woodsmith3

Matt, I have to add a something else to your post: My Unisaw is a right tilt saw. There are times when I remove the 50 inch fence and put it on the right side of the T square unit and then move the whole unit to the left side of the blade. It's an awkward cut since I'm right handed...
On the con side: I wish I could buy a longer fence and I have yet to come up with a satisfactory auxilliary fence to clamp on for the times I rip a long 45 degree bevel.
Lastly, I bought mine in 1985 and the teflon rub blocks are no longer available.

I like your method of joinery and the pedestal for mounting on a mantel or shelf. A few years back I made one for similar reasons and decided to jig up and make fifteen at the same time. Mine was much simpler than yours as it did not have the pedestal. I solved the base miter problem by making a jig that held the base and one side together for cutting the miter on my tablesaw. I wish you had posted a pic of the back side. Good idea.

Yes it is a refrigerator and all that is in there is bottled water for me and Seamus Patrick, my four legged helper.

Well you have to be a dedicated woodworker. I'm curious, how do you get the boat/china hutch/dining table out? It would be a chore to carry a jewel box up the ladder. Does the hatch that the machinery came through have a power hoist? My hat is off to you.

When I was teaching high school woodshop, my students used urea-formaldehyde (plastic resin powder mixed with water) glue for edge to edge and face to face glue-ups. I taught them to coat both surfaces. Sometimes the project would fall apart and on investigation I would find that the glue was only applied to one surface. When we used poly-vinyl acetate (carpenter's glue) I had them apply to one surface, press and slide the second surface to the first, pull it apart and insure that both faces were coated. Lastly, now that urethane glue (gorilla glue) is available, I coat one surface and wet the other with water. In my shop I keep several types of glue for different applications.