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Cleaning And A Few Shop
Adjustments...
Monday, November 30th, 2009
After working in
the shop for several days and completing a couple
projects I realized I was turning into a wood
pack-rat. Any piece of wood that even remotely
looked useable was set aside for future use. As
woodworkers we all do it because we tend to find
value in even the smallest piece of wood. Perhaps we
need an inlay, or thin strips for a jig or fixture,
or even a pen turning blank. We all have our own
rationale. For me, it seems like the minute I give
them to my neighbor for kindling the next day I
all-of-a-sudden have a need for what I just
discarded.
Nevertheless, it
was time to clean the shop so with coffee in hand I
opened the garage door and pulled over the wheel
barrow. As difficult as it was the radial arm saw
was quite busy cross cutting scraps that I had saved
for some time yet had never been used. My neighbor
received 3 wheel barrow loads of quality kindling
wood for his outdoor fireplace.
While I was at it
I took the opportunity to do a little rearranging of
a few tools in the shop. Since space is at a premium
all my power tools, sans my table saw and lathe
(which is lag bolted to the concrete floor), are
against the wall and mounted on casters. However,
this presented a problem in a couple areas because I
found myself having to climb over certain tools to
reach wall mounted tools and accessories. So after
moving a few things around I think I found a new
setup that "should" make accessing wall-mounted
tools on a day-to-day basis a tad bit easier.
Figures1-14 below
are some pictures showing a few changes that have
taken place and some things that have remained the
same:
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Figure 2
Figure 3
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Figure 5
Figure 6
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Figure 11
Figure 12
Figure
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Figure 14
If you have any
questions or comments about this blog entry please
do not hesitate to
send me an e-mail. Thanks and be
safe when working with tools!!!
Burgie
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Robert Burgoyne, also known as "Burgie",
has been doing woodworking for nearly 30
years. He started learning at an early
age in his grandfather's garage and
continued while working with his father
in construction. The hobby has now
become a business with Creative
Landscape Accents. Burgie builds
high quality woodworking projects for
the outdoors and also enjoys making
decorative accent pieces for inside the
house. While not working in his shop
doing woodworking Burgie enjoys
computers, restoring his old
1964
Chevy C60 2-ton dump truck and
riding his Harley-Davidson Road King
throughout beautiful Colorado.
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