Shop Notes #1: A Perfect Shop or a Perfect Perspective?
6 years ago, when my interest in woodworking began to peak again, I realized the last time I had done a serious woodworking project was almost 20 years prior. Back then, we had high school woodshop classes with well defined goals and projects and a lot of machinery at our fingertips. But the years had gone by and many of those shop lessons had faded or were forgotten altogether. I barely remembered the basic safety instructions that had been hammered into our heads. I really didn’t know where to start. I had handheld power tools and a few bench top tools, I knew how to use them, and they’d served me well with my home improvement endeavors. I didn’t realize they were h...
