The Woodshop Shed

Wooden Tobacco Pipe

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This wooden tobacco pipe came together very nicely with some scraps of Tiger Maple.

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Small Mesquite Table

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This is a table I finished early March of 2020 just prior to shutdown due to Covid. Two of my wife's girl friends were on their way to Florida and stopped in Tucson for two nights. They were our last and only guests for 2020.I had started a small table to go beside our bucket chair for a place to sit morning coffee cups or evening wine glasses. It sat around without finished legs for about 6 months.With the girls coming I had to finish it fast. I had the oak for the legs and base and a piece of padauk for the top of the legs. A fellow shop member had a mesquite log that he gave me a disk off of. It was about three years dry.It came out ok but the base “feels” too heavy to me but time was limited, and once it was done…. you know the drill.The picture of the table upside down shows the padauk disk I turned and the tape numbering the holes for orientation. I had to laugh when I turned it over today to take the pics.

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Full and mini workbench

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I took a week of vacation while the wife and daughter went on a girls trip. I was trying to figure out how to use my time, so I decided to completely remove my old shelf workbench and build my version of a real workbench. But, I challenged myself to stick to a few criteria. I had to do it for less that $100, it needed to have a solid wood top and I had to finish in a week. I allow myself to use any scrap wood laying around the shop. It took a week and about $100 in wood and parts, but I built a sturdy bench with bench dog vice and mini workbench. I do not know why I set this challenge other than to see if I could so something.These are my new workbenches; Dr. Evil and Mini-me. Dr. Evil was a challenge to say within budget with the price of wood these days. I spent about $70 on wood, $8 on two 3/4” dowels and about $12 on hardware and vice parts. Both made out of spruce top and Douglas fir base. The legs are 4×4s and the rails are made of spruce. I had some spruce left over from an old coffee table that was flooded and warped. I spent a day jointing and planning that wood for this project. The top is laminated spruce 2z3s. I would like to have gone with 2×4s but those put my over my challenge goal. The legs are joined via a combination of pocket screws and dowels. The dowels were a challenge. The top is attached with some simple L brackets. I wanted to be able to replace the top in the future if needed.I build the vice with a 3/4” threaded rod, two fender washers, a couple of cotter pins and a nut. It works amazingly well. I figured it was just going to be something I would do for now and order a nicer vice later, but I used it for another project this weekend and it worked so well, I will not be replacing it anytime soon.During this project I had a lot of scraps and waiting around time, so I built a wooden mallet. I also refinished my little 7oz hammer I call little hickory. All-in-all, it was a great vacation.

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