What did you do in your shop today?

Tom Smart said:
Moving the conversation away from @Tony ‘s unprotected toes, after watching @Kenbo ’s videos I’ve started refurbishing my dad’s plane and chisels. Thanks, Ken. Good luck with those sandals, Tony.

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Are you soaking them in vinegar? The parts all look in very good shape, including the rosewood knob and tote. That wood always takes a beating.
I went searching in my tool boxes to find old Stanley chisels for you and I found a 750 just like yours but it was 1". I have a 720 (the long blade) and it was ¼". Sorry I couldn't help you. Maybe other members here can.
 
FranklinWorkshops said:
Are you soaking them in vinegar? The parts all look in very good shape, including the rosewood knob and tote. That wood always takes a beating.
I went searching in my tool boxes to find old Stanley chisels for you and I found a 750 just like yours but it was 1". I have a 720 (the long blade) and it was ¼". Sorry I couldn't help you. Maybe other members here can.
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Yes, Larry they are in white vinegar. I’ll give it a day or two in there. There wasn’t a lot of rust or discoloration but this will hopefully help.

Thanks very much for looking. I found a 3/4” on eBay and it should be here before the end of the week. Now I just need to invest in the right sharpening tools that will fit both the plane and chisels.
 
I've used white vinegar many times and it works great but turns the steel darker. No problem with a user plane, of course.

Glad you found the chisel on eBay. I've bought and sold a lot of tools there over the years.

I sharpen all my flat blades using various grits of sandpaper attached to a large piece of plate glass. Works great, just keep a lot of honing oil on the sandpaper and use a good sharpening jig to keep the correct angle.
 
FranklinWorkshops said:
I've used white vinegar many times and it works great but turns the steel darker. No problem with a user plane, of course.

Glad you found the chisel on eBay. I've bought and sold a lot of tools there over the years.

I sharpen all my flat blades using various grits of sandpaper attached to a large piece of plate glass. Works great, just keep a lot of honing oil on the sandpaper and use a good sharpening jig to keep the correct angle.
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I don’t have a good piece of glass but I saved some granite when we redid the kitchen.
 
steve bellinger said:
theres a ten foot hole under me is all. Lol. Under me is a walk out of the storm cellar. Didn't have a long enough ladder so made do with what I had. :cool:And yes I tried getting the young guys to do it but they said heck NO. Darn kids make a sixty year old man show them up. :wacko:
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Tennesseans always find a way to get the job done.
 
:headscratch2::headscratch2::headscratch2::headscratch2::headscratch2::headscratch2:

Man is standing on an unextended 16' extension ladder, 3' foot above the 2x6, sitting on top of a footer block, sitting on a concrete wall, saying he ain't got a long enough ladder???? :lol2::ok:

Doing the math quickly here... 10' hole + 8" footer block + 1 1/2" (2x6) + 1 1/4" ladder rung, + 3' up the ladder = like, not quite 14' :whatever:

Wouldn't it have maybe been a little bit safer sitting footer blocks at the bottom of the wall, sitting a piece of 2x6 across them, and extending the ladder?

I mean, I know you wouldn't be the correct distance from the base of the wall, if one were truly concerned about safety, but obviously that went out the window on the other side of the house somewhere. However, it certainly couldn't have kicked out, and someone could have stood on the wall and secured the ladder for you!

And, I thought I was crazy climbing around like a monkey on the fully extended mast of the forklift occasionally at 60 years old. Or, working on light fixtures standing on a stack of pallets on the forklift 16' in the air.
 
Yea Rocky that about sums it up. Lol and yea I still do crap like that on a 40 foot ladder when I need to. The kids that were helping me thought I was crazy and they are the ones that took the pic. :wacko:
 
Switched out the switch on the table saw.

Tried to use the old cover on the band saw switch but the internals were too different. Debated with myself on whether it was worth $15 to replace a perfectly good switch to get the big paddle STOP. No conclusion but leaning in that direction.

Finished up a couple of pepper mills.
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Cherry, cherry, maple, pine, pine, Honduras mahogany, same, cocobolo.

My jig/cone split, made a new one but it needed a little tuning, it was hot, getting late (wanted to spend a little time with my wife), so I put that on hold. Have 3 to finish tomorrow.
 
Made a few hollow forms using Norfolk Island Pine. 3/16" wall thickness.
Hollowing with spy camera sittin on bar stool! Effortless!!
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3 Vessels. No finish on them. All will get tops or rims.
Some repair fill to do after soaking in boiled linseed oil..
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Spy cam set up attached to my outrigger hollower.
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VERY easy to use. Just draw tool on screen with dry erase marker & then draw a depth/wall thickness line around it to hollow the whole piece!!
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Depth line to edge of wood for final thickness!!
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@Lou Currier
 
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steve bellinger said:
theres a ten foot hole under me is all. Lol. Under me is a walk out of the storm cellar. Didn't have a long enough ladder so made do with what I had. :cool:And yes I tried getting the young guys to do it but they said heck NO. Darn kids make a sixty year old man show them up. :wacko:
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25 yrs in biz my biggest accident was a 5' fall by of course my safety guy.:scare3::scare3:. Where there is a will there is a way to do it..... right!!!
 
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