Recent content by Travis Porter

Latest drawing I have made a few modifications. I had to resize the base so I could get the front vise to work out, and I have drawn the end vise. For the actual vises, I am thinking I will make them out of purpleheart since I have recently gotten some for a good price. I am putting a...

If I make a group and realize I left an item out of the group how do I add it or do I have to cut the component, edit the group, then paste the component?

Made some changes to add the dead man and the holes in the bench dog. I like the deadman, but I am not sure I like how I did it. I made it 6" wide and extended the track 3" beyond the bench base so it wouldn't interfere with drawers, but it just doesn't seem right. Comments, suggestions?

I have a mold problem with the grout in my shower. Have tried many varieties of cleaners and mold killers with little to no success. Initially when it got bad 3 or 4 years ago, I thought the previous homeowners had just caulked the corners and went in and removed all the grout, regrouted it...

I am biting the bullet based on Rob's other posting on sharing/showing a design that I am getting ready to start on. It is a workbench modified from an issue of shopnotes. It will have a cabinet beneath it, a tail vise, and a quick release front vise. As of yesterday, I now have all the...

It seems I have convince the LOML to let me upgrade up my tablesaw set up from a cabinet saw to a slider. What features/capabilities should I look for? I am not interested in what brand is better than the other, but more so what should it be capable of. I do some cabinets, furniture, and...

It has been a while since I have been on the site, but I have been working on building 2 playhouses that I drew up in sketchup. Sketchup made the actual construction a lot easier, but building double of everything is time consuming. Here is a export of the sketchup drawing I did. Here is a...

In sketchup 5.0 I had a short cut key to erase all construction lines by pressing the letter E. How do I set this up in the new version 6.0?

Here is my router table before I finished it. LOML got me a Jessem lift, top and fence for Christmas last year so that simplified things. I do not like the drawers on the side very much. Too narrow, and I can never figure out which drawer a bit is in. I like the side load bit storage that...

I have a RAS, but I have about quit using it altogether and am thinking about selling it. For CMS setups, I have two. One a bench run, but in retrospect, I wish it sat flush to the top of the cabinets. Eats up a lot of space I could use otherwise. This one I keep stashed under my lumber rack...

Here is mine. Plywood rack on hinges, holds about 10 sheets. Nice to be able to swing it out. No secret compartments like Stu has.... Lumber rack with miter saw cab underneath and little wheeled boxes for shorts.

I made a few changes to the arts and crafts chairs that Dave had drawn up. I couldn't figure out how to do the colors, but I am thinking more slats in the back. Thoughts?

Not sure if this goes in the new tools or old tools but here goes. There is an auction up the road for a Minimax FS31 planer/jointer combo. It looks to be in decent shape, and I am planning to go take a look at it tomorrow. Problem is, it does not have the cutter guard or fence for the...

I have been wanting to upgrade my chisels, and have been watching the posts here and watching flea bay. Over the past 3 days, I found a pair of nice Stanley everlasts and started bidding on them. They were short not long handled, and in good shape, but by the time the end of the auction came...

The LOML was gracious enough to buy me a shaper for my birthday (back in September). Of course I had to go out and immediately buy some cutters for it, a Freud set with the raised panel cutter and the stile and rail set. The raised panel cutter is straight forward enough to me, but the stile...