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Router Table Build, part 1

Router Table Build, part 1

While I was out of town the critical parts of my new router table arrived.  It was time to start the build.   Top I started with the router table top because that’s the fussiest part of the whole project.  First I cut two...
Router Table Plan

Router Table Plan

Since I first set up my garage workshop back in the late 1990s, my router table has been the left side extension of my table saw.  It’s a very simple design, essentially a miniature version of Norm Abram’s famous New Yankee...
Drill Press Stand

Drill Press Stand

The shop is evolving as I get more active with my woodworking again.  Back in November I got rid of the tiny Tradesman drill press I’d had and replaced it with a Jet JDP-12.  The Jet is a pleasure to use, but of course it’s a...
The scene of the crime

The scene of the crime

Before I start blogging about what I do in the workshop, I should probably show it to you.  So here it is. This is the two-car garage of my home in Maryland.  It hasn’t actually housed a vehicle since November 1997, when I first...