Blog Series

My Wood Shop

Part 1: Wheaties

This is the entrance to my Shop . In case your wondering the the sign he is holding says MR Goodlooking works here . This is my office and finishin...

1st cabinets

1 entry

Part 1: Kitchen cabinets and doors

The framing on this doors are made of red oak and the inserts are hand cut slats out off old pallets. This was my first time to build any style of ...

box with 3D marquetry

Part 1: Asking subject and manufacture of marquetry.

Hello, I have a job. Build a box and the lid veneer two letters. The letters should float above the surface. The box has a simple construction. The...

My Workspace

1 entry

Part 1: Introduction

My family lives in a small 850sf, 2 room apartment on the ground floor. We are also fortunate enough to have a ±200sf patio. My wife and I have com...

Rickswoodworks new workshoptour

Part 1: workshoptour

This is a new building we put up this last summer, the machine are all the same that we have had except our new craftsman table saw

My shop

3 entries

Part 1: Clamp modification

Now I,m retired there is more time to reorganize my shop. Ten years ago I made my shop set up. From time to time bought some stuff and reorganisati...

Part 2: Overvieuw

Below, counter clockwise, an overvieuw of my small garage shop. This is my 5 in 1 (saw machine, moulder, mortiser, planer and jointer) combination....

Part 3: My small 5-1

For the small machines I have thought making flipover stands, but on one stand I could put two, maybe three, machines on it. After thinking and try...

Gut Shop Reorganization

10 entries

Part 8: Drawers done

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...

Part 9: Superior dust collection

I have an old delta contractor saw. Underneath was a pan tilted about 45° to the back to let the dust drop and sort of keep it away from the front ...

Part 10: flip top drill press

I’m exhausted. I built this over the past 2 days which is a day too long. I wasn’t sure about the height and had problems making it fit the swing t...

My Take on a Small Budget/Space Shop

Part 2: The Beating Heart of the Shop

There are two institutions to be given credit for how well I have been able to equip my shop for so little money and in so little space. They canno...

Part 3: What can you build in a small low budget shop?

All of the stationary stuff that I described in the last post cost around $1500 or less with a little shrewd horse trading and not really a lot of ...

Part 4: Garage to Shop in 2 1/2 Minutes

This is a fun little video I’ve been meaning to do for a while now. It is what I do every morning (with slight variations) when I’m in Green Valley...

1st cabinet build

1 entry

Part 1: Cabinet build

first cabinets I have built .. All built out of red oak and is custom built to fit the space .. Added corner draws , a space for corner dishwasher ...

Simple Jigs and Techniques

Part 4: Easy DIY Safety Straightedge

This one came from a discussion in lanwater"s blog about hammer veneering. The topic of safe straightedges for knifework came up and a few ideas we...

Part 5: Modular Veneer Press Build

Just a few more pictures and explanations than the project post had room for. The concept is simple and can be adapted in many ways but here is wha...

Part 6: Cheap DIY Veneer Press Screws

When I decided to revamp my old veneer press in my Green Valley shop I decided to try something I have been thinking about for a while now. I remem...