Archive for the ‘Projects’ Category

Woodworking Workbench Construction Pt. 1

Friday, August 15th, 2008

In earlier posts I had talked about getting the "Bench Horse" from Blum Tool Co. I also considered the "X-Bench" from Skil as suggested by my Dad. While both would have served my purpose in the apartment, I decided to build my own. I have to say, ...

Apartment Workshop has begun

Sunday, August 3rd, 2008

Today I started on my new home away from home workshop. The new shop will be in my bedroom of the apartment that I will be staying in for the next year or so. The reason the new shop is in my bedroom is because I will be ...

Drywall is up!

Sunday, May 11th, 2008

Things are really taking shape now! I was getting depressed about the whole garage upgrade thing. Mostly because my shop has been a total mess. Anytime I try to do anything  I have to spend about an hour rearranging stuff before I can get started. Also, I have never done ...

Puzzle Box

Wednesday, December 5th, 2007

Here is my first woodworking project using something other than plywood. I've made several plywood boxes for tools and stuff, just trying to get a feel for the tablesaw. Decided to make a "real" box using some red oak. This was kind of a challenge for me in that it ...