Small Two Car Operation

[drivesitfar]

Herb: i'm very happy you like my old Wilton bullet, but i didn't think you'd change your already cool shop up cause of it. i'm guessing you've been thinking of it for a while though cause the granite almost made it on top of the benches.

those oak benches will look awesome and maybe too nice to work on. one thing i do on my steel benches is i have some 2x2 rubber gym mats that i put on them or you probably have some sort of mats at your place.

good luck!!

 

[bj383ss]

Herb,

I just love the back room of your shop. It's like a secret little room back there. If I ever build a new garage I want to do that and put the two swinging doors like you have.

Bret

 

[HSpencer]

Herb: i'm very happy you like my old Wilton bullet, but i didn't think you'd change your already cool shop up cause of it. i'm guessing you've been thinking of it for a while though cause the granite almost made it on top of the benches.

those oak benches will look awesome and maybe too nice to work on. one thing i do on my steel benches is i have some 2x2 rubber gym mats that i put on them or you probably have some sort of mats at your place.

good luck!!

drives

The remodel was actually already on the drawing board waiting for a reason to execute. Over time we see things that can be improved, but some of those take precious time to do. The Oak topping is a fast and easy upgrade, but "all that stuff" on the walls and everywhere must be removed, and then there is some staining and painting going on and one day's little project turns into a week or so.

But yes, this is preplanned.

Thanks and
Best Regards
Herb

 

[HSpencer]

Herb,

I just love the back room of your shop. It's like a secret little room back there. If I ever build a new garage I want to do that and put the two swinging doors like you have.

Bret

Bret

I get a lot of use from my backshop/office. Right now it is a little junky as I am needing to purge some things so I can start the remodel of the bench.
Need to roll out the red carpet for Mr Wilton, and Mr. Cman Block.

Thanks for the visit!!

Best Regards
Herb

 

[BUGTHUG]

Hi Herb

 

[-Brent-]

I know Drives is the largest proponent for BLO on The Garage Journal, but I think paint wins on a vise, every time. It deserves a nice coat of paint since the clean-up was so well done. You've got the pictures posted of it raw and that's enough for preservation of it's beauty.

I think Drives must have stock in some BLO company with the way he pitches it around the GJ, haha.

 

[HSpencer]

Hi Herb

Hi Herb back at ya

I would sure like a ride in that hearse JB is working on.
(In the front seat, not lying down in the back and wearing a suit and tie)!

Thanks for visiting me! I took some time and scoped your thread out.

Best Regards
Herb

 

[HSpencer]

I know Drives is the largest proponent for BLO on The Garage Journal, but I think paint wins on a vise, every time. It deserves a nice coat of paint since the clean-up was so well done. You've got the pictures posted of it raw and that's enough for preservation of it's beauty.

I think Drives must have stock in some BLO company with the way he pitches it around the GJ, haha.

Brent

The Wilton is going to get Metallic Blue before it is mounted on the "reworked" bench. I am thinking a nice new 3/4 Oak walnut stained top, well applied and finished, with a Bright Red trim board like my garage bench.
drives has given a blessing already!

Best Regards
Herb

 

[BUGTHUG]

Hi Herb back at ya

I would sure like a ride in that hearse JB is working on.
(In the front seat, not lying down in the back and wearing a suit and tie)!

Thanks for visiting me! I took some time and scoped your thread out.

Best Regards
Herb

Herb
Thank you sir, I feel very honored you took the time in my world.
I'll be happy to give you a ride on either side of the glass divide. I have it back home now, still needs a little love. It appears the brake MC, or line to it developed a leak when loading on the trailer, so I did not have any brakes. Was a little scary cause I had the trailer on a slope to make loading the big girl easier. But it stopped just in time. So I have to add that to my list of more things to do.

 

[HSpencer]

Herb
Thank you sir, I feel very honored you took the time in my world.
I'll be happy to give you a ride on either side of the glass divide. I have it back home now, still needs a little love. It appears the brake MC, or line to it developed a leak when loading on the trailer, so I did not have any brakes. Was a little scary cause I had the trailer on a slope to make loading the big girl easier. But it stopped just in time. So I have to add that to my list of more things to do.

Herb ( Herb to Herb conversation) LOL

Thanks many for your reply. I hope to get out to see your shop as well as JB's before long.

Best Regards
Herb

 

[drivesitfar]

BRENT: i don't own a BLO company or any stock in one and i certainly should have bought more cans at sales before i told everybody how much i like it. oh well. anyway you can surely paint any vise or tool you wish, but there is something i really like about NAKED STEEL AND CAST IRON.

HS: you can paint your Wilton or anything you buy from me the color you wish cause it's yours and you get to look at it every day. if i didn't think my Wilton would enjoy living in Arkansas i wouldn't have shipped it to you. it sure looks happy in your shop.

best of luck with the landscaping and pests you are dealing with and hope you get some dry sunshine for a few days.

 

[BUGTHUG]

Be more then happy to give you the tour. Might as well make it a tri-fecta and hit up Andy's JB's and me. I think we are about an hour away from JB, and he is a little over an hour from Master Andy. Would compare to that big them park on the west coast. You have Frontier land at Master Andy's, Adventure land at JB's, and Never Never land with me.

 

[jbmatth]

That sounds like a good plan Herb, I would have to paint it. I'm just afraid with the humidity you have there it would rust before you realized it needed more attention. I'm a fan of low maintenance as much as possible. Now if you decide to make a tour of the nation I would be honored to have you swing by for a visit.
JB

 

[HSpencer]

BRENT: i don't own a BLO company or any stock in one and i certainly should have bought more cans at sales before i told everybody how much i like it. oh well. anyway you can surely paint any vise or tool you wish, but there is something i really like about NAKED STEEL AND CAST IRON.

HS: you can paint your Wilton or anything you buy from me the color you wish cause it's yours and you get to look at it every day. if i didn't think my Wilton would enjoy living in Arkansas i wouldn't have shipped it to you. it sure looks happy in your shop.

best of luck with the landscaping and pests you are dealing with and hope you get some dry sunshine for a few days.

drives

Good old American Steel and Cast Iron is certainly a very manly product, especially if it was produced in the old days under the metal roofs of those wonderful steel mills, and assembled in high end factories like
the Wilton. Just looking at the product, and also all the high end power tools of that era, shows pure quality. I am pleased to be able to save some of that excellent material for my children and grand children.

Best Regards
Herb

 

[HSpencer]

Be more then happy to give you the tour. Might as well make it a tri-fecta and hit up Andy's JB's and me. I think we are about an hour away from JB, and he is a little over an hour from Master Andy. Would compare to that big them park on the west coast. You have Frontier land at Master Andy's, Adventure land at JB's, and Never Never land with me.

Herb

Thanks for the invitation and it is a very attractive one. I would dearly enjoy seeing all three of you, and witnessing your craftsmanship in your shops. it is definitely on my list to do ASAP.

Best Regards
Herb

 

[HSpencer]

That sounds like a good plan Herb, I would have to paint it. I'm just afraid with the humidity you have there it would rust before you realized it needed more attention. I'm a fan of low maintenance as much as possible. Now if you decide to make a tour of the nation I would be honored to have you swing by for a visit.
JB

JB

Thanks and it would certainly be a pleasure to see you and family and the huge shop you have set up. As they say "I'm working on it".

Best Regards
Herb

 

[jbmatth]

Herb

Thanks for the invitation and it is a very attractive one. I would dearly enjoy seeing all three of you, and witnessing your craftsmanship in your shops. it is definitely on my list to do ASAP.

Best Regards
Herb

If you want to see craftsmanship you might want to bypass my shop. If you just want to see the shop and the family come on by I'm not planning to leave town too often this summer.
JB

 

[drivesitfar]

HS: You are AWESOME. so GJ members i mention to Herb that I found an old book sitting in my Dad's tool box and Herb says he's got a set of them. well usually i grab the old tools and forget to grab the old catalogs, but i think that's a changing.

anyway i get something in the mail yesterday from Herb and opened it this morning cause i didn't get home until about midnight last night. he sent me this 1949 Miller Falls catalog. I have no idea of the value or how rare it is, but i probably like Miller Falls tools as much as any old brand so this Catalog will find a spot in a drawer with probably only MF tools in them.

for now the Miller Falls catalog will sit in a drawer i'm holding my Plvmb tools in, but it will find a home with more Miller Falls stuff soon.

THANKS HERB

 

[HSpencer]

If you want to see craftsmanship you might want to bypass my shop. If you just want to see the shop and the family come on by I'm not planning to leave town too often this summer.
JB

JB

I am sure hoping your grading of the shop has helped since we all got some more monsoon rains yesteday and last night. Wife and I were out exploring a few more of the country roads and looking for a place we used to visit many years ago when the sky exploded with the heavy rains out of Oklahoma. Looks like the Oklahoma Kansas border took another real beating from that storm. Here in Arky land, we are getting pretty saturated and I am standing in my dining room and seeing my Garden being floated away!

I think if I wanted to see craftsmanship, you would be the "go to" guy!

Best Regards
Herb

 

[HSpencer]

HS: You are AWESOME. so GJ members i mention to Herb that I found an old book sitting in my Dad's tool box and Herb says he's got a set of them. well usually i grab the old tools and forget to grab the old catalogs, but i think that's a changing.

anyway i get something in the mail yesterday from Herb and opened it this morning cause i didn't get home until about midnight last night. he sent me this 1949 Miller Falls catalog. I have no idea of the value or how rare it is, but i probably like Miller Falls tools as much as any old brand so this Catalog will find a spot in a drawer with probably only MF tools in them.

for now the Miller Falls catalog will sit in a drawer i'm holding my Plvmb tools in, but it will find a home with more Miller Falls stuff soon.

THANKS HERB

drives

Very pleased you like the old catalog. I have many of these from all years. It seems a pleasure to sit and look at the quality we USED to have
available in this country. Here on the Journal, many of us take big pride in trying to save and restore these old tools. We all thank you for your diligent efforts to find and secure these items!

Best Regards
Herb

 

[jbmatth]

JB

I am sure hoping your grading of the shop has helped since we all got some more monsoon rains yesteday and last night. Wife and I were out exploring a few more of the country roads and looking for a place we used to visit many years ago when the sky exploded with the heavy rains out of Oklahoma. Looks like the Oklahoma Kansas border took another real beating from that storm. Here in Arky land, we are getting pretty saturated and I am standing in my dining room and seeing my Garden being floated away!

I think if I wanted to see craftsmanship, you would be the "go to" guy!

Best Regards
Herb

Thank you for the kind words Herb, I truly appreciate it. We didn't really get much rain from those storms at our house, about a 1/2" if I remember right. The rains the week before totaled about 2.5" though. Hope you didn't wash away from your monsoons and that catalog to Drives was a very nice gesture.
JB

 

[HSpencer]

Thank you for the kind words Herb, I truly appreciate it. We didn't really get much rain from those storms at our house, about a 1/2" if I remember right. The rains the week before totaled about 2.5" though. Hope you didn't wash away from your monsoons and that catalog to Drives was a very nice gesture.
JB

Thanks JB

Very glad you did not get inundated with water. I know that was a prior problem for your place. We are getting yet another rain tonight. The ground here is saturated and we see many trees that have pulled out of the ground.

Looking for a dry spell!!

Best
Herb

 

[taumac]

Vise is going ELECTRIC BLUE??? LOL, I do admit I like Wiltons there original color. I have now 2 Prentiss vises and a Reed vintage vise. When I originally got the Prentiss 19 I was thinking of colors to paint it. I think originally it was Japan and more I thought about it I went with a antique bronze color. It just fit the vise. When I got the Reed I E tanked it and didn't want to let it rust so I just oiled it and it been that way ever since. I think the old vises have so much character that it's a shame to cover that up. New vises can go either way and seen them done both ways. It should look interesting with the Wilton being only thing not red or gray. LOL. I sure it will look great as your shop always does.

 

[HSpencer]

Vise is going ELECTRIC BLUE??? LOL, I do admit I like Wiltons there original color. I have now 2 Prentiss vises and a Reed vintage vise. When I originally got the Prentiss 19 I was thinking of colors to paint it. I think originally it was Japan and more I thought about it I went with a antique bronze color. It just fit the vise. When I got the Reed I E tanked it and didn't want to let it rust so I just oiled it and it been that way ever since. I think the old vises have so much character that it's a shame to cover that up. New vises can go either way and seen them done both ways. It should look interesting with the Wilton being only thing not red or gray. LOL. I sure it will look great as your shop always does.

Gerard

I tend to agree on the bare look. I mounted the Wilton on my bench and I just like looking at it. Later, I probably will do the paint.
I just wanted it to match my newly done Cman Block Grinder, of which I was very happy how it turned out.
Appreciate you visit and kind words as always!

Best Regards
Herb

 

[drivesitfar]

HS: did you ever catch those critters causing issues around or under your house? was it a mouse or more than a few?

hope you are enjoying your weekend.

 

[sean Buick 76]

I love all the projects, your work areas are looking fantastic!

 

[HSpencer]

HS: did you ever catch those critters causing issues around or under your house? was it a mouse or more than a few?

hope you are enjoying your weekend.

drives

Still fighting mice. Inspected the entire foundation and fixed everything a microbe could enter through. Used the peppermint liberally. Set traps.
Pest Control is trying as hard as they can. PROGRESS is being made.
I blame it on the recent saturated ground driving them under the house.
Otherwise great weekend here.

Thanks for the visit!!

Best Regards
Herb

 

[HSpencer]

I love all the projects, your work areas are looking fantastic!

sean

Thanks for the visit!! Good to have you come by. Projects are fun and I am taking a break to see if the recent weather storms and rains have messed up the fly fishing. I WILL find out next week!!

Best Regards
Herb

 

[HSpencer]

Hard start for the garden

Have not gotten a whole lot of fast growth in my garden this year. I think it is because of the storms, flooding, and cooler spring. Things are beginning to take off now here on Memorial Day.
My garden shed is getting pretty full of stuff. I took everything out yesterday and threw out a lot of last year's pots and sacks. I am still able to fit everything in that we use daily.

I am planning a few days Fly Fishing on the Little Red River. A friend told me the flooding has not hurt the fishing so far. I intend to find out for myself!
Hope everyone has a fun and safe MEMORIAL DAY.
Best Regards
Herb

 

[HSpencer]

Front of House Updates

Stayed busy on front today, mowing, trimming, installing some new Solar wall lights, new floor mats and flowers on front porch, and installing our recently aquired 1930s era mailbox, and wife's flower arrangement underneath it.

The concrete pots normally stay on the back deck, but with the success in reviving her plants she wanted them brought forward to the front porch.

Washed the porch (taking it all off and scrubbing the floor, and putting it all back on). Touch up painting on the porch posts and shutters.

A great "Memorial Maintenance" day here!

Best Regards
Herb

 

[taumac]

Looks beautiful Herb.

 

[HSpencer]

Looks beautiful Herb.

Gerard

Thanks for the visit and your very kind remarks. I am really getting into Solar Lighting these days!

Best Regards
Herb

 

[ajohno]

Garden and front of the house looks great Herb. Enjoy your fly fishing.

 

[drivesitfar]

HS: your yard and shop look AWESOME!! i hope we get neighbors like yours the next time we move. we liked this house cause it had a view and it was in a GOOD NEIGHBORHOOD for our area, but almost everybody on our street was 40+ years older than us when we moved in. then we added 3 little ones to the 2 teenagers that my bride already had when i married her and we were too busy to talk to neighbors even if they wanted to meet the NEW KIDS on the block.

if i move again it will be for NEIGHBORS, NEIGHBORS, NEIGHBORS instead of just location and value cause that is really where you want to live. i hope you get another 20 years in before you get taken out in a pine box with your Craftsman block and old Wilton bullet vise inside it with you.

best of luck on the little critter issues and keep up the good work.

 

[1/2 Cup]

Herb, your place looks a picture, well done..

All the best on your fishing trip..

Regards

 

[Knyte Tyne]

I always thought Rainfall improved River Fishing when Fly Fishing. At least in what I have experienced on our rivers (all of 1 that I have actually been on) it seems to be the case. I'm still fairly new to the whole Fly fishing endeavour. I do enjoy it. Havn't quite got to the point of tying my own gear yet... Which species do you target Primarily? (sorry I know this isnt really Garage Related)

 

[rmalkow2]

Great looking place Herb. Enjoy fishing and come back with a good fish story for us.

 

[impala4speed]

Herb,
I regularly check in on your thread but have not commented in quite some time now. My apologies for that. Just want to say how great everything looks at your place. I know it doesn't get that way by itself. Your hard work and efforts have really paid off. I appreciate you posting pictures; it gives me more ideas of things I want to do here at our place.
Great work!

 

[HSpencer]

[[/B]

Garden and front of the house looks great Herb. Enjoy your fly fishing.

ajohno

Thank you for your comments! I am putting a little extra effort into the house maintenance this spring as there are some things needing taken from the back burner and gotten done.

We will do some fly fishing hopefully beginning the weekend or starting Monday next.

Best Regards
Herb

 

[HSpencer]

HS: your yard and shop look AWESOME!! i hope we get neighbors like yours the next time we move. we liked this house cause it had a view and it was in a GOOD NEIGHBORHOOD for our area, but almost everybody on our street was 40+ years older than us when we moved in. then we added 3 little ones to the 2 teenagers that my bride already had when i married her and we were too busy to talk to neighbors even if they wanted to meet the NEW KIDS on the block.

if i move again it will be for NEIGHBORS, NEIGHBORS, NEIGHBORS instead of just location and value cause that is really where you want to live. i hope you get another 20 years in before you get taken out in a pine box with your Craftsman block and old Wilton bullet vise inside it with you.

best of luck on the little critter issues and keep up the good work.

drives

Yes I agree one's neighbors make a whole lot of difference into the lifestyle of the neighborhood. The majority here are retired folks, we have Army, Marines, and Air Force within five of the places on this road, and close in.
There are also many ranchers and chicken raisers along the road.

We have enjoyed living here very much, having bought our lot and built the house in 1974. I guess you would say it's HOME!

Remember to come and pick up your inherited Wilton once this old man is gone.

Best Regards
HS