Pardon our appearance…

I just migrated my blog to this site.  There is a ton of housekeeping and organization that needs to happen now, tags to clean up, posts to be categorized, etc…

So please bear with me as I try my best to figure out a new platform and attend to the mess.

Thanks… Management (aka Dave)

New workshop progress

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Other side of the workshop.  Pretty much everything is in its place.  Yes it is clean, mostly for the picture.  Though I do tend to keep things neat and organized.  It counter balances the chaos and clutter of my mind. … Continue reading →

Most of my hand tool storage. My take on a french cleat.

Workshop getting closer.  Added some more lighting.  Finished storage for most of my tools.  I need to find the doors in the basement and put them back on. Working on some wood racks in the other room, which is stacked with stuff, as are my cabinets.  Then I can get down to working on something other than the shop.

Tool storage racks

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Made a saw till and a shelf for the planes in my shop.  Both set up to hang from the aluminum rail.  Room for a bit of expansion, especially after I make a board for for some other misc tools, … Continue reading →

Putting racks in the dungeon

Fabricated and installed the aluminum rails on 3 walls in my shop.  Bent up a bunch of hanging brackets as well.  3/4” material sits right against the wall when padded with 1/16” of  felt.  All my walls are stone or brick so installing is a pain, but now I can put anything up on these.  Hung a couple things so far, much more to go.

file/magazine rack from scrap

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Folder Holder from reclaimed scrap. We make thousands of these punch outs every year. They are too small for most parts we make, so we recycle them. I needed a place to hold folders on my desk. Added a couple … Continue reading →

Instrument hangers

Modular instrument hangers. Made this for my basses. Aluminum bar stock, stainless sheet metal hangers. Hangers move anywhere along the rail. Shown with my baby, 1984 Ken Smith.

Steel pegboard

Steel pegboard I designed and installed in my office.  Punched and bent them at work. They are the same part, just inverted the center one. Drew these up about 10 years ago and never made them for the hallway at home where I originally planned to hang them.  We’ve now added similar ones to a few other offices at work.  I love having access to CNC and metal bending equipment.