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Demolition

At least five years ago I cleaned out an old garrison garage at the family home, took out a center wall and made a 25×25 ft shop. It looked great. Really nice. Everything in it's place, drafting table, bulletin board, Dry erase marker board. All my power tools on one side where the dust collector was and an assembly area on the other side. I made a 'new fangled bench' which to this day is a nice bench. The original shop form back then can be seen at my workshop page.
.
The shop functioned and I've made a lot of neat things over the years. Coming from a sort of woodworking newbie, asking a lot of questions, and developing some skills. Since then, this year, I've finally gotten to the point where our whole house remodel is done enough to be comfortable even though I've got lots of odds and ends to complete. Some of those odds and ends is furniture. I've decided to stop and redo the shop first.
.
It still functions but I've really sort of worn it out a bit. I need to rethink and redo the dust collection system. The way I put it together was okay but it's finally falling apart and doesn't do the best job of dust collection. I've acquired more power tools and keeping them on one side of the shop makes for a crowded situation. I have to remodel.
.
The first thing to do is to get rid of a large against the wall workbench with lots of drawers in it. Today, I started that. I pulled out the drawers and stacked them. The stuff in them I realize is mostly hoarders stuff and it can be relocated or thrown away. My older brother had built the bench years ago before I inherited it. It was a good bench but sort of useless. He was the kind of guy who over built things by a factor of 10x. What a a job knocking it apart. Spikes the size of my finger to hold it together. I finally got it into the truck ready to haul to the dump.
.
I have this thing about projects that require demolition. I like to build things but tearing things down is a drag. I have to force myself to start the demolition and when it's done I feel the obstacle to my doing something is getting by the demolition part. I'm glad this part is done.

Plans for the shop:
~Redo the dust collection system using pvc and connected only to the 'chip' making tools like planer, jointer and router table.
~Moving the fine dust tools to the previous bench side of the room and connecting them to a large shop vac which I think exits less dust. Bringing just dust making tools too the vac should handle the load pretty good.
~Taking my table saw off the metal stand and putting it on a wooden one that is a bit lower (I'm not that tall), and building a dust encloser with vac beneath it.
~ Giving away my 'new fangled workbench' to my future son in law. (He's indicated he wants it) and building an assembly table that is the same height as the table saw so it doubles as an outfeed table.
~Putting my much used 12" compound sliding miter saw on a mobile cart with wings that is the same height as the outfeed table and table saw so longer wood can be supported by them.
~ Replacing burned out ballasts in some lights.
~ Moving most used clamps and other tools to the new assembly table.
~ Building in a corner of the outfeed table with holes and vac to collect dust while sanding.
~ Integrating the Kreg pocket hole jig into the assembly bench as I use it often.
~ Integrating one pop-up stop in the assembly bench for planing and stopping wood during routing.
~ Making one side of the bench with two pipe clamps to use as a vise.
~ Designing the bench top over hang wide enough and thin enough to use as a clamping edge. I find that I clamp woods down a lot instead of putting them in a vise or using a stop.
~ I find that drawers, even closed, fill up with sawdust. I want cabinets or drawers inside cabinets for the assembley table. Still dusty but hopefully less and easier to clean out.
.
Here are a few pictures of today's demolition. With this done, things will start happening. The renovation includes a thorough cleaning and repair of wall areas too.
.
Where the bench was before today
Property Cabinetry Picture frame Drawer Wood

.
The bench headed for the dump.
Window Wood Outdoor furniture Chair Hardwood

.
The only thing left.. the drawers
Cabinetry Picture frame Drawer Wood Yellow


.
An old picture. You can see the bench I tore out on the left.
Picture frame Cabinetry Window Wood Table
 

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#2 ·
Demolition

At least five years ago I cleaned out an old garrison garage at the family home, took out a center wall and made a 25×25 ft shop. It looked great. Really nice. Everything in it's place, drafting table, bulletin board, Dry erase marker board. All my power tools on one side where the dust collector was and an assembly area on the other side. I made a 'new fangled bench' which to this day is a nice bench. The original shop form back then can be seen at my workshop page.
.
The shop functioned and I've made a lot of neat things over the years. Coming from a sort of woodworking newbie, asking a lot of questions, and developing some skills. Since then, this year, I've finally gotten to the point where our whole house remodel is done enough to be comfortable even though I've got lots of odds and ends to complete. Some of those odds and ends is furniture. I've decided to stop and redo the shop first.
.
It still functions but I've really sort of worn it out a bit. I need to rethink and redo the dust collection system. The way I put it together was okay but it's finally falling apart and doesn't do the best job of dust collection. I've acquired more power tools and keeping them on one side of the shop makes for a crowded situation. I have to remodel.
.
The first thing to do is to get rid of a large against the wall workbench with lots of drawers in it. Today, I started that. I pulled out the drawers and stacked them. The stuff in them I realize is mostly hoarders stuff and it can be relocated or thrown away. My older brother had built the bench years ago before I inherited it. It was a good bench but sort of useless. He was the kind of guy who over built things by a factor of 10x. What a a job knocking it apart. Spikes the size of my finger to hold it together. I finally got it into the truck ready to haul to the dump.
.
I have this thing about projects that require demolition. I like to build things but tearing things down is a drag. I have to force myself to start the demolition and when it's done I feel the obstacle to my doing something is getting by the demolition part. I'm glad this part is done.

Plans for the shop:
~Redo the dust collection system using pvc and connected only to the 'chip' making tools like planer, jointer and router table.
~Moving the fine dust tools to the previous bench side of the room and connecting them to a large shop vac which I think exits less dust. Bringing just dust making tools too the vac should handle the load pretty good.
~Taking my table saw off the metal stand and putting it on a wooden one that is a bit lower (I'm not that tall), and building a dust encloser with vac beneath it.
~ Giving away my 'new fangled workbench' to my future son in law. (He's indicated he wants it) and building an assembly table that is the same height as the table saw so it doubles as an outfeed table.
~Putting my much used 12" compound sliding miter saw on a mobile cart with wings that is the same height as the outfeed table and table saw so longer wood can be supported by them.
~ Replacing burned out ballasts in some lights.
~ Moving most used clamps and other tools to the new assembly table.
~ Building in a corner of the outfeed table with holes and vac to collect dust while sanding.
~ Integrating the Kreg pocket hole jig into the assembly bench as I use it often.
~ Integrating one pop-up stop in the assembly bench for planing and stopping wood during routing.
~ Making one side of the bench with two pipe clamps to use as a vise.
~ Designing the bench top over hang wide enough and thin enough to use as a clamping edge. I find that I clamp woods down a lot instead of putting them in a vise or using a stop.
~ I find that drawers, even closed, fill up with sawdust. I want cabinets or drawers inside cabinets for the assembley table. Still dusty but hopefully less and easier to clean out.
.
Here are a few pictures of today's demolition. With this done, things will start happening. The renovation includes a thorough cleaning and repair of wall areas too.
.
Where the bench was before today
Property Cabinetry Picture frame Drawer Wood

.
The bench headed for the dump.
Window Wood Outdoor furniture Chair Hardwood

.
The only thing left.. the drawers
Cabinetry Picture frame Drawer Wood Yellow


.
An old picture. You can see the bench I tore out on the left.
Picture frame Cabinetry Window Wood Table
Since you have to do some light work. The manager at the VFW hall where we have our woodworking meetings told me that they converted to LED style lights. They kept the same light fixtures and replaced them with the ballasts that support the new LED tubes.

I don't know what I'm talking about other than he said they didn't replace the metal fixtures but converted them to LED's and they are saving over $500.00 a month on electricity for the hall.

You might check them out and maybe spend some money to save some money.
 

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Demolition

At least five years ago I cleaned out an old garrison garage at the family home, took out a center wall and made a 25×25 ft shop. It looked great. Really nice. Everything in it's place, drafting table, bulletin board, Dry erase marker board. All my power tools on one side where the dust collector was and an assembly area on the other side. I made a 'new fangled bench' which to this day is a nice bench. The original shop form back then can be seen at my workshop page.
.
The shop functioned and I've made a lot of neat things over the years. Coming from a sort of woodworking newbie, asking a lot of questions, and developing some skills. Since then, this year, I've finally gotten to the point where our whole house remodel is done enough to be comfortable even though I've got lots of odds and ends to complete. Some of those odds and ends is furniture. I've decided to stop and redo the shop first.
.
It still functions but I've really sort of worn it out a bit. I need to rethink and redo the dust collection system. The way I put it together was okay but it's finally falling apart and doesn't do the best job of dust collection. I've acquired more power tools and keeping them on one side of the shop makes for a crowded situation. I have to remodel.
.
The first thing to do is to get rid of a large against the wall workbench with lots of drawers in it. Today, I started that. I pulled out the drawers and stacked them. The stuff in them I realize is mostly hoarders stuff and it can be relocated or thrown away. My older brother had built the bench years ago before I inherited it. It was a good bench but sort of useless. He was the kind of guy who over built things by a factor of 10x. What a a job knocking it apart. Spikes the size of my finger to hold it together. I finally got it into the truck ready to haul to the dump.
.
I have this thing about projects that require demolition. I like to build things but tearing things down is a drag. I have to force myself to start the demolition and when it's done I feel the obstacle to my doing something is getting by the demolition part. I'm glad this part is done.

Plans for the shop:
~Redo the dust collection system using pvc and connected only to the 'chip' making tools like planer, jointer and router table.
~Moving the fine dust tools to the previous bench side of the room and connecting them to a large shop vac which I think exits less dust. Bringing just dust making tools too the vac should handle the load pretty good.
~Taking my table saw off the metal stand and putting it on a wooden one that is a bit lower (I'm not that tall), and building a dust encloser with vac beneath it.
~ Giving away my 'new fangled workbench' to my future son in law. (He's indicated he wants it) and building an assembly table that is the same height as the table saw so it doubles as an outfeed table.
~Putting my much used 12" compound sliding miter saw on a mobile cart with wings that is the same height as the outfeed table and table saw so longer wood can be supported by them.
~ Replacing burned out ballasts in some lights.
~ Moving most used clamps and other tools to the new assembly table.
~ Building in a corner of the outfeed table with holes and vac to collect dust while sanding.
~ Integrating the Kreg pocket hole jig into the assembly bench as I use it often.
~ Integrating one pop-up stop in the assembly bench for planing and stopping wood during routing.
~ Making one side of the bench with two pipe clamps to use as a vise.
~ Designing the bench top over hang wide enough and thin enough to use as a clamping edge. I find that I clamp woods down a lot instead of putting them in a vise or using a stop.
~ I find that drawers, even closed, fill up with sawdust. I want cabinets or drawers inside cabinets for the assembley table. Still dusty but hopefully less and easier to clean out.
.
Here are a few pictures of today's demolition. With this done, things will start happening. The renovation includes a thorough cleaning and repair of wall areas too.
.
Where the bench was before today
Property Cabinetry Picture frame Drawer Wood

.
The bench headed for the dump.
Window Wood Outdoor furniture Chair Hardwood

.
The only thing left.. the drawers
Cabinetry Picture frame Drawer Wood Yellow


.
An old picture. You can see the bench I tore out on the left.
Picture frame Cabinetry Window Wood Table
I have to do the same thing every so often, you think that you have a more efficient, or easier way sometimes it is true sometimes not. but, you have to try, I think it is just getting tired of doing things the same way all the time, or looking at the same configuration of the shop that gets old after a while, so you have to change.
 

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Demolition

At least five years ago I cleaned out an old garrison garage at the family home, took out a center wall and made a 25×25 ft shop. It looked great. Really nice. Everything in it's place, drafting table, bulletin board, Dry erase marker board. All my power tools on one side where the dust collector was and an assembly area on the other side. I made a 'new fangled bench' which to this day is a nice bench. The original shop form back then can be seen at my workshop page.
.
The shop functioned and I've made a lot of neat things over the years. Coming from a sort of woodworking newbie, asking a lot of questions, and developing some skills. Since then, this year, I've finally gotten to the point where our whole house remodel is done enough to be comfortable even though I've got lots of odds and ends to complete. Some of those odds and ends is furniture. I've decided to stop and redo the shop first.
.
It still functions but I've really sort of worn it out a bit. I need to rethink and redo the dust collection system. The way I put it together was okay but it's finally falling apart and doesn't do the best job of dust collection. I've acquired more power tools and keeping them on one side of the shop makes for a crowded situation. I have to remodel.
.
The first thing to do is to get rid of a large against the wall workbench with lots of drawers in it. Today, I started that. I pulled out the drawers and stacked them. The stuff in them I realize is mostly hoarders stuff and it can be relocated or thrown away. My older brother had built the bench years ago before I inherited it. It was a good bench but sort of useless. He was the kind of guy who over built things by a factor of 10x. What a a job knocking it apart. Spikes the size of my finger to hold it together. I finally got it into the truck ready to haul to the dump.
.
I have this thing about projects that require demolition. I like to build things but tearing things down is a drag. I have to force myself to start the demolition and when it's done I feel the obstacle to my doing something is getting by the demolition part. I'm glad this part is done.

Plans for the shop:
~Redo the dust collection system using pvc and connected only to the 'chip' making tools like planer, jointer and router table.
~Moving the fine dust tools to the previous bench side of the room and connecting them to a large shop vac which I think exits less dust. Bringing just dust making tools too the vac should handle the load pretty good.
~Taking my table saw off the metal stand and putting it on a wooden one that is a bit lower (I'm not that tall), and building a dust encloser with vac beneath it.
~ Giving away my 'new fangled workbench' to my future son in law. (He's indicated he wants it) and building an assembly table that is the same height as the table saw so it doubles as an outfeed table.
~Putting my much used 12" compound sliding miter saw on a mobile cart with wings that is the same height as the outfeed table and table saw so longer wood can be supported by them.
~ Replacing burned out ballasts in some lights.
~ Moving most used clamps and other tools to the new assembly table.
~ Building in a corner of the outfeed table with holes and vac to collect dust while sanding.
~ Integrating the Kreg pocket hole jig into the assembly bench as I use it often.
~ Integrating one pop-up stop in the assembly bench for planing and stopping wood during routing.
~ Making one side of the bench with two pipe clamps to use as a vise.
~ Designing the bench top over hang wide enough and thin enough to use as a clamping edge. I find that I clamp woods down a lot instead of putting them in a vise or using a stop.
~ I find that drawers, even closed, fill up with sawdust. I want cabinets or drawers inside cabinets for the assembley table. Still dusty but hopefully less and easier to clean out.
.
Here are a few pictures of today's demolition. With this done, things will start happening. The renovation includes a thorough cleaning and repair of wall areas too.
.
Where the bench was before today
Property Cabinetry Picture frame Drawer Wood

.
The bench headed for the dump.
Window Wood Outdoor furniture Chair Hardwood

.
The only thing left.. the drawers
Cabinetry Picture frame Drawer Wood Yellow


.
An old picture. You can see the bench I tore out on the left.
Picture frame Cabinetry Window Wood Table
thanks Karson. During the house remodel I put in LED's whenever I could and will eventually convert over completely, I love them. In the case of the shop though. I have lots of good lighting, Fixtures that will hold 20 four foot tubes. I have each fixture half filled with two tubes, which works out great. Ten florescent tubes is about $12. That's about the price for one LED. If I was in the shop every day, all day, it might make a difference. At the cost though it would take a long time to notice the savings with how I use them.

For those of you still liking incandescent bulbs. The other day congress put a hold on the efficiency limit for them. Since 90% of the electricity goes out as heat and 10% light, you could heat the shop with them. I don't think the bulb companies will go back to making them though. they've already tooled up for newer stuff.
 

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Demolition

At least five years ago I cleaned out an old garrison garage at the family home, took out a center wall and made a 25×25 ft shop. It looked great. Really nice. Everything in it's place, drafting table, bulletin board, Dry erase marker board. All my power tools on one side where the dust collector was and an assembly area on the other side. I made a 'new fangled bench' which to this day is a nice bench. The original shop form back then can be seen at my workshop page.
.
The shop functioned and I've made a lot of neat things over the years. Coming from a sort of woodworking newbie, asking a lot of questions, and developing some skills. Since then, this year, I've finally gotten to the point where our whole house remodel is done enough to be comfortable even though I've got lots of odds and ends to complete. Some of those odds and ends is furniture. I've decided to stop and redo the shop first.
.
It still functions but I've really sort of worn it out a bit. I need to rethink and redo the dust collection system. The way I put it together was okay but it's finally falling apart and doesn't do the best job of dust collection. I've acquired more power tools and keeping them on one side of the shop makes for a crowded situation. I have to remodel.
.
The first thing to do is to get rid of a large against the wall workbench with lots of drawers in it. Today, I started that. I pulled out the drawers and stacked them. The stuff in them I realize is mostly hoarders stuff and it can be relocated or thrown away. My older brother had built the bench years ago before I inherited it. It was a good bench but sort of useless. He was the kind of guy who over built things by a factor of 10x. What a a job knocking it apart. Spikes the size of my finger to hold it together. I finally got it into the truck ready to haul to the dump.
.
I have this thing about projects that require demolition. I like to build things but tearing things down is a drag. I have to force myself to start the demolition and when it's done I feel the obstacle to my doing something is getting by the demolition part. I'm glad this part is done.

Plans for the shop:
~Redo the dust collection system using pvc and connected only to the 'chip' making tools like planer, jointer and router table.
~Moving the fine dust tools to the previous bench side of the room and connecting them to a large shop vac which I think exits less dust. Bringing just dust making tools too the vac should handle the load pretty good.
~Taking my table saw off the metal stand and putting it on a wooden one that is a bit lower (I'm not that tall), and building a dust encloser with vac beneath it.
~ Giving away my 'new fangled workbench' to my future son in law. (He's indicated he wants it) and building an assembly table that is the same height as the table saw so it doubles as an outfeed table.
~Putting my much used 12" compound sliding miter saw on a mobile cart with wings that is the same height as the outfeed table and table saw so longer wood can be supported by them.
~ Replacing burned out ballasts in some lights.
~ Moving most used clamps and other tools to the new assembly table.
~ Building in a corner of the outfeed table with holes and vac to collect dust while sanding.
~ Integrating the Kreg pocket hole jig into the assembly bench as I use it often.
~ Integrating one pop-up stop in the assembly bench for planing and stopping wood during routing.
~ Making one side of the bench with two pipe clamps to use as a vise.
~ Designing the bench top over hang wide enough and thin enough to use as a clamping edge. I find that I clamp woods down a lot instead of putting them in a vise or using a stop.
~ I find that drawers, even closed, fill up with sawdust. I want cabinets or drawers inside cabinets for the assembley table. Still dusty but hopefully less and easier to clean out.
.
Here are a few pictures of today's demolition. With this done, things will start happening. The renovation includes a thorough cleaning and repair of wall areas too.
.
Where the bench was before today
Property Cabinetry Picture frame Drawer Wood

.
The bench headed for the dump.
Window Wood Outdoor furniture Chair Hardwood

.
The only thing left.. the drawers
Cabinetry Picture frame Drawer Wood Yellow


.
An old picture. You can see the bench I tore out on the left.
Picture frame Cabinetry Window Wood Table
spring fever has hit early…lol…go for it dan, make it how you want it, fe sure…and have an enjoyable time doing it…
 

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Demolition

At least five years ago I cleaned out an old garrison garage at the family home, took out a center wall and made a 25×25 ft shop. It looked great. Really nice. Everything in it's place, drafting table, bulletin board, Dry erase marker board. All my power tools on one side where the dust collector was and an assembly area on the other side. I made a 'new fangled bench' which to this day is a nice bench. The original shop form back then can be seen at my workshop page.
.
The shop functioned and I've made a lot of neat things over the years. Coming from a sort of woodworking newbie, asking a lot of questions, and developing some skills. Since then, this year, I've finally gotten to the point where our whole house remodel is done enough to be comfortable even though I've got lots of odds and ends to complete. Some of those odds and ends is furniture. I've decided to stop and redo the shop first.
.
It still functions but I've really sort of worn it out a bit. I need to rethink and redo the dust collection system. The way I put it together was okay but it's finally falling apart and doesn't do the best job of dust collection. I've acquired more power tools and keeping them on one side of the shop makes for a crowded situation. I have to remodel.
.
The first thing to do is to get rid of a large against the wall workbench with lots of drawers in it. Today, I started that. I pulled out the drawers and stacked them. The stuff in them I realize is mostly hoarders stuff and it can be relocated or thrown away. My older brother had built the bench years ago before I inherited it. It was a good bench but sort of useless. He was the kind of guy who over built things by a factor of 10x. What a a job knocking it apart. Spikes the size of my finger to hold it together. I finally got it into the truck ready to haul to the dump.
.
I have this thing about projects that require demolition. I like to build things but tearing things down is a drag. I have to force myself to start the demolition and when it's done I feel the obstacle to my doing something is getting by the demolition part. I'm glad this part is done.

Plans for the shop:
~Redo the dust collection system using pvc and connected only to the 'chip' making tools like planer, jointer and router table.
~Moving the fine dust tools to the previous bench side of the room and connecting them to a large shop vac which I think exits less dust. Bringing just dust making tools too the vac should handle the load pretty good.
~Taking my table saw off the metal stand and putting it on a wooden one that is a bit lower (I'm not that tall), and building a dust encloser with vac beneath it.
~ Giving away my 'new fangled workbench' to my future son in law. (He's indicated he wants it) and building an assembly table that is the same height as the table saw so it doubles as an outfeed table.
~Putting my much used 12" compound sliding miter saw on a mobile cart with wings that is the same height as the outfeed table and table saw so longer wood can be supported by them.
~ Replacing burned out ballasts in some lights.
~ Moving most used clamps and other tools to the new assembly table.
~ Building in a corner of the outfeed table with holes and vac to collect dust while sanding.
~ Integrating the Kreg pocket hole jig into the assembly bench as I use it often.
~ Integrating one pop-up stop in the assembly bench for planing and stopping wood during routing.
~ Making one side of the bench with two pipe clamps to use as a vise.
~ Designing the bench top over hang wide enough and thin enough to use as a clamping edge. I find that I clamp woods down a lot instead of putting them in a vise or using a stop.
~ I find that drawers, even closed, fill up with sawdust. I want cabinets or drawers inside cabinets for the assembley table. Still dusty but hopefully less and easier to clean out.
.
Here are a few pictures of today's demolition. With this done, things will start happening. The renovation includes a thorough cleaning and repair of wall areas too.
.
Where the bench was before today
Property Cabinetry Picture frame Drawer Wood

.
The bench headed for the dump.
Window Wood Outdoor furniture Chair Hardwood

.
The only thing left.. the drawers
Cabinetry Picture frame Drawer Wood Yellow


.
An old picture. You can see the bench I tore out on the left.
Picture frame Cabinetry Window Wood Table
Wow, when you said overbuilt, you weren't kidding. Holy cra@&!!!
 

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At least five years ago I cleaned out an old garrison garage at the family home, took out a center wall and made a 25×25 ft shop. It looked great. Really nice. Everything in it's place, drafting table, bulletin board, Dry erase marker board. All my power tools on one side where the dust collector was and an assembly area on the other side. I made a 'new fangled bench' which to this day is a nice bench. The original shop form back then can be seen at my workshop page.
.
The shop functioned and I've made a lot of neat things over the years. Coming from a sort of woodworking newbie, asking a lot of questions, and developing some skills. Since then, this year, I've finally gotten to the point where our whole house remodel is done enough to be comfortable even though I've got lots of odds and ends to complete. Some of those odds and ends is furniture. I've decided to stop and redo the shop first.
.
It still functions but I've really sort of worn it out a bit. I need to rethink and redo the dust collection system. The way I put it together was okay but it's finally falling apart and doesn't do the best job of dust collection. I've acquired more power tools and keeping them on one side of the shop makes for a crowded situation. I have to remodel.
.
The first thing to do is to get rid of a large against the wall workbench with lots of drawers in it. Today, I started that. I pulled out the drawers and stacked them. The stuff in them I realize is mostly hoarders stuff and it can be relocated or thrown away. My older brother had built the bench years ago before I inherited it. It was a good bench but sort of useless. He was the kind of guy who over built things by a factor of 10x. What a a job knocking it apart. Spikes the size of my finger to hold it together. I finally got it into the truck ready to haul to the dump.
.
I have this thing about projects that require demolition. I like to build things but tearing things down is a drag. I have to force myself to start the demolition and when it's done I feel the obstacle to my doing something is getting by the demolition part. I'm glad this part is done.

Plans for the shop:
~Redo the dust collection system using pvc and connected only to the 'chip' making tools like planer, jointer and router table.
~Moving the fine dust tools to the previous bench side of the room and connecting them to a large shop vac which I think exits less dust. Bringing just dust making tools too the vac should handle the load pretty good.
~Taking my table saw off the metal stand and putting it on a wooden one that is a bit lower (I'm not that tall), and building a dust encloser with vac beneath it.
~ Giving away my 'new fangled workbench' to my future son in law. (He's indicated he wants it) and building an assembly table that is the same height as the table saw so it doubles as an outfeed table.
~Putting my much used 12" compound sliding miter saw on a mobile cart with wings that is the same height as the outfeed table and table saw so longer wood can be supported by them.
~ Replacing burned out ballasts in some lights.
~ Moving most used clamps and other tools to the new assembly table.
~ Building in a corner of the outfeed table with holes and vac to collect dust while sanding.
~ Integrating the Kreg pocket hole jig into the assembly bench as I use it often.
~ Integrating one pop-up stop in the assembly bench for planing and stopping wood during routing.
~ Making one side of the bench with two pipe clamps to use as a vise.
~ Designing the bench top over hang wide enough and thin enough to use as a clamping edge. I find that I clamp woods down a lot instead of putting them in a vise or using a stop.
~ I find that drawers, even closed, fill up with sawdust. I want cabinets or drawers inside cabinets for the assembley table. Still dusty but hopefully less and easier to clean out.
.
Here are a few pictures of today's demolition. With this done, things will start happening. The renovation includes a thorough cleaning and repair of wall areas too.
.
Where the bench was before today
Property Cabinetry Picture frame Drawer Wood

.
The bench headed for the dump.
Window Wood Outdoor furniture Chair Hardwood

.
The only thing left.. the drawers
Cabinetry Picture frame Drawer Wood Yellow


.
An old picture. You can see the bench I tore out on the left.
Picture frame Cabinetry Window Wood Table
cleaning and redoing stations is fun! you'll thank yourself later. are you going to repurpose those drawers into…more storage holders? you could rip off the fronts, and put some nice cherry on the front.
my two cents.
 

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#8 ·
Demolition

At least five years ago I cleaned out an old garrison garage at the family home, took out a center wall and made a 25×25 ft shop. It looked great. Really nice. Everything in it's place, drafting table, bulletin board, Dry erase marker board. All my power tools on one side where the dust collector was and an assembly area on the other side. I made a 'new fangled bench' which to this day is a nice bench. The original shop form back then can be seen at my workshop page.
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The shop functioned and I've made a lot of neat things over the years. Coming from a sort of woodworking newbie, asking a lot of questions, and developing some skills. Since then, this year, I've finally gotten to the point where our whole house remodel is done enough to be comfortable even though I've got lots of odds and ends to complete. Some of those odds and ends is furniture. I've decided to stop and redo the shop first.
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It still functions but I've really sort of worn it out a bit. I need to rethink and redo the dust collection system. The way I put it together was okay but it's finally falling apart and doesn't do the best job of dust collection. I've acquired more power tools and keeping them on one side of the shop makes for a crowded situation. I have to remodel.
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The first thing to do is to get rid of a large against the wall workbench with lots of drawers in it. Today, I started that. I pulled out the drawers and stacked them. The stuff in them I realize is mostly hoarders stuff and it can be relocated or thrown away. My older brother had built the bench years ago before I inherited it. It was a good bench but sort of useless. He was the kind of guy who over built things by a factor of 10x. What a a job knocking it apart. Spikes the size of my finger to hold it together. I finally got it into the truck ready to haul to the dump.
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I have this thing about projects that require demolition. I like to build things but tearing things down is a drag. I have to force myself to start the demolition and when it's done I feel the obstacle to my doing something is getting by the demolition part. I'm glad this part is done.

Plans for the shop:
~Redo the dust collection system using pvc and connected only to the 'chip' making tools like planer, jointer and router table.
~Moving the fine dust tools to the previous bench side of the room and connecting them to a large shop vac which I think exits less dust. Bringing just dust making tools too the vac should handle the load pretty good.
~Taking my table saw off the metal stand and putting it on a wooden one that is a bit lower (I'm not that tall), and building a dust encloser with vac beneath it.
~ Giving away my 'new fangled workbench' to my future son in law. (He's indicated he wants it) and building an assembly table that is the same height as the table saw so it doubles as an outfeed table.
~Putting my much used 12" compound sliding miter saw on a mobile cart with wings that is the same height as the outfeed table and table saw so longer wood can be supported by them.
~ Replacing burned out ballasts in some lights.
~ Moving most used clamps and other tools to the new assembly table.
~ Building in a corner of the outfeed table with holes and vac to collect dust while sanding.
~ Integrating the Kreg pocket hole jig into the assembly bench as I use it often.
~ Integrating one pop-up stop in the assembly bench for planing and stopping wood during routing.
~ Making one side of the bench with two pipe clamps to use as a vise.
~ Designing the bench top over hang wide enough and thin enough to use as a clamping edge. I find that I clamp woods down a lot instead of putting them in a vise or using a stop.
~ I find that drawers, even closed, fill up with sawdust. I want cabinets or drawers inside cabinets for the assembley table. Still dusty but hopefully less and easier to clean out.
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Here are a few pictures of today's demolition. With this done, things will start happening. The renovation includes a thorough cleaning and repair of wall areas too.
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Where the bench was before today
Property Cabinetry Picture frame Drawer Wood

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The bench headed for the dump.
Window Wood Outdoor furniture Chair Hardwood

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The only thing left.. the drawers
Cabinetry Picture frame Drawer Wood Yellow


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An old picture. You can see the bench I tore out on the left.
Picture frame Cabinetry Window Wood Table
The drawers were made when I was in high school in 1973, forty years ago. they're just plywood and pine, lap jointed. No runners so they always opened hard. The fronts are plywood with formica on them. It was all the rage back then. So, if I can't find use for them as boxes I'll just toss them. I try not to 'collect' too much stuff I won't use lately. And when I redo the shop it will mostly be birch plywood with 2×10's cut in multiple pieces to size to use for internal framing. I find that spruce, jointed and planed can be made to any configuration and is very cost effective.
I love to work in oak, cherry, maple, and walnut, but for my shop furniture, I try to do a good job but it's structural and I can't put all that money into it. Functional and quickly made is my goal. I try to make what I can do with the shop as the stuff that looks better than the shop. The goal is the shop products, not the shop for pretty.
 

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#9 ·
Demolition

At least five years ago I cleaned out an old garrison garage at the family home, took out a center wall and made a 25×25 ft shop. It looked great. Really nice. Everything in it's place, drafting table, bulletin board, Dry erase marker board. All my power tools on one side where the dust collector was and an assembly area on the other side. I made a 'new fangled bench' which to this day is a nice bench. The original shop form back then can be seen at my workshop page.
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The shop functioned and I've made a lot of neat things over the years. Coming from a sort of woodworking newbie, asking a lot of questions, and developing some skills. Since then, this year, I've finally gotten to the point where our whole house remodel is done enough to be comfortable even though I've got lots of odds and ends to complete. Some of those odds and ends is furniture. I've decided to stop and redo the shop first.
.
It still functions but I've really sort of worn it out a bit. I need to rethink and redo the dust collection system. The way I put it together was okay but it's finally falling apart and doesn't do the best job of dust collection. I've acquired more power tools and keeping them on one side of the shop makes for a crowded situation. I have to remodel.
.
The first thing to do is to get rid of a large against the wall workbench with lots of drawers in it. Today, I started that. I pulled out the drawers and stacked them. The stuff in them I realize is mostly hoarders stuff and it can be relocated or thrown away. My older brother had built the bench years ago before I inherited it. It was a good bench but sort of useless. He was the kind of guy who over built things by a factor of 10x. What a a job knocking it apart. Spikes the size of my finger to hold it together. I finally got it into the truck ready to haul to the dump.
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I have this thing about projects that require demolition. I like to build things but tearing things down is a drag. I have to force myself to start the demolition and when it's done I feel the obstacle to my doing something is getting by the demolition part. I'm glad this part is done.

Plans for the shop:
~Redo the dust collection system using pvc and connected only to the 'chip' making tools like planer, jointer and router table.
~Moving the fine dust tools to the previous bench side of the room and connecting them to a large shop vac which I think exits less dust. Bringing just dust making tools too the vac should handle the load pretty good.
~Taking my table saw off the metal stand and putting it on a wooden one that is a bit lower (I'm not that tall), and building a dust encloser with vac beneath it.
~ Giving away my 'new fangled workbench' to my future son in law. (He's indicated he wants it) and building an assembly table that is the same height as the table saw so it doubles as an outfeed table.
~Putting my much used 12" compound sliding miter saw on a mobile cart with wings that is the same height as the outfeed table and table saw so longer wood can be supported by them.
~ Replacing burned out ballasts in some lights.
~ Moving most used clamps and other tools to the new assembly table.
~ Building in a corner of the outfeed table with holes and vac to collect dust while sanding.
~ Integrating the Kreg pocket hole jig into the assembly bench as I use it often.
~ Integrating one pop-up stop in the assembly bench for planing and stopping wood during routing.
~ Making one side of the bench with two pipe clamps to use as a vise.
~ Designing the bench top over hang wide enough and thin enough to use as a clamping edge. I find that I clamp woods down a lot instead of putting them in a vise or using a stop.
~ I find that drawers, even closed, fill up with sawdust. I want cabinets or drawers inside cabinets for the assembley table. Still dusty but hopefully less and easier to clean out.
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Here are a few pictures of today's demolition. With this done, things will start happening. The renovation includes a thorough cleaning and repair of wall areas too.
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Where the bench was before today
Property Cabinetry Picture frame Drawer Wood

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The bench headed for the dump.
Window Wood Outdoor furniture Chair Hardwood

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The only thing left.. the drawers
Cabinetry Picture frame Drawer Wood Yellow


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An old picture. You can see the bench I tore out on the left.
Picture frame Cabinetry Window Wood Table
cheap and functional is always good. how's your winter weather this year? are you getting more of the cold than usual? Do you run a heater while out in your shop?
sometimes its too cold in my shop to work. but once I get out there; then I get in to working ; then its ok.
Our temps, here lately, has been 30 to 35 at night; and 58 to mid 70's of late. It's summer; In mid January. we're really going to pay for this later. Wild fires, and water rationing, with higher pay for products that uses water. ie, food. Loving it in the Napa Valley…
 

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#10 ·
Demolition

At least five years ago I cleaned out an old garrison garage at the family home, took out a center wall and made a 25×25 ft shop. It looked great. Really nice. Everything in it's place, drafting table, bulletin board, Dry erase marker board. All my power tools on one side where the dust collector was and an assembly area on the other side. I made a 'new fangled bench' which to this day is a nice bench. The original shop form back then can be seen at my workshop page.
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The shop functioned and I've made a lot of neat things over the years. Coming from a sort of woodworking newbie, asking a lot of questions, and developing some skills. Since then, this year, I've finally gotten to the point where our whole house remodel is done enough to be comfortable even though I've got lots of odds and ends to complete. Some of those odds and ends is furniture. I've decided to stop and redo the shop first.
.
It still functions but I've really sort of worn it out a bit. I need to rethink and redo the dust collection system. The way I put it together was okay but it's finally falling apart and doesn't do the best job of dust collection. I've acquired more power tools and keeping them on one side of the shop makes for a crowded situation. I have to remodel.
.
The first thing to do is to get rid of a large against the wall workbench with lots of drawers in it. Today, I started that. I pulled out the drawers and stacked them. The stuff in them I realize is mostly hoarders stuff and it can be relocated or thrown away. My older brother had built the bench years ago before I inherited it. It was a good bench but sort of useless. He was the kind of guy who over built things by a factor of 10x. What a a job knocking it apart. Spikes the size of my finger to hold it together. I finally got it into the truck ready to haul to the dump.
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I have this thing about projects that require demolition. I like to build things but tearing things down is a drag. I have to force myself to start the demolition and when it's done I feel the obstacle to my doing something is getting by the demolition part. I'm glad this part is done.

Plans for the shop:
~Redo the dust collection system using pvc and connected only to the 'chip' making tools like planer, jointer and router table.
~Moving the fine dust tools to the previous bench side of the room and connecting them to a large shop vac which I think exits less dust. Bringing just dust making tools too the vac should handle the load pretty good.
~Taking my table saw off the metal stand and putting it on a wooden one that is a bit lower (I'm not that tall), and building a dust encloser with vac beneath it.
~ Giving away my 'new fangled workbench' to my future son in law. (He's indicated he wants it) and building an assembly table that is the same height as the table saw so it doubles as an outfeed table.
~Putting my much used 12" compound sliding miter saw on a mobile cart with wings that is the same height as the outfeed table and table saw so longer wood can be supported by them.
~ Replacing burned out ballasts in some lights.
~ Moving most used clamps and other tools to the new assembly table.
~ Building in a corner of the outfeed table with holes and vac to collect dust while sanding.
~ Integrating the Kreg pocket hole jig into the assembly bench as I use it often.
~ Integrating one pop-up stop in the assembly bench for planing and stopping wood during routing.
~ Making one side of the bench with two pipe clamps to use as a vise.
~ Designing the bench top over hang wide enough and thin enough to use as a clamping edge. I find that I clamp woods down a lot instead of putting them in a vise or using a stop.
~ I find that drawers, even closed, fill up with sawdust. I want cabinets or drawers inside cabinets for the assembley table. Still dusty but hopefully less and easier to clean out.
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Here are a few pictures of today's demolition. With this done, things will start happening. The renovation includes a thorough cleaning and repair of wall areas too.
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Where the bench was before today
Property Cabinetry Picture frame Drawer Wood

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The bench headed for the dump.
Window Wood Outdoor furniture Chair Hardwood

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The only thing left.. the drawers
Cabinetry Picture frame Drawer Wood Yellow


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An old picture. You can see the bench I tore out on the left.
Picture frame Cabinetry Window Wood Table
Well, DD, here in Maine we had a few weeks of the unprecedented 'winter vortex' basically about 15 during the day and 0 to -10 at night. Once it broke we had a balmy 45 and now it's settling to seasonably normal about 30/20 day/night. It's supposed to get colder next week tough. I run the heater about 20 minutes then go out into the shop. Work is fine then and in about an hour I'm in my t-shirt. During the coldest days we just hunkered down and did some netflix and great football games in the playoffs. Patriots are all the rage up here.

When the stuff in the stores goes up because of the weather and disasters we simply move to other things. Not everything comes from the same place. Here in Maine we pull from every corner of the country as our growing season is good but short… so fresh supplies of stuff are only a few months out of the year. We don't sweat it much, just switch from carrots to turnips so to speak. Mainers are notorious frugality people. If things go up then they can keep it. We're used to adapting. Good to hear from you.
 

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#11 ·
Wheels for everything

Well, I haven't gotten much done on the shop remodel since i first posted. I can heat the shop but the temperature has been so very cold that hunkering down with netflix is what ends up happening lately. I did do some sheetrock taping after I got the bench out and I do have plywood and mdf waiting on saw horses to be cut up for the new assembly table and table saw base.

But, I did get my order of swivel 3" wheels with brakes from harbor freight. After looking at Dusty's review from a couple years ago. I ordered 28 of them, yup, 28. Of the few tools that I have on wheels now, they are the most versatile and easy to clean around of them all. Everything is going on wheels. If I want to I can spread the tools out or stack them in a corner of the shop to make room for a larger project. After 5 years I'm sold on mobility if space is limited. Anyway, $3.69 at HF right now. Dusty gave them a thumbs up and the multitude of reviews at the HF site are positive. They seem well made and I'm hopeful they'll work out. Each one is rated at 125 lbs. Rubber swivel with brakes. The brake lever is plastic but it pushes down and engages a metal tab that hits the wheel.

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#12 ·
Wheels for everything

Well, I haven't gotten much done on the shop remodel since i first posted. I can heat the shop but the temperature has been so very cold that hunkering down with netflix is what ends up happening lately. I did do some sheetrock taping after I got the bench out and I do have plywood and mdf waiting on saw horses to be cut up for the new assembly table and table saw base.

But, I did get my order of swivel 3" wheels with brakes from harbor freight. After looking at Dusty's review from a couple years ago. I ordered 28 of them, yup, 28. Of the few tools that I have on wheels now, they are the most versatile and easy to clean around of them all. Everything is going on wheels. If I want to I can spread the tools out or stack them in a corner of the shop to make room for a larger project. After 5 years I'm sold on mobility if space is limited. Anyway, $3.69 at HF right now. Dusty gave them a thumbs up and the multitude of reviews at the HF site are positive. They seem well made and I'm hopeful they'll work out. Each one is rated at 125 lbs. Rubber swivel with brakes. The brake lever is plastic but it pushes down and engages a metal tab that hits the wheel.

Material property Packing materials Gas Rectangle Electric blue

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Automotive tire Motor vehicle Tire Rim Bumper
thats a good plan, i think your right on with things, the wheels look good and if there are as many good thumbs up on them then all should be good…i heat my shop with a wood stove, but its been so cold here it takes quite a bit to get warm enough and right now im like you , just a bit nicer to watch a movie or do some reading…and ive burned a lot of wood this winter and my wood stack is getting low, so now its pick and choose what days i go out in this really cold stuff….it hasnt been this cold down here since ive lived here…i thought the south was suppose to stay warm during the winter…lol…
 

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#14 ·
Table saw base

In my quest to redo the shop better after 5 years of beating it up.

Heated the shop for a short while today. I took my old delta/rockwell 10" table saw off the metal legs and put it on this base I made today. The locking wheels on the other base made the saw too high. I brought this one low, the same height as a bench would be for me, 34". The outfeed/assembly table I'll make next will be the same height. So will the new movable miter saw table. Everkthing is made of 3/4" plywood and 2×10's sliced up and straightened for framing. Very cost effective way to build but still it seems to add up too much.
This saw isn't anything special but I almost always only rip with it. It's a lumber straightener after I've jointed it. All cross cutting is done with my Bosch 12" compound slider.
After this I've got to finish taping some sheetrock, do some painting, install better dust collection conduit and move tools around now that I got that wall workbench out of the way. Along with that a lot of other odds and ends.
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The corners are just decorative molding. It's heavily framed inside with glue and screws. Good thing too; moving this from one base to another was a hoot.
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Table Wood Flooring Floor Creative arts
 

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#15 ·
Table saw base

In my quest to redo the shop better after 5 years of beating it up.

Heated the shop for a short while today. I took my old delta/rockwell 10" table saw off the metal legs and put it on this base I made today. The locking wheels on the other base made the saw too high. I brought this one low, the same height as a bench would be for me, 34". The outfeed/assembly table I'll make next will be the same height. So will the new movable miter saw table. Everkthing is made of 3/4" plywood and 2×10's sliced up and straightened for framing. Very cost effective way to build but still it seems to add up too much.
This saw isn't anything special but I almost always only rip with it. It's a lumber straightener after I've jointed it. All cross cutting is done with my Bosch 12" compound slider.
After this I've got to finish taping some sheetrock, do some painting, install better dust collection conduit and move tools around now that I got that wall workbench out of the way. Along with that a lot of other odds and ends.
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The corners are just decorative molding. It's heavily framed inside with glue and screws. Good thing too; moving this from one base to another was a hoot.
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Table Wood Flooring Floor Creative arts
looks great Daniel
 

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#22 ·
New assembly bench underway

The past couple of days I've been putting together a new assembly bench. My new fangled work bench, although a great bench, is going to my 'soon to be' son in law. It's a super bench for those who use a lot of hand tools. I don't that much but do a lot of assembly. This bench will fulfill that purpose.
It will be 50×52" when finished. It's the exact height minus 1/8" of my table saw so it will also be an outfeed table. When I make the new mobile miter saw stand I'll make it the same height too so the outfeed table can assist that also.

It's on those HF locking casters I blogged about previously. I must say, this bench is hefty but I can grab the corner of it and roll it back and forth with fair ease. The casters also lock well and the brake come off with a slight upflip of my toe.

The top is not on yet but it will be mdf with a removable 1/8" tempered hardboard top. There will be 1" thick spruce edging around the whole thing. The top is also reinforced at the corners with the thickness of three plywood squares. I figure the corners might see the most use and be more prone to stress. It also solved the problem of how to brace it within the sandwich. I don't think it will be an issue now. Lots of glue and screws help. The top will be about 4" thick. I need good clamping strength and area. The overhang is 6" on three sides and 12" on one side to accommodate the table saw motor which hangs out the back when I use this as an outfeed table.

The framing is all ripped from spruce 2×10's and the skin is poplar plywood. The top is/will be MDF and tempered hardboard. Again, this stuff is expensive enough. I shopped for what was on sale. If it had been sanded pine plywood then it would be made out of that. I like shop tools well made and functional but I'll be damned if I'm going to make them out of mahogany. I'll save that for the stuff that goes in the house. I've also been using up lots of scraps of particle board and plywood from other projects. A good way to get this stuff out of the way and get some room in here.

I made two cabinets in one side with slide out trays that I picked up at a salavage store for a song. I'll build some shelving to mount to each one later. The back side has a large cubby that I plan on putting my little craftsman compressor in. I have a 60 gallon one piped in from down stairs in the garage but most of the time I need a fraction of that air. Starting up the big one is overkill for the pin nailer. The larger compressor I do need for spraying and rotary tools though.

Tomorrow I should get the top on and edging finished. I'll leave it after that and work on getting the other tools mobile. Remember the whole point of this, after 5 yrs of working in this shop, is to remake it to be more suitable for what I do. Till next time….

Wood Creative arts Floor Art Table

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Table Wood Computer desk Desk Yellow


Table Picture frame Wood Window Flooring

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Wood Lectern Gas Flooring Pulpit
 

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#23 ·
New assembly bench underway

The past couple of days I've been putting together a new assembly bench. My new fangled work bench, although a great bench, is going to my 'soon to be' son in law. It's a super bench for those who use a lot of hand tools. I don't that much but do a lot of assembly. This bench will fulfill that purpose.
It will be 50×52" when finished. It's the exact height minus 1/8" of my table saw so it will also be an outfeed table. When I make the new mobile miter saw stand I'll make it the same height too so the outfeed table can assist that also.

It's on those HF locking casters I blogged about previously. I must say, this bench is hefty but I can grab the corner of it and roll it back and forth with fair ease. The casters also lock well and the brake come off with a slight upflip of my toe.

The top is not on yet but it will be mdf with a removable 1/8" tempered hardboard top. There will be 1" thick spruce edging around the whole thing. The top is also reinforced at the corners with the thickness of three plywood squares. I figure the corners might see the most use and be more prone to stress. It also solved the problem of how to brace it within the sandwich. I don't think it will be an issue now. Lots of glue and screws help. The top will be about 4" thick. I need good clamping strength and area. The overhang is 6" on three sides and 12" on one side to accommodate the table saw motor which hangs out the back when I use this as an outfeed table.

The framing is all ripped from spruce 2×10's and the skin is poplar plywood. The top is/will be MDF and tempered hardboard. Again, this stuff is expensive enough. I shopped for what was on sale. If it had been sanded pine plywood then it would be made out of that. I like shop tools well made and functional but I'll be damned if I'm going to make them out of mahogany. I'll save that for the stuff that goes in the house. I've also been using up lots of scraps of particle board and plywood from other projects. A good way to get this stuff out of the way and get some room in here.

I made two cabinets in one side with slide out trays that I picked up at a salavage store for a song. I'll build some shelving to mount to each one later. The back side has a large cubby that I plan on putting my little craftsman compressor in. I have a 60 gallon one piped in from down stairs in the garage but most of the time I need a fraction of that air. Starting up the big one is overkill for the pin nailer. The larger compressor I do need for spraying and rotary tools though.

Tomorrow I should get the top on and edging finished. I'll leave it after that and work on getting the other tools mobile. Remember the whole point of this, after 5 yrs of working in this shop, is to remake it to be more suitable for what I do. Till next time….

Wood Creative arts Floor Art Table

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Table Wood Computer desk Desk Yellow


Table Picture frame Wood Window Flooring

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Wood Lectern Gas Flooring Pulpit
Looks great and I think you'll get more than 5 years of use out of it. I'm going more towards hand tools but a large assembly table still appeals to me. Glad your "soon to be" son-in-law likes woodworking, that's nice.
 

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#26 ·
The whole shop on wheels, assembly table, and remodeling messiness.

The place is a pulled apart mess but this is a progress blog on a 5 year rebuild of my shop so I guess I'll post. The past couple of days I managed to get everything (except the drill press) on wheels. In a previous blog I showed the 28 locking wheels i purchased from HF. Well, they're all mounted. The goal of this is to be able to keep things against the wall and pull each unit out to use it. I'm not one to make pristine furniture for power tools. Sturdy and functional is my goal. And it's expensive enough to purchase the materials to make the stuff. Many of the older cabinets I made for these tools will be just fine after I clean them up a bit.
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The wall where I tore out the bench has the 'dusty' but not used as much tools. These will be attached to a large craftsman shop vac using 4" pvc and gates. The shop vac handles the finer dust better than my delta unit and I don't use these tools as much. These include two belt sanders, bandsaw an scroll saw.
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On the other side of the shop are the 'chip' making tools. I use these a lot. The router table, jointer, and planer. These will be connected to my 1 hp Delta dust collector. It's always worked well for these tools. I'm planning on eventually wall mounting the dust collector with a thein baffle and something to catch the fine dust.
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Building Stool Wood Interior design Flooring

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Here's a view of the assembly table I finished the other day. I'm getting rid of my workbench and using this table. It's got two slide out trays behind cabinet doors, a cubby for the small compressor and it's wired for power. The top is lined with tempered hardboard that is removable. I'll post something about the unit as soon as I get the place put together more. Right now it's a catchall for all the stuff I've had to move around.
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Mitre saws Table Barrel Wood Saw

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The pile of dust collections stuff I took off the walls. This time I'm using PVC with flexible hose only coming away from the walls to pull out machines to use.
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Gas Engineering Machine Wood Metal

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I've got to get this complete in the next few weeks. I've got a murphy bed (hardware ordered) and a hope chest for daughters wedding shower to make by mid/late spring. Then I've got to get back to the house remodeling. I left a stairway unfinished and baseboards not done along with some furniture and a dozen odds and ends. By rebuilding the shop first it these things should go more smoothly.
 

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#27 ·
The whole shop on wheels, assembly table, and remodeling messiness.

The place is a pulled apart mess but this is a progress blog on a 5 year rebuild of my shop so I guess I'll post. The past couple of days I managed to get everything (except the drill press) on wheels. In a previous blog I showed the 28 locking wheels i purchased from HF. Well, they're all mounted. The goal of this is to be able to keep things against the wall and pull each unit out to use it. I'm not one to make pristine furniture for power tools. Sturdy and functional is my goal. And it's expensive enough to purchase the materials to make the stuff. Many of the older cabinets I made for these tools will be just fine after I clean them up a bit.
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The wall where I tore out the bench has the 'dusty' but not used as much tools. These will be attached to a large craftsman shop vac using 4" pvc and gates. The shop vac handles the finer dust better than my delta unit and I don't use these tools as much. These include two belt sanders, bandsaw an scroll saw.
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Cabinetry Waste container Wood Kitchen appliance Kitchen

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On the other side of the shop are the 'chip' making tools. I use these a lot. The router table, jointer, and planer. These will be connected to my 1 hp Delta dust collector. It's always worked well for these tools. I'm planning on eventually wall mounting the dust collector with a thein baffle and something to catch the fine dust.
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Building Stool Wood Interior design Flooring

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Here's a view of the assembly table I finished the other day. I'm getting rid of my workbench and using this table. It's got two slide out trays behind cabinet doors, a cubby for the small compressor and it's wired for power. The top is lined with tempered hardboard that is removable. I'll post something about the unit as soon as I get the place put together more. Right now it's a catchall for all the stuff I've had to move around.
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Mitre saws Table Barrel Wood Saw

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The pile of dust collections stuff I took off the walls. This time I'm using PVC with flexible hose only coming away from the walls to pull out machines to use.
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Gas Engineering Machine Wood Metal

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I've got to get this complete in the next few weeks. I've got a murphy bed (hardware ordered) and a hope chest for daughters wedding shower to make by mid/late spring. Then I've got to get back to the house remodeling. I left a stairway unfinished and baseboards not done along with some furniture and a dozen odds and ends. By rebuilding the shop first it these things should go more smoothly.
coming along nicely.it should help you out greatly in the shop.i'm in the process of doing the same,making everything mobile and piping my dust collection.thanks for keeping us posted.
 

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#28 ·
Cleaning (secret weapon)

I've finally gotten the major stuff done, benches demolished, new ones made, dust collection upgrade, tools moved around, and a generally putting away out of dust site. It seems like the shop has doubled in sized after all the renovations. But…..
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One thing left to do. A thorough 'dust' cleaning. If it's one thing I've learned in the past 6 years is that dust collects equally on horizontal as vertical surfaces. And anything that is out.. any tool will collect a film of dust that will get thicker over time is it's not cleaned off. Hopefully the methods that I've taken and am about to take will lessen that. I don't believe that it can be cut down completely and there will always be too much that will get through. But the shop is now set up so that everything can be moved to clean it or behind it. Today the secret weapon was my wife. She's been asking when she can come out to clean for a couple of weeks. Well, today it happened. Rags flew, we used simple green in buckets of water. Joyce shop vacced with nozzle and brush to vacuum walls, floors, cabinets, and tools. We both dirtied several buckets of water and simple green washing everything. All came off the walls and was cleaned. All walls were cleaned. We washed the ceiling and sponge mopped the floor. After about 3 hours we claimed it finished for now. The secret weapon is a 'wife'. None of them are stealth but this one knows how to get it done. Thanks Joyce….
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I'll be posting some blog entries in the near future and some video of the improvements I've made. Some of them include the remaking of a 1 hp delta dust collector that includes water filtering fine dust collection, features of a large multifunction assembly table, Mitre saw stand, Complete shop tool mobility, shrinking PVC to fit almost any fitting, and a bunch of other stuff.
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Same general area before cleaning, from a picture a week ago.
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#29 ·
Cleaning (secret weapon)

I've finally gotten the major stuff done, benches demolished, new ones made, dust collection upgrade, tools moved around, and a generally putting away out of dust site. It seems like the shop has doubled in sized after all the renovations. But…..
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One thing left to do. A thorough 'dust' cleaning. If it's one thing I've learned in the past 6 years is that dust collects equally on horizontal as vertical surfaces. And anything that is out.. any tool will collect a film of dust that will get thicker over time is it's not cleaned off. Hopefully the methods that I've taken and am about to take will lessen that. I don't believe that it can be cut down completely and there will always be too much that will get through. But the shop is now set up so that everything can be moved to clean it or behind it. Today the secret weapon was my wife. She's been asking when she can come out to clean for a couple of weeks. Well, today it happened. Rags flew, we used simple green in buckets of water. Joyce shop vacced with nozzle and brush to vacuum walls, floors, cabinets, and tools. We both dirtied several buckets of water and simple green washing everything. All came off the walls and was cleaned. All walls were cleaned. We washed the ceiling and sponge mopped the floor. After about 3 hours we claimed it finished for now. The secret weapon is a 'wife'. None of them are stealth but this one knows how to get it done. Thanks Joyce….
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I'll be posting some blog entries in the near future and some video of the improvements I've made. Some of them include the remaking of a 1 hp delta dust collector that includes water filtering fine dust collection, features of a large multifunction assembly table, Mitre saw stand, Complete shop tool mobility, shrinking PVC to fit almost any fitting, and a bunch of other stuff.
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Same general area before cleaning, from a picture a week ago.
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Dan and Joyce it looks a lot more roomer and organized , as they say down here yall got er done ,looks great and know your glad ,thats a lot of work there looking good my friend at least you want spend your time looking for some thing as i do now got to do the same .:)
 

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#39 ·
Water dust filter interest

In my last post I mentioned the building of a fine dust filter using water. I've had a number of people send me private messages inquiring about it. So, I've decided to prematurely talk about it before it's done or even know if it works so that people can have their questions answered. And maybe some other heads involved might provide some insight into what I might expect. This may not work at all.

Below is a picture of what I've done so far. Some of the drawn in parts are what I still need to do. Parts are on order. To date, I've eliminated the damn top and bottom cloth bags that are a bear to reinstall. I've turned the collector upside down so that the inlet is now at the top with motor at the bottom. The cowling inside is made something like a thein collector with out the baffle. I was only interested in making the container easier to remove and empty. I wasn't interested in a pre-collector barrel. I don't fear anything damaging the steel impeller. So those wondering why I have sort of looking thein collector directly on the unit.. well it isn't a thein collector. It's just an easier to empty collector.
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When I fired up the unit the chips never go up the pipe. They always go down. So, no chips leave the unit. It's the dust that must be getting through that I'm interested in. This is only a 1 hp collector hence the 4" pipe inlet and outlet. The unit works much better than it did with the bags. I took the flexible hose off the router table you see on the right and opened the baffle. A pile of sawdust and wood chips will be cleaned off my hand if I hold them about 6" away from the opening.

The water part

I haven't implemented the water stuff yet. The only thing I have installed is the vertical 1/2" pvc pipe inside the 4" one.

The plan is that with thin slits cut about every 6" on the pipe on three sides I can create a water bath that the dust has to pass through. I've ordered a pond pump from amazon. A pond pump is made to run a small fountain in a pond and be able to accept some level of debris without clogging. It's submersible and runs on 110V. I'll connect the pump to the bottom of the 1/2" pipe that has slits. The pump will grab water from the bucket and spray it out through the slits on the sides of the pipe. The top of the spray pipe is capped. As air and dust is forced through the dust collector outlet it will pass through and over the water spray and the dust will be trapped in the water and drain down the sides of the 4" pipe back to the bucket to be used again. I would have to add water to the unit periodically as it evaporated. I've never seemed to have any moisture issues in my shop as it's a garrison type building atop my garage. So, I don't think the water evaporation will be an issue. Besides it's only running periodically with a power tool. The newly installed plugs on the wall have a switch on them so that when I switch on the unit, the pump and collector will start and stop together.

I hope all this made sense. I have absolutely no idea if this will all work. In my mind it will so that's all I need for now to waste my time trying. (I did save the bags though!). I know there are instances where water has been used before, in some home vacuums and commercial sheetrock sanding vacuums so it does work someplace.

I'll let you know when I get the rest of it all connected. I've got other things to make first. For now, it collects dust as good or better than it ever did with the bags. Hopefully later on the fine stuff will get collected too. Fingers crossed.

Any thoughts???
 

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#40 ·
Water dust filter interest

In my last post I mentioned the building of a fine dust filter using water. I've had a number of people send me private messages inquiring about it. So, I've decided to prematurely talk about it before it's done or even know if it works so that people can have their questions answered. And maybe some other heads involved might provide some insight into what I might expect. This may not work at all.

Below is a picture of what I've done so far. Some of the drawn in parts are what I still need to do. Parts are on order. To date, I've eliminated the damn top and bottom cloth bags that are a bear to reinstall. I've turned the collector upside down so that the inlet is now at the top with motor at the bottom. The cowling inside is made something like a thein collector with out the baffle. I was only interested in making the container easier to remove and empty. I wasn't interested in a pre-collector barrel. I don't fear anything damaging the steel impeller. So those wondering why I have sort of looking thein collector directly on the unit.. well it isn't a thein collector. It's just an easier to empty collector.
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When I fired up the unit the chips never go up the pipe. They always go down. So, no chips leave the unit. It's the dust that must be getting through that I'm interested in. This is only a 1 hp collector hence the 4" pipe inlet and outlet. The unit works much better than it did with the bags. I took the flexible hose off the router table you see on the right and opened the baffle. A pile of sawdust and wood chips will be cleaned off my hand if I hold them about 6" away from the opening.

The water part

I haven't implemented the water stuff yet. The only thing I have installed is the vertical 1/2" pvc pipe inside the 4" one.

The plan is that with thin slits cut about every 6" on the pipe on three sides I can create a water bath that the dust has to pass through. I've ordered a pond pump from amazon. A pond pump is made to run a small fountain in a pond and be able to accept some level of debris without clogging. It's submersible and runs on 110V. I'll connect the pump to the bottom of the 1/2" pipe that has slits. The pump will grab water from the bucket and spray it out through the slits on the sides of the pipe. The top of the spray pipe is capped. As air and dust is forced through the dust collector outlet it will pass through and over the water spray and the dust will be trapped in the water and drain down the sides of the 4" pipe back to the bucket to be used again. I would have to add water to the unit periodically as it evaporated. I've never seemed to have any moisture issues in my shop as it's a garrison type building atop my garage. So, I don't think the water evaporation will be an issue. Besides it's only running periodically with a power tool. The newly installed plugs on the wall have a switch on them so that when I switch on the unit, the pump and collector will start and stop together.

I hope all this made sense. I have absolutely no idea if this will all work. In my mind it will so that's all I need for now to waste my time trying. (I did save the bags though!). I know there are instances where water has been used before, in some home vacuums and commercial sheetrock sanding vacuums so it does work someplace.

I'll let you know when I get the rest of it all connected. I've got other things to make first. For now, it collects dust as good or better than it ever did with the bags. Hopefully later on the fine stuff will get collected too. Fingers crossed.

Any thoughts???
I hope it works.

When I mentioned doing something on that order everyone told me how I would cause all of my tools to rust, seemingly overnight.
Since the humidity in my shop is normally less than 30%, I doubt the raise in moisture would be an issue, especially with the short time the system would be running.

I never did anything with the idea after that, not because I didn't think it would work but my health issues and life in general got in the way.
 

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#56 ·
A better miter saw table? Maybe

An moving on. I've got a lot done in the shop, outfeed table, dust collection plumbing, Table saw stand, cleaning, new router table fence, new jointer blade installation, to name a few.

Here is a video of my attempt at yet another miter saw stand. This will make number four. The first two were on long permanent locations. The third was a temporary mobile one for the house while I was doing the house renovations. This one is a mobile one that incorporates ideas after using this saw for 5 year with all the other stands. More importantly, it incorporates thing that I don't need to have in a miter saw stand.

See the Video on youtube HERE

 
#57 ·
Daniel, my compliments re your miter saw dust collection. Having a sliding compound saw similar to yours, I know from where you speak. I have yet to go to the lengths that you have to get that evasive dust, but I appreciate your video, and have gotten some ideas. Also admire the folding extensions you made with drawer slides. I need to go back to view the previous parts of your machine makeovers, but wanted to give you a 'thumbs up' on your efforts. Best to you in the future.
 
#61 ·
The Assembly/Outfeed Table

I've been using the assembly table in the shop for a little while now. I made the murphy bed and a couple other items and it came in handy. I like it.
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Please realize that my idea of an outfeed table as a combo assembly/outfeed table is a preference of mine and not necessarily of others. I downgraded from a woodworking bench with vices and such to this after I found that I needed outfeed and assembly capabilities more than a workbench. I use a combination of hand and power tools. I use power tools a lot though and sometimes need to plane, scrape, and route on a bench.

In case the video doesn't work for you,here's the link.

 

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#62 ·
The Assembly/Outfeed Table

I've been using the assembly table in the shop for a little while now. I made the murphy bed and a couple other items and it came in handy. I like it.
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Please realize that my idea of an outfeed table as a combo assembly/outfeed table is a preference of mine and not necessarily of others. I downgraded from a woodworking bench with vices and such to this after I found that I needed outfeed and assembly capabilities more than a workbench. I use a combination of hand and power tools. I use power tools a lot though and sometimes need to plane, scrape, and route on a bench.

In case the video doesn't work for you,here's the link.

Working places are a requirement. I'm currently using a mini portable workbench. It's shorter so that I can work on it while sitting on a stool.

it was made with a leftover piece of my bowling alley. I use hold downs and a veritas clamp to a bench dog if I need to hold something down.

The portable is somewhat a very loose term. The top way weigh 100 lbs but it is all able to be disassembled.
 

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#69 ·
Update on dust collection via water filtration

I've got the dust filter up and running. My method is a bit unorthodox but so far it seems to work. I previously wrote about how I was planning on building it and the theory behind it. Now it's up and running in an experimental mode. if it seems to work out I would better finalize the filter to make it easier to empty and recharge with water when needed.

Photo from a previous blog describing function: A video of it up and running with mods is below
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A little backstory. I have a delta 1 hp dust collector. It actually does a good job sucking the chips from my planer, jointer, and router table as long as I have a short run and use one at a time. But the cloth bags passed the dust through. I replaced the bottom bag with a heavy duty rubber trash can and the top bag with this water filtration system. I will say though that no matter what I do, getting all the dust to go into the collector is another obstacle. It gets most of it but what gets away from it at the tool end is still an issue.

Here is a link to a couple of blogs back in this thread to when I better describe it.

And a link to the video in case the one below doesn't work for you here.

 

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#70 ·
Update on dust collection via water filtration

I've got the dust filter up and running. My method is a bit unorthodox but so far it seems to work. I previously wrote about how I was planning on building it and the theory behind it. Now it's up and running in an experimental mode. if it seems to work out I would better finalize the filter to make it easier to empty and recharge with water when needed.

Photo from a previous blog describing function: A video of it up and running with mods is below
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A little backstory. I have a delta 1 hp dust collector. It actually does a good job sucking the chips from my planer, jointer, and router table as long as I have a short run and use one at a time. But the cloth bags passed the dust through. I replaced the bottom bag with a heavy duty rubber trash can and the top bag with this water filtration system. I will say though that no matter what I do, getting all the dust to go into the collector is another obstacle. It gets most of it but what gets away from it at the tool end is still an issue.

Here is a link to a couple of blogs back in this thread to when I better describe it.

And a link to the video in case the one below doesn't work for you here.

i hope this works for you, you have been pretty creative with this so far,
 

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#78 ·
Connecting, hanging, and shrinkng dust collection pvc

My method for making pipe hangers, connecting dust collection pipe for air tightness without tape, and shrinking pvc to hug blast gate flanges for small shop owners

This is only my method of doing this. There are many good ways and your mileage may vary. I just thought I'd share it in case someone can used it. Thanks for watching. If the video doesn't show below then you can see it here

 
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Miter saw dust collection update

After using the dust collection on my miter saw I feel I've finally found a method that will work to collect almost all the dust. The video below is of a working miter saw station. It's portable and although not finished completely, everything on it us up and working. It also tells of a few other ideas of mine that are or are not needed in a miter saw station. Your mileage may vary.

Backstory: I've had two stationary miter saw stations and one mobile. This is the second mobile one I've made. All my tools need to be on wheels to move around so that I can park the ones not being used to make room to work. I've been developing ideas to get a 12" compound sliding miter saw in a cabinet with a smaller hood that will catch the dust. These saws are notoriously known for putting out a lot of dust. I have an older table saw that I mainly use for ripping. It has a rip blade in it. So my Bosch miter saw sees a lot of use.

LJ's have made a lot of miter stations and some are beautiful. Mine is for me.. functional and always a work in progress.
In case the video below doesn't work for you here it is on youtube.

 
#84 ·
What's with the 'leftovers' pile?

So, I could include a picture but I don't need to. This is an ongoing blog about redoing my shop after having made it 5+ years ago to be more functional and not as 'pretty looking'.

I have noticed one thing. The left overs pile seems to always be inevitable. Am I the only one who is plagued by this? When I first did the shop I had two or three rubber tubs of leftovers. Stuff that I should pick over, probably won't throw out, but probably would find little use for. Things like a bunch of hacksaw blades, extra files, An old air hose, a couple of ancient tools. I'd put them in the corner and it would become the 'corner to put stuff I won't use'.

I redid the shop and now I've got a different corner with different but the same sort of stuff in the same rubber tubs. I'd like to just toss them without looking and be done with it but I can't.

No questions about what to do with it. I already know. It will just stay there the next five years. But why does this always happen?! I could use that corner for something else.

sigh…...
 
#85 ·
YOU ARE NOT ALONE. Cutoffs and odds & ends are my biggest problem when it comes to keeping an orderly shop. Tools are easy to store and fit the motto "a place for everything and everything in it's place", but how about all those bits and pieces of this and that? We need a Star Trek type transporter which we could use to send the stuff to some uninhabited planet for 'temporary' storage. I wonder how much of it we would actually bring back to use.
 
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