Chardt's Workshop

It’s a work in progress. I’m just starting out, so most of my tools are of the delta benchtop variety. Table saw, Band saw, Drill press, Craftsman router table, belt/disk sander, etc.

I have been devoting a lot of time to hand tools, recently aquiring several old hand planes off ebay and working on restoring them. I’m building hanging cabinets to hold all of the hand tools.

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I just finished this cabinet. I added a front to it, ran it through the tablesaw, added a Piano hinge, and a latch… The door holds a very old dovetail saw, and tenon saw as well as a gent handle dovetail, and razor saw, and 2 japanese saws, an old draw knife, and my spoke shaves.

In one of the Wood magazines someone made a really cool system behind their cabinet to hold their saw’s..which I emulated. The top 2 are Diston back saws, the 2nd from the bottom is a very old rip saw that I still need to get sharpened, and the bottom is a craftsman Crosscut saw that belonged to my Grandfather.

Here is the cabinet with my chisels, mallets and marking gauges. I also have precision squares, and calipers in cases.. I’m reorganizing it soon with better hangers, and better layout to hold more tools.

Here are the 2 mallets I made with a couple pieces from the wood pile. I loved the look of the wood, I just used a wire brush and chisel to pare off the bark. They are really well balanced, and they have a great heft.

Here is my collection of wooden planes that I’ve been restoring…

Here are the bench planes, and spoke shaves that I’ve cleaned up and sharpened. The yellow handled Jack plane is a hand-me-down from my father-in-law’s dad. the finger plane, and low angle are the only ‘NEW’ planes. The others are used ebay finds…all less than $10. Just some time cleaning and restoring.

-- When my wife ask's what I have to show for my wood working hobby, I just show her the splinters.