things to have in a shop

[Uncle T Knives]

What about a phone you can operate when bleeding or otherwise in trouble

Uncle T

 

[Jim Adams Customs]

air compressor. oh yeah, a calendar with pictures of nekkid wimmins.

Nekkid women calender are great for detecting Carbon Monoxide. When they get the fuzzy blurry Penthouse look to them. You need fresh air.

 

[Don Hanson III]

Mark, do you have ADD?

Best thing to have in the shop, is yourself making knives

 

[marekz]

And how much of this is actually needed to make a knife?

Not much- I guess all you need is steel/files/handle material/epoxy/etc..These are not all things we have to have to do our craft but just things anythings you have in your shop or would like to have .---thanks-marekz--and yes i do have a few mental disorders, but im really trying to work through them. Some days are much-much-much worse than others. Things like fresh air ( listed by BlackToe) is under ventilation system. thanks again-me

 

[Mike Quesenberry]

Fire extinguisher

Variety of files

Benching stones (ping David Wesner! what is the correct term here?)

$30 9x12 granite surface plate

good quench oil

Mill with a good vice

Are you referring to EDM stones? I use these to clean up the plunge area.

 

[DougSeward]

WD40, Cutting Oil. Acetone, Windex

 

[Patrice Lemée]

I found pants to be very useful myself.

Patrice

 

[69_knives]

wemins are a must,
+ a frig for beer or soda..........

This time of year we just put the beer outside.

For easy and cheap storage benches, search the classifieds for FREE dressers or chest of drawers or whatever you call them in your neck of the woods.

On a whim one day I decided to look, I called about 1 and it turned out the guy had 2 and he made me take them both. Both were in very good condition.

 

[Shawn fu]

I have my heavy bag set up not far from the grinder.....very handy

 

[marekz]

Shawn Fu what do you mean by " heavy Bag"?--thanks-marekz

 

[sidecutter]

Shawn Fu what do you mean by " heavy Bag"?--thanks-marekz

he's refering to his wife.

 

[Edro20]

 

[marekz]

thats some cold shiete-marekz

 

[Nathan the Machinist]

Are you referring to EDM stones? I use these to clean up the plunge area.

Yes and no. I'm referring to the polishing stones used after EDM - but they're been around a lot longer than EDM.

This is a place David turned me on to:

http://www.moldshoptools.com/catalo...&Web_Session=98cbdfce81a29f7518f5ea5be3b9a6e8

 

[marekz]

well that list looks fairly comprehensive--marekz

 

[jamiemackie]

Wet and dry paper for handrubbing.

 

[marekz]

thanks fgor all the imput--marekz

 

[marekz]

a cabinet that you can put your wood in to dry--with on roof that has holes and maybe a fan at the bottom--oh also maybe a 40Watt bulb.-marekz

 

[hellgap]

Beer fridge and Q Tips

 

[Dan Seaver]

Benches, angle grinder, cabinets, extra welding wire/welding rods, extra welder contact tips (mig), paint markers, soap stone marker, spray paint, a box of matches, allen wrenches, pipe wrench, metal cutting circular saw, a set of metric and standard wrenches, and rare earth magnets.