The compact work bench was conceived and designed as a simple, functional project to fill a need.  As such, it’s made of very inexpensive materials,  MDF and dimensional lumber, and designed to go together quickly with a minimum of...

The oldest thing in my shop, aside from me, is this table: My father and I built this in the early 1990s, when I was just getting into woodworking and still had very little idea how things were done.  It’s made of dimensional lumber...

This project is part of the solution to a relatively new shop problem. I have a back work table in my shop that measures 48″ x 30″, but is effectively about half that size because part of it is now the permanent home of my...

(Okay, I groaned at that one a little myself!)   I decided it was time to start replacing the crappy random furniture pieces in Julie’s and my bedroom.  The first piece to go is the shoddy Ikea dresser we’ve been sharing...

Before I built my HDPE assembly table top, I used my knock-down work table base without a table top for my Penn State portable planer.  The planer sat on a plywood subbase with cleats  that captured the insides of the two rails on the...

The blog is now two years old, as WordPress kindly reminded me last week.  Time to update the shop photos. Things aren’t that different from last year in the main working area.  The new router table is working out nicely and the...