What did you do in your shop today?

EMPTIED IT.

Same location fer 20 years. Down sizing & taking it home. Now got 3 full sheds, garage & a storage locker.
Sold, gave away, threw out, took to scrapyard lots of things. Still have 2 lathes, drill press, bandsaw & numerous hand tools to sell.
A ton of sorting. Lots of burls I better get turning after I get done with all the rearranging I'll be doing fer the next three weeks.

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Spinartist said:
EMPTIED IT.

Same location fer 20 years. Down sizing & taking it home. Now got 3 full sheds, garage & a storage locker.
Sold, gave away, threw out, took to scrapyard lots of things. Still have 2 lathes, drill press, bandsaw & numerous hand tools to sell.
A ton of sorting. Lots of burls I better get turning after I get done with all the rearranging I'll be doing fer the next three weeks.

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Retiring?
 
Well not really in the shop but out in the garage or rather the driveway. I had to rip out the old workbench to replace the windows in the garage so it was time to build a new one. I always see. To do some kind of a project on the 4th of July.
It's going to be a narrow bench, 16" deep.
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The width is set by this ash slab that i wanted to use, its the last one I have and will make for a good solid top.
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Cross braces in for the middle shelf.
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I was going to cut the top down but I decided to leave it long on the ends. It looks like a sofa table bench, lol.
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In place but not permanently. Its not quite done yet. The top is tapered, wide on one end and narrow on the other, that's ok. It's what nature gave me.
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There will be a tray on the backside to hold spraycans and lubricants. Mechanic in a can as i call it.
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Radio has a temporary home. And it is a temporary radio, it's dying, lol.
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Vise will get through bolted to the 2" thick slab top.
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Since this is such a narrow bench it will get attached to the wall with some 2x4s. The entire bench other than the slab top was all free salvaged materials.
 
Nice functional bench Greg. One thing I noticed, based on my own bench, is I like to work from the left side of the vise. I put mine on the far left side of my bench and I am restricted working from that side. So that's my only observation, is think about how you like to use your vise before you bolt it down.
 
DLJeffs said:
Nice functional bench Greg. One thing I noticed, based on my own bench, is I like to work from the left side of the vise. I put mine on the far left side of my bench and I am restricted working from that side. So that's my only observation, is think about how you like to use your vise before you bolt it down.
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Good advise (get it) :sarcastic: I did give it some thought, I always seem to mount it on the left side so it gives me 2 sides of the vise to work from, and it's close to the welder if need be.
 
Your garage is really shaping up! The bench is a terrific addition — just need to leave access to it, and avoid the flat surface syndrome for storage! Chuck
 
Nature Man said:
Your garage is really shaping up! The bench is a terrific addition — just need to leave access to it, and avoid the flat surface syndrome for storage! Chuck
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I agree, a narrow bench means less crap can be piled on it..............I hope.
 
Got back to turning today after a few weeks of mostly hanging out with my new best buddy. Teaching tomorrow and needed to exercise the muscle memory.

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Spinartist said:
Are you going to add a wood vise?
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My first response is no, but I dont know. I never wanted a wood vice in the garage because I dont do wood working out there. I store wood there but dont work it. I might break it down to prep it before taking it down to the wood shop but that's about it.
 
Today I made the can tray for the back of the garage workbench.
I started by digging out some hardwood pallet boards from my shop stash. 3 oak and 1 maple
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Jointed on 2 sides. Notice the ant holes, lol. The oak is actually very nice.
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Next was planning the opposite side and getting them all to a uniform thickness.
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Just over 5/8"
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Ripping to width.
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I used thick ca glue and brad nailed it together, zero glue dry time.
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5" wide and 5" tall, will also hold a quart can.
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It will go on the back of the bench flush with the top.
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Cleaned, and cleaned, and cleaned!!! 2 full days of cleaning. Then I broke into a safe! It was my safe, and it was empty.... So i bought a small safe at an auction, it had the door open, so I figured I could take the access panel off the back of the door, in order to se the wheels, to get the combination. I brought it home and unloaded it, had to run somewhere, and by the time I got home, my 8 year old had shut and locked the door! So i cut through the top, got the panel off, opened the door, figured out the combination. Now it needs to go to the local weld shop!
 
Yesterday's poly dried.
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2nd heavy wet coat.
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2 coats will be enough to seal it. It's just a mechanics bench.
 
djg said:
Man, that's too beautiful of a piece of ash to use as a workbench! I'd save it and find a piece of White Oak or boring Red Oak. How wide did you say it was?
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It's kind of a tapered slab, 15" on one end and about 18" on the other.
Too late, it's a workbench! It's what I had left over from 2 large ash logs I milled. The rest of it is becoming the woodshop workbench.
 
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