Wood Shop

Stubborn old paint

Jenny and Kevin Tudor are restoring and repairing windows in our woodshop.  Looks like fun!

July 8, 2008

Future TV stars?

Today the shop was up and running.  Here we see John Faulhaber and Tim Peters along with the camera crew from Channel 47 in Peoria, Il.  They were out for an episode for Illinois Adventures.  Many other segments were shot at IRM.

July 9, 2008

New doors are ALWAYS a good thing

Henry Vincent is back from vacation and working on new doors for the Illinois Terminal 101.  Over his shoulder, Jim Griffith continues on the wood shelf project for the Strahorn Library.

No tool too old

Here we see Henry Vincent using our vintage Delta drill press (circa 1934) to drill the small wooden moldings that hold the glass panels in the above doors.  On the table is a clever fixture Henry 'invented'.

Mechanical work too

Dick Cubbage helped out on the new to us, circa 1880 Fay molder.  He was squaring up the pedestals and supports and working on cutting the countershaft to length and then on pulley alignment.