We moved to Mebane in July, and the house (circa 1897) had a 20X40 unwired shop (circa 1920’s) that was originally built and served as a cabinetry shop. The original homeowner worked at Whites Furniture in Mebane as he built the house. In the 20’s he built the shop and as far as I know was used for woodworking of some kind up until sometime in the last 25 years where it was used for storage. The original owners son lived here after and he used the shop to refinish and repair furniture. More specifically (unconfirmed) White furniture and I believe Craftique which was another local furniture maker. First thing we did after moving in was get an electrician to replace the sketchy old electric with a new 200amp panel along with 10 8’ LED’s and some lights over the doors. Inside the building there was a structure (maybe 10’x10’x8’ high) in the back corner used as a, what I believe, was a finishing area. I tore that down due to its dilapidated state and reused the lumber in other areas of the shop. The floors has AT LEAST a 1/2” of some kind of waterproof spray on black floor covering that I first tried to scrape and quickly switched to renting a commercial floor drum sander which made quick work of it at 20Grit. Underneath were the original hardwood floors. They are in need of a serious serious rehab or complete replacement. The floor joists we’re end nailed which made the floor feel extremely bouncy so we put joist hangers all under the building and that helped significantly with bouncing and it’s ability to hold heavy machinery. Since then we have removed the original windows because they were too far gone and replaced with 7’ tall pella windows I got on clearance. Additionally I’ve covered up all the holes I could, added a heater, shored up alot of the building, and added significant storage area. As some of you know, I am an ICU nurse and have been fighting COVID from the start. Most recently I took myself out of work for two weeks because everything we had seen and done finally caught up to me mentally. I spent those two weeks reorganizing, assembling machinery, tuning, cleaning out, and ultimately making a space I could go that would be an escape for me.
In the pictures I will post with this you will see my 1938 Walker Turner band saw that I restored (mid move) and is ALMOST running. It threw the blade off at me last week and I haven’t touched it since. Lol On the right there’s a green library catalog card cabinet thing I pulled out of a different barn and it’s a beast. Next to that is a Workbench I got at an antique mall. Cast iron base and what might be hickory top. I cleaned, sanded, planed and finished (only the top) with tung oil. I left the rest of the bench alone because I couldn’t make it look any cooler than in its original state. Next to that is a sharpening station I haven’t finished yet but I made the top with a glue up of several 4x4’s. There is also a child’s woodworking bench and tools in front of the side entrance window that I just love. I got it at some antique thing in efland. My Delta Unisaw is in the center of the shop along with the turn of the century carpentry work bench I got in Maggie Valley recently.
Next week I will be picking up my new to me Sawstop from another member, and am very excited. I’ve done a lot of tool collecting, and practicing. Learning how to do different things.
At some point between July and now I knew subconsciously I was attempting to build a shop to get out of nursing. The mental trauma I, and my peers, have endured the last two years cannot be explained. I will stick with it until the pandemic is over and do my part but after that hopefully I can start up some kind of business. Something that I will enjoy.
I am so thankful for NCWW. I have met some really great people, and learned a lot. I know very very few of you personally but I consider you all close friends.
In the pictures I will post with this you will see my 1938 Walker Turner band saw that I restored (mid move) and is ALMOST running. It threw the blade off at me last week and I haven’t touched it since. Lol On the right there’s a green library catalog card cabinet thing I pulled out of a different barn and it’s a beast. Next to that is a Workbench I got at an antique mall. Cast iron base and what might be hickory top. I cleaned, sanded, planed and finished (only the top) with tung oil. I left the rest of the bench alone because I couldn’t make it look any cooler than in its original state. Next to that is a sharpening station I haven’t finished yet but I made the top with a glue up of several 4x4’s. There is also a child’s woodworking bench and tools in front of the side entrance window that I just love. I got it at some antique thing in efland. My Delta Unisaw is in the center of the shop along with the turn of the century carpentry work bench I got in Maggie Valley recently.
Next week I will be picking up my new to me Sawstop from another member, and am very excited. I’ve done a lot of tool collecting, and practicing. Learning how to do different things.
At some point between July and now I knew subconsciously I was attempting to build a shop to get out of nursing. The mental trauma I, and my peers, have endured the last two years cannot be explained. I will stick with it until the pandemic is over and do my part but after that hopefully I can start up some kind of business. Something that I will enjoy.
I am so thankful for NCWW. I have met some really great people, and learned a lot. I know very very few of you personally but I consider you all close friends.
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