What did you do in your shop today?

Layed down a new anti fatigue mat in front of my lathe and worked on my ras. It's about 3 times as thick as the old one and way cushier.
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Barn doors for our master bathroom and closet next to it has been on my honey do list for over a year. Don’t know how I found time when I was working!! :unknown:
This is first of two, each about 3’x8’. Will be using one 12’ bar (dovetailed).
Probably overkill, but wanted it to be sturdy and not too many cuts, so the back is 3/4” birch ply and the framing is 1x6s.
The metal roofing came from a neighbor who had it in his backyard for years. Used some on our kitchen island also.

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This was yesterday, got this end grain Cherry Island butcher block top finished and delivered. 28" x 40" x 2", straight mineral oil finish so they can reapply as needed.
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Got to spend a good portion of the day in the garage again,got two pens turned,one is curly cottonwood from @Mr. Peet,and the other I can’t remember what it is or who I got it from. I should really start writing this stuff down.

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TimR said:
Barn doors for our master bathroom and closet next to it has been on my honey do list for over a year. Don’t know how I found time when I was working!! :unknown:
This is first of two, each about 3’x8’. Will be using one 12’ bar (dovetailed).
Probably overkill, but wanted it to be sturdy and not too many cuts, so the back is 3/4” birch ply and the framing is 1x6s.
The metal roofing came from a neighbor who had it in his backyard for years. Used some on our kitchen island also.

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Love this look. We once did a bagel shop with the old metal. Looked really sharp imo.
 
So I used a Christmas present for the first time today - my new router plane.

It's a little more finicky to adjust than I anticipated but it did a fairly creditable job of smoothing out the dados I cut in my Kumiko jigs.
 
kweinert said:
So I used a Christmas present for the first time today - my new router plane.

It's a little more finicky to adjust than I anticipated but it did a fairly creditable job of smoothing out the dados I cut in my Kumiko jigs.
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Today I did some shop cleaning. Hand filed a half dozen chainsaw chains to balance and sharpen. Found that 5 of the 10 chains I picked up a few weeks ago were 72 drive links, husky, versus the 74 I had thought. Likely wasted 4 hours cleaning them up and freeing up lots of links. Well, I'll give them to someone local and cheer them up. Found a few other odd sizes for saws I don't have. Yep, another year and I'll find the floor for sure.
 
Eric Rorabaugh said:
Are they new 72 link chains or good used?
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The one was clearly never used. It has the safety anti kickback links. The other ones looked to have been used until dull and never sharpened. They still have 1/4" to a 32nd longer chisels. Its like they were just used until dull and the user didn't know how to sharpen them or something.
 
Mr. Peet said:
The one was clearly never used. It has the safety anti kickback links. The other ones looked to have been used until dull and never sharpened. They still have 1/4" to a 32nd longer chisels. Its like they were just used until dull and the user didn't know how to sharpen them or something.
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72 for an 18" bar?
 
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