An honest shop.Stuff everywhere. A place where work gets done.Appreciate the viewing and the honesty of the workplace. Thank you from a New Zealand viewer.
Thanks for letting me know you’re from New Zealand. We had some friends that lived in Auckland for sometime. It is great to have you stop by the channel for a visit. I’m glad you enjoyed the video and hope you have a great week.
wait, what? you have different stations in your shop? lol ! I just make room on the workbench 😁 it looks fantastic, clutter and all! A definite feel good place to get lost in and forget about any worries. My wife would LOVE to keep bees. Thanks for the tour 👍🛠
😄😄 yes, I called him stations, but it all kind of morphs together. The shop is definitely a place where I lose track of time. All of a sudden I get a text from my wife who says, “when are you coming in to be with the rest of us?”😳 The bee project is definitely an opportunity to connect with my daughter. So I’m looking forward to it and we will share some more later on the channel. Thank you so much for your visit and hope you have a great week.
Now that is a shop that is worked! Congratulations for having such a wonderful place to get away. What a great time it is working with your daughter on a project. Good times! Many thanks for bring us into your personal space for a grand tour. 😀👍
You are welcome to stop by the shop anytime. Thank you for your kind words and I am enjoying the time working with my daughter. We hope to have the beehive done this Friday. Thanks again for your visit and hope you have a great week.
Thanks for the shop tour. Looks like you have every tool you could ever need! I don't know the size of your shop but it looks like you have plenty of space, but we always want more. 👏📽🇺🇸
Isn’t that the truth. Yes, I can’t complain. The shop is 20 x 40. It’s always nice to have more room but then that’s that much more the heat😄. Thanks for your visit and hope you have a great week.
Wow, impressive! You definitely get enjoyment and use out of it. The next time my wife says I have too many tools, I can honestly say NOPE.😅 Thanks again for sharing your work area with us and hope you continue to enjoy your time in it!
Thank you. I read your comment about your wife’s sentiment to my wife and she rolled her eyes and said that’s true. I told her there’s no such thing as too many tools 😆 there’s always room for at least one more! I’ll do my best to keep putting out content and I will look forward to your next visit. Hope you have a great week.
The shop tour is great. I’m sure you could use some more space just like myself to many things to store and not enough work space. I’m the type that doesn’t throw anything away because sure as I do I will need it. Keep up the great work and videos.
You’re absolutely right. It sounds like we completely and totally relate to one another. Thanks so much for your visit and I hope you have a great week
Becky (my wife) regularly mentions my hope to visit your shop. She has traveled some with me to visit and tour folk that I have met via RUclips. We just haven't had a demand recently to drive your way since August. I really appreciate the shop tour! I had no real shop until I converted a mid 1800's root cellar. It was a lousy shop, only about 10x14', where my head barely cleared the log ceiling floor joists, and I constantly dealt with a flooded floor. I eventually upgraded and converted my largest of unconnected basements into a dry climate controlled space. This partial basement under a larger house expansion gave me limited space with 7.5' ceiling, and only a 6' man door. I crammed numerous woodshop machines and machine shop machines into this space. After my retirement, my dear wife suggested that I build a proper shop. I have converted my basement shop into exclusive woodshop, and I have 3200sf shop space in a 4600sf shop building. I have committed the last several years to expanding my machine shop capacity and developing a proper mechanic shop. With 16' ceilings and 14x16' overhead doors, I have space to work and expand. I add new machinery as opportunity provides. I favor old industrial machines and enjoy great pleasure reconditioning machines and then employing them in my shop. I treat myself with lifelong desires every few months. Part of my life mission is disciple young men into vibrant service to Jesus Christ. The trades being very good to me and my offspring, I use my shops to mentor young men in the trades and build relationships that foster Christian growth. My wife could have been unsupportive about my shop life as she finds no personal pleasure in the shop(s). Happy and successful marriages are built around collaboration. For me to enjoy such extensive shop capacity in retirement isn't justifiable without her energetic support. I marvel daily that I have a precious wife and that I cannot justify the shops that I enjoy. My father had only a tiny shop with very few tools. He loved his shop, and he passed on his shop passion to me. He didn't live to see what God has kindly allowed me to enjoy. I was an industrial maintenance electrician and mechanic. My career exposed me to most common trades. Woodshop/fine furniture and general machine shop machining are my primary retirement hobby focus, but I included 14K# vehicle lift in my vehicle service bay. My boys and grandsons help me on major tasks like when I rigged my largest lathe (9500#). I didn't have enough capacity to haul it or rig it through the shop, but we were just barely able to get it off of the trailer with the vehicle lift. Your work and mine differ, but you exhibit the same passions that drive me. I am writing a lengthy comment while I wait for laquer to cure so I can complete the last laquer coat on the current hopechest project.
Thank you so much for sharing about your life and how the Lord is using you. Ever since I can remember, my dad always had a workbench and some tools, at least in the corner of some storage room or outbuilding. When I was young, they never were big. When we came back to the states from the mission field, my dad began to accumulate more tools and his garage became very full. When he retired, they moved in next door and he built this shop that I’m working in. He passed away of cancer and Parkinson’s about seven years ago, and I have inherited all of his shop and tools. I am definitely blessed by the parents I was given to raise me the way they have, and to have received not just a wonderful gift of a Christian Heritage, but to have a place that I can enjoy working with my hands and spending time with my family there as well. What you and I do is very different, but there is a wonderful beauty in the variety and talents, God has given each of us. I believe we should admire each other’s accomplishments and encourage those differences. You fill a category of industry that others don’t, and others fill a category that you don’t. Together things get done. Keep on speaking into the lives of others and there will be a huge blessing. Not just for them but for you as well. Thanks for coming by the shop for visited sharing. Have a great week and God bless you.
Awesome shop. Very cool. Having ADHD i constantly pile things uo moving things around trying to find long term homes. And also have many things being worked on . Love the shop and ideas to possibly mod my area too.
A very comprehensive and cozy work space. I think I see a detached and dedicated building and snow on the ground. I hope you are able to enjoy the luxury of some climate control to maintain your enthusiasm during the extreme months.
Yes it is. I do have Electric baseboard heat in the shop. It doesn’t keep quite as warm as I’d like, but at least it won’t be combustible with any fumes we might have in the shop. I will do my best to keep my enthusiasm and thank you so much for coming by the shop for a visit. I hope you have a great week.
I really enjoyed that! Many years ago I saw a comment on a video that read “A clean well organized shop is the mark of a twisted mind” 😂. For some reason that gave me comfort. 🫣😂👍
Yes, that’s what it is! Because my shop is a little messy, I must be in my right mind! Thanks for pointing that out and setting me straight. Thanks for your visit and making me laugh! Have a great week.
Thank you for showing us your shop "in the wild". I am always a little suspicious of a shop that is too clean! I have been on the lookout for an affordable 1x42 belt sander for a while. I don't want one of those cheap little 1x30 ones everyone else uses. I want it to be a bit more powerful and prefferably an older model. Lately, I have been thinking about making one. Thank you for sharing your blessings with the rest of us. 🙏❤🙏❤🙏❤🙏❤
You are more than welcome. Thank you so much for your regular visit. Good luck in finding one of those Sanders. I do like the ones with a longer belt. I think they actually last longer. If you make one, that will be very cool. Thank you for the privilege of spending a little time in your day to share my hobbies with you have a great week.
Hey !Bonjour vraiment un très bel atelier, il est vrai que les machines sont très prêt les unes des autres par manque de place. Mais cela reste un atelier où tout est rangé à sa place, et du moment que l'on peut trouver ce qu'il faut, c'est super. Bon un peu de nettoyage s'imposerait, mais dans l'ensemble, si l'on travaille le bois, les copeaux et la sciure on ne peut pas l'éviter. Cela reste un atelier fonctionnel. ❤
I am definitely not going to complain. I may have to adjust some things now and again to use them but for the most part everything is accessible. Thanks so much for your visit. I like seeing your comment in French and the Google translator helps me understand what you’re saying. I hope you have a really great week.
I really like your shop. All the movable work stations is nice, all the clutter, no problem, I have to move stuff all the time, ever flat surface has something on it. thanks for the tour.
Love your shop! Looks like you are an active producer! The number of jigs and available stations of tools demonstrates your flexibility to be an interesting craftsman! I also appreciate your realistic tool brand selection - common sense and needs based! So admirer your tool wall! You could sell posters of that wall! I’ll buy one! Like pictures of the Studley Tool chest! I also like your last comment - that you appreciate your shop and your viewers!
Thank you for your very kind words. I have to admit I’m a little proud of the wall as well. It has been a lot of fun to develop. Somebody else suggested making a puzzle out of the wall photo which would be a good idea. I just don’t know if I wanna do all the marketing for it. My last comment on my videos is also true. I appreciate so much the shop I have to work in and the viewers I am privileged to serve with some entertainment. thank you for coming by for a visit and I hope you have a great week.
Thank you. I have always liked to have wood siding in the shop. If I could, I do the whole thing in Barn siding. But I will be content with the tool wall in Barn wood. Thanks for coming by the shop for a visit tonight. Hope you have a great week.
@@toolscouter I've always been impressed at how you were able to place all those tools close together on the display. That in itself took some time. Best tool wall in town!
Wow!! I am humbled and honored that you would see fit to spend that much time with me. I hope I can keep you entertained in the future. Thanks for visiting and have a great week!
Great tour and thanks for letting us in. I'm going to get around to doing mine someday, just not there yet. I have a some mobility in my shop as well, just makes it easier if you have to get to something! I wonder how old that Grizzley saw is, looks like a good performer!
Thank you. I will look forward to seeing yours when the time comes. Mobility is always necessary just to accommodate different projects. As for the tablesaw, I’m not sure how old it is, but I really like it. The worm gears work very smoothly. The only thing I would like to have been a little better is the fence. To get it very precise you have to measure from the blade and then from the grooves in the tablesaw to get it perfect. thanks again for your visit and hope you have a great week.
Awesome! Reminds me of my grandfather's old shop. I have the little wood stove that used to be in it. Is the kerosene heater your only heat source? Were some of these items passed down from your Dad? Thanks for sharing with us all!
That’s great. I hope they are fond memories. I do have a kerosene heater in the middle of the shop but that is not what I use. There is baseboard heat on the south wall. It doesn’t get real warm in the shop but at least fumes will not combust. Yes, all of the large tools I inherited from my father. Only the battery operated tools and hand tools are originally mine. We always had some kind of a project we were doing together, whether it was fixing something on the house or building something in the shop. I am blessed to have what he has left me. Thanks so much for your visit and I hope you have a great week!
Thank you. It is a lot of fun to have the variety and lots of options to work with. I trust and hope you have a great week and I’ll see you on the next video.
Empire Abrasives has your 1 x 42. $2.02 I believe they were Made in the USA. ( A year or so ago it was prominent on their website...hmmm, I wonder if something has changed )
"Chop saw"! Please, please don't call it that. That indicates the way that the tool is used and a miter saw shouldn't be used in such a careless manner, though I know it is a popular nomenclature, it makes me cringe every time someone says it. As a retired finish carpenter/builder, I can tell you it is easy to tell when someone uses a "chop saw" and when someone properly uses a power miter saw. (I have 3).
You are absolutely right. It’s the difference between a framer, a finish carpenter, or cabinet maker. I understand and ask your indulgence. Thanks so much for your visit and I hope you have a great week!
Good comment, though I call my saws by common and proper names. In the 1970's I was introduced to the radial arm saw. It was such a versatile tool that I just had to have one. I purchased a used Craftsman in 1977 and used it for most of the marvelous functions that it was capable of doing, though not doing exceedingly well. I replaced the OEM particle board table with a much larger 3/4" aluminum plate, which allowed the saw to survive in the DAMP converted farrowing house I then used as a shop. The Craftsman model was old enough that critical worn parts could not be purchased, so accuracy was compromised. It was under powered as most of that brand and vintage were. I neglected that saw as the hog house continued to deteriorate. By then, radial arm saws had fallen out of favor, and miter saws and sliding miter saws were taking their place. I settled on DeWalt, but other premium contractor brands could be acceptable to me. I have been through a series of table saw upgrades, I think 6 in total. I am currently very satisfied with a Houdaille vintage Powermatic 66 and a very heavily modified vintage Delta contractor tablesaw. I no longer see a need for the radial arm saw option, and scrapped mine several years ago when I tire down the farrowing house to erect a proper shop building. I am not against employing a proper industrial grade RAS someday, but my "chop saw" options meet my needs well. I like their portability. On a proper portable stand with appropriate fence/table and collapsing long stock support, I can manage the longest stock that I can get into my shop (around 14'), and still take a saw to a remote construction site.
An honest shop.Stuff everywhere. A place where work gets done.Appreciate the viewing and the honesty of the workplace. Thank you from a New Zealand viewer.
Thanks for letting me know you’re from New Zealand. We had some friends that lived in Auckland for sometime. It is great to have you stop by the channel for a visit. I’m glad you enjoyed the video and hope you have a great week.
wait, what? you have different stations in your shop? lol ! I just make room on the workbench 😁 it looks fantastic, clutter and all! A definite feel good place to get lost in and forget about any worries. My wife would LOVE to keep bees. Thanks for the tour 👍🛠
😄😄 yes, I called him stations, but it all kind of morphs together. The shop is definitely a place where I lose track of time. All of a sudden I get a text from my wife who says, “when are you coming in to be with the rest of us?”😳 The bee project is definitely an opportunity to connect with my daughter. So I’m looking forward to it and we will share some more later on the channel. Thank you so much for your visit and hope you have a great week.
Thanks for the tour! Wonderful shop!
I’m glad you enjoyed it. Thanks for stopping by! I hope you have a great week!
Now that is a shop that is worked! Congratulations for having such a wonderful place to get away. What a great time it is working with your daughter on a project. Good times! Many thanks for bring us into your personal space for a grand tour. 😀👍
You are welcome to stop by the shop anytime. Thank you for your kind words and I am enjoying the time working with my daughter. We hope to have the beehive done this Friday. Thanks again for your visit and hope you have a great week.
Thanks for the shop tour. Looks like you have every tool you could ever need! I don't know the size of your shop but it looks like you have plenty of space, but we always want more. 👏📽🇺🇸
Isn’t that the truth. Yes, I can’t complain. The shop is 20 x 40. It’s always nice to have more room but then that’s that much more the heat😄. Thanks for your visit and hope you have a great week.
Wow, impressive! You definitely get enjoyment and use out of it. The next time my wife says I have too many tools, I can honestly say NOPE.😅 Thanks again for sharing your work area with us and hope you continue to enjoy your time in it!
Thank you. I read your comment about your wife’s sentiment to my wife and she rolled her eyes and said that’s true. I told her there’s no such thing as too many tools 😆 there’s always room for at least one more! I’ll do my best to keep putting out content and I will look forward to your next visit. Hope you have a great week.
@toolscouter You bet! I think there's a chapter in Wife101 where they practice rolling their eyes, cuz they seem to be pretty good at it.🤣
Thank you for letting us see your shop.
It was my pleasure and I appreciate you stopping by for the visit. Have a great week!
The shop tour is great. I’m sure you could use some more space just like myself to many things to store and not enough work space. I’m the type that doesn’t throw anything away because sure as I do I will need it.
Keep up the great work and videos.
You’re absolutely right. It sounds like we completely and totally relate to one another. Thanks so much for your visit and I hope you have a great week
Becky (my wife) regularly mentions my hope to visit your shop. She has traveled some with me to visit and tour folk that I have met via RUclips. We just haven't had a demand recently to drive your way since August.
I really appreciate the shop tour! I had no real shop until I converted a mid 1800's root cellar. It was a lousy shop, only about 10x14', where my head barely cleared the log ceiling floor joists, and I constantly dealt with a flooded floor. I eventually upgraded and converted my largest of unconnected basements into a dry climate controlled space. This partial basement under a larger house expansion gave me limited space with 7.5' ceiling, and only a 6' man door. I crammed numerous woodshop machines and machine shop machines into this space. After my retirement, my dear wife suggested that I build a proper shop. I have converted my basement shop into exclusive woodshop, and I have 3200sf shop space in a 4600sf shop building. I have committed the last several years to expanding my machine shop capacity and developing a proper mechanic shop. With 16' ceilings and 14x16' overhead doors, I have space to work and expand. I add new machinery as opportunity provides. I favor old industrial machines and enjoy great pleasure reconditioning machines and then employing them in my shop.
I treat myself with lifelong desires every few months. Part of my life mission is disciple young men into vibrant service to Jesus Christ. The trades being very good to me and my offspring, I use my shops to mentor young men in the trades and build relationships that foster Christian growth. My wife could have been unsupportive about my shop life as she finds no personal pleasure in the shop(s). Happy and successful marriages are built around collaboration. For me to enjoy such extensive shop capacity in retirement isn't justifiable without her energetic support. I marvel daily that I have a precious wife and that I cannot justify the shops that I enjoy.
My father had only a tiny shop with very few tools. He loved his shop, and he passed on his shop passion to me. He didn't live to see what God has kindly allowed me to enjoy. I was an industrial maintenance electrician and mechanic. My career exposed me to most common trades. Woodshop/fine furniture and general machine shop machining are my primary retirement hobby focus, but I included 14K# vehicle lift in my vehicle service bay. My boys and grandsons help me on major tasks like when I rigged my largest lathe (9500#). I didn't have enough capacity to haul it or rig it through the shop, but we were just barely able to get it off of the trailer with the vehicle lift.
Your work and mine differ, but you exhibit the same passions that drive me. I am writing a lengthy comment while I wait for laquer to cure so I can complete the last laquer coat on the current hopechest project.
Thank you so much for sharing about your life and how the Lord is using you. Ever since I can remember, my dad always had a workbench and some tools, at least in the corner of some storage room or outbuilding. When I was young, they never were big. When we came back to the states from the mission field, my dad began to accumulate more tools and his garage became very full. When he retired, they moved in next door and he built this shop that I’m working in. He passed away of cancer and Parkinson’s about seven years ago, and I have inherited all of his shop and tools. I am definitely blessed by the parents I was given to raise me the way they have, and to have received not just a wonderful gift of a Christian Heritage, but to have a place that I can enjoy working with my hands and spending time with my family there as well.
What you and I do is very different, but there is a wonderful beauty in the variety and talents, God has given each of us. I believe we should admire each other’s accomplishments and encourage those differences. You fill a category of industry that others don’t, and others fill a category that you don’t. Together things get done.
Keep on speaking into the lives of others and there will be a huge blessing. Not just for them but for you as well. Thanks for coming by the shop for visited sharing. Have a great week and God bless you.
Great set up!👍🏽😊❤️🇺🇸
Thank you. It is always great to have you come by for a visit and I hope you have a great week.
Awesome shop. Very cool. Having ADHD i constantly pile things uo moving things around trying to find long term homes. And also have many things being worked on . Love the shop and ideas to possibly mod my area too.
Sounds like we can totally relate to one another. I appreciate your visit and for sharing your thoughts. I hope you have a great week.
A very comprehensive and cozy work space. I think I see a detached and dedicated building and snow on the ground. I hope you are able to enjoy the luxury of some climate control to maintain your enthusiasm during the extreme months.
Yes it is. I do have Electric baseboard heat in the shop. It doesn’t keep quite as warm as I’d like, but at least it won’t be combustible with any fumes we might have in the shop. I will do my best to keep my enthusiasm and thank you so much for coming by the shop for a visit. I hope you have a great week.
Cool shop setup. A busy shop for a part time craftsman is usually not pristine because it is being used, which to me is a good sign.
Thanks again and have a good one.
Great video. Thanks for sharing. That's what I like to see, a well used shop. Enjoy. Love the street sigh.👍
Thanks for coming by the shop! I'm glad you enjoyed the tour. Have a great week.
I really enjoyed that! Many years ago I saw a comment on a video that read “A clean well organized shop is the mark of a twisted mind” 😂. For some reason that gave me comfort. 🫣😂👍
Yes, that’s what it is! Because my shop is a little messy, I must be in my right mind! Thanks for pointing that out and setting me straight. Thanks for your visit and making me laugh! Have a great week.
Very nice. Thank you.
Thank you. I appreciate you stopping by the shop. Hope you have a great week.
Thank you for showing us your shop "in the wild". I am always a little suspicious of a shop that is too clean! I have been on the lookout for an affordable 1x42 belt sander for a while. I don't want one of those cheap little 1x30 ones everyone else uses. I want it to be a bit more powerful and prefferably an older model. Lately, I have been thinking about making one. Thank you for sharing your blessings with the rest of us. 🙏❤🙏❤🙏❤🙏❤
You are more than welcome. Thank you so much for your regular visit. Good luck in finding one of those Sanders. I do like the ones with a longer belt. I think they actually last longer. If you make one, that will be very cool. Thank you for the privilege of spending a little time in your day to share my hobbies with you have a great week.
Hey !Bonjour vraiment un très bel atelier, il est vrai que les machines sont très prêt les unes des autres par manque de place. Mais cela reste un atelier où tout est rangé à sa place, et du moment que l'on peut trouver ce qu'il faut, c'est super. Bon un peu de nettoyage s'imposerait, mais dans l'ensemble, si l'on travaille le bois, les copeaux et la sciure on ne peut pas l'éviter. Cela reste un atelier fonctionnel. ❤
I am definitely not going to complain. I may have to adjust some things now and again to use them but for the most part everything is accessible. Thanks so much for your visit. I like seeing your comment in French and the Google translator helps me understand what you’re saying. I hope you have a really great week.
I really like your shop. All the movable work stations is nice, all the clutter, no problem, I have to move stuff all the time, ever flat surface has something on it. thanks for the tour.
Thank you for your visit and kind words. It’s always a pleasure to share these things with you and I hope you have a great week.
Love your shop! Looks like you are an active producer! The number of jigs and available stations of tools demonstrates your flexibility to be an interesting craftsman! I also appreciate your realistic tool brand selection - common sense and needs based! So admirer your tool wall! You could sell posters of that wall! I’ll buy one! Like pictures of the Studley Tool chest! I also like your last comment - that you appreciate your shop and your viewers!
Thank you for your very kind words. I have to admit I’m a little proud of the wall as well. It has been a lot of fun to develop. Somebody else suggested making a puzzle out of the wall photo which would be a good idea. I just don’t know if I wanna do all the marketing for it. My last comment on my videos is also true. I appreciate so much the shop I have to work in and the viewers I am privileged to serve with some entertainment. thank you for coming by for a visit and I hope you have a great week.
Those large casters on the cart ......rather that cart is just perfect. It has a shop elegance.
😂😂 it’s actually a gurney! It does work well for the purpose that it wasn’t intended for. Thanks for your visit and have a great week.
Great looking shop
Thank you. I appreciate you stopping by for a visit. I will look forward to seeing you again soon and hope you have a great week.
@toolscouter You are welcome
Thank you for sharing
Very cool place.
It has a warmth to it that you don't see in many shops.
Thank you. I have always liked to have wood siding in the shop. If I could, I do the whole thing in Barn siding. But I will be content with the tool wall in Barn wood. Thanks for coming by the shop for a visit tonight. Hope you have a great week.
@@toolscouter I've always been impressed at how you were able to place all those tools close together on the display.
That in itself took some time.
Best tool wall in town!
Nice shop! Thanks for sharing. BTW, I finished watching all of your videos a while back. Lots of nice projects and ideas. Cheers!
Wow!! I am humbled and honored that you would see fit to spend that much time with me. I hope I can keep you entertained in the future. Thanks for visiting and have a great week!
Nice shop. Thanks for the tour. I think sometimes people don't realize we have actual workshops not film studios.
That is a great way to think about it. Thanks for setting me straight. I hope you have a great week.
Thank you so much for that insight into your world.
Thank you for coming by and visiting me here in my world. Have a great day.
Thank you for the tour! It was awesome.
Thank you for coming by the shop for a visit. I hope you have a great week.
Great tour and thanks for letting us in. I'm going to get around to doing mine someday, just not there yet. I have a some mobility in my shop as well, just makes it easier if you have to get to something! I wonder how old that Grizzley saw is, looks like a good performer!
Thank you. I will look forward to seeing yours when the time comes. Mobility is always necessary just to accommodate different projects. As for the tablesaw, I’m not sure how old it is, but I really like it. The worm gears work very smoothly. The only thing I would like to have been a little better is the fence. To get it very precise you have to measure from the blade and then from the grooves in the tablesaw to get it perfect. thanks again for your visit and hope you have a great week.
Nice I like the size of your shop 👍
Thank you. I really can’t complain because it is quite functional. Thanks for your visit and have a great week.
Awesome! Reminds me of my grandfather's old shop. I have the little wood stove that used to be in it. Is the kerosene heater your only heat source? Were some of these items passed down from your Dad? Thanks for sharing with us all!
That’s great. I hope they are fond memories. I do have a kerosene heater in the middle of the shop but that is not what I use. There is baseboard heat on the south wall. It doesn’t get real warm in the shop but at least fumes will not combust. Yes, all of the large tools I inherited from my father. Only the battery operated tools and hand tools are originally mine. We always had some kind of a project we were doing together, whether it was fixing something on the house or building something in the shop. I am blessed to have what he has left me. Thanks so much for your visit and I hope you have a great week!
@toolscouter thanks for sharing 🙂
Nice tour, You can do most anything you want.
Thank you. It is a lot of fun to have the variety and lots of options to work with. I trust and hope you have a great week and I’ll see you on the next video.
Empire Abrasives has your 1 x 42. $2.02 I believe they were Made in the USA.
( A year or so ago it was prominent on their website...hmmm, I wonder if something has changed )
That’s good to know, thanks so much for sharing. Have a good one.
Not clean? Looks like it's being used!
You got it! It gets used a lot. Thanks for checking it out! I hope you have a great week.
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Oh no. Thanks for letting me know.
If there's not at least 20 projects going at once and a huge mess then it's not a real shop.
😄 thanks for your support and encouragement. Or are you just enabling me?😂 Honestly, thank you so much for your visit and have a great week!
"Chop saw"! Please, please don't call it that. That indicates the way that the tool is used and a miter saw shouldn't be used in such a careless manner, though I know it is a popular nomenclature, it makes me cringe every time someone says it. As a retired finish carpenter/builder, I can tell you it is easy to tell when someone uses a "chop saw" and when someone properly uses a power miter saw. (I have 3).
You are absolutely right. It’s the difference between a framer, a finish carpenter, or cabinet maker. I understand and ask your indulgence. Thanks so much for your visit and I hope you have a great week!
Good comment, though I call my saws by common and proper names. In the 1970's I was introduced to the radial arm saw. It was such a versatile tool that I just had to have one. I purchased a used Craftsman in 1977 and used it for most of the marvelous functions that it was capable of doing, though not doing exceedingly well. I replaced the OEM particle board table with a much larger 3/4" aluminum plate, which allowed the saw to survive in the DAMP converted farrowing house I then used as a shop. The Craftsman model was old enough that critical worn parts could not be purchased, so accuracy was compromised. It was under powered as most of that brand and vintage were. I neglected that saw as the hog house continued to deteriorate. By then, radial arm saws had fallen out of favor, and miter saws and sliding miter saws were taking their place. I settled on DeWalt, but other premium contractor brands could be acceptable to me. I have been through a series of table saw upgrades, I think 6 in total. I am currently very satisfied with a Houdaille vintage Powermatic 66 and a very heavily modified vintage Delta contractor tablesaw. I no longer see a need for the radial arm saw option, and scrapped mine several years ago when I tire down the farrowing house to erect a proper shop building.
I am not against employing a proper industrial grade RAS someday, but my "chop saw" options meet my needs well. I like their portability. On a proper portable stand with appropriate fence/table and collapsing long stock support, I can manage the longest stock that I can get into my shop (around 14'), and still take a saw to a remote construction site.