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tabman Inner circle USA 5946 Posts |
While I was shooting a couple of instructional videos fot El Tab's 1939 Sefalaljia Kits on Sunday I took a few shots inside my little magic workshop and edited it together tonight. Just for fun, here's the url for the wmv file if you're interested in this sort of thing.
http://Sefalaljia.com/shop tour-1.wmv
...Your professional woodworking and "tender" loving care in the products you make, make the wait worthwhile. Thanks for all you do...
http://Sefalaljia.com |
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MickeyPainless Inner circle California 6065 Posts |
The shop's lookin great man!
I'm still in the throws of doin the "Hyper Organization" work from the plans I sent you the link for! I'm not shooting for something quite as spotless as his but definitely more organized than I've been in the past couple decades! One of these days I'll take some pics and post em! MMc |
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Rizzo Inner circle East Coast 3346 Posts |
Tab, thanks for sharing. It seems there is nothing you couldn't make in that magical shop.
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JamesTong Eternal Order Malaysia 11213 Posts |
That is one great looking shop, Tabman. Congratulations!
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Michael Baker Eternal Order Near a river in the Midwest 11172 Posts |
You have so much more room than I do.
Was that a mini table saw??
~michael baker
The Magic Company |
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tabman Inner circle USA 5946 Posts |
Thanks compadres!! The workshop has always been one of my favorite hangouts on the Café.
Brother Baker, it only looks bigger. Its actually built inside a walnut shell and I have to take small pills to work in it Yes, a mini table saw from HF for around $35. At first I wanted to toss it in the middle of the river. Pete Biro and I both bought one since they looked so cool but I used it finally to rip some 1/16" stock and it worked fine. Crappy blade though and direct drive. It bogs down on 1/4" but for thinner its definately worth the cheap price. Surprisingly its very sturdy and heavy metal but no rip fence. Thanks James and Rizzo. Mickey, please post some pics. Cant wait to see what you've done. That website you forwarded to me inspired me for sure.
...Your professional woodworking and "tender" loving care in the products you make, make the wait worthwhile. Thanks for all you do...
http://Sefalaljia.com |
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Michael Baker Eternal Order Near a river in the Midwest 11172 Posts |
Ok, so what did you do with the sawdust? I didn't see a speck of it anywhere! I've been working with Padauk lately, and EVERYTHING in my shop is covered with orange dust. UGH...
~michael baker
The Magic Company |
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tabman Inner circle USA 5946 Posts |
It's dusty in there but I put a dust filter on the video camera lens!!
Actually, the floor of the plastic covered room with the saws, planer, router table, etc has about 6" of sawdust for a floor (dirt under) and I try to clean the shop every day when I get done in the evening so its ready when I start the next day. I hope I can keep that up. I built the open air aspects for the warmer weather but its unseasonably cold this year. Never worked with Padauk. I'd be worried about that orange dust if I were you.
...Your professional woodworking and "tender" loving care in the products you make, make the wait worthwhile. Thanks for all you do...
http://Sefalaljia.com |
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Michael Baker Eternal Order Near a river in the Midwest 11172 Posts |
Actually, I've experienced no ill effects from it, unless it's a slow death. . Padauk is beautiful wood, very nice to work with, but messy as hell. Makore tore up my lungs, and Cocobolo now gives me a rash like poison ivy. Those I tend to steer away from.
I've never bought a dust collection system, but should consider it, I suppose. Right now, me and a broom are the dust collection system.
~michael baker
The Magic Company |
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tabman Inner circle USA 5946 Posts |
HAPPY NEW YEAR to the workshop gang!!!
-=tabman
...Your professional woodworking and "tender" loving care in the products you make, make the wait worthwhile. Thanks for all you do...
http://Sefalaljia.com |
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MickeyPainless Inner circle California 6065 Posts |
HAPPY NEW YEAR backatcha and to all the rest of the gang!
I've only started turning Padauk in the past year and I agree Michael, nice but messy stuff! I've been turning Padauk, Red Heart and Cocobolo a lot lately and clean as I might there is always a reddish film on everything these days! Guess I'll switch to some Rosewood to change the color contrast! |
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leaycraft Regular user 191 Posts |
Besides wishing all a Happy and Prosperous New Year: it has to be healthy as well. Therefore to all my woodworking friends a gentle reminder that those lovely exotic woods we turn have biologic material, proteins,resins and other chemicals that when inhaled can cause some nasty reactions. Please wear a protective mask (dust bee, or respirator , or at the lease use a good dust collection system. Protect your health. I think of you all as my friends I want you all around for a long time healthy and well so I can learn and interact with you all. Soooo
A Happy, Healthy and Prosperous New Year! May this year be better than the last. john
"It is an old maxim of mine that when you have excluded the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth." A. Conan Doyle," The Sign of Four"
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tabman Inner circle USA 5946 Posts |
You bet, John. We're all friends here, at least I think of everyone that way. Some of you I know in person and others only through the great internet but still I feel close.
After years of not wearing any protection it's hard to drag on a mask every time you want to do a little sanding or make some dust. that's one of the reasons I put all my dust makers under a shed roof outside behind the shop. Im sure Ill have a nice rusty patina on all the exposed metal in a few months but dust is brutal and I cant take it any more. I worry about Michael working in that basement in Birmingham.
...Your professional woodworking and "tender" loving care in the products you make, make the wait worthwhile. Thanks for all you do...
http://Sefalaljia.com |
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jay leslie V.I.P. Southern California 9498 Posts |
A. What do you mean "I don't have time to build a roof?"
B. Just get a fan and blow the dust out. http://www.homedepot.com/h_d1/N-5yc1vZ1x......Id=10053
Jay Leslie
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tabman Inner circle USA 5946 Posts |
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On 2010-01-01 20:11, jay leslie wrote:... A. What do you mean "I don't have time to build a roof?" ... Bootstrapping it again. Theres a pile of old tin roofing in the woods behind my house. I havent had time to scrounge through it to find usable pieces. It takes two people because its a haven for rattle snakes... one person to dig through the sheets of tin with a hoe and the other (the one with the shotgun) to watch out for snakes. I have the shed framed up and covered with plastic for the time being. I was overwhelmed with orders for the first El Tab offering, 1939 Sedalaljia kits, and feel its more appropriate to spend the time putting those together. Also worth noting is the fact that I have to do this stuff myself. I don't have the cash to hire someone else to do it but wish I could and wish I had someone competent I could hire part-time in the shop. I TN had a friend that helped me but I don't have anyone to draw from here. Anyway, Im very happy to be back at it and thankful for the orders and help from friends like Kozak the Magician and Pete Biro and you and the guys here too. Happy New Year!!! PS, that's a heck of a fan. I have an older one like that that I use for that purpose when the wind isn't blowing.
...Your professional woodworking and "tender" loving care in the products you make, make the wait worthwhile. Thanks for all you do...
http://Sefalaljia.com |
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magic-dabra Regular user Knoxville, TN 153 Posts |
I really have enjoyed watching your shop develop Tabman. I have just finished redoing my garage into a shop also.
I am on a woodworking forum that has a thread on shops and it is a "hoot" to read and see what some of these guys do. They will argue and work for days because the table on their tablesaw is out by .005". Yes I typed that right, 5/1000 of an inch! And the stuff they build comes no where close to the beautiful craftsmanship that you do. It is a delight to watch your shop develop and watch thru your pics, your work. Thank you for keeping many of us grounded. It is about woodworking and making sawdust. It is NOT about fancy equipment and infinite set-up. |
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tabman Inner circle USA 5946 Posts |
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On 2010-01-01 20:31, magic-dabra wrote:... They will argue and work for days because the table on their tablesaw is out by .005". Yes I typed that right, 5/1000 of an inch! And the stuff they build comes no where close to the beautiful craftsmanship that you do. Thank you for the kind words. I have two old machinists squares Ive used for years to help keep my work square and plumb but lately Ive noticed that they're selling a digital device that you can zero to your table and then check blade angle. This must be the tool that they're using. I need to check myself with one of those. Id like to know just how close Im getting.
...Your professional woodworking and "tender" loving care in the products you make, make the wait worthwhile. Thanks for all you do...
http://Sefalaljia.com |
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George Ledo Magic Café Columnist SF Bay Area 3042 Posts |
Hey, Tab, when can we come out and play?
I love your shop. Organized, lots of bench space, and daylight. What more can you ask for, except maybe a coffeepot? Enjoy it. As far as the mini-table-saw, you said the blades were terrible. I looked it up on HF and it comes w/ 4" blades, where the other mini-saws out there come with 3" or 3 1/2" blades. I'm tempted to pick up one of these saws, but I wonder if you can get better blades elsewhere. I was also surprised Grizzly doesn't have the same saw, since a lot of their stuff comes from the same factories as HF. I wonder if the saw was originally intended for cutting tile or something (diamond blades and no rip fence), and was just re-thunk or re-marketed into a wood saw? Anyway, Tab, glad to hear you're back in the biz. Happy new year to you and the rest of the sawdust gang on this forum. PS I've been working on a "piece of furniture" for one of my sets. I don't normally build the stuff myself, but I offered to do this one mostly because it's so funky (with the accent on fun). It'll be a while yet until I do the paint job, but I'll post some photos when it's finished.
That's our departed buddy Burt, aka The Great Burtini, doing his famous Cups and Mice routine
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Michael Baker Eternal Order Near a river in the Midwest 11172 Posts |
One of the consistent issues with HF is that lots of their stuff will not fit ANYTHING else on the planet. I have a HF lathe and wanted to buy a jaw chuck for it. I found a Nova chuck at Woodcraft, but it was threaded to a completely different pitch than the lathe, in spite of several adapters being available. Fortuinately, I found an adapter with a smooth bore, designed for use with a set screw. I took it to a machinist, and he tapped the bore with the proper threads to fit my lathe. This added a bit to the cost of getting things done, but cheaper than buying a new lathe.
~michael baker
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tabman Inner circle USA 5946 Posts |
George, thank you. You are certainly welcome anytime you're in this neck of the swamp. You're right and I am thiniking about a coffee maker. If you come by for a visit Ill install one before you get here if you give me a few days notice.
Micromark sells a 4" carbide tipped blade for $2o which is more than half the price of the saw. I always used them on the Dremel 4" saw and they are nice blades. I need to order one as soon as I can. Funny thing Bro Baker, I bought a few 12" cabinet makers handscrews from HF. They were priced around $10 each.. I think I paid about $30 ea for the ones I already had but made in the US and had for many years. So I got the HF clamps and discovered that they are threaded backwards to the clamps I already had. I wondered if it was a polar thing or yin and yang to be 180 degrees out of phase with the 20 year old US made clamps. Then I started eyeing a HF belt sander wondering if the electric motor was spinning in the other direction but I think Im just getting paranoid.
...Your professional woodworking and "tender" loving care in the products you make, make the wait worthwhile. Thanks for all you do...
http://Sefalaljia.com |
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