New workshop up & running

Shop picture

jimreed@tallahassee

>Here is the shop. Nice little garage corner.

Re: Shop picture

Ernie Miller

>man you Florida boys got it bad first Todd & now you not much shop

Re: No matter what you want to do�

William Duffield, on the Cohansey

>�you've go to do something else first.

Jim, you appear to be showing serious metalhead tendencies here. I don't see much evidence of woodworking going on in your new shop.

Don't feel like the Lone Ranger. I figured maybe I would have a better chance of figuring out just what mystery Adam has been trying to demonstrate to us, by building a striking knife. One of those Makitas is laying on the lathe bed, I have a hacksaw blade in the bowsaw, and I think I have figured out a ready source of fire bricks to build a forge, but LOML has this thing about keeping a fire burning in the fireplace lately. If this keeps up, I will soon run out of cherry and locust for new tool handles. Do you think she suspects?

Quick work

jimreed@tallahassee

>Time to salt away some of the better logs. Spring is a good time for toolmaking.

I'm watching my mail for that #46 cutter:)

David Miller from Iowa

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It's tiny...

Scott Burr in Ben Lomond CA

>Do you have room to breath in it;)?

Where all the WW tools?

Would you please email me an updated adress and blade list?

Thanks!

Dear Santa...

Jim Reed @Tallahassee

>...please bring me a bigger shop!

Maybe it'll grow...

Scott Burr in Ben Lomond CA

>If you water it;)...

No Basements

Todd O. Cronkhite Maine Native in FL. Exile :~(

>man you Florida boys got it bad first Todd & now you not much shop

I attribute small shop here in hel, er, er, Florahell due to the fact that we have no basements. Gotta store stuff in the same space as would otherwise be a dedicated shop. If your lucky you can have a small outbuilding like I do, but that's about it. Coarse I blame that more on being a surbanite more than being in Florida. Coarse, I blame being a surbanite on on having the kahooonas to insist upon the wife otherwise.

Shoulda' been around when I buying my first house here. I told the real estate agent to show me homes with a basement, and she said there wasn't any. Man, I hit the roof. Just ain't natural.

Todd O.

Exactly!

Jim Reed @Tallahassee

>With all the sinkholes and the low water table, a basement can quickly become an indoor pool down here. I think the real solution is to build a shop in the backyard.

List

Jim Reed @Tallahassee

>Tried to send you a new list, but email is undeliverable to your address.

Re: No Basements

Ernie Miller Topeka

>You poor sap! I have the entire basement if I want it all to myself unless there is a tornado than I have to share. my bench room is about 12'X14' I have a sharpening rust cleaning room 10'X5' actualy made to be a bath but just a sink so it works for me. Then I have the mechanical room 12'X16' rust storage nothing but shelves for storing stuff that I may or may not sell some day probably never use any of it. then there is the family room 14'X60' couch, bar, computer desk for sellinge-bay junk and packing materials small pile of wood ~100bf or so.

A palace

Jim Reed @Tallahassee

>That is a true palace. Is there a *NO GURLS* sign on the door?

Opps!

Scott Burr in Ben Lomond CA

>I had misspelled the email in my address. It�s corrected now.

Sorry about that, could you please resend it.

Thanks Jim!

Re: No Basements

Jack Guzman from Maine

>I don't have a basement either.I started the house with free salvaged lumber.A basement wasn't a financial option.I built a workshop/garage on the ground and then built the house on top of it as a second story.The garage has since been converted to all woodworking shop.So when I want to work in the shop I just go downstairs.---Jack