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Just a couple quick workshop projects I knocked off today.
The first is a oak blade guard for my jointer. I just traced the old one, put a 1/4 pine spacer at the swivel end, and used the dowel from a foam brush for the pivot, The dowel is notched in the end to accept the spring to tension it.
The second is a lumber rack made from 2X4s and 1/2 inch ply, based on the design from Wood magazine, issue 160. The slats are movable and removable.
The last is something I desperately needed. All my screw drivers and most my chisels lived in a drawer. Just about the worst place for a chisel, and It would take far too long to find a screwdriver. I made a simple holder with holes and notches to hold the screwdrivers and chisels.
All in all nothing here is well built or groundbreaking but they are projects that made working it the shop nicer, and that’s good enough for me,
-- You know.... I think that old wood needs to be furniture.
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Dan Hux
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#1 posted 1284 days ago
very cool stuff,,sometimes having the spare time to tidy up is a good thing..I need a wood rack..
-- Dan Hux,,,,Raleigh, NC http://whitdaniel.com
degoose
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#2 posted 1284 days ago
Today is tidy up day here, then back into it.
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Beginningwoodworker
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#3 posted 1284 days ago
Great ideas!
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ChesapeakeBob
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#4 posted 1284 days ago
Nice job on your day off!
CB
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Woodwrecker
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#5 posted 1283 days ago
I’ve been doing the same thing.
Some shelves, boxes for parts, a tool rack attached to a cabinet I made and so on.
I like doing shop projects between project pieces.
I like that chisel rack/ screwdriver holder.
It looks like a birdhouse attacked by a crazed wood pecker !
Keeps’em in one place and nice and handy!
-- Eric
a1Jim
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#6 posted 1283 days ago
Good getting it together.
-- W James Brokenbourgh Custom furniture maker http://artisticwoodstudio.com/
clieb91
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#7 posted 1283 days ago
Good projects. I always like the real useful ones.
The chisel/screwdriver house is a neat idea.
CtL
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Hacksaw
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#8 posted 1283 days ago
projects for the shop are some of my favorite.Just keep in mind that the guard for your jointer was made from metal for a reason.
-- the most beautiful about a tree is what you can make out of it...even if that is only a fire!I hate raking
BeachedBones
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#9 posted 1283 days ago
Actually the stock blade guard is a rather flimsy plastic. I should carve out a finger hold like the original has to move the guard if needed.
-- You know.... I think that old wood needs to be furniture.
BTKS
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#10 posted 1282 days ago
What a great way to spend the day off. Like Hacksaw said, shop projects are some of my favorite too!
-- "Man's ingenuity has outrun his intelligence" (Joseph Wood Krutch)
Hacksaw
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#11 posted 1271 days ago
If the guard is plastic then you definately made an upgrade! What brand of jointer has a plastic guard? I just want to make sure I avoid buying that companies products.
-- the most beautiful about a tree is what you can make out of it...even if that is only a fire!I hate raking
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