Many woods. Renovation / extensions to mah house. Does this count?

speedie wrote: Thu Dec 05, 2024 2:01 am

Many woods. Renovation / extensions to mah house. Does this count?

Looks cool. Is your house habitable during this construction? Looks like some major changes.

twelvepoint wrote: Thu Dec 05, 2024 9:10 am

speedie wrote: Thu Dec 05, 2024 2:01 am

Many woods. Renovation / extensions to mah house. Does this count?

Looks cool. Is your house habitable during this construction? Looks like some major changes.

Sure is. I installed a temporary wall and front door just beyond all that framing.

twelvepoint wrote: Mon Dec 02, 2024 1:06 pm

ErickC wrote: Sun Dec 01, 2024 10:20 am Have been building timber pile bridges in N-Scale with varying degrees of success. The one I made from a kit went okay even though I had to modify it to accommodate a curve. The deck I scratch built for a roadway needs a redo. The nice thing is that woodworking on this small of a scale can be done with scissors and a hobby knife.

Oh wow, I for one would love to see some photos of your layout. At some point I’ll do an n scale model but don’t have the resources now.

There isn't much to show at this point, thanks to endless procrastination it's mostly just a foam base with the basic landforms painted black! It's just a simple oval with 9 3/4" curves separated by a single straight, with one of those straights being a switch to a siding that allows for a potential path to an expansion later. I'm mostly building very small themed layouts to get rid of all this old snap track I've accumulated over the years. The theme for this layout is a quarry meant to evoke central Minnesota, where I grew up.

ErickC wrote: Thu Dec 05, 2024 7:40 pm

twelvepoint wrote: Mon Dec 02, 2024 1:06 pm

ErickC wrote: Sun Dec 01, 2024 10:20 am Have been building timber pile bridges in N-Scale with varying degrees of success. The one I made from a kit went okay even though I had to modify it to accommodate a curve. The deck I scratch built for a roadway needs a redo. The nice thing is that woodworking on this small of a scale can be done with scissors and a hobby knife.

Oh wow, I for one would love to see some photos of your layout. At some point I’ll do an n scale model but don’t have the resources now.

There isn't much to show at this point, thanks to endless procrastination it's mostly just a foam base with the basic landforms painted black! It's just a simple oval with 9 3/4" curves separated by a single straight, with one of those straights being a switch to a siding that allows for a potential path to an expansion later. I'm mostly building very small themed layouts to get rid of all this old snap track I've accumulated over the years. The theme for this layout is a quarry meant to evoke central Minnesota, where I grew up.

The smaller individual layouts sound like a cool idea. Personally, I'd be pretty psyched to see any of these in action of in-construction. I love model-making.

do you need a gift for someone that likes woodworking or tools, or just cool little things?

I've bought three of the bench planes for people. Giving someone the spoke-shave next week. I also have the bench plane and it's a joy to use like a little block plane.

https://www.leevalley.com/en-ca/shop/to ... ture-tools


Also the whole story is just great:


"What started off as a lark during a product development meeting has resulted in the production of one of our best gift items to date – the fully functional miniature shoulder plane on the facing page.

About 16 months ago our design group, seeking guidance on the parameters for our planned small shoulder plane, was instructed to “just scale down the medium shoulder plane and start from there.” They thought it would be amusing to take that direction literally, and so produced a series of exact scale models, each smaller than its predecessor. Well, turnabout is fair play so, as an exercise, they were challenged to figure out how to produce the smallest of the models, with the additional requirement that the price be scaled down to match the diminutive size of the plane. Both our design and manufacturing staff met the challenge in spades, and we ended up committing the result to production.


Miniatures hold a fascination for young and old alike, and this product is no exception; it even holds a strong appeal for non-woodworkers. As soon as you pick one up, you’ll wonder how a tool can be so precisely executed in such quality material, and command such a low price.



I’ve had one on my desk for several weeks now, and I still handle it regularly and wonder the same thing myself.



Cheers – Robin Lee"