Still waiting for a bow to cool, so I'd thought I'd take a few photos of my shop. I'll show you mine....you show me yours. Richard

Future bows...

Wood and stuff.....

Remember you asked for this! I just finished refurbishing 1/2 dozen knives and haven’t cleaned yet. The recurve is my next project after a few more knives next week. Lance

thats a fun looking shop! mines full of crap lol

My shop is crowded and messy. Working on a new Longbow, going to Alabama. Just thoughts of wood and glass combinations. JF

Jeff, kinda looks like the chainsaws hanging in the horror commercial....

A serious case of shop envy, THAT’S what!!

Of course, given my skill set, a shop like that would be a tremendous waste of resources!

My little area is a mess, arrows in various stages. Woodworking projects half done. Bows hanging here and there. I promise to clean it up by.........

My shop is pretty messy and has been tied up with my current project...building my boys car. Hopefully finished soon and can get it cleaned back up

I am not a bowyer...but I can show you fellas a woodworking shop. Is this just for bowyers only or just shops in general???

one corner of my shop.

Mine is a disaster. I still haven't cleaned up from my elk trip. My deer hunting gear is everywhere. There's about 100 osage staves that need cleaned up and sealed. Oh, I almost forgot the deer skulls that I'm cleaning. And my wife reminds me daily that there's not enough room to park her car in there and winter is almost here.

Msinc.....go for it.

Starting to get a collection going.

my projects rotate too, this is the latest

Well then, here’s my other project. Almost finished! Lance

Absolute pandemonium.. last night a free standing shelving unit decided ... not to free stand any more. Can't even get in to photograph it.

Good thread. It doesn't matter what their passion is, I really enjoy looking at pictures of the shops of other craftsmen and handymen and would happily spend a day talking with them about their craft. A Craftsman's Legacy is a good show for that by the way.

Geeze Phil. I hope nothing of value got seriously damaged. I have a big set of shelves with a bunch of wood, tools, and stuff on it. If it fell over, I'd have a real problem. I think I anchored it to the wall, but don't remember for sure. I'm going to check when I get home.

My shop isn't finished, but far enough along that I can work on stuff. I'll take a picture or two when I get home.

Nice shop pictures.

I have a hard time understanding how can people not have a hobby,projects.

I don't accomplish a heck of alot, but I love making archery tackle and small wood projects.

Here is my shop...like I said, I am not a bowyer, but wish I was every time I pay for a bow!!!

Impressive Talents/Shops Folks...Mine is Jammed/Messy most of the time with projects of the family :)...4finger

Here is looking the other way.....

There's an old saying, "how can you tell if a woodworker knows what he's doing??" the answer: "when he has a jointer as wide as his planer!!" As you can see, I don't know what I am doing...I have got to get a 12" jointer soon....6"'s is just not cutting it. I do have a router sled for the big stuff though.

Mine usually as onions drying, shelves of preserves, open rafters with hand hewn logs (built in 1898) and various critters peering down from the nooks and crannies above. My side of the hovel, or as I call it, my man cellar, has a work bench and various nails pounded into the ceiling beams to hang stuff so I can't find it later. Nice shops guys, but I fear I'm not in that organized group. ;)

Scenery Changes frequently though ;)...4finger

The Cut'em Up-Chop'em-Twist'em-Change- Glue and Sand'em Stuff happens in the Garage where there is a little more Room hahaha...4finger

Martin, you're a Powermatic fan I see. I have a 6" jointer of theirs that I like. You have a nice sized space there. My shop is smaller, so I have most of my stuff on mobile bases.

Nice work on those bears, 4Finger.

4FINGERS That Bear is Bear, Looks like it’s cold out, Better put some clothes on it.

Hahaha Wayne...Yep got him covered in a BearSkin Coat lol...Thanks for the kind comments...I wish I was good enough with Wood to build something other than a Fire...Fine Woodworking/BowBuilding is Out of My wheelhouse...a Tad Bit Jealous ;)...4finger

Here's my mess.

I barely noticed that 4finger's bear was bare. Nice carving, by the way.

I definitely need to anchor my shelves. They're not anchored to the wall. I gave them a wiggle and a bunch of wood avalanched onto the floor. Thanks for the heads up, Phil.

Jeff...I noticed what appears to be a work of Art in progress on that rack above your desk...Thanks for the compliments Gents...Mr. Stout, I hope Your recovering nicely and Thanks...Judging by the Orderly content of You Folks shops...I realize I'm kind of a slob hahaha...4finger

Yeah, I guess it looks like a desk in the pictures, but that bench is over 8' long, 44" deep, with a 3" thick bowling alley top, has four different types of vises on it, and weighs over half a ton. Spent much of the winter last year on it... and it still ain't done :^)

Here's the drawer handles I made from square stock.

Destroy what are the specs on your current project? It looks like one sweet ride.

I just got a flats skiff out of mine, a small one. So there is a little more space than before, but not much. I have enough gear for 10 shops. I need to scale back. I thinks some drinkers often say that about alcohol...

Wow!!! Nice shops fellas...Jeff, I wish I could keep mine as clean as yours!! I like those handle/pulls. Wish I had mounted black bears in my shop!!!!

Jeff I really want to build a work bench just like yours. If you have any plans or a build along in the works I'd love to see it.

My shop is a farm shop. It's a nice one but it's really a mess right now. It's hard enough just to keep shoveling out all the mud that gets drug in with every project and my supplies ( everyone else calls it junk) could probably be a bit more organized. Maybe in a month or so I can get at some fun shop work.

Bjrogg

Maybe I can find some pictures from last winter

Bjrogg

That ones sideways again.

I just wish I had a shop. :(

And I definitely love all the pics. Some real craftsmen in this group for sure.

Jeff, I love those drawer handles... very nice!

CD

Bjrogg

Like playing with fur to Bjrogg

I wish you had one to CD. Definitely keeps me out of trouble. The wife doesn't mind me spending time and making a mess there. Some of my buddies come over at times and just watch. Even have a couple doing a little bow building.

Bjrogg

nocklow, I'm guessing you meant me, destroy, lol...

That's a 17' 3" expedition canoe called a Northwind, plans are from Jemwatercraft. The design is more or less a copy of the legendary Kruger Seawind for strip building. If you're not familiar with Vernan Kruger Google him and you can learn about his history and accomplishments. Amazing guy for sure.

I built it for multi-day coastal paddling trips to hunt a few WMA's that have coastal access here in Fl and to also compete in Watertribe events.

I posted a lot of the start to finish build pics here: https://www.flickr.com/photos/155383202@N07/sets/72157690391442752/

Brian, that's a big coon. Good job on the fox. They can be tricky to catch, but they were my favorite critter to trap. I even raised different colors of ranch fox for several years, and had some tame ones that played with our dogs. Had a tame raccoon too. I see some mink and rats in the background. Nice. I kind of got away from it when I got more into bowhunting, but my brother has trapped every year since we were kids. Sometimes he gets over 200 coons a season. Nice stash of yellar staves! Enjoy!

Thanks Jeff, we grow some huge coons around here and the woods ones are beautiful if they don't have rub. I usually trap them in the dead of winter. They aren't out as much but when they are their hungry and their fur is prime. The fox I like to hunt. I like stalking them. A old timer I hunt with calls me the fox whisper. He can't believe how close I get to them. I told him I'm going to stalk my next one with my selfbow. He told me if I get one with it he'd take me and the lady out for a steak dinner. I'm really glad to see them make a comeback. The coyotes were really hard on them for probably a decade. Still can't trap one without the coyotes tearing them apart. I love fur and handling it. I tan everything I get now. Even buy some stuff from my old fur buyers. Fur has been ridiculously cheap. Wish the price of coon would go up so a few more people would trap them.

Bjrogg

PS I do really like your work bench

I hear ya. I used to squeak them in with my mouth when I was bowhunting, just making a simple kissing sound (mouse-like). They'd come running from a hundred yards away. Thought they were gonna jump right onto my lap sometimes. Called in both reds and greys that way. As close as I've had them, I just never decided to shoot one for whatever reason. Usually I didn't have a furtaker license when it happened anyway.

My brother tans a lot of his furs too. Possums, skunks, coyotes, mink, all of em. I found a family of beavers in an isolated pond recently. He's got beaver traps. Maybe we'll go after them when the season comes in. I could use a beaver fur... and they're yummy.

Yup I just couldn't shoot one when they were struggling with the coyotes. Now they actually are getting High enough numbers that mange stars to be a problem. I'm not a huge treat to their numbers but I usually take about 2 or 5 a year. They are my favorite animals to watch. Simply beautiful in every way. They seem to have moved in closer to The humans around here. I think their less afraid of humans than coyotes. I've seen them sunning themselves right on people's lawns. Not in the city. I'm talking farmsteads. I like hunting red fox best, but I like shooting coyotes best if you know what I mean. I don't mind getting out foxed. It's still always fun just meeting up with them.

Bjrogg

PS the grey fox are amazingly aggressive to a call

THE OTHER CORNER OF MY SHOP WITH A PLAGUE MY SON MADE ME.

Oh and I agree with the beaver. Better than venison

Bjrogg

Yep, my favorite animals to watch too.

Quick fox story... I was stillhunting one October evening about 15 years ago, found a lot of fresh deer sign where they were eating wild grapes and cherries, with some briar/wild rose ground cover. Near the edge of the woodlot, where woods turned to a very overgrown field, I spotted a cherry tree where part of the trunk split down from a Y, but didn't break off all the way. Still attached to the trunk. It was mostly horizontal right next to the main trunk and offered a flat place to stand and watch the area. Sort of a naturally made tree stand. I shinnied up there and stood, 7 or 8' off the ground perhaps. Once I got up there I found, what looked to be, raccoon poop there where I wanted to stand. You know how coon poop looks when they're eating grapes and cherries. I didn't think anything more of it until dusk when a beautiful grey fox came in silently, stood right at the base of the tree I was in and looked right up at me. Must have been his poop.

He was like, "Hey dude, you're in my stand!" He looked down the trunk, and then back up at me. I thought maybe he was going to join me. That would have been exciting. He probably sat there every night. I swear he was shakin' his head when he turned and walked away. Lol

By the way, there's 3 old osage fence rows right there in that little patch of woods. It's in a state park though and they won't let me cut any... I asked.

I'm surprised he didn't kick you out of his tree. They just don't seem to be afraid of anything. Don't see them as much. They seem to like the thick stuff around here and don't seem to have a very large range. If you find their range and call at night some very interesting action. Especially if you are the one doing the calling.

Bjrogg

Here's my taxidermy shop.

In the front door to my show room.

Work area.

Salt room.

Very nice feature Mr Keller. I've always wanted to try playing around with taxidermy.

Bjrogg

Very nice, Jim.

Hours and Hours spent after our favorite pursuits are not wasted ...Very Nice to see where and how others spend their time and use their talents. Thanks all...4finger

Show room

Show room

Show room, whitetail eye

You sure you didn't put that eye in upside down?

;^)

It is, I don’t know how to fix it, sorry

Nothing much of interest in my shop, except me from before sun up to after sun down almost every day.

Rick

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