Month: September 2017

Workbench

Workbench Leg Blanks

Post author By Mark
Post date 2017-09-30

The workbench leg blanks are glued up now.

music

Southern Trains – The Darkness

Post author By Mark
Post date 2017-09-26

Officially the best music video of 2017. Everyone else should just stop making music videos now.

Workbench

Slab Number 2 Glued Up

Post author By Mark
Post date 2017-09-19

Slab number 2 all glued up!

stuff

Wheel of Fortune

Post author By Mark
Post date 2017-09-19

Too bad its fake :-(

Too bad it’s fake 🙁

Jokes

Wife in Labor

Post author By Mark
Post date 2017-09-19

A guy calls the hospital. He says, “You gotta send help! My wife’s going into labor!”

The nurse says, “Calm down. Is this her first child?”

He says, “No! This is her husband!”

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Jokes

Car Wash

Post author By Mark
Post date 2017-09-17

A dad is washing the car with his son.

After a moment, the son asks his father, “Do you think we could use a sponge instead?”

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Workbench

First Slab Glued Up

Post author By Mark
Post date 2017-09-17

First slab is glued up. A few spots have small gaps, but I am happy with the results.

I glued up the first slab yesterday and took it out of the clamps.

I’m going to glue up the second slab today.

Workbench

Tools I’m Using

Post author By Mark
Post date 2017-09-17

Planes The both of them are Stanley planes. The top one is my dad's from teh 1970s. The wooden one is from the 1950s and was one of my grandfathers.

I’m trying to use hand tools only when building the workbench. Here are some of the ones I use the most so far.

Planes The both of them are Stanley planes. The top one is my dad’s from teh 1970s. The wooden one is from the 1950s and was one of my grandfathers.

Brace and Bits A bit brace I bought at the flea market (works great) and a cool old WWI .30cal ammo box with a bunch of auger bits.

Squares and tape The two tops squares are from flea markets. They are both pretty old (the wooden one is really old I think). The bottom square is from Lowes and was WAY out of square until I fixed it.

Chisels These are some cheapo chisels I bought at Harbor Freight. I made them sharp as shit.

A couple mallets The rubber one is for knocking in my holdfasts and stuff. I made the bottom one last summer out of firewood using only hand tools. I followed a series of videos by Paul Sellers.