Scott's Woodworking Pages
Hello,
greetings from Sydney, Australia. My name is Scott and welcome to my collection of thoughts and ideas
regarding the world's
best past time - that of woodworking. The thing about woodworking is that you can
spend 12 hours woodworking and have
no idea how long you've been doing it. My wife tells me that she can watch
me for ten minutes and I
have no idea that she's there. Anyway, I hope you enjoy what I have to offer.
My biggest challenge is that my workshop is tiny...I mean really small.
It is 18 X 20 feet total. into this I have a table saw
(of sorts), my homemade table saw project, my lathe, my bandsaw, my router
table, my compound mitre saw and of course
my workbench. Coupled to this is cupboards to hold all of my hand power
tools, racks for storing the many peripheral
bits that one accumulates. If you go to the
workshop tour you'll see
what I mean.
I guess that it is a challenge to fit everything I want (but my wife won't let
me buy!) into my humble workshop..
One of the big issues in a small workshop is dust suppression and extraction.
Several years ago I had bought a small
One horsepower 4 inch dust extractor which I used to use with a single piece of flexi-duct which I would hook up to each
bit of equipment as I used it. This works fine until you get the shits
with hooking and unhooking the duct all of the time.
What to do...I know...spend three months researching every article that you can
find on the web about
dust extraction.
What did I find....I'm glad you asked! You'll find my position interesting where my advice is, don't buy it...make it!
Check out my projects page for some handy plans and
jigs and then check out my photo page which has
got something for everybody.
Delve into the workshop and see my
thoughts on dust extraction and other ideas
in setting up a small workshop.
Like any good woodworking page there is a
links
page for the my self sufficient-make-it-yourself woodworking style.
Drop me a line if you like.