What did you do “IN” your wood shop today?

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I thought I’d start a thread similar to the garage thread. There’s a “show off your woodworking “ thread but that kind of implies finished pieces. This thread can be for the works-in-progress, shop setups/changes and just about anything else you worked on in the shop.
I’ll start out with something just outside my shop door- sanding a slab of beli that I epoxy filled. It is going to be a seating bench top in our mudroom.
 

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Finished up the spline cutting jig that has been lingering on the back bench for way too long.
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Like many projects, there are a few things I changed during the build, and a couple things I’d do differently if I built a 2.0 version.

I’m running out room in my main area to store the larger jigs.
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I'm in. Great timely Thread.

Right now I don't have a dedicated wood shop or even an area in my workshop as my garage is set up for the rebuilding, maintenance and repairs of my motorcycles, car and truck.

However, over the past few months I've been buying and putting together a good amount of woodworking hand tools & equipment in preparation for various projects inside and outside our home as well future crafting. Today I added this WEN 7-1/4" Track Saw with the 110" track. At some point I will be taking one side of my garage/shop to house all the woodworking tools.

In addition to the current remodelling projects in our home, my project list for the garage will include the building of dedicated benches, mobile tool stands, cabinets, shelving, etc. 1768601769252.jpeg
 
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It is a Stew Mac D18 kit. The rosettes and purfling are their standard herringbone pattern. Maybe the pic is showing up blue but they are black and white.
 
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I needed a router template to cut openings for outlets in a kitchen island cabinet. Fired up the Shaper Origin and it's new accessory BenchPilot. 5 minutes later and we have a template. I continued working on other things while it did its job. It's very handy to have!

Quick video of it in operation: Shaper Origin and BenchPilot video

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manwithtools said:
I needed a router template to cut openings for outlets in a kitchen island cabinet. Fired up the Shaper Origin and it's new accessory BenchPilot. 5 minutes later and we have a template. I continued working on other things while it did its job. It's very handy to have!

Quick video of it in operation: Shaper Origin and BenchPilot video

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I've been thinking about buying blades specifically designed for that task with a multi-tool. For example,


I have never used one. I've seen the circular ones used but I have not personally used any of them.
 
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I've been thinking about buying blades specifically designed for that task with a multi-tool. For example,


I have never used one. I've seen the circular ones used but I have not personally used any of them.
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That might work okay in drywall, but I need to cut through 18mm hardwood plywood. I'll use a jigsaw to cut a rough opening and then a pattern bit on the router (using the jig) to trim to final size.
 
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manwithtools said:
That might work okay in drywall, but I need to cut through 18mm hardwood plywood. I'll use a jigsaw to cut a rough opening and then a pattern bit on the router (using the jig) to trim to final size.
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Yes, those cutting blades would do a horrible job on plywood.... I can attest to a very nice finish after using the technique you mentioned there.

Last time I did it I was making boxes out of solid wood to hold sharpening stones. Obviously my bit could also plunge into the wood and make a hole.
 
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Motorman55 said:
I'm in. Great timely Thread.

Right now I don't have a dedicated wood shop or even an area in my workshop as my garage is set up for the rebuilding, maintenance and repairs of my motorcycles, car and truck.

However, over the past few months I've been buying and putting together a good amount of woodworking hand tools & equipment in preparation for various projects inside and outside our home as well future crafting. Today I added this WEN 7-1/4" Track Saw with the 110" track. At some point I will be taking one side of my garage/shop to house all the woodworking tools.

In addition to the current remodelling projects in our home, my project list for the garage will include the building of dedicated benches, mobile tool stands, cabinets, shelving, etc. 1768601769252.jpeg
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I bought one of these and am quite happy with it.
My only complaint has nothing to do with the saw, but with my vacuum hose, which catches on everything when I'm trying to use it.
 
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Working on some trim I cut months ago and set aside.

Sanded everything down yesterday and gave it a coat of shellac primer, sanded it to 220 this morning and came up for some lunch/chores.

Will grab the nail gun in a few and trim out the windows I installed last summer...
 
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Years ago in the dark recesses of time I purchased some Ray isles mortise chisels
These have a lot of very interesting features to them such as a trapezoidal shape on the blade with oval very sturdy handles.


I built a handcut dovetail box to store these. In retrospect I kind of wish I'd purchased the 1/8 inch as well. So I've used them quite a bit and they still look essentially brand new so they've held up very well.

Somewhere in there I decided that I wanted somewhere to seeing chisels that have sides that are perpendicular to the back. Even though there are certain reasons that some people prefer the trapezoidal shape, I wanted some that were not.

Mortise Chisels Lie-Nielsen Toolworks

Designed with cabinetmaking in mind, these well-balanced Mortise Chisels are ground with parallel sides and are thicker than they are wide to help keep them straight in the cut.Made of A2 Tool Steel, hardened to Rockwell 60-62, cryogenically treated and double tempered. Hard Maple handles....
www.lie-nielsen.com www.lie-nielsen.com

So I bought some more mortise chisels. So then the question became, where should I put all my mortis chisels. The problem is that I had already built a box for my first three.

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I left room so that I could easily add more spots if desired, but, I made the unfortunate choice to glue the Cherry forms to the base. Also, that box is much taller than it needs to be but I don't feel like redoing it.

So I had five more chisels. I wanted to see if I could get into this box so I got creative. And I was in a hurry. And feels like I'm always in a hurry.

So I decided just to hack this together as fast as I could.

Step one, I grabbed some cheap soft wood, poplar, and I cut a shape to allow for the handles to fit and I simply glued in some hard maple guides to hold the blades where I wanted them

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Then I figured I could drop two more chisels between two of the ray isles chisels. If I was willing to carve a spot for them.

Some of that I did with regular chisels, some of that I did using a Dremel and a kutzal bit.

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1/4" Shaft - 3-Piece Kit, Very Coarse

Speed and Control? That’s right. This Kit will eat through anything so get ready to let the dust fly! Compatible with the following brands: Foredom, Dewalt, Makita, Milwaukee, Ingersoll, Chicago Pneumatic
kutzall.com kutzall.com

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Sloppy, but it works..

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So it is finally finished and all of my mortis chisels are stored in a single box.
 
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No pics but I did some test panels to learn how to do flocking. I have an old wooden machinist toolbox that is in need of some flocking.

Question for the group. How many only use their shop for wood working? Personally my shop is used for wood working, wood turning(when I can), metal working(machining and welding), mechanical repairs.
 
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BigMike782 said:
No pics but I did some test panels to learn how to do flocking. I have an old wooden machinist toolbox that is in need of some flocking.

Question for the group. How many only use their shop for wood working? Personally my shop is used for wood working, wood turning(when I can), metal working(machining and welding), mechanical repairs.
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I have a quite bit of experience with flocking. What “gun” are you using to apply the fibers?

My shop is used for anything and everything that I want to do.
 
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Jgaz said:
I have a quite bit of experience with flocking. What “gun” are you using to apply the fibers?

My shop is used for anything and everything that I want to do.
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I'm using a plastic squirt bottle but I am open to suggestions......new tool purchase ;) :ROFLMAO:
 
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BigMike782 said:
No pics but I did some test panels to learn how to do flocking. I have an old wooden machinist toolbox that is in need of some flocking.

Question for the group. How many only use their shop for wood working? Personally my shop is used for wood working, wood turning(when I can), metal working(machining and welding), mechanical repairs.
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My "wood shop" is also boat storage, outboard motor repair, diesel truck repair, general automotive repair, metal shop, it's really used for whatever I'm working on. I do a lot of vacuuming/ cleaning and shuffling of equipment (everything is on casters) depending what I am working on. It's only 18x30 and I keep a 21' bass boat in it. I either move the equipment out or the boat out, project and weather dependent.

I've done 1 flocking project, a corner shelf for my Blanton's collection. I used this one..

Mini Flocker Fiber Applicator (#935)

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BigMike782 said:
Question for the group. How many only use their shop for wood working? Personally my shop is used for wood working, wood turning(when I can), metal working(machining and welding), mechanical repairs.
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Nothing but woodworking/turning in my shop, I have an unheated single car garage up next my house for metalwork. There's way too much combustable stuff in the woodshop to be welding etc. in there.
 
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BigMike782 said:
No pics but I did some test panels to learn how to do flocking. I have an old wooden machinist toolbox that is in need of some flocking.

Question for the group. How many only use their shop for wood working? Personally my shop is used for wood working, wood turning(when I can), metal working(machining and welding), mechanical repairs.
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Mine is 99% a woodshop only, but occasionally
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Sorry for the delay on the promised pictures.
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I probably bought this spray gun in the late 80’s or early 90’s.

IIRC this was the “deluxe” model. i think they also offered a more basic model that @SMOKEYBEAR
provided a link to.

I took a bandsaw box class at the ShopSmith store and the gun I bought was the one we used during the class. I guess I stuck with what I knew.

Not sure if the machinist chest you are doing is a user or a display piece, but for the three chests I’ve built that are in daily use I used replaceable (if necessary) sheet felt.
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No worries on the delay, I find it hard going to the shop during the week with the weather like this.
Hmmm, maybe I should look into something better than what I have now.
The box I’m fixing was a FBMP find. I’m not even sure what I will end up doing with it. It had felt in it when I got it but it was very poorly installed. I’m leaving the drawer bottoms bare tin and flocking the inside center panel of the front cover and maybe the bottom of the top storage area.
 
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Setup the jigs and drilled 10 doors, then brought them upstairs and mounted them (temporarily).

Got a few more to do, then need to setup to batch sand and spray.

Maybe I'll finally finish this kitchen remodel after 10yrs...
 
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Been working on this for about 3 weeks now, a friend had purchased some chunks of old fir bowling alley, I had made a counter for her last year from one of the chunks, this time I made an 8 x 2 ft bar table. Welded legs rustoleum black and several coats of satin polyurethane
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pulled apart, milled, and and in the process of gluing
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glued up in 2 sections, easier to handle through the sander
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glued and sanded, 1/4 roundover applied to top, 1/8 roundover to bottom
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