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Well, the velcro kit arrived yesterday afternoon but just as I got it installed a friend showed up and made me go golfing so I didn’t get to try it...
Warning: Lots of photos! Here’s my setup for sand shading one piece at a time. The marquetry has been preliminarily assembled on sticky shelf paper...
Well it’s Valentines day and I only got to work a few hours today. So I ripped my frenchcleats today. Im using the back of the workbench for storin...
I had some free time this afternoon so I decided to make some drawers for one of my shop cabinets. I designed them weeks ago, carefully taking meas...
OK these mistake drawers retrofit into wood slides are finally done. I just need to lubricate the slides and fill the drawers up. I was going to si...
Today I made some more progress. Got the flip top cabinet made for the planer. I designed the cabinet but made the support/table on the fly as I ca...
Stupid tape measure. Always proving me wrong. I got my first box make and installed, which was for the CMS. I needed to get that thing off the floo...
I’m very tight on space. My original plan did not allocate room for a garbage can and only partially for dust collection. I think I’ve come up with...
I finally sat down with a calculator and paper and figured out the layout I’ve been roughly organizing in my head. I also decided to permanently fi...
If you know you are just going to build it once, measure twice and go for it. If you think you may build it again, make a template! It will save yo...
Well im making some head way. I did the reinforcement on the bottom beams because of inertia. I have the face frames done, & one on now. I did ...
Well I have all the cabinet carcase’s done and, all in line. I cut the top that will be attached to all the cabinet carcases to aid in weight distr...