 Small Pine table, with a shelfFound a few boards to use. Got the one 1×6x60” cut down into three boards. Glued up into a panel, and then flattened with a couple handplanes. I have a large, plastic tub sitting under the bench, to catch a few shavings Between the top, and a pine shelf, it got full kind of fast. Sawed a couple found 2×4s into some leg stock. Plan (Plan, I have a plan??) was for a notch about halfway up the legs, to house a shelf. Grabbed a small saw, and knocked off a corne...  ...in Which Tim Builds a Saw Bench (Part 1)So, I have decided to build a saw bench in the style of Stumpy Nubs design (more or less). This is in part a learning exercise, and in part because sawing things on the workbench isn’t the most comfortable way to do it. There have been some challenges along the way, but I’ve nearly got the mortises and tenons for the legs all cut and fitted, which leaves only the draw-boring and the dovetails for the top, give or take a couple holes for holdfasts. I started by cutting out the t...  Life as an Amateur Woodworker #5: Sawdust everywhere!Today, I have spent my time covered in sawdust, I decided that it was better to be prepared, rather than scratching around for scrap to make parts later. A few projects coming up require dowels, and others require star/clamp knobs, therefore it makes sense to have a supply ready to hand. For the dowels, I used Izzy Swan’s method, cheap and easy, and at the moment, both those qualities come top of my list, if you haven’t already seen his dowel making in action, you can see it...  Exploits collecting "free" wood #4: slow loadFirst I want to show that I stood the trees back up properly I was under the delusion that I could hold 10-12 logs. After killing my winch and seeing the trailer squat with these I decided to take half at a time. Good color though. Running late. But getting them home. Thanks for looking Exploits collecting "free" wood #3: Colors of the killnow that are slow was finally melted I can get back to hauling logs for the winter. Where I had been getting logs from is currently buried with snow. So I went shopping through the hills for trees I could get to. Found a very large patch that was very easy to access. It’s located near a scenic area Although I look for all kinds of trees, beetle kill pine is by far the most common one that I do cut down. Most people think that the only color of beetle kill is blue ...  shop jigs/furniture/fixtures #3: table saw base #1I need my saw to be able to move and the factory base isn’t exactly made for such. I took some ideas from some Youtube videos and decided to jump in and make a one for my Craftsman contractor saw. the videos:Laney ShaughnessyEd Rivera i was a pocket holing fool starting some assembly it’s sitting about 36” above where it will be going….  Easy Made Adjustable Height StoolMake a shop stool that can adjust to multiple heights, or even make it a little “prettier” and place it in a home. Please Subscribe. View Video HERE.  Wooden Automata - the SKI GUYA hand cranked mechanical automata of a cross country skier that I made over two weeks recently.It is my version of the SKI GUY as instructed by plans in Ken Schweim’s book Wood Automata Projects.Hope you enjoy this first amateurish attempt at a YouTube posting. Click on the link below to watch the video. http://youtu.be/OZ4HEY11Ygs  planes, trains and vehicals? #12: the spitfireSo my wife has made a couple comments that the girls at work saw my planes I have made in the past and they liked them. Leading to her thinking I should make some more. I honestly had stopped because as I have mentioned in previous bloggs they were for my dad who for some odd reason requested them. Anyway this got me thinking which if any of you are like me and build a project in your head several hundred times before even picking out the lumber, you know that is bad mo jo. Bu...  [Mobile Band Saw Base] Wheels and SuchAt long last I was feeling well enough to strap on the back brace and tinker in the shop. First order of business was to get the band saw base finished so I could move the band saw off the bench and get back to work on the Rocket Bookcase before winter sets in. First order of business was to cut the 2×4 segments needed to form the wheel supports and levers. Once that was accomplished (with only minor swearage and back pain on my part) I attached castors. Then I screwed togethe...  
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