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Hey Burger! Nice to see another "local" here! I have a Grizzly air cleaner hanging up on my ceiling, with a Penn State Industries filter. Honestly, I don't run it near as often as I should. I had considered building my own at one point, but found them readily available on the used market...

Finished my new and improved shop cart this weekend. Started with a HF poly cart, added an MDF topper, a shelf, and better casters that I had on hand. Then, I squared up some 2x4's and cut a few grooves to enable them to interlock. A couple of 3/4" dowels in the long rails reference into...

A few shop improvements lately as I am between projects. One... With profits from recent customer work, I finally added some parallel clamps and some beefier quick clamps to my arsenal. They say you can never have too many clamps, but I'll say that I've rarely run out thus far... and feel like...

A former colleague just bought a new house and needed a table for her dining room. She wanted to be able to seat 8 easily while also fitting nicely within her allotted space, so we went with a simple design. Poplar with chestnut gel stain.

Holy cow, you're telling me! Every time I turn around she's running across the room with a sock or a hat or a spoon or another dog in her mouth. Her head seemingly spins around like she's possessd by a demon. We're finding that training sessions are a bit like having a "job" for her...

Thanks guys! The first version of luxury crate (a double-wide with center divider... also out of walnut) for my other dogs locked me into having to repeat for the new pup. Wife is happy too ;) Wiz02 - we had a wonderful experience with Hayley at https://www.midatlanticminiaussies.com/ She...

I'm unsure if I have introduced Daisy yet.. She is a mini-aussie shepherd that joined us about 2 weeks ago. She will grow to about 20-25 pounds full grown, so she's a pretty small dog... but they're fast as lightning and smart as can be, so she'll do great with Buttercup and Mabel. Since...

Thanks! In this case, the natural variation in the wood (due to the mineral staining) was intentionally highlighted for visual interest / unique look. I used some "ambrosia maple" awhile back for the same reason (beetles boring in the wood cause random streaking). In other cases, extreme...

The dining set is done now! 5 chairs are made from mineral stained poplar like the rest of the set. I used some large dovetail joints for some visual interest and a challenge. Makes for a strong chair too. The back rests were contoured using power-carving techniques with angle grinder. My...

Thanks guys! This was a fun one. I enjoy the design aspect of woodworking quite a bit, and tend to lightly sketch an idea, and then figure it out 'real time'. Sometimes I end exactly where my sketch was aimed (like in this case).

Now that the wife loves the table (above) she wanted a nicer bench and chairs to go with it.... Thus far, I've completed the bench.

Thanks Max! I feel the same about poplar.. good value. I have woodworking buddies that are all about the most figured expensive wood they can find - that is also cool, but not a necessity for all designs. Side note since I saw you are in Colorado... Dream vacation is on the horizon for our...

It's all good! Everyone likes what they like. (edit: But I would say that your delivery in this case wasn't the greatest) In this case, the top is only pine so white washing wasn't hiding anything beautiful, and the wife wanted it to match a room of similar color tones. In the space, I...

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white wash pine top, mineral stained poplar base table The recent table I built for a local customer got my wife wanting an upgrade for our table in our sunroom. So I used a similar design and cranked this out for her. The top is pine because she asked me to try to "white wash" it, and this...

The table started above is now complete. The full story: A friend asked me to build her a table, and we settled upon Ash for the top. To be friendlier to her budget, and keep the weight down, the top was built at 3/4" thick. But, to give the impression of a thicker table, the edges were...

Thanks Seagoon! My actual job has me working with teams in the UK quite a bit lately - if I ever travel over for business, I'll be sure to bring you a trinket from the shop :)

I've been busy lately building a table for a friend/customer a couple towns away. I've been a bit slow on this project because I decided it was a good opportunity to learn to use the new Festool equipment... and wow, was it worth the time to pickup the new skills. This table is quite long, so...

Ha! I can see that! Will be fun to squeeze these all in the SUV... that will be a bit like tetris

A friend/neighbor came to me with an interesting request... his company (huge organization) needed some wooden frames constructed to specific dimensions and requirements to enable them to run certain engineering / quality checks, and he was wondering of I could do the work for them. So, I...