What did you do in your shop today?

ripjack13 said:
I'm bored out of my gord sitting /walking around. I can only watch so much tv and xbox. I needed to at least try....no?
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Try is fine as long as you don't do yourself an injury. Let it heal and then you can hit it even harder when you do get back to it. Back a few years ago I was out on a motorcycle about 24 hours after a surgery to make sure no more kids.... Ran into the doctor that did the surgery at the gas station and he was just shaking his head.
 
Kathie had lower back fusion in Feb '11 Big ole titanium cage- major surgery. Doc told her that fusion material was like jello. Stay away from being in car very long and take it easy. He promised her that she would hate him in 3 months but if she followed instructions, that in a year she would change her mind. She is a rule follower- she did. she has normal life without the pain. Now the next door neighbor had the same surgery 1 week after Kathie's. They went on vacation 2 weeks later. she is on 3rd surgery and is miserable. Follow the rules- take it easy and get better. @ripjack13
 
I forgot K had surgery Mike happy to hear she is no longer miserable.

Marc good advice from M there better listen.
 
I put this together tonight after we got home from a day up in the Twin Cities. This followed me home. We've been saving up for me to make this purchase since this past July and finally got there!

Tomorrow I'm hoping to finish getting it set up and then run a board or two through it.

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Sprung said:
I put this together tonight after we got home from a day up in the Twin Cities. This followed me home. We've been saving up for me to make this purchase since this past July and finally got there!

Tomorrow I'm hoping to finish getting it set up and then run a board or two through it.

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Congratulations Matt! I've got the older 12" model and while it's been a workhorse, I'd like to upgrade to that one at some point. Let us know what you think! Tony
 
Sprung said:
I put this together tonight after we got home from a day up in the Twin Cities. This followed me home. We've been saving up for me to make this purchase since this past July and finally got there!

Tomorrow I'm hoping to finish getting it set up and then run a board or two through it.

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Get it dirty!!!!
 
Congrats! I have that one and love it, it is a workhorse. Wipe the rollers with some mineral spirits from time to time to keep them clean so they don't slip and feed properly. Be prepared for massive amounts of chips!! LOL.
 
Well, no trying out the planer today... Maybe sometime this week... I mentioned "shop" and my wife shot me this glance like, "Don't you even think about it."

Smart woman - I've got a nasty head cold and my head has been in the clouds all day so far. Making french toast this morning was a challenge, so I probably shouldn't be out monkeying around with power tools today - especially one I've never used before.
 
Finally got out to where my stash is and hauled a bunch of mesquite home. Spent quite a bit of time planing, now have to clean up! Hopefully soon I will get some posted for sale! Tony IMG_20150315_180256.webp
 
Cleaned up a few more Stanley Everlast Chisels.

After some initial cleaning and starting to flatten the backs. I am glad actually that weren't to far out of flat otherwise. the wide ones would have been a pain:

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Backs flat now and cleaned up the handles a bit, one coat of oil:

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Backs were OK, but the edges were WAY out of square. To the grinder to fix that:

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Here"s what I have so far, couple of duplicates, and, still looking for the in between sizes:

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Finally set up my miter saw so I can use it... Not pretty, but functional. Once I finished it up, I hung a wall cabinet above it, which gave me quite a bit of good storage space. Tomorrow I'll try to run an outlet over to the cabinet so I can have a charging station for my drills inside the cabinet.

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I had a very productive day. Got several calls turned, a few finished, several still with a few coats of finish left to apply... wired a plug in a cabinet I put up yesterday so I can charge my batteries for my drills. Put up a small lumber rack, set up my new dovetail jig and played around on it, and got the shop a lot cleaner. Still have a lot of junk laying around that I need to find a place for. I think my next project is going to be ripping out the existing 'bench' (aka catchall), and putting in a real bench with some drawers, doors, and cubby holes to get more organized.

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Jonathan, you're shop is way too clean! Looking good!! Tony
 
It's killin' me that I still haven't been able to run a board through my new planer yet... But, I'm still sick - got an appointment with the doctor in the morning. I'm certain it's now a sinus infection and ear infection - what most of my colds turn into with my horrible sinuses - but once it starts clearing up and my head is no longer in a fog I should be able to give it a go. Hopefully Friday or Saturday!
 
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