Richard Coates, Hope, New Jersey
comments (3) March 31st, 2010 in Shop ToursShop Specs
- Location: Hope, New Jersey, 1,000
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I've been interested in wood working since I was a child. I got interested in it while helping my father around the house. My grandfather was also a big influence on me. I inherited a lot of tools from both of them and my garage was getting unuseable. I don't have a basement under my house so when I got a chance to buy this building I took it.My shop was a building that had fallen into disrepair over the years. I was able to buy it from the estate of the previous owner and restore it. I've owned it since 1994 and it has been a project that has occupied much of my time since then.
posted in: Shop Tours, WorkBench, cabinet, bench, woodworking shop
Semi-Permanent Bench Grinder Mount
Threaded inserts keep grinder locked-down, but easily movable.
My work table often pulls double- and triple-duty for tons of shop tasks. Most often it's sharpening, but I also use it for drilling, holding bench hooks and shooting boards and occassionally as a chop-saw station. Hopefully soon, it will also hold a midi-lathe. Since I plan on rearranging the top pretty regularly, I wanted a way to... read full tip


















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