If you're interested in a set of plans for this project I have them available in metric and imperial units for both a mortise and tenon construction as well as a half lap construction. Click here if y ...

UPDATE: I had no intention on making plans for this but a lot of people have requested them. For those who are interested, click here for a detailed set of plans. I often get asked something along the ...

My first real job out of high school was in a photography studio in a furniture factory. The company realized it was much less expensive in the long run to build a studio and hire a professional photo ...

Everyone can benefit from having a hand plane in their shop even if you, like me, are primarily a power tool user. And anyone who has a hand plane in their shop can benefit from a shooting board. They ...

Woodworking has quite a few milestone moments or moments that you specifically remember for some reason. I remember when I made my first vise I felt like it was such a game changer. Not necessarily be ...

The purpose of making a “shop project” is to either increase efficiency and organization or to make the work space more inviting and enjoyable to be in. Some of those shop projects don't work out in t ...

The more I use hand planes the more I value their place in a woodshop. Any woodshop. Even if your primary use is power tools there are areas where hand planes can benefit your work flow. Often times t ...

When I started woodworking I often dreamed of a solid woodworking workbench that had a few heavy duty vises installed. It wasn't until about 7 years into woodworking that I made a nice woodworking wor ...

I built my workbench back in January of this year (2016). I love it. It's my favorite station in my shop and my go-to area every time I enter the shop. My favorite feature on the workbench is a homema ...

Often times it takes a bad situation for you to make some necessary corrective changes. This is definitely one of them. While I've had the intentions of making an air cleaner for my shop for a while n ...

This project started out as......well nothing. It wasn't planned. While hanging out at Shawn Stone's shop with a few friends I happened to have my camera with me so we decided to knock out a quick vid ...

The primary reason for me to make my workbench was that I started to have more interest into working with hand tools. And having a dedicated workbench specifically for hand tools has proven to be an a ...

This project is a good example of how awesome the woodworking community is and also a good example of the power of the internet. For about a year now I've been saying “I'll get a lathe some day.” For ...

It's always fun to work with someone else in the shop. Especially when the project can be knocked out in a day or less. For this project I had the help of Shawn Stone from Stone And Sons Workshop on Y ...

It's been a month since I built my workbench and I absolutely love it. I still consider myself more of a power tool guy but recently my method of taking a break from the computer during long editing s ...

Henry Ford once said “Failure is simply an opportunity to begin again, this time more intelligently.” Or something close to it. I've seen several different versions of the quote so I'm not sure which ...

Just two more shop projects that I want to knock out before starting in on a bookcase for my wife. The first one is a clamp rack for the pile of unorganized clamps that I have been neglecting for way ...

When I built my last workbench, assembly table, oufeed table combo I was in a shop about half the size of the shop I am in today. I made it to fit that space and with materials I had on hand. Since mo ...

We haven't been in our house for a full year yet and I'm already looking for alternative storage options. When we were looking for houses my wife and I agreed that I get to do what I want to the garag ...

Shop organization and improvement is a never ending process. I've got my lumber rack wall and miter saw station wall pretty well organized so this week I tackled last wall remaining. I have a lot of i ...

With previous jobs I had I always looked forward to the times where I could do nothing. Just sit around and relax. Now that I work for myself I can't stand sitting still. Regardless of if it is for my ...

I had every intention to not make a video this week and instead focus on my miter saw station plans. But there's only so much sitting in front of a computer and working on plans that anyone can take. ...

FINALLY! The construction of the miter saw station is complete. And it feels really good to say that. These past three weeks have been pretty hectic with not only building the project itself but also ...

Drawers! Drawers! Drawers! I love using drawers for storage. I mentioned in my end of 2013 shop tour in my last shop that if I were to start over with a new shop I would use drawers every chance I cou ...

I'm FINALLY getting around to making my dream miter saw station. I've been putting this project off for a while for two reasons. I wanted to make sure that this was the final design I would settle on. ...

Long before I made my first woodworking project I learned to weld. I've never owned a welder but for the past 14 or so years I've always had access to a welder. Before I moved to the city where I live ...

My new router table is now complete and quite honestly I'm not surprised at how awesome the entire setup works. The router lift, extension table, dust collection, and fence all work according to my ex ...

Last week I built my quick release router lift and this week I made an extension wing for my table saw to mount the router lift to. If you haven't already you might want to check out that project befo ...

The idea for a quick action router lift started a few months back. Since then I've made three working prototypes to work out the bugs. Lift number four is what I will call the final design. It's a qui ...

For most of us there is always a constant battle to reduce wasted shop floor space. To me that's one piece of motivation for getting this project done. I've got a 12 gallon shopvac hooked up to a cycl ...

I've got an upcoming bookcase build that has me a little on the fence in regards to the joinery. One of the main reasons I use pocket holes for most of my projects is it's a way to create strong joint ...