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A few pictures of a Neanderthal bench. I made 2 so far. They are very nice when located in a rustic setting. Made from 3" thick Red Oak.
Thanks for the pictures Jim!
Here are some of the things I've built around my wine shop
A cigar Humidor/case I built for the shop	Humidor case		Wall of wine shot one
More wine shelves	View as we go into the shop		Here is my humble workshop
My meager collection of tools.	My favorite quick cutting saw
Some "Keep It Simple Stupid" Sawhorses
While I was making a few things around the shop, I had the need of a couple of good saw-horses. I have a couple of workmate clones, but they are heavy and take up a lot of space, I do use them, but I have found that for the occasional use, they are over kill. I made some K.I.S.S. saw-horses from an ideal I got from "The Workshop", Book, by Scott Landis. A guy named "Martin Bernstein" who is a carpenter on movies etc. came up with the design. They provide good solid support, but are small light-weight and easy to make.
Here is one of them in use. There are two hinges at the top, and 3 at the bottom.	The secret is the locking action of the bottom piece of wood, now the horse is unlocked ready to be folded up.		Here it is folded up ready to go. They are made of some 1x3 and some 1/2" plywood gussets on the corners. Easy to make, use, transport, and store.
These photos were sent to me by Mike McTighe, Nice Shop Mike!
Here's my "Wall o Planes" which is going to require expanding if I don't stop buying.	This is an overview of my shop and yes that's a Ryobi BT3000SX saw in the foreground. I like it and the " real woodworkers" can just deal with it. =-) Almost out of the photo on the left is my Jet 6" jointer. Left of it is my Grizzly 14" band saw and Rigid oscillating belt sander.		The photo of the boxes are a few I've made. One is a tissue dispenser with said tissue sticking out of it. That gives the scale of the others. The pattern painted on it by my lovely and talented wife is the same as a Tiffany lamp we have that came from my grandmother's house.
This is my "Wall o Saws" I actually use most of them with my favorite being a Disston D-15 "Victory" cross cut model. I also have a nice little Lie-Nielsen Independence dovetail saw that's not in the photo. But The next photo shows it.	I keep it and a couple of other small saws along with other hand tools that are frequently used on the end of my work bench.		Here's a recent pic of my expanded Wall O Planes and yes, thank you forsaking, but that is a Yuppie Bastard Special (otherwise known as a Norris A5) on the center shelf. Now that I have one, I'm a little disappointed. It's a bit small for my hands and several of my old Stanley's work as well, or maybe a little better. I may end up selling it. But even if I don't, I think I'm going to need more shelves.
Here are some pictures from Brent Harral, He had a look at my shop and says he'll trade jobs any day, that is until he meets my Mother-In-Law-From-Hell (MILFH)!! Thanks for the contribution Brent!
Thank God for mobile bases!	This is a maple armoire I made for a friend. My hand still hurts from the chip carvings hard maple is not the best wood to try this on. I was real hesitant on the color selection but hey, this is what they wanted		The cradle I made for my new niece. My wife saw and liked a similar cabinet in a magazine - $1000.00. I asked her if I made it can I have the difference. I'm still waiting for a check. It all solid pine w/dovetailed drawers and finished with cut oil paint and varnish.
Before and after. Now THIS got me some new tools from the SWMBO	Space for your pics!		Space for your pics!
John Hix sent me some Pictures
John Hix sent me this Picture of his Bandsaw, I think he has some questions for everyone		Here is a crib that John made.
A very nice router table by John		A flag box that John made for a buddy that recently retired from the navy. Nice work John!