalt VS router
HF DC w/ 2 LV separators in line
ShopBot PRT-96 CNC router w/ Colombo spindle
w/ 4' Shop-built dovetail clamp
Grizzly 3 HP air compressor
Grizzly scroll saw
Grizzly blade grinder
Ulmia, Stanley, Record, LV hand planes
LV chisel set
Delta (small) circular saw
B&D 7-1/4" circular saw
B&D router (small)
PC 690 router w/ both bases
Kreg jigs
HF corded and cordless drills
HF pneu brad nailer
HF pneu drill
HF metal-cutting bandsaw
HF mortise machine
Spray guns, hoses, etc.
Various finishing sanders
Various clamps
Various shop-built work, assembly surfaces
Shop-built metal-forming brake
Shop-built materials cart
Shop-built passive solar heating system
Starrett square, protractor head, centering head
Computer system
Refrigerator, microwave, coffee pot
HF 4'x8' folding trailer

> What do you want to add to your shop?

Customers!
Signage
Rolling storage cabinets
Oscillating edge sander
Stroke sander
More lights
More electrical outlets
More solar panels
More insulation
Product display area
Permanent spray booth
Partitioned (dust free) office
Partitioned (dust free) CNC room
High-speed internet connection

> What collects the most dust?

Computer keyboard, mouse ball )-:

> On average, how many hours a week do you spend in the shop?

Between 50 and 60 (-:

--
Morris Dovey
DeSoto, Iowa USA

Wayne K. wrote:
>Go on..Git.


The best part is, none of them are gay.

Oops! We may have just made this one (this thread) jump the
tracks.

Sorry Art.

UA100

"Unisaw A100" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> Finkelstein wrote:
> >Hey guys..it's time we get back on track with some good old woodworking
> >talk.
>
> I could not agree more Art.
>
> >Tell us what you have in your shop. Power tools..hand tools..wood
> >stock..shop dog..etc.
>
> The shop is oriented east to west on
> it's long axis (not that it matters unless maybe we have
> someone from Queer Eye on the group who can maybe give me
> some tipletts on how best to utilize this orientation for
> better wooddorking/make it more pleasing to the eye).
>
Well to start with lets get rid of these machine that are just creating this
cluttered look and making all this dust, Yucko.
All these little tools we'll put in this nice little cheap melamine cabinet
we bought for $300 at this charming second hand shop downtown..we will paint
it of course.
Then we'll paint the walls a nice fucia and the ceiling a nice
ochre...........
AAAAAAHHHHHHHH
I don't even want to think about those guys in my shop, house or closet.
Go on..Git.