Apr 18, 2017 | My Life, Woodworking
I’ve trailed off on posting updates lately, but that doesn’t mean I don’t have any. Quite the opposite actually, as the reason for the lack of updates is how busy I’ve been in my workshop.
First off, I finish my workbench 🙂
You can also see in the background there are some new additions to the shop. I’ve cleaned up my Grandfather’s old drill press and restored that to working order. As well, I added a new dust collector.
This past weekend I actually ran all the ductwork for the dust collector, so it’s in full swing now.
Next on the update list, is that I stepped up my Cutting Board creation game. I experimented with using a laser cutter to etch the board on this one (which was a birthday gift for a friend). It turned out better than I thought and I’ll definitely be using the laser cutter on future projects.
My last update, is my long awaited Dinning Room Table. This is the project that started my back into woodworking, but it has been horrible delayed 😛 I’m going to do a full post on the table, so that you can see before and after. For now though, you can have a sneak peak at what the tabletop will look like once it’s peiced together:
Mar 27, 2017 | Woodworking
I’m back from vacation (I’ll post about that later) and headed straight to my workshop.
As I mentioned in an earlier post, in order to make any further progress on my dinning room project – I would need to build a proper workbench.
Well, I’m almost there 🙂 This weekend I finished the glue-up and planing of all the bench top sections.
Feb 26, 2017 | Renovations, Woodworking
Earlier this year, I started making a new dining room table from some old barn beams that were left on my property by the previous owners. I’ve planned to do a post about the (backbreaking) process, but that will have to come at a later point.
Here’s a little teaser. These are the beams that I am using to build the table. They have a lot of rot on the outside, but the inside of them is a nice hard Maple.
Last weekend I hit a roadblock on that project. I am now at the point where I need to join and finish all my planks to create the table top. In order to do that, I needed a nice workbench with a large, flat, and level top. My workshop is great and it’s one of my favourite things about our new house – however it’s also 60 years old and very basic. Inside is a slowly rotting wood floor, raw studs, no insulation, and shoddy electrical wiring. Another thing that is missing, is a workbench!
My workshop still has a sound frame after 60 years, but that’s about all you can say for it.
When I starting designing my workbench, it quickly became apparent that once in place – I wouldn’t want to move it again. This meant that if I ever wanted to finish the inside of my shop, I’d have to do it now. So I paused making my workbench (which I had paused building the dining room table for), in order to finish the inside of the shed.
I spent the entire weekend working at it, and I’m happy to report there has been progress 🙂
This weekend I accomplished the following:
- Insulated all but 1 wall (need to buy more insulation to finish)
- Half of the shop is strapped and drywalled (need to get more straping before continuing)
- New subfloor is in
- Electrical work is cleaned up with new lines run
- New 250v electrical run, which now powers my….
- Heater! I installed a 4500BTU electric forced air heater, which does a wonderful job of heating the shop
Even though the shops not totally finished, I’ve completed enough that it is now a workable space. In an effort to get back to my dining room project, I’m stopping here for now and beginning the work on my new Workbench 🙂
Let the laminating begin! My workbench will be a butcher block style top, made from 2×4 pine that I had left from other projects.
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