A Shadow Box and a Shop - Project/Shop of the Week
This week we are featuring our first Project/Shop of the Week dual post. It is submitted by Chad in Maryland. A worthy gift for a decorated soldier. Let’s see what Chad has to say:
“First of all, I want to say I really appreciate what you do for the woodworking world and the time you spend making all the podcasts. I have learned a lot and have gained confidence in the wood shop from your videos. OK……now I can get on to more man-type conversation. This is a shadow box for a friend who retired from the Air Force after nearly 22 years of service! The frame and majority of the box is made of Bloodwood with Tiger Maple inlays for the stripes and star. You’ll notice the Maple strip down each side….I would like to say that was planned, but we’ll just call it decorative compensation. The stack of inlays to make this project is about a foot high–a lot considering each template is made of 1/4″ plywood. I used an inlay kit with my router to get absolutely perfect matches, but as with any detailed inlay, I had to break out the chisels and sandpaper. I would love to go through the list of DOs and DON’Ts of working with Bloodwood, but I’ll save that for anyone that would like to know–it’s a long list! I hope everyone enjoys looking at the box as much as I did building it.”
“One of the photos is of me (on the right) with the man I presented the shadow box to. He absolutely loved it. I guess you see a little different side of me as well. In addition, I thought it would be neat for your viewers to see the wood shop a certain project came out of. I just wanted to let folks see my small shop and what it can produce. When I first started fine woodworking (almost a year ago) I would’ve never guessed something like the shadow box could come out of my little shop. I think this is what you stand for and who you want to reach with your Woodwhisperer webpage… anyone who has a love for woodworking no matter what tools or space they have to work with.”
“As you can see I have very limited space and everything is pretty much mobile. I don’t think anything can be used where it is sitting for anything major at all. The DeWalt planner is probably my most recommended tool; it performs over and over with very little snipe (even on that Bloodwood!). You can see that most of my tools are Craftsman and I’ve had great success with them. Some tools I strayed away due to reviews, but the bottom line is you have to set any tool up properly and maintain them and they usually work as advertised….rocket science I know, but some don’t do it.
So enjoy the pics and don’t stop what you’re doing; I look forward to your website at least every other day!”
Greg’s Woodshop - Shop of the Week
This week’s shop belongs to Greg from KY. Let’s see what he has to say:
“Here are some pictures of my shop, formerly known as our two car garage. I am lucky to have a wonderful wife who has let me pursue my hobby and has been willing to park outside for the past sixteen years. Our four kids do have one corner, but the shop has taken over the rest. We moved last year from AL to KY and the moving company wasn’t going to move my lumber which is mostly oak, cherry and walnut because my new company would not pay to move lumber. I finally came to an agreement with the moving company and they moved “312 pieces of garage shelving:)”.
Keith’s Woodshop - Shop of the Week
This week’s shop is submitted by Keith. Let’s check it out and see what he has to say:
“The shop is about 13×22, it was a garage that was converted into livable space, then converted to a shop by me. As such, it has a separate heating system from the house. The tricky part about laying out this shop was the size of the tools I own compared to the space. The table saw capacity is limited because it had to be positioned so that the rails go around the DC hose. I didn’t want to cut the rails down, surely this won’t be my last ever shop space. I used the Grizzly shop tool to draw up the shop, then made it happen.”
“I added the 220v service by branching off of the dryer, with what I call my ‘mad scientist switch’, a giant disconnect throw so that you can either run the dryer or the shop. This way the shop tools don’t have power most of the time, helping keep kiddies safe since most of my 220v tools don’t have lock-out features. It’s a bit of overkill, but my wife works for an industrial electrical manufacturer, so it was cheap.”
“The shop is a bit of a mess in the photos as I have about 3 projects going on in there at the moment. I think the only thing I’d like to have is a bigger lathe and some more lumber storage. Other than that, this shop is pretty functional.”
The tools:
PM2000 table saw w/ router table in extension
8″ Jet jointer
1 3/4 hp canister dust collector (also jet)
Performax 16-32 drum sander
Dewalt 13″ planer
el cheapo M Power 1018 mini lathe
Jet 18″ bandsaw
Dewalt 20″ scroll saw
Delta 16″ drill press
Makita LS1013 sliding miter saw
Lots of hand held power tools, and a good number of hand tools.
Ryan and Mason’s Workshop - Shop of the Week
This week’s shop comes from Ryan in Jacksonville, Florida. Let’s see what he has to say:
Here are some photos of my shop. I claimed the two car garage as my room, and the rest of the house is all my wife’s (it would have been hers anyway). I feel like George Kastanza when I go to this room. I usually say “serenity now” to myself. After working for about a week, I decided to install the HVAC due to the heat and humidity. The room is about 18′ square. I found it very difficult to fit everything in the room, including the yard tools, the water heater (electric), the water softener, and the refrigerator. You will notice Mason, my little shop buddy, in the clamp drawer. He is a huge help.
Small Shop Tribute - Shop of the Week
This week’s shop comes from Pierre-Alexandre who says: “Hi Marc, here is my tribute to the small shops. I share my shop with my wife’s car and my bike so every thing must fold away and when I want to produce some sawdust, the same ritual applies: Get the car out, put the rolling table saw, get the saw horses and the top of my assembly-toolrest-router-outfeed table. My shopvac and compressor sit under my “workbench” and the little fan is my air supply system for the very hot Florida summers, I’ve covered the walls with shelves but I always need more space!”
Setting up the shop : 1/2 hour
Cleaning the garage and putting the car back : 1h
One hour or two of sanding/sawing after work : priceless
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