Since my passion for wax carving is expanding every day, I have realized a big drawback is an uncomfortable place to do the carving. I am working in my unconditioned garage and that does create some problems with wax in hot weather.

But it is not just the temperature control. I do a lot of the dirty work in the garage shop. The wax and the metal work really need to be separated and the tools kept separate for their use with wax and metal. By separate it could be just their own bench or different part of the shop or it could be another space altogether.

Wax is a very clean working medium. It makes filings and shavings with just a little dust with power tools, but it doesn’t float in the air. It has no odor. It can easily be cleaned up around the working area. With hot tool work there is far less mess. I think this can make it perfectly suitable for a small work area within my small air conditioned office as it actually requires very little workspace.

A small light weight beginner’s jeweler bench and some shelf space for tools and supplies is all I need. I have a lot of shelves. I posted on this idea before I built my bench in the workshop.

Actually the wax work can be done at the kitchen table but I’d never push for that sacred ground in my house.

Yeah, that’s how it all starts, heheh…  It will require some discipline to keep it clean but it is exactly how we worked (in wax) in the classroom. A five minute cleanup after every work session and it was like we were never there.

I will have to eventually duplicate a few tools like the GRS bench pin mount, a decent work light and carry the Foredom motor unit back and forth.

I am just scheming for now but it feels like it could be a good move…