LJTV #1: Shop Tour

Scott -

Great video, cool creative space, and excellent shop tour! I can almost smell the sawdust and finish!

-- http://foldingrule.blogspot.com

Thanks Scott… It was fun to see your shop.. I am not sure I could go subterranean. You did a great job narrating.

-- -John "Do I have to keep typing a smiley? Just assume it's a joke." www.flickr.com/photos/gizmodyne

Styrofoam next to the furnace sounds pretty dangerous to me! Fire hazard, I’m sure!

You have pretty of lumber around, time for you to build somemore projects!

Stop it…Stop it…you’re making me dizzy! LOL.

-- Jesus is Lord!

Hilarious! Thanks for the tour. Now I’ll have to clean the garage…

-- "Bordnerizing" perfectly good lumber for over a decade.

Thanks for the tour Scott. Now I can tie a voice to your face, & writing.

You’re young yet, & have many years ahead of you to get your shop organized., & you have a lot more equipment to work with, than I had at your age.

Looks don’t count in a shop anyhow, it’s what you can make in it that counts.

-- -** You are never to old to set another goal or to dream a new dream ****************** Dick, & Barb Cain, Hibbing, MN. http://www.woodcarvingillustrated.com/gallery/member.php?uid=3627&protype=1

thank you for the tour!! I really enjoyed it.

Os, I didn’t know styrofoam was a fire hazard. Thanks for the tip.

-- ~ Debbie, Canada (http://www.execulink.com/~yohan)

Styrofoam is safe after covering with sheet rock, but bare it’s inflammable.

Scott I suggesr an exterior air intake to your furnace. I did mine with 2” PVC pipe. It’s less likely to draw sawdust into the burners. Air intake is code in most communities.

An exterior air intake eliminates drafts in your house, because you don’t have negative air pressure when your furnace is running. It also saves on the heat bill.

-- -** You are never to old to set another goal or to dream a new dream ****************** Dick, & Barb Cain, Hibbing, MN. http://www.woodcarvingillustrated.com/gallery/member.php?uid=3627&protype=1

Wonderful shop Scott. Great “stash” of wood. It must be great for a cold wintry day. Thanks for sharing. I’m very dizzy now for some reason…......

-- Carpe Lignum - Seize The Wood,

Cool tour, a lot has changed since I last saw it.. Thanks for the video.

-- Rob (A) Waxahachie,TX

Favorite quote, “It works. It hasn’t killed me.” That is the true “basement” shop. Thanks for taking the time to make the tour!

-- You can discover more about a person in an hour of play than in a year of conversation. (Plato)

The Styrofoam once covered the entire ceiling, held in place with drywall screws – caused many a head injury before I ripped it all down. It is only there while I turn or use the disc sander (and the thing isn’t running)

Thanks for that advice Dick, I’ll be asking them about that when they come back for the Fall cleaning.

-- I am always doing what I cannot do yet, in order to learn how to do it. - Pablo Picasso -- http://blanchardcreative.etsy.com -- http://snbcreative.wordpress.com/

I like the creepy stairs, looks like something from an old horror flick..

-- Rob (A) Waxahachie,TX

Many aspects of the basement can be very scary… I didn’t mention the basement addition off the back corner. spoooky!

I imagine that this’ll look very different when you’re next in our neck of the woods Rob, Perhaps we should to a tag team video while your here? “How Not to use a lathe”, or “bolo ball tips and tricks”?

-- I am always doing what I cannot do yet, in order to learn how to do it. - Pablo Picasso -- http://blanchardcreative.etsy.com -- http://snbcreative.wordpress.com/

AHA!... now the video is a little bigger… easier to read the random bits of text I cleverly posted to disguise any mistruths, or moments I misspoke…. cleverly hiding problems by calling attention to them!

-- I am always doing what I cannot do yet, in order to learn how to do it. - Pablo Picasso -- http://blanchardcreative.etsy.com -- http://snbcreative.wordpress.com/

Thanks to a little help from Mot, and some advice from our beloved whisperer of wood… you can actually read the text, and the resolution is way better.

Watch it again, for the first time!

I went downstairs last night with my little one, and she happily proclaimed “I’m in the movie!”

-- I am always doing what I cannot do yet, in order to learn how to do it. - Pablo Picasso -- http://blanchardcreative.etsy.com -- http://snbcreative.wordpress.com/

Just like a halloween fun house. Good job!

-- http://www.woodsongsfurniture.com

Great shop tour Scott. I have a Shopsmith 10ER like yours, and I love it. It was my grandfather’s, and it still works as well as the day he got it. I loved the intro to your video. Very nice.

-- John Nixon - Buffalo, NY - http://www.EagleLakeWoodworking.com

Scott, what a fun tour on a Sunday morning. My excuse is that my shop is only two months old and it’s still incubating. I know in mine a mother bear could loose her cubs, in yours you may find the ghost of Christmas past. You have given me the courage to start documenting the progression of my shop-to-be. Hmnn! and to think of all the beautiful work that has come out of your shop. Keep it up, johnt

-- jft

Thank you. Glad to provide entertaiment or inspirations in any way I can.

When my parents bought their house, there was a statue of Mary in the basement ceiling. We thought it would be a good idea to leave it there. Nothing as interesting (or fearful here) despite having a 125 year old house right near two cemeteries, versus my parents 20+ year old place in the ‘burbs. Though I didn’t sleep well our first Halloween (and first weekend actually staying here). After the first year, no worries even with my overactive imagination!

-- I am always doing what I cannot do yet, in order to learn how to do it. - Pablo Picasso -- http://blanchardcreative.etsy.com -- http://snbcreative.wordpress.com/

Great tour….brought back memories…..that looks so much like my Dad’s old basement shop, stone foundation, cobwebs and everything. I can almost taste it….eeewww….bad idea.

-- Bob, Carver Massachusetts, Sawdust Maker http://www.capecodbaychallenge.org

Yeah, I don’t really like spiders. There’s a statistic (urban legend perhaps) that we eat several a year.

I can’t recall ever having a one, though I did get to see a spider start capturing a gypsy moth caterpillar outside tonight. Took a few minutes of video as proof they are earning their keep. If they’re all working this hard to keep the shop bug free, I’ll let them stay (and promise not to eat them)

-- I am always doing what I cannot do yet, in order to learn how to do it. - Pablo Picasso -- http://blanchardcreative.etsy.com -- http://snbcreative.wordpress.com/

A real fun tour. I can’t help thinking of all the great projects those “scraps” will enable. Love the stair shot too.

-- Forget the health food, I need all the preservatives I can get !