I woke up late this morning, ran some errands, came home and ate lunch, and then got the workshop set up in the garage.

I’m borrowing a miter saw, but other than that, all the tools are my own.

I put together the router table and the drill press last week. I’ve got a pretty nice setup, even if the table saw is, uh… cheap. I get a decent rip cut out of it, and with the router table shimmed with a straight bit in the router, it works beautifully as a jointer. Best three bucks I’ve spent in a long time.

There’s a woodworking show going on at the fairgrounds this weekend, so I drug Kylene along Friday evening. I picked up a few things I’ve been holding off on buying because I knew the show was coming and things would be nice and cheap. I was right. I’ve managed to get some really good deals the last few weeks at Rockler and Woodcraft.

Anyhow, on to the beef.

I’ve been working on finishing up the oak that’ll make the shelf between the great room and the kitchen.

Last week I assembled the router table, and mounted the router.

I finally took some photos of the lumber racks in the garage before I went out and got the oak to do the cabinet doors.
The biggest ones are 7′ off the ground, above any vehicle I have. The smaller one is lower, but will still let me park the car on that side and be able to get in / out.

This is what 65 board feet of red oak looks like on the rack and on the shelf. My car won’t hold more than a 6′ long board with the trunk closed. Since a lot of the wood I’ll be using is less than 2′ long, I wasn’t worried about cutting the 8′ boards to 6′ and 2′ lengths. On the rack are the 6′ sections. I’ve got the 2′ sections on the shelving unit in the garage. That’s a lot of wood. More than I’ll need for the cabinets. At 50 board feet you get a discount, and it’s worth it to get more than you’ll need. I should have plenty to make some end tables when I’m done with the cabinets. :-)

So after I setup the workshop in the garage, this is what it looks like.

Here’s an edge profile of the jointing with the new cabinet doors.

Here’s a couple of frames for a bathroom cabinet. The panel is cut, as you can see in the picture after that.

Here’s where I’ve been staining frames and panels. The two doors assembled here are complete, with the exception of polyurethane.

Here’s an angle shot of one of the complete doors showing the joinery on them.

More of the finished, stained doors, check out how tight that joint is. Yes, I’m a little proud of how these are coming out.

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