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My shop is nothing big but it gets the job done, of course unless I am working on a big project then its waiting until a nice day to work outside. ...
Well today I took a trip to the sawmill I get my lumber from and just wanted to share it with you. I went there to pick up some more Hickory for my...
I did get the finger joints cut last night after all and still had time enough to shovel snow. These pictures are dry fit. The joints are good. I’m...
Well the doors are all glued up and routed. I sanded them to 150 but I qant to go to 180 before putting on the tung oil. Then im heading to slot th...
After my 3rd build i realize that my woodworking skills need to improve. But the gods thing is i have time. Also i need more tools to get the job d...
I got the pieces glued up and cleaned up. I used biscuits to join them. Thorrein suggested using splines. I wish I’d seen that before I did the bis...
So I have a good friend that came to me with a project. He has a mesa boogie combo amp and he wants to remove the amp and build a box to make it a ...
Just a quick note where im at. So far I have taken raw hickory that was stright line ripped and skipped planed to the mitersaw made all my rough le...
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 ...
I built the shop in 1998 and I have been making upgrades ever since.The shop never gets too terribly hot in the summer because the stone building i...
Well ladies and gentlemen im feeling much better again. And its Hammer time. Time to start making up time lost from being sick. First, I just wante...
I ran out of ear plugs and I really didn’t feel like running so she came to me with cigarette butts. Hell they work. Lol I needed ear plugs because...