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I had a ton of white oak left over from some of the recent furniture projects. So I decided to build carriage style shop doors for the wood shop out of it. The biggest issue was that I don’t have a jointer at all much. Even if I did I would not have one big enough to flatten 8’ side rails for...

So I was browsing marketplace one evening and ran across an ad of used prison doors, they were local and cheap so I thought it could be a fun addition to the shop. Made the arrangements and took my oldest boy with me to pickup a 300lb door. Got it into the shop and ready to hang. I ended up...

So life got busy and I’ve really been slacking on updates. Missed quite a few new things in the shop. I finished the furniture job for the local guy and delivered three tables. I was fairly happy with them, he was very happy. The first was a dining table for two. Here is a shot before...

Thanks Jay, I’m really enjoying building some furniture now that I have a dedicated space. Got a coffee table too milled and glued up today, and I started milling the matching dining table And thanks to a hail storm here in April our roof on the house finally matches the color of the shop...

Fouckhest, thanks. The second one is actually made with reclaim. Out of the add I picked up another job that I’m going to start on this weekend to do a living room and dining table out of reclaim. I’ll post some pictures as that comes along as well.

been getting a lot of work done in the shop lately. Not so much on the shop but churning out some wood working projects. I got a barrel for free as a result of making the copper tops over the summer. I was looking at it and some reclaimed lumber I had one night and thought I bet I can turn...

Got back from the lake today and had a little time to work on the counterweight for the stairs. My oldest was really excited about it. Here is stairs up and old boat fuel tank down. I used eyebolts instead of pulleys so that we would have additional friction to overcome which allows the...

Thanks homebody. I went over and checkout your build thread. Your shops are incredible. I hope to have that level of finished someday in the near future.

LoganB thanks for the feedback, have a ton of work to do still, but I do feel it is getting there. Always great to hear someone else appreciates all the work and planning that goes into it.

Thanks.

I was in need of an out feed table for the table saw, and assembly table and a workbench for the wood shop. I ended up building a combination of these three out of a 4’ piece of bowling alley that I had left over. The base is reclaimed pine. The vise is something my father built when I was...

After that we modified the furnace closet and started the folding stairs for the loft. I did not get a ton of pics during the build but I got a few of the finished project The top half is fixed and the lower half is built from 1x10 and is hinged at the wall so that it can fold up and out of...

Been a few months since I’ve updated anything. Progress is steady but slow. Just never seems to be enough hours in the day. At the end of June a friends family was closing their bowling alley. I was able to grab a few slabs of bowling alley for some future projects along with a few other items...

So a little update. Got some time to work on the planet cart in the shop. I used some rough sawn reclaimed pine as I have a ton of it. Started with some stock break down on the radial arm saw. The new dust collection fence worked fairly well. Need to get the out chute piped to the plenum...

5 more tons over the weekend finished up the beds. Shoveled a total of 18,000lbs in three days but I’m happy with the outcome. And a shot looking down at the house from the road. Still need to paint the house to Match the barn which is on the agenda for this summer And one from the road...

Got some outside work done today. Lower bed got filled with dirt. My wife, two boys and myself hand shoveled 4 tons of top soil today just to fill the lower beds. Lower bed filled And a shot looking back at the patio with a few hostas that I transferred from another bed. This is...

Thanks homebody, going to hopefully put some dirt in the beds outside this weekend. I will try to snap some shots for you.

Thanks. I’m really happy with it so far. I’m finding out that with the tools setup all the time I find more and more uses daily. I’ve been wanting this for years it’s nice to finally be able to use all the wood tools without having to drag it all out.

Somewhere in there I also got the lathe assembled completely. She’s ready to run just needs power. Thinking I might run a sub panel to that side for the lathe, welder and, ac. With the cost of wire a sub panel is likely cheaper than 3 or 4 50ft runs but I need to calculate that. That’s it...

I moved on to putting the woodshop tools in the shop. All moved in just need a table for the RAS So I started working on that next. I saw a thing on YouTube for a through the fence dust collection so I decided I would give that a shot. There is a plenum behind the fence with a 4 inch pipe...