What did you do in your shop today?

I made some space in the shop today... about 4' of wall space actually. Ditched my old router table and mounted my plate on my table saw. Wow why didn't I think about doing this sooner? P.S. don't mind the mess... or make fun of my duct tape that I put on the front of my saw to increase dust collector efficiency

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TimR said:
Norman, you sure can push the limits of a vehicle! May want to install a headache rack in there if you plan to visit Allan again. :good2:
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I do plan to visit again if he'll have me but I don't plan on bringing so much back next time. Though, I guess I didn't plan on bringing back as much as I did, so who knows. Lol
 
Hey, did you build that bench from scratch or did you have a plan? That is pretty close to what I want to do for a bench. I like the tool tray, I want to put a pattern makers vice on one end and maybe a twin screw vise on the other end. I'm getting very close with my shop set up that I have been looking at benches to get ideas to build a new one. I hated my old one and I'm just going to cut it up and maybe use a piece of it in the metal shop.
 
I scored a pile of maple from the in laws farm. I didn't even have a table saw, then.
The entire bench was jointed and built by hand. No plans. Just went and made it.
 
Brink said:
I scored a pile of maple from the in laws farm. I didn't even have a table saw, then.
The entire bench was jointed and built by hand. No plans. Just went and made it.
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I probably will do the same thing, Except I have a pile of ash to use.
 
So far today I've thrown 800-1000 pen blanks in the burn pile for my neighbors fire pit. :sofa:
 
Over the last 2 days I did more on the Jamaican Dogwwood shell. I also cut, glued and rounded the outside on Zircote and Chechen shells. If that wasn't enough I processed about 12 board feet of useable Jamaican Dogwood to dry for future use.
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Haven't seen my shop in a week - been on vacation - but will be home in a few days. My wife wants me to make some more progress on some projects I've been working on, so I've been told that I'm spending extra time in the shop the few days after we get back. No complaints from me about that!
 
Yesterday I did a little more work on my router table before the heat drove me out of the shop.

Today I did some cleanup and organizing. We've got a really good cabinet maker in town. About a year ago I met him and he gave me a big box of his scraps - smaller pieces that are too nice or too big to throw out, but too small for him to hassle with. I've been using them up for various things and was about out of them.

He's doing some work next door and we got to talking and he asked if he could bring me some more - he's trying to clean up his shop right now. Last night he brought me over a box of Red Oak, Cherry, and Maple. Today he backed his truck up in my driveway and unloaded some more Red Oak and Maple into my garage - as well as a good amount of Walnut.

Sorted out: 2 boxes, 1 milk crate, 1 tote, and some shorter boards stacked on end. Not pictured: 9 pieces of walnut about 3" wide, 4' to 6' long. (A handful of the pieces pictured were from the last time he gave me some.)

More to likely come - he's still cleaning! I've already pulled a nice pen out of my pen carrier to give to him as a thank you next time I see him.

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That's pretty cool matt!
 
No shop work today. But I did make some magic. Stuffed, fried zucchini blossoms and the other picture are skewers for kebabs tonight topped with apple for smoking the kebabs.

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norman vandyke said:
Cream cheese, goat cheese, garlic, onion, salt and pepper. Sometimes green onion or jalapeños. It's Giada DeLaurentiis' recipe. I usually use marinara for dipping. Batter is just flour, sparkling water and salt.
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I for one would really appreciate the whole recipe if you don't mind:popcorn: Tony
 
Our zuch are flowering hard right now, may be I will snip some off. Thanks!
 
I got back form a trip to Minneapolis and of course I'd stopped at both Woodcraft and Rockler and loaded up on a bunch of clearance and sale stuff so I headed down to the shop about 6:30 tonight to put stuff away. 3 hours later I'd drilled a bunch of stuff and got the tubes glued in for a big day of turning tomorrow.
 
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