RexJ

Hutchinson, KS, US
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Organ Bench

Apr 13, 2009

A family member with his own pipe organ needed a bench that was lower.  He asked me to cut down the old one, but I decided that I could do better than that!  The bars on the ends give it...

Two of a Kind

Apr 2, 2009

Made as Christmas presents a couple of years ago.  They are basically "Norm's" design.  Made of red oak and avodire.  The oak was stained with a golden oak, the avodire was left...

Corner Curio Cabinet

Mar 1, 2009
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The customer wanted a curio cabinet to fit into a corner which has a door opening close by.  The dark finish will match other furniture in the home.  There is a light in the top and under...


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Re: Calling all benchtop warriors

My bench-top tools are the drill press, router table, and belt/disk sander. I do all of my work from a wheelchair so shop stool. I have the router table on a lower portable cart which works well, but the rest of my shop, except a 6" jointer are set up based on the height of the table saw so I can easily slide large pieces from table saw, to woodworking bench, to radial arm saw and miter saw which are set into permanent benches along the wall. I have a good sturdy roll-around shop stool that I move from work station to work station to get up to the correct working height. It's a bit of a hassle, but saves me a lot of lifting.

Right now the drill press is setting on top of the bench, (where it has been for 10 years) but at some point I intend to lower it into a recess so I'm working at bench top level like I have the radial arm saw and miter saw setting. I'm very happy with the performance of the drill press and the sander. The router table is a cheap Craftsman model which is generally more frustration than its worth but is getting the job done. I intend to incorporate the router into the extension table of my table saw at some point in the future so that everything will be at a common height.

posted: 3:15 pm on May 14th