glenn bradley
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Wow! That looks amazing. What a great addition to your shop.
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That came out looking great...and far too organized! Well done, Rennie!
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That is almost to organized for me. Don't know if I would ever find what I'm looking for. Really a nice storage space. Need to copy parts of that idea. when spring thaws out.
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Looks great! And that is impressive amount of wood filler!!!
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I’ve been called on to work in many different woods. So, lots of colors!
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Wait . . . that's a lot of filler!?! Just kidding. Timbermate is the best and comes in many colors. As far as I can tell, it also lasts forever. I still have the "natural" color I bought two shops ago.
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@Rennie,
I think you should invest in a small digital camera or cell phone and ditch Fotomat. Cell phones have become very good at photography now. Import the pics from camera or cell phone into your computer, attach and send them. No scanning or handling problems, and no waiting for Fotomat to develop and print them. Taking digital photos is free, if you don't print them.
Charley
I think you should invest in a small digital camera or cell phone and ditch Fotomat. Cell phones have become very good at photography now. Import the pics from camera or cell phone into your computer, attach and send them. No scanning or handling problems, and no waiting for Fotomat to develop and print them. Taking digital photos is free, if you don't print them.
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Fotomat has been closed for 16 years. That's a big reason for the long wait in line.
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Fotomat has been closed for 16 years. That's a big reason for the long wait in line.
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I've been a photographer since early high school, but became an electrical engineer to pay the bills. I was fortunate to be able to combine my electrical and photography early in my working career when I was involved in several camera designs and their electrical control systems for NASA' s Lunar Ranger, Lunar Surveyor, and Apollo programs. I had my own darkroom back then, but I never liked the dark room chemicals, so it convinced me to go totally digital in 1998, after buying a few beginning level digital cameras mostly to experiment and understand the benefits. Then I spent $1700 on the best digital camera that I could find. It was a 2.1 mega pixel made by Sony, and I never looked back. I still have that camera, but have bought, used, and sold many that I've owned since. I only have 8 digital cameras now, and all are 16 - 38 mega pixel. 16 mega pixel digital cameras are about equal to what you could get in quality with a 35 mm camera and the better films.
We didn't have Fotomat where I lived, so I never noticed when they went out of business. I had expected that nearly everything related to film was gone years ago, until I saw the photo that was posted here. Then I wasn't certain if it was an older photo or not. Most of the camera stores around the country went out of business in the last 20+ years too, if they didn't get on board with the digital technology quickly. Even X-Ray machines are digital now, and Kodak almost went totally out of business, but are still struggling along and offering some film and digital technology, but mostly low priced digital cameras now.
From 1999 to 2003 I owned a digital and film photo retouching business, and I was doing work for several commercial studios that hadn't yet started their own digital retouching capability ( retouching - a word used to describe making changes to improve the camera photo output, be it digital or film). Many photos used in magazine advertising came through my shop for various improvements and to add in the advertising logos, etc. before going on the the magazine printers. It was my job to remove facial wrinkles, scars, and moles, and "adjusted" whatever the image to make the people look younger and more perfect, based on the list of things to be done as they requested. But back then I was having some serious health problems, so I managed to find a buyer for the business and sold out. Those photography studios that are still in the business do their own retouching now. I still love digital photography, and It's one of two of my out-of-control hobbies, with woodworking being the other. I do it when I want to and the way that I want to now.
Charley
We didn't have Fotomat where I lived, so I never noticed when they went out of business. I had expected that nearly everything related to film was gone years ago, until I saw the photo that was posted here. Then I wasn't certain if it was an older photo or not. Most of the camera stores around the country went out of business in the last 20+ years too, if they didn't get on board with the digital technology quickly. Even X-Ray machines are digital now, and Kodak almost went totally out of business, but are still struggling along and offering some film and digital technology, but mostly low priced digital cameras now.
From 1999 to 2003 I owned a digital and film photo retouching business, and I was doing work for several commercial studios that hadn't yet started their own digital retouching capability ( retouching - a word used to describe making changes to improve the camera photo output, be it digital or film). Many photos used in magazine advertising came through my shop for various improvements and to add in the advertising logos, etc. before going on the the magazine printers. It was my job to remove facial wrinkles, scars, and moles, and "adjusted" whatever the image to make the people look younger and more perfect, based on the list of things to be done as they requested. But back then I was having some serious health problems, so I managed to find a buyer for the business and sold out. Those photography studios that are still in the business do their own retouching now. I still love digital photography, and It's one of two of my out-of-control hobbies, with woodworking being the other. I do it when I want to and the way that I want to now.
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I'm in a similar boat. I do more photography than woodworking these days. (There's less sawdust involved with photography, and my lungs appreciate it.)
I've also gotten pretty adept at photo retouching/manipulation with Adobe Photoshop and Lightroom. I also got started in a B&W lightroom in high school, although I've not had the photography career you have. The closest I've come to being a professional photographer was when I was a construction inspector and had to take thousands of photos over the years of construction progress and problems. I put a lot of miles on my old Pentax ME Super back in those days. Over the years, I've continued to acquire better and better digital cameras, but I think I'm done at this point...my Nikon D600 is more camera than I need. I'd love a modern mirrorless rig, but can't justify the cost at this stage of my life.
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Nice, nice upgrade, Rennie! What a great workstation.
It’s too bad all you could find for the face frame and doors was that old qs oak
Some of the LED strip lighting would work well under the cabinet.
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One of my goals in building this was not to buy any material other than what I had to. I had everything I needed except the 2x4's, chalkboard/whiteboard and door hinges. Unfortunately, not enough QSRO for both the face frames and door frames.Nice, nice upgrade, Rennie! What a great workstation.
It’s too bad all you could find for the face frame and doors was that old qs oak
Some of the LED strip lighting would work well under the cabinet.
The LED strip is defiantly going to happen, just waiting for the right one to go on sale.
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Looks GREAT.
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Perfect! Now, a nice old wooden stool at just the right height, to sit at the bench and rest your legs while doing some of that fine detail work.
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I hope you can pull your workbench out a bit when you need to assemble or work on something taller than the space below your new cabinets.
My former shop had this problem, and once I had pulled the bench out so it's back edge was about under the front edge of the cabinet I found that I was keeping it there more often than not. So I added a plywood strip to the back side of the bench, extending it to the wall. This then became a place for purchased small parts drawers and tools that I used often.
Charley
My former shop had this problem, and once I had pulled the bench out so it's back edge was about under the front edge of the cabinet I found that I was keeping it there more often than not. So I added a plywood strip to the back side of the bench, extending it to the wall. This then became a place for purchased small parts drawers and tools that I used often.
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Yep. The bench slides easily enough on the laminate floor and the stand that holds the cabinet is on wheels. Also since the tool trough is the full width of the bench, the benches work surface is not under the cabinet.