I’m down in Portland, OR for a week. I’m attending 2 woodworking classes (see my woodwoorking blog, This Week in Wood for more details). Before I left, Kathy and I had a tentative plan that the family would come down for the weekend. We’ve never really come to Portland before and we figured it was [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Woodworking’
Shop Layout
One of the things I’ve found that I spend a lot of time as a woodworker (hobby not professional) is organizing my shop. I’ve read that many hobby based woodworkers do the same. I suspect that my reasons for this is multi faceted. One reason is that my shop is relatively small. Another reason is [...]
New Workbench
Recently, Matt from Matt’s Basement Workshop podcast (go find it on iTunes) had talked about replacing his workbench. It motivated me to try the same. I had a workbench that was collapsable which was a benefit since my shop is small. After looking at it and considering the actual workspace on the bench, I decided [...]
Blanket Chest – Progress finally!
I’ve been very busy over the last 2 weeks or so on my blanket chest. It is assembled and sanded and ready for a finish. Here is a picture on the way to getting done: Here is the final assembled (still needs knobs on the drawers though): I have already installed the knobs and drawer [...]
Woodworking: Blanket Chest
I’ve been working pretty steady on my blanket chest and making some progress forward and then losing some progress too. At the beginning of the project, I had taken a bunch of Cherry wood (what I’m making this blanket chest from) and glued up panels. The glue ups looked great after some scraping and sanding. [...]
Project: Blanket Chest
Over this weekend, I’ve begun to work in my shop again. I know, I know. That’s all I do is stop then start with my woodworking. I think that is the nature of hobbies when you have a family. My project, for the past few years, is a blanket chest for our entry way. I’m [...]
Workshop reogranization
I don’t know where all this energy and focus has come from but I have caught up on a few things sitting on my desk and now I’ve even gone out to my Woodworking Workshop. I had some ideas on how to reorganize the shop based on my usage of the shop the last year [...]
Blast Gate for Dust Collection
I have had some conversations with a friend of mine over the past bunch of years about these blast gates that I’ve been using. They are very cool. I had the typical blast gates that everyone uses that were simple lift gates. My problem with them were the first set that I had were plastic [...]