YorkshireStewart's Workshop

Sounds like a wonderful shop. I would love to partake in the boot sales. I bet you come across some wonderful tools.

-- We must guard our enthusiasm as we would our life - James Krenov

Its not so bad. Looks like mine but better equiped. If it looked a picture perfect it wood be only for show. I partake the view of WayneC about the boot sales. Its a pity I can’t get my hands on some “old stuff”
Carlos Castanheira
South Africa
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-- carlos castanheira, South Africa

That’s not bad at all. You can walk in it. My old shop I had to shuffle sideways through most of it.

-- Gary, East TX -- The longest journey begins with a single step.

I like your shop, Stewart. Especially that chest of drawers in the first photo. I’ll bet that’s handy for storing all the small stuff. Your shop is about the same size as mine (11×19) and your work is a testament to what you can do in a small shop. Shop size and equipment does not equal craftsmanship. Looks pretty tidy to me. But we are always reorganizing and being creative to make better use of the small space, aren’t we?

-- Dust collectors suck.

Looks good Stewart! When does the apprenticeship start? It looks like your place has more nostalgia than Surfside Beach, South Carolina.

-- Tom, Surfside Beach, SC - Romans 8:28

Yorkie, I notice that you have inch markings on all your boxes.

Do you still use inchs for woodworking there?
Are things still available in inches there in the UK?

-- Gary, East TX -- The longest journey begins with a single step.

Or are the boxes very old.

Nice shop Stewart.

-- Karson Southern Delaware karson_morrison@bigfoot.com

Oh my, I have viewed the lathe of Stewart. I am humbled every time I see something from it.

-- Maplewood, MN

OK Tom, what about 50% surf & sun + 50% nostalgia? <g>

Gary and Karson – The long answer..it’s far from straightforward. 95% (approx!) of people think and live by imperial measures. Tradesman have had to go metric as drawings are done that way. Food is meant to be sold in kg but much of it (certainly ‘loose’ stuff) is asked for, almost universally in pounds and ounces. At a deli, cooked meat will be so much per 100g but almost everyone will ask for 1/4lb or half pound or whatever.
Cloth in a haberdashers will be bought as say 5 metres of 54” wide! Fruit and veg pricing (small traders, not supermarkets) seems to be drifting back to price per pound, from dual pricing.

Some years ago I asked for something like an eight foot length of 2×4 to be told: “Oh they’re metric feet so you’ll be a little short!” Honestly! What they regarded as a metric foot is 300mm.

And finally, my boxes. Some of the older contents will be imperial and I still think of a 1” screw or nail rather than a 25mm one. I tend to plan in inches but work in both inches and mm. Somewhere I saw reference to an imperial rule that divided the inches into 24. Best of both worlds?

-- Res severa verum gaudium - True pleasure is a serious business.

Hi Yorkie,

I apologize for just now getting around to viewing your shop. I really like the collection of hand tools that you use. This is one of the areas in which I am trying to improve as I have sorely neglected them over the years. You do have a cozy workshop but I could work it there (provided of course that I improve my hand skills).

By the way I have a great deal of respect for you with regards to your usage of both metric and english measurements. I can tell you without a doubt if I tried it I would design a piece in english measures and mark/cut it in metric units. :)

Thanks for the post.

By the way I enjoy discussions with English/Irish nationals. My sister-in-law is from and currently lives in Ireland. Whenever she visits I have to pause and think about terms such as boot, loo, cooker and take away. While we speak the same language there are some interesting translations that have to be made in both directions at times.

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