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About The Site

Hi Folks, After 36 years in the IT industry, I have retired (almost) and taken up the craft of making quality furniture and have set up this site to chronicle and share my experiences.

Workshop Expansion

Since I decided to go into the furniture business, I was seriously cramped in my workshop, which was built without any consideration of going into such a business.  Late in 2008, I doubled my workshop so that I could more safely and effectively undertake my projects.

While I have configured my major tools within the new space and have started to build some projects, I may relocate some of the equipment if I think I can improve efficiency.  Here are some photos …

Pre-construction  Roof trusses  Insulating shop floor … the expansion has a vaulted ceiling, which allows me to store 16 foot lengths of wood.

 Shop expansion - exterior view   Table-saw  Centrally located is the table saw, which allows me to work more effectively with large pieces.Mobile work station … I built a large mobile work station.  I also built a smaller one, that allows me to easily move pieces to/from the band saw, jointer, gluing station, planer and table saw … Clamps … you can never have enough clamps, these are some and I will be adding more …

Router table … I have 3 routers, and above is the plunge router and table … it is mobile and I have not yet decided where to station it … and below is a view from the old shop into the new addition.  This shows most of the tools … and I can use the far wall to store 16′ lengths of lumber …Interior view of shop addition

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