Workshop tips show and tell.

[Wongo]

We all have a few little things we do/make in our workshop that others might find useful. I would like to share a few with you and you are welcome to do the same. Remember it is the little thing we are after, not a full on jig.

Picture 1: A router holder. I have seen a better looking one than mine but my one only took 10 minutes to make.

Picture 2: Rubber floor mat. It costs me $200 from Clarke rubber but it is great. It minimises the damage to my good hand tools when I do drop them. I can leave my work on the floor without damaging the edges. It is easy on my knee when have have to kneel down and work on the floor.

Picture 3: stop block extension on a cross-cut sled

Picture 4: stop block on a cross-cut sled. I cut a 3mmX3mm rebate on all the edges. The rebate allows you to blow away the saw dust that normally gets trapped in the corner.

Picture 5. pencil sharpener. Don’t laugh. How many times has your cheap sharpener broken the pencil lead?

[dazzler]

Pencil sharpener:oo:

That takes all the fun outta slicing ya finger with a chisel :p

All right ...... top idea :2tsup:

[RufflyRustic]

My under-bench wood drawer on wheels.

It rolls so easy, holds a stack of odd-length tidbits up to 1.2 m in length and is in hands reach, when one hand is on the bench holding things together while you rumble in the wooddrawer looking for the right bit of timber.

http://www.woodworkforums.ubeaut.com.au/attachment.php?attachmentid=47134&d=1180478930

cheers
Wendy

[bitingmidge]

How many times has your cheap sharpener broken the pencil lead?
I always use a big fat nikko. It's way easier to see the line, and you can cut on it really easily too.

That's my tip. :-

P
:D

[AlexS]

We all have a few little things we do/make in our workshop that others might find useful. I would like to share a few with you and you are welcome to do the same. Remember it is the little thing we are after, not a full on jig.

Picture 1: A router holder. I have seen a better looking one than mine but my one only took 10 minutes to make.
Who needs a router holder? What's a bench for?


Picture 2: Rubber floor mat. It costs me $200 from Clarke rubber but it is great. It minimises the damage to my good hand tools when I do drop them. I can leave my work on the floor without damaging the edges. It is easy on my knee when have have to kneel down and work on the floor.?

Your hand tools are obviously not sharp enough. If they were, they'd go straight through the mat. DAMHIKT.


Picture 3: stop block extension on a cross-cut sled?
This implies that you are trying to achieve some sort of uniformity. Where's the skill in that?


Picture 4: stop block on a cross-cut sled. I cut a 3mmX3mm rebate on all the edges. The rebate allows you to blow away the saw dust that normally gets trapped in the corner.?
Saw dust is a naturally occuring phenomenon that should be allowed to contribute to the hand-made appearance of your work.


Picture 5. pencil sharpener. Don’t laugh. How many times has your cheap sharpener broken the pencil lead?

It's a long time since there was any lead in my pencil.

[Wongo]

Your hand tools are obviously not sharp enough. If they were, they'd go straight through the mat. DAMHIKT.


AlexS, have a look at your workshop now and tell us what sits underneath your workbench.:D

[silentC]

My tip is: if you have a bad back and you put it out last weekend and it has been really sore all week, spending an hour and a half hunched over your workbench on Thursday afternoon is not a great idea and probably means a trip to the backcracker on Friday and a long weekend laying on your back in front of the TV. :(

[AlexS]

AlexS, have a look at your workshop now and tell us what sits underneath your workbench.:D

The !@#$%^ cat, but it doesn't stop tools either.:D

[munruben]

Picture 4: stop block on a cross-cut sled. I cut a 3mmX3mm rebate on all the edges. The rebate allows you to blow away the saw dust that normally gets trapped in the corner.
Simple but effective

[Bob38S]

Have posted this before but a fair while ago - may be of help to others - it works for me

www.woodworkforums.ubeaut.com.au/showthread.php?p=239128#post239128

Regards,
Bob

[rsser]

Good tips Wongo.

Ignore the broken down hydrographer ... hard time for these guys. Years of nothing, then their instruments get swept away ;-}

My two bob's worth: clean up before you leave the workshop for the day (or night).

My zack's worth: sharpen every tool you need before a session in the workshop.

My tray's worth: take pleasure in the sound of a sharp tool working the wood.

Penny's worth: there are very few people who on their death-bed wish they'd spent more time in the office (S. Covey).

[TermiMonster]

Penny's worth: there are very few people who on their death-bed wish they'd spent more time in the office (S. Covey).
I haven't even reached my deathbed and I already feel that way:wink:
TM

[bitingmidge]

OK, here's my GrrrRipper tip of the day.

My Grrr-Rippers had lost their grip, so it was a quick trip to the bathroom and a clean with a damp cloth.

In the process, I decided to have a go at freeing up the sliding bit in the middle. On both of them the moving part had been binding for quite a while and I was starting to fall out of love with them! :-

It didn't take much, a quick rub of UBeaut traditional wax in the track, and both are gliding freely again. So there you go, a quick dab of the sponsor's product and all is cool!

Cheers,

P
:D :D :D

[rsser]

Handling a number of sharp edge tools, or other surfaces that need a gentle landing, have a few old computer mouse mats handy on the bench.

[rod1949]

Re pencil sharpeners, did ya know ya can get one to sharpen the rectanglar carpenter pencils. I go one, picked it up in Bunnings.

[silentC]

What, have you lost all your chisels? :wink:

I wasn't that impressed with mine. It puts a round point on it, and I prefer a flat chisel edge - seems to last longer - the point snaps off, usually when you're up a ladder.

[rod1949]

What, have you lost all your chisels? :wink:

I wasn't that impressed with mine. It puts a round point on it, and I prefer a flat chisel edge - seems to last longer - the point snaps off, usually when you're up a ladder.

They're all blunt or like saws.

Yep agree with the round point and snap offs.

[rat52]

Carpenters pencils are only good for marking to the nearest 1/16":D

So it doesn't matter if you chew them sharp.

[rod1949]

Carpenters pencils are only good for marking to the nearest 1/16":D



Thats near enough ain't it?

[silentC]

Carpenters pencils are only good for marking to the nearest 1/16"
Perfectionist!

[Chris Parks]

Re pencil sharpeners, did ya know ya can get one to sharpen the rectanglar carpenter pencils. I go one, picked it up in Bunnings.

I use the side of a grinding wheel. It sounds 'orrible but it works very well.

[AlexS]

Carpenters pencils are only good for marking to the nearest 1/16":D



Rough enough's good enough.

[jaspr]

Handling a number of sharp edge tools, or other surfaces that need a gentle landing, have a few old computer mouse mats handy on the bench.


I use a carpet square - cut it in half and you have two decent sized landing pads for your hand planes ( yes, I put them down on their soles):2tsup:

jas

[Iain]

I have a big cardboard box for all the little useless offcuts, makes great kindling, albeit expensive kindling after stuffing a few cuts and making mods and further trimming resulting in more offcuts 'Coda':-

[jisk]

My tip - if you're storing dog biscuits in your shed, make sure that it's in a rodent proof container, otherwise you'll be cleaning up mouse ???? and trapping the buggers for a month.

Grrr.

[Ruddigar]

My tip - if you're storing dog biscuits in your shed, make sure that it's in a rodent proof container

And dog proof. :(

My stupid dog ate most of an 8kg bag of dry dog food a couple of years ago. I've never seen a living creature so desperate for a drink of water.....

[wheelinround]

:doh::rotfl:

Oh what a sad lot this shouldn't have gone in Workshop tips show n tell some of it should have gone here http://www.woodworkforums.com/forumdisplay.php?f=142

or maybe in laugh of the day.

At the bench I have a good peice of carpet to give a little insulation for my feet standing on cold concrete isn't good for anyone, and again in the middle of the floor this one stops oil from the car if and when it drips.

I know I get a touch of the drop syndrome (but never with sharp tools always put back where they dont fall)
If they are sharp enough to cut carpet or rubber they are sharp enough to go through shoes n clothing.

Non slip mats ( the thin stuff ask your other half) for anything on the bench I dont want to chase around it when working on it or with it or around handles for better grip.