Here's a non-woodworking-related goodie, a fly-tying
workstation. Another shot of the station. It's got a
wild curly/quilted cherry top that reminded me of moving water. The drawer-front is some
amazing quilted maple, and the arms and spool-storage area are from quartersawn sycamore.
A real workbench (begun in Oct. 2000 and finished
Feb. 2001). If you're interested in the construction details, I'll be more
than happy to bore you them some other time. Suffice it so say that the whole
thing was made using only handtools, with the exception of a p*w*h drill used
for drilling holes. All wood was surfaced, ripped and joined without the use of
electrickery.
Another angle of the bench. And a couple featuring a Galoot and his lovely and talented wife.
A cabinet for carving chisel storage made of
willow and walnut.
A shrine for my Clark & Williams wooden smoother made
out of willow and walnut. Unfortunately, you can't really see the figure of the walnut, while
you can see where the willow suffered some chipout right at the corner of the
box. Strangely enough, this occured while sawing the dovetails.
The contents of the box. Since the makers recommend storing the plane with the iron removed, I made a box just big enough to hold the plane with the iron and wedge sitting beside it. You can't see the latter, because of the little ash-handled mesquite mallet that also resides in the box. I made that as a dedicated adjustment tool for the C&W smoother.
And before I forget, the C&W smoother is, hands-down, the best smoother I own. Check out their website at: http://www.planemaker.com/
Thought not technically a shop project, this weeding bench resides in the shop/garage. I made it for SWMBO for sitting on when doing yardwork. (Strangely enough, *I* seem to be the only one who is using it. :-) It's pretty basic; 2x4 SYP dovetailed and joined with a stretcher mortised into the bottom/back. Finished with spar varnish for protection.
A handle I made for my recent vintage mitre saw from some mesquite that I scored for free in 2000. It was modeled after an old rip saw I have in my non-collection.
A custom-sized small cocobolo smoother. I made it to fit my own hands. That way SWMBO won't be
tempted to take it for her own use. ;-) It's a Krenov-style laminated plane with a 1-3/4" wide Hock iron. I originally
opened the mouth up a tad too wide, so I am using brass shims to get it back
down to "supersmoother" size. It works beautifully, and is the only plane I
own that was able to tame some wild curly koa I have around the shop. (I tried
to get a picture of that as well, but none did it justice.)
Here is a small cocobolo spokeshave and handle
for my Nicholson #50 (cabinetmaker's rasp, Jeff). The pictures are lousy, and
you can't really see the nice grain on both. All these tools are displayed on
top of a little pine ripping horse I built and finished with Paddy O'Deen's
special kusmi shellac. Cool stuff.
Another, better pic of the cocobolo shave and its larger cousin.
Rolling tool cabinet (pics taken in early 1998, and
since filled to capacity several times over)
Another view of the tool cabinet
(description)
A mahogany tool cabinet with a willow panel. This was a necessity (really) because of the number of
wooden planes that have been mysteriously appearing in my shop. I also need a
place to hang my IB-saw Another
angle showing woodies and my L-N #112.
The finish is spitcoat of blonde shellac followed by a coat of garnet shellac,
followed by blonde. The panel was made up of two boards edge-joined to give a
bookmatch effect. Here's a better view of the dovetails.
The only electrons that gave their lives during this project were those killed
by a routah for cutting the grooves for the front panel.
A wooden spokeshave I made. John Gunterman (a.k.a. The Artisan Formerly Known as Spokeshave) generously donated the kit and provided the directions for making it. Another picture of the shave. And finally, a better (outdoor) picture of it resting on some guato pine.
Curly maple and walnut box for storing L-N #164 plane
Another picture of L-N box
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Maple and walnut cabinet for #78 and #71 planes
Another picture of cabinet
Closeup of dovetailed corner of box
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Hock burnisher with homemade mahogany handle
File with homemade mahogany handle