Your fly tying desks
Robert Piil
inspiration before I start making my own.
This group seems to be the place, where I found most people with
experience in making their own desks/tables. Only trouble is, that
most pictures have been posted in abpf or abpw, and are on most
servers no longer available.
I would love to see your suggestions, so my proposal is, that if you
send some pictures of how you organized your fly tying workspace, I
will make them available on the net (somewhere on piil.org, which now
only is used to redirect to my personal homepage in danish). The
advantage is that they will be available there in the furture, if not
the trafic on the site becomes gigantic.
So if anyone has pictures - or links to pictures on the net, that
could give me - and others - inspiration for building a fly tying
table og just tips on how to organize fly tying materials or tools.
Please send them to flyt...@rpiil.dk or post them in
news:alt.binaries.pictures.furniture (I will try to follow that group
as well the next few weeks).
Descriptions or drawings are welcome too.
If there is any positive response to this post, I will of course post
an URL to the site later.
--
Robert Piil
Tom Littleton
wouldn't die down from the public for months!
Picture, if you will, several ducks,chickens and a rabbit or two, spontaneously
exploding, with a vice, a dozen bobbins and a hook box scattered in there
someplace.
This would be a rough approximation, if you tossed a couple pheasant tails,
skeins of yarn, an ashtray and a lamp onto it all.
good luck anyway,
Tom L
daytripper
At least you know where your tying desk is ;-)
/daytripper (mine is buried under 'puters and tax forms)
Robert Piil
Well, I thought thats was how it was supposed to be.
It might also be the example showing, that no matter how nice your fly
tying desk is, it can't stay organized without help. Which by the way
leaves me in a situation, where I have to reconsider wheter it's worth
while bodering to make this desk anyway ;-)
--
Robert
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Robert Piil
http://piil.org
Robert Piil
wrote:
>If there is any positive response to this post, I will of course post
>an URL to the site later.
The page is now online with the first proposal and some external links
of inspiration as weel.
(I haven't really spoken or written english for quite some years, so
please let me know of my mistakes).
Robert Piil
wrote:
>The page is now online with the first proposal and some external links
>of inspiration as weel.
>
><http://piil.org/flytying/>
Hmmm...the domain has recently been moved, but it seems that most
nameservers haven't found out yet. Instead use
<http://rpiil.dk/flytying>.
pittendrigh
to see a pile of feathers and whatnot.
But I do have a good way of making a desk.
At your local lumber yard--or even at the local building
supplies wholesaler--you will find slightly damaged
flat wood doors on sale for peanuts. Hollow doors are
light but delicate. Solid panel doors are heavy and durable.
In my hometown I can get a slightly dinged solid-core, maple veneer
door (that would normally sell for $150 or more) for $20.
Then goto Costco or Wallmart and buy some clear or white plastic
drawer banks...get several, that are approximately
desktop high.
Screw a ribbon-band 2x4 on a wall with long drywall
screws, so it's the same height as the plastic drawers.
Distribute the plastic drawers as needed, so they are
the width of the door away from the wall.
Put a puddle of hot glue on top of each drawer bank
and quickly put down the door. Screw the back edge
of the door to the 2x4 ribbon.
Now you have a wide, stout, good-looking wood-top
counter, with drawers underneath: for $20 plus
the cost of the plastic drawers (about $15 per
bank of 4 drawers).
I have a U-shaped tying
area in the basement made from 3 doors and
a bunch of plastic drawers.
Works great. Looks good. Didn't cost much.
Tom Littleton
>I haven't really spoken or written english for quite some years,
neither have I, being American and all that...
Tom
Ernie
Just roll the top down to hide the mess. :)
Ernie
"pittendrigh" <sa...@montana-riverboats.com> wrote in message
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> No photos this time of year....not unless you want
> to see a pile of feathers and whatnot.
> But I do have a good way of making a desk.
<snip>
Frank Church
news:k9Pba.183$cZ2...@newssvr16.news.prodigy.com:
> I have always thought an old roll top desk would make a nice tying place.
> Just roll the top down to hide the mess. :)
> Ernie
Ernie, if you can get to alt.binaries.pictures.fishing have a look at my
roll top tying desk...exactly what you had in mind.
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Ye Olde Swapmeister
fchurch68 AT earthlink DOT net
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Ernie
news:Xns933CCD8014A42fc...@130.133.1.4...
> "Ernie" <ernest....@sbcglobal.net> wrote in
> news:k9Pba.183$cZ2...@newssvr16.news.prodigy.com:
>
> > I have always thought an old roll top desk would make a nice tying
place.
> > Just roll the top down to hide the mess. :)
> > Ernie
>
> Ernie, if you can get to alt.binaries.pictures.fishing have a look at my
> roll top tying desk...exactly what you had in mind.
Very nice Frank,
I see you have proved the saying "stuff expands to fill the available
space." :)
Ernie
Frank Church
news:lt2ca.202$pe1...@newssvr19.news.prodigy.com:
> Ye Olde Swapmeister
>
> Very nice Frank,
> I see you have proved the saying "stuff expands to fill the available
> space." :)
.....and then some Ernie, you may have noticed the plastic storage drawers
on the left of the desk, those weren't there 6 months ago. This shit has
got to stop! <g>
Hooked
> got to stop! <g>
>
> --
> Ye Olde Swapmeister
> fchurch68 AT earthlink DOT net
>
> }<((((o> ~~~ }<((((o> ~~~ }<((((o> ~~~ }<(((o>
Turn off the computer.
William Claspy
"Robert Piil" <pi...@nospam.dk> wrote:
> On Tue, 11 Mar 2003 22:48:28 +0100, Robert Piil <pi...@nospam.dk>
> wrote:
>
>> If there is any positive response to this post, I will of course post
>> an URL to the site later.
>
> The page is now online with the first proposal and some external links
> of inspiration as weel.
>
> <http://piil.org/flytying/>
I've been planning on building a small, portable box/station for tying, and
liked much of what this one offers:
http://www.gearreview.com/FDCedarBox.asp
When I get around to building mine, I'll post a report/pictures. I have
hopes of having it done before the Penns clave, but we'll see if that
actually happens...
Cheers!
Bill
Ernie
Yes, the cedar is attractive, but the box is rather limited for space. I
think you would want something with more room.
Ernie
"William Claspy" <w...@NOcwruSPAM.edu> wrote in message
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William Claspy
"Ernie" <ernest....@sbcglobal.net> wrote:
> Bill,
> Yes, the cedar is attractive, but the box is rather limited for space. I
> think you would want something with more room.
> Ernie
You're probably right- eventually it will probably be too small. Right now,
I'm fairly new to tying, so everything I own in that regard would fit in a
box this size. Also, when I do begin accumulating enough fur and feathers
to choke even the largest roll top desk, this size box will be the one to
join me on my trips to the Land of Traver, etc.
But, as I said, I've yet to build it. :-) Mine'll likely be cherry, by the
way, instead of cedar.
Cheers!
Bill