The Woodshop Shed

A few shop aids

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#1- bench riser. Basically three boards, clamps in vise to bring detail work to a non-stooping height.
Clamp board in vise, standing on rails, cut level to desired height. Stand second board on bench, cut level to height of #1, fasten. Fasten on top. It will even take a little pounding directly over the supports.#2 Vise table. This gives a flat surface in a cluttered area. Clamp a stick in vise, glue on a board. I had to add a filler later to have the vise handle in a good position.#3 Blower. I believe this was for inflating air beds. Hose is I think used for outdoor fountains- about 1” diameter. Random vacuum crevice tool taped on. Blows a moderate air stream that works well to clean the dust & shavings off the bench, chopsaw, etc. etc. without unduly raising a cloud of dust.#4 Not a shop aid, more comic relief. Went to get a couple of free foundation jacks listed on Craigslist. Expecting something like in the foreground to add to my collection, but they were these behemoths- this is the lighter one & it weighs 50 lbs.

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Stranger for me in this carving

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I used maple wood but these Saburr 1/8 and 1/4” shaft size bits saves me mucho money for they last and last.I leave the patterns on the wood as a guide to tell me where to start grinding. I also have another picture sitting next to this process as another guide.The wood was over 1” thick so I had lots of room to get wild on grinding deep.Almost every thing I do is an experiment in this type of carving – grinding learning curve to make these things and spraying the backer board black was another shot at being different. It shows the cut out areas better.Wife had to point out there was an animal thingy and you have never done anything with something like this..and it was sure good that his body was mostly hid behind the trees and things.This was another weekly project and I would be interested as to how long a real wood carver would have taken untill he hung it on the wall.I used water base paint and only used just a few drops of color in the little air brush bottle filled with water…Then clear semi-gloss rattle can lacquer for the top coats.

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Carbide Lathe Tools

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This started out as me wanting Dave Kelly tools because they are full of awesomeness but me being not that awesome myself on the lathe i went with just making my own set and they are good enuff for me to learn on better so here they are :<))))))))))

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