Popular Woodworking 2005-06 № 148, страница 78
Great Woodshops Shanesy's home is populated with turnings that came off this Delta steel-bed 1642 lathe. On average, Shanesy spends eight to 10 hours a week working in his shop. When he's really involved in a project, he'll spend up to 24 hours a week woodworking downstairs. Pipe clamp s hang from the wall next to the assembly bench and a 17" Jet drill press sits in front of that. In front of the assembly table is a 100-percent turned stool, which Shanesy made. While attending a photo shoot at columnist Judy Ditmer's shop, Shanesy picked up the idea of storing his turning tools on boards that have two strip s of wood with notches cut in each strip to hold various parting tools and gouges. Underneath a small table that holds one of his turning tools' boards is a Porter Cable CF24000 compressor. A Delta drum sander and a 13" planer/ molder from Jet are on mobile bases for easy accessibility. Plenty of Room(s) for Storage Shanesy stores most of his lumber in two of the basement's five rooms (yes, these rooms are tiled, too). In the basement's laundry room, below a large wire basket hanging from the ceiling that catches clothes from the house's various laundry chutes, are large planks ofwal-nut. Most of the walnut is from a tree that fell a couple blocks down Shanesy's street. Turning stock is littered around the laundry room. Every time Shanesy sees a tree being cut down in his neighborhood, a doorbell rings. More lumber, including a stack of cherry that has been drying for four years is stored in the basement's weight room. (This cherry came from a tree that fell in his own yard.) Additional wood is stored wherever Shanesy can find space for it. All wood enters the shop through a walkout basement door. Four-by-eight sheets of plywood thicker than 14" must be cut before they can fit through the basement's various doors. Shanesy stores his finishing supplies in his wife's basement craft room. In warm weather he does spray finishing outside. In cold weather he does brush finishing in the basement. Then there's the metal shop. Shanesy began metalworking three years ago and already he has incorporated metal into various turning and furniture projects. Several metal sculptures are on display in his home. Scraps of metal, a cut-off saw, a grinder and a welder sit on top of an old pool table. (The pool table, by the way, was built into a multicolored tiled base and sits next to an old, tiled wet bar. One can only imagine Porter's reaction to the tiled pool table.) Shortwave radio equipment and a trunk filled with electronic train pieces are reminders that the shop - like any basement shop - serves multiple purposes, especially when a family is involved. Wandering around the large, airy upstairs rooms one stumbles across many projects that began in the small shop downstairs: George Nakashima-inspired tables, sideboards, a king-size curly maple four-post bed, desks, shutters, wide moulding and various turned pieces. Shanesy even built his entire porch - includ ing eight 9'-tall columns, 60' of spindles and rails, and 40' of cold-bent laminations bent on an 8' radius in his small shop. All of this represents Shanesy's ability to blend his vocation with his avocation - a feat many of us desire but never are lucky enough to accomplish. And although his position as editor and publisher occasionally requires a button-down shirt and tie, rarely are his dry-clean-only pants free of sawdust. PW 76 Popular Woodworking June 2005 |
