What did you do in your shop today?

Today I started the set up of my new shop, so I worked in my basement shop, on my shop. Built walls, removed walls, did some demolition, and hauled some debris and garbage away.
 
Mike1950 said:
Do we get a build thread on this one????
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When I was in the remodel business I took on some jobs that I didn't want, just to fill in between good paying jobs. That was a compromise between my name and paying the bills. I'm sure that's not what Jon is doing but I would never put my name on a project like this because no matter what he does, over time, this piece is going to be a failure. It will look great when he finishes it, and for the next few years but over time in that outside environment in that region it will self-destruct and his name will still be the legacy.

This is just my opinion it doesn't mean I am correct. :whatever:
 
Mike1950 said:
Uh oh- I think the ape has somethin up his sleeve-err furry little arm- Do we get a build thread on this one????
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Sure, I can do that.

Kevin said:
When I was in the remodel business I took on some jobs that I didn't want, just to fill in between good paying jobs. That was a compromise between my name and paying the bills. I'm sure that's not what Jon is doing but I would never put my name on a project like this because no matter what he does, over time, this piece is going to be a failure. It will look great when he finishes it, and for the next few years but over time in that outside environment in that region it will self-destruct and his name will still be the legacy.

This is just my opinion it doesn't mean I am correct. :whatever:
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This will be an indoor dining table, matching benches, and a few more pieces from this tree.
 
Spinning more of that walnut and making a hell of a mess! I wish there was a way to preserve those greens and yellows in fresh cut walnut!

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I just carried in 24 2x4's to complete the new shop walls. I gotta get a door yet.
 
Played with some CA finishes and made myself a pen out of bocote. I haven't played with my lathe in a while and it was nice to get back to it.
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Have been spending the day here at home, relaxing and recuperating after a long, very busy week. Did head out to the garage for a few minutes - and plan to go back out later.

You see, I now have air conditioning in the shop!!!! :yipee::yipee::yipee::yipee::yipee::yipee::yipee:

The last people to live here left a small window unit in the garage. When trying to get the garage in shape, I put it in the shed this spring to get it out of the way. The last month I've had a number of opportunities to spend time in the shop that I passed up on because it was too hot out there and the mosquitoes have been so thick, that I won't even consider opening the garage door when it cools off at night. The few minutes I spent in the shop were to drag the window unit out of the shed, plug it in, and see if it runs. It does, and now I've got it in the window and the garage is cooling off nicely! :yipee:

Hopefully, by winter, I can get some heat out there for when it gets cold.
 
I have been going through stuff I have collected over the years thinking it would used later. Tools, stuff, wood, corian tops. You name it. I even threw out a wheel barrel full of cutoffs!
I got some 7' long cabinets Im going to be puttin up in my shop. They have doors to hide all my stuff! I got one up already. I still need to remove 2 shelves and set up a steel shelf for the wood collection. Then the other cabinet is going up. Slowly but Shirley.... :)
 
I spent all of today moving stuff into the new shop, just piled it all up in a corner in boxes, so much to move yet.
 
Spent the day cleaning and getting ready for a run of boxes, came across a box of yellow cedar cut offs and cracked out this little gem, wood don't come much nicer than this.
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I worked on a special order for a customer (20 pens for a family reunion made from a piece of tree harvested on the homestead) and then made a whistle. Had so much fun chasing my kids around with it I'm going to make a slide whistle tomorrow I think.
 
Today I didn't get too much done, Took my wife to her folks for a week, came home and finished the rearranging of the shop for the new lathe. Reading the manual right now to figure out how to take a Oneway 2436 apart to get it out of a basement and into my shop with just one other guy.
 
Last night I did some clean-up work. Then I put a coat of shellac on a kitchen base cabinet we bought to fill in an empty space in the kitchen between the fridge and stove. Also put shellac on the workbench base.

Today I put a few coats of milk paint on said kitchen cabinet base. Katy wanted to introduce some more color into the kitchen. In a few days I'll topcoat the milk paint with some danish oil and then, after that's cured for a few days, some paste wax. Will be using some lightly figured hard maple for the small counter on top of the cabinet that I'll finish with mineral oil & beeswax.

Today I also glued up the three layers of plywood for the workbench top. I can't wait to have the bench done and start using it as I get into some other projects!
 
Broke big chunk of She-Oak down to some small boards. A wild guess tells me they will become staves. Lowell gave me a choice of what was laying out, I took the one with a big chainsaw gouge. I knew I could get something out of it and then he'd have the nicer ones to work with. It is very pretty with lots of color and some nice curl. A little spalting too from riding around in the back of my truck for a few months.
 
I just shook my head at my mess and walked through it.....shame on me.
 
I was a t a show on Thursday so I had to set the retail side of the shop back up, spent the rest of the day getting everything ready for my wife to run a show for me while I'm out of town for a week starting on Sunday morning.
 
ripjack13 said:
I just shook my head at my mess and walked through it.....shame on me.
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Been there, done that. I've had times where I've walked into the shop and couldn't work on anything because of the mess. Sometimes I've just shaken my head and walked out because I didn't feel like cleaning. Don't need to feel too much shame though - a dirty shop is a used shop, and I'd rather see a messy shop from use than a clean shop from not being able to use it. I don't know how some people can keep their shops so clean!

This time I had to clean it because on Monday evening there's a group coming over so we can grill out and put together a float for a parade a week later.
 
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