Last summer i built an 8×10 shed behind the house to get my mowers off my carport, and garden tools out of my basement that was made for midgets, i think. This was built with hopes to be able to work out of it, though i doubted I would be able to do much. After the 48” cut rider and the push mower got parked inside, i had no room to do anything, but at least i got some stuff out of the way?

The building was made from materials i had on hand from various remodeling projects, and from dismantling a house last summer. I built it in that last couple hours of daylight left after spending 8-10 hours on the dismantle about every day, little by little. Got it sided just before winter set in, on 3 sides anyway, i knew i would have to either build a leanto on it or add on, so left just the sheathing bare on one.

So i decided i would add a 10×10 section onto this older building as another stopgap till i can afford the time and cash for a real shop. The weather broke last week, and we have had some wonderful weather to work outdoors. so last Friday i started. i didn’t take much in way of pictures as I am flyin solo on this and trying to use all the daylight i can afford.

The base is 5×5 and 2×5 rough oak beams, from the house dismantle, all notched, glued (Wood Liquid Nail) and lagged together. Do i get galoot points for doing all the cutting with handsaws and chiseling clean? I hope so, cause that’s basically all I’m gonna be doing on this project, those beams are hard!

The windows are from the old house, and i know there are no headers, other than a half inch to 3/4 inch difference they fit between my 24” oc studs so there will be no weight bearing on them. That’s my reasoning anyway, feel free to inform me if there is another reason for them. The walls are different height due to saving myself the trouble of having 2 different roof lines. the lower wall is set at the height to compensate for the extra 2’ on that side. and keep the same pitch. Seems to be a simpler solution to me. there is a hole in the floor, as i ran out of big enough piece of scrap and refused to buy another sheet, the hole will be under a cabinet workbench so i figure i will just leave it, maybe use it to shove dust in if i can.

No floor insulation, not in the budget, but i will be mortaring highway rock ( local highway always has good rock to build limestone walls from, in the cutouts) under and around the base, and i will mound dirt back up around, hoping to seal the space and maybe that will work. I am sure I may be over or under building some aspects, but at the moment it is rock solid, i climbed up on it today and tried shaking it loose after i put up the last wall section, didn’t budge. All walls built and installed in last 24 hours. The rafters are 75% cut and ready to be put together and installed tomorrow, would have gotten further today but had to take nephew to ball practice. they calling for rain tomorrow, hope the weatherman is wrong i have 5.5 days till my next boat trip and i hope to have these with a roof and sheathed before i go.

the shared wall will be removed once i get it mostly sheathed and roofed.

edit: i ended up doing more handtool work on the old outside rafter so i could butt the front wall up to original studs, used brace with a spade bit to get majority of notch cut out and a chisel to clean it out. I also had to plane down the floor beams to knock out the high spots.

So I stripped the rest of the japping,repainted with several coats of Hammered Rustoleum. Replaced the wood with walnut pieces crafted by TerryR and acquired 2 piece brass screws. Lapped the sole, which was amazingly flat to begin with, shined the sides up. The port side was square to sole, starboard was toed in just a bit, nothing i can do about that. Painted the cap with Chevy Victory Red,its what i had handy from touching up my bumper on my truck. Not sure if that’s “true to form”, had no indication of former paint, but I like the look. I tried to smooth and shine the “lips” on the casting but still needs more work, break out the Dremel once I refind it, and touch it up. Still working on my sharpening skills so at the moment lacking some shavings pics due to that and the general chaos around the place.

The grain of the Walnut pieces from Terry is awesome, got to love it. I finished them with BLO and wax only. Thanks for all the wonderful advice the many members of this site contribute.

they both in rough shape hopefully can make them into something
look to be made by Sargent?

#6

#4

so i took the 6 apart

Tote is missing the top tip, knob is grungy, both gonna get stripped/sanded.
Lots of rust all over, the japping/paint is 70% shot.

blade rust looks bad, but no pitting that i can tell

more later..

9 1/4” x 2.5” #4?

blade and chipbreaker lookin a bit rough (had some bits of wood stuck between them when i took it apart)

Millers Falls?

Craftsman 107-37034, plastic knob and tote

lapped the sole on some 120 grit to see where i was with it

took everything and gave it all an evaporust bath and gonna go from there

Ready to get home and relax and hopefully start up some self imposed tasks. The familydo list is pretty substantial though.

I have some packages in the mail, or already at the house that i get to unwrap though and play with. 2 new saws to practice dovetails, one is japanese, so i can see how they work
few new. Planes, a craftsman #4 that needs the rust knocked off it, a stanley handyman #4 ready to be used, supposedly, bought to break down some of my recycled poplar
, and a bright shiny reatored #8 t11 stanley that i may drool on for a couple days, thanks to a fellow LJ.

Armed with new knowledge and enthusiasm i hope to make these tools familiar parts of my hobby’s arsenal

But i gotta get off thia noisy, cramped up, diesel smelling, floating boat of steel.

Things i want to get done:
Build a workbench with a real tight budget
learn house to handcut a dovetail
Get better at tuning, using my handplane
buy a decent tablesaw
build a shop to work in…

Projects ive been “commissioned” to do soon:
Build 16yr old niece a tilting/drafting desk that she can take to college. I took her to woodcraft once, she fell in love with a Wenge board.. oh my Finish remodel of brothers bathroom, all thats left is trimwork, has a bunch of 1×4s and wants me to make with router.. ok
build my cook a buildin bookahelf in his house

Im sure there are others im forgetting

Things i need yo do:

Finish my kitchen remodel, which entails almost everything else.
install 200 amp breakerbox in house, turn old 100 amp into subpanel. Finish electric in house.
Add onto house, box in carport, fix roof of carport Go through all the wood salvaged from last summers house diamantle and remove remaining nails and other hardware, seperate and get it out from under tarps when weather breaks Build a “leanto” on side of my 8×10 shed for my mowers so i can get rider off carport.

Like i said, just a dumping thoughts, being out here, goin on 10 years, its a whole nother life, tryin to keep things sorted out betwren both lives

2 of these are Stanley planes, the third i have no idea, maybe someone can enlighten me.

Stanley Bailey #5

Stanley #120

and the Mystery plane ( coloring maybe Craftsman?, based on bench vice that has the same)

gonna take these apart one by one, try to sharpen the blades (if possible) clean and possibly repaint them, any advice or ideas on how to do such would be appreciated.

found Don W’s blog’s and doing some research:
http://lumberjocks.com/donwilwol/blog/24092

I grew up as a farmer, cattle, pigs, chickens, tobacco, milking to some extent as well. My papaw on my fathers side taught me those skills, as well as other things. My maternal grandfather was a handyman, businessman, and teacher. He taught me many different things. Repairing things around the house, fixing lawnmowers, and woodworking.

I used to hang out with him, when i was out of school, doing these things. He lived a couple hours away so didnt see him all the time. Some of my earliest memories involve us being in his small ga

rage refinishing furniture and or down the street working on lawnmowers at his friends garage. Sadly he passed on about 12 years ago, lost him to cancer.
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I have held a variety of occupations which have taught me a lot of skills. Farming, landscaping (college major), some construction, wholesale salesperson/delivery, and now tugboating (mechanic). Many other odd jobs here and there but I have always had a knack for fixing or creating things.

A couple years ago, after finally convincing my grandma that the tools in my grandfathers shop were doing nothing but falling apart. I grabbed up most of them and been slowly getting them back in shape. Bad part is that i dont have the room to store or use them all. I have been remodeling my house room by room but i lack a garage or outbuilding to have a shop. I have basement, but i am 6’1” and i barely can stand up between the joists.

A month or two ago i acquired a job to dismantle an old house for some friend of the family. This house is pushing 100 years old, and though the floor is about to fall through, all the lumber above the floor joists is solid. I worked out a deal that i would dispose of all the scrap, for the right to get all the lumber. So long story as short as i can make it, this lumber is going to be used to add onto my house and to build me a garage/shop. The ball is rolling!

This is just been a long ramble but i wanted to set the stage, so to speak.