RGtools's Workshop

Hey RG,
Cool looking shop with some real gems and lots of lumber to work with…nice Bow saw…well done.

RG, you have a pretty nice shop to work in. It looks like you have your lumber and off cut storage in good shape and you have a nicely organized shop as well. You have added a good looking bench to your shop. I applaud your willingness to go the galoot route. I have long neglected developing my hand skills but I do appreciate seeing others working on honing these traditional skills.

Thanks for the tour. I enjoyed taking a tour of your shop.

-- Challenges are what make life interesting; overcoming them is what makes life meaningful- Joshua Marine

Good eye on the bow saw. That’s my turning saw, I bought it mostly to shape my hand planes. I will be getting a tenon saw and a rip (5tipi) soon as they decide to ship them from Germany (6 weeks is a long wait). If you ever get a chance to use a sharp bow-saw do it. I was an instant convert, they cut scary fast.

Yep, definitely a galoot. I picked up an old copy of a Readers Digest Crafts and hobbies book years ago, the section on woodworking was dedicated to hand-making joints. I had done some woodwork before but it was always with the noise and dust, the book captivated me for days. I got started. I bought a bad set of chisels, stole Gramps’ block plane and a few scraps of walnut, bought an offset saw for joinery (yes I had no clue what I was doing) and set about making a mallet on a “workbench” with wheels. Still use that mallet, still tumbling down the slippery slope of handwork.

Grab a few good chisels, a block plane, and a $10 saw from sears ad cobble something together, you won’t stop.

-- Make furniture that lasts as long as the tree - Ryan

I can’t even think of doing work with all hand tools but the work still comes out real nice one of the boxes I did came out good and it was done with all hand tools which I forgot to mention but every time I look at it I see myself doing the work from start to finish and it puts me in a very calm state for some reason. ;)

-- Ike, Big Daddies Woodshop, http://www.icombadaniels@yahoo.com

It’s a very zen sort of activity.

I like the personal progress as you develop skills. I worked on a small alder shelf today for storing my “finer” tools. Just me some sharp edges and the wood. It’s hard to say why that’s so intoxicating, but it is. I only have two more pieces to to for the project and I will be finished. 1 hour maybe two left, I only worked for 4 today but a year ago, i couldn’t have got that far, or done that well. I made mistakes but I am happy knowing that next year, I will be making new ones instead.

-- Make furniture that lasts as long as the tree - Ryan

RG, thats a nice shop.

-- CJIII Future cabinetmaker

Got to love having another fellow galoot around here! Very nice shop and making your own planes I read, I’m impressed. Keep working because the secret ingredient to that magic, is practice and sweat.

Cheers
Oldwolf

-- Oldwolf - http://insidetheworkshop.blogspot.com/

Nice looking spread you have there RG. Looks like you have a good bit of stock to fulfill a lot of imagination.
You have a great looking shop.
Full of nice toys.

-- Superdav "No matter where you go - there you are." http://chiselandforge.com

I need to post some updated pics. I have been doing a ton of reorganizing as of late and the shop feel way bigger as a result. Thanks for stopping by Dave.

-- Make furniture that lasts as long as the tree - Ryan