It’s been almost a year since I got my shop back, and things have changed quite a bit from the photo in my first post, “The Scene of the Crime.” I’ve made a number of upgrades since that original photo and you can...

My new router table was functional and had a working fence, so as planned I used it to finish the build.  Very meta.  ;^)   Drawers I’d already built and mounted the two wide storage drawers — they were just waiting on me...

This router table build is taking a long time, I know.  A large part of the reason for that is that I’ve been out of town or too busy to work in the shop for quite a few recent weekends.  Still, slow progress beats no progress. My...

The carcase of my new router table had taken shape, so it was time to start working on the innards.   Storage Drawers My routers and major accessories — bases, baseplates, edge guide, jigs — don’t have a good home...

The Carcase The next step in building my new router table was to make the panels that form the cabinet carcase.  These panels are cut from 3/4-inch MDF and trimmed in white aspen.  The wood trim gives me a more durable edge than bare MDF...