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I have my camera and I have my laptop, so why not go ahead and document my class? Today was Day 1 of what I am calling “6 Days to Aurora”. We are building Darrell Peart’s Arched Aurora End Table: an incredible modern take on some classic Greene & Greene elements. Day 1 wa...
...ssary, we had to carefully plan and layout our cuts. Darrell’s design calls for numerous parts at different thicknesses. So the beauty of the Aurora Table comes at the cost of simplicity. But as I start to see pieces of this project come together, there is no doubt that the effort is well ...
Well, it looks like 6 Days to Aurora was actually more like 5 days. I stopped by the school for a little bit this morning to get some video footage and to pack everything up. And since we had an extra day, Brad and I decided to take a little trip to the Gamble House. What a way to cap off an inc...
...busy trying to process the day’s events while my fingers type out the blog post. Somehow, I need to sleep. The rest of this series: 6 Days to Aurora- Day 1 6 Days to Aurora- Day 2 6 Days to Aurora- Day 3 6 Days to Aurora- Day 4 6 Days to Aurora- Day 5 6 Days to Aurora- Day 6 ...
... on the base and got a good glimpse of what this table is going to look like. I’m a happy woodworker! The rest of this series: 6 Days to Aurora- Day 1 6 Days to Aurora- Day 2 6 Days to Aurora- Day 3 6 Days to Aurora- Day 4 6 Days to Aurora- Day 5 6 Days to Aurora- Day 6 ...
...lly sells these bits at the school and they are available for $130. You can contact William directly to order one. The rest of this series: 6 Days to Aurora- Day 1 6 Days to Aurora- Day 2 6 Days to Aurora- Day 3 6 Days to Aurora- Day 4 6 Days to Aurora- Day 5 6 Days to Aurora- Day 6 ...
ve around the shop so I can accommodate larger pieces of wood. This includes my Delta contractor saw which I can spin around to face the door and out feed wood through the door using roller stands as out feed support if needed. I have a bench top craftsman drill press that sits on its own shop bui...
Walking through the shop taking pics for a shop tour submission, I ended taking some video and threw them together as a quick shop tour. In the video I misspeak a couple of times and miss some details so I will include some of these details and corrections. The basic dimensions of the shop are ...
Download Low Resolution Download High Resolution This week’s Shop of the Week is from Gary. Gary is as much of a nut about video and computers as I am, so his shop tour is in video form. Very cool! Thanks Gary for sharing your space with us. ...
e first picture shows my dad’s Craftsman table saw in the center of the shop. The saw had a “big” 7″ blade and “gravity feed” dust collection. (Sawdust just dropped into a big drawer in the cabinet base he constructed for the saw.)” “As you can see fr...
My shop is small, so I use all available space as efficiently as possible, especially wall space. I have plenty of storage for the small hardware that usually sits on the table in the way. I use the empty space under tables and benches and also under my table saw out feed table. The shop is ...
This Viewer Shop comes from Joe, who is the communications director for the Spar Shop at the Historical Seaport in Aberdeen, Washington. The Spar Shop at the Historical Seaport specializes in ship masts and spars, as well as custom columns and poles. We also provide custom milling of gaffs, booms, ...