4 hours ago, Cal said:

Some people might do this on a computer, I prefer the notepad

A good idea to have a record of some kind.  I use 3 inch thick 3 ring binders..  My memory at times can really show the holes....

My little hip pocket sized pad has 1/4" gridded pages. Great for quick plans and notes.

 Since my go to finish is comprised of only two products, there's no need....yet...to commit it to paper. 

 

got this today finely getting Brother replaced his and passed it on to me. Not what I was saving up for, But then I am very happy to have it. before all I had was an old miter box I have had since the 80's. has been used and abused you could say. Just used the old one on a project on our deck and to make a new step from the lower deck to the upper deck. Took all day with the old saw. Now I got to go have some scap wood I need to run through the new one

Looks like a good saw Phil, now you can make sawdust much quicker... and in vastly larger quantities  and scatter it around to boot!

Hey....I can actually SEE my bench!

Well, may have been a dream, just a dream.....

Something always gets in the way...

New project just left the drawing broad and hit the bench today. after lose the old house in the fire I also lost my drawing broad. I loved that broad. now that we are in the new house and the deck I have been working on is about done. get back to my art. I needed a desk top  type of drawing table not enough space for a bigger one. it will be a 25X25 inches.

 

I kind of have the plans in my head for what I am wanting, It custom made to fit my desk. I have seen some cheep ones at the art supple store but they just look cheep and feel cheep.

 

Any way before the heat took over today I got most of the frame cut out.

 

now just need to find a drill press that I can use.

2 hours ago, Phil Chestnut said:

New project just left the drawing broad and hit the bench today

Really like that design!

I think you'll like the Hitachi. Smooth and acurate. If it has the Hitachi blade on it, I'd recommend you replace it with a Freud but otherwise a good saw.

I really like your old saw and I think that you'll find in some situations, you will prefer it over the power saw.  Such as if you want to miter a corner, it will be easier on your old saw.  That is a really nice one.  Never could afford one.  But, you will certainly enjoy the convenience and speed of that new one.  Please be sure to not get a finger under that spinning blade.  It will remove them quickly...before you feel the pain.

23 minutes ago, FlGatorwood said:

I really like your old saw and I think that you'll find in some situations, you will prefer it over the power saw.  Such as if you want to miter a corner, it will be easier on your old saw.  That is a really nice one.  Never could afford one.  But, you will certainly enjoy the convenience and speed of that new one.  Please be sure to not get a finger under that spinning blade.  It will remove them quickly...before you feel the pain.

I am proud of my knew saw that I won't lie about. but who said anything about retiring my old saw. weas for te new one My Bother takes care of tools like me, we learned from our dad. the tools he had he used to make a living with so they where taken care of.

41 minutes ago, Al B said:

I think you'll like the Hitachi. Smooth and acurate. If it has the Hitachi blade on it, I'd recommend you replace it with a Freud but otherwise a good saw.

Embarrassed to say I haven't looked to see what kind of blade my bother left on it other than he said it was a couple months old. we used it on the new deck broads for the deck. cut through them like butter

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Over a year ago, I took apart my old workbench, intending to make a few changes, but it was too far gone. Since then, I've been using some 3"x6" planks laid over two saw horses. Well, a week or so back I went to the big city with my son to pick up a jointer for him. The man selling the tools told us that his father had passed away ten days before, and he (and his brother) were clearing out the house in order to put it on the market. He's an airline pilot, and not overly familiar with tools. His father had been a cabinet maker by profession, and had an assortment of tools in his basement workshop. Pretty much everything was for sale. What REALLY caught my attention was the old workbench. 8' long, 3' wide, as solid as a rock and the perfect height for planing (I'm on the short side). It also had a very solid old vise. I asked what he wanted for it, and was told that if I wanted it I could have it! An hour later it was in the pickup, headed to its new home. I know it's too big for my basement shop, but figured I could cut it down to about 7', and slightly narrower, but for now it's set up in the garage, where it MAY reside permanently. Like me, it shows its age, but I understand every scratch and gouge on it, and I doubt I could ever change it. After all, it tells the story of an 84 year old Austrian cabinet maker who obviously loved to work with wood. May he rest in peace.

John

No way ! Such a deal ! 

John...Pleeeeze don't cut it down.

1 hour ago, Gene Howe said:

John...Pleeeeze don't cut it down.

Ditto!

Wow!  I think that you have officially challenged @steven newman for the bandit moniker!

I would try to expand the basement before cutting this down...

What a find John, congratulations!

16 minutes ago, John Morris said:

Ok I'll bite, what is it? 

41 minutes ago, Larry Buskirk said:

Ok I'll bite, what is it? 

Nuttin much, just in the spirit of this topic, a hit and run shot of my bench.

 

25 minutes ago, John Morris said:

Nuttin much, just in the spirit of this topic, a hit and run shot of my bench.

 

Gotcha!