The two stage dust collector.

This is related to another earlier project;
Back to Basics and
Dust Collector Update
( I still need to calculate the final costs, but it was in the neighborhood of $120 in bits and pieces.)

I some how managed to complete this after or family Tea with Bunny and Me event Saturday, but didn't get to pull it out and try it until this morning.  Overall, I'm veyry happy with how it works.  I miss calculated the height of the contraption, however, it doesn't take anymore floor space then the original single stage dust collector.  I just have to fitz with it if I want to take it out of the garage. (disconnect a hose and remove the trash can.)

On wheels, out and raring to go.  4" hose intact.  All the dust and debris collect in the trash can, leaving the filter dirt and dust free for a LONG life.  Best of all, I can use it like a regular vacuum cleaner and vacuum dirt, leaves, sticks, etc with out worry of damaging the vacuum impeller system.  Go me.  Or is it Ghetto Me??

Stows neatly on the far wall and can be pulled out pretty easily.

Hopefully I'll update more later, such as adding a bunch of over head feeds and branches.  It may also be a pipe dream, and I should stay portable.

The Garage

This, is my garage.  My workspace.  My intent is to use it for woodworking and automotive work.
The following posts are just to update the blog with where we're at here in our home.

Simple, easy lighting for workbench projects.

Every single socket that sears sells.  That's a lot of trips to sears.

All lit up with plenty of organized storage.

Just looking around.

Portable airconditioner, and my 1930's-1940's Crafstman Joiner!

White wall with lots of white board.

MMMMmmmm lighting.



Busy busy busy.



Murphy Bench

I LOVE my workbench, but sometimes, its great to have more work space.
So I thought a murphy style work bench would be great.  It stores to only 3" thick, up against the wall.

Stowed!

Locked

Lowest Level, for lawn mower work?  I don't know, but I've got it!

This has been a very handy height for reworking furniture, etc.

This is WAY high.  Perfect for my height!

Overhead Storage!

I was running out of storage.  And being that we have a two car garage that stores two cars, I had to get it off the floor.  So, I thought this would be a good idea.

Overhead, double garage storage

Drops down and holds in place.

Both down.

Stuff

More Stuff

Tucks in neatly to clear the mountain bike.

Garage door OPEN.  Everything tucked up behind it.

Bed Project

Since I refinished all of our 'donated' bedroom furniture, we needed a bed to match the style and material.  So I designed and built this thing over a period of months.

Test Assembly, just to check it out.  That's black iron pipe for the risers, painted with hammerite paint.

Mortise and Tenon made with a hammer and screwdriver. Ok, maybe not that archaic, but darn near!

Details of the bolts holdint it all together, and the foot detail. 
The foot detail matches the rest of the bedroom furnitures foot details.

Test fitted before finishing.

Stealing design cues from the other furniture in the room.

It's IN!  And it Matches!

Mod 1.0.  It was tough to sit up at night, especially with a pregnent wife, so I made this back board to support us.  It's made from very similar curtain material as our actual curtains.  It matches surpisingly well!

Detail of how I put a bit of angle on it.  It works!!

Garage Picture Frames

I received a lot of requests from friends on how I did my picture frames in the garage.  It's pretty simple.  A piece of lexan I cut to fit, some conduit clamps, some conduit, and some 90' conduit fittings.  Easy.  Cheap.  And completely redneck. :)

Pictors!

Messy, but functional.

Portable Cabinet Saw

I wanted to have a cabintery table saw, but knew I couldn't (or wanted to) fit it into my two car garage. 

So I came up with an idea that would allow me to use it as a cabinetry table saw but break down to be portable and can be stored away.

Put it all together.

Test fit.  What you might be able to see is that it;'s all assembled with wing nuts.
It is also fully triangulated to prevent rocking.

The two door panels are cored out to allow me to spline to tops together.

More splines.

Done!

Table Assy

Next up, to coincide with the new 'custom' (haha) bed, I had to put together some matching endtables...

Getting a 'little' help! :)

Drying or something. I dont know.  Thank goodness for the adjustable Murhpy Bench

Details of shelves.  Not bad for pine.

Two!

DONE!

Veneers

My bride has been beating me down to update my garage blog with my past projects in this house...

So, I'll repost the mother load. How about 9x 8'x4' sheets of veneers and a few half sheets to go around?  >:)

Overseeing the stash.

I dont recall the species of woods, but these things are ridiculous in light.  Photos don't do it justice.

Some sheets are prefinished, others are not... beggars can't be choosers!

Dark, but stunning... I have some plans for this!

Dewalt DW733 Planer

After a few months of searching, and trying to convince myself I dont need one, I picked up this Dewalt DW733 Planer with 3 Extra sets of blades, a 4" dust port, and a digital depth gauge.  Thank you craigs list!

:)

Its a quality piece.  I need to get away from the Harbor Freight Garbage.