Woodworking Blogs

This blog was pretty light on details (at least compared to my more recent ones). To close it out, here are some of my "showcase" photos from 2006....

This post is just for grins. Here's what I wrote back in 2006. Barb (BB1) asked me if I had computed the cost in current dollars. I haven't done th...

 Building the rack was pretty straightforward, but I would like to point out a few details. Assembly Order I built the rack in this order: 1. Cutti...

These drawings represent the peak of my MicroStation skills in 2006. The thing that jumps out at me today is how weird the 3D views look so weird w...

 This short blog series documents some of the details of my Teak and Aluminum Audio/Video Console project. I built this console way back in 2006...

Chevy II is five years old now and has never missed a beat. It still cuts perfectly square with the adjusters in neutral position but the whole co...

Since I built my first chevalet back in 2011 I have redesigned the blade clamps at least three times, never getting one that I really liked on al...

I've already blogged Az Chevalet so this will be a simple "keep you up to date" one about "Chevy II". When I moved to my current address and buil...

When I started to build the chevalet from a few photos on the internet, I wasn't at all sure it would amount to anything at all so in many places...

This is a bit of the fine tuning I knew awaited me once I started getting into the chevalet. My original (re-invention of the wheel) blade clamps...

There are two stories here that can't be separated from each other so I'll tell them together. One is about the first modifications to the Cheval...

IMPORTANT NOTE: Almost everything on this page has been improved and updated in my second build , Chevy II I am leaving this blog intact as a r...