Category Archives: Shop Tour

January 22, 2012
4:49 pm
by: Torch02

Planning the New Year

If you’ve been reading this blog for any time, you’l know that I’m terrible with deadlines or timeliness, at least when it comes to woodworking and blogging. So a mere three weeks into the new year, I have my 2011 … Continue reading →

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July 24, 2011
9:52 pm
by: Torch02

Planning the Shop Floor

The next step in building up a shop in the garage is to put in a wood floor. The floor will server two purposes: 1) provide a more comfortable surface to stand/work on, and 2) provide some insulation against the … Continue reading →

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July 12, 2011
6:41 am
by: Torch02

They Say It’s Your Birthday

Today marks the second anniversary of this blog. Two years ago I starting writing about the tools I had (and didn’t know enough about) and the bookshelves I just finished, hoping that someone would be interested. As it turned out, … Continue reading →

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March 23, 2011
9:30 am
by: Torch02

My Pseudo-Decision to Become a Galoot

(Editor’s Note: A recent change has conspired to keep me here in DC instead of moving. Thank you everyone for the input nonetheless! – SJT) For someone whose first major woodworking tool was a Craftsman table saw, the decision to … Continue reading →

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August 28, 2010
7:47 pm
by: Torch02

Serving Up a -BANG-

When I was putting together my initial plans for this crate, I knew that I wanted to have a couple of trays that stacked one upon the other – even though I wasn’t sure how I would accomplish that. I … Continue reading →

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August 9, 2010
10:57 pm
by: Torch02

A Crate Full of Bang!

After a long time of drawing and working on the garage, I finally got to work in the garage - a chance to put steel to wood again! When my wife was pregnant with our first child, I joked that if … Continue reading →

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May 19, 2010
10:10 pm
by: Torch02

Southern Hospitality

A couple of weeks ago I had a three-day training class down in Charlotte, NC. My wife decided to make a vacation out of it and picked me up when the class was done, from which we drove to the Asheville … Continue reading →

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January 21, 2010
12:26 am
by: Torch02

Hand Plane Gloat

On a pretty regular basis (while my wife isn’t watching) I comb through my local Craigslist ads looking for various things for the garage, tools and wood mostly.  In fact my drill press and the southern yellow pine that will end … Continue reading →

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January 6, 2010
10:55 pm
by: Torch02

Bracing for a Whisper

I feel like I’m this close to being finished with Briana’s crib, having only a few subassemblies left to complete before getting the whole thing together. I’m currently working on attaching the rail assemblies to one of the ends. Each set of rails … Continue reading →

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November 21, 2009
3:34 pm
by: Torch02

Santa’s Supply Shop

Thanks in part to some of exhortation from Tom, this week I paid a quick visit to my local hardwood dealer, Vienna Hardwoods, to pick up a few new species for the garage. Up to this point, I’ve only worked with red … Continue reading →

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