Suffice to say, it’s been a very long year. I lived through some serious renovations on the house, moved my workshop to another room in the house, and generally just had so much going on professionally and socially I did far less woodworking this year than I would have hoped. But even with all that, I still found some time on Thursday to put down the work mobile and pick up the plane, saw, and chisel.
I am in the thick of a new workbench build (it’s been almost four years since I built one for myself, if you can believe it). And I’m at that point where it’s just about to start feeling like an actual workbench, rather than a bunch of beefy sticks.
So even though it’s after the holiday, I hope everyone finds some time in the shop this weekend. Even if it’s just an hour to glue up another leg assemble before your next conference call.
Happy American Thanksgiving from The Apartment Woodworker, to you and yours.
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The shop looks great!
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cool. Any particular reason you changed rooms in the house? I’m guessing more room. I see a mortised in a corner? What else you have in terms of machines. I’ve got the same mortised, bandsaw, thicknesser and just got a lathe and drill press on Black Friday sales. My garage where I park the cars at night is starting to feel small.
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Just a bit more room and better lighting. The old shop was 12×13 and south facing. This new shop is 10×24 and north facing. As for machines, I have a benchtop mortising machine, a benchtop bandsaw, and a benchtop thickness planer. Plus a 12″ compound bevel miter saw (although every home gamer has one of those, so it’s not really a “woodworking” tool). Those are the only machines I use in my woodworking (other than hand stuff like drill drivers, compact routers, and orbital sander). Not a big turner.
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cool. The lighting does look good and 10×23 is a nice amount of room.
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The shop looks great and the new bench will certainly be beefy, given those legs. Looking forward to seeing the completed bench.
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Thanks! Frame is all assembled now. Just need to write about it and post some pictures!
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