18 hours ago, steven newman said:

There be a bench under there....somewhere?

We'll take your word for it!

Well...these 2 do need a stain brushed on, at least..

Might make them look a wee bit better?

24 minutes ago, steven newman said:

Well...these 2 do need a stain brushed on, at least..

Might make them look a wee bit better?

 

 Look good to me other than the Roman numerals. 

On 12/5/2021 at 3:38 PM, aaronc said:

What is that stuff in the jar? Just some type of oil?

It's boiled linseed oil.  I use that and paste wax on my tool handles.

On 11/11/2021 at 3:10 PM, steven newman said:

What's on my bench at the moment....

Too many of these things...

I have a friend that has between 300-400 planes.  Though is "working set" is 3 or 4.    Collector vs. user.

Right now?  just a mess...

At least all the chisels have been put back in the rack...

I thought this would be a good time to show "whats on my workbench" because I just cleaned and reorganized it. I know it don't look like the standard workbench and more like a jewelers bench. I no longer do large projects, NO ROOM. When I need a large working surface I have a piece of heavy plywood that I made to sit on top of my table saw.

Looks good Ron. If it meets your needs that's all that counts. I'm envious cause you can work in it during January. Far too cold here...gets quite expensive to heat in addition to the house, so closed about 1/2 of the year.

Ron, your bench/desk set up looks quite handy.

@Ron Altier, I have the same set up but on a steel desk.  It is never that neat.

 

 

13 hours ago, Grandpadave52 said:

Looks good Ron. If it meets your needs that's all that counts. I'm envious cause you can work in it during January. Far too cold here...gets quite expensive to heat in addition to the house, so closed about 1/2 of the year.

 My garage shop is attached to the house and I insulated all walls that are exposed to the cold and the door is an insulated door. It will stay around 50 degrees in there, except when it goes near zero outdoors. Kinda nice

 

1 hour ago, HandyDan said:

@Ron Altier, I have the same set up but on a steel desk.  It is never that neat.

 

 

Dan, it does look alot like my set up and about the same size work area. When the weather permits, I open the garage door around noon and the sun shines in most of the day

My primary shop is small 9 x 9' of floor space so I don't have a lot of room for clutter, or a real work bench.

 

My side Bench

This is what passes for a 'Work Bench" in this shop, a Workmate with a top

and the other non bench corner

 

36 minutes ago, frenchwwr said:

My primary shop is small 9 x 9' of floor space so I don't have a lot of room for clutter, or a real work bench.

 

My side Bench

This is what passes for a 'Work Bench" in this shop, a Workmate with a top

and the other non bench corner

 

Love your shop! I can relate to not much space!!

I have two other areas with larger woodworking equipment but both are unheated

Christmas present from my daughter. I'll get to it.

 

14 minutes ago, John Morris said:

Christmas present from my daughter. I'll get to it.

 

WOW!!

1 minute ago, lew said:

WOW!!

It appears close to being fit together as is, reality is there is a ton of work yet to be done on that Kentucky rifle. A ton of fitting and finessing and finishing. I may even get some carving into the stock. .50 Cal she is.

I have the same thing in .45 cal. Was a fun project. If I remember correctly from so many moons ago. 

 

Good score. Looking forward to seeing what you end up with.