I can now stand in the shop and turn in a full circle and see only woodworking. Cool.
It's nothing special really, just a relatively cheap door from the home center, but it makes a big difference. With the door installed in the wall, my last view of the water heater, furnace, and random junk pile is no more (well, until I open the door). I really like the feeling I get when I close that door - suddenly I'm in the shop.
I was going to make my own door. But with time tight I went with the pre-hung option and just bought it. Of course, you get what you pay for, and in the end I had to take it completly apart and fix it - nothing was square or true. Still, it was faster.
I haven't decide yet if I am going to paint it.
I vote for a couple coats of clear shellac. It's the door to a wood shop, so let the wood speak.
ReplyDeleteAm I the only one that immediately fell in love with the drill press? Where did you find such a beautiful tool?
ReplyDeleteBTW, I was hoping for a 360 view of the shop with everything in it's place.
I second the sweet drill press, and I second the call for a 360° shop tour!
ReplyDeleteLooks great! And that's a good tease. Cuz it sure makes me wanna see the rest of the shop. :)
ReplyDeleteHey Dan, nice work. I also vote for a clear shellac or varnish type finish. maybe even just oil and wax?
ReplyDeleteDoor? There's a door? All I saw was the drill press too!!
ReplyDeleteI like the way you did the molding around the door, especially the top piece that comes out past the vertical ones... (can you tell I don't know the right words?)
I say, it would look really nice with a clear shellacking. Or orange shellac if you like slightly darker tones.
Good work.
Dan - I mostly agree, but somehow I keep wanting to see it a bright, cheery red. Must be the dark Alaska winter getting to me...
ReplyDeleteDave - I love that post drill too - I just wished it worked! It's a project. The shop made chuck, that I picked up in a junk shop in MA is threaded the wrong way - as you drill, it loosens. Bummer. I've kept it as a possible model (well, backwards model anyway). The drill's original chuck only accepts 1/2" round shanks with a machined flat spot for the lock screw. These come up on eBay occasionally, but go for way too much. But it's a great, and fun machine, that makes me (and my boy) happy. Maybe I should do a post on it?
Oh - and its one of the very rare tools that I actually found here in Alaska. I spent about an hour combing through a junk store with no luck, and just as I was about to give up, I spotted the flywheel. Score.
Dave, Eric & Jamie- Okay, I'll start working on a shop tour!
Trevor - Hmm. Oil and wax sound good. Thanks!
Philip - Thanks! Well, I do like shellac, so maybe...
For the drill press you could re-grind a bunch of spade bits so that they cut in reverse. Then only people in-the-know would be able to use it.
ReplyDeleteAnother vote for a shop tour! I like the idea of not painting the door too.
ReplyDeleteBackwards chuck: is there room to drill a horizontal hole, and just put in a pin?
ReplyDelete--GG
Oh -- yep, agree: love the post drill.
ReplyDeletePhilip - I like the way you think! That could work...
ReplyDeleteTrip - Yep! I'm working on it, but I want to do it right. So like a lot of things, it's going to take me longer than I would like.
Gye - Not sure I understand your idea. It's the jaws that loosen - I don't think I made that clear.
Thanks all!