TroutGuy's Workshop

11/3/09: I need to update the workshop page. We sold the house and moved to the Pacific NW a year ago, so doesn’t look the same now. I’m currently renting a 16×24 space in Portland, OR. I have also added a few new tools (a router table w/a second router, a 6” jointer and a drum sander. I will take some new pictures and update this ASAP.

Tim

I have a limited space to work in, and most of my projects are small. Here’s how it looks when things are moved out of the way (I share a basement room with the washer/dryer).

For now, my shop consists of…

Table Saw
Bosch 4000 [2005] This saw has done nothing but exceeded my expectations. After a few ‘upgrades’, that is. I found that my old IncraJig Pro w/ 28” fence works quite nicely on this saw—MUCH better that the factory unit—and does double-duty on the router table. I also replaced the miter gage with a Jessem MiterExcel—again, MUCH better than the original equipment. I’m acquiring blades as needed. Started with a Forrest DadoKing, a better-than-factory 50T combo blade, and a Delta 80T zero-hook blade for plywood and plastics. Someday I will own a ‘real’ table saw, but for now…

Drill Press
Rigid DP1550 – 15” floor model [2006] I just finished making an 18”x24” table for my drill press, and am very happy with it. Quicker speed changes would be nice, but…

Planer
Delta 22-580 [2006] What can I say? It does what I need it to do…

Router
Porter Cable 692VS [2007] My newest addition. It has replaced my old Craftsman nicely.

That’s pretty much the ‘big stuff’, again for now…

Beyond that, I have most of ‘the usual suspects’. Corded and cordless drills. Jigsaw. Dust collection system (aka shop vac). Misc. hand tools.

Next up?

Router table (a better one) – DONE!
Band saw
Real dust collection system

-- There is nothing in the world more dangerous, than a woodworker who knows how to read a micrometer...