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I searched and searched, but I can’t find any pictures of the rest of the process. As I said in the previous blog, the wife wasn’t exactly up for t...

At the end of blog #6 we left off with the top done. Here is the top with a couple of coats of spar urethane. I looked at many finish for outdoor a...

I can heave a sigh of relief now. The client just came and picked up the tables this afternoon and she loved them. Like all of us, I am never reall...

When I left off yesterday I needed elevators and the skirts for the dust collector. I decided to go with two elevators for the ability to micro adj...

Over the week and this morning I finally got all of the construction tidbits out of the way. It’s finally ready for finishing. But before the amp c...

The carpentry work is finished and only the painting remains. I enjoyed this project and I hope it will be a convenience for us in the years to com...

*Day 4 work The gear teeth on the clock dial had to be filed down to the pattern lines after cutting yesterday. I tried making a sanding stick that...

Day 8 Work The parts for the main weight were cut and some some small parts were finished. A couple of grub screws had to be custom made because I ...

The leg vice is so simple as to be self explanatory and its installation likewise, to the point that you can install it and uninstall it in less th...

 I wanted to use glue to attach the pyramids to the disks, because I didn't want any visible fasteners. But it was very apparent that I would need ...

 My wife wanted a light/whitish finish for the cabinet. Maple is pretty light toned, so my first thought was to use a clear water-based poly finish...

This is a bit anticlimactic after the project has been posted but I wanted to keep the "plane box" thing a secret. There were however some cool han...