Tim's Home Workshop

02/15/2024

The siding and trim for the workshop is almost finished. It’s really starting to look like it’s part of the building.

01/30/2024

More progress on the workshop addition today. All the joists are in place and most of the rafters are up. Tomorrow we should have a roof.

01/29/2024

My long delayed workshop addition finally has walls! By the end of the week, I hope there will be a roof, windows, and doors. After that, the electrician and HVAC guy will do their thing.

01/27/2017

I continue working on the Arts and Crafts style sofa table for my mom. The past few days I've been getting the drawers finished. More comments with each photo.

01/19/2017

I've finally gotten around to finishing assembly of an Arts and Crafts style table I started a couple of years ago. It will go to my mom's apartment as a sofa table.

The piece is made primarily from quartersawn White Oak.

Other comments on the piece are in the photo captions.

I'll post updates as I make progress.

01/18/2017

My clamp-on router table fits well in the new Moxon vise on my workbench. I'm proud of my homemade table. It certainly saves space in my very small shop. In photo 2 you can see that I conveniently store my collet wrench underneath using a couple of rare earth magnets.

01/17/2017

Today was "shop improvement day" here. Some might suggest I start by cleaning the workbench, but I had a better, or at least more interesting, idea. I was very happy with the Moxon-style vise I have on my benchtop bench and decided I wanted one on my fixed bench so I could more easily clamp my router table in place. Here's how I went about doing so. Comments are provided with each photo.

01/13/2017

01/13/2017

I don't like to waste anything, so when possible, I will take items I made for practice and try to make them look nice, or at least turn them into something I can use. The two boxes in the first picture were made from scrap pieces of pine I used to test my Keller-style dovetail jig for both practice and to dial-in the jig's settings for another project. More comments on the steps taken are in the captions of each photo.

01/06/2017

I'm working at the booth for the Annapolis Woodworkers Guild for a couple of hours today. I have a small cabinet and some of my boxes on display.

01/06/2017

Because I'm a veteran, I got to turn this patriotic pen on the lathe and assemble it. It's made from Rosewood.