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I'm not surprised at the pics of the pencils and rules. You have a soft spot for that stuff don't you ?
Thisistimm
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Man I love that.
I could look at photos of peoples work spaces for hours. In fact I have. It’s such a neat sort of self portrait you could walk threw.
Awesome.
I could look at photos of peoples work spaces for hours. In fact I have. It’s such a neat sort of self portrait you could walk threw.
Awesome.
smokey0810
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Badass. Thanks for sharing Ryan.
Nobody-named-Olli
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Cool!
Kind regards,
Olli
Kind regards,
Olli
Small Craft Hawaii
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Yeah, I thought that was a very kind way to look at my shop too! Honestly, the pics are about as clean as the place ever gets and it’s way worse a lot of the time. Still, I love it. It was fun to have Ryan’s eye capture the little things that I dig having around.
Just returned from Kauai last nite. Wonderful place. Had the all ten of the family together for the trip. We did the Blue Ocean Zodiac tour of the Na Pali Coast, Hanalei, Poipu Coast and Waimai Canyon. Regrettably, I am not a surfer, but it was fun watching.
The BO Napali Tour was great but it kicked my ****, but I’m 76 so I did okay. Conditions were good. That girl could drive that boat!
The BO Napali Tour was great but it kicked my ****, but I’m 76 so I did okay. Conditions were good. That girl could drive that boat!
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M.Brane
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I thought I had a lot in my 20x20. That place is packed, but still useable.
Aloha, Steve! Ex-kamaaina here, looking forward to my next annual trip home to Oahu and the Big Island. Your Surfboards Hawaii sticker takes me back!
Small Craft Hawaii
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Right on. Glad you had a fun trip. That part of the coast in a Zodiak would be an *** kicker at any age!
Aloha,
Steve.
Small Craft Hawaii
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Glad you are able to make it back to the islands regularly. Where are you now? We were on the run from lava on the Big Island (Puna) and ended up here on Kauai. We really miss that place and the people. Although cramped, I’m not taking this two car garage for granted, especially after living off the grid for a while!
Aloha,
Steve.
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Just. One. More. Rusty. Thiiiing .….Ahhhhhh CRAPALANCHE…..
M.Brane
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Fortunately foam, and fiberglass don't rust.
Just Puttering
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Great shop, and thanks for the detailed photos so that I could zoom in to enjoy the layers and layers of interesting tools and history.
karoc
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Nice, I live such boring life and your friend living it to fullest. Good friend have
BetterDays
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Love to see life being lived to the fullest.
It has been on our list to get back to Hawaii for Maui and Kauai, but life keeps interrupting. Had actually started planning our 10 year anniversary to return, but we never fully scheduled it (and thankfully did not due to life things that happened to occur while we would have been on vacation.
We visited Oahu (2 nights, primarily to see Pearl Harbor) and then Big Island (Volcano 3 nights for hiking/sightseeing; 3 nights in Waikoloa at the resort to finish the honeymoon). We met some great people in Volcano and around that area and learned it is colder/wetter than we expected.
Enjoy life on the island and thank you for investing time into the next generation!
It has been on our list to get back to Hawaii for Maui and Kauai, but life keeps interrupting. Had actually started planning our 10 year anniversary to return, but we never fully scheduled it (and thankfully did not due to life things that happened to occur while we would have been on vacation.
We visited Oahu (2 nights, primarily to see Pearl Harbor) and then Big Island (Volcano 3 nights for hiking/sightseeing; 3 nights in Waikoloa at the resort to finish the honeymoon). We met some great people in Volcano and around that area and learned it is colder/wetter than we expected.
Enjoy life on the island and thank you for investing time into the next generation!
Krash Kadillak
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Very cool garage, Steve.
Some thoughts....
- I've got one of those 'triangle' rulers from when I took a lot of drafting in HS, but the only usable scale to me is the 'inches', but it's divided into TENTHS instead of sixteenths. Why do that?
- Skateboards....... Had a lot of fun in the 60's on mine. Never got real good with tricks, etc, but I enjoyed it. I like the IDEA of riding one again, but at 73, I am very 'risk-adverse'. Probably not a good idea.
Thanks for the great post, Ryan.
Some thoughts....
- I've got one of those 'triangle' rulers from when I took a lot of drafting in HS, but the only usable scale to me is the 'inches', but it's divided into TENTHS instead of sixteenths. Why do that?
- Skateboards....... Had a lot of fun in the 60's on mine. Never got real good with tricks, etc, but I enjoyed it. I like the IDEA of riding one again, but at 73, I am very 'risk-adverse'. Probably not a good idea.
Thanks for the great post, Ryan.
Jim_No_Garage
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I'm 59 and remember when "sealed bearings" became a thing and "urethane" wheels. I'd love to ride a cruiser board but it would need to be beffed up for the extra 50# I'm carrying around these days.
Thanks for sharing Steve's shop.
In socal now. Wife and I moved here for work over 25 years ago. I find few things more relaxing than just sitting by the window of my wife's parent's house in Waimea, sipping kona coffee and watching my daughter feed the cows. It's a great little town, if you don't mind the chill.
ned911
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My wife (RIP) was Hawaiian, we used to travel to Oahu 4-6 times a year. Haven't been since she passed. One of our favorite things was to get local breakfast at the Waimanalo McDonalds and eat on the beach at Laumilo first thing in the morning.
rlitman
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Me too. But paper for so many of us is the magical place where ideas turn into reality.
There are two styles of these rules. Engineers use ones that divide in tenths, and Architects use ones that divide in fractions (or ratios depending on how you look at it).
Rolleiflex
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Great use of space! It reminds me of my own two-car garage. As one friend put it "I can tell this just didn't happen overnight; you're intentional about how things are grouped".
@Small Craft Hawaii, do you have ties to the Seattle area? I spy Ivar's clam chowder cups and a ****'s Drive-In cup.
@Small Craft Hawaii, do you have ties to the Seattle area? I spy Ivar's clam chowder cups and a ****'s Drive-In cup.
Danno1
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And another style which pattern maker's use that have the measurements scaled by the amount that different metals shrink as they cool in the mold.
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rlitman
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Shrink rules in a triangular form? I can't say I've seen that, but I could see that being useful.
inphx
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"as it should be" feels like home
Small Craft Hawaii
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It‘s fun to pass along the what I know about making things to the next generation. I learned most of it from old timers. I’m getting there!
Small Craft Hawaii
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I think once you know the FEELING of riding a skateboard, you can tap into it in your MIND. The reality, on the hand, can HURT. Haha. I‘m glad others on here can chime in about the scale rulers. Much better answers than what I can come up with. I never knew about a pattern maker’s scale!
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”You got a good eye, man”. Yep I spent 20 years in Seattle. I grew up in Spokane. Hit the road for a few years. Maine, Maui, Colorado, Gulf Coast Alabama and then settled somewhat randomly in Seattle in ‘89. Met a local girl, fell in love and then she dragged me to Hawaii 20 years ago. Things have worked out great! When I’m back in Seattle I always hit the Ivar’s on North Lake. ****’s in Wallingford is a short walk from my Mother in Law’s. ****’s in Spokane (not related) is another experience all together. Sketchy but I love it. Haha. How about you? Are you in Seattle?
Rolleiflex
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Nice! I went to school and lived in Renton for many years until coming to Austin in '99. ****'s was a usual stop, often times after a concert at the Underground in Ballard, and went to the ****'s in Spokane a few times over the years. Ivar's is still a must anytime I get back up there which is unfortunately not as often as I'd like.
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At least i am not the only one who likes to wonder around other peoples shops to see what they are working on, how they go about it, and what they have and the methods they use. I find myself at estate sales for hours pouring over other men's old workbenches pulling out keepsakes, novelties, and random items the workbench owners thought were worth saving. Many things most will overlook pass by or simply not consider. I actually enjoy standing in front of old work benches trying to absorb what the owner thought and felt in the safe space we occupy in our own quiet private zen space.
Meursault74
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Thanks for the inside look.
Now I'll put on the safety cap. Barefoot in a shop (pic#1)?
Now I'll put on the safety cap. Barefoot in a shop (pic#1)?
Banjorear
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Great story. Love dudes like this. And thank you for the link to his radio show. I loved it. If you dig his show, I think you would also dig Music to Spaz By w/ Dave the Spaz on WFMU. He is live on Thursday nights at 9:00, but archives all his shows and you can get them on the station's homepage or through their app. Highly recommended.
bulletpruf
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Man, I miss Hawaii! I lived on the beach in Waialua (North Shore of Oahu - next door to Haleiwa) for 2 years. Taught myself how to surf at Haleiwa Beach. Watched The Eddie in December 2004 at Waimea Bay, standing a few feet away from Dennis Hopper. Damn near died at Chun's Reef one day; got caught in the impact zone when an enormous set came in. Swam with the sea turtles on a regular basis in my "backyard."
Took the below pics of my rental house when I was there TDY a few years ago. It's a $50,000 house on a $4,000,000 piece of property.
Took the below pics of my rental house when I was there TDY a few years ago. It's a $50,000 house on a $4,000,000 piece of property.
Yeah me too. These instruments are the tools that allow people to plan, design, layout our plans. Even if it's just jotting down a to-do list or materials list for a project or our everyday tasks.
I always keep a box of Sikao (Japanese) rollerball 0.5 mm pens at work (cheap for their quality) and give them out to coworkers sometimes. Most people have never put any thought into a writing instrument and just use a 12 cent Bic piece of ****. They think it's normal to have to fight a pen to get it to write at all -- let alone in a quality way.
Steve's shop is cool. Might give the tool polishers an OCD attack.
With all the patina from years of use.Krash Kadillak
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We did the Zodiac tour on the Na Pali Coast when we were there in '88! I had totally forgot about that. Thanks for the memory flog!
Well, being in Oregon, Ivar's Restaurant will have to wait, but I can always pick up a couple of containers from Costco........
Amen! Boo to draggy pens!
I'm Pilot Dr. Grip fan, partly for fit in my large hand, partly for the line the rollerball can ooze/put down. But mostly I use the regular ballpoint version, which is also good as normal ballpoints go.
Do Sikao do this pen in blue ink? Only seeing black on Amazon.
ssjones
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Fabulous, love the pics!
We spent a week in Maui 15 years ago for our 25th. I rented a soft top longboard and annoyed the young guns during a rare June swell (an earthquake in China resulted in 10' waves). I was way out of my skillset, but survived.
Your buddy is in the Satan's Pilgrims band? they are great!
We spent a week in Maui 15 years ago for our 25th. I rented a soft top longboard and annoyed the young guns during a rare June swell (an earthquake in China resulted in 10' waves). I was way out of my skillset, but survived.
Your buddy is in the Satan's Pilgrims band? they are great!
Banjorear
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Wait, who's buddy is in Satan's Pilgrims?
ssjones
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The OP said his friend was in a great band, and he had a recent show poster on the wall.