I’m about to finish up these two saws. Some before and after pictures getting the teeth punched and set.

I have a couple saws I’m working on and I’m almost done. I cant wait to get done because I have a couple of new saw filers to play with. I have a nice running newer 387 and even though I don’t use it much now, I could see using it more in the future if my hands hurt.

So I don’t need another filer, I got another plus parts in storage already, but I wanted an even older style to go with my other older hand crank retoother. The foley 20000 retoother. found these two filers locally and they even still have the older style carriers used with the 20000. At some point I think there was a third filer in the shop they came from, the f24 has a f16 mount casting and I have some extra springs. Only difference in a 16 and 24 is the front casting, one is longer to accommodate a 24 inch diameter circular saw blade. I dont sharpen those so I’ll keep with the 16. I’m going to swap out a couple things from both machines to make one nice one. The one that is complete has a cracked part that despite a brazed fix looks to have cracked again. But the other machine is just fine.

Now I’ll need a f-61 someday just because lol. It came after the 16 and 24 and before the 387. The long arm that moves is longer than the 16 and 24 and I think the same length as the 387. It looks and runs very much like the first two though. The 387 changed a good bit, it runs on dual guides.

Finally! I’ve wanted one of these for a long time. They are a little pricey and I waited awhile to get one. I know newer ones are cheaper, but these old ones are beasts! I can’t wait to clean it up.

2 joiner saws, a 12 inch dovetail saw and a 20 inch panel saw.

My son and I are at the same school and we are getting used to our new schedule. I’m finding a bit of time to still work on a few saws too. Sharpening a few, making a couple joiner saws and I just toothed some roubo plates.

These are all put together, bit of oil and wax on them, and 3 are so far sharpened. I’m pretty happy with these and should have them ready to ship in plenty of time before first day of school with students next week.

I had my first day at my new school today. I have a few PD days before kids start showing up and I’m sure I’ll be a bit tired at the end of the day when school officially starts lol.

I’ll still get shop time in when I can, but during these days I’m hoping to finish up a few things. One was sharpening another Roubo saw plate today once I got home. Its exhausting! I sharpen a few inches at a time as I bounce around other projects. Plate is now sharpened, and tomorrow I plan to etch a few saw plates.

One of the tools I bought a year or two ago had a few old wooden toy plans. One set was for a wooden train and my son loves trains. I showed him the pictures and he got excited and for a few days id cut out pieces from scraps and he would “help” glue them together.

Because of that I bought a wooden toy book and he has gone through it a few times. We made a crane and this week he wanted the Santa Fe train. I’m still getting work done on a few saws but the train was a fun distraction.

Several weeks ago I got this jointer for $200. I’m finally getting around to cleaning it up. I meant to take a picture with the tables off but I forgot. Getting the tables off was a pain, especially the outfeed side. I had to soak the ways repeatedly to loosen up the gunk. Once off I carefully cleaned and polished the ways.

The other goal was to prep for paint. But the paint underneath wasn’t all that bad after some cleaning and I also don’t have a lot of the matching paint. Its been discontinued and a friend is sending me some cans. I want to get all the main pieces and I just don’t think it’ll be enough.

My son just turned four and we moved into our new home just as he was turning one. He has been my shadow in the garage ever since.

My garage is connected to the house through the laundry room, insulated and has a mini split. I leave the doors open between it and the house a lot unless I’m making a lot of noise. My son is in and out as much as I am. This is but one reason why the garage is always picked up.

I have made some habits as my shop has grown.

I sweep constantly.

Any tool he can reach at all is unplugged and plugged in with every use. Tedious and hes never tried to turn anything on anyway but its a good habit with a kiddo I think. I have taught him to never touch the buttons on anything unless I say so. I say I’m about to make noise and he knows to immediately go to doorway and wait. Its in my line of sight and he waits until I’m done with whatever.

He has cut-offs that he builds with, construction equipment he uses in clean saw dust and dry erase markers for the garage door. He also “helps” me a lot too lol.