Got a box of vice stuff that is now no longer needed. Might still build the Moxon vice for a clamp on vice but the Sjoberg probably will not be used.  
 

I feel like Brent could incorporate those into his peirced nipple jewelry collection. 

Walnut rolling pin

 

That's frickin cool 

It's not cool!

One man's Walnut rolling pen is another man's Ebony penis extension. Al, do I have a case for infringement?

5 hours ago, swt61 said:

It's not cool!

One man's Walnut rolling pen is another man's Ebony penis extension. Al, do I have a case for infringement?

This one is double ended. Patent applied. 

Judge Judy would not rule for you on this one, Steve. 

Also it does have other uses. 

Picked up the world’s heaviest box fan to attempt to clean the air better in the shop. 

More sticks for the bench. 
 

8 minutes ago, VPI said:

More sticks for the bench. 
 

 Nice. It’s a good workout getting all milled up. 

I am hoping some magical fairies show up at night night and do it all for me. 
 

No Steve, not what you are picturing. 
 

After two hours of reviewing the Benchcrafted plans, I have only been able to deduce that the bench seems to be built out of various pieces of wood and the red thing seems to screw onto the spinny things. 
 

Think I might go back to making beer openers and put this on hold as I might be getting myself into a 5 year, $20k build based on my skill set. 

8 minutes ago, VPI said:

After two hours of reviewing the Benchcrafted plans, I have only been able to deduce that the bench seems to be built out of various pieces of wood and the red thing seems to screw onto the spinny things. 
 

Think I might go back to making beer openers and put this on hold as I might be getting myself into a 5 year, $20k build based on my skill set. 

I’m a box of rocks and mine was done in a month. You got this. 

4 hours ago, VPI said:

After two hours of reviewing the Benchcrafted plans, I have only been able to deduce that the bench seems to be built out of various pieces of wood and the red thing seems to screw onto the spinny things. 
 

Think I might go back to making beer openers and put this on hold as I might be getting myself into a 5 year, $20k build based on my skill set. 

I think you must be a graduate from ship building school, to complete those plans.

Decided to scavenge pieces from the old drill press cart to build something with more drawers and a shelf to store various jigs across the bottom. Also needed it to be a bit shorter to limit lifting of the heavy ass drill press and fit the taller unit. 

New drill press will evidently be delivered tomorrow. 

Mmmm, Spalted Maple.

On 1/4/2023 at 6:06 PM, VPI said:

More sticks for the bench. 
 

The problem I faced when making my bench (the classic Klausz design) was - you need a bench to build a bench. A real chicken and egg thing. Had to get a free engineer's bench to build the bench on.

Built the top out of quarter sawn beech with a sapele underframe. Absolutely solid, zero racking no matter what I'm doing.

Mind you, your workshop is much much bigger than my converted garage - seriously jealous!

Realize now I should have gone with less spalted maple and more hydraulic lifting table base in the drill press table. Heavy and awkward motherfucker. 

 

On an unrelated note, does anyone know the symptoms of a hernia?

23 hours ago, swt61 said:

Mmmm, Spalted Ambrosia Maple.

FTFY

Yeah I know, just did not want to offend Dr Wood. 

I call it gross worm eaten maple. 

We occasionally have sugar maple with tap holes around here. It looks similar, except the holes are larger.

 

Gorgeous!

Everything seems to be working and already dramatically better than the shitty Jet it replaced. 
 

So quiet…