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While I was cleaning up in the shop this evening, I took care of a couple more nagging things in the shop. For quick stuff, I like to use a bottle of the Titebond Quick & Thick glue. I found that the cap had broken. It has a little flat tab on the inside of the cap that slides into the nozzle...

Alright - back to it. And of course, I get distracted into a side project. I was doing a lot of thin cuts and everytime I do, I keep battling the stock blade guard dust collector that comes with the sawstop. When I want to get the fence closer than ~1.5" I need to pull it off and stick it into...

Been making more slow but steady progress on the table. I figured I'd start my milling process of the rough maple lumber on a part that is pretty hidden just to work out the bugs in my process. Started work on the two "Leg Mounting Plates" that assemble to the leg columns and can allow me to...

Some more progress on the leg columns. Just glue, no fasteners. Because this is plywood, putting on a coat of pre-stain conditioner really helps knock down the splotchiness when applying stain. I put one coat, but probably should have put two coats. Here it is with the stain applied. It's a...

The extra 2x4 is cause once I had the cabinet built, I had to make adjustments cause the bandsaw footprint itself is actually quite lopsided. The table sticks out a lot to the left hand side, and on the right side I needed to clear the swing of the door, so in order to scooch it over as much as...

As I was moving machines around and setting up the router table and planer for milling work for the kitchen table, I sent myself on one of my many side projects and decided to move a few machines around and redo the tool stand that holds the bandsaw. Basically, I decided to put my frankenstein...

Here's the kitchen table design. All from rough hard maple. All the maple sitting ready to be milled up. I think it's acclimated to the shop now and ready to go. Will be good to get it out from under it's hiding place underneath the Charger. Adam

So, automotive projects aside for the time being, and I'm getting ready to do some big woodworking projects finally. Going to make a maple kitchen table. Some more details on that to follow, but preliminarily, I would like to to use dominos - loose tenons - for the edge-to-edge joints of the...

No, I was in for several frustrating days over this past weekend. I bought the Encore as I wanted a cheap fuel efficient vehicle for my high school boys to drive. I didn't want to get a complete beater but also didn't want to spend a ton. I settled on a bit of a compromise. A low mileage Encore...

Another long break from posting - fall gets busy and project work often slows down. But, even so things are always going on in the shop, even if a bit slower. I think maybe it's time to catch things up here on GJ. Had several days off due to the holidays, and was planning for some nice...

Yep - these drawers are 43" x 51" or so, and so the slides need to be aligned front to back and side to side. At this point for stuff like in the shop, I go with the cheaper traditional style slides, but if I ever want to do anything inside the house, it's way worth it to go with the...

Made a bunch of progress over the last week and weekend. Built the massive shelves, which add a ton of storage utility. Having such large wide shelves takes away some of the strength of rigidity of a bench, but I have other rock solid workbenches throughout the shop, and I wanted the nice large...

Did a sanding session last night, had to go down to 120 to get through to the deeper scratches and get an even tone, which matches quite well with the MDF top of the assembly workbench. Then hit it with 220 to give it a glass-smooth finish. This Richlite is super hard but finishes really nicely...

The work continued in the other direction of the grid. More broken bits.....:( But I persevere! Install caster blocks (fixed in the back, removable swivel in the front, all to clear the roll-out CNC drawer that comes in the future). Now this 250lb behemoth is mobile. Big 40" drawer slides...

Woof! Another couple months pass by. Summer is always a busy time, all our kids are home for the summer, busier house, we take trips (went to Zion & Bryce NP this year), keeping everyone busy and happy becomes a full time job. So, slower with the projects in the shop itself. But, I did get...