Recent content by wn34

Wow! Great responses so far and some very good ideas/points. Toolsd, you have some great furniture there and the restorations on those machines are amazing. Here’s some of the work that I did in high school. An 18th style secretary desk. It took about 7 months from design to finishing...

I would say that notching the 4X4 legs to accept 2X4 rails would add quite a bit of strength as opposed to simply lag bolting the 2X4's into place. Interlocking joints always add strength and as a plus they look much cleaner. Did you plan on using a circular saw and chisel or another technique?

I have been an avid lurker on this site since I found it a few months ago and am curious if anyone out there uses their garage primarily as a woodworking shop. I'm a college student with quite a bit of woodworking experience building furniture in high school and have always thought about what...