Woodworker's Journal summer-2009, страница 39

n Our Readers oodshops

What better symbol of a woodworker's

love for the hobby than the shop? here, some wj readers share the space — and the tools—they love.

Tool collecting has become more than a hobby for John Sindelar of Edwardsburg, Michigan.

His tools are about to outgrow their storage space at his woodworking business and get their own museum. The tool shown at right is a double-edged plane (one blade for cutting hardwoods, the other for softwoods). John says, "I'm a plane guy."

A Woodworker's Journal workbench pattern was inspiration for this reader's shop.

I really liked the design of your workbench plan, especially the tool cabinet and lower tool shelf you included. As you can see, I went with a twin screw vise as well as an additional shoulder vise.

In using the bench, I've enjoyed the stability of it as I push and pull it around using hand saws, planes, augers, scrapers, etc.

Tim McCloskey Boerne, Texas

Proud that an article on shop maintenance in the Journal inspired a cleanup day, this reader sent in photographic proof.

Taking time to move, vacuum, sort and "file" practically everything in my shop is something I don't do often (or care to do again any time soon). As you can see, the effort was not without benefit, and I do feel pretty proud of myself.

Carl Tobin Stanley, New York

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