[formula462]

So I am in the shop doing things and start to get frustrated with results,you know,burn marks,tearout,untrue miters and such.
Well it dawned on me,when was the last time I cleaned,tuned,sharpened and adjusted all of the shop tools? Apparently too long.
I spent all day Sunday doing just that and wondered why I waited so long. It's too easy to get caught up in the "making" process and neglect the "maintenance" part,for me anyway.
Who else dislikes the upkeep portion of woodworking?:thumbsup: :thumbdown:

 

[Big Dave]

I don't mind it but I've got to be in the mood to do it. I haven't had to do any maintenence in a long time. I have been wanting to get out into the shop this week and clean and adjust a few tools but can't get motivated to do it.

 

[JCCLARK]

Who else dislikes the upkeep portion of woodworking?:thumbsup: :thumbdown:

You'd be better off asking who likes it, I doubt anyone does.
That's one of the plusses of better tools, less maintenance.:thumbsup:

 

[Gerry KIERNAN]

Shop maintenance is no fun. Building stuff is. I don't think you are alone.

Gerry

 

[Travis]

I can't stand shop maintenance. I used to work at a cabinet shop that I had to clean for the 8 months that I worked there. After that, I pretty much never wanted to clean again.

 

[Corndog]

I suspect that some "hobbiests" that have WAY too much cash and the best of EVERYTHING like maintenance but have rarely, if ever built anything!!!:laughing:
They're the same guys that make push sticks out of birds-eye maple with a roman ogee and inlays!!!:lol:

 

[Travis]

I suspect that some "hobbiests" that have WAY too much cash and the best of EVERYTHING like maintenance but have rarely, if ever built anything!!!:laughing:
They're the same guys that make push sticks out of birds-eye maple with a roman ogee and inlays!!!:lol:

I can't imagine someone wasting birds-eye maple on a push stick. I made my push sticks out of oak, which I then stained differently.

 

[Corndog]

There are some folks that are more interested in "owning" a shop than using one.
The bench is even spit-polished!!!:laughing:

 

[TexasTimbers]

I better not even get started. i have so much stuff that is not woodworking related people come into my shop and look around and say "What's that thing?" "What about this . . . what's this?" Most of it has debris piled on top, of debris, on top of stuff. Looks like a bomb went off in here I need to clean it up again but in one week I'll be right back where I started from.

 

[TexasTimbers]

I suspect that some "hobbiests" that have WAY too much cash and the best of EVERYTHING like maintenance but have rarely, if ever built anything!!!:laughing:
They're the same guys that make push sticks out of birds-eye maple with a roman ogee and inlays!!!:lol:

I usually grab a scrap of whatever and cut a push stick in like 5 seconds, because I know it will get lost in like, 5 seconds anyway. :laughing:

 

[Corndog]

I have a cleaning issue as well...my problem is when I do simple guitar set-ups fer friends the beer cans seem to pile up.:laughing:

 

[formula462]

I have a cleaning issue as well...my problem is when I do simple guitar set-ups fer friends the beer cans seem to pile up.:laughing:

you mean like this...

 

[Corndog]

To start with, yeah....quadruple that by the time I'm done!!!!:laughing:

 

[johnep]

shops

You need the guy from 'american chopper' to give you a bit of discipline.
johnep

 

[solidwoods]

A core maint. item for me is Johnson's Paste wax. For the machine tops miter slots, anywhere wood meets metal.

The scraps/bottles on the floor.
I use 5 Gal buckets to put scraps in. A bucket next to the mitersaw, radial arm saw, table saw (the cutoff producers).
A block of wood on the floor is very dangerous if stepped on (maybe from the beer) and you stumble its bad news (I'm not knocking beer,, I've brewed since 92) .
Step on something round like a bottle and you could go 1 of 360 directions.
I realized a long time ago that Mom wasn't going to clean my shop, and why throw a block down only to have to pick all of the up again:blink: . Throw them in the bucket and its easier to Carry the bucket out (to my wood fired water heater that heats the shop/house/2 kilns/hot water)
jim

 

[Corndog]

I'm more of a can guy!!!:laughing:

Don't get me wrong...no beer and power tools!!! Setting up a guitar requires a few allen wrenches, some screw drivers and a strobe tuner.
The beer is just a social thing.

But yeah, scrap on the floor drives me up a wall!!!

 

[Gerry KIERNAN]

Glad to see I,m not the only one who enjoys his beer.

Gerry

 

[Corndog]

I go ape [email protected]$# when my buddies put down thier beer can on the cast iron though!!!!:furious:

 

[solidwoods]

Who else dislikes the upkeep portion of woodworking?

The Top-Shop dislikes are a little relative to the life or structure of the shop and the work it does.

Assuming we have all out outlets "completely assembled":no: , no continuous use elect power cords in use and laying on the floor:no: ,
proper lighting, roofing metal loose, blow in insulation holes open and being rented by birds, shop rest room not complete, whew! on-me-:blink:-
and other safety basics

Dust collection should be solved since it is a breathing hazard.
A small elect scrap grinder would be nice, it could eat stick type scraps and blocks.
Get my finishing room back from "the kiln". (the room has a window with a good view:tongue_smilie:
Compressed air line on the west wall (where the big confused doors are):tt2:

Get a straight line rip saw.

Plenty of these available in med industrial sizes but they are big scale.

got a customer pick up today -hope they aren't heavy:laughing:
jim

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