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There is a video of a 1900s style workshop in use today in Norway. All of his tools that I could see are hand powered, including two drill presses, wood and metal lathes, large sharpening wheel,...

This is the original thread on the Hybrid shop.

https://sawmillcreek.org/showthread.php?307767-Having-a-shop-is-getting-closer-I-hope-others-are-too

Regards,

Stew

The shop building will be 24 by 48, but there will be a 7 by 24 storage room in the back for storing such items as my wife's Christmas decorations, etc. The actual shop inside dimensions will be...

Folks, the shop build is finally underway. Photos were requested, so they follow. At this point the old rickety shed is torn down to make way for the shop, as it overlapped the shop footprint a...

Hi Tom,

Given the very nice work you do on planes, I am looking forward to seeing the progress.

Stew

Hi All, I have wanted a shop for most of my life, but never had one, as I have mentioned in the past on this forum. Friday the trench for the footing was dug, and rebar put in place!

I...

Hi Mark,

My injuries have also been almost entirely with hand tools, primarily very small cuts with chisels and plane irons, and mostly small cuts with hand saws.

As per your question about...

Thanks for the great comments everyone, and hopefully other folks will add more to the good advise and comments. Also thanks go to Tom, Steven, Jim, and Eric for the excellent advise to the rest of...

Hi Steven,

I am +1 with David. In my case it seems like it takes very little time until one of those cloth wheels turns very black. Thus, like David, I would use it until it doesn't do the job...

Hi All,

Well, I am nursing a cut that is going to be very slow to heal. I've been mulling over whether or when to write this up, and the "yeas" have it.

A few days after Christmas I was...

Steven,

Nice project and an attractive and useful way to use up odds and ends.

Stew

Hi All,

Normally I don't feel that I am knowledgeable enough to add a lot to the information we have on this forum, but in this case I know a bit about this subject in regard to what these various...

Steven,

Glad you asked that, because I never remember how to do that each year either, and thanks to Dave for answering the question for Steven, and for the rest of us as well.

Thanks and...

Mike,

I also greatly enjoy and appreciate the detailed builds that folks like you, Steven, and others do. Nice work also!

My guess is that the Arts And Crafts folks also varied the...

I don't know the thread size, but I know that Jim does, and will probably post an answer. However there are always original parts for the old Stanley planes on that auction site. They are pretty...

That is a tough question for me. I have quite a few planes and chisels that are boxed up, waiting for me to have a place to work, that will need to be sharpened. I also have a few planes and...

Hi All,

Don't know if this post is OK, or should only be in the OFF TOPIC section, but I wanted to wish all of you a merry Christmas. I have appreciated this forum a lot again this year, and...

Steven,

I am enjoying the post. The project is coming along nicely. Hopefully I am getting closer to where I will get a chance to try my hand at some of what you are doing. I think progress...

Tony,

It's looking good. Nice lumber too. I can't tell the type of lumber from the photos, what is the lumber you are using?

Stew

Wow, Steven,

Looks like you hit it dead on again. The bits look very good. It is a little small to see a lot of detail, but they look very clean with very little rust. Good job.

Stew

Eric,

Thank you for your generous help to promote the site by getting some of the readers to become members. (I too was a reader of the site for quite a while before I became a member.)

You...

I should have added that at the time, I made a little over half what the plant technicians were making, and we were buying a house, so we could not afford much at the time. Also, I soon discovered...

Well, I just broke a combination square that I've had for many years. It was a Stanley, but a fairly inexpensive one with the part that held the straight edge rule made of plastic. However, it...

I think the "Name" factor of the builder is important in a lot of things. I was a member of a fly fishing site for years, and was one of the recognized tiers on that bulletin board. One of the...

Jim,

I remember your potting bench build, and I followed the build with great interest. A friend built a somewhat similar one a few years ago.

Now that I finally have a place for a garden,...