What's On Your Workbench?

[ThaCoast]

What switch are you using? If it's a typical on-on-on as you'd use for a three way pickup select switch, the poles probably aren't connected per your green lines in the middle position. An "on-off-on" three position mini switch would work the way you've drawn it though (the second switch position essentially results in no connections between the contacts, which is what you want).

Link Removed This is the switch i'm using (which based on the website description, is in fact an on-on-on switch).

The middle position has the capacitor which bridges both middle poles currently (& as per the schematic). How should i proceed with achieving the bypassed tone with my current switch? (if at all possible)

 

[dwizum]

I'd take the switch out of the circuit and check the connections in the middle position. Most on-on-on switches have one side connected to the top terminal and one connected to the bottom when in the middle position. In your schematic, an on-on-on will essentially mean the middle and bottom positions (your 2nd and 3rd) will be the same.

I'd look for an on-off-on switch and try that. Good news is they're typically cheaper!

 

[ThaCoast]

I'd take the switch out of the circuit and check the connections in the middle position. Most on-on-on switches have one side connected to the top terminal and one connected to the bottom when in the middle position. In your schematic, an on-on-on will essentially mean the middle and bottom positions (your 2nd and 3rd) will be the same.

I'd look for an on-off-on switch and try that. Good news is they're typically cheaper!

Thanks will have a look around & see! Hopefully i find an on-off-on switch that's the same size as this one (1/2" diameter hole).

 

[TerribleTim68]

Nice! I’ve got that same unit. Gets plenty hot and is a major upgrade from the pencil iron I had before. Get one of this style of coiled brass tip cleaners instead of a wet sponge: https://www.circuitspecialists.com/content/112545/ty-98.jpg

Also, with that set of Japanese chisels, if you find you want to upgrade, one of the best woodworking tips I got when starting was to buy them one at a time only as needed. So if you find you need a certain size a lot, consider spending on a high quality of that size, instead of feeling like you have to get a full set.

Oh yeah, I do want one of those brass cleany thingies!

As for the chisels, yeah, Harbor Freight. Not terribly good chisels, but they will get me started. I will probably use them about once every three months.

 

[turindev]

On the bench: New 4-string build! Just glued up the blank for the Alder core and top (this one will be chambered). Something magical about the start of a new build.

 

[TerribleTim68]

I'm even more jealous of your drum sander than I am your cool moving pictures.

 

[tubedude]

On the bench: New 4-string build! Just glued up the blank for the Alder core and top (this one will be chambered). Something magical about the start of a new build.
The magic is I haven’t screwed anything up yet.

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[TerribleTim68]

So yeah, I finally got my hands on a long board today....

That's a Stanley/Bailey no.7, I'm pretty sure it's a type 15 circa 1931-32. She's crusty for sure, but I'm not afraid of doing a resto. My no.5 was also a resto and she came out great. I've gotta find a lateral adjuster or a replacement frog, but I gave $40 for this so I'm happy so far. Tools man! Tools!

And I know, I've got a decent 6" jointer that works fine. Why would anyone want to use archaic hand tools anyways? I don't know, I just find it therapeutic. There's a sense of pleasure that I find in making fine shavings from these things. It's hard to explain, but I find joy in using old techniques.

 

[JIO]

So yeah, I finally got my hands on a long board today....
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That's a Stanley/Bailey no.7, I'm pretty sure it's a type 15 circa 1931-32. She's crusty for sure, but I'm not afraid of doing a resto. My no.5 was also a resto and she came out great. I've gotta find a lateral adjuster or a replacement frog, but I gave $40 for this so I'm happy so far. Tools man! Tools!

And I know, I've got a decent 6" jointed that works fine. Why would anyone want to use archaic hand tools anyways? I don't know, I just find it therapeutic. There's a sense of pleasure that I find in making fine shavings from these things. It's hard to explain, but I find joy in using old techniques.

My long term friend collects and restores old tools like that. I love visiting his studio/shop and checking out his recent additions. He's an artist/printmaker/lithographer and like you 'gets' what tools and their intrinsic beauty and designs represent.

 

[TerribleTim68]

My long term friend collects and restores old tools like that. I love visiting his studio/shop and checking out his recent additions. He's an artist/printmaker/lithographer and like you 'gets' what tools and their intrinsic beauty and designs represent.

Yeah, it's got the typical broken tote. But I figure I can just make a new one out of whatever wood is want it to look like. Maybe a matching front knob as well. Who knows.

 

[JIO]

Yeah, it's got the typical broken tote. But I figure I can just make a new one out of whatever wood is want it to look like. Maybe a matching front knob as well. Who knows.

Yah, when needed my friend fabricates missing parts and does it in a way that you'd never know it wasn't originally like that. He uses many of them but the majority are like art objects.

 

[Gilmourisgod]

My son has gotten obsessed with restoring old gadgetry and, for some reason, adjustable wrenches. He just dragged an old Victrola home, and fixed it! Now the sound of scratchy 1920's era 78's wafts from his room.

 

[JIO]

My son has gotten obsessed with restoring old gadgetry and, for some reason, adjustable wrenches. He just dragged an old Victrola home, and fixed it! Now the sound of scratchy 1920's era 78's wafts from his room.

That's cool - those old records conger up a whole world mostly left behind. If he's a reader, reading history or prose from that same period would expand on the music he's listening to.

 

[TerribleTim68]

... I've gotta find a lateral adjuster or a replacement frog, ...

Okay, already found a replacement frog complete with lateral adjuster. The frog will cost me $15 plus shipping, so thus far I'll be in this thing $55 plus whatever that frog shipping costs. I'm totally okay with that. Been watching a bunch of these on EvilBay and they seem to sell for around the $130-$150 range unless they are missing parts. I can't tell you how jazzed up I am about this. I really wanna get it cleaned up and run it over some wood.

I've been away for a bit here, we just got back (late Monday night) from our trip to Idaho to attend the "50th Annual Nightfire Nationals". For those of you going "*** is that?" it's a really cool drag race at Firebird Raceway a little north (up in the hills) above Meridian, Idaho. This particular event is held, you guessed it, at night. So you get to see the really big flames coming out the exhaust and all that. Plus, they had Pro Mods! If you've never seen a Pro Mod, it's hard to explain. Picture a full size Hot Wheels car that runs about 240mph in a 1/4 mile! -



Now it's time to get back to work on Lucifer! I mean....as soon as I can find some time between work, home and life. I came back to work to an inbox of 97 emails waiting on me, about half of them marked "urgent". GAH!!!
I once read a study that said it takes the average employee roughly 1.5 weeks of being away from work before they are stress free. Upon returning to work it takes roughly 4 hours before they are right back at the same level of stress they were at before leaving. I totally believe it!

 

[Matt Liebenau]

Okay, already found a replacement frog complete with lateral adjuster. The frog will cost me $15 plus shipping, so thus far I'll be in this thing $55 plus whatever that frog shipping costs. I'm totally okay with that. Been watching a bunch of these on EvilBay and they seem to sell for around the $130-$150 range unless they are missing parts. I can't tell you how jazzed up I am about this. I really wanna get it cleaned up and run it over some wood.

I've been away for a bit here, we just got back (late Monday night) from our trip to Idaho to attend the "50th Annual Nightfire Nationals". For those of you going "*** is that?" it's a really cool drag race at Firebird Raceway a little north (up in the hills) above Meridian, Idaho. This particular event is held, you guessed it, at night. So you get to see the really big flames coming out the exhaust and all that. Plus, they had Pro Mods! If you've never seen a Pro Mod, it's hard to explain. Picture a full size Hot Wheels car that runs about 240mph in a 1/4 mile! -
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Now it's time to get back to work on Lucifer! I mean....as soon as I can find some time between work, home and life. I came back to work to an inbox of 97 emails waiting on me, about half of them marked "urgent". GAH!!!
I once read a study that said it takes the average employee roughly 1.5 weeks of being away from work before they are stress free. Upon returning to work it takes roughly 4 hours before they are right back at the same level of stress they were at before leaving. I totally believe it!

Fun stuff. Been to the Nightfire a few times when we lived in Idaho. When I was a kid, my folks had a friend who raced a Rambler Scrambler regionally in the northwest. I remember driving to Washington and Oregon a few times so my dad could help him.

 

[TerribleTim68]

I guess I forgot to post a shot of my little chisel rack I threw together. Nothing fancy, just some place to get them off my bench and out of a drawer.

Not bad, it'll do. Like I said, nothing fancy. Next up will be a plane till so I have somewhere to keep those too, now that I'm suddenly up to three hand planes and one rabbet plane.
I also need to think about a till for my hand saws. This is getting out of control fast!

 

[postalflunkie]

Finally got a more useable work bench today. Lots of drawer space for all the guitar building sort of tools, and space for my fretboard jigs and templates on the shelf.
I'm thinking about drilling a few holes in the top to use for bench dogs.

Next project will be ripping out the wood shelves on the back wall and moving everything around so I'll have room to work.

 

[Doner Designs]

 

[Beej]

This is about what's under my workbench rather than what's on it. What's under it, inside the garage, is gravel. The housing market here is just insane. Most homes go for 10-15% over asking in a bidding war, and if you have any conditions, you're very unlikely to win. So a pre-purchase house inspection was out of the question, as is pretty common here.

In my case, I think I scored pretty good, despite spending 150k over asking. I moved in over this week and the only surprise was the garage. I was not able to see inside except through the windows and it looked good, but there was a LOT of stuff inside of it, preventing a full view. Turns out the floor is loose gravel, recently poured and raked in and not tamped. In effect, it's not usable for a garage, storage or a workshop until that's addressed. If I drove my car in, it would undoubtedly sink into the gravel. It's also too loose to set up any tools as they can't be leveled. I've got a couple of quotes for a poured pad, but I'm not sure that can be done easily with the existing structure. It's possible it will have to come down or be moved altogether. Since it's a smaller garage with a 10 foot ceiling, I can build a wood floor to at least have a workspace, but regardless of the approach, it's going to be a pile of work and some change.

I'll get there, but I figured I might as well complain while I have the chance.

 

[RichterScale]

This is about what's under my workbench rather than what's on it. What's under it, inside the garage, is gravel. The housing market here is just insane. Most homes go for 10-15% over asking in a bidding war, and if you have any conditions, you're very unlikely to win. So a pre-purchase house inspection was out of the question, as is pretty common here.

In my case, I think I scored pretty good, despite spending 150k over asking. I moved in over this week and the only surprise was the garage. I was not able to see inside except through the windows and it looked good, but there was a LOT of stuff inside of it, preventing a full view. Turns out the floor is loose gravel, recently poured and raked in and not tamped. In effect, it's not usable for a garage, storage or a workshop until that's addressed. If I drove my car in, it would undoubtedly sink into the gravel. It's also too loose to set up any tools as they can't be leveled. I've got a couple of quotes for a poured pad, but I'm not sure that can be done easily with the existing structure. It's possible it will have to come down or be moved altogether. Since it's a smaller garage with a 10 foot ceiling, I can build a wood floor to at least have a workspace, but regardless of the approach, it's going to be a pile of work and some change.

I'll get there, but I figured I might as well complain while I have the chance.

Is the driveway also gravel, or is the driveway concrete?