Dave
That is fantastic. I suspect you have a new tool for filleting all those fish you catch. Great project!
That is fantastic. I suspect you have a new tool for filleting all those fish you catch. Great project!
What's on your work bench? - March 2024
- Thread starter MLBob Furia
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Wow!! That's one great looking knife.
Rick Pierce
Well-known member
Bailey bridge boat?
Those are tanks...not good for the timber, but if I only hunted the rivers and bigger water down here, I'd try to find one and rebuild it. Spoon bow, 18 feet plus, good for hunting or as a tender.
What does one do when one has a built a brand new fillet knife? Why, go catch a Walleye and see if the knife works as intended. That's what one does.
Happy to report, the knife works just fine on a 15 inch eating size walleye!
William Reinicke
Member
Decided to build the work bench. I am kind of tall, I purposely left it tall to prevent back fatigue. With that said, I could take 30 min - hour and shorten it 4-8” if need be. Not beautiful by any means but functional. It’s obvious it’s nurses carpentry at work here. Was able to accomplish 12 bins at 27 gal each. I also put bins inside of bins for organization.
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You keep saying you're not going too but you're gonna end up carving wood or cork one day!
William Reinicke
Member
Just dont have the time. I have work benches that go around my shop that I put in place when I first bought the house. It already came with a vent hood out (perfect for the painting). I had to replace the motor but I have made my own bass plastics for years, so it serves well to keep fumes out of the shop as well. After building this bench, I was able to clean and organize the entire shop again. So I have TONS of work space again. I have the room to put tools in place to carve. Not sure I want to bring the dust into this basement shop though. I have a 10x20 shed outside that I ran power to myself. Once I get my boat/toy garage built (hoping this gets to happen this summer), almost everything comes out of that shed and I have thought about converting it to outside tools and putting in all wood working tools/power tools. Also, my father makes knives now. That is 100% his hobby, and he will spend every free minute of every free day making knives. Only thing I think that can peel him away from his hammers and tools is a day on the river fly fishing. Ive thought about putting in everything he would need to also do that just to have him around a little more.
So maybe one day I can carve out a bird or two. Mentally though, I struggle because I will not allow hobbies to turn to profit makers. As soon as money gets involved, I start to lose interest. I spend money on hobbies to bring enjoyment to my life. As soon as I start taking orders or I feel any kind of outside pressure, I lose interest. So, do I want to carve decoys? I only got into this to build a better decoy than I can buy for my own personal use. Am I going to hunt my carved birds? More than likely not. It might be hard to justify the leap to carving birds, but I could see myself making a hand full of carved birds in my life time just to throw in a corner or put on a shelf to collect dust just to say I did it.
What my shop looked like when I first moved in. You can see the vent hood for the bait making. When I built my paint booth, I used a dryer hose to connect to the same vent hood and it pulls out all the paint fumes really well. Little noisy when working but I have my head phones in 90% of the time so it doesn’t matter too much
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Bomber
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You could make the cubbies on french cleats then you can move things around when you change your mind etc.