Have Had My Hands Full..... (Pic Heavy!)

Hey Guys....! I've never wanted to admit I've been to busy for my friends, but that's kinda what's been

going on for several months. Thought I'd check-in and bring Ya up to date. I've been getting ready to renovate

my Mom's old home place to move over there. I told June that I needed a good shop first, so that's where I am.

I plan to tear the house down all the way to just the studs and build everything myself after the shop is

ready....
Gotta get the ground ready first:



Then put up the shop:




Building an assembly table:


Parts for a new table saw:



I got hold of 4 tons of red oak lumber, already planed and square:


A couple more benches and brought some power tools over:


The biggest things is a woodworking bench I've always wanted to build. I plan to build it all with hand

tools, no power tools at all.

This is the first laminate section of the table top going together:



Installing a stove. Wont be insulating until later in the year:


Chopping a mortice:


One down, seven to go:


My granddaughters helping laminate the other bench top:


Planing one of the tops:


Sawing a tenon on one of the leg sections:


Mortice and tenon with a haunch for leg stretchers:


Ready for glue-up:


I found some walnut dowels for pins. I think the walnut contrasts well with the red oak:



It's no were near done, but dry fitted it together to see what still needs planing. That's a tool well

down the middle:


I'll be sharing more as things progress....

Thanks for the comments/compliments guys. (I knew you'd still be about Brad, Good ta see Ya!)

I do have a desk top computer at the shop, but no internet connection over there. I have DSL here at the old

house, but they don't have that over there (just 8 miles down the road), and no way am I going to dial-up!

I've read nothing but horror stories about a satellite connection, so don't know what I'll do yet.
"This is my fishing crew.... they aren't interested in woodworking!"

and my drawing board: