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.

I also finished up another joiners saw last week and I’ve been working on a couple things for myself. Using some left over plywood, I finally put my thickness planer on a cart, raised my table saws up a bit to clear the jointer’s fence, and I’m making a larger drill press table.

I’ve positioned the jointer behind my table saws, room between for rollers if needed and the jointer is now just low enough for long boards to clear.

My son is old enough for pre-k and I just got a teaching position at a brand new private school. So me and my little buddy will be going to school/work full time next month!

I still plan to continue sharpening saws, and I’ll continue to make a few roubo kits a month, but custom saws might take a back seat for a bit, at least until we get used to our new schedules. I’m currently working on 6 saws and 1 roubo kit.