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Shop Update 2020

Shop Update 2020

Posted by on Nov 3, 2020 in Shop | Comments Off on Shop Update 2020
I haven’t done one of these in a couple of years, but things are very different now. The new CNC Router. Here is the home of my CNC router, a Next Wave Automation CNC-Shark II. I haven’t got this really organized yet;...
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Video Game Stand

Video Game Stand

Posted by on Oct 31, 2020 in Projects | Comments Off on Video Game Stand
A couple who are friends of mine recently moved into a new home. I asked them what they would like, and the answer was a shelf to store video games on. We went back and forth on ideas and came up with a very simple plan: Model of the...
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Mortising Block

Mortising Block

Posted by on Oct 17, 2020 in Jigs, Shop | Comments Off on Mortising Block
This is another of those been-meaning-to-get-around-to-it projects. It doesn’t have anything to do with getting a new table saw, but I did use cutoffs from the storage unit to make it. A Jeff Miller-style mortising block This...
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Tapering jig, revisited

Tapering jig, revisited

Posted by on Oct 12, 2020 in Jigs, Shop | Comments Off on Tapering jig, revisited
I had a little accident with my tapering jig recently. I was using it to true up the leg stock for my new outfeed table, and it fell off the back end of the saw. The piece was fine, but the sled broke at the routed T-slot at the back, so...
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A Crosscut Sled

A Crosscut Sled

Posted by on Oct 9, 2020 in Jigs, Shop | Comments Off on A Crosscut Sled
Can you believe in 25+ years of woodworking I’ve never built one of these before? I’ve meant to, but just never got around to it. So, with lots of cut-off plywood to use, I figured now was a good time. These sleds come in all...
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Outfeed/Assembly Table, stage two

Outfeed/Assembly Table, stage two

Posted by on Oct 7, 2020 in Shop | Comments Off on Outfeed/Assembly Table, stage two
Stage Two of the assembly table project is done! The table, with holes in the top and drawers painted. The hole-drilling went easy, mostly because I threw money at the problem — I bought a jig from Woodpecker that made it pretty...
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