I’ve spoken before about setting aside one weekend a month to do shop maintenance and improvement. Clean up the shop, fix up or sharpen tools and build jigs to make the work flow better. Its been something that I have enjoyed and a chance to “reset” my brain for the work. This month, I had …
Well, the doctor finally cleared me for “light duty” about five weeks after my operation. I still should not be lifting heavy objects, or lifting anything over my head (i.e. can’t raise the right arm above the shoulder level). My rehab is going very well, and I am a full month ahead in terms of …
With my shoulder laid up, I have been trying to do some limited shop maintenance that pretty much involves one arm. While I can manipulate the fingers and elbow, they don’t want me to pick stuff up or have my arm go above my shoulder. Needless to say, that limits what I can do. One …
Well, 61+ years have caught up to me. I injured my right shoulder about 15 years ago, and though I had rehab and continued to do the rehab exercises 2-3 times a week, eventually it caught up to me. After visiting my doctor in October, it turned out the strands holding my rotator cuff up …
Been busy with life and summer time tasks (mowing, outdoor maintenance, vacations, etc.) so haven’t spent that much time in the shop. Been selling fairly well at the markets I have attended, and I completed several commissions. So I needed to work on the items I feel (based on sales) that I will need to …
So my planer has been acting up lately, failing to start and losing power. After doing some evaluation and consulting folks on the internet and the company that made it (DeWalt) I determined that the probable issue was the brushes on the motor. This would be the first thing to replace and see if the …
I’ve spoken before about how I use one weekend a month to do shop improvements, to try to enhance the productivity and accuracy of my operations. So last weekend I set aside a full day to work on the shop. I sharpened and reset my shoulder planes. These are used to clean up tenons and …
Just got finished making a bunch of new product for the farmer’s markets, as sales have been pretty brisque on a lot of items. Finished a show on Saturday (26th) and while sales were very good, I still am in pretty good shape in terms of inventory. So its on to a project I’ve been …
As you would expect, life gets busy in the summer time. I’m still working at my engineering job, still taking time off for hobbies (just finished backpacking in New Hampshire) and doing work outdoors (mowing lawn, weeding, gardening, etc.). Woodworking tends to slow down in the summertime, and I am just as guilty as others. …
So I got the opportunity to sell at Moorestown Day for the second time. This is a craft fair/street fair in my hometown, and as you would expect, its full of food, craft vendors, kids and fun. A great time in small town America. In order to prepare for it, I had to replace some …
