acanthuscarver's Workshop

Chuck,

Darn, man! The size of some of your machines are awesome.

I enjoyed the pictures.

Charlie M.

-- God makes the wood beautiful--I simply rearrange it to make it more useful, hopefully.

Chuck: Do you have real 3 phase or a rotoconverter. I’m assuming that the big metal is 3phase. A nice looking shop. You don’t like your wood burning stove.

Nice to see you back, How was the trip to the Popular Woodworking show?

-- What happens in the workshop stays in the workshop. No wait that doesn't sound right. Karson Southern Delaware karson_morrison@bigfoot.com †

Hey Chuck
Very nice shop with some killer equipment it has to be good for the kind of work you turn out good to see your cool shop thank for sharing.

-- Jim from Heirloom Woodshop Southern Oregon

Geez Chuck, is that an aircraft carrier? I bet you could land a C-130 in that jointer… You are a very (deserving and talented) lucky fella.

-- Jojo, shopless in Kyoto · http://twitter.com/kagushokunin

Karson,

I’m here fairly regularly…mostly lurking. PopWood’s shop is very cool. I wasn’t there for their recent LN event, maybe next time. I stopped in to check out their place a few months back. Check out my blog to see a little about what I thought.

Glen Huey is here in my shop this week and we’re having TONS of fun with the class. Check out the PopWood blog later in the week when Glen gives you his take on my machines.

Thanks to everyone for the comments on the shop. It’s coming along slowly. And yes, Jojo, you can land a C-130 on that jointer.

-- Chuck Bender, period furniture maker, www.acanthus.com

I was sure, my pilot eyes never lie about this stuff. :o)

Keep up the good work and stop making us envious, I really like Glen.

-- Jojo, shopless in Kyoto · http://twitter.com/kagushokunin

Chuck, GREAT looking shop…very nice lay out and great tools !!!

-- Don S.E. OK

Chuck: I won an autographed copy of one of Glen’s books, but he never autographed it. So suggest that he travel to Delaware on his way back to Ohio.

Hope you guys have fun this week.

-- What happens in the workshop stays in the workshop. No wait that doesn't sound right. Karson Southern Delaware karson_morrison@bigfoot.com †

Damn.. any width you want to work with your tools can take it. Nice to have those honkin’ machines and the space for them.

-- The smell of wood, coffee in the cup, the wife let's me do my thing, the lake is peaceful. http://web.me.com/deceiver6/Deceiver/Craftsman_on_the_lake/Craftsman_on_the_lake.html

Chuck,

This is great!! And I thought David Marks had a huge jointer!! I think if I had the machines you have, I’d never leave the shop, not to mention your lumber supply and expertise!! I’m so glad you made another posting, I think I speak for all of us when I tell you it’s great to see more of your work environment!! Keep on posting!!

-- Matt, Houston Texas

Some of your equipment is really very heavy.I personally think heavy equipment like your planer jointer is the best way to go you can’t beat weight for these tools/machines .So I am envious of your lovely big machines LOL ,anyway I am restricted myself as my workshop is at the top of a steep drive, then round to the back of my house, then up a flight of stairs, and a steep path to follow .So unless I bought something else as a workshop or anew hopuse which I don’t want to do,this would never do me.Sigh what a pity still I wish you every happiness kindest regards Alistair

-- excuse my typing as I have a form of parkinsons disease

Chuck you have a real neat shop.

-- CJIII Future cabinetmaker

Karson,

If you can make it up here by Friday afternoon, I’m sure Glen would be happy to sign the book. I might even be able to convince him to take a picture or two. Regarding the three phase equipment, I have a very large rotary converter. In my last shop I had real three phase.

Matt,

I’ll do my best to keep posting.

Thanks everyone for the comments.

-- Chuck Bender, period furniture maker, www.acanthus.com

Chuck: I might just try to do that, My wife is going to my daughters sometime Friday, so I might head your way.

Send me your address in a PM so that I can set up my GPS to get there.

-- What happens in the workshop stays in the workshop. No wait that doesn't sound right. Karson Southern Delaware karson_morrison@bigfoot.com †

Chuck, this is simply a wonderful shop in which to work and teach. It is wonderful to have this much space between the tools. And I like the wood flooring as well. That is so much easier to work on as opposed to concrete. Jojo beat me to the comment on the jointer. My 6 inch jointer is the one tool that I have the most respect for when I am using it. Running wood over a jointer like you have in your shop would definately be an eye-opening experience.

Thanks for posting pictures of your shop. It was enjoyable to be able to take a visual tour of it.

-- With God's help all things are possible- even woodworking. Woodworking is not just a hobby, it is an (expletive deleted) expensive hobby.

Chuck I got your address. See you Friday.

-- What happens in the workshop stays in the workshop. No wait that doesn't sound right. Karson Southern Delaware karson_morrison@bigfoot.com †

Chuck,

Thanks for the pictures. What a great layout you have and great space. The patterns on the wall speak volumes about your work. I noticed that some patterns are hanging on a peg and others seem roped/tied together. Any words of wisdom on storing patterns. I’m accumulating a bunch of them for chairs now and I’m interested in your thoughts.

Take care,
Jim

-- www.chairsbypaulson.com

Jim

The only advice I have regarding patterns is to start organized and stay organized. I’ve always tried to rope my patterns together for a single project. I then group the patterns on the hooks by furniture type. If you have the room, it makes it easy to find nearly any project.

Scott,

Thanks and running the jointer isn’t really that bad once you get used to it. Generally, I am the only one running it but there has been the occassional adventurous student who really wants to give it a try. It’s all about keeping your mind on the task at hand and following the safety rules.

-- Chuck Bender, period furniture maker, www.acanthus.com

Hi Chuck! Very cool shop with the cool tools to go with it! Your big planer joiner reminds me of a old monster of a machine that we had in shop at the college, it was an old shaper…....huge…..........I used it one time, after I got done with what I was working on ….................didn’t bother it again. I found other ways to do my work.

Robin Renee’

AKA….............Woodchic

-- Robin Renee'

Hey Chuck,
Excellent workshop, tools, machines and benches…....well done.

-- I will just keep doing it till I get it right.