I am in the process of designing and adding a lower level working surface to my main workbench. The main bench is 36.5 inches high and that is a great height to work at the bench while standing or sitting on a stool. I have noted it is also the perfect height for the back area of a jewelers' s...

  A coworker in my office cut down an old pecan tree on his property. There are lots of them around in this part of the country so pecan is not an endangered species. A lot of Texans like to use the wood for smoking barbeque as it imparts a nice flavor. Pecan is a first cousin species to hickor...

I have been reviewing a very important shop tool called the workbench. It’s so important a part of a good workshop that there have been quite a few books written on the device. Every bench I have has had special thought and consideration about purpose, size and location. I built all mine from scratc...

I think I win too. I just made my bank account a little thinner and the Vectric coffers a bit fuller. I consider it a necessary evil to pay the piper occasionally. In this case it was a software upgrade. I just moved from the 3.5 version of Aspire to the newest which is 4.0 or a few fractions higher...

I did my first post on this subject in the Shop Notes tab of this web site: http://thehobbyistworkshop.com/jla/index.php/shop-notes/the-shop-dust-storm Now that I have the blog in place  it makes more sense to continue the story here. It seems no one is reading or at least commenting here,...