| Blog series by MTBrian | updated 300 days ago | 2 parts | 1986 reads | 42 comments total |
Part 1: Startup
My name is Brian Schuppe. I live in Billings, Montana. I have wanted to get into woodworking for about 15 years, but never had the time, money or space. It still seems sometimes that i am missing those three key ingredients, but i make due. I do not have a good area on my property to build a free standing shop, so i am in the garage. This garage is not meant to be a shop. It has one outlet, and one light fixture. It is only as wide as the two doors, and the back end of the garage ha...
Part 2: Shop Cabinets or how i get distracted
My intentions were to complete the shop cabinets when i started the second series. I wrote the entry ‘startup’ on Sunday evening, and had six cabinet carcasses together Monday evening. I had never built cabinets, which is probably evident from the results. Todd advised Baltic Birch, but im cheap, and this is a shop. So i use plywood that i will trim out to be nicer. My Kreg jig is getting a work out. I use a spacer on each side of the jig so that the piece stays flat...


















