Shop Secrets and Tour
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- Опубліковано 14 чер 2024
- Just a really busy time here at Shady Acres so I thought I would do a quick shop tour and answer some viewer questions. I'll try really hard to do a turning video next week! Picture is of my shop.
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Recently a new subscriber and really enjoy your videos on turning, I'm a retired 70-year-old Carpenter from rough to fine finish recently playing with lathe projects for fun and personal sanity lol. I cannot tell you how much your laid back approach and you're no nonsense, straight forward comical attitude towards your craft reflects mine... I've learned so much in a short time watching you and your beautiful projects I can't thank you enough... You're appreciation and respect for the pieces you start with and how you present them in the end is outstanding! All the best to you and yours and again thank you "young" man... Mark
Thanks a lot, Mark, I appreciate that! 😊
I know this is 2 years old but thanks a lot. It is encouraging to see that you are an every man with a simple shop. Your videos are so entertaining and interesting.
I appreciate that, Barry, thank you! 😊
Thank you Phil for sharing and welcoming us into your shop.
Thanks for the visit! 😃
You made me feel so much better about my garage shop, in that seeing the clutter and dust, I'm not feeling so bad now Phil. Way to lift a guys spirits, ha, ha!
LOL! My pleasure, Gary!
Thanks Phil, I started watching you apparently 3 years ago when I started wood turning. This is the first time your tour video showed up. Thanks for sharing this, I don’t feel so bad about my shop having so much laying around out of place. 🤠
Yup, you fill the space you have, David! 😊
So I bought a cheap set of tools online since I'm just starting out as a rookie and thought, "man, these are just worthless!" Well, duh, they had to be sharpened. Neighbor gave me a Rockler honing system that works so-so, but only for straight edge tools like chisels. So this video helps a TON! Thanks Phil! The things you're teaching people is invaluable! Of course I am biased since I LOVE all types of woodworking. Thank you again for all your videos, way too cool 😎!!
I'm glad it was helpful, Brandon, enjoy your hobby! 😊
This video of Phil Anderson just popped up on my feed from five years ago. Mister Phil, if you get this message, I think you make my favorite bowl turning videos. I used to throw away wood that I now turn. Long time subscriber, many thanks!
Thank you, Kerry, I'm glad you spend some of your time with me and I'm really glad you are turning outside the norm. Far more fun, me thinks! 😊
Hi Phil, just watched the shop tour and loved it, particularly the equipment that’s bought and never been used, I’m a master at that one, and also the stacks of lumber. I know I will very rarely be able to tidy up, and I’ve made my peace with that now. Thank you for sharing your workspace 🙏.
Oh, it's all been used and plenty of times over 50 years of woodworking. Jut doesn't get used anymore since I started turning! 😊
Thank you for sharing another part of your life with us, I so enjoy are times together
Glad you enjoy it, Richard! 😊
Great to see your ‘shop’ rather larger than mine, which is just as cluttered but used mainly for metalwork as I build big telescopes and other astronomical equipment for the two unusual observatories I built. I have converted a greenhouse into my wood turning ‘shop’, lined it out, put a heater and lights in and the various tools, machines etc. our block is a natural wooded hillside 5-acres with good views of the skies and more varieties of Tasmanian hardwoods in various states, a lot perfect for wood turning. I use a two ton Komatsu excavator to do my ‘gardening on the small sections we have cultivated, it is also how I moved my felled dead trees to where I can cut them up. At 83+, my muscles are not quite what they used to be. I have also reached that stage where I can’t be fussed making jigs etc. if I can buy them, time is too precious to waste on making tools, fittings etc. it takes time away from using my big telescopes, wood turning, keyboard playing, landscape painting, growing our foods hydroponically, and the list goes on. Don’t know how I do it for the money!!. Take care, my friend in wood turning, from the Southern Cross Observatory, Tasmania 42 South. 👍😁🔭 not sure if this will work-try iy and let me know please: photos.google.com/albums
Thank you, Shevill, for the peak inside your life. Sounds absolutely amazing! 😊
Thanks for sharing your shop, Phil. It's nice to see your property and more than your lathe.
You bet, Kenny! 😊
Fantastic stuff! I love the creative clutter! I was starting to worry that I'm the only one who keeps a glorious conglomeration of marvelous messiness! Thank you so much for the quality content! So much noise on the internet, and it's so nice to see someone so real share their love with us!
I appreciate your time spent watching and commenting on my videos, thank you! 😊
Well Phil, i really am late to the party with this one! It showed up in my feed and is just a tad before I started watching you tube so i hadnt seen it. What a lovely surprise to see your workshop, thanks for showing us around. See you tomorrow!👍
It's still a mess, maybe more so, now! 😃
Thank you Phil! It's really great that you share you knowledge with us beginning turners! It means more than words can express Sir!
I appreciate that! 😊 Thank you for watching and commenting!
Been watching for a couple of years but first time I saw this tutorial and really enjoyed it.thanks sharing.
Thanks for watching! 😊
Thanks Phil very informative information on sharpening your chisels .. oh ya I love your workshop.. thanks a million for everything 👍
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So very refreshing.
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Thanks for the Turners Tour of your woodshop. Great tips and techniques.
Thanks for coming along for the ride! 😊
nice to see your place.. every man needs a place where he can create and be alone with his thoughts.. I always feel closer to GOD when I'm in my shop, creating..
Excellent, thank you, Juan! 😊
Very interesting Phil, I watch as many turning videos as possible, thank you.
Graham UK
Glad you enjoyed it 😊
Thanks for the tour. Have enjoyed your turning videos for some time. Particularly enjoyed the comment about once you found turning you gave up on flat work. Seems it happens to most of us.
Glad you enjoyed it, thanks for watching! 😊
Very interesting. Especially the tool sharping portion.
Thanks for watching, Chris! 😃
Thanks for sharing Phil. It’s nice to see other wood turners shops. It gives us just another look into who you are. Your shop looks so much like mine, stuff piled on top of stuff. But we know where everything is at lol. Thank you for sharing I enjoy you videos.
Thank you, Michael! 😊
man i am so glad you did that.you are my friend .i am legally blind live aline been a woodworker/caionet maker . somehow i got to be 75 years of age . have bad ra spine trouble . i have done just a little bit of turning. i am trying to put some tools together so i can start turning a few things watching you inspirals me ..ok, donnie here signing off
Glad I could help 😊
Hi Phil & many thanks for inviting us into your shop & showing the beautiful surroundings to your home. I’m a huge fan of your channel (guess you figured that out a while ago !). I enjoy your no nonsense, always ready to learn something new and share approach to the age old craft of turning something pleasing from a piece of wood. I may be thousands of miles away but I feel a kind of affinity with you, the way you approach a project down to understanding the tools and how they’re sharpened in a particular way and why. I’d like to thank you for the hours of enjoyment you have given me especially during a period of my “old age” when the unexpected has struck me down and prevented me from being in my shop, doing what I love - taking a piece of wood and making something unique that takes its place in my home or becomes a gift or often ends up as a charitable donation to raise money for good causes.
Have a Very Happy Christmas 🎄 and Health and Happiness to yourself, family, loved ones and friends in the coming New Year.
Regards from the U.K.
Geof
Thank you so much for your very kind, thoughtful words, Geof! Your comment means more to me than you might know. I so wish for you to be able to get out to your shop and enjoy these "golden years." There has been a little tarnish on the gold at our place, too, lately. Mostly the reason for this shop video instead of a turning. Hopefully the new year will bring new blessings and fewer challenges.
Merry Christmas to you and yours, Geof!
Phil
Thank you for taking the time to explain with so much detail
Glad it was helpful!
Nice turning shop Phil. Thanks for the tour. 😊
Any time! 😊
Loving your videos and attitude Phil, keep it up!
Thanks so much, Richard! 😊
Thanks for that, Phil, most interesting. My studio is full of stuff I've hardly used for years, but it's there when/if I need it.
That's how I think of it, too, Richard! 😊
Very interesting my shop is kinda in disarray as well , I watch you all the time and learn a lot , I’ve been turning for maybe couple yrs and have learn most of my techniques fr you thank you so much , love ur show
How wonderful, thank you, Jim, for taking your time to watch and comment! 😊
Thanks Phil I to collect all sorts of timber and often wonder if I’m doing the right thing after seeing your supply I know I’m doing the right thing I find your videos very informative and helpful to me. This is coming to you from Australia
Thank you Bob in Australia! 😊
Thanks for the tour and explanations. Satisfied my curiosity, so I didn't have to ask.
Thanks for watching, Judith!
Thank you Phil! you sure gave me some good tips. Love your work.
Good to know, Paul, thanks for the visit! 😊
Thanks Phil for all the great info,very useful
Thanks for watching, Norm!
Thanks for the tour. I enjoy seeing other people's shops and get some ideas on setting up mine. My brother just made a negative rake scraper for me and I was wondering what angles to try. This will give me a starting point. My son just showed those angle finders and I have to get one. Thanks again.
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It all looks good to me. I like your view of the sky (trees). I don't know how many videos I've seen and you complain it's cold. I would definitely put up some insulation and hook up that heater. Your shop is more cluttered than mine. Maybe I should show my wife.
Thanksm Dennis! 👍
Thank you for showing your workshop! I was beginning to think you worked in a two by two space…haha.
I do, Tina! The rest of it just collects dust! 😊
Phil. Great expltion of thing again. One thing I do on sharpening is I take a piece of duct tape and write the degrees on the tape. I also take a magic marker and color the end of the tool to see when the angle is correct. I have one of the triple holders but never new what it was. Now i know. Thanks for your info
Thanks, Dave! 😊
Great video and thanks for sharing these tips and tricks.
Thanks for watching! 😊
Oh I want one of those wixey gauge. Thanks for the ideas
Sooo handy for a lot of things, Alan! 😊
Very informative Phil you have a great shop wish mine was filled as much. But thank you for all the tips you shared.
You are very welcome 😊
Thanks for the tour!
Thanks for stopping by, Barb! 😊
My husband and I watch your channel and love it. He just started turning wood a couple months or so ago and he loves it. He has been a machinist by trade for over 40 years so it made sense to progress to wood turning after our bil gave him a wood lathe. He has made trees, candleholders, bowls etc. Love it! We are wondering what kind of pen you use to sign your beautiful creations? We have tried a few and we're just not sure. Lol Thank you! We will keep watching! Yours is the best!
Hi Sandra! I use an Ultra Fine Point Sharpie. The trick is, I only put paste wax over it, most everything else causes the ink to run. I hope that helps. Thank you so much for your very kind comment!
Phil
Nice to see the inner workings of Shady Acres Woodshop. Nice stockpile of lumber you have Phil. I'm somewhat envious :) See ya in the next one.
Yeah, if only I were a woodworker again instead of a turner. Oh, well. Thanks, Scott! 😊
@@PhilAndersonShadyAcresWoodshop you're welcome. Always a pleasure to watch your videos. My family will come into my computer room and say, "Whatcha watchi....Ah Phil from Shady Acres?" I go "Yup!" lol
Wow, thanks so much for this video. I wanted to learn more about you!
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thanks for the tour Phil
Thanks Phil. I truly enjoyed the video. It’s so gratifying to see where one does their hobby. You have an awesome shop! Your videos are always such a gratification, as you always explain things with such detail. Thank you again Phil. Have nice evening.
Bob.
Thank you so much, Bob! I too am curious about the surroundings of the UA-camrs I watch so thought this might satisfy the curiosity of others. I'm happy you took your time to watch and comment!
Phil
Lucky man, great work shop, thanks for the tour
Thanks for the link!
Enjoyed the info.
Great to see where you work your magic. Thanks for the tour x
You’re welcome, Mandy, thanks for watching! 😊
Watched this video again, and learned something new as well. Thanks
Great looking shop Phil and beautiful property really enjoy watching your video you amaze me on what your able to turn
Glad you enjoyed it, Rich, thank you!
Thank you for the tour I learned a lot .your sharpening system is really nice.sure makes turning enjoyable.
I think my sharpening setup is responsible for about 90% of my enjoyment, Ernie. Sooo important.
Phil
Hi Phil, this tour made me sad and glad at the same time. Glad because now I don’t feel so bad about the clutter in my garage shop, and sad because I would love to have some acreage where my shop is not two meters away from the neighbors. At least I have good neighbors, that do not complain about the noise of the machines.
Yes, I'm very fortunate to have a little space, Johan. I've lived here for 32 years and appreciate it every day. 😊
Thanks for the shop tour. Hope you and your family have a wonderful Christmas.
You are welcome, Red, and Merry Christmas to you and yours, as well!
Phil
I started turning a little over a year ago and fell in love with it. My nephew is in the logging business and have a great supply of blanks. My shop is 10x16 and just has room for me to walk. I have full-size tools and miniature tools but little space. Thanks for the videos.
Wow, I've been trying to meet someone in the logging business! I know there is lots of great wood to be had if I just had the right contacts. You are lucky!
Phil
i liked the tour and the comments as well !grtngs!
I'm so glad, Ben, thank you!
Hello Phil. Partly on my question about sharpening this video answered. It will be necessary to make yourself such a device. It is a pity that turning is my hobby and not my main occupation. Time for hobby only Saturday and Sunday summer. Winter workshop is not available in the country, far from the city and a lot of snow. Thanks for science!!!
Thanks for the tour, Nice touch. I wondered how your shop was set up. I have a work in progress with mine, I have to come up with a chisel rack, i found that the shaft falls out if I stand one in a hole drilled in a bench top. Resharpen, won't do that again. I have installed and hooked up a natural gas heater in my garage, it is a lot more comfortable.Keep up the great videos. Rob from Oakville Ontario Canada.
Sounds like you are or will be far more organized than I, Rob. Enjoy! 😊
Phil,
Just found this. Great tour of your shop and associated tools. Good tutorial on sharpening. I’m giving a talk to my club in December on grinder safety, especially on not getting too close to the center of the wheel to avoid a bad catch and ruining your wheel.
Don
Glad you enjoyed it, Donald, thanks!😊
Phil, I really enjoyed the shop tour. Thanks for info on CBN wheels and 1 ½" width. I am getting a new setup now. Found your videos yesterday and I can't get enough of them. Trying to watch them all. Yesterday I sent you an email, and last night you answered. Thanks a lot.
Keep up the work and keep the videos coming. Now i am going to look at small tree trunks and roots in a whole different light.
D Stephens
Thank you, Joey, I appreciate your comment! YES! When you become a woodturner you also become a wood scavenger. Looking here, looking there! "I can turn that!!" LOL!
Phil
Its nice to see I,m not the only one in this world with a well used well stocked shop.. Cary on good man...Thank's
Thanks for watching and commenting, Steve, I appreciate it!
Phil
Great video Phil, very informative! Would love to have a shop of my own one day
Everyone needs a sanctuary to express themselves. I hope you get yours, Morgan! 😃
Thanks Phil. I understand fully how things tend to pile up over the coarse of a lifetime. My garage looks very similar except there are also lots of household overflow too. I'm a fan of your location. Beautiful part of the country. All the best and Merry Christmas.....
Thank you so much, Charlie! I've always heard no matter how big your shop is, you fill it! I never imagined I would but, well, you see the consequences of being a hoarder!
Merry Christmas!
Phil
Thanks Phil! Your info on sharpening was really great I have the same sharpening station you have and I have had a heck of a time on sharpening the scrapers good! I’m going to try your tricks! Thanks!
Happy to help, Mike, thanks!
You are my hero, love you videos.
Thank you so much, Tony, and I'm glad you watch!
Thanks. That was fun.
Glad you enjoyed it 😊
Thank you Phil
You are welcome, John.
Thank You Phil....You are a PLEASURE to watch !!!!...Your straight forward patient, calm, open honesty is totally refreshing...Phil this shop tour was great. I was watching and wondering (thinking in comparison to my own home garage/shop) how does Phil keep his shop so spotlessly clean and organized in comparison to my own shop?? Phil I do believe I need to do some serious cleaning/organizing come the new year. Phil where and what would all of us weekend crafters be doing without our workshops to occupy our imaginations ??? Thank You again Phil and I look forward to all of your future videos...( now...where did I put my broom and dustpan ????.....).....tm
Such a nice comment, Jeff, thank you! Spotlessly clean? Organized? Are you sure you are commenting on the right video? LOL!
Exactly, Jeff! If I didn't have my shop I have no idea what I would fill my days with. It's what gets me out of bed each day and eagerly looking forward to the next day.
Broom and dustpan? That's the sum total of my dust collection! LOL!
Take care, Buddy!
Phil
Good to see where the magic happens, and love the sharpening tips. Just forked over the scrilla for CBN wheels that I’m anxious to use, and move my turning perhaps from carbide to traditional tools. Thank you.
Good for you, Louis! Can I assume if you are taking a step up to CBN that you've already got a great jig, like the Wolverine? With that combination, sharpening is a breeze and I think you may get more personally involved in a piece when using HSS tools. At least, I do. You can just feel the wood better, helps with the creativity. Thank you, Louis!
Phil
Thanks Phil very informative I have enjoyed all your videos this year. Merry Christmas from Australia and I hope you and your family have a lovely Christmas 👍👍
I'm so happy to have you as a viewer, Mark and your comment just makes my day! Merry Christmas to you and yours, as well!
Phil
Great shop tour video....thx for the sharpening tips also!!! 👍👍👍
Thanks for watching, Jack!
Phil
Enjoyed the tour Phil and the tips too. Merry Christmas!
Thank you for watching and commenting, Pamela!
Merry Christmas to you and yours, as well!
Phil
Thank you for the tool sharpening lesson. I was needing it & I was going to ask you to do it
Happy to help, thanks for watching, Lynda! 😊
Thankyou u Phil I learn so much god bless you and your family
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Some great tips there Phil, so the main thing I'm taking away from this video is to find and keep a wife like yours! 😊 👍
Thank you, Jonathon! She was a keeper for sure. 😊
I forgot to mention that I live in NC but I spent 8 weeks at Ft. Lewis going thru advanced infantry training during March and April of 1967 and I think it rained every day. Beautiful State but wet and moss grows on everything.
HA! I was just saying to myself, "shorts and t-shirt all week and today it's jeans and two shirts!" Ya just never know what you're going to get for weather around here! 😊
Thanks for all the videos Phil! It's great to be able to see your workshop and it sounds like you're in a beautiful location. Yes, I suppose the heater would be a great addition - in AZ an air conditioned shop is a luxury. How about a woodstove for your mistakes?? The chisel rack makes me nervous, but other than that I love your shop.
A wood stove would be nice, John, but no room. I was trying to think why the chisel rack would make you nervous but I guess it's because the pointy ends are up? That was a concern when I set it up but I have never even come close to getting a scratch. Maybe there's more room than it looks. Anyway, I love it! Thanks for stopping by! 😊
Thanks for the interesting and informative tour and video!
You are welcome, Mel, thank you for watching and commenting!
Phil
awesome shop phil and a merry Christmas and a happy new year to you and family or like you say happy holidays
Glad you like it, Wayne, and a very Merry Christmas to you and yours!
Phil
Nice shop...thanks for the sharpening tips!
You are welcome, Carol, and thank you for watching and commenting!
Phil
Howdy, thanks for the video tour, great to see the cluttered horizontal surfaces. I’m not alone :-D
I have been attracted to this channel by your easy going, not to over-explainy style. The projects and wood you use are interesting, fun to watch and well presented through the whole process. Warts and all :-)
I don’t generally spend a lot of time in the comments section but your commenters and subs are a credit to the channel, it’s a lovely community you’re building here and I hope you get satisfaction from that.
Thank you for the effort and I hope you and yours have an excellent 2019
Ashley from the UK
Wow! What a very nice comment, Ashley! You are correct, I have the best viewers I could ever hope for. And more of them than I ever anticipated. I do get a lot of satisfaction from turning and sharing my experiences with those that enjoy watching. Just an overall rewarding experience here on UA-cam. And I know it's a small world here, but it still amazes me that people from all over the world are watching. That's just neat!
Thank you so much, Ashley. You've made my day!
Phil
Thank you for the sharpening lesson.
Glad it was helpful, James!
Phil. Thanks for the video on your shop. Made me feel better about the condition of my shop. It’s not as big as yours but it’s cluttered. Mine is attached to the my garage so I don’t have to go outside and it’s insulated and I have a small electric heater.
Right on, Tom! Sounds like you have a great setup! Enjoy! 😊
I like the idea of covering one's stools with some cloth. Thanks for the tip!
It keeps 'em clean while they rest and maybe one day, when I start using them again, that clean shiny surface will inspire me!
Thanks for watching and commenting!
Phil
Very good information 👍
Happy to help, William, thanks for watching! 😊
They cutoffs are a perk for your work. Great ways to create spacers and pressure blocks.
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Nice place and work shop thanks for the tour !
Glad you like it, John, thank you for watching!
Phil
great video Phil, I love to see what everybody else's place looks like. for some reason i though you were in a much larger place. get that heater plugged in, you would love turning even more...
Thanks, Dan! 1,000 sq. ft. or 10,000 sq. ft., you fill the space you have. Learned that long ago.
Phil
Phil, looks like you have an opportunity to thin out the machines you don't use so you can plan to get that one machine you've always dreamed of. Possibly an upgrade to one you have now. Hmmm 🤔 makes you think doesn't it. Us rookies would love to have some of those used machines collecting dust. It would give you so much more space back in the shop. Just sayin'! and your wife didn't put me up to this either. 🤣😂🤣♥️
HA! There will be no thinning during my lifetime, Jessi. What happens after that is not my problem. 😊
Good to see that you are human with all your leftover stuff!
Carsten Sverige 😉
Aren't we all, Carsten! 😊
Wow, buddy, nice shop. Thanks for the tour. I've been collecting lumber for as long as I can remember as well, so we also share that curse. For crying out loud, Phil, run a gas line out there and hook that heater up. LOL
Merry Christmas, my friend!
Billy
Hahaha, some day, buddy, some day.
Merry Christmas to you and yours, Billy!
Phil
Thanks for the tour
You are welcome, Garth, and thank YOU for watching and commenting!
Phil
Thanks for inviting us in. I enjoyed the tour. If you're ever down in Tumwater, drop by for a visit.
Ah, you are the third local to comment, David! I didn't know you were so close!
Phil
Hey Phil,
You're such a personable guy. Thanks for the tour of your shop and forest. It's not everybody that is so open to us in the public domain. I personally have always enjoyed your shows, no ego, no BS just thats the way it is, kinda like Edward R Murrow on the news. Ha. Man Keep turnin' and sharing the knowledge. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!
Edward R Murrow? Don, you are showing your age! LOL!
Thank you so much for continuing to watch and comment, Don, I truly appreciate it!
Merry Christmas to you and yours!
Phil
Nothing but the facts mam nothing but the facts. You should remember that one.
Phil, I stumbled across this video and just watched it. Really enjoyed seeing your shop. Would be interested in seeing the 2021 version! Got a ot of good sharpening tips! Thanks
Thanks, Tom! 2021 version will never be seen by anyone! What a mess! 😊
Good video and tips. Nice shop and all the toys, I mean tools😜
Toys, tools, it's all the same! Thanks for watching and commenting, Wayne, much appreciated!
Phil
I was looking for ideas on what to do with beautiful trees that I had to fell on my property when I came across your channel. I love what you do, especially the unusual shaped bowls. I live in Port Townsend, not too far from you. Could I pass on some Alder pieces to you?
I'm so glad you found some of my pieces useful in your own turnings! I was in Port Townsend last summer. Love it over there! I have turned some Alder and it can be very beautiful. If you have any with tight bark and find yourself over this way, let me know. Very kind of you! 😊
Hi Phil,
That is one amazing shop you have,,,and a good supply of lumber too! Hear I am hoping Santa will leave me an old/used bandsaw! LOL
Woodworking has always been my nemesis so I don't have any lumber or woodworking tools per say.Although I do much better working with metal!
Maybe with you ability as a wood worker and turner and with a shop like yours (loaded to the hilt with dry lumber) you could make some awesome segmented pieces to turn on your lathe?
You have a beautiful hidden paradise with your property!
Thanks so much for showing us all your property and workshop!
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to you and yours!!!
Tom
Thank you, Tom! The shop was a pleasant surprise when we first looked at buying this place. It wasn't mentioned in the listing, just discovered as we walked around the property.
I envy your metal working skills, for sure. You have made some truly wonderful, inspiring pieces. You can do so much with metal that just can't be done with wood. But, I have always loved woodworking so I'll take what I can get.
I could do some segmented pieces, but just don't have the patience for thinking anymore. LOL! That's why I've settled for the instant gratification of woodturning and I love it!
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to you and your family, Tom!
Phil
Phil I loved the shop tour.
I am wondering why you cover your machines though.
So we do think a like . Starting with the wood collection.
That gas heater is something I have been wanting to do for ages. But I have gas right where I need it so I have no excuse.
Great tip on the digital angle finder. Something I thought about today was both rails need to be exact location or the line does not good. Guess what I checked mine and they were way off so I fixed that now the line works on both wheels.
I love the location that you live in. The trees are great. We have 100 foot fir trees right in front of our place and a 1/4 acre of firs to our right. But we are no longer in the sticks.
Oh and I am ready to make the plunge to CBN wheels. Thanks for the tip on getting wider ones. Not sure if my Rikon will power 2 of them though.
When we travel in the motor home we make a point of staying at least one Walmart just for the fun of it. And I am a cheap old man LOL
Looking forward to when you have time for some woodturning videos. I love to learn techniques from you.
Nice job Phil and have a Merry Christmas
Gary
I actually edited out the part about why I cover my tools, Gary. I didn't want to start a conversation about what I can do to solve the problem but, here goes. One night after dark, I walked into the shop and had to duck my head to avoid the circling bats! And, bats, just like mice, leave stuff behind. I always wondered where those little rust spots on my tool tables were coming from! The bird blocks in the eaves don't have screening over them. And, there are large gaps around my big doors. I have ideas on how to solve the problem but, like the gas heat, just don't seem to find the time.
Good tip on the rails and using both sides. I did spend a great deal of time setting my jig up so I'm pretty sure they are exactly the same, but now I'll check.
I love our trees but, as always this time of year, we just had a wind storm and now I have branches all over that need to be picked up. Oh, well, Spring is coming! LOL!
I think your Rikon is more powerful than my Porter Cable. It might be a slow start but it will work. Sometimes I give the wheels a spin before I turn it on.
I love overnighting at Walmart just for the people watching! And yeah, it's cheap!
I'm just finishing my next turning video for next week. I don't think you have much to learn from me!
Merry Christmas, Gary, to you and yours.
Phil