Home Shop Journal

Cabinetry, Woodworking, and other construction information from thirty-plus years experience, for the home, business, do-it-yourselfer, self-employed, or professional tradesman. Includes an introductory essay on safety and other information acquainting you with his experience and intent. Please read the Introductory Post, February 6th, 2006, before gleaning and using any other information from this journal. Thank you. The Author.

Saturday, February 11, 2006

Tool Index, Tips and Revelations



~~~~~~~~~~~Towards the Front Door~~~~~~~~~~~~~~


~~~~~~~~~~~Towards the Back~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~


~~~~~~~~~~~Towards the Left Side~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

The double garage shop has every nook and cranny used for a relevant purpose, from storing soon-to-be-needed material, tools, fasteners and finishes to assembly space and floor equipment arrangement. Years of trial and error have produced a remarkably workable design for Able Kerfman. The heart of this shop's production facilities is the professionally fenced cast iron table saw which has another cast iron table saw adjacent to it, used for dado ops and whose fence serves as an auxiliary support for the large capacity squaring jig used on the main table saw. The table the saw feeds off onto, is a very stable, durable and flat work table with a tough laminated surface and oak construction which also serves as a router/shaper table. Sturdy but flexible, the work table must be FLAT and preferably square to aid in the assembly of cabinet parts. You cannot consistently build drawers, frames, cabinet cases or boxes that are square and precisely dimensioned without a flat and sturdy work surface that allows for clamp-down and easy clean-up. The table shown in these pictures was made back in the early '80s and is still in service today. It is strong enough to hold five high-school football players walking around on the top of it without tilting, even when three of them jump off, leaving the others standing on the opposite end, and yet the legs will come out of their respective pockets and strap underneath for easy loading into your vehicle. It is truly one of the best worktables ever designed and for a very nominal printing, handling and shipping cost the plan and cut-sheet with step-by-step construction instructions are available. Many project plans and material cut-sheets with instructions will be available as time goes by from this blog after the same fashion.

As I get the sections populated, the following items will become links to pages within this journal containing instructions for and tips on the use of each:

  1. Bandsaw
  2. Beltsander, Power Hand
  3. Beltsander, Floor
  4. Belt-Drive Arbors
  5. Bisquit Jointer
  6. Chainsaw
  7. Compressors
  8. Drill, Power Hand
  9. Drill Press
  10. Hollow-Chisel Mortiser
  11. Lathe, Wood
  12. Mitre Saw, Power Bench
  13. Pneumatic Tools, (finish sprayers, nailers and staplers, and other air tools)
  14. Planers and Jointers
  15. Routers and Shapers
  16. Sabre Saw, (Jig Saw)
  17. Screwgun, Power Hand
  18. Sawzall
  19. Table Saw

posted by Fragram2 | 11:34 PM