Rebuilding a Table

12/3/24  /    /  1

Last year I accomplished a personal goal of mine: build a nice dining room table. It was the culmination of a ton of projects I’ve done over the years, and this showcased a lot of skills I’ve picked up in 4 or so years of woodworking.

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I just want to use my garage

2/6/24  /    /  1

One of the main things I was looking forward to in moving back to Minnesota was finally getting a dedicated garage for woodworking. In Seattle, I was trying my best to make things work in half of a basement with uneven floors and no room for actual tools.

But as it turns out the second garage on our house was in worse shape than expected. I knew I would have to insulate it, but I didn’t realize I would also have to replace the roof, get a bunch of electrical work done, and spiral into a project that has taken a year and a half to complete.

This shop has been impossible to heat in the winter, or it’s been overwhelmingly hot in the summer. I’ve had a couple months in the spring & fall where it’s perfect in there – but that’s not good enough.

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Visualizing Furniture

10/20/23  /    /  

The follow up to Power Carving a Wave did not do as well 😄. This video ended up being extremely niche – not a lot of woodworkers use Blender – but I still think it’s pretty cool.

Wave

10/5/23  /    /  

My first foray into becoming a woodworking youtuber was this video about powercarving a wave. This ended up doing way better than I expected, which was super fun.