Eric M.'s new video: Shop tour, favorite workshops, tool organization and my next bicycle build

[J J]

So good, a pleasure to watch. Thanks for the great work, Eric! 

Check it out here:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mMf-7Kq-g8k

[Eric Marth]

Wow, thanks for the kind words, Jim! Always a pleasure, sorry this one's so long. The uncut version was like 2 hours. 

[Marty Gierke, Stewartstown PA]

I enjoyed that Eric, but honestly my first impression may "match" other's my age:

Now I have some work to do in my own shop(s)!

Marty

[Patrick Moore]

Lovely garden, lovely shed, lovely workshop. Noted the trellises; will keep in mind to support my trumpet vines.

I recall trying to start a garden -- various hot peppers, tomatoes -- in my first summer, 2004, at my present house. Xeriscaped -- water is expensive! -- but dug up sandy soil and fertilized and mulched in SE corner of yard against typical cinderblock wall. No good; backyard is south, blasted by violent summer 5K feet altitude summer sun; even covering the ~6'X6' garden didn't help. This even tho' I'm literally 100' from the cottonwood bosque. Next year tried big pots on porch; got a few stunted habaneros; gave up. (OTOH, trumpet vines do just fine backed up against cinderblock walls in blast-furnace sun, as long as you give them a bit of water 2X per week.)

I envy all y'all's moist, green landscapes -- until I go for a pleasant ride at 2 pm in July at 102*F at 4% humidity.

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[Bill Schaefer]

Great as always Eric! Looking forward to the next build video.

[Patrick Moore]

The only setup in my "shop" -- typical cheese-paring cramped 2-car suburban garage -- is the bike hanging setup designed by moi and built by friend and handyman Jeremiah. I have plans to have Jeremiah build me a real workbench with real tool hanging system; Eric's system is a very, very good model.

[Patrick Moore]

Oh, and I forwarded the video link to Jeremiah; he will appreciate it.

[Eric Marth]

Thanks everyone for watchin'! 

Marty: The Match Game was before my time but I certainly came up with Bob Barker. The $20 corded mic I bought just didn't seem right clipped to my shirt so I went for the long mic. 

Patrick: I appreciate the kind notes. Sorry about the SW gardening woes, I know nothing of gardening in that clime. I've had my own troubles here! I was in a different house about 10 years ago and the garden was a lot of work but it was abundant and without many difficulties. The soil and sun are different in this spot and growing has taken a lot of trial and error. I'm finally getting the hang of things. A groundhog just showed up on the scene, I saw them (unsure if it's a male or female) heartily eating some lettuce while sitting in the raised bed earlier this week! It's fenced off but they found a way in. I have to admit it was kind of cute, holding a huge piece of lettuce, but it still left me cursing. I'm glad you like the tools!

[JohnS]

Thank you Eric for the video! I waited until I had some free time to that I could take it in and enjoy it, very entertaining! I really appreciated the references to the artist and artisan studios which inspire you, as well as the books. Here's a link to a couple pics of my work shop in our two car garage (which are rarely parked in there due to all the bikes). I've also have a pic of my Crust LB-canti since it has the same color scheme as your next build (brown frame, brown leather bar tape, brown side wall RH tires and a brown Brooks Swift saddle. Good luck with the build and finding just the right parts.

JohnS

My shop and Crust LB-canti.

[Steve]

Eric,  another great video - thanks (and thank you JJ for the link).

Eric, I do have a lingering question regarding your excellent Sam restoration video - how did you finally remove the seized bottom bracket? 

Steve

[Roberta]

Eric,

Thanks for taking the time to post this.  I thoroughly enjoyed it--especially your garden.  I love that you put a bit of artistry in everything you do. 

Roberta

On Sunday, April 28, 2024 at 10:40:58 PM UTC-4 eric...@gmail.com wrote:

[george schick]

Eric - an excellent filming of your workshop and exterior plantings.  What a nice place to live and do your work.  I was reminded, though, of a similar but not quite as professional episode as this one from several years ago where you were doing a rebuild of a mixte that your "partner's" parents gave her - some Japanese manufacturer, I think.  I recognized that the scenes of your shop are the same as your current video, but it's a "different Eric Marth!"  Pop bottle glasses, dark hair, etc.  What happened?

[Eric Marth]

JohnS: I clicked the link and got a 404. Would love to see the Bolt, those are really sweet bikes. 

Steve: Thanks, bud! Rob Gassie removed the bottom bracket, he's the frame builder who stripped and painted the bike for me. He said he put the frame in his alignment table (really big fixture, lots of clamps, allowed for maximum torque) and was able to bust it loose. I don't know the origins of my Sam but there were many details about the build that leave me thinking it was not originally assembled very carefully. 

Roberta: Thank you for watching! Garden's looking even better now, just a few weeks later. Though I noticed yesterday a groundhog ate one of my coleus plants. 

George: Thank you thank you. The glasses are a P3 shape but I didn't think the lenses were particularly thick? I think of pop bottle glasses as having the effect of looking through the bottom of an old glass Coca-Cola bottle... I still wear glasses, wearing them right now. My hair's naturally pretty dark but I haven't had a haircut since Nov 2022 and I spend a lot of time in the sun so it's lighter from exposure.  

[JohnS]

Sorry about that Eric, please try this one...

https://photos.app.goo.gl/wEEVfGiR2Z2j8Bft7

[George Schick]

Eric - since you have a fascination with old tools that kind of have class or character, would you be interested in this very old wooden carpenter's level?  I believe that it belonged to my great uncle who was a physician, not a tradesman, but someone who used to like working with wood and doing a lot of things by himself as an amateur handyman.  On the metal parts it says "Stanley rule and level."  There are no inch markings anyplace, but the dimensions are suspiciously identical to what a carpenter would use for measuring typical construction widths and lengths: it's 2 ft. long x 3.125" wide x 1.325" thick.  It can be yours for the asking if you're interested.  I'm trying to get rid of as much of my stash of stuff as possible as I head into the mid-70's.

[Eric Marth]

JohnS: Thanks for the pics, nice looking Bolt there, love all the brown. How's the Swift? Or is that a Swallow? I need a brown saddle for my Hillborne and like the fit of the black Brooks Pro I have. Love the shop and the grainy photos! That's the stuuuuuff. Thanks for sharing. 

George: Well that's a beautiful level you have there, are you sure you want to go through the trouble of sending it my way? Have you checked it for accuracy? Sometimes those old spirit levels can have problems with the vials and bubbles. I have a full set of Stabila levels so I am equipped though that old Stanley sure is handsome... 

[JohnS]

Thank you Eric for the feedback, that is a Swift. I have another one on my '82 Sequoia. They are my favorite saddle for my drop bar bikes replacing the Selle Anatomica X. The pics were taken with my Velo Orange Camp Snap camera (grainy quality is a feature, I suppose).

JohnS