Bike cellar/workshop/man cave

Is the benefit of cone spanners just that they are narrrower?

I bet you have a Park Tools pizza cutter you saucy minx.

I have two, one still BNIB.

They are a default present choice for people to get for cyclists I suspect.

Park tools spork ftw. I got one for Christmas.

Bunch of tools.

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Fox you seem to have forgotten to draw around all the tools. Call yourself a man!?

Deodorant? Fuck off, I use GT85 like all real men.

Don't think the cork big enough to cover the ol' hammer.

Fox you seem to have forgotten to draw around all the tools. Call yourself a man!?

umadbro?

Need to be filled in thought.

I like the outlines. I've also written the model number/tool size in the outlines so I can know what I've lost ;)

Is the benefit of cone spanners just that they are narrrower?

Mostly yep. You can use an adjustable wrench for cone locknuts normally but the cones themselves need a cone wrench as nothing else will fit.

Fox you seem to have forgotten to draw around all the tools. Call yourself a man!?

I spent all yesterday afternoon drawing around things! But didn't get on to the cone wrenches (only because I ran out of time).

ooops^ I missed that you actually have drawn round things.

You spent a lot on tools! I'm impressed.

There is probably more moneys worth of tools there than in most bikes.

I was jealous before, now I'm turning green with envy. My spade is coming out of the shed tonight and I'm digging myself a cellar.

good job wood!

I'm gonna draw an outline of my multi-tool on my kitchen drawer base this evening. (And carry on generally feeling inadequate.)

Would it help if you did the cutlery?

Top work! Needs more wine storage and wine though!

and rollers or turbo.

Had a chat with a carpenter last night, he says as far as 'polishing' chipboard you need to apply the finish to it and polish that, not the wood itself

Polishing a bumpy surface is a pain though. He's correct that the varnish/lacquer would be what you'd polish to give it a glossy/polished look but you'd want to get the OSB fairly flat before applying the finish.

You could put some gloss varnish (Ronseal Diamond Hard is good) straight on it and get a sort of polished look but I don't think it would look great.

Tldr: it's silly to try and make a cheap bumpy material flat and shiny (unless you value your time at approximately 20p/hour).

I would have thought you'd need a self levelling resin rather than varnish. God only knows how many coats of varnish you'd have to put on top of chipboard before you had something you could flat back.

I thought you sand it like an old wood floor, then varnish it.

I quite like the look of the OSB, but have never seen any up close. I'm considering using it for some tasks. How bumpy is it when you get it?

I'm amazed by all this OSB interest, I thought it was just me!

Well Cranky, not very. It's lots of 'strands' (effectively shavings) of wood that have been put in a massive industrial press with some glue and put under a lot of pressure. It's not totally smooth, more textured, maybe half a milimeter variation across the surface, 1mm in extremis?

The place I talked to about their table definitely said they sanded it very finely then varnished it, I would have thought if you'd got it that fine/flat then just varnishing would be fine.

Maybe I should try it out on a piece to see what it looks like? I think this could be the only way to clear this up!

yes, do it!

You spent a lot on tools! I'm impressed.

There is probably more moneys worth of tools there than in most bikes.

Possibly a slight exaggeration unless your bike cost less than £350 new.

I probably had about £60 worth (guess) to start with and spent £300 (well I didn't actually spend all that myself as about a third were Christmas presents).

When you consider bikes may come and go but good tools should be for life I think it's worth investing if you can. I'm also aiming to do more maintenance and more myself - bike shop as last resort! - so hopefully in the long run they'll pay for themselves.

I just wish I had access to this vending machine:

Everything's 40¢ :)