Road Back to a Wood Shop

[allen levine]

wow,. this organization and neatness , pretty nice stuff

 

[larry merlau]

been away bill but i see you have been busy practicing for your next real project. lookun good as always. my shop is in hibernation

 

[glenn bradley]

Looks like things are really coming along nicely Bill. Thanks for all the pics and discussion.

 

[Vaughn McMillan]

...Sometimes it amazes me what you can accomplish using hand tools and a practiced eye.

I've got a few hand tools, but I'm missing the eye part. I looked on Amazon but all I found were these:

Amazon.com : practiced eye

www.amazon.com

 

[Darren Wright]

I've got a few hand tools, but I'm missing the eye part. I looked on Amazon but all I found were these:

Amazon.com : practiced eye

www.amazon.com

I should have know better than to click on that, now all my ads are going to include fake eyes and eyelids

 

[Toni Ciuraneta]

As I mentioned earlier in this this thread wood witdhdrawall syndrome is dangerous, and it shows on all these “short little projects” Next you’ll find yourself sniffing a handfull of shavings… Been there, done the same things…

 

[Darren Wright]

I should have know better than to click on that, now all my ads are going to include fake eyes and eyelids

See what I mean, new Facebook posts showing up out of the blue @Vaughn McMillan …

 

[Bill Satko]

Okay I have been stymied working outside the past couple of days due to some rain, but mostly very high winds. I managed to dodge some inside work my wife thought I should be doing and instead worked on the tool wall some. Only have a few items left as I am running out of room.

 

[Vaughn McMillan]

Bill, what's the brown thing in the upper right-hand corner of the backboard containing your squares?

 

[Bill Satko]

Bill, what's the brown thing in the upper right-hand corner of the backboard containing your squares?

Winding sticks. Here is a better shot of them on my bench.

 

[Vaughn McMillan]

Winding sticks. Here is a better shot of them on my bench....

Thanks. I kind of suspected it was something like that but the cutouts near the ends threw me off. Looked sort of like a level with no center vial.

 

[Bill Satko]

Thanks. I kind of suspected it was something like that but the cutouts near the ends threw me off. Looked sort of like a level with no center vial.

The half moon cutouts work better than using an inlay in my opinion. I got these from Red Rose Reproductions some time ago. There is a blog from Lost Art Press that explains the use of them.

I had bought Lee Valley aluminum winding sticks that I was not happy with as they were not flat, returning them. I then bought these and have been very happy with them. Even with my aging eyes it is easy for me to see the winding in your boards.