| This blog is written by Mark Shymanski | 23 entries so far |
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Outfitting the workshop #4: The Ceiling is done!
About a week ago my wife surprised me with the offer to hire someone to finish installing the cei...
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Outfitting the workshop #3: Progress... sort of
Well not too much has been done on the shop over the last while but I did manage to get into the ...
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A Thomas the Tank Engine table #6: Finished....some final pictures and notes
This is a view of the initial drawing I did for Paul’s table. This is the SU drawing r...
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A Thomas the Tank Engine table #5: A question-- Felt surface for the table.
Hello all, Jenn is off at a scrapbooking crop and I was hoping to finish off Paul’s tabl...
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A Thomas the Tank Engine table #4: The home stretch - priming for Thomas blue
Well I got the trim to fit (‘shortening’ the table worked) and now my daughter and I ...
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A Thomas the Tank Engine table #3: Some photos
This is a photo of the almost finished table. Basic 5/8 mdf top, with pine for the stringers and...
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A Thomas the Tank Engine table #2: 15 mm short!
Well had a great couple of days in the shop finishing up -almost- Paul’s table. The edge m...
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A Thomas the Tank Engine table #1: from to design to execution
My first ‘commission’ :-) My son is really into Thomas the Tank Engines (we even d...
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The Router Table Saga #7: Completed! Now for improvements....
Hello All, Prior to the Canada holiday here I had a few days overtime to cash in so I’ve...
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Outfitting the workshop #2: Ceiling progress
Well Jenn and I spent the best part of Saturday screwing OSB to rafters. It is looking good, and...
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The Router Table Saga #6: A new record, I got to work on the table in two seperate sessions on the same day!
Wow, I actually managed to get back into the shop after the wedding! It was a nice wedding of fr...
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The Router Table Saga #5: An incremental activity report
Well this may be the slowest progressing router table in history. Managed to work a bit on it th...
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The Router Table Saga #4: Progress on the sub surface infrastructure
Well I’ve finished cutting the rabbets and halflaps for the framework for the table top and...
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Refurbishing tools #2: Photos of the finished calipers
Finally figured out how to get pictures from my computer to a web site and to here. The na...
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Coffee table #1: On your mark, get sketchup, go...
Well I guess Jenn has realized that I now have enough toy..ools and can start building some furni...
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Outfitting the workshop #1: I have to change my signature line!
I put up a terrific struggle but Jenn finally convinced me to get a dust collector ;-) Actuall...
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Refurbishing tools #1: Calipers
Well I finally had some time (and warm weather) to get into the shop this past weekend. I had in...
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Free urban wood
I’ve just had the interesting realization in that that pesky decorative fruit dropping tree...
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Lessons learned
Its been a while since I’ve been able to post (I never did get a chance to photograph the j...
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The Router Table Saga #3: The Jig is up
Its been a few days since I could get back in the shop, we’ve had a patch of storms here an...
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The Router Table Saga #2: My first *JIG*!!!
Well I got a chance to make some sawdust and have trued up the table frame. Was having a bit of ...
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The Router Table Saga #1: The setup
I’m finally setting up a shop in the east half of our two-car garage. I’ve got some ...
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Thanks for the warm welcome.
Hello all, Thanks for the welcome and I hope to post here often (now that I’ve figured o...
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