Shafer Museum

Today we visited the Shafer Museum which features the machines used in the early 1900’s to do all kinds of stuff out here in the west.  Most of the machines on display were used for mining.  But, of course, they also need woodworking tools.  Here’s a few shots of the things we found.

A drill press, of course.

The longest jointer plane I’ve ever seen.

 And then there were the “portable saws”.

Make shift sharpening station

So I was away from my sharpening station and found that I had some time on my hands so I set up a make shift sharpening station.  I had some of my sharpening stuff with me but not all of it.    I ground new primary bevels with my Tormek on my chisels. Then with some sand paper and spray adhesive, I flattened my stones,made tiny little secondary bevels.

In the meantime, I found this cute little brace at the flea market store for $ 12.  I’ll have clean off the rust to figure out the brand name stamped on it.  Its nothing fancy, but just the right size for me.

In the meantime, my front fence gate sits waiting for me to get off my but and finish it.

Jungle carpentry

Sunday, we finished up the painting all the panels and put them up.  This involved some creative drilling in between garden plants.  Fortunately, it looks like the garden will survive.

Here are a few shots of the entire run which is over 100 feet.  The corners ended up being a bit of a puzzle, but all my newly acquired woodworking skills made it all possible.