Let's see your beloved workbench trinkets

[NOMAD]

I have a few awards and trophies but this is more of a trinket I have:
Bottom bracket of a vintage bike used as a pencil holder. I haven't cleaned up the edges yet.
I have another that I have repainted and it's at work.

 

[Dennis Leigh Henry]

Here are a few more of mine..

Left to right: Bullard ashtray, camshaft journal #2 broken on either side, liner bore cut away, engine block oil drain back hole break thru / cut away, WA600 Komatsu loader given to me by the folks at the Chattanooga Plant, and piston lump. The engine parts are all diesel engine related.

 

[PCO6]

This is the shelf over my garage desk. Everything (almost) has a meaning regarding something I have done over the last 40 or so years.

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[vertguy]

I found this in my toolbox a few months ago and decided it was time to bring it out of hiding. This was one of my first High School lathe projects in metal shop. It still needs some final polishing and a proper way to display it... but for now, it sits in the middle of the main bench. This has me thinking as I am fairly sure a couple other projects from that class are in a box downstairs. Time to dig them out as well.

 

[senlow]

First is my spider. Its made out of scrap I had laying around and was the first thing I melted together when I bought my lincoln welder. Has been used to scare the **** out of a few people with bad arachnophobia.

Cool Spider!!! What did you use for the body?

 

[Wooden Hot Rodder Garage]

Mine is more about the wall art. Dave Bell signed Posters are a treasure for sure.

 

[Twisted Sid]

Cool Spider!!! What did you use for the body?

Thanks
The main body is just a 1/2'' bolt and the abdomen started out as a 3/4'' nut that got filled and ground down to be round.

 

[Dennis Leigh Henry]

I found this in my toolbox a few months ago and decided it was time to bring it out of hiding. This was one of my first High School lathe projects in metal shop. It still needs some final polishing and a proper way to display it... but for now, it sits in the middle of the main bench. This has me thinking as I am fairly sure a couple other projects from that class are in a box downstairs. Time to dig them out as well.

Neat.. I agree, our personal craftsmanship as we've learned how to use machines and tools is super cool imho.

I wonder if there is a thread "Show us your School Shop Projects" on GJ?

Here are a couple of mine. The hammer was an early 8th grade shaper project, the close up is my first use of metal stamps (DH) and the shop teacher's (Bob Allison) initials for Nuner School, to help identify it after it came back from being case hardened. The second is my 9th grade T Handle Tap Wrench. My die stock (2nd 9th grade project) and center punch (second 8th grade project) are still at my Dad's house...

 

[G McKay]

Love that SO-CAL Speed Shop sign!! I watch their show all the time.

 

[Chris4x4Gill2]

Finally got around to getting some pictures for this thread.

First is the Piranah - my granddad caught this out of the amazon river when he lived in South America while working for Alcoa.

Here are some old bottles ive found in the woods near an old homestead plus the toy road grader that we found under my grandad's house while replacing copper water lines. It was my mom's when she was little. The Chevy sign is from Hobby Lobby, but was picked out for me by my 4yr old while he was in there with his mom.

 

[CRF8]

Just made this board for my previous cars fender badges

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[Lone Star Blaze]

 

[bwringer]

I hope this isn't too strange, but... this is about half of Dad's ashes. (My sister has the other half.)

Anyone who knew Dad instantly understands that the garage, overlooking my workbench right behind the engine assembly lube, is the perfect place to keep his urn. He certainly wouldn't want it to be sitting inside next to some boring TV.

People who didn't know Dad... well, it takes a little explanation.

 

[Lone Star Blaze]

I hope this isn't too strange, but... this is about half of Dad's ashes. (My sister has the other half.)

Anyone who knew Dad instantly understands that the garage, overlooking my workbench right behind the engine assembly lube, is the perfect place to keep his urn. He certainly wouldn't want it to be sitting inside next to some boring TV.

People who didn't know Dad... well, it takes a little explanation.

cool to me
great way to honor your dad if he spent a lot of time in his garage

 

[Dennis Leigh Henry]

cool to me
great way to honor your dad if he spent a lot of time in his garage

Ditto to that.. ^^

We buried my Dad .. standard grave site etc.. but if he had gone the ashes route.. I'm sure his wishes would have been "in a coffee can, next to the 16d common nails"..

 

[Dennis Leigh Henry]

Finally got around to getting some pictures for this thread.

First is the Piranah - my granddad caught this out of the amazon river when he lived in South America while working for Alcoa.

Here are some old bottles ive found in the woods near an old homestead plus the toy road grader that we found under my grandad's house while replacing copper water lines. It was my mom's when she was little. The Chevy sign is from Hobby Lobby, but was picked out for me by my 4yr old while he was in there with his mom.

That piranha is awesome...

Regarding the bottles.....Back when I was a kid, I'd help my dad with projects around the home.. digging post holes, looking for property line posts, building a new concrete front porch, new back porch/patio, numerous tree remonvals, brick sidewalks, etc. etc. ....and the standing "procedure" was to burry any and all Falstaff beer cans / bottles where that beer was consumed as an integral part of the project, somewhere in the project somehow....

I can only imagine how many of those are still buried and even funnier how many have been found and the new homeowner wondering "...how many of these beers influenced this particular home feature (porch, patio, sidewalk, etc)?" It brings a smile to my face to this day every time I come across a Falstaff item...

Dennis

 

[Chris4x4Gill2]

That piranha is awesome...

Regarding the bottles.....Back when I was a kid, I'd help my dad with projects around the home.. digging post holes, looking for property line posts, building a new concrete front porch, new back porch/patio, numerous tree remonvals, brick sidewalks, etc. etc. ....and the standing "procedure" was to burry any and all Falstaff beer cans / bottles where that beer was consumed as an integral part of the project, somewhere in the project somehow....

I can only imagine how many of those are still buried and even funnier how many have been found and the new homeowner wondering "...how many of these beers influenced this particular home feature (porch, patio, sidewalk, etc)?" It brings a smile to my face to this day every time I come across a Falstaff item...

Dennis

Thanks. I wish I had the full mount still as well but i felt it was too damaged to fix. I want to have this one restored at some point if possible. If I ever do, I'll probably move it to our lake cabin. Tell all the newbies I caught it off the dock

 

[CRF8]

photo of wife's grandma & great Uncle, just hung it in the garage

 

[TOOL FANATIK]

photo of wife's grandma & great Uncle, just hung it in the garage

Any plans on getting it framed?

 

[Cword]

I hope this isn't too strange, but... this is about half of Dad's ashes. (My sister has the other half.)

Anyone who knew Dad instantly understands that the garage, overlooking my workbench right behind the engine assembly lube, is the perfect place to keep his urn. He certainly wouldn't want it to be sitting inside next to some boring TV.

People who didn't know Dad... well, it takes a little explanation.

My dad's ashes spend most of their time in the garage as well, but also go for regular cruises.

 

[Nele]

There's way too much **** on mine

 

[TOOL FANATIK]

My dad's ashes spend most of their time in the garage as well, but also go for regular cruises.

F@#x that ain't the least bit strange. Especially with all the stuff going on these days. I think that's awesome and it only makes sense.

 

[TOOL FANATIK]

F@#x that ain't the least bit strange. Especially with all the stuff going on these days. I think that's awesome and it only makes sense.

Whoops meant to copy cword on his post.

 

[CRF8]

The photo is framed in the garage, I just used the scan of the original to post here.


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[CRF8]

finally got a neon clock, and the gas pump replica gum ball machine!


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[NOMAD]

now thats a great gumball machine!

 

[CRF8]

Thanks! I am trying to figure out a way for it to dispense chocolate or vodka, instead of gum balls.


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[Wooden Hot Rodder Garage]

http://www.garagejournal.com/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=417737&stc=1&d=1424499124
Not much gets done here, just a place to put the Art I like but the wife does not want in the House. That's why it's called the Man Cave.

 

[Mitchw123456]

Don't have a pic showing everything but here is part of my wall of broke stuff from a smashed hood to broken chrome moly axle shafts to busted ring gears...

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