1233 days ago
by Todd A. Clippinger |
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I Am On Fire!
It was -15° outside but I was burning up in the shop with an intense desire to organize the lumber rack and get rid of extra stock.
This was the last of three projects that I started during the Christmas/New Years week. 1. Sheet the last unfinished wall with plywood.2. Create a sheet goods organizer3. Organize lumber rack and get rid of extra lumber
Here is the before picture of the lumber storage area.
But take a look at the lumber and sheet goods area now!
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716 days ago
by GMatheson |
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I was out strolling the yard sales looking for an old Stanley handplane to restore but instead I came across two old Disston handsaws for $10 each. I personally don’t have many antique tools but have been thinking about starting a little collection lately so I picked them both up and took them home. When I got home I went on to the disstonian institutes website and found the saws I had just purchased.
The first saw is a D8 that I dated between 1896-1917. It has the handle with the th...
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1570 days ago
by MyOldGarage |
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Ok—two success stories last night. I got rid of one cheesy (cheap) toolbox that I bought years ago for the princely sum of $40 . . . some happy owner has a new $10 toolbox for his grandson. The most important part is I have more floor space! As you can see in the recently updated Sketchup drawing . . .I need it!
So the plan is to keep on selling/giving away/trashing what I don’t need. Thus far I’ve discovered that if you put it on Freecycle/Freebie type listings p...
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565 days ago
by Brit |
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This saw plate is remarkably well preserved for its age, but it could benefit from a clean. I gathered the stuff I thought I might need, but all I used was the 3-IN-ONE degreaser foam, the Hammerite Rust Removal Gel, the green scouring pad, kitchen roll, and wet and dry paper (more than you see in the picture below).
I start by spraying the plate with the degreaser. I have found that the rust remover works better on the first application if the surface has been degreased first.
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1481 days ago
by MyOldGarage |
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So this weekend we finally got the dust collector over in the final spot. I was anticipating perhaps working on my son’s gun rack, but he had other plans this weekend . . . but I knew I was going to need to do something about the dust collector hoses. When I moved the dust collector over the other night I noticed that the inlet side of the chip collector happened to fall right between the furnace ducts – the supply and returns. This gave me a great idea about running the 4 inch...
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446 days ago
by hhhopks |
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This is part of III of the blog series where the vise is disassembled and cleaned.
Disassembly:I would like to take the vise apart, however it looks like I have to take a compromise. I decided to disassemble the vise as much possible. Once the pin at the rear of the vise was tapped out, I was able to tap the rear guide plate out.
Once that is out, the back jaw assembly slides out easily. Now you could clearly see the threaded shoe. I also noticed there is a spring on the fr...
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348 days ago
by jjw5858 |
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Hey gang hope your weekend was enjoyable. It was a rather humid and….crowded day in these parts of NJ…LOL.
But I was happy to get back home from the traffic way back in the woods and on route to my shop to fire up the wire wheel, WD-40 and spirit of better times and clean some nice auction finds for the tool tote!
Let’s take a look at some of the pics!
Pic 1-2:
Found this very cool Disston keyhole saw in an old tool box at the auction this weekend….it was o...
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1829 days ago
by Mike Lingenfelter |
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After ripping a bunch of somewhat “wet” Douglas Fir for my workbench, the blade on my table saw was pretty gummed up. It was time for a good cleaning. When I clean my saw blades I keep it simple and use Simple Green. It’s able to clean off most of what can get on a saw blade.I saturate both sides of the blade with Simple Green and let set for about 15 minutes. I then use an old toothbrush to scrub the residue off. I also use a glove, because the teeth are sharp and we want to work safe. ...
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432 days ago
by hhhopks |
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No different then painting the house. The trick is the preparation. That is the part that takes the most amount of time. The actual painting part goes very fast. I took the time to mask off the area that I didn’t want get painted. I didn’t want to have to scrape off the over spray. I took the time to mask off these areas. Tape and newspaper were used. Since my wife had previous compliant about my can spraying projects in the basement, I am doing in the garage with the garage door open...
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1235 days ago
by Todd A. Clippinger |
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On a Roll
After organizing the sheet goods I moved on to the lumber rack.
I did not get as much done as I would have liked because I had to go look at a job and I ended up making a couple of models for beam wraps and a light trough.
I got the three small shelves that hold stock up to 48” cleared off. I only kept the stickers for lumber and some blocks that hold projects off the table for finishing.
I discovered the T-tracks that I intended to install on my bench and chop...
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