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Taking a small break from pens.

 

Here is my Earth Day Bench

 

Finished last night

 

I have been wanting to make a bench for my mini lathe but I wanted it to all be reclaimed materials. So a couple of found bed rails, some square tubing and some skids and scraps from a cabinet place down the way here is my bench. The only thing I had to buy were the two patio stones for a solid top. Now I just have to find some thin plywood to make some dividers for the drawers and some sort of pulls and it is all done.

 

Chris

 

Total cost in materials $9.95

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Appleman Pens

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...I have been wanting to make a bench for my mini lathe but I wanted it to all be reclaimed materials. So a couple of found bed rails, some square tubing and some skids and scraps from a cabinet place down the way here is my bench. The only thing I had to buy were the two patio stones for a solid top. ...

Sweet, but I'm sure heavy duty pallet timbers could have formed the top for nothing...

 

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Richard.

 

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...I have been wanting to make a bench for my mini lathe but I wanted it to all be reclaimed materials. So a couple of found bed rails, some square tubing and some skids and scraps from a cabinet place down the way here is my bench. The only thing I had to buy were the two patio stones for a solid top. ...

Sweet, but I'm sure heavy duty pallet timbers could have formed the top for nothing...

 

Regards,

 

Richard.

 

You are right but they seemed to have been all used up this winter for firewood. Been looking for 3 weeks before I finall broke down and bought the stones. They do add a nice bit of weight though which is nice.

 

Cheers

 

Chris

 

Appleman Pens

Orangeville, Ontario, Canada

 

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Phone 912-376-7165

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Here is a picture of me standing in my shop.

 

Dan Heine

Dan,

 

How can you keep your shop so clean & tidy? I'd die if I had to clear up often enough to keep it like that!

I love your drill press (serious envy going on here!).

 

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Richard.

 

<a href="http://www.chestnutpens.co.uk">Chestnut Pens</a>

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Richard's right about the envy bit :sick:

 

How do you guys keep your workshops clean?

Every time I do a tidy-up I find "that bit" of wood/brass/FCMS...... and get stuck in - leaving the place in the same mess as before I started.

 

I went mad a couple of weeks ago with a labelling machine (found during tidying) and now I am the proud possessor of a neatly labelled mess :rolleyes:

 

In my defence - I have popped the old vacuum beside the Myford, and am finally in the habit of leaving it spotless (and oiled down) after a session.

Wish I could say the same about the rest of the place.

 

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Ruaidhrí

Administrator and Proprietor of Murphy Towers

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Oh Dear!!

 

As I have a student coming down tomorrow from Northern Ireland for a full day "masterclass" I had no choice but to tidy up!

 

Finally found my wife - she was under some pitch pine and a pile of elm burrs :unsure:

 

Probably should have left it messy :D :D

 

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R

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My new parts/buffing bench.

 

Got this one done on Sat. I holds all of my pen parts as well as all my taps etc.

 

The knobs are old elec. fence knobs that I found at an auction and they made sort of neat handles.

 

Nothing bought all reclaimed material.

 

Chris

 

 

http://i465.photobucket.com/albums/rr15/APPLEMAN320/IMG_1655.jpg

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My new toy

 

I have wanted a Taig lathe for years now and now here she is with a power feed installed.

 

http://i465.photobucket.com/albums/rr15/APPLEMAN320/IMG_1669.jpg

 

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Appleman Pens

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Chris, I have seen a few of those on Kijiji lately and thought about getting one to replace my 7x10. That is a seriously nice piece of machinery.

 

Well done.

 

Cheers,

Sean

PenRx is no longer in business.

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Chris, I have seen a few of those on Kijiji lately and thought about getting one to replace my 7x10. That is a seriously nice piece of machinery.

 

Well done.

 

Cheers,

Sean

 

Let me know what you need for your 7x10

 

Chris

Appleman Pens

Orangeville, Ontario, Canada

 

Photo's Of Past Pens

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As mentioned elsewhere, I've been on the sick list for a while. I had meant to mention a couple of mods I added over the last year and am only getting around to it now!

 

First I finally finished the Potts milling and driling spindle, which (mounted on the swivelling vertical slide) combined with the dividing engine on the rear of the mandrel should allow for barleycorns, tartans etc. I'm looking forward to having a pop at these later in the year.

Also added a taper turning attachment behind the bed, so I now have the luxury of running off accurate tapers by the dozen, which is extremely handy or the classes :)

 

I'll pop up a few pics when I have a chance (at the moment it is ### cold out there, and I'm not rich folk who can afford proper heating) :(

 

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Ruaidhrí

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Hi Rory: I have sent about three emails to you over the last week or so, are you checking your mailbox. regards. Bryan Australia re EBONY F/PEN

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Hi Rory: I have over the last week or so sent to you in various ways about 4 emails , are you checking your inbox, please advise Bryan re EBONY FOUNTAIN PEN

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Wow Boone, nice "shop" - looks more like a LAB! I'm ashamed to show pics of mine! Mine is in the basement, with separate rooms for Flat wood working and turning. I moved about 5 years ago, so the space was laid out as I wanted it from the start, just don't have fancy floors and walls (pegboard walls and foam-tiled cement floors.

 

I do have one item I'm proud of - about three years ago, I built my workbench. It's in the Traditional style with a touch of Greene & Greene styling (cloud-lift on the rails). The frame is Mahogany with wedged tenon joints, a 3" thick Maple top (and lots of Tung oil!). Took about six months to work up the plans, and another six to build.

 

The little Klidesdale "feet" are so I can adjust the height. The slide on the legs and allow me add a spacer to raise the top to my wall benches for when I need to work on really long work.

 

I also built all my cabinets. The one in the background of the bench pic has a rounded corner doors that I'm also kind of proud of.

 

JEB

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I cleaned up today...first in awhile(got to do it more often). But now, I don't know where anything is!!!

 

Guess the next on my list of things to do, is design/build something to hold all my toys...

 

 

 

 

 

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Amazing Shop btboone!!! :notworthy1: I would never leave if that was my shop! Simply amazing!

 

 

My shop is geared toward producing chess sets and pen blanks! I make my own molds and cast my pieces. I plan to add a wood lathe, band saw and a scroll saw very soon!

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"What one person receives without working for, another person must work for without receiving."

"When half of the people get the idea that they do not have to work because the other half is going to take care of them, and when the other half gets the idea that it does no good to work because somebody else is going to get what they work for...that my dear friend, is about the end of any nation."

"You cannot multiply wealth by dividing it"

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I have a couple shots of my shop. This shows my new small mill. On the left is the lathe, on the foreground right is the laser.

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