Comments on: CrackPotWoody’s Basement – Shop Tour

By: JHop

JHop — Sat, 30 May 2009 17:19:56 +0000

I’m liking the bench the mortiser is on, personally.

Do the poles ever get in your way?

By: CrackPotWoody

CrackPotWoody — Sat, 31 May 2008 01:24:39 +0000

Denny, I’m real happy with the SS mortiser. I’ve plowed out about 30+ mortises with it so far. The things that set it apart from the others in this price range are the slide out table extensions and the roller support guides(what ever they call them) . The rollers worked really well for me. I really like those two features and no one else is this price range has it.

and thanks everyone for the kind comments and sugestions. I’ll keep them in mind as I progress. Like I said, it’s a work in progress for sure.

By: Don

Don — Fri, 30 May 2008 20:26:38 +0000

Denny,
I have a steel city mortiser and I love it. Go for it.
Don

By: Denny

Denny — Fri, 30 May 2008 18:55:06 +0000

Gregg, you have a great shop (I’m jealous!)
How do you like your Steel City mortiser? I’m thinking about buying one and would appreciate your comments. If you had to do it over again, would you still buy the Steel City?

By: Bill

Bill — Fri, 30 May 2008 16:18:08 +0000

Gregg, you have a dust collection system, but the pictures show you’re either not using it enough or it’s not working well. Do your lungs a favor and thoroughly check out http://billpentz.com/woodworking/cyclone/index.cfm, at least scroll down and look at “Summary Overview”, and “Here is the Goal”.
Good idea on building the torsion box.

By: Vic

Vic — Fri, 30 May 2008 01:10:37 +0000

Hey CPWoody!
I echo Harley. Get those walls painted white for reflectance and go get some T8 flourescents. Make sure you get a ballast that has
90plus power factor and bulbs with a CRI(color rendering index) of 85plus and in the color range of 4100 or so.
OK, Marc…I’m shutting up about the geeky stuff!
Seriously Gregg, you will be blown away at the increase in light level.

By: Badabing

Badabing — Fri, 30 May 2008 00:28:19 +0000

Nice shop Gregg! I like the Incra on the Grizzly (I had the exact same setup myself for years!).

Tom, you’re a genius! I have a pool table and never even thought of using it as a reference surface for a torsion box. I now have a project to work on ;-) Thanks!

By: Harley

Harley — Thu, 29 May 2008 20:39:11 +0000

Great looking space.
One suggestion I would make to help your lighting conditions that I used in a basement workshop. Put a good concrete block sealer on the walls. They make it in a white color. You will be amazed at the improvement in light reflection.

By: Tom Restis

Tom Restis — Thu, 29 May 2008 20:15:40 +0000

You had mentioned that you first built the base for you torsion box style assembly table top. I had recently built a torsion style top which was 3′ x 5′ to fit my space. While laying it out I glanced up and noticed my pool table was just the perfect reference surface to build my box and just the right size. So with a new drop cloth to protect the table my assembly table came out dead flat. Its been two months since I built it and It is still dead flat end to end measuring with a straight edge. Obviously will not work for a wider top but worked great for me.