Blog Series

The V8 Wedge Powered Workbench

Part 6: Mounting the Wagons and Cosmetic Top

As a boat builder I worked with epoxy A LOT… so for me it was a no brainer that the vices would be loose fitted and fixed in place with epoxy. This...

Part 7: Installing the Leg Vice and Finishing Up

The leg vice is so simple as to be self explanatory and its installation likewise, to the point that you can install it and uninstall it in less th...

Part 8: Leg Vice Upgrade

I’ve been doing a bit of repetitive hand cutting (dovetails) in my leg vice (or vise if you prefer) lately and while I am very happy with it in gen...

Pine Casket Build

Part 1: Pine Casket Build - Part 1

Forgive the blog post of a blog post here but I’ve been away working on new casket build and posting most of the updates on the blog for my coffin ...

Part 2: Pine Casket Build - Part 2

And another recent entry detailing the construction of the lid sections. Each image is captioned with more details of what’s happening in each phot...

Part 3: Pine Casket Build - Final

Had this posted to my blog for a while so I thought I would circle back around and finish up this series of posts. It will eventually get a coat of...

Pallet projects

1 entry

Part 1: DIS-ASSEMBLY OF PALLETS

First, let me say, I am not a student of blogs, tweets, facebooking or how to correspond responsibly to the internet world. I have had a few reques...

$100 Challenge: My Workbench - My Best Workshop Buddy

Part 1: Announcement

We all have our favorite features, when it comes to our workbenches. Tell us about your workbench: did you make it yourself? Is it a family heirloo...

Part 2: And the Winner Is ...

Thank you to everyone who participated in our Workbench Challenge. You can see the entries here. And the winner of the random draw is: lightweightl...

The Shop, saw stations

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Part 3: Mobile cart

I have needed a mobile cart for a long time. I found this old dot matrix printer stand in the alley, it looked brand new, just not much need for th...

Part 4: Radial Saw Progress

I have installed the dust collector hose to both saws, installed electrical outlet to the vacuum & both saws which are switched at the miter sa...

Part 5: Installing the miter saw

B Squared both saws together, when the fence is installed they will both be perpendicular to the fence. Made a miscalculation on the dust collectio...

My Workbench-Best Workshop Buddy

1 entry

Part 1: Antique Work Bench

I purchased this old work table at a going out of business auction for Godet Lumber of East Texas in 1972. A forty year old company that served the...

WoodworkingWeb Awards: Making the Cut

Part 1: Announcement

Theme: Making the Cut We all can make the cut, for this Quarterly Awards, by creating the treasured, handmade cutting board. Whether large or small...

Part 2: And the Winners Are ...

Our 8th WoodworkingWeb Awards are over and we finished with 22 entries. I would like to thank you all who participated by submitting entries or vot...

Box FV

Part 1: Work in progress

I’m working on a new box This is the CAD design, as far as it goes. I’m not sure about the lid. I’ve started by building the bottom half (sides and...

Part 2: Work in progress

Sides and legs made. Sides are 5 × 1 mm alternating Purpleheart and Pau Amarello, bent on an 87.5 to 92.5 mm radius. Legs are 3 mm thick Pau Amarel...

large torsion worktable

Part 2: Main top complete with router lift

Finally got a few hours to get a lot done. Cut down the top and routed the lift opening in. As well I smashed up the old bench from the houses prev...

Part 3: Table saw is in!

Am finally the table saw is in. I didn’t know that the bracket the hold the motor off the back hangs down about 3/8" to far so the table isn’t flus...

Part 4: Finally a new fence

Well I have been waiting for months and finally pulled the trigger on a new fence for my table saw/bench last week. Just picked it up this morning....

Dust Collection Issues

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Part 1: My latest HF dust collector upgrade (with truck filter)

I have had my HFDC for several years now, originally stock, then with the Wynn 35A canister, and finally with a couple of home made cyclone type mo...