What's going on in your shop? Show us whats going on, and talk a bit about your work!

3x Skylark ready :)

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Steel: 80CrV2 3mm
Hardness: 60HRC
Scales: Sandblasted G10

How its looks ?
 
Nick... you okay, bud? I hope the folks who trashed your shop didn't find those video tapes you showed me in Atlanta.;)
 
Hey now you suckers, I didn't say it's always a mess, I said it isn't always tidy! :p :D

Here it is back to normal. I have to try to keep it like this, because the inside of my brain looks like those previous shop photos. :eek: ;)

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Still gotta trim around the top of the bench and decide if I want to mount that vise there or not... but other than that it's done. :)

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Wow, that sheetrock did wonders lighting up that area. I'll have to remember not to skip on that when I get/build a new shop.
That's a damn cool bench, the family history really makes it special.
 
NickWheeler said:
Hey now you suckers, I didn't say it's always a mess, I said it isn't always tidy! :p :D

Here it is back to normal. I have to try to keep it like this, because the inside of my brain looks like those previous shop photos.
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I know that feeling


That drywall makes a difference, it's brighter.


Did you screw the bench to the wall too?


I see this bench is higher than the other, what's up there ?
 
Been working on a new stand for my KMG to accommodate an extra-long work rest for jig grinding waterjet cut bush sword blanks.





This Little Rok is the first of my waterjet cut blanks to get ground on it. Still a bit of tweaking on my process with the new setup, but I think I'm most of the way there.

 
Thanks fellas. :) Family history almost always makes things better (in my book).

Sam- I was going to anchor it to the wall, but it wouldn't wiggle even before I loaded it down with stuff. So, at least for now, it's just sitting there. That's funny about the height, because I can see what you saw...but it's an optical illusion. The new bench on the left is actually 1/2" shorter than the one of the right. They're both "standing" height though.

centennial- Thanks! It's a WPA (Works Progress Administration) poster. My 100# Little Giant was actually purchased by the WPA for use here in Washington, and has a brass WPA shield pinned to the frame. :cool:

My old shop was literally 1/4 the size of this one, and that meant all space, including wall space, was at a premium... but I HAD to have the poster. So I made the frame as a shallow cabinet. Here are a couple pics of it from the old shop. :) It's a huge poster btw- 45" tall!

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James- that's a MAN sized tool rest! :D
 
NickWheeler said:
My Great Grandfather owned/operated a sawmill that was in the middle of the town I grew up in: The J.H. England Lumber Company. All of his sons worked for him, as did his daughter (my, now 91 years old, Grandma) and his son-in-law, John Wickert -RIP- (my Grandma's husband).


The mill has been long gone... LONG before my lifetime. Not a whole lot of things remain from that sawmill, other than all the boards in my Grandma's house. My parents own the other thing... a workshop building down the street from their home, that had been basically scabbed together with scraps from the mill by one of my Great Uncles (I think around 1955).

There was a 20' workbench that ran along one wall of the building (which is falling down now) with a top made of tongue and groove car-decking that they made at the mill. I don't know the exact production date for the car decking, but know for sure it was cut before 1951.

Because I am a sentimental fool, and I also thought the car-decking was kick-ass, I got the bench top. We brought it to my shop over a year ago (cut into two sections 9' + 11'), but never had/made time to do anything with it.

Lots of things converged in my brain just recently that convinced me to take a few day detour to get one of the benches built and put in place. That was opening a can of worms... :foot: but I expected it to be, and was prepared. ;)

It's pretty much buttoned up now, but here are some pics of the chaos.


These pics are also for those folks that I have somehow misguided into thinking that my shop is always clean and tidy. :eek: Like they say, 'ya gotta break some eggs to make an omelette! :)




OSB sucks up light like a sponge, and requires a miracle for a good paint job, so I decided I'll just throw sheetrock over it. The rest of the shop can wait longer, but the new bench is going to be parked here (probably till I croak) so it was a good time to rock the corner.

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Hey, my bench was starting to look like some of you other guys'. ;) :D

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The car-decking bench top and a man-sized dog ;)-

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Clearly a hurricane hit Washington! :D
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I had the bench almost halfway done at this point. The decking was just sitting on there, and there was lots of beefing up still to be done.

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Haven't had a chance to take pics of everything put back together yet.
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Looks a combo productive shop and employee lounge with the Neufs laying around! LOL
 
NickWheeler said:
James- that's a MAN sized tool rest! :D
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I have some man-sized mid-tech bush swords I need to be a-grindin' on. :D

I modified my test jig with polypropylene bearing surface sourced from a Wal*Mart cutting board, held on with the motley assortment of bolts I had around the shop. Slides much better without being too slick.





Shop Cat is so helpful...

 
Working on another finger-numbing razor. So far its at 2000 but I'm taking it back to 1200 for a proper satin finish after etching the logo and touching up the tail grind. Again, the scales are being held together temporarily with micro-screws as they were being fitted. Now that they are sure to work well with the razor, I'll finish shaping and sanding.

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NickWheeler said:
Hey now you suckers, I didn't say it's always a mess, I said it isn't always tidy! :p :D

Here it is back to normal. I have to try to keep it like this, because the inside of my brain looks like those previous shop photos. :eek: ;)

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Still gotta trim around the top of the bench and decide if I want to mount that vise there or not... but other than that it's done. :)

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That is a very nice looking and sturdy bench Nick. :thumbup:

Oh and thanks for posting pics ofter order has been restored. My anxiety level just went down a few notches. ;)
 
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