thriving vallejo series: yeah! //my workbench.

[duccio]

egg_shell (@lj) is always showing her work table off; here is one of mine. That green thing is my new scroll saw. It's a cheapie, but is getting the job done. *The job* is for one of my clients, who has just gotten an art residency in Mendocino for 6 months. She asked me to make 60+ round panels of various diameters that she will paint pictures on. Lots of hand work making these - it's why I bought the scroll saw. When finished they will float off the wall about 3/4".



You can see the rasps and a screw driver on the bench, along with some sand paper, a black jigsaw, and my ear protectors. (I had the dust mask on when I took the picture.) The little plastic tube coming out of the top of the scroll saw directs a slight current of air at the workpiece under the pressure foot when sawing, blowing the dust away so one can see their pencil line. Very nice.

Comments

[shinsetsu]

When I first saw this, I immediately thought of that line in A Christmas Story: "You'll shoot your eye out!"

YOU'LL SAW YOUR HAND OFF!! D:

[duccio]

It's possible. Not on these two saws though. My table saw... it's possible. I try and use habits of working that make it most unlikely, and I maintain a healthy fear of these toos, which are like two forms of insurance that have served me well so far.

A landlord I had in San Francisco asked to use my table saw for a moment, 20 years ago. He managed to slice off the tip of his left thumb. He was a shop teacher in high schools. Go figure. I remember the sound.

[shinsetsu]

Right after I read the email with your comment reply where you said you heard the sound of that teacher taking off his finger tip? I opened an email from Bravenet with new website features, and it said:

Slice and Dice it with the new 3D Image Slideshow

EWWWWWW!!! Bad timing Bravenet!