Thread: Pics of tools

Originally Posted by Bushmiller

Is that an "Ent?" ("Lord of the Rings.")
I don't speak middle earth or german .
Paul

Same but it's in the link ... from Lost Art Press.

Originally Posted by John Saxton

Big thanks for all these posts Paul, I don't know where you find the time to find all this stuff.I'm retired and never seem to find the time to search for this!
So thanks for bringing these pics to our attention.
Cheers

I kinda fell into them and couldn't hold it back.

Search Google Images or Pinterest for key words to unleash a torrent.

Cheers,
Paul

Originally Posted by pmcgee

What a great simple idea !!!!

TT

Paul
There awesome fantastic to see
A big thank you
Matt

Thank you to all contributors for these lovely photos. I have often said that a pair of hinges on the rear of my desk at work or workbench at home would be an ideal way of clearing the work surface, ready for the next project. (Not always said in jest! You should have seem my work desk.)

Alan...

Originally Posted by Twisted Tenon

What a great simple idea !!!!...TT

Well, a great idea for a place to put things you hardly ever want to see again.

Sorry, TT, but I reckon it's one of the least smart ideas I've seen. What would you put in there? You couldn't store tools in it, since you'd be sure to need something else just as soon as you get the job you're working on battened down. And how many of you blokes could lift the tops of your benches up each night to put tools away? I certainly couldn't! I try to be tidy, but there always seems to be a pile of stuph on the little-used, left rear area of my bench, which slowly creeps across the remaining flat area, until I notice it & have a blitz cleanup. Then it just starts all over again...

Cheers

Originally Posted by IanW

Well, a great idea for a place to put things you hardly ever want to see again.

Sorry, TT, but I reckon it's one of the least smart ideas I've seen. What would you put in there? You couldn't store tools in it, since you'd be sure to need something else just as soon as you get the job you're working on battened down. And how many of you blokes could lift the tops of your benches up each night to put tools away? I certainly couldn't! I try to be tidy, but there always seems to be a pile of stuph on the little-used, left rear area of my bench, which slowly creeps across the remaining flat area, until I notice it & have a blitz cleanup. Then it just starts all over again...

Cheers

Well Ian I guess it comes down to my personal work style Ive never had the pleasure of working on a bench like that and when I saw it my eyes lit up My thoughts were that for most work I would only need the front 1/3 of the bench to work the timber. However there will/may be times when I used the bench for layout work and such. I would have cut that lid into thirds so that all I had to do was shove the stuff on the bench into one of the vacant wells to get on with the job. You're right I wouldn't store stuff in there, but may leave the tools in there over night being a weekend warrior. Anyway necessity is the mother of invention as they say so that bench must have evolved to suit some need. It would be interesting to know what that was

TT

Well I quite like the bench but also agree with Ian (I did make a reference in an earlier post to a design fault).

However, if the lid were in three sections corresponding to the compartments I think it could be workable. Just sweep all the debris to one side with an ostentatious, backward sweep of the forearm and the relevant section is clear to open .

Btw, the bloke with the plane. Does he have a sideline business supplying kindling?

Regards
Paul

I'm pretty sure that's a picture of Peter Follansbee.
https://pfollansbee.wordpress.com

Originally Posted by Twisted Tenon

..... most work I would only need the front 1/3 of the bench to work the timber.....

You're absolutely right, of course, TT. I deliberately made my bench top fairly narrow, but still only use half of the front right side for most work, which leaves plenty of room for the junk to accumulate on. I usually assemble on an old tabletop laid over saw horses, or on the floor, so the junk pile just grows & grows....

Originally Posted by Twisted Tenon

..... I would have cut that lid into thirds so that all I had to do was shove the stuff on the bench into one of the vacant wells to get on with the job...

Hadn't thought of that - that's a neat idea! If the wells were deep enough, I could just sweep the junk into them at the end of each day & forget about it 'til they were all full, then I could load the bench top, and stretch out the time between cleanups by a year or more....

Cheers,

http://wktools.com/t_GP-HandDrills/5...no5.5-1929.asp

Originally Posted by Bushmiller

Is that an "Ent?" ("Lord of the Rings.")

I don't speak middle earth or german .

Regards
Paul

Maybe.

Through the force of saws and hatches the fresh happy free forest fell.
No wonder, if the tree takes revanche in the end and saw his murderer into pieces.
The world is been tought.

Now I'm anxious to go to the shop.

Cheers
Pedder

When I first looked at this picture I was initially drawn to all the planes.
However after looking a little longer at this scene ,what keeps capturing my attention (and I've been back a few times) is the size of the floorboards. They must be close to 12" boards!
Given time, inclination and money you could conceivably collect the planes ...
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