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• Evolution of a Shop #47: Getting back at it....Quick Festool organization - 12-06-2016 04:38 PM | 1 comment

  In my world there are two seasons: Golf and woodworking. Since it’s dark at 5:00 and too ...

• Evolution of a Shop #46: Festool CT26 and Dust Deputy - 01-07-2016 04:49 PM | 4 comments

  I’ve been drinking the green kool aid for a while now and I recently added a dust deputy to...

• Evolution of a Shop #45: Outfeed and assembly table done - 05-13-2015 07:16 PM | 4 comments

  I finished up the work on my outfeed and assembly table last night. I really just needed to buil...

• Evolution of a Shop #44: Drill press cart part 2 - 04-15-2015 03:06 PM | 2 comments

  I was able to finish up the drill press cart last night. Built another drawer, added drawer fron...

• Evolution of a Shop #43: Drill press cart part 1 - 04-14-2015 03:03 PM | 7 comments

  I wanted to build a new cart that took better advantage of the space underneath my benchtop drill...

• Evolution of a Shop #42: Outfeed Table Progress - 03-02-2015 12:22 PM | 2 comments

  I was able to get a few more things completed on my outfeed table: I cut out the handle area o...

• Evolution of a Shop #41: New Outfeed table and shop cart - 02-24-2015 04:13 PM | 5 comments

  Even though I haven’t posted in a while, I’ve been busy. I’ve had a lot of bui...

• Evolution of a Shop #40: Plywood Cutting Table - 04-24-2014 02:17 PM | 6 comments

  I’ve been making a lot of built in cabinetry for our new house over the last few months, wh...

• Evolution of a Shop #39: Square and ruler storage - 03-17-2014 02:37 PM | 6 comments

  I’ve been trying to organize my shop and condense some of the contents of drawers and cabin...

• Evolution of a Shop #38: Starting Over, Kind Of - 02-26-2014 04:34 PM | 7 comments

  We moved back in October of last year into a house with a larger garage which meant I got a littl...

• Evolution of a Shop #37: The End Of An Era - 07-01-2013 05:21 PM | 4 comments

  My wife and I recently decided to move so that our kids could go to a better school district. Ou...

• Evolution of a Shop #36: A few shop upgrades - 03-12-2013 01:55 PM | 4 comments

  While I’m between major projects, I had a chance over the weekend to make a few upgrades to...

• Evolution of a Shop #35: Quick drill press table fence upgrade - 01-23-2013 03:39 PM | 3 comments

  I have a Woodpeckers drill press table and fence. Overall it’s a great set up. My only co...

• Evolution of a Shop #34: A flip, a turn, a stack, and a twist - 10-22-2012 05:33 PM | 4 comments

  I wrapped up a productive few shop sessions recently. The flip: the ever-present flip top cart...

• Evolution of a Shop #33: Bandsaw dust collection - 07-22-2012 08:17 PM | 9 comments

  My Shop Fox bandsaw has a dust port at the bottom of the lower wheel. It does a decent job of ge...

• Evolution of a Shop #32: Outfeed Table - 07-19-2012 02:19 PM | 1 comment

  This started out as another workbench, but got modified into an outfeed table. The base is a var...

• Evolution of a Shop #31: Bench update - 07-19-2012 02:11 PM | 3 comments

  I’ve finished up my bench for now. I flattened the top, which took a lot more effort than ...

• Evolution of a Shop #30: New workbench - 06-01-2012 03:39 PM | 8 comments

  I’ve been jonesing for a new bench for what seems like forever. One project after another ...

• Evolution of a Shop #29: New bandsaw and drum sander modification - 04-05-2012 08:06 PM | 4 comments

  Thanks to a terrific suggestion from Jeff (JL7), I ordered and installed a new lid for my drum sa...

• Evolution of a Shop #28: New Cross Cut Sled - 02-29-2012 02:57 PM | 5 comments

  There have been a few cross cut sleds posted recently and it motivated me to replace mine. The o...

• Evolution of a Shop #27: New drum sander - 01-30-2012 08:39 PM | 9 comments

  I’ve wanted a drum sander forever, but I just couldn’t justify a grand on a tool I wo...

• Evolution of a Shop #26: My finest work ever. Period. - 11-08-2011 03:44 PM | 3 comments

  I’ve been busy in the shop lately. I’ve built several tables and some other misc thin...

• Evolution of a Shop #25: Tool cabinet update - 09-29-2011 03:11 PM | 4 comments

  I recently built a small tool cabinet for my shop. You can see more pics of it here: When...

• Evolution of a Shop #24: A couple of shop helpers - 09-13-2011 03:28 PM | 4 comments

  I thought I’d post these two little shop helpers I recently made up. The first is somethin...

• Evolution of a Shop #23: Clamp cart update - 09-13-2011 03:15 PM | 7 comments

  I really didn’t need any new clamps (yeah right) but a guy was liquidating his cabinet shop...

• Evolution of a Shop #22: A yard sale? C'mon, man! - 07-14-2011 04:40 PM | 10 comments

  After finishing the dresser/changing table for my niece, I was excited to get started on a few mo...

• Evolution of a Shop #21: Large Cross Cut Sled and Huge Lumber Rack - 05-18-2011 04:45 PM | 2 comments

  For a while now I’ve been wanting to build a cross cut sled with more capacity that my curr...

• Table from 200 year old re-claimed timber #3: Finishing up the table - 05-02-2011 03:40 PM | 3 comments

  I spent quite a bit of time flattening and smoothing the table top last weekend. I used mostly m...

• Evolution of a Shop #20: Shooting Board - 04-27-2011 04:32 PM | 2 comments

  I’ve got an upcoming project where I’ll need a shooting board, and I’ve always ...

• Table from 200 year old re-claimed timber #2: Flattening The big top (not the circus kind) - 04-27-2011 04:19 PM | 4 comments

  Muscling around this lumber hasn’t been easy. I need to have a perfectly flat top and bott...

• Table from 200 year old re-claimed timber #1: The rough work - 04-25-2011 09:23 PM | 7 comments

  My Dad asked me to make a table for his office where he could work on some computers. His office...

• Evolution of a Shop #19: 672 Pairs of Shoes=No woodworking - 04-04-2011 08:15 PM | 6 comments

  My 7 year old daughter decided about a month ago to have a shoe drive to try and collect shoes fo...

• Evolution of a Shop #18: Rolling Clamp Cart - 03-10-2011 05:56 PM | 10 comments

  I have recently spent quite a bit of time doing some glue ups for various projects. After walkin...

• Evolution of a Shop #17: Christmas In January! - 01-28-2011 10:11 PM | 6 comments

  I have had some money I got for Christmas burning a hole in pocket…...and last weekend I we...

• Evolution of a Shop #16: Compressor cabinet complete, and a homemade mallet - 01-27-2011 05:19 PM | 4 comments

  I’m calling my compressor cabinet complete. That’s a lot of C’s. It’s i...

• Evolution of a Shop #15: Air compressor gets a new home - 01-26-2011 05:55 PM | 3 comments

  I had some left over plywood from building a play kitchen for my kiddos and I was tired of lookin...

• Evolution of a Shop #14: 2 years on Lumberjocks - 01-13-2011 07:29 PM | 3 comments

  I was just noticing that I’ve been an official LJ for 2 years now. Man. I’ve learne...

• Evolution of a Shop #13: Tool board over workbench - 09-14-2010 05:07 PM | 12 comments

  I’ve never really been a big fan of pegboard, but it’s incredibly functional and chea...

• Evolution of a Shop #12: Table Saw Accessory Cart - 09-13-2010 05:26 PM | 3 comments

  I wanted to take advantage of the space under my table saw’s right side to create a place t...

• Evolution of a Shop #11: Outfeed table and bench vise - 09-13-2010 04:44 PM | 4 comments

  I haven’t really been able to do much in the shop since my 4th of July table build with my ...

• 4 of July Table Build Extravaganza #1: Finishing the tables Part 1 - 08-09-2010 07:19 PM | 2 comments

  I began finishing two of the four tables we built over the weekend. My brother in law’s pr...

• Evolution of a Shop #10: New fence for R4511 - 07-13-2010 06:23 PM | 11 comments

  I haven’t been terribly unhappy with the stock fence that came with my Ridgid R4511 table s...

• The Start of a barn wood shadow box table - 07-13-2010 05:42 PM | 8 comments

  Over the 4th of July long weekend we had our family over to our house to spend the weekend playin...

• Evolution of a Shop #9: Mobile Carts...A Godsend in a small shop - 05-12-2010 04:40 PM | 13 comments

  I still park a car in my shop, errr garage, so I have to be able to move things around. Mobile c...

• Evolution of a Shop #8: HFDC Upgrade - 03-06-2010 03:04 PM | 8 comments

  I have been wanting to get a trash can separator for my Harbor Freight dust collector since I bou...

• Evolution of a Shop #7: Some progress in the shop, though never enough. - 03-04-2010 05:03 PM | 9 comments

  I haven’t had a lot of shop time in the last week or three, but I have been able to make so...

• Evolution of a Shop #6: Phase 1 complete....I think. - 02-08-2010 12:00 AM | 6 comments

  I pretty well finished with phase 1 of my workshop renovation. I’ve added a bench for the ...

• Evolution of a Shop #5: Good news, bad news. Short night, long day. - 02-03-2010 08:07 AM | 9 comments

  It’s almost 1:00am and I’m sitting down to tell a bunch of people I’ve never me...

• Evolution of a Shop #4: Miter saw/drill press bench almost complete - 02-02-2010 05:16 PM | 5 comments

  I made some progress last night….I finished installing the cabinets that are the base for m...

• Evolution of a Shop #3: Lumber rack, storage, new bench. The plan evolves, too. - 01-28-2010 04:50 PM | 3 comments

  After going to the woodworking show in Indy and brainstorming with my wife, I decided against a l...

• Evolution of a Shop #2: The Plan... - 01-20-2010 10:48 PM | 9 comments

  With a project just about wrapped up, I’ve come up with a plan to organize and renovate my ...

• Evolution of a Shop #1: One year on LJ, what a difference a year makes - 01-13-2010 07:00 PM | 16 comments

  With my one year anniversary on Lumberjocks coming up in a few days, I thought I’d start my...

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