If you are interested, take a tour of my small shop. This video is not very professional and refers to some Aussie specific stuff which I won’t bother explaining.
Hope you enjoy.
-- CanuckDon "I just love small wooden boxes!" http://www.canterburybaptist.org/






















41 comments so far
Obi
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posted 618 days ago
Great Video. Our very own Canuck doing his very own Podcast. How’s it feel to be a star?
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frank
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posted 618 days ago
Hi Don;
—-so when can we expect to see you on your own weekly show, our Aussie “Woodworking Don with TimberJocks Updates”; from the ‘down and under of Oz land’?
Very good show mate and may the sun continue to shine on all ten of your fingers as you work that wood. What type of ‘splitter’ is that on your table saw?
Yes Don, 3 meters x 10 meters is easier then 9’-10’’ x 32’-9’’, see what hanging around you is doing to my way of thinking.
Have a very good day!!!
Godspeed,
Frank
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Obi
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posted 618 days ago
So, I’m stubborn. I was trying to figure out how big the shop was in feet.
And that is a great idea Frank, he can probably get funding from Canada ay? (I hear he’s rich… he has a $75,000.00 Colonial Hutch)
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Dick, & Barb Cain
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posted 618 days ago
A very impressive video. It was nice to hear your voice also, I expected you to have an Aussie accent. I have recently purchased an DVR-Cam. This gave me some ideas of another use for it. I think you’ve introduced a whole new venue for the Lumberpodcastjocks
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Obi
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posted 618 days ago
This IS the New D.I.Y. We’re about to hit the big time, Mates. Sponsors crawling out from underneath the boards, Companies giving us free tools. I guess I’d better get with the program. My camera will only take 7 minutes of video at a time.
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Dick, & Barb Cain
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posted 618 days ago
Obi
7 minutes is plenty of time unless you planning a feature length video like, ”Gone With The Wind”
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MsDebbieP
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posted 618 days ago
excellent video.
1) I was thrilled to see your table saw “thingy” in action. I really like that.
2) nice to almost meet you and to see how /where you create all these wonders, and
3) gotta love the Canadian flag hanging there :)
-- "Functional WoodArt" by Debbie, Canada (http://www.execulink.com/~yohan)
Don
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posted 618 days ago
Yes, Debbie, you know the old saying, ”You can take the boy out of the country, but…”
-- CanuckDon "I just love small wooden boxes!" http://www.canterburybaptist.org/
cabinetman
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posted 618 days ago
Don
Just saw the video. great shop. Your sliding table for the TS is a really cool jig, I can imagine the uses. I also like what you did with the drill press, very innovative.
Don
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posted 618 days ago
Quote Frank: ”What type of ‘splitter’ is that on your table saw?”
This is a fairly standard splitter on Table Saws sold in Australia and Europe. Here’s a close up of the splitter that shows how it’s attached to the table saw. It was supplied with this splitter, or ‘riving knife’.
-- CanuckDon "I just love small wooden boxes!" http://www.canterburybaptist.org/
cabinetman
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posted 618 days ago
Don
I like the splitter. BTW, the blade looks a little gummy.
Martin Sojka
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posted 618 days ago
Great video, Don. Keep it up ;) One tip – I recommend you to include screenshot of the video linked to it in your post – or in any other video post in the future.
-- Martin, http://lumberjocks.com | My Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/people/Martin_Sojka/1357216976
darryl
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posted 618 days ago
my two year old daughter came to sit with me while I watched this and here’s what she had to say when you demonstrated the table saw:
“That’s beautiful!”
she was in awe. very cool to get the tour of the shop.
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MsDebbieP
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posted 618 days ago
I’m with Darryl’s daughter!!
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Don
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posted 618 days ago
Quote Martin: ”One tip – I recommend that you include screenshot of the video linked to it in your post..”
I’ve added a screen shot Martin. Is this what you mean?
-- CanuckDon "I just love small wooden boxes!" http://www.canterburybaptist.org/
Martin Sojka
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posted 617 days ago
yes, Don. perfect screenshot
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Obi
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posted 617 days ago
The screen shot picture you used, put a smile on my face and made me laugh. It looks like you’re singing.
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dennis mitchell
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posted 617 days ago
Really enjoyed your video…like a good visit but without the coffee…
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Bill
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posted 617 days ago
That was a great video. Efficient use of a small space.
-- Bill, Turlock California, http://www.brookswoodworks.com
oscorner
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posted 615 days ago
I missed it!!! :^( I tried to view your video and it is gone? I don’t know how I missed this one, Don. Maybe I’ll catch the next one.
-- Jesus is Lord!
Don
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posted 615 days ago
Oscorner, I just checked it and it’s still there. I didn’t remove it. Let me know if you have trouble after you try it again.
-- CanuckDon "I just love small wooden boxes!" http://www.canterburybaptist.org/
Obi
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posted 615 days ago
Yup, still there. And you’re up late Don
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Don
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posted 615 days ago
It’s 11:45pm and I’m signing off for 8 hours.
-- CanuckDon "I just love small wooden boxes!" http://www.canterburybaptist.org/
Obi
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posted 615 days ago
I just watched your video again and i thought I heard you say something about the router table that we had just seen in the video, Did I miss another Canuck Production?
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Don
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posted 615 days ago
I did a video on making wooden hinges, but it’s so full of mistakes, that I am loath to show it. I don’t have any software to edit out the screw-ups, so would rather not post it. Sorry.
-- CanuckDon "I just love small wooden boxes!" http://www.canterburybaptist.org/
Kaleo
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posted 517 days ago
Don-
I had no idea you were canadian, I also thought that you wouldhave an Aussie accent. Very nice set up and good use of space. It’s really good to see fellow jocks in there enviroment.
-- Kaleo , http://www.kaleosworkshop.com
Don
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posted 517 days ago
Kaleo, I thought the “Canuckdon” would be the give-away, but the video with the Canuck flag clinches it. Forty-five years in Canada – Canadian by birth; Aussie by choice.
-- CanuckDon "I just love small wooden boxes!" http://www.canterburybaptist.org/
Corndog
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posted 517 days ago
Shouldn’t there be a stack of Molson Canadian empties and a hockey stick in the corner?
Or is it Fosters and a cricket bat now
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Don
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posted 517 days ago
Wrong on both counts, CD. I’m not a drinking man, and have never been very much interested in team sports.
Listening to classical music and woodworking, that’s what I do in my shop.
By the way, in Australia, you refer to your shop as a “shed”. It took me a while to understand this so, when fellow woodworkers referred to their sheds, I at first assumed that that was the place where they stored their wood (timber).
-- CanuckDon "I just love small wooden boxes!" http://www.canterburybaptist.org/
MsDebbieP
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posted 517 days ago
hey Dick—NOW we need a translator !!! :)
I was hoping that you would enter this as a challenge entry. I think that this was our first shop tour at LJ.
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Lip
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posted 515 days ago
Nice … all around … thanks!
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Bwillie
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posted 515 days ago
Great video Don. How do I refer to my shed that doubles as a garage?
Also I love the ending. Is that truly how gravity is down there? I mean sideways and all??
:-)
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Dick, & Barb Cain
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posted 515 days ago
Don, You better edit the title on this blog, & change it to,
”Challenge 02 Shop Tour ” You were months ahead of all of us.
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Martin Sojka
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posted 515 days ago
Hey Dick, Don has already added challenge02 tag so this shop tour is properly submitted to the challenge.
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Dick, & Barb Cain
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posted 515 days ago
I’ll be darned, Thanks for pointing it out. I see it now.
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Don
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posted 515 days ago
quote Bwillie: ”Great video Don. How do I refer to my shed that doubles as a garage? Also I love the ending. Is that truly how gravity is down there? I mean sideways and all??”
Hey, Bill. You call it your shed. If your bedroom is your woodworking shop, it becomes your shed.
And yes, the ending was when I relaxed. I struggled all the way through the video holding the camera upside down, but during the last few seconds, fatigue set in and gravity got the better of me. LOL
-- CanuckDon "I just love small wooden boxes!" http://www.canterburybaptist.org/
David
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posted 509 days ago
Don -
Just re-visiting your shop tour post in light of the Video Shop Tour Challenge. I’ve looked at your video many times before and realized that I have never left a comment. Outstanding video! Love your shop and shop solutions. And of course, your video was posted long before the challenge was a concept – just what I have learned to expect from you!
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Don
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posted 508 days ago
Thanks, David, you are too kind!
-- CanuckDon "I just love small wooden boxes!" http://www.canterburybaptist.org/
Bill
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posted 508 days ago
That is our Don, ahead of his time….
-- Bill, Turlock California, http://www.brookswoodworks.com
Bob Babcock
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posted 504 days ago
Very nice Don…what a great small shop….I think I have you beat in “smallness” though…:) I need to build a table saw sled like that…..once I get a decent table saw…I’m also glad to hear that workshops are referred to as sheds….makes me feel better about my own shed.
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mot
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posted 504 days ago
This is a great layout! I’m glad I found the “pulse” button so I didn’t miss this tour! Thanks, Don!
-- You can discover more about a person in an hour of play than in a year of conversation. (Plato)