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02-17-2005, 07:45 AM
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BigFish Bait Co.
Join Date: Apr 2003
Location: Hanover
Posts: 23,392
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What Some Of Us Endure In Winter To Make Plugs
Not all of us have nice heated basements or garages to set our shops up in which can make things difficult, and many of us have our shops in some rather difficult surroundings for plug turning, however we endure and press on turning out top quality plugs.  I thought it might be a fun thread if we described our work area or, if possible, post some pics of where we do our creating.  It might be good for a laugh. 
I was, for the past year, doing my turning under an overhang behind the apartment I rent. No walls, no heat, and one electrical outlet. I had built a small temporary bench on top of two sawhorses and I would put whatever tool I was using at the time on the bench and do what I needed to do. It was a difficult area to say the least to build plugs in but I did what I needed to do to get the job done including letting sealer and paint dry in the kitchen when needed!  Well, just after New Years I started renting an unheated garage close to my apartment. It is huge at approx. 100 feet long by 20 feet wide with about 18 foot ceiling. No heat but lots of room, lots of new electrical outlets and lots of new lighting and the price was right as I also needed space for my work to store my work tools. I built a permanent bench, which now is less than I need and I must build another, and I have lots of room to work. It is unheated as I said but I use a propane heater and it makes it good for what I need to do. I still can't paint there but when it warms up I will not have a problem. At least it is sheltered area, I can keep my tools there and leave everything as is when I am done for the day where before I would have to pack up all my stuff and store it against the weather. I will post some pics later today of my new "shop". I would like to see some of yours though.  |
Almost time to get our fish on!!! 
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02-17-2005, 10:36 AM
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Stuck In Reality
Join Date: May 2004
Location: Holden MA
Posts: 4,519
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Go Ugly Early 
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02-17-2005, 12:39 PM
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Really Old & Really Grumpy
Join Date: Jun 2002
Location: not a clue
Posts: 4,860
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"What some of us endure in winter to make plugs"
Trying to keep the wife off my back long enough to get a few done,,honey do this, honey paint the hall,livingroom ceiling.finish the trim, do the dishes, unload the dishwasher..clean the toilet...all this after work...  |
BOAT fish do count.
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02-17-2005, 12:42 PM
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Boston Anglah
Join Date: Sep 2004
Location: Sitting on top of the world with my legs hangin free
Posts: 3,322
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couldn't have said it any better CS........ 
wish I were single |
Used hard and put away dirty....
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02-17-2005, 03:37 PM
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Canceled
Join Date: Jun 2003
Location: vt
Posts: 13,425
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"All you ever think about is fishing"
"If I had scales would you spend as much time chasing me?"
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Frasier: Niles, I’ve just had the most marvelous idea for a website! People will post their opinions, cheeky bon mots, and insights, and others will reply in kind!
Niles: You have met “people”, haven’t you?
Lets Go Darwin
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02-17-2005, 04:17 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Jan 2003
Posts: 833
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Her: "You take better care of that stooopid fishing equipment than you do of me"
Me: "That's cause it gets used more and I want IT to last a long time" |
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02-17-2005, 05:09 PM
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Afterhours Custom Plugs
Join Date: Mar 2004
Location: R.I.
Posts: 8,642
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02-17-2005, 09:17 PM
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Salt of the Earth
Join Date: Nov 2002
Location: Suburbia, RI
Posts: 1,025
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after test swimming today i had to wash off the rod in the shower...still too cold to connect the hose outside.....problem?!? no i don't have a problem
i just took some pics of the shop last week....will post in the next couple days |
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02-18-2005, 06:50 AM
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Keep The Change
Join Date: Oct 2000
Location: The Road to Serfdom
Posts: 3,275
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Do you have to make so much dust?
Do you have to paint those now it smells.................
Why do you make those it takes so long...........
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“It’s not up to the courts to invent new minorities that get special protections,” Antonin Scalia
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02-18-2005, 09:35 AM
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Certified Mass-hole
Join Date: Jun 2003
Location: Jackson, NJ but born and raised in Massachusetts.
Posts: 1,223
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"When are you going to set up your shop and get out of here for awhile"....  |
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02-18-2005, 09:38 AM
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BigFish Bait Co.
Join Date: Apr 2003
Location: Hanover
Posts: 23,392
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Believe me Charleston.....I am there more than I am here. Headed there right now matter of fact!  |
Almost time to get our fish on!!!
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02-18-2005, 09:54 AM
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Boston Anglah
Join Date: Sep 2004
Location: Sitting on top of the world with my legs hangin free
Posts: 3,322
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Quote:
Originally posted by BigFish
Believe me Charleston.....I am there more than I am here. Headed there right now matter of fact!
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come and get me, I need to be rescued I won't wear anything with pockets |
Used hard and put away dirty....
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