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I used a 1/8" radius round-over bit in a palm router to ease the edges of the weaving slots.   Nesting the rails together provided a stable platfor...

[Yummy Christmas.png] Boys and Girls,   Little to do with woodworking other than most of the execution was made on a charc… cutting board… honesty ...

Let's explore the No. 1 Stanley Odd-Jobs! There are at least three 'types' out there, mostly differentiated by scribe type (earliest ones could ho...

Double post from another blog topic, but wanted to put it somewhere I could readily add to later. Here goes! A very incomplete review of folding ...

NOTE: Repost from another web locatation to preserve the memory... In November of 2012  I went to see my Aunt and Uncle over the weekend, and came...

 [01.06 Folding Work Table - Top and Support Structure.jpg]   Before I started assembling the support structure, I cut 10-degree bevels on the bott...

The heart of the table is a support structure for the thin plywood top, and the heart of the support structure is a lattice of I-beams. Each I-beam...

[01.09 Folding Work Table Mounting Bracket.jpg]    A section of the wall on the front side of the garage was just the right size for the tables. I ...

Because the tables will reside in an unheated garage, I decided to finish all surfaces with three coats of water-based poly (General Finishes High ...

 [01.07 Folding Work Table - Leg.jpg]   The legs are frame-and-panel assemblies. They were a bit of work to build because of the tapers and X-brace...

This is the start of a blog series on my Folding Work Table and Storage Bracket project.   I’ll preface this section by repeating that, for the mos...

  [01.06 Folding Work Table - Top and Support Structure.jpg]   The tabletop is just a 1/4" plywood panel with a 2” wide sassafras frame. The frame ...