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En Garde! ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Group: Admin Posts: 13,466 Joined: 15-December 03 From: Dallastown, PA Member No.: 1,435 Region Association: MidAtlantic Region ![]() |
Years ago my grandfather willed me all his tools, though after he passed my grandmother did not want to let go of the things that reminded her of him.
My grandmother died of a broken heart 5 months later, we are now breaking up her estate and last weekend I brought back his tools. I am now doing something that I have wanted to do - built myself a wood shop! Not all the tools are the greatest, but their meaning to me is infinite. My grandfather gave me my love of working with my hands. I am turning the attic over my garage into my wood shop. For the past several years it has just big a big empty space full of car parts. Now I am making it functional! So far all of my building materials have been either from my scrap pile or surplus from the shed build over the summer. I have no funds right now for new materials. (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/uploads_offsite/farm8.staticflickr.com-1435-1322011862.1.jpg) Lathe and chisels. Many of the parting tools and scrapers are hand made from old files he had and was not using. The wall behind the lathe i NEED to seal up. The 914 and my wife's Prius live down there - and I'd rather neither of them get covered in wood chips. I am planning to start turning shifter knobs on the lathe instead of the usual eggs to practice. :-) (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/uploads_offsite/farm8.staticflickr.com-1435-1322011863.2.jpg) The entire wall will have shelves similar to this. I would have made more but ran out of 2x4s. Ideally, the shelves will have doors to keep the majority of the saw dust off them. right now I just want to get stuff off the floor. (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/uploads_offsite/farm8.staticflickr.com-1435-1322011863.3.jpg) The table saw is at least 30 years old. It currently wins as "most dangerous tool" that I own. But, man, it is USEFUL! I have never seen 3/4 inch ply cut like butter! (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/uploads_offsite/farm8.staticflickr.com-1435-1322011864.4.jpg) Excited about these additions too. I know he bought the drill press in 1985, and then replaced the motor with one twice as powerful in the late 90s. As far as I can remember he has always had the band saw, but he probably got it about the same time as the lathe in the 1980s. I think that Pop-pop would love to see what I am doing with the attic, and that his old tools are going to be used to make things again. There is no better memorial to the old man then continuing to build, create and learn. My wife has already given me projects for Christmas! Zach |
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I love it (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)
My grandfather was a machinist at Pearl Harbor in December 1941 when the bombs fell from the sky. He survived (obviously!) and strangely enough married a Japanese Wahini. After the war, they settled in Waikiki, where my father and uncle were born and my Gramps became a watchmaker. Gramps loved working with his hands and accumulated a lot of tools. He taught me how to oxy-acetylene weld, to use a lathe, how to set the depth on a plunge router, and generally passed on the love of using my hands -- something that my Pops never took to. When Parkinson's and the resulting tremors req'd him to pack up the tools about 25 years ago, he gave 'em to me. He passed about 15 years ago, but my Pops still smiles each time he sees his Pops' old tools in my garage. Although many of the power tools became worn beyond repair and have been replaced, there are a few I will cherish forever. In fact, I bought a new Dewalt chopsaw tonight, and the old gent standing behind me in line asked what I was working on; his smile and genuine interest reminded me of the Old Man. I'll impart some Grandpa wisdom: always remember that a tool knows not the difference between meat and metal -- be careful! And enjoy the tools!!! |
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